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Destiny weekly reset for May 16 – Nightfall, Crucible, Challenge of Elders, featured raid changes detailed

Everything you need to know about this week's reset in Destiny.

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Bungie has revealed the details of Destiny's weekly reset. A new rest presents a clean slate for all players to tackle the game's activities once more and earn rewards.

You'll be seeing a new Nightfall strike, changes to Prison of Elders, Court of Oryx and similar activities, new PvP playlists, a new featured raid, and more. See below for the biggest updates:

Weekly Nightfall

Winter's Run is the Nightfall this week with modifiers Specialist, Chaff, Ironclad, and Exposure.

Specialist increases special weapon damage. Chaff disables your radar. Ironclad increases the number of enemies with shields. Exposure increases your shields but they do not replenish.

Heroic playlist modifiers

Solar Burn, Specialist, Fresh Troops.

Crucible playlists

Mayhem Clash.

Challenge of Elders

Catapult, Small Arms, Melee Kill Bonus.

  • Round 1: Noru’usk, Servant of Oryx (Cabal)
  • Round 2: Overmind Minotaur (Vex)
  • Round 3: Seditious Mind (Vex)

Weekly featured raid

Wrath of the Machine is this week's featured raid. This means all three challenge modes will be active, which means you're going to need to make sure you don't mess up the attempt. Reading our full guide at the link is a good way to start.

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