Whether you’re new to Destiny 2 or are an intermediate player trying to get into late-game content with your friends, you’ll need XP points to get where you want to go. That’s why we’ve gone and looked for the best bounties and challenges in Destiny 2 that reward the most XP without you having to go too out of your way to complete them.
Note: Bounties are always being rotated every few days, this is only a list of examples of good bounties.
Daily Bounties: 6000 XP
You can get daily bounties, aka dailies from most vendors at the Tower or on different planets. They usually take a few minutes to complete give or take a few exceptions. Each vendor carries 4 dailies, equaling 24000 XP total. Some examples of easy dailies you should go for are listed below.
1. Arc Striker - Vanguard Daily Bounty
In strikes, defeat enemies with Arc damage final blows.
Requirements: Get 25 Arc Kills while playing in the Strike playlist
How to Get This Bounty: Talk to Commander Zavala at the Tower.
2. Area of Effect - Crucible Daily Bounty
Defeat opponents with grenades.
"A well-placed grenade can turn the tide of a fight." —Lord Shaxx
Requirements: Get grenade kills in the Crucible
How to Get This Bounty: Talk to Lord Shaxx at the Tower
3. Auto Rifle Calibration - Gunsmith Daily Bounty
Calibrate Auto Rifles against any target. Earn bonus progress with precision final blows and against opposing Guardians.
"Autos got good precision at mid-range. Don't let 'em get too close." —Banshee-44
Requirements: Get kills with auto rifles in any game mode to fill the meter listed under the bounty’s details
How to Get This Bounty: Talk to Banshee-44 at the Tower
4. Europan Precision - Planetary Vendor Daily Bounty
Defeat Fallen on Europa with precision final blows.
"Variks prefers words over weapons. But a careful shot is like a carefully chosen phrase… This, Variks respects." —Variks the Loyal
Requirements: Kill 20 Fallen with precision shots on Europa
How to Get This Bounty: Talk to Variks at Charon’s Crossing, on the moon of Europa
5. Lunar Defender - Planetary Vendor Daily Bounty
Complete public events on the Moon.
I picked this one because you’ll receive extra rewards and XP from the public events on top of the bounty reward. Remember to check your map for Public Events.
Requirements: Complete 2 Public Events on the Moon
How to Get This Bounty: Talk to Eris Morn at the Sanctuary Landing Zone on the Moon
What Happened to Weekly Bounties?
With the introduction of Season 13: Season of The Chosen, weekly bounties have been replaced with seasonal challenges (aka weekly challenges). Every week a new set of challenges are released. They take a little more time than a daily but reward several daily bounties’ worth of XP and rewards. We’ll list some of the challenges for the first week of Season of The Chosen.
Where to Find Seasonal/Weekly Challenges
To find the seasonal challenges, open theDirector menu and navigate to the Quests tab, scroll down and you’ll find the Seasonal Challenges tab.
Seasonal Challenges - 50,000 XP
6. Contender’s Ascent - Week 1 Seasonal Challenge
Report to the War Table in the H.E.L.M. and complete the "Challenger's Proving" quest. Then defeat (75) Cabal with Rocket Launchers anywhere in the system.
7. Golden Reaper - Week 1 Seasonal Challenge
Acquire (200) Cabal Gold by playing strikes, Gambit, Crucible, public events, and more.
8. Dominance Operandi: Fallen - Week 1 Seasonal Challenge
Defeat (200) Fallen combatants in strikes. Earn bonus progress for defeating tougher combatants.
9. Hail of Bullets - Week 1 Seasonal Challenge
Calibrate Kinetic weapons on Europa. Earn bonus progress in Lost Sectors. (200 Kinetic weapon kills)
10. Icebound - Week 1 Seasonal Challenge
On Europa, earn progress by completing bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors. (Complete 10 activities on Europa)
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