Like Destiny 2’s Pinnacle Weapons, players will need to complete a few objectives per Ritual Weapon, and that can take some time. Thankfully, there’s a way that players can attain the Vanguard Ritual Weapon, a kinetic sidearm called “Buzzard”, easily and quickly.
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Where To Start
The path towards owning a Buzzard begins with Commander Zavala and the quest called “Anything That Moves.” Of the three ritual weapons this season, the Buzzard is arguably the easiest to get and the only one that is PvE content focused. Considering that there are currently some frustrations with PvP this season, it may be a good idea for newer players to start with this ritual weapon over the others. Grab a sidearm from the Vault or from Collections because it’s going to be seeing a lot of use.
“Shoot Fast, Tread Lightly”
The quest orders Guardians to complete objectives in Strike playlists. In short, players will have to get 400 kills with a sidearm, 50 kills while airborne with a sidearm, and earn 10,000 points all while in a Vanguard Strike. The numbers seem daunting, and it could take Guardians a while to complete all the objectives in regular play, especially if they are sharing a Fireteam with two other random players that will steal/deprive them of kills/points. That’s where some good old-fashioned Destiny cheese comes into play.
Just Cheese It
A common cheese for Vanguard Strike-oriented objectives is to abuse the fact that loading into any Strike activity will allow guardians to progress Strike objectives, even if players stay topside on the world’s map and do roughly anything else. So, with that in mind, load up a Nightfall Ordeal on Legend difficulty.
Legend or Master difficulty allows players to avoid matchmaking with other Guardians who would steal kills and points, and there’s no point in picking the harder of the two. After loading into the Legend-difficulty Nightfall Strike find a spot to rack up kills.
This week’s Strike takes Guardians to the European Dead Zone, which has a great spot to farm kills in Trostland, the area near the church and Devrim Kay that is filled with respawning Fallen and Cabal. Focus on getting through the 50 “kills while airborne” objective first and then move on to grinding out the remainder of the 400 sidearm kills.
Points, on the other hand, are unlocked by completing regular tasks. Players can try out the new Solar subclass rework/buffs while they are working through enemies. Complete all the objectives and head back to Zavala to claim the Buzzard from him.
Even with this cheese, earning the Buzzard is going to take some time. Some Guardians admit that it took an hour or two grinding in Trostland before all objectives were complete. The Buzzard drops as a Masterworked weapon with a curated roll, which features a perk called “Osmosis” that temporarily matches the gun’s damage output type with the Guardian’s subclass element after they toss out a grenade. Unlike Pinnacle Weapons and their perks, which were considered a bit overpowered and highly sought after, Ritual Weapons are supposed to just be “unique” and not at all the PvP monsters that Recluse, Not Forgotten, and Luna’s Howl were.
Players should also keep in mind that there are several issues with Season of Dawn content that Bungie wants them to be aware of. Several are tied to the new season’s title and seal, but others include getting “CHICKEN” errors and shields or barrier champions not disappearing.
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Destiny 2: Shadow of Dawn is available now for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia.
