Destiny's Challenge of the Elders: weekly reset update, winning strategies for every boss
Destiny's April update has brought with it Challenge of the Elders, the new Prison of Elders end-game mode. Here's what to expect from it this week and tips for beating every boss.
Destiny's Prison of Elders: Challenge of the Elders weekly reset, how to beat every boss
Bungie has now launched Challenge of the Elders, a new Destiny's end-game activity included in the April Update. Bookmark this page for all the information you need on the Challenge every week, including strategies for beating all the round bosses and the updated modifiers. See the text at the bottom of this page for a full explanation of what the Challenge is and how it works.
The Challenge turns over to a new week at 9am UK time every Tuesday.
Challenge of the Elders weekly reset information: April 12, 2016
The first Challenge of the Elders run is an exercise in marksmanship. This week's score modifiers gives extra points for precision kills, so you'll need to aim for the Vex glowing torso points to maximise your efforts in the first two rounds, and switch to Fallen headshots for the third. You might need to consider a shotgun for the third round: the stabby Fallen rushers are as annoying as they ever were.
This week's modifiers
Score modifier: Precision Kill Bonus – Shooting adds on their weak-spots gives significantly higher score.
Gameplay modifier 1: Grounded – Guardians take more damage while airborne.
Gameplay modifier 2: Small Arms – Primary weapon damage is increased.
This week's bosses
Round 1: Overmind Minotaur
Round 2: Sylok the Defiled
Round 3: Pilot Servitor
How to beat every boss
The Challenge of Elders features eight bosses in total. Here's how to beat each one.
Overmind Minotaur
Sylok the Defiled
Pilot Servitor
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What is Challenge of the Elders?
Challenge of the Elders, Destiny's new main end-game activity, is here. Part of the April update, Challenge of the Elders comes in two flavours – level 41 and level 42 – and is the only way to guarantee weapons and armour rewards at 335 Light, the new level cap. We're going to be updating this page every Tuesday, so bookmark now.
The Prison of Elders' level 41 mode is just a straight run, as it's always been. It has a recommended Light level of 260 and drops gear up to 320 Light. The chest at the end no longer requires a key, and completion also grants you one Sterling Treasure per week, a new consumable which is guaranteed to contain a piece of one of the five new armour sets or a Chroma.
The Challenge of the Elders is the level 42 mode, and drops rewards based on two metrics, High Score and Cumulative Score. These are both tracked on the Sigil of Elders, a scorecard you need to grab from Variks each week. The Challenge resets every Tuesday, and features three rounds, each of which ends with a boss. If your fireteam hits a High Score of 30,000 over a single run, all players will be awarded a 335 weapon. If you manage to get to 90,000 Cumulative Score over a week, you'll get a 335 armour piece. The modifiers and bosses change each week, so be sure to check back here each Tuesday to see what you're up against for the next week.
