Destiny 2 The Coil Activity Guide - How To Get The Best Rewards In Season Of The Wish

29.11.2023 - 21:16 / gamespot.com / Phil Hornshaw / Best

You can get some serious loot in the Season of the Wish's repeatable seasonal activity, especially if you stick with The Coil for the long term.

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Destiny 2 has two new seasonal activities in the Season of the Wish, both of which take you to Riven's Lair, a sort of paracausal pocket dimension created by the near-magical power of Riven, the last ahamkara. But while both events take place in the same location, the two activities you can play this season are pretty different. The activity called The Coil adds a lot of roguelite elements to the activity, like others we've seen in recent seasons, and is highly focused on the score you earn along the way.

Though you can unlock it by completing the first week's story missions, Destiny 2 doesn't really explain what's going on in The Coil unless you seek out the details by hovering over its node in the Director map. Even if you do read about the mode, though, you'll probably be a little confused. Here's everything you need to know about The Coil, what you can earn from it, and why you'll want to put some time into it during the Season of the Wish.

Like in past seasons, The Coil lets you earn extra rewards when you complete the activity, but only if you have special keys that unlock special chests at the end of each run. It's a lot less lucrative to run The Coil without having Lair Keys, so you'll want to stock up between sessions.

As with past seasons, you'll gather Lair Keys from just about every other activity in Destiny 2, including rituals like Strikes, Gambit matches, and Crucible matches. You can also get them from completing Riven's Lair events, for increasing your seasonal reputation with Riven, and in reward chests for other activities like Lost Sectors or public events. Basically, anything you do that's not The Coil can give you keys, so gather them up in between runs while you're completing other goals.

The Coil event is pretty similar to the Riven's Lair activity, in which you play through several interconnecting rooms, including a big enemy encounter and a boss fight. While Riven's Lair is finished once you kill the boss, in The Coil, you return to Riven at the end of each of these completed «pathways» and can start a new one. So The Coil is basically a bigger, more involved version of Riven's Lair.

With The Coil, the focus isn't just on finishing, but on driving up a high score. You can play it for a long time, but it's not endless like the Altars of Summoning in the Season of the Witch. While you can quit The Coil whenever you want, the overall goal is to try to complete four total pathways for the best rewards you can earn in the activity.

Each time you start a new pathway, however, it becomes more difficult. Enemies in The Coil