Future 2‘s Ascendant Challenges are amongst a number of transferring components involving the Dreaming Metropolis’s intricate curse, which envelops the realm in a three-week time loop.
The curse ranges from weak to sturdy to strongest, and every cycle brings a ton of treasure to hunt for—for those who’re courageous sufficient to dive into the Ascendant Airplane searching for riches. Future 2 has six Ascendant Challenges that rotate each week. They’re a surefire supply of Dreaming Metropolis gear, together with reissued variations of Waking Vigil, Tigerspite, and Twilight Oath.
Ending an Ascendant Problem grants a bit of Legendary gear, however you may get your palms on an additional drop if in case you have Petra Venj’s weekly bounty. These weekly targets are additionally a major goal for stacking bounties since you’ll be able to have as much as six weeklies in complete—one for every Ascendant Problem.
Ascendant Challenges yield one piece of drugs every week, plus one other from Petra’s bounties. These targets are character-based, that means you may get six items of Dreaming Metropolis gear from Ascendant Challenges alone.
To discover the doorway to the Ascendant Problem, devour an merchandise known as Tincture of Queensfoil, out there from Petra Venj or present in Dreaming Metropolis chests.
Every Ascendant Problem has a particular entrance, and although the problem modifications, its entrance stays the identical location each time it pops up.
What is that this week’s Ascendant Problem in Future 2? (Dec. 31 to Jan. 7)



Problem: Ouroborea Entrance: Aphelion’s Relaxation (The Strand Misplaced Sector)
Learn how to discover and full the Ouroborea Ascendant Problem in Future 2
The Ouroborea Ascendant Problem begins within the Strand, taking you to a scavenger hunt inside a pocket of the Ascendant Airplane. Head to the Aphelion’s Relaxation Misplaced Sector, beneath the gazebo the place you could find Petra Venj in some Curse weeks. Advance by the realm till you notice the portal above a slope.
Cross the seam between realities to land in a room filled with shielded crystals. It’s essential to break these shields by discovering and destroying 4 Taken Blights scattered across the zone, so convey your most interesting Keen Edge sword. It’s exhausting to identify the Blights within the darkness, so cranking up your brightness might assist. When you’ve discovered all of them, return to the principle room and destroy all of the crystals to wrap up this Ascendant Problem.
Learn how to get Dreaming Metropolis gear in Future 2
Dreaming Metropolis gear bought one other revamp with Season of the Want, making these weapons much more related. Whereas they nonetheless carried out decently, perks like Voltshot on Waking Vigil may give them much more of a combating likelihood. Blind Properly continues to be a great supply of the brand new gear (although its new energy delta makes it extra of a slog than earlier than).
Petra presents a weekly bounty for finishing the Ascendant Problem if you wish to earn Dreaming Metropolis gear from exploration, awarding you an additional piece of drugs on your bother. Every week, she additionally presents a bounty that prices Darkish Fragments and yields an Providing to the Oracle. Taking the reward to the Oracle within the Backbone of Keres provides you an additional drop and, on weeks the place the curse is strongest, permits you to go to Queen Mara Sov’s throne room. You too can discover an Ahamkara Bone there for those who’re trying to find Cursebreaker.
As well as, try Petra’s bounties every single day for a every day goal that awards gear, as seen in its tooltip. Ending eight every day bounties and doing Petra’s weekly quest will yield Dreaming Metropolis gear if you buy the targets. Like Ascendant Challenges, these are on a weekly lockout per character. You’ll be able to accomplish them greater than as soon as every week for those who’re not on the identical Guardian.