"When survivors came to the Last City, they brought with them the customs of a thousand lost nations. As we built a new community from the ashes of the old, so too did we create traditions that reflect this transformed world. During The Dawning, we light lanterns to guide the Light back to us in a time of Darkness. The fires from our candles and hearth flames remind us that no matter how black the night is, there will be a dawn."

— Master Rahool

The Dawning was a limited time event in Destiny that ran from December 13, 2016 to January 3, 2017. It is exclusively a part of the Rise of Iron expansion pack, so it is only available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Microtransactions through the Eververse Trading Company were less onerous than previous events.^[1] In Destiny 2 the event returns with Eva Levante as the main vendor and organizer of the event.

Story

The Dawning is an amalgamation of holiday traditions that refugees brought to the Last City. They include the giving of gifts and passing blessings of good luck and health in the new year. Like Festival of the Lost, The Dawning was brought to the Tower by Eva Levante, likely in an attempt to connect Guardians with the people they protect.

Features

"This is the dawning. It is a time to honor all that humanity has built, and all that it'll create. Now, as the year turns, the City celebrates with gifts and games. And Guardians unite in the spirit of competition."

— Ghost^[2]

Once the update related to this event goes live, most of these features will remain permanently in the game, except for the Sparrow Racing League Crucible event, although it will still be accessible via private matches.

New Gameplay Features

Auto-dismantling of green engrams will now be a gameplay option.
Specific Ornaments can be bought without gambling at the Eververse Trading Company.^[1]

New Record Book

Competitive Spirit (free)^[1]
- Sparrow Racing Page
- Vanguard Elite Page (Strike Scoring)
Vanguard Elite armor set (aka 24K Gold engraved armor) - Random drops from completing Weekly Vanguard Elite Bounties
- Hunter: Exultation armor set
- Warlock: Dying Star armor set
- Titan: Snowglare armor set

Sparrow Racing League

Two new tracks
New Sparrows
New SRL Gear
- Speeder racing armor Set—New 3-in-1 armor set that replaces the 2015 SRL Racer's, Bright Guard, and Jade Rabbit armor sets. By default the armor looks like Racer's set. The Bright Guard and Jade Rabbit looks can be unlocked using the new SRL Champion's Ornament.
- Speeder class items—Replaces the 2015 Racer's class items, but they have Chroma slots that allow for changing the color of the hologram.

New Weapons

Vanguard Elite (Strike Scoring)

2 New Bounty Types
- Vanguard Elite Bounty
- Weekly Elite Bounty

Revamped Strikes

New Quests

10 New Shaders

7 New Emblems

New Cosmetic Consumables

Destiny 2

In Destiny 2, the Dawning is an event that consists of players baking gifts in Eva's Holiday Oven 2.1 (Formerly Eva's Holiday Oven) and delivering them to characters across the system, earning rewards like the Avalanche machine gun, the Cold Front Submachine Gun, the Glacioclasm Fusion Rifle, the Zephyr Sword , and the Stay Frosty Pulse Rifle

Gifts

To bake gifts in Eva's Holiday Oven 2.1 players must gather ingredients and Essence of Dawning. Essence of Dawning is earned by completing activities around the system and completing Dawning Bounties from Eva Levante. Ingredients are earned by killing certain types of enemies and getting kills with certain elements, weapon types, and abilities.

Each gift in addition to the ingredients listed below requires Essence of Dawning. Prior to masterworking Eva's Holiday Oven 2.1, each recipe will require 15 Essence of Dawning. After masterworking the oven, each recipe will require only 10 Essence of Dawning. Eva's Holiday Oven 2.1 can be masterworked by baking one of each gift.

Gifts and Recipes

Gift Name	Recipient	Ingredients
Gjallardoodles	Commander Zavala found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Courtyard	Ethercane, Delicious Explosion
Traveller Donut Holes	Ikora Rey found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Bazaar	Cabal Oil, Flash of Inspiration
Chocolate Ship Cookies	Amanda Holliday found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Hangar	Cabal Oil, Null Taste
Telemetry Tapioca	Banshee-44 found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Courtyard	Vex Milk, Bullet Spray
Eliksni Birdseed	Suraya Hawthorne found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Bazaar	Ether Cane, Personal Touch
Gentlemen's Shortbread	Devrim Kay found in the European Dead Zone	Ether Cane, Perfect Touch
Ascendent Oatmeal Raisin Cookies	Eris Morn found on the Moon	Chitin Powder, Personal Touch
Infinite Forest Cake	Failsafe found on Nessus	Vex Milk, Impossible Heat
Vanilla Blades	Lord Shaxx found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Courtyard	Cabal Oil, Sharp Flavor
Dark Chocolate Motes	Drifter found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Annex	Taken Butter, Null Taste
Bright-Dusted Snowballs	Tess Everis found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Courtyard & the Store Menu	Chitin Powder, Multifaceted Flavors
Ill-Fortune Cookies	Petra Venj found somewhere in the Dreaming City	Dark Ether Cane, Impossible Heat
Strange Cookies	Xûr found at his current location, and Xûr's Treasure Hoard	Taken Butter, Electric Flavor
Lavender Ribbon Cookies	Saint-14 found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Hangar	Vex Milk, Personal Touch
Classic Butter Cookies	Eva Levante found in the Tower (Destiny 2) Courtyard	Taken Butter, Superb Texture
Eteric Coldsnaps	Variks, the Loyal found on Europa	Chitin Powder, Electric Flavor
Blueberry Crumblers	Shaw Han found in the Cosmodrome	Ether Cane, Bullet Spray
Bittersweet Biscotti	Crow found in the H.E.L.M.	Dark Ether Cane, Balanced Flavors
Timeless Starwort Thins	Exo Stranger found on Europa	Dark Ether Cane, Dark Frosting
Candy Dead Ghosts	Spider found in the Spider's Quarters accessible via the H.E.L.M.	Dark Ether Cane, Flash of Inspiration
Lucent Crunch	Fynch found on Savathûn's Throne World	Chitin Powder, Perfect Taste

Ingredients

Rarity	Ingredient	Strategy to Obtain
Uncommon	Vex Milk	Defeating Vex opponents
Uncommon	Ether Cane	Defeating Fallen opponents
Uncommon	Cabal Oil	Defeating Cabal opponents
Uncommon	Chitin Powder	Defeating Hive opponents
Uncommon	Taken Butter	Defeating Taken opponents
Uncommon	Dark Ether Cane	Defeating Scorn opponents
Rare	Delicious Explosion	Defeating opponents with Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launchers, and Grenades
Rare	Sharp Flavor	Defeating opponents with Swords
Rare	Impossible Heat	Defeating opponents with Solar damage
Rare	Electric Flavor	Defeating opponents with Arc damage
Rare	Null Taste	Defeating opponents with Void damage
Rare	Flash of Inspiration	Generating Orbs of Power
Rare	Personal Touch	Defeating opponents with Melees
Rare	Perfect Taste	Defeating opponents with precision damage
Rare	Bullet Spray	Defeating opponents with Auto Rifles, Submachine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns
Rare	Finishing Touch	Defeating opponents with Finishers
Rare	Balanced Flavors	Defeating opponents with Bows, Sniper Rifles, Scout Rifles, and Pulse Rifles
Rare	Multifaceted Flavors	Rapidly defeating opponents
Rare	Superb Texture	Defeating opponents with Supers
Rare	Dark Frosting	Defeating opponents with Stasis

Armor

Concept helmet art that was inspiration for class sets
Warlock armor
Hunter armor
Titan armor

Trivia

The Thousand Layer cookie that players give to Riven during this event uses the Delicious Explosion ingredient, most likely because a popular way to kill Riven is by firing a massive amount of projectiles from Rocket Launchers, and Grenade Launchers into her mouth.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Forbes - Destiny's 'The Dawning' Will Make The Game's Microtransactions Less Terrible
^ YouTube - Official Destiny: Rise of Iron – The Dawning Launch

[Forbes-1] Forbes - Destiny's 'The Dawning' Will Make The Game's Microtransactions Less Terrible

[The_Dawning-2] YouTube - Official Destiny: Rise of Iron – The Dawning Launch

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The Dawning (Rise of Iron)

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