The Dawning (Rise of Iron)

"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. 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

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.

New Record Book

• Competitive Spirit (free)
  • 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

• Year 3 Ice Breaker
• Abbadon
• Nova Mortis

Vanguard Elite (Strike Scoring)

• 2 New Bounty Types
  • Vanguard Elite Bounty
  • Weekly Elite Bounty

Revamped Strikes

• The Will of Crota: Revisited
• The Nexus: Revisited
• The Shadow Thief: Revisited

New Quests

• In the Presents of Friends
• Variations on a Theme
• Vanguard Elite
• Sparrow Racing
• Speed Kills
• Songs from the Void
• Hymns of Fire

10 New Shaders

7 New Emblems

New Cosmetic Consumables

• Felwinter Souvenir
• Snow Dreg

Destiny 2

In Destiny 2, the Dawning is an event that consists of players baking gifts on 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.

List of ingredients and how to obtain them:

• Vex Milk: Kill Vex enemies
• Ether Cane: Kill Fallen enemies
• Cabal Oil: Kill Cabal enemies
• Chitin Powder: Kill Hive enemies
• Taken Butter: Kill Taken enemies
• Dark Ether Cane: Kill Scorn enemies
• Delicious Explosion: Grenade/Rocket Launcher/Grenade Launcher kills
• Sharp Flavor: Sword/Glaive kills
• Impossible Heat: Solar damage kills
• Electric Flavor: Arc damage kills
• Null Taste: Void damage kills
• Dark Frosting: Stasis damage kills
• Personal Touch: Melee kills
• Perfect Taste: Precision kills
• Bullet Spray: Submachine Gun/Machine Gun/Auto Rifle kills
• Finishing Touch: Get kills using a Finisher
• Multifaceted Flavors: Get multikills
• Flash of Inspiration: Generate Orbs of Power
• Pinch of Light: Collect Orbs of Power
• Balanced Flavors: Bow/Sniper Rifle/Scout Rifle/Pulse Rifle kills
• Superb Texture: Super kills

List of gifts and their recipes:

• JAVELIN MOONCAKE (Ana Bray)- Chitin Powder + Sharp Flavor
• ALKANE DRAGÉE COOKIES (Sloane)- Chitin Powder + Bullet Spray
• ASCENDANT OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES (Eris Morn)- Chitin Powder + Finishing Touch
• GENTLEMAN'S SHORTBREAD (Devrim Kay)- Ether Cane + Perfect Taste
• ELIKSNI BIRDSEED (Louis)- Ether Cane + Personal Touch
• GJALLARDOODLES (Zavala)-Ether Cane + Delicious Explosion
• HOT CROSSFIRE BUNS (Ada-1)- Ether Cane + Balanced Flavors
• CANDY DEAD GHOSTS (The Spider)- Dark Ether Cane + Flash of Inspiration
• ILL-FORTUNE COOKIES (Petra Venj)- Dark Ether Cane + Impossible Heat
• FRIED SHA-DOUGH (Visage of Calus)- Dark Ether Cane + Superb Texture
• VANILLA BLADES (Shaxx)- Cabal Oil + Sharp Flavor
• TRAVELER DONUT HOLES (Ikora Rey)- Cabal Oil + Flash of Inspiration
• CHOCOLATE SHIP COOKIES (Amanda Holliday)- Cabal Oil + Null Taste
• HACKBERRY TART (Benedict 99-40)- Cabal Oil + Multifaceted Flavors
• INFINITE FOREST CAKE (Failsafe)- Vex Milk + Impossible Heat
• TELEMETRY TAPIOCA (Banshee-44)- Vex Milk + Bullet Spray
• RADIOLARIAN PUDDING (Asher Mir)- Vex Milk + Electric Flavor
• FRACTAL ROLLS (Brother Vance)- Vex Milk + Pinch of Light
• LAVENDER RIBBON COOKIES (Saint-14)- Vex Milk + Personal Touch
• STRANGE COOKIES (Xûr)- Taken Butter + Electric Flavor
• DARK CHOCOLATE MOTES (The Drifter)- Taken Butter + Null Taste
• THOUSAND LAYER COOKIE (Riven)- Taken Butter + Delicious Explosion
• CLASSIC BUTTER COOKIES (Eva Levante)- Taken Butter + Superb Texture
• BITTERSWEET BISCOTTI (Crow)- Dark Ether Cane + Balanced Flavors
• ETHERIC COLDSNAPS (Variks, the Loyal)- Chitin Powder + Electric Flavor
• BLUEBERRY CRUMBLERS (Shaw Han)- Ether Cane + Bullet Spray
• BRIGHT-DUSTED SNOWBALLS (Tess Everis)- Chitin Powder + Multifaceted Flavors
• STARWORT THINS (Exo Stranger)- Dark Ether Cane + Dark Frosting
• ASCENDANT APPLE TART (Mara Sov)- Taken Butter + Sharp Flavor
• LUCENT CRUNCH (Fynch)- Chitin Powder + Perfect Taste

Development

Armor

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  Concept helmet art that was inspiration for class sets

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  Warlock armor

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  Hunter armor

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  Titan armor

Trivia

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