A Flashpoint is a weekly challenge given by Cayde-6 in Destiny 2.
One Destination is chosen for Guardians to focus their efforts on by completing Public Events. Participating in a Public Event but not completing the objective before the timer runs out grants 7% towards the Flashpoint; completing a normal Public Event grants 15%; completing a Heroic Public Event grants 20%. Completing the Flashpoint rewards a Luminous Engram, which can drop Nightfall-quality loot.
The PvP equivalent of this activity is the weekly Call to Arms.
Forsaken Launch
After the launch of Forsaken, the weekly Flashpoint changed. It is accessed by the zones vendor and will grant loot based of of the planet. Public events, Heroic Public events, Patrols, Lost Sectors, and the Daily Heroic Adventure will reward a percent to gaining the powerful loot. Location bosses still spawn but as of the Forsaken launch, they do not grant a percentage.
Unique enemies
While a Flashpoint is active at a Destination, additional enemy lieutenants appear in certain areas for brief periods, often in the middle of Public Events. Killing these enemies is entirely optional, but contributes an additional percentage towards Flashpoint completion.
- European Dead Zone, Earth
- Ghalsis, Pilferer Captain (Sunken Isles)
- Glomus, the Severing Slash (The Sludge)
- Kashur, the Infinite Blaze (The Gulch, only during the Injection Rig Public Event)
- Moag, the Deafening Volley (Firebase Hades)
- Thox, the Smoldering Wasp (Outskirts)
- War Hound (Winding Cove)
- New Pacific Arcology, Titan
- Hemolymph Repair Shank (Siren's Watch)
- Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn (The Rig)
- Naktal, Fury of Savathûn (Siren's Watch)
- Vanbaluk, Trusted of Savathûn (The Rig)
- Echo Mesa, Io
- Ereshkel, Insight of Savathûn (Giant's Scar, only during the Taken Blight Public Event)
- Lurg, the Burning Shield (The Rupture)
- Viadion, Cleansing Mind (Lost Oasis, only after the Taken Blight Public Event)
- Viadion, Transformed Mind (The Rupture)
- Fields of Glass, Mercury
- Barit, Imprisoned Flayer (The Lighthouse)
- Elite Mercury Defender (The Lighthouse)
- Mercury Defender (The Lighthouse)
- Mercury Conqueror (The Lighthouse)
- Rudoc, Imprisoned Flayer (The Lighthouse)
- Terminus Keeper (The Lighthouse)
- Vrees, Imprisoned Flayer (The Lighthouse)
- Hellas Basin, Mars
- Val Drueng (BrayTech Futurescape, after Warsat Down Public Event)
- Valus Trusug (BrayTech Futurescape, after Injection Rig Public Event)
- Thaltos, the Deathless (Glacial Drift, after Warsat Down Public Event)
- Al-Gul, Eater of Light (Glacial Drift, after Witches Ritual Public Event)
- Tangled Shore, The Reef
- TBA
List of appearances
- Destiny 2 (First appearance)