How to bake Dark Matter Drizzlers in Destiny 2’s Dawning

It’s been a while since Destiny 2 fans could make new cookies in The Dawning, but this year, they can bake Dark Matter Drizzlers for the Dean of the Aionians in Caldera. It’s a simple recipe, and it’s required to make the most out of the festivities.

Baking all available cookie recipes at least once lets you masterwork Eva Levante’s Holiday Oven, which trims the cost of any recipes you make. If you’ve been an avid chef, you only need the two new recipes in this year’s Dawning: Dark Matter Drizzlers for the Dean and Peanut Butter Paw Prints for Archie. Here’s how you can make the first of the two new cookies and advance the event quest.

How to bake Dark Matter Drizzlers in the Dawning in Destiny 2

As usual, making Dark Matter Drizzlers requires three ingredients:

• Ether Cane
• Dark Frosting
• Essence of Dawning (15 for the first time and 10 after you’ve masterworked Eva’s oven)

Ether Cane drops by killing Fallen enemies anywhere in the system, whether in the Portal or not. One of our go-to spots for this for years has been the Exodus Garden 2A Lost Sector in the Cosmodrome, though any Lost Sector or activity with this enemy faction will do.

Dark Frosting, on the other hand, drops by getting kills with Darkness-based elements, meaning Stasis or Strand. Every final blow can drop this, so it shouldn’t take too long to grab at least one for your baking needs.

Lastly, Essence of Dawning is a reward for completing activities. Your best bet here is doing Portal activities, especially the faster ones. The quickplay Vanguard Alerts playlist is a prime destination for this, since its activities are usually quick and rewarding. The old method of racing through Lost Sectors or public events to stock up on this resource doesn’t work anymore.

If you just need one of the new cookies for the quest, you should have enough Essence of Dawning that you only need the first two ingredients, so clear out Fallen enemies with any sort of Darkness damage, and you can advance to the next step on the list.

After you’ve made your cookies, hand them to the Dean on Kepler, either in the destination itself or during a Caldera run in Solo Ops.

The post How to bake Dark Matter Drizzlers in Destiny 2’s Dawning appeared first on Destructoid.

You better watch out, you better not die (in Call of Duty), you better not pout, I’m telling you why: Black Ops 7’s Naughty and Nice event is here.

The latest seasonal holiday event for BO7 is bringing the gifts, or maybe the lumps of coal, depending on how bad you’ve been in CoD this year. But the Naughty & Nice event in BO7 is mostly nice, as it brings along a new free weapon and animated camo for gamers to unlock along the way.

Here’s the full list of challenges and rewards you can get by playing Naughty & Nice.

Black Ops 7 Naughty & Nice event

There are 10 total challenges to complete in Naughty and Nice, and the two main rewards are the Sokol 545 LMG and Snowfall animated camo. Five challenges are Naughty (sacks of coal) while five are Nice (holiday gifts), and completing the associated challenge allows you to open up whatever is inside (a mystery, for now).

Naughty challenges are for the naughtiest CoD players who only chase down kills and don’t care about wins or objectives, while Nice challenges are for those of you who play for the team and not just the individual accolades. But hey, both are needed and necessary!

All 10 challenges can be completed in either BO7 multiplayer, Zombies, Endgame, or Warzone. Just finishing one of the tasks listed below will unlock the reward for it, including everything from emblems, weapon charms, and a blueprint like the Sweet Tooth Peacekeeper Mk1 blueprint and more.

Several of the challenges have to do with playing limited time modes like Snowfight in multiplayer or Holiday Rush in Warzone, so make sure to be in the holiday spirit before logging on.

Naughty challenges and rewards

Completing all five Naughty challenges unlocks the Sokol 545 LMG.

• Naughty Challenge 1
  • Multiplayer: Get 200 eliminations
  • Zombies: Eliminate 500 zombies in holiday modes
  • Endgame: Get 500 eliminations
  • Warzone: Get 20 eliminations in Holiday Rush
• Naughty Challenge 2
  • Multiplayer: Get 10 snowball kills in Snowfight
  • Zombies: Eliminate 500 zombies in holiday modes
  • Endgame: Use snowballs or Cryo-Freeze to freeze 25 zombies in holiday modes
  • Warzone: Get 3 kills with lethals in Holiday Rush
• Naughty Challenge 3
  • Multiplayer: Get 10 kills with scorestreaks acquired from Care Packages
  • Zombies: Get 50 zombie kills using scorestreaks from present boxes in holiday modes
  • Endgame: Get 50 kills with scorestreaks
  • Warzone: Get 10 kills with killstreaks in Holiday Rush
• Naughty Challenge 4
  • Multiplayer: Get 25 eliminations using weapons stolen from other players
  • Zombies: Steal Loose Change Essence by going prone in front of a Perk machine 5 times
  • Endgame: Use vehicles to run over and kill 25 enemies
  • Warzone: Get 2 eliminations without dying 5 times in Holiday Rush
• Naughty Challenge 5
  • Multiplayer: Get 20 kills with fire damage
  • Zombies: Kill 50 zombies with fire damage
  • Endgame: Perform 5 finishing moves
  • Warzone: Get 5 eliminations in a single match 3 times in Holiday Rush

Nice challenges and rewards

Completing all five Nice challenges unlocks the Snowfall animated weapon camo.

• Nice Challenge 1
  • Multiplayer: Earn 40,000 score in Sleighjacked
  • Zombies: Earn 100,000 Essence in holiday modes
  • Endgame: Earn 25,000 Power
  • Warzone: Pick up 4 regular presents in Holiday Rush
• Nice Challenge 2
  • Multiplayer: Earn 25,000 Holiday Cheer score in Holiday Havoc
  • Zombies: Contribute to 25 Door Buys in holiday modes
  • Endgame: Complete 7 assignments
  • Warzone: Purchase a golden present in Holiday Rush
• Nice Challenge 3
  • Multiplayer: Win a match in Sleighjacked and appear in the Winner’s Circle
  • Zombies: Open 10 present boxes in Holiday Modes
  • Endgame: Clear 5 Guild Strongholds
  • Warzone: Purchase 5 Advanced UAV killstreaks from buy stations in Holiday Rush
• Nice Challenge 4
  • Multiplayer: Get 25 objective kills in objective modes
  • Zombies: Drop a Mystery Box item for a teammate by meleeing it
  • Endgame: Use the Supply Link ability to resupply 15 armor plates for your squad
  • Warzone: Deploy 10 utility boxes in holiday modes
• Nice Challenge 5
  • Multiplayer: Call in 10 UAV, Counter UAV, Care Package, or HARP scorestreaks
  • Zombies: Revive or heal yourself or a teammate 5 times
  • Endgame: Use the Crash Cart ability to revive yourself or a teammate 5 times
  • Warzone: Revive or buy back 5 squadmates

The post All challenges and rewards in Black Ops 7 Naughty and Nice event – New LMG and animated camo appeared first on Destructoid.