How to complete Destiny 2 Cooperative Focus mode missions

Cooperative Focus missions add extra mechanics to certain Destiny 2 missions for greater rewards

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Destiny 2 Cooperative Focus missions are Final Shape campaign missions that feature extra puzzles and mechanics to deal with upping the challenge. You must pass a debuff between your fireteam to prevent deaths, face challenging enemies, and struggle around limited revives too. However, these tougher co-op missions are necessary for certain challenges and quests, but they offer their ownDestiny 2rewards as well, such as Pale Heart weapons and even Ascendant Shards. Here’s what you need to know about Cooperative Focus mode in Destiny 2, including each of the additional works.

Destiny 2 Cooperative Focus mode explained

The Cooperative Focus mode in Destiny 2 adds extra modifiers and mechanics that encourage and emphasize cooperative play, meaning communication and good teamwork is key if you are to get through them. It’s only available on the Ascent, Dissent, andDestiny 2 Iconoclasmmissions from theDestiny 2 The Final Shapecampaign. You can find the three Cooperative Focus mission activity nodeson the Pale Heart map under the Replayable Missions section.

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The extra mechanics and modifiers do add more of challenge to each mission, so they’re less straightforward to get through but also aren’t punishingly difficult, especially if you’ve got good teammates. Having one player close to or over the 2005 Power level will also help a lot. Speaking of which, you should buddy up with at least one other person, but Cooperative Focus missions are much easier with a full three-person fireteam, especially since there’s no enemy difficulty scaling based on how many players are in your fireteam.

Here’s how Cooperative Focus affects these missions and how the extra mechanics work:

Destiny 2 Cooperative Focus mode rewards

Completing each of the Cooperative Focus missions is required to get theDestiny 2 MicrocosmExotic weapon, but you should still complete them even after you’ve unlocked it as there are great rewards to be had.Completing any Cooperative Focus missionguarantees you a Pale Heart weapon and Ghost Reputation, and you have a chance to get Ascendant Shards too.

ACooperative Focus weekly challengeis also available for one of the three missions. Completing this challenge by finishing the relevant mission on Cooperative Focus mode guarantees one Ascendant Shard, one Deepsight Pale Heart weapon at Pinnacle power, and provides a Ghost Reputation surge.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.

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