Destiny 2: Rising Tensions Quest Guide

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen has been released and in addition to adding a brand new story, raid, weapon type, you know, the usual. Releasing alongside it, of course, is Season of the Risen, a storyline focused on the tense relationship between Caiatl’s Cabal forces and the Vanguard, specifically Zavala. If you’re here, you’re probably wondering how to complete the Rising Tensions quest, which isn’t worded the greatest in-game, so it can be a bit confusing on how to actually complete it and unlock the psi-ops battleground seasonal content. Here’s everything you need to know about getting Season of the Risen going with this Destiny 2: Rising Tensions quest guide.

Rising Tensions Quest Guide – Destiny 2 Season of the Risen

First things first, to even start Rising Tensions, you’ll need to complete the introductory mission of The Witch Queen. It’s a doozy, certainly one of the longer missions in the game, but just buckle up and get it over with. It’s not difficult as long as you’re playing on Classic difficulty.

Check-in with Ikora after the mission at the Mars Enclave after completing this mission, and you’ll get Rising Tensions. However, despite having the quest in your inventory you actually can advance it until you’ve completed the next Witch Queen mission, The Investigation. So, you know what you need to do, go ahead and complete the next mission. The mission can be launched from the Enclave itself, so get cracking.

After you’ve completed that mission, speak to your new contact in the Throne World (no spoilers here). They will give you the Hard Evidence quest which will finally progress your Rising Tensions quest to a step that you can act on separately from The Witch Queen quest. You do not need to progress Hard Evidence any further if you don’t want to, although you should at some point.

Next, go to the Hangar area of the Tower and interact with Caiatl’s sigil, near Saint-14’s wing of the Hangar. You’ll get a cutscene. Following the cutscene, head over to the HELM and interact with the War Table there. You’ll need to do that twice for two separate cutscenes, one with Caiatl and another with Lord Saladin.

At this point, you’ll have unlocked the PsiOps battleground on Earth in the EDZ. Queue that up from the director and complete it. It’s a matchmade activity and impossible to fail as long as you stick with it. It’s not hard at all. This is the seasonal activity for Destiny 2: Season of the Risen, so get comfy with it.

Upon completion, the last thing you need to do to complete the Rising Tensions quest is to get debriefed from Lord Saladin in the HELM at the War Table once more. That’s it, you’ve completed the Rising Tensions quest.

That’s all you need to know for how to complete the Rising Tensions quest in The Witch Queen and Season of the Risen. For more tips, tricks, and FAQs answered, check out our helpful guide wiki for Year 5 of Destiny 2.