With the release of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep a new Nightfall: The Ordeal playlist is available to all players. Listed below is vital information that players should be aware of when participating in Nightfall: The Ordeal:
- One Nightfall: The Ordeal is available per week
- Five difficulty tiers: Adept, Hero, Legend, Master, Grandmaster
- Matchmaking available for Adept and Hero tiers
- Champions spawn at Hero difficulty and above
- Scoring is team-based and the sum of individual performances
- Scoring is primarily driven by kills and secondarily by orb generation
- Score bleeds over time
- Scoring cuts off after time thresholds based upon the select difficulty tier
