This means that players who have completed the normal difficulty cannot take players through the hard mode even if they are the fireteam leader. The normal mode must be completed before the harder ones can be attempted.

Two difficulty levels exist for raids: normal, and hard (Prestige). The gear that drops from the raids will often have perks specific to that raid and are intended to make the raids easier if a player chooses to equip a piece of armor or a weapon from that specific raid, although they are not bound to that activity.

Players will have the opportunity to acquire gear and weapons specific to a raid once an encounter is complete.

Players don't have to finish them in one sitting, but they do have to finish it before their checkpoint expires every Tuesday, relative to your timezone (10AM PDT).

Raids can be dropped and picked up at a later time in the week.

A player must find out where to go and what to do by themselves.

Strikes last roughly ten to fifteen minutes, whereas raids can take up to several hours, usually only if players are new to the raid or during the initial few days following the release of a new Raid.

Raid enemies will have abilities not found elsewhere in the game (i.e.

This feature was removed on November 3rd, 2020, coinciding with the launch of Beyond Light.

In Destiny 2 the new Guided Games feature allowed solo-players to seek out Clan members to play within end-game activities such as raids.

A player must form a fireteam beforehand or search on an LFG (Looking For Group) site.

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