And a fine post-Daylight Savings, sleep-deprived Monday to all of you. Today we’re heading to Europa. Seasonal and Weekly Challenges As far as challenges go we can take care of this season’s Week 1 challenges: [b]Icebound[/b]: On Europa, earn progress by completing bounties, patrols, public events, and Lost Sectors. And [b]Hail of Bullets[/b]: Calibrate Kinetic weapons on Europa. Earn bonus progress in Lost Sectors. For Weekly challenges we have Variks’ Weekly Bounty challenge, the Empire Hunts challenge, and the Exo Challenge. [b][u]Complete bounties, yessss?[/u] [/b] For Variks’ bounties do the following: Head over to the Asterion Abyss and complete a Heroic Public Event there. Defeat the Vex in the area with Arc damage. Then head into the Lost Sector there (Concealed Void) with this season’s Ticuu’s Divination. Get precision kills on the Fallen in there using that bow. This covers all four of Variks’ dailies for today. As for his weekly bounties: Each Lost Sector, Patrol, and Public Event you complete will progress Variks’ Courageous Expedition. Completing “The Warrior” Empire Hunt and getting precision kills during the mission will complete his The Heat of Battle weekly. Variks also has Repeatable Bounties that should nab you an extra 3,000 XP each and will count towards his Weekly Europan Bounty Challenge. Each Weekly Bounty should reward 12,000 XP [b]Reward: [/b] - 24,000 XP - Progress on Variks’ Weekly Europan Bounty Challenge [b][u]Suggested Loadout[/u] [/b] Combat Bow, Submachine Gun, and Sidearm in your Kinetic and Energy slots. For the bazzilionth time this season, bring a Linear Fusion Rifle. (Again, Arbalest is your best friend here) Make your weapons Solar. Ticuu’s Divination is a great choice for these bounties as well. Get those Precision, Power Weapon, and Powerful Enemy kills. This covers all of Banshee’s and the War Table’s dailies for today. If you’re looking for the extra boost of XP, be sure to grab Banshee’s Repeatable bounties. Each one gets you an extra 3,000 XP and count towards his Weekly Gunsmith Bounty Challenge. [b]Rewards: [/b]- 48,000 XP - 8 Mod Components and 4 Enhancement Cores - Progress on Banshee’s Weekly Gunsmith Bounty Challenge [b][u]Commander Zavala has Entered the Chat[/u] [/b] If you’re looking for an extension on your Europan adventures, Zavala has a pretty easy lineup for bounties today that can be done in the Glassway strike. Defeat 50 enemies, with 10 of them being bosses or minibosses. Get 25 Solar kills and 25 kills with a bow. Once again, Ticuu’s Divination is a great choice for this. Zavala also has repeatable bounties that earn you 3,000 XP each and progress on his Weekly Vanguard Bounty Challenge. [b]Rewards: [/b]- 24,000 XP - Progress on Zavala’s Weekly Vanguard Bounty Challnege - 20 Vanguard Tokens