Highlights

  • Titles in Destiny 2 are earned through completing time-consuming or difficult triumphs and appear beneath the player's name.
  • Not all titles are created equal, with some, like raid, PVP, and dungeon titles being harder to earn than others.
  • The ranking of titles is based on the level of difficulty or time commitment required to obtain them.

Titles are unique words in Destiny 2 that appear under a player's name. These titles are earned after completing a series of triumphs that are either time-consuming or incredibly difficult for the average player.

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Every title is prestigious in its own right, but not every title is created equal. Some titles are much harder to earn than others, whether that's due to time-gated triumphs or the activity itself being hard to excel in. Here are all of Destiny 2's titles ranked based on how hard they are to earn.

Updated on December 22, 2023, by Anastasia Maillot: The ranking has been updated with all the current Triumph seals out in Destiny 2 as of Season of the Wish. A time-sensitive Moments of Triumph seal will not be considered for the ranking but will become available early in 2024. While most of the Triumph seals maintain their position in the ranking, depending on the balance changes and new features like the in-game LFG service that was introduced in Season of the Wish, some of these Triumph seals might be easier for some players than implied here. By nature, seals that are harder to earn solo or that require players to hone their PVP skills will be ranked higher.

33 Star Baker

Bake Cookies And Kill Enemies With Snowballs

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Starting off at the bottom of the list is Star Baker, which ranks similarly to the other seasonal event titles. These titles don't require players to engage in difficult content and are more grindy than challenging to get. Even solo players should be able to accomplish these and guild these titles.

Star Baker is the Dawning event title which includes little tasks like defeating combatants with snowballs in various activities, using Stasis weapons, baking cookies, and completing playlist activities.

32 Ghost Writer

Complete Short Haunted Lost Sectors And Kill Headless Ones

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The Halloween event in Destiny 2 is Festival of the Lost, featuring the Ghost Writer title. Similarly to the Star Baker, it includes various little grindy tasks, purchasing upgrades from Eva, and collecting candy during the event.

On top of this, players need to engage with the event's special activity, Haunted Lost Sectors, and defeat Headless Ones. Overall, this should be easy even for solo players.

31 Flamekeeper

Most Time-Consuming Title To Complete Out Of The Seasonal Holiday Events

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The Solstice title for the summer event is Flamekeeper and comes packaged similarly to the last two entries, with an event card, special tasks to do, and engaging with the event's activity, Bonfire Bash.

The main difference with Flamekeeper is that it comes with a bit more substance to it, which can make it tedious. With three pages worth of triumphs to complete, players will be at it for some time during the event.

30 Champ

Requires Partaking In Supremacy, A Chaotic PVP Mode

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Guardian Games were the last event to receive its own Triumph seal, and it certainly isn't an easy one. In fact, one could argue that due to the requirement to participate in Supremacy, the event's trademark PVP game mode that pits classes against one another, it's the toughest event-centric Triumph seal to acquire.

On top of the Supremacy triumphs, there are other event-related activities, such as the Vanguard strike and Nightfall completion that are required to gild the title. The Nightfall one will be tough for any players who typically enjoy the game solo, even with the new in-game LFG option.

29 Virtual Fighter

Despite A Tough Patrol Space And Missions, Few Triumphs To Complete

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The new Lightfall expansion seal, Virtual Fighter, deals with all things concerning Neomuna. Although Neomuna's patrol space has been deemed quite hard to survive in, the triumph page only has nine triumphs for players to complete, out of which completing a campaign mission on Master difficulty is the hardest one.

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The remaining triumphs are quite grindy, from leveling up Nimbus' vendor rank to finding all the action figures hidden around the patrol space.

28 Reveler

A Substantial Time Commitment

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Although not necessarily hard, Reveler does earn its spot above the previous triumphs mainly due to the time-related engagement it demands from players. To complete this title, only four triumphs need to be done, each requiring players to complete 16 event cards during each of the seasonal events: Solstice, Festival of the Lost, Dawning, and Guardian Games.

It will without a doubt take a year for players to complete this title, and of course, players need to be available to play the events and grind out the event cards, which can feel a bit demanding.

27 Vidmaster

Requires Completion Of Two Non-Matchmade Activities

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The 30th Anniversary DLC of Destiny 2 introduced the Vidmaster title, which features various triumphs and challenges related to the Dares of Eternity activity. There are a few somewhat challenging triumphs here, including finding and killing Xur's Chosen during a run of Dares of Eternity, completing the activity on Legend difficulty (which is not matchmade), as well as completing the Grasp of Avarice dungeon.

For solo players, this might be a slightly more annoying one to complete as it relies on having people to do the Legend activity with, as well as the dungeon.

26 Splintered

A Particularly Grindy Expansion Triumph Seal

Destiny 2 Stasis Subclass Beyond Light

The Beyond Light expansion seal is among the longest expansion seals in the game, though it doesn't feature particularly difficult content. Most of the tasks are quite repetitive and grindy, requiring players to find and gather collectibles, as well as unlock quests from Variks.

These are relatively achievable by solo players, but they are time-consuming, given how big Europa is and how much there is to do.

25 Gumshoe

Requires Killing Champions

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The Witch Queen expansion seal ranks nearly among the highest in terms of expansions, simply because of two things: it requires players to kill champions in the Throne World, which implies players need to engage in endgame PVE content, and it also requires the completion of a Legendary campaign mission.

Another factor is crafting all the Wellspring weapons, which can be an arduous grind for players with limited time, given the abysmal drop rates of Deepsight Resonance weapons from the Wellspring activity. A time-consuming and somewhat challenging seal, in all regards.

24 Haruspex

A Tedious Grind For Cards, Along With The Mysteries Of The Imbaru Engine

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Season of the Witch came with the Haruspex title, and as always, the triumphs heavily featured seasonal activities. While the activities themselves were not all too difficult and came with a flavor of roguelike gameplay like Season of the Deep, the Imbaru Engine is where things got interesting. It definitely required players to go through trial and error, attempting to solve some of Savathun's puzzles.

If anything, Haruspex requires a bit of grinding. Unlocking Major Arcana cards is one of the Triumph seal requirements, and while this was a cool idea, it usually forced players to do daily bounty-level activities to acquire them.

23 Aquanaut

Pressure Trials Are Needed For The Seal, Along With Exotic Fish

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The second season of the Lightfall year really innovated in terms of activities. Its seal, Aquanaut, combines some of the core activities from Deep Dives or fishing. The dives have a certain roguelike gameplay model, and with pressure trials added in to ramp up the ad density and difficulty, it's certainly one step up from typical seasonal activities.

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What makes the seal tedious is the fishing. Fishing for Exotic fish relies on how many people are currently at a fishing spot, so it can take a while before a player has the opportunity to earn one. On the other hand, this season had no tough Legend Exotic mission triumph, which is why it places a bit lower than Queensguard.

22 Queensguard

A Tedious Seasonal Triumph Seal Paired With Legend Difficulty Activities

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Queensguard is the first seasonal seal players have received in the Lightfall era of Destiny 2. It's the Season of Defiance seal, which requires players to complete the seasonal story as usual, but also to complete activities like all the Defiant Battlegrounds on Legend, as well as the Avalon Exotic mission.

The Avalon mission on Legend in particular is quite challenging with the new in-game balance and difficulty changes, which can make getting the seal a headache for solo players. Not to mention, the requirement of 1000 kills with seasonal weapons, as well as 100 favors of each flavor, just makes this seal not only tough but overly grindy, too.

21 Wishbearer

Another Challenging Seasonal Exotic Mission On Legend Difficulty

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Season of the Wish is going to be the longest season in Destiny 2 with The Final Shape now delayed. In terms of triumphs, it comes with all the staples that other seasonal seals do, and like Queensguard it features one for the seasonal Exotic mission, Starcrossed.

This Exotic mission is already quite dense in terms of enemies when played in normal mode. On Legend, players will be struggling to stay alive, and champions are put into the equation as well. There's a unique mechanic in the mission that further ups the stakes, despite it being a fairly short activity. That alone puts this Triumph seal at the top of all the seasonal ones. Moreover, the Coil and Lair activities that are featured in the Triumph seal are extremely unfriendly to solo players, making it tough to earn without using the LFG feature.

20 Dredgen

The Triumph Seal Belonging To Destiny 2's Least Beloved Ritual Activity

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Out of the playlist seals, Dredgens appears to be the most accessible, though it is by no means easy to get. This Gambit-related seal requires players to, for example, run a full loadout of Gambit weapons and ensure one player banks 75 motes in a single match without dying.

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This title can also be gilded, and those who do deserve a special tip of the hat, especially given the way Gambit has been on life support and unchanged for a while now.

19 Wanted

Requires Soloing Spire Of The Watcher, The Shortest Dungeon In The Game

Destiny 2 Spire of The Watcher Dungeon Entry

In season 19, Spire of the Watcher came out as a new Vex-themed dungeon. The dungeon is among the shortest ones in the game, and also one of the easiest to solo complete after Shattered Throne.

This seal requires players to complete various triumphs in the dungeon, complete its collection, and complete it on Master difficulty. However, the toughest one is to complete the dungeon solo, especially the final boss which can get tricky with Supplicants chasing after the player.

18 Wrathbearer

A Short Dungeon, But With A Tanky Final Boss And Good Enemy Density

A cliffside path in Destiny 2's Warlord's Ruin dungeon

Warlord's Ruin's Triumph seal ranks towards the bottom of the dungeon seals despite being the newest one as of Season of the Wish. The triumphs are nothing special, and as always is the case with most dungeon seals, the toughest one is to complete the whole run solo.

The first two encounters are doable, but the final one has a ton of enemies and the boss itself is quite tanky. It's also a huge step away from the comparably simple mechanics of Spire of the Watcher, as players have to position themselves often in harm's way to begin the DPS phase.

17 Glorious

In The Current State Of PVP, One Of The More Annoying Seals To Earn

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These next two Crucible titles are pretty much equally challenging to earn but for very different reasons. Glorious is the new, go-to Crucible title for players who engage in the Competitive playlist and rank up. The hardest job is to rank up to Platinum.

All the other triumphs basically just require players to complete matches, use certain weapons or subclasses, and don't necessarily require wins, even if in some cases wins grant more progress.

16 Iron Lord

A PVP Seal That Requires Playing At Certain Times

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Iron Lord's difficulty comes from it being a time-gated seal. Iron Banner only appears a few times during a season, so players really need to get their grind on during those weeks to achieve all the triumphs needed for this seal. It certainly doesn't help that each Iron Banner is also different, depending on which mode is in rotation. Some modes favor teamplay, and others reward solo plays.

The most annoying part is unlocking all the Iron Banner gear for all classes, forcing players to get on other characters and out of their comfort zone. Resetting Lord Saladin's rank twice is also a massive grind, which was allegedly reduced by Bungie after a slog in season 19 when players struggled to earn enough progress.

15 Harbinger

The Only Dungeon Seal That Demands A Flawless Completion

The Pit of Heresy dungeon from Destiny 2.

The final location triumph seal is Harbinger, which came with the Shadowkeep expansion. Why is it so much higher than the others? Harbinger is significantly tougher than other similar seals due to it requiring not only a solo completion of the Pit of Heresy dungeon but also a flawless completion of it, too.

Another tough one is to complete a Master Nightmare Hunt flawlessly, which just goes to show that Harbinger is a seal focused on pushing the player to perform beyond their limits in PVE content.

14 Deadeye

The Most Tedious Seal Revolving Around Repetitive Use Of Even The Worst Weapon Archetypes

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Deadeye is the ultimate seal for players who are passionate about Destiny 2's gunplay, and it takes the challenge to the next level. Players will need to calibrate various weapon archetypes both in and outside of PVP.

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This forces players to use some of their most disliked weapons in competitive game modes, which can get infuriating over time. There's also that Gambit triumph hidden in here, which requires players to win a Gambit match with a full Gambit weapon loadout.