The Dawning is here in Destiny 2, and that means it’s time for the delightful chaos of cookie-baking and gift-giving! While we won’t see the bounties this year, the tradition of treating your favored NPCs for some fabulous loot remains. This year, the goodies are quite the catch.
Baking cookies plays a central role in the Dawning festivities. By delivering treats to any eligible NPC, you have a shot at receiving an item called A Gift In Return. And if luck is on your side, you might just snag some exclusive event weapons!
So far, opening those gifts has rewarded players with Tier Five versions of the Dawning weapons, featuring a returning linear fusion rifle along with two powerful new additions. To maximize your treat-making success, here’s a breakdown of all the ingredients and recipes for this year’s Dawning.
All Dawning Ingredients in Destiny 2
This year’s Dawning ingredients come in two flavors: Uncommon and Rare. Uncommon materials drop based on the type of enemy you defeat, while Rare ones depend on how those kills happen. The Uncommon ingredients are:
- Vex Milk: Defeated Vex
- Ether Cane: Defeated Fallen
- Cabal Oil: Defeated Cabal
- Chitin Powder: Defeated Hive
- Taken Butter: Defeated Taken
- Dark Ether Cane: Defeated Scorn
No ingredients tie specifically to Dread enemies this year—thankfully! Bungie has spared us the need to farm Barrier Grims for Cookies. Let’s hope it stays that way for the next event!
The Rare ingredients list is quite extensive, varying based on your choice of weaponry or abilities:
- Delicious Explosion: Grenades, grenade launchers, and rocket launchers
- Sharp Flavor: Swords
- Impossible Heat: Solar damage
- Electric Flavor: Arc damage
- Null Taste: Void damage
- Flash of Inspiration: Picking up orbs of power
- Personal Touch: Melee abilities
- Perfect Taste: Precision kills
- Bullet Spray: Auto rifles, SMGs, and machine guns
- Finishing Touch: Finishers
- Balanced Flavors: Pulse rifles, scout rifles, snipers, and bows
- Multifaceted Flavors: Achieving multikills
- Superb Texture: Super abilities
- Dark Frosting: Stasis or Strand damage
All Dawning Recipes in Destiny 2
This year boasts 22 unique cookie recipes, each requiring 15 Essence of Dawning to create. However, if you upgrade Eva Levante’s oven, that requirement drops to just 10! You only have to bake each recipe once to enjoy the perks, and past recipes roll over too.
| Cookie | Recipient | First ingredient | Second ingredient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjallardoodles | Commander Zavala (Tower) | Ether Cane | Delicious Explosion |
| Traveler Donut Holes | Ikora Rey (Tower) | Cabal Oil | Flash of Inspiration |
| Telemetry Tapioca | Banshee-44 (Tower) | Vex Milk | Bullet Spray |
| Eliksni Birdseed | Suraya Hawthorne (Tower) | Ether Cane | Personal Touch |
| Gentleman’s Shortbread | Devrim Kay (EDZ) | Ether Cane | Perfect Taste |
| Infinite Forest Cake | Failsafe (Nessus) | Vex Milk | Impossible Heat |
| Vanilla Blades | Lord Shaxx (Tower) | Cabal Oil | Sharp Flavor |
| Dark Chocolate Motes | Drifter (Tower) | Taken Butter | Null Taste |
| Ill-Fortune Cookies | Petra Venj (Dreaming City) | Dark Ether Cane | Impossible Heat |
| Strange Cookies | Xûr (Eternity) | Taken Butter | Electric Flavor |
| Lavender Ribbon Cookies | Saint-14 (Tower) | Vex Milk | Personal Touch |
| Hot Crossfire Buns | Ada-1 (Tower) | Ether Cane | Balanced Flavors |
| Ascendant Oatmeal Raisin Cookies | Eris Morn (Moon) | Chitin Powder | Finishing Touch |
| Etheric Coldsnaps | Variks (Europa) | Chitin Powder | Electric Flavor |
| Blueberry Crumblers | Shaw Han (Cosmodrome) | Ether Cane | Bullet Spray |
| Bright-Dusted Snowballs | Tess Everis (Tower) | Chitin Powder | Multifaceted Flavors |
| Classic Butter Cookies | Eva Levante (Tower) | Taken Butter | Superb Texture |
| Starwort Thins | Elsie Bray/The Exo Stranger (Europa) | Dark Ether Cane | Dark Frosting |
| Lucent Crunch | Fynch (Throne World) | Chitin Powder | Perfect Taste |
| Neomun-Pie | Nimbus (Neomuna) | Vex Milk | Dark Frosting |
| Dark Matter Drizzlers | Dean Rebecca (Kepler) | Ether Cane | Dark Frosting |
| Peanut Butter Paw Prints | Archie (Tower) | Dark Ether Cane | Balanced Flavors |
Participating in The Dawning doesn’t require you to focus solely on event activities, aside from one match of the Snowball Fight for the event quest. Activities in Destiny 2 yield plenty of ingredients for your cookie-making adventures, but if you have a certain NPC in mind, you might want to bake their favorite treats. Who knows? By next Dawning, we might get to treat Ghost or Aunor!
What are the most popular Dawning recipes in Destiny 2?
Among the most popular recipes, the Gjallardoodles and Traveler Donut Holes are fan favorites, cherished by players for their unique flavors and the loyalty they earn with NPCs.
How do I get ingredients for cookies in Destiny 2?
Ingredients drop while playing various activities, with Uncommon ingredients obtained from specific enemy types, and Rare ingredients gained through specific kill methods. Keep playing and the ingredients will come!
What is the purpose of A Gift In Return in Destiny 2’s Dawning event?
A Gift In Return is an item received after delivering cookies to NPCs. It has the chance to contain high-end loot, including special versions of the event weapons.
Can I reuse recipes from previous Dawning events?
Yes! Recipes from past Dawning events carry over, allowing you to enjoy making your favorite cookies again.
Are there any new rewards for participating in this year’s Dawning?
This year, players can look forward to new event weapons and higher tier rewards, making this Dawning experience more exciting than ever.