The Dawning 2023 has arrived in Destiny 2. This holiday-themed event drapes the Tower in a winter theme, and brings a new weapon and shader for players to earn. To really take the arctic look to the next level though you will need the Rime Keepsake Memento, which applies a cool (literally) frosted look to a weapon of your choosing. This guide details how to unlock it, and how you can farm more of the Dawning Memento.
Winter Night Quest
The Rime Keepsake Memento is unlocked as a reward at the end of the Winter Night quest. You’ll need to complete the aptly-named The Dawning quest for Eva Levante at the Tower. She will then bestow you with the Winter Night quest.
To start, you will need to throw a lot of snowballs and do some baking:
- 75 final blows with snowballs.
- 25 final blows with snowballs that have Long Winter and Stay Frosty upgrades.
- Bake a Classic Butter Cookie and deliver it to Eva Levante.
After that, you can talk to Eva Levante to complete the quest and earn your Rime Keepsake Memento. First the easy part. Snowballs form from enemies you defeat with abilities or Dawning weapons. Pick them up, throw them at enemies, and watch them shatter like Stasis crystals.
You can make the classic Butter Cookie in the Holiday Oven — provided to you by Eva Levante. You’ll need the following: Taken Butter, which is earned by killing Taken enemies, Superb Butter comes from Super final blows, and 15 Essences of Dawning. Though it’s only 10 if your oven is Masterworked. Bake it, and talk to Eva to hand it in.
Snowball Upgrades
The upgraded snowballs are not quite as simple. Eva Levante sells snowball upgrades in exchange for Dawning Spirit. You will need to purchase the Long Winter, Longer Winter, and Stay Frosty upgrades. Once you do so, any enemies eliminated with snowballs will count for both the 75 and 25 snowball final blows.
Each upgrade costs 20 Dawning Spirit, so you’ll need to collect 60 to buy them all. You can get these from completing bounties for Eva Levante, finishing Triumphs on The Dawning’s event card, or delivering baked goods. If you earn and fully upgrade the Starfarer 7M ship then you can earn one Dawning Spirit each time a Dawning ingredient drops.
Once you finish the upgrades, get all the snowball final blows, bake and deliver the cookies, and talk to Eva Levante, she will give you the Rime Keepsake Memento, which you can apply to a crafted weapon of your choosing.
How to Farm Rime Keepsake
After you earn your first Rime Keepsake, it will enter the loot pool for A Gift in Return — the care packages that are sometimes given to you when you deliver cookies. Any time you open this gift box there is a small chance that it will contain Rime Keepsake. Just keep in mind that you can only hold one Dawning Memento at a time, so make sure to use them wisely.
