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Destiny 2: The Edge of Fateprovides a whole new list of Seasonal Challenges, which release on a weekly rotation, but things are a tad different this time around. Instead of kills with specific weapons in specific activities,Destiny 2has elected to use collectibles for some lore deep dives and XP gains. Players will need to findall 18 Data Pads inDestiny 2: The Edge of Fate’s Week 1 Seasonal Challenges, and they’ve never been easier to find thanks to the guide below, which shows and describes the exact locations of each Data Padin every Opin which they are available.
All Data Pads in Solo Ops Activities
There are 3 Data Pads for this quest, and each of them isfound in a specific Solo Op:
Data Pad Location
Skywatch
When you reach the outside area after defeating all enemies and clearing the shielded door, turn around to find this Data Pad on a barrel.
The Salt Mines
After clearing the second room, head through the cave to find a massive pit. Before entering the pit below, pick up the Data Pad, which is on a rusted box.
Caldera
At the start of the mission, head forward to a cave with a flag above it, and inside this cave is a Data Pad on the immediate right.
All Data Pads in Fireteam Ops Activities
There are 8 Data Pads for this XP quest to be completed, and 2 can be found in each Fireteam Op, providing a total of 4 Strikes/Battlegrounds that must be completed:
The Glassway
After defeating the first miniboss, head forward to the right of the exit, where the Data Pad is beside a wall with two metal canisters.
After defeating the second miniboss, head into the floating Vex platform area and take an immediate right to find this Data Pad on a ledge.
The Inverted Spire
On the platform before dropping down to the Cabal tanks, players can find this Data Pad.
After capturing the 3 Cabal plates in the Press Forward objective, head to the right metal grate platform for this Data Pad.
Battleground: Conduit
At the beginning of the Op, head down the first sloped tunnel and look to the left wall to find this Data Pad next to a large plant.
This Data Pad is found on the right ledge before the kneeling Vex that leads to a portal to the final boss.
Battleground: Delve
At the start of the Op, head to the left to find this Data Pad on the floor by a Vex pillar.
During the Explore the Caverns objective, jump to the left platform that’s just before a triangle-shaped door to the final boss encounter for this Data Pad.
All Data Pads in Empire Hunt Activities
Each of the Empire Hunt activities in the Fireteam Ops section has 1 Data Pad to collect, and here’s the location of each:
Empire Hunt: The Dark Priestess
After defeating the miniboss for the Find Kirdis objective, enter the teleporter and the first stairway on the right contains this Data Pad.
Empire Hunt: The Technocrat
In the Pursue Praksis objective, look to the platform on the right for this Data Pad, which is just before the boss room.
Empire Hunt: The Warrior
Near the start of this Fireteam Op, players will head right, where, through the tunnels after the Wyvern, players can turn around to check behind the raised pillar, for this Data Pad.
All Data Pads in Exotic Mission Activities
There are 4 Data Pads in total for this Pinnacle Ops mission, with 2 Data Pads per Exotic Mission, which can be found below:
Encore
At the beginning of the Exotic Mission, head past the well and go to the left path and forward, where beneath the cliff is a mossy ledge that can be climbed down to find a rock cave with a Data Pad deep inside on a mossy floor behind a waterfall.
Before the final boss room, look to the left just before dropping down in the open circle door for this Data Pad.
Kell’s Fall
Before going up the rising elevator for the boss arena, head to the right to find this Data Pad on the ground by a dead tree.
Before the final boss room after the Trickster, look to the right of the main door for this Data Pad.
