Field Assignment: Active Duty

Overview

Field Assignment: Active Duty is an Explore activity (patrol mission) available in The Moon and the Dreaming City. As an Explore activity, it is a flexible, repeatable patrol mission with no Darkness Zones or penalties for death, allowing Guardians to tackle objectives at their own pace.

Objectives

Field Assignment: Active Duty tasks Guardians with patrol activities, including defeating combatants and exploring specified areas. The activity emphasizes combat encounters and reconnaissance, with objectives varying by location.

Locations

This Field Assignment is available on two destinations:

• The Moon: The lunar surface featuring hostile Hive, Fallen, and Nightmare creatures in locations like Anchor of Light
• The Dreaming City: The ascendant realm where Guardians encounter Taken, Acolytes, and other threats in areas like the Divalian Mists

Related Field Assignments

Other patrol missions available in the Dreaming City include Field Assignment: Pilgrimage and Field Assignment: Assassination, each with distinct objectives.

Rewards

Completion of Explore activities typically grants experience points and patrol engrams or drops from defeated enemies.

Trivia

• Field Assignments were introduced in the Shadowkeep expansion as a new patrol mission type
• Unlike traditional patrols, Field Assignments offer more structured objectives within the Explore activity framework