History of Field Assignment: Assassination

Overview

Field Assignment: Assassination is an Explore activity (patrol mission) available in the Dreaming City. Like other Explore activities, it offers flexible, repeatable patrol objectives with no Darkness Zones or penalties for death.

Objectives

This Field Assignment focuses on eliminating priority targets or high-value enemies within the Dreaming City. Guardians must seek out and defeat specific foes as part of their patrol objectives, emphasizing combat and tactical target elimination.

Location

Field Assignment: Assassination is exclusively available in the Dreaming City, the ascendant realm ruled by Queen Mara Sov. Guardians encounter Taken, Hive, and other hostile forces throughout the destination while pursuing assignment objectives.

Related Field Assignments

Other patrol missions available in the Dreaming City include:

• Field Assignment: Active Duty
• Field Assignment: Pilgrimage
• Field Assignment: Salvage

Rewards

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

Trivia

• Assassination-type missions are part of the broader Explore activity system introduced in Shadowkeep
• The Dreaming City, introduced in Forsaken, features multiple patrol mission types tailored to its ascendant realm setting