Top 3 ways to unlock gronk kick of destiny 2 payout rewards

Okay let me just rip off the band-aid right now—unlocking that Gronk Kick loot ain’t exactly handing it to you on a silver platter. Took me way longer than I care to admit, and I almost rage-quit twice. But figured it out eventually through pure stubbornness. Here’s exactly what I actually did, step by messy step:

The Setup (Where I Screwed Up at First)

First mistake: Thought I could just smack enemies until the Gronk Kick power randomly dropped. Wrong. Like, laughably wrong. Wasted a full afternoon grinding public events and lost sectors. Got bupkis. Total goose egg.

So I finally swallowed my pride and actually went digging in the triumphs menu. Felt stupid not checking sooner. Buried under the seasonal stuff—bam!—there’s a whole section for the “Celestial Kicks” event. Needed Triumph Score. That was the gatekeeper. Not just killing stuff.

How I Bagged the Kick – For Real This Time

Here’s what actually worked, after all that wasted time:

Method 1: Embrace the Bounty Grind (Yes, the boring kind)

• I beelined straight to the War Table vendor in the H.E.L.M. Ignored everyone else.
• Spammed ONLY the bounties that mentioned “Celestial Challenge” or “Guardian Boot Camp.” Grabbed every single one every day.
• Mainly involved:
  • Getting airborne multi-kills (annoying with weak jump jets)
  • Melee finishers on Champions (risky as heck)
  • Collecting those dumb floating “Cosmic Dust” motes in playlist activities.
• Felt like a chore, but churning these out daily gave chunky Triumph points. Slow burn.

Method 2: Exploit the Weekly Story Mission

Every week when the seasonal mission reset:

• I ran it on Legend difficulty. Yeah, hurts more, but the point bonus was crazy.
• Went out of my way to find every hidden chest and smash every environmental thingy (crystals, those floating energy pods). Easy hidden points.
• Made sure to get the Platinum score before extracting. Sometimes took a few tries to not die stupidly.
• This became my Tuesday ritual. By week 3, it had dumped a massive lump of points.

Method 3: The Unexpected Knockout Blow (Super Boss Spam)

This one surprised me. Getting triumphs for wrecking high-value targets with Supers added up fast:

• Camped in the Cosmodrome patrol. Lots of random HVT spawns there.
• Equipped maximum Super regen mods – armor, weapons, Ghost perk, everything.
• Saved my Super ONLY for the yellow-bar HVTs. Nothing else. Wasted it on trash mobs? Restarted.
• Got real good at seeing a HVT marker and sprinting across the map like a maniac just to Golden Gun it. Repeated for hours. Felt grindy as all get-out.

The Payoff (Finally!)

After hitting around 80% Triumph score from mixing all three methods (mostly bounties and missions), Gronk Kick just… popped. Showed up in my Seasonal Artifact perk tree. No big fanfare, no loot drop, just suddenly there. Took weeks of doing this stuff consistently.

Big takeaway: It wasn’t one magic thing. It was doing the tedious daily/weekly chores consistently combined with pushing the specific objectives that spat out the most points. Felt more like punching a timesheet than playing a game sometimes. But hey, shoulder-checking Vex Minotaurs into oblivion with a flaming Gronk Kick? Totally worth the headache. Now excuse me while I go punt a Screeb into next Tuesday.