What's a Nightfall Strike?

Nightfall Strikes, also known as "Nightfall: The Ordeal" are high-level PvE activities. Pitting three Guardians against a harder variant of the game's Strike levels, they'll use modifiers to increase the challenge. There are five difficulties, each with increased modifiers but a score multiplier, too.

Does nightfall count as a strike?

Nightfalls are not playlist activities. Strikes, Gambit, Crucible.

How long does a nightfall strike take?

Nightfall Time Limit

One is that the Nightfall Strike is timed – fireteams have 11 minutes to complete the entire strike, or else they are kicked to orbit and forced to start again. The caveat to the Nightfall Strike limit is that players can add time by killing enemies within the strike.