In Destiny 2 there is an exotic weapon that can only be obtained through the raid. What is the Legend of Acrius and how do you get it?
The Legend of Acrius is among the list of prominent names like the Vex Mythoclast, the Necrochasm, the Malice Touch, and the Outbreak Prime. These four weapons were Exotics in Destiny 1 that could only be obtained through the four raids. The Legend of Acrius is now the raid-exclusive Exotic in Destiny 2.
If you want to obtain the exotic shotgun “Legend of Acrius”, you’ll have to put in some serious effort.
What can the Legend of Acrius do?
As no one can yet hold the weapon in its full glory (why that is, we will discuss later), only the intrinsic perk is known so far:
- The weapon fires a powerful shot that passes through enemies.
Additionally, the shotgun has excellent range and arc damage.
The stability is also very good. What is less impressive is the magazine size and reload speed. You can fire just one shot with the weapon before you need to reload. Perhaps this will change when the weapon’s full potential can be unleashed.
How to find the Legend of Acrius
To the Comms
To get the Legend of Acrius, you need the quest “To the Comms”. You receive this quest randomly once you reach level 20 and kill Cabals all over the locations, which should not take too long during public events and similar.
Once you have received the quest – which is located in your power slot in the character menu – you need to return to Nessus and collect the communication codes by killing Cabals. Just start a public event with Cabals, and you should soon have the required 5 communication codes.
World Destroyer – Off to the Leviathan Raid
Once you have gathered the necessary codes, the quest name changes to “World Destroyer”. To continue the quest, you must now finish the raid and take down Emperor Calus. This will likely be the hardest step. Help can be found here:
Imperial Invitation – Off to Benedict 99-40
Benedict 99-40 is your contact in the Tower for the tokens collected in the raid and also triggers the next quest step. You can find Benedict 99-40 in the Tower below Ikora and Hawthorne. He is the cleaning robot.
Take down the arms dealer in the Strike
After speaking with Benedict 99-40 in the Tower, a new quest marker will appear in the EDZ at the Cabal base Hades. You need to complete the arms dealer strike on Prestige difficulty (Power Level 300).
Furthermore, you will also have to deal with a very scarce resource here: time. The timer starts at only 7 minutes. To gain time, you need to destroy so-called anomalies, which are scattered throughout the strike. They are similar to the data grids on Nessus. Each destroyed anomaly increases your “timer” by 30 seconds.
Alongside the limited time, the modifier Prism is active, which we already know from the first two Nightfall Strikes.
If you conquer this challenging strike, you will receive the Legend of Acrius, but only with the intrinsic perk unlocked. The quest continues!
Cabal Slayer – time for a chat with Benedict 99-40
Back to the Tower to Benedict 99-40. He gives you the quest “Cabal Slayer”, which is structured similarly to the quest The Storm and The MIDA Multi-Tool.
Specifically, you need to
- kill 25 Cabals with the Legend of Acrius,
- 15 Cabals at close range, and
- 10 Cabals without reloading
Particularly the last step is tricky, as you only have one shot in the magazine. You need to shoot at the Cabals when they are lined up so that you hit more than one enemy at a time. Two killed enemies at once are sufficient for this.
The Seals of Your Majesty – and on we go
The quest is still not finished. Back with our buddy Benedict 99-40, we receive the next task.
Now you must collect so-called Imperator Seals, which are only available upon completion of the raid. Benedict asks for 10 of them. However, you will not get that many if you only complete the raid once. You will definitely need to start the raid a second time.
You earn these seals by completing stages, successfully overcoming these, and opening chests.
The Prestige Raid – The Crown
Once you have gathered the 10 Imperator Seals, the quest is still not complete. Benedict 99-40 sends you back into the Leviathan raid, but this time on the “Prestige” difficulty, analogous to the hard mode of the raids from Destiny 1.
This step can still not be completed. Bungie will unlock the Prestige Raid on 10.10.2017.
You see, the quest is hard work – let’s hope it will be worthwhile in the end.
What do you think of the shotgun and the quest? Are you looking forward to soon unleashing its full power?
