In the MMO shooter Destiny, Bungie has come up with something special. Those who achieve a flawless record in the new event Trials of Osiris will be richly rewarded: They can go to Mercury.
This is how the Trials of Osiris work
Yesterday, the Trials of Osiris went live. Much was already known about the event before, now probably almost everything. For those who are asking: What is this? And much more importantly: What loot is there? Here’s a brief summary:
- Trials of Osiris is a PvP event
- It runs weekly from Friday evening at 7:00 PM to Tuesday at 11:00 AM
- As with Iron Banner, the level advantages are activated
- It is PvP for pre-made teams of 3 players; there is no matchmaking; Bungie finds your enemies, not your friends
- The 3-person teams compete in the elimination mode against other teams in a best-of-9 format. Think of it like a tennis match: the first to win 5 sets wins the entire match – where a “set” in the Trials of Osiris lasts only between 30 seconds and a few minutes, while a match usually finds a winner after about 10 minutes
- The goal is to win as many matches as possible before losing 3
- You can buy buffs for Passage Coins from Brother Vance that help achieve the goals
And these are the rewards
There’s a chance for rewards while playing after a match: legendary weapons and armor, but they are from a “different pool of items.”
The actual Trials of Osiris loot works such that each player receives a “scorecard” for 100 Glimmer from Brother Vance. On this “card,” wins and losses are noted. If you have 3 “losses” on the card, you are out of the tournament but can go shopping with the card. Depending on how many wins you have, there are different rewards. You can buy up to and including the win rank, which means that if you win 8 times, you can enjoy all of these rewards.
Our reader Lightningsoul summarized this; we have added a bit:
- 2 – Light Particles + Passage Coins
- 3 – Light Particles + Passage Coins
- 5 – Armor piece Light 42 for your own class (these are the ones with the Egyptian look, for anyone asking: Where can I find the Egyptian armors?)
- 6 – Ethereal Light + Passage Coins, there’s also a chance for Exotics
- 7 – Legendary weapon 365 – there are a total of 9, but this is not sure at the moment
- 8 – Ethereal Light + Light Particles, there’s also a chance for Exotics and legendary Trials of Osiris gear
It’s important to note that the rewards for levels 5 and 7 will change weekly. However, the two guaranteed “Ethereal Lights” are worth it. They are the key to Light Level 34.
You can also buy back into the tournament for 100 Glimmer. This can be done as often as the players want.
Only the tough get into the garden: The Lighthouse
It was clear in advance: something would happen at “9 Wins”. The catch: nothing happens at 9 Wins alone. Players must actually achieve “9 Wins without a loss” for this banner to appear:
Then players can select an “exclusive zone on Mercury” and can travel there: The Lighthouse, Caloris Spires on Mercury. This is the “secret” social space, which the dataminers have already found. The image was sent to us by a reader:
The first players to discover this and travel there were, to put it mildly, on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
(If this is too Broman after 5 seconds, here is the relaxed Swiss version):
The rewards for the flawless players are impressive: there’s also Ethereal Light, Passage Coins, Light Particles, a chance for Exotics, and special emblems, as well as special editions of the legendary weapons.
It is important that players have room for the emblem before they open the chest. There have been complaints about this: it will not be sent afterwards, but simply disappear.
The weapons that can be contained in the chest with the “Master” perk are similar to “Prison of Elders” special variants of the weapons sold by Brother Vance. Here, the elemental damage is rolled when “looting the chest.”
- The Hand Cannon Jewel of Osiris (Master)
- The Pulse Rifle The Messenger (Adept)
- The Scout Rifle The Scholar (Adept)
- The Auto Rifle The Summoner (Adept)
And what about the fate of all fools?
The exotic scout rifle “Fate of All Fools” has not yet been found by anyone in the game. It seems that this will come later, if at all, and is currently not obtainable. Some had speculated that it would be tied to the 9 Wins … doesn’t seem to be the case at the moment.
