This Guardian amazes everyone in Destiny 2: He soloed the Nightfall strike at the Prestige level!

This week, since September 12th, the Nightfall “The Twisted Towers” is up. For many Guardians, this already poses a significant challenge even at the normal difficulty level. The recommended Power Level is 240.

Before starting the Nightfalls, daring fireteams can increase the difficulty to Prestige: This has a recommended Power Level of 300, the enemies are stronger and smarter, and the time pressure is higher. Your equipment cannot be changed after the strike starts, so you need to think ahead about which weapons and focus you want to choose.

This is a challenge that even seasoned fireteams can struggle with. Impossible to achieve alone – or?

The YouTuber and hardcore Destiny player Esoterickk shows that it is indeed possible. He soloed the Nightfall strike and even had over a minute left on the clock at the end. See for yourself:

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He’s done it again

Just a few days ago, we reported on Esoterickk, as he managed to solo the Nightfall strike from last week. At the end of the article, I joked that it was probably only a matter of time before he soloed the Prestige Nightfall. I didn’t think that time would come so quickly.

This is his Guardian loadout:

• Striker Titan with Pulse Grenade and the top skill tree (shoulder charge “Seismic Strike”)
• Kinetic weapon: Nameless Midnight (Scout Rifle)
• Energy weapon: Skyburner’s Oath (Exotic Scout Rifle)
• Power weapon: Curtain Call – Rocket Launcher
• Additionally, he has the exotic leg armor Dunemarchers
• Power Level 303, Mobility 4, Resilience 4, Recovery 5

The final phase against Protheon was said to be the most difficult in the raid. In the end, he decided to wait for the Arc Burn, throw a pulse grenade at the boss, and take him down with Fist of Havoc. While he died himself, the boss also fell, allowing him to successfully complete the Nightfall strike. Impressive!

Is the Prestige Nightfall not for you because you want to do the raid first? Here you can find our guide to the Leviathan raid.

In Destiny 2 it doesn’t make sense to collect and hoard engrams.

Hoarding engrams was a popular pastime in Destiny 1. There, you could collect as many as space allowed and later have them decrypted by the Cryptarch. For example, exotic engrams were saved for high light levels or upcoming content updates.

In Destiny 2, this tactic is no longer possible, as Bungie fundamentally restructured the logic of engrams.

Normal Engrams – from common to rare

Engrams that you find in the game world are instantly decrypted and added to your inventory – no more annoying “flying to the Tower” to visit Rahool. Engrams of the rarities white, green, and blue are automatically decrypted upon discovery.

The missing detour to the Tower has its price – you cannot “save” engrams for later. This shouldn’t be a problem, as you won’t be able to do anything with the white, green, and blue stuff anyway after a certain point.

Valuable Engrams – legendary and exotic

In addition to the aforementioned engrams, you can also find legendary (purple) and exotic (yellow) engrams. These contain the best gear, and everyone is after them. These engrams are not automatically decrypted immediately; you need to fly to the Farm or the Tower for this.

In particular, exotic engrams were often hoarded in Destiny 1 to maximize light level (now: power level).

And in Destiny 2? Now the power level is fixed at the time of discovery. This applies to both legendary and exotic engrams.

The power level is fixed, so hoarding the engram doesn’t make sense. It’s best to fly to a Cryptarch immediately and decrypt the engrams. The chance is high that you can make use of them.

Radiant Engrams – The Jewels

Radiant engrams can be obtained once a week for various milestones. There really is something for everyone; you can earn these engrams in the Crucible or by completing challenges in your clan.

The special thing about these engrams is that they always contain gear that is above your current power level (up to the maximum). Many Guardians wanted to take advantage of this situation by completing milestones but not claiming the engram yet.

They wanted to wait to redeem the engram until reaching a specific power level at which they rely on these engrams (roughly around 265 – 270). But Bungie has put a stop to that.

Because radiant engrams are automatically decrypted based on the current power level precisely at the weekly reset on Tuesday at 11 AM and added to the inventory.

If you want to “farm” these radiant engrams, you can only do so until shortly before the weekly reset. Hoarding them for weeks won’t work. Many Guardians learned this lesson the hard way during the first reset.

What do you think of Bungie’s engram policy? Let us know in the comments!

The Leviathan Raid in Destiny 2 has been cracked! In our raid guide, you will find solutions for all phases. How do the royal baths work? How do I get through the Pleasure Garden? And who is Benedict 99-40? Our raid guide.

On September 13, 2017, the Leviathan Raid opened its gates, and countless Guardians rushed into this 6-player PvE activity to put a stop to the new threat.

To play the raid, you must be at least Power Level 260. The recommended power is 270, but you should ideally increase your power even higher before tackling the raid. This one is challenging.

In the following, we explain the mechanics of the raid. A note here: Spoiler Alert! If you want to explore the raid yourself, you should not continue reading.

Standard Bearers in the Castell – Solution and Strategy for Phase 1

You start the Leviathan Raid directly via the Navigator. Above Nessus, in “Nessus Orbit”, the symbol for the raid will be displayed. You have to form a fireteam of 6 players yourself, there is no matchmaking. Only later will there be Raid guide games.

You now enter a kind of palace, where everything is lavishly and golden decorated. Your task is to master several trials from Calus, the former Kabal Emperor.

It should be noted: During some activities, there are only limited revival tokens. These are displayed at the bottom right of the screen. This means you cannot revive indefinitely.

Let’s get started in the Castell:

• In this phase, you must defeat Standard Bearers, hefty Kabal units. Once one is defeated, it drops a relic.
• This relic is then picked up by a team member and placed in the center of the room:

  

• Once you have hammered a relic into the device, Standard Liberators will gradually appear. They will try to take the relics away. In other words, you must defeat them as quickly as possible. If the Liberators succeed in stealing a relic, you must defeat another Standard Bearer. Ideally, always have 2 or 3 people in the middle to defend the relics.
• During the fight, Council Members will appear. These floating Psions are immune to weapon damage from outside their bubble. Therefore, you must go inside their bubble and defeat them; a melee attack is sufficient. Always pay attention to the indicator at the bottom left of the screen to know when Council Members appear. Because they protect the Standard Liberators. Defeat the Council Members as quickly as possible to be able to defeat the Standard Liberators as quickly as possible.

Tip: Divide yourselves into three attackers (relic holders and Council Member eliminators) and three defenders (who defend the relics). Then this phase should not be a bigger problem. Here is a video about the Castell:

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Note: The order of phases 2, 3, and 4 changes weekly.

Royal Baths – Solution and Strategy for Phase 2

In Phase 2, you should stop a bathing ritual in the royal baths. For this, you first need to split your fireteam.

Starting position: There are four plates that must be occupied. Each Guardian stands on one plate. The other two Guardians are in the middle.

• As soon as you stand on the plates, you receive Psionic Protection. This protects you from the environmental damage of the dark goo. This protection lasts for 50 seconds.
• The two people in the middle can refill the Psionic Protection in the middle. They help the Guardians on the plates so that there are always Guardians with Psionic Protection on these plates. Rotate through. The Guardian who is replaced by a Guardian from the middle now runs to the middle and refills his protection.
  
• When every plate is occupied, the chains apparatus will move. However, you are not alone in this process. In addition to regular adds, Telaks will appear at the chains, who deal immense damage in close combat. Defeat these as quickly as possible so you can continue to occupy your plate. It’s best to whip out the power weapon.
• Tip: As soon as your Psionic Protection is nearing its end, let your team know so that a Guardian from the middle can come to you. Communication is key here. Three Guardians should take care of the left two plates and three Guardians of the right two plates.
• Do this until a music plays and the chains have been fully moved. Now all rush into the middle room. When you stand on the plate in the middle, you can deal damage to the incense vessels. Your goal is to destroy all of them:

But beware: In the middle, many nasty enemies will come that will make your life difficult. Don’t hesitate to eliminate them quickly with your super. Because your main goal is the purple vessels.

As soon as the psionic protection has expired, you must defeat Council Members as quickly as possible that appear in the middle.

Repeat this process until you have destroyed all incense vessels. Then it continues. Here is a video from the Baths phase:

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Update: This is the solution to the raid challenge “Royal Baths”!

Pleasure Garden – Survive the Hunt of the Royal Beasts – Solution and Strategy for Phase 3

Now you return to the Castell, where you must proceed as in Phase 1 to enter the next area.

Phase 3 takes place in the Pleasure Garden. Your task is to eliminate 6 royal beasts. These roam around and attack when they see you. So: Don’t let yourself be detected at first, stay hidden.

• Let’s get started by picking up the Prism Weapons. Then enter the security room below.
• Four Guardians now pick up Royal Pollen. These must be taken to glowing, purple flowers.
• Once all four pollen holders are gathered around a flower, a Prism Weapons holder shoots a beam at the flower. For this, a Prism Weapons holder stands in a light. These lights are located on the rocks.

The Prism Weapons holders also act as guides. They lead the pollen holders from flower to flower through the garden, ensuring that their teammates are not seen by royal beasts. In addition, the Guardians with the Prism Weapon must eliminate Kabal Snipers that spawn.

If the beasts detect you, they emit a Psionic Howl. Now you have 30 seconds to return to the safety room, otherwise, all team members still outside will die. You can only return to the safety room three times. After that, it is no longer accessible. If you take too long, a Psionic Howl will sound as well.

The beasts have extremely high health points. By bringing the pollen to the flowers, you receive a buff that significantly increases your damage output. This buff is stackable – four times is ideal. This allows you to defeat the beasts quickly.

Tip: For every beast you kill, the psionic howl becomes deadlier. You have less time to return to the safety room. Therefore, you should first weaken the beasts considerably and then defeat them all at once. Ideally, do not kill any beast until all have low health.

It is also possible to kill all beasts in one round if you have a buff of x60.

Once all are defeated, you can proceed. Here is a video about the Pleasure Garden:

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Update: This is the solution for the Pleasure Garden raid challenge!

The Circus – Solution and Strategy for Phase 4

You return to the Castell and must proceed as in Phase 1. Then the gate for Phase 4 opens.

• In the Circus, you should initially stand on pillars so they sink into the ground. For this, you just stand on them.
• Now you must defeat enemies, including heavy Centurions, until two psionic charges appear. Two Guardians pick these up and are teleported to the outer area of the arena – into a tunnel.
• The Guardians with the charges must announce which circle is marked in red – there are the rows Top, Middle, and Bottom. Two Guardians not in the tunnel stand on the corresponding pillar opposite the barrier and shoot at the two arrows in the rows that are not marked in red. This must happen quickly. This will open the barrier for the Guardian with the charge. He must jump through the circle that was marked in red.

  

• Example: If a circle in the middle is marked red (as in the picture), the Guardians must shoot the arrows in the Top and Bottom rows. Communication is important.
• Repeat this for all barriers until the charge carriers are back outside. But be careful – the charge carriers must overcome an obstacle course in the tunnel. Once they are outside, they bring their charges to the center of the room. Each charge ignites a torch there.
• Important: The Guardians that do not carry a charge must deal with the Council Members that spawn. Otherwise, the whole team will die. Take them out with a melee attack.
• Once six torches are burning, everyone rushes into the middle room. There you pick up spheres that teleport you into the tunnel. You must then run through the tunnel together and pick up spheres that extend your timer. Each Guardian has an individual timer. Coordinate so that every Guardian remains above 0. Enough Guardians must remain at the end to fully “light up” the torches in the middle room.

You can watch this phase here in the video:

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Update: This is the solution for the Circus raid challenge!

Calus – The Throne Room – The Final Boss

Now it’s time for the final boss. You start the fight by shooting at the chalice that Calus holds. Numerous enemies will appear that must be defeated. Also, Council Members that you can take down (but not have to right away).

• As soon as Calus claps his hands, all Guardians are teleported to another dimension, where a giant head of Calus faces you. Three must stay in this new place, three can teleport back by passing through a glowing sphere.
• The three players who remain in the other dimension must announce which symbol is on Calus’ head. There is a chalice, a sword, a sun, and a dog. Each of the three Guardians sees a different symbol. There is only one symbol that no one sees. This one missing symbol is crucial.

  

• These four symbols are also above the heads of four Council Members, whom the other Guardians can take care of in the throne room. The Council Member that corresponds to the symbols above Calus’ head must not be defeated. In other words, ignore all other Council Members with symbols that were announced.
• Example: Player 1 sees the chalice symbol, Player 2 sees the dog, and Player 3 sees the sword, so the Council Member with the sun must be eliminated. Communication is essential here!
• As soon as a Council Member is defeated, two more Council Members will appear that must be quickly defeated. Weapon damage is sufficient.
• The Guardians in the other dimension with Calus’s head are now being drawn back to the head. Repeat the process several times, and the players in the other dimension come closer to Calus’s head. They must watch out for Psions and obstacles in the way.
• Once they are directly in front of the head, it spits out skulls. You should shoot as many as possible, as they contribute to a “Force of Will” buff that increases your damage. You will need this buff for the final fight.
• Once Calus stops spitting out skulls, the Guardians can pick up spheres and return to the throne room.
• To obtain the “Force of Will” buff, every team member must stand on a platform and shoot at Calus. After a few seconds, you will no longer be able to deal damage to him. Therefore: All should stand on a single platform, shoot at him until he raises his arm, then move together to the next platform and shoot at him again.
• In each damage phase, you should remove about a third of Calus’s health points. A good rotation for the pillars is to start with the top right, then bottom right, then bottom left, and finally top left.

Repeat this until he is dead. You can see the final boss fight here in the video:

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Update: This is the solution to the raid challenge at Calus!

And who or what is Benedict 99-40? – What raid gear is available as a reward in the Leviathan Raid?

In many chests, you will receive tokens called “Emperor Calus” tokens. You should bring these to Benedict 99-40 in the Tower. This is a new NPC. You will find him near Hawthorne. Go down the stairs, there stands the cleaning robot.

We will create a separate article for the raid gear (linked at the end of the article).

Have you mastered the Leviathan Raid yet?

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More articles about the raid:

• You can find all the chests in the raid here.
• The raid loot is available here.
• Destiny 2: Prestige Raid – Here are the changes – with solutions

Articles about the raid track:

• This is how to do the raid track “World Eater”
• This is how to do the Star Gate

Here is our raid guide for “Last Wish”.

We snagged some codes for Destiny 2  at Gamescom 2017. With these, you can unlock a “Confluence of Light” emblem. Participate in our giveaway and you might win an emblem!

When the Mein-MMO team was at Gamescom 2017, we diligently snagged codes for Destiny 2. These were keys that unlock an emblem in the game, the “Confluence of Light” emblem. We would like to share these treasures with you.

Destiny 2 – 3 Emblems to Win

To win one of the stylish “Confluence of Light” emblems, you just need to perform as many of the following actions as possible. The more actions you take, the higher your chance. However, multiple entries are not allowed and will lead to disqualification.

Destiny 2 – Giveaway – Emblem “Confluence of Light”

Once the giveaway ends on September 20, 2017, we will notify the three lucky winners via the provided email and send them the code. Good luck! Legal recourse is excluded.