The Nether

The Nether
Game:	Destiny 2
Campaign:	Episode: Heresy
Player(s):	1-3
Recommended Power Level:	Activity Power Disabled
Location:	The Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn
Enemy faction(s):	The Dread ; Dire Taken ; Xivu Arath's Horde ; Wrathborn; Lucent Brood
Hostile race(s):	Hive ; Taken
Objective(s):	Journey aboard the Dreadnaught to discover secrets in the gloam.

The Nether is an episodic activity introduced in Episode: Heresy. It follows a Fireteam of Guardians as they scour through the halls of the Dreadnaught, all while defeating The Dread and Dire Taken that have infiltrated it. Much like the Deep Dive and The Coil activities, The Nether follows a rogue-like formula, with each instance of the activity being different than the last, with players being able to discover and acquire boons that offer an array of effects, along with acquiring Sigil Stones and other currencies to upgrade their runes at the Shaping Slab. However, unlike most rogue-likes, The Nether is not infinite and ends after the third round.

Overview[edit]

This activity uses revive tokens, so your revives are limited. In addition, health regeneration is disabled by default. When the activity starts, players will see a Hive console in front of them that will allow them to spend Sigil Shards to unlock runes that can be slotted in up to maximum amount of rune slots, depending on the rank of the Shaping Slab in Eris's apartment whilst walking the Path of Resolve and the Path of Ambition. Throughout the activity, you can find destructible pots, chests, and a material called Fleeting Metastasized Essentia, which will be lost if players leave the activity, but can be converted into Metastasized Essentia after defeating a final boss in the area. Some chests will require players to spend 2 Essences of Desire. Sometimes, interacting with chests, breaking pots, uncovering a secret, or defeating a high-value target will allow players to acquire a Minor Boon, a type of boon that can stack up to 10 at a time and eventually give them a scroll from the Mysterium that can permanently increase the number of stacks they can carry once they have collected enough duplicates of that Minor Boon. Players can also find secrets throughout the activity, and running through the floating sigils of the Hive pantheon will play dialogue reciting a passage from the Books of Sorrow as well as the Sororicide lore book. After completing an objective within the area, players can acquire Major Boons, a type of boon that can change how players play through the activity, as well as Corrupted Boons, a type of boon that gives a penalty and a boost simultaneously. Players are only allowed to carry up to a total of 6 non-Minor Boons. After completing 3 objectives within the area, a boss fight begins, and the boss is dependent on the specific area where the objectives were completed. The rewards that are earned in the activity are influenced by the active ritual within the Tome of Want. After an Act of the Episode: Heresy is completed, players can also interact with a Hive bio-computer to uncover a portal where a Scroll of Strength upgrade and entries of the Songs of Descent lore book can be unlocked while playing the Exploration mode.

The Trenchway[edit]

In this area, players are tasked with disrupting an Eversion Ritual culminating in the fight against Lezrel, Eversion Channeler. Some objectives in this area include carrying a Solar crystal to a specific location, defeating Shieldbearer Sentries, defeating Taken, and capturing a ritual circle.

The Mausoleum[edit]

In this area, players are tasked with destroying Taken clusters, culminating in the fight against Kelrosh, Spawn Keeper. Some objectives in this area include carrying a Solar crystal to a specific location, capturing Hive plates, destroying Hive eggs, and capturing a ritual circle.

The Founts[edit]

In this area, players are tasked with releasing Taken energy, culminating in the fight against Hashon of Endless Horrors. Some objectives in this area include taking the Hive relics to the statues, destroying Pyramid spikes, destroying Hive eggs, and capturing a zone.

The Hall of Souls[edit]

In this area, players are tasked with destroying the Dreadnaught's weapons, culminating in the fight against the Herald of the Weapon. Some objectives in this area include destroying a blight guarded by Taken Wizards, interacting with Pyramid locks, collecting Pyramid shards, and capturing Hive plates.

The Hull Breach[edit]

In this area, players are tasked with disrupting a ritual dedicated to Xivu Arath, culminating in the fight against the Irkaril of Xivu Arath. Some objectives in this area include deactivating Annihilator Totems, destroying Void crystals, defeating Malevolent Blades, and defeating Shieldbearer Sentries.

Objectives[edit]

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Nether Depth

Embark on an exploration of the Nether.

Traverse the Dreadnaught for its secrets.

One of the following:

Disrupt Eversion Ritual
- Eversion ritual disrupted
  - X of 3

Defeat combatants to weaken the Eversion Ritual.

Destroy Weapon Systems
- Weapon disabled
  - X of 3

Defeat combatants and destroy the core bioenergetics to disable the Dreadnaught's weapon.

Destroy Taken Clusters
- Clusters destroyed
  - X of 3

Defeat combatants and destroy Taken clusters to clear this region.

Release Taken Energy
- Energy released
  - X of 3

Release the Taken energy.

Disrupt Ritual Forces
- Ritual forces disrupted
  - X of 3

On occasion:

Destroy Pylons or WIPE (Act 1)
- Pylons destroyed
  - X of 3
- WIPE: 1:58
Destroy Hostile Forces or WIPE (Act 2)
- Targets defeated
  - X of 2
- WIPE: 1:58
Destroy Hostile Forces or WIPE (Act 3)
- Xivu's Chosen Eliminated
  - X of 1
- WIPE: 1:58

One of the following:

Defeat the Tormentor
Defeat the Subjugator

You've located the Subjugator that oversees the Dreadnaught's impossible weapon. Defeat the Subjugator.

Defeat the Taken Cluster Keeper

Defeat the Keeper of the Taken clusters.

Banish the Taken Entity

Banish the Taken entity.

Defeat Xivu Arath's Ritual Coven

Then

Acquire Boons
Collect Rewards

Transcript[edit]

"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

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Introduction[edit]

First Mission

Sloane: Guardian. The Dreadnaught's being overrun by Taken. Their influence is regenerating the ship's systems. They think they can stop you. Break through, find out what you can about the anchors, and bring Oryx's flagship to heel. Once we know more, we can formulate a plan to dismantle them. No more lost ground, no more lost friends.

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Act 1: Week 1

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: The Taken and Dread think this ship belongs to them. They want a new base of operations in Sol. Rip them out of the hull, every inch of it.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Hit back, killer. Run 'em down.

Act 1: Post-Week 3

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Echo of Navigation: My Dreadnaught tests you, heir-presumptive. Show me your sharpness.

Or alternatively

Echo of Navigation: Heir presumptive. You have returned to my throne.

Act 2: Week 2

Eris Morn: Long ago, Oryx sought the worm Akka in the Ascendant Plane, but was denied the secrets of the Deep. And so, Oryx slew the worm and communed with the Deep himself. In this communion, he learned the power to Take. And from Akka's body, he carved this foul Dreadnaught. But even a dead worm dreams, Guardian.

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Act 2: Week 3

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Echo of Navigation: I prepare my forces for Fundament. You will be repelled.

Or altermatively

Savathûn: You aren't welcome here, Guardian. The Dreadnaught will make that very clear.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: HERETIC! YOU RETURN TO DEFILE MY BROTHER'S THRONE. IT REJECTS YOU. I REJECT YOU.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: LIAR! HERETIC! YOU HAVE RAISED YOUR BLADE TO ME AND I WILL RAISE MY OWN.

Act 3: Week 1

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Xivu Arath: LIAR. MURDERER. YOU BREACH MY BROTHER'S THRONE WITH IMPUNITY. I WILL REPEL YOU. I WILL REPEL YOU!

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: WARRIOR OF THE SKY. YOU ACCEPT MY CHALLENGE. YOU RAISE YOUR BLADE. COME. MY COURT IS WAR!

Or alternatively

Eris Morn: I hear the thrumming of her war march. Xivu Arath is near.
Xivu Arath: YOU TRESPASS ON MY BROTHER'S THRONE!

Act 3: Week 2

The fireteam lands on the Dreadnaught.

Drifter: Sendin' you back in, hero. Wreak some havoc for me.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Keep a keen eye and your finger on the trigger, hero.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! I WILL FIGHT YOU FOREVER.

Defeat Combatants[edit]

The fireteam engages with enemy forces.

The Dreadnaught's forces resist you

The Dire Taken and Dread engage with the Hive infesting the Dreadnaught

The enemy is moving against each other…

A high-value target arrives.

A high-value target is nearby

If the high-value target is defeated in time:

A high-value target has dropped its plunder

If the high-value target is not defeated in time:

A high value target is departing!

If the fireteam completes a secret encounter:

A secret of the Dreadnaught has been found!

Boss Encounters[edit]

The Trenchway[edit]

Lezrel, Eversion Channeler is found stationed in the middle immune to any damage and preparing a ritual to expel Eversion Anchors across the system. The fireteam disrupts one Eversion ritual.

The Eversion Channeler weakens

The fireteam disrupts two Eversion rituals

The Eversion Channeler weakens further

The fireteam disrupts three Eversion rituals.

The Eversion Channeler is silenced

Lezrel's immunity is dispelled and the Tormentor becomes surrounded by a circular Taken energy shield.

A powerful foe is summoned

Sloane: The Dread are launching another Eversion Anchor! Put a stop to it, Guardian.

Or alternatively

Sloane: More Eversion Anchors. Shut it down, Guardian.

Or alternatively

Drifter: That Eversion Anchor is readying up! It's goons spit out Taken all across the system!

The fireteam enters a portal into the Taken energy shield and defeats Lezrel, Eversion Channeler.

A powerful foe has been banished

The Mausoleum[edit]

Act 1

The fireteam destroys three sets of two Taken Clusters.

Sloane: You riled up the nest's caretaker. Put it to the ground.

Or alternatively

Sloane: The Hive have established a breeding ground. Clear it out, fireteam.

Act 2

The fireteam destroys three sets of two Taken Clusters.

Eris Morn: The Taken corruption spreads to the Hive's spawn! Remove the infection and destroy its caretaker!

The fireteam travels deeper into the Mausoleum. Kelrosh, Spawn Keeper appears.

A powerful foe is summoned

The fireteam engages with Kelrosh, Spawn Keeper until it manifests an Immunity Shield, dispelling the protection around the Taken Clusters in the process.

The Ogre protects itself, exposing the Taken clusters

The fireteam destroys the clusters to dispel Kelrosh's shield.

The Ogre is enraged at the destruction of its Taken clusters and is exposed!

The fireteam defeats Kelrosh, Spawn Keeper.

A powerful foe has been banished

The Founts[edit]

The fireteam releases one source of Taken energy.

Taken power begins to coalesce…

Act 1

The fireteam releases a total of three Taken energy sources.

Sloane: Taken converging on your position, Guardian. Be ready.

Or alternatively

Sloane: A Taken Chimera. Send this thing back to the Ascendant Plane.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Big ugly Taken headin' your way.

Act 2

The fireteam releases a total of three Taken energy sources.

Eris Morn: A Taken Chimera has emerged to confront you. Destroy it!

The fireteam travels to the center of the Founts.

A powerful foe is summoned

Hashon of Endless Horrors appears. The fireteam engages with Hashon of Endless Horrors until they shield themselves. The fireteam destroys small Taken Blights to dispel Hashon's shield The fireteam defeats Hashon of Endless Horrors.

A powerful foe has been banished

Hall of Souls[edit]

Act 1

The fireteam disables three weapon systems empowering the Dreadnaught's weapon.

Sloane: Sterile neutrinos. The Dreadnaught's weapon systems are engaging.

Or alternatively

Sloane: There's been a spike in Taken energy. Fireteam, disengage the Dreadnaught's weapons.

Act 2

The fireteam disables three weapon systems empowering the Dreadnaught's weapon.

Eris Morn: Guardian! You must disempower the Dreadnaught's systems before its weapon can be readied.

The fireteam travels to the portal frame.

A powerful foe is summoned

The Herald of the Weapon appears. The fireteam engages with the Herald until it raises its Immunity Shield and retreats to the top steps. Husks materialize and attempt to sacrifice themselves to provide sustenance to the Herald. If a Husk sacrifices itself to provide sustenance:

A Husk has sacrificed itself to provide sustenance!

If the Husks provide the Herald with enough sustenance:

The Subjugator is nourished by the ritual!

The Herald's shield disperses. The fireteam defeats the Herald of the Weapon

A powerful foe has been banished

Hull Breach[edit]

Irkaril of Xivu Arath is found stationed at a portal frame where it is immune to any damage and preparing a ritual to open a pathway into the Ascendant Plane. The fireteam disrupts three Hive rituals

The ritual weakens

A powerful foe is summoned

Sloane: The Hive are trying to open a path to the Ascendant Plane. Stop their ritual, Guardian.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Hive infighting. Stop them from tearing open the Ascendant Plane!

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: ERIS MORN! I WILL MAKE OF YOUR COURT A BATTLEFIELD!
Eris Morn: The sisters attempt to breach my throne! Deny them!

The fireteam defeats a Grafted of Xivu to lower the Irkaril's shield.

The ritual breaks

The fireteam defeats the Irkaril.

A powerful foe has been banished

Bosses Defeated[edit]

The fireteam defeats a boss.

A powerful foe has been banished

Sloane: Every enemy you put in the ground secures our hold on the Dreadnaught. Keep pushing.

Or alternatively

Sloane: We have this sector locked down. Keep digging, fireteam. This place is a maze.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Done and done. Keep moving, fireteam.

Or alternatively

Sloane: We've got this area cleared. Resume operations.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Area secured. You're cleared to proceed, fireteam.

Or alternatively

Drifter: You put down everything the Dreadnaught throws at you, hero. Bet it's gettin' scared.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Taken, Hive, Dread… don't matter to you, does it? Ha!

Or alternatively

Drifter: Good work, hero. You cleaned up in here!

First Delve[edit]

Act 1: Week 1

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: Eris's killer in somewhere on the Dreadnaught. A Taken subjugator… I don't know who's doing the Taking now, but that's a problem for another mission. Let's hit this first. We left this place to rot, like a bad memory tarnishing Saturn's rings. Not a smart call, and it cost us too much.

Or alternatively

Sloane: When Ikora heard what happened… Rage. It was rage. But she couldn't just abandon the Tower. So Ikora sent us as her rage, Guardian. Let's do her justice.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Whenever you dust a Taken, they get sent back to the Ascendant Plane; then they come right back to fight again. Only good thing is, they couldn't Take anymore. Now they can, and no one here knows why.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Drifter. You and Eris were close.
Drifter: Not anymore. She's dead.
Sloane:That's all you have to say?
Drifter: That's all.
Sloane: This was hard on all of us. You know you aren't alone, right?
Drifter: See, that's the thing, Thunderguns. We try to distract ourselves from it, but… we're all alone.

Act 1: Post-Week 3

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Echo of Navigation: Heir-presumptive, I make you sharp so that you may continue my logic and uphold my law. You will take up my mantle and become me. You will remove everything that can be removed. And you will bring extinction to your enemies, as I brought extinction to mine.

Or alternatively

Echo of Navigation: Knife of My Slaying, you walk these halls as heir-presumptive. Answer.
Sloane: The Guardian doesn’t want it. Doesn't NEED it.
Echo of Navigation: This is what they are. There is nothing else they can become. The ruthless will drag them down to die, unless they become so. Unless they become free.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: WHY DOES OUR BROTHER REFUSE TO PICK UP HIS SWORD ONCE MORE, IN FLESH AND BONE?
Echo of Navigation: I spoke to the Deep. If I truly died, then I am dead. Aiat. You followed a charlatan into heresy and lost your edge. What truth can you offer?
Xivu Arath: AN UNWORTHY SPEAKER, PUNISHED. A FALSE IDOL, UNSEATED. AND I WAS DETHRONED. AND YOU WERE DEAD. WHAT IS BEHIND IS TAINTED. WHAT IS FORWARD IS TRUTH. TITHES, AND SWORDS, AND ORYX, OUR KING.

Act 2: Week 3

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Eris Morn: Sloane. Drifter tells me that you confronted him in the wake of my sudden absence.
Sloane: I may have lost my temper, but… He abandoned his post. That doesn't bother you?
Eris Morn: It troubles me, yes. But he has returned to us, and to our goal. I believe that is what matters, regardless of what drives him. When all was lost, he sought the only thing he thought would give him comfort. Escape. When escape did not comfort him, he returned to face his guilt. I will not judge him for it.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Hey, Eris. When you got all Hive-like to take on Xivu, I knew you'd be there when the job was done. I don't doubt you now either, but… maybe you hang out back from now on. I can't take that again. Please.
Eris Morn: Your worry is sweet, but unnecessary. In my absence, I did not mean to cause such grief.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: Brother, you're clinging to something that betrayed you long ago. We are the proof, remember? Your words. And your proof failed.
Echo of Navigation: It did. And I must understand why. I must understand the path of our lie. I will find our Osmium Court and our father's orrery. There I will remember, and again, tame the Deep.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: BROTHER! KING! YOU SEEK FUNDAMENT. YOU SEEK CHILDHOOD. I WILL DENY YOU! OUR WAR IS LOVE. DO YOU REFUSE IT? DO YOU FORGET? WHAT IS AT PEACE IS SICK!
Echo of Navigation: Sister, we were betrayed. Fed lies to fatten worms. I failed to understand.
Xivu Arath: OUR WORMS GAVE US STRENGTH. YOU MADE US WHAT WE ARE. YOU WERE TAUGHT TO BURROW, AND GREW WINGS!

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: SISTER! YOU POISONED OUR BROTHER'S THOUGHTS. HE ABANDONS US BECAUSE OF YOUR TRUTH.
Savathûn: Oh no, you can't blame me for this one. Our Oryx is as stubborn as ever. When he sets his sights on something, he pursues it until he's satisfied. You know that.
Xivu Arath: HE FLEES DUE TO YOUR WORDS. YOU LEAD US INTO FOLLY. I SHALL CORRECT OUR FAMILY BY FORCE.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: SISTER! YOUR TRICKERY WOULD HAVE DENIED THE LIARS THEIR LIGHT. YOUR CUNNING COULD HAVE DENIED THEM THEIR SKY. YET YOU OPPOSE ME. YET YOU REFUSED THE FINAL SHAPE. YOU COURT EXTINCTION AS YOU INDULGE HERESY.
Savathûn: Aren't you tired, sister? That sword logic must be so heavy. I know you'd put it down, if you could. Don't you want to be on the right side of the blade when it falls?

Act 3: Week 1

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Xivu Arath: I REJECT YOU AS I REJECT MY WITCH-SISTER. I REJECT YOU AS I REJECT MY FALSE-SISTER. I REJECT YOU AS I REJECT YOUR SKY.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: SISTER. LIAR. BETRAYER. YOUR CUNNING SEALED AWAY MY THRONE. I WILL FIND IT AGAIN. CLAIM IT. BREAK INTO THIS WORLD. I WILL TAKE YOUR HIGH COVEN IN CONQUEST. I WILL RETURN YOUR DECEIT AND BETRAYAL. I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE.
Savathûn: You were always so dramatic, Xivu. You won't always get your way. You never learned to live with that.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: HERETIC-SISTER. THRONE-BEARER. YOUR KNIFE REJECTS MY BROTHER'S MANTLE, YET YOU CLAIM HIM PRISONER. YOU DENIED OUR LOGIC. YOU DEFIED OUR LAW. YOU ARE OUR HERESY!
Eris Morn: And your own heresy sits in fine company with mine. Does this knowledge make you bitter, Xivu Arath? Or does it terrify you?

Act 3: Week 2

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: Drifter. We need to talk.
Drifter: Eh, last time you said that, you ended up punching me in the face.
Sloane: You deserved it.
Drifter: I did… but that's not the point!

Or alternatively

Eris Morn: Drifter. Your actions in the wake of my death; did you attempt a wish?
Drifter: You, uh… heard about that? Yeah, I shook that damn rock of yours. Nothin' happened.
Eris Morn: We were fortunate. I was not dead. And what else?
Drifter: I tried everything. Anything.
Eris Morn: Foolish… but sweet. Thank you.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: SAVATHÛN! SATHONA! SISTER! WE HAVE LOST OUR KING, OUR NAVIGATOR! WE HAVE LOST OUR BROTHER AGAIN.
Savathûn: We never had him back in the first place. He wanted nothing to do with us. He was disgusted by what we became. We changed, and he didn't. Oryx, in his infinite adaptability. He wanted to go back. That's what his logic entailed. Let him go. Xivu, Xi Ro, sister. We have to let him go.

Second Delve[edit]

Act 1: Week 1

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: The Dreadnaught's always been dangerous. Any fireteam we send in takes on tremendous risk. The Vanguard kept it monitored, but bringing Oryx's flagship under our control? We'd never hold it for long enough to matter. Well… sometimes, you do the impossible. You just have to cinch up your armor straps and get to work.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Taken power is pulsing through this place. It's… alive. Breathing.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Here's something big about the Taken: they need someone to tell them what to do. Oryx, the Witness… bet Mara could grab 'em, too, if she wanted. Hell, even I can get ahold of 'em for Gambit. So, I got a question for you, killer: Who told them to murder Eris?

Or alternatively

Sloane: I don't believe we're all alone, and neither do you. We've built a community in the City.
Drifter: Not my community. There's no use putting my life on the line for it.
Sloane: Stop throwing chaff. You choose that community, every day. It's why the loss hurts. Why it demands justice. So we take it and put that justice between us and our enemies.
Drifter: I'd envy you… if you weren’t so damn gullible. Justice! Does justice keep your heart from collapsing? No! Never does.
Sloane: You finish, and she's still just gone.

Act 1: Post-Week 3

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Echo of Navigation: I am told that in my last life, I had a son. Crota, my sister tells me, came to your only moon and hollowed it with his throne. When you destroyed him, I brought my Dreadnaught to bear my High War upon this system. Is that what drove me here? Sentimental revenge? A waste of my logic. The dead deserve extinction.

Or alternatively

Echo of Navigation: Taken, yet you retain your will. Sword-bearer, Knight of the Deep. You defy your king.
Sloane: I'm no Taken, and you're no king. The universe is more complicated than you think. That's why you failed, and your legacy died with you. I barely remember your name.
Echo of Navigation: Hm. So you say. Yet here you are, vying for the remnants of my kingdom.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: YOU ARE HERE, WITH ME. WE MAY RETURN TO OUR PATH. WE MAY REJOIN OUR CONQUEST.
Echo of Navigation: Then test me, sister. Destroy me. Are you afraid that you will fail? Or are you afraid you will succeed?

Act 2: Week 3

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: You know, Drifter kept me grounded when I came back from Titan. I was surprised he left.
Eris Morn: Once, he would have killed himself again and again to avoid feeling a thing like grief. He has grown, but we can all fracture.
Sloane: We need to be able to absorb hits like this without backsliding. How can we be sure he won't walk out again?
Eris Morn: We cannot. All we can do is trust and heal.

Or alternatively

Drifter: I know you have your shiny new immortality palace, but… That's just it. You're bringing Oryx there. And I trust you, but…
Eris Morn: You trust, but you fear. I understand your guilt. But I would have been aboard the Dreadnaught with or without you.
Drifter: But I WAS there. And then I woke up to a world without you.
Eris Morn: There is no blame for my death… nor your surviving it. I woke to a world of my own. Put down your fear, Drifter. You do not deserve such a burden.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: Why are you wasting your time on long-settled debts? The world is different now. We can be too.
Echo of Navigation: That is Xivu Arath's argument, but the Deep calls an heir to the throne still.
Savathûn: She'd have you go back, you know. Right to the moment before you died. I just want you free.
Echo of Navigation: And what is it I want? I will diverge from our past, and my sisters will accept it, or endure it.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: MY NAVIGATOR! I SEND MY ARMIES TO YOUR THRONE! I WILL NOT LET A LIAR'S TRUTH DETER YOU FROM OUR PATH.
Echo of Navigation: Xivu, sister. We made a vow to destroy Taox and reclaim our Osmium Court. We did not. I thought myself the heir to Fundament, to the ten-year krill. But I am not. Not yet. I must return.
Xivu Arath: YOUR COURT IS HERE, WITHIN THE WORM-HUSK WHERE THE DEEP FORGES NEW BONDS. THEY ARE SIGNS TO TAKE UP YOUR BANNER. RAISE UP YOUR SWORD.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: THE WORMS, OUR GODS, GRANTED TRUTH IN THE SHAPE OF POWER. WE MADE OATHS AND VOWED TO NEVER BETRAY OUR NATURE.
Savathûn: That's the thing, isn't it? Oryx dove to understand. Now he realized he was wrong. And in looking back… I really should have seen this coming.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: I needed you off the board, little sister. I knew that you would hide and lick your wounds without your throne. It kept you from invading the Traveler. It kept you away from the Witness' failure. Now I can extend a hand in familial love. Now that you need protecting, I can protect you.
Xivu Arath: YOU REFUSED MY LOVE WHEN YOU GUIDED OUR HERETIC-SISTER TO HER THRONE. I REJECT YOU.

Act 3: Week 1

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Xivu Arath: WHEN I RETURN TO MY THRONE, I WILL BRING MY TERRACE TO BEAR UPON YOUR SYSTEM. I WILL OPEN ITS MOUTH WIDE AND TEAR YOUR WORLD TO PIECES. I WILL FASHION CATHEDRALS FROM YOUR BONES AND FOUNTAINS FROM YOUR RUIN. AND YOUR FLESH WILL BE FINE TRIBUTE TO THE WORM OUR GOD.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: OUR BROTHER, OUR NAVIGATOR. YOU WOULD TURN HIM FROM HIS NATURE. I WILL NOT LET YOU.
Savathûn: I don't think anything could turn him from his nature. But he won't be what you want him to be, not anymore.
Xivu Arath: WHY? SISTER, WHY?
Savathûn: Because times change, and you have to change with it.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: BETRAYER-SISTER. YOU HIDE WITHIN A STOLEN THRONE.
Eris Morn: Envy becomes you.
Xivu Arath: I WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL FROM ITS SETTING!
Eris Morn: You were unseated. Be silent.
Xivu Arath: YOUR CYST-WORLD—
Eris Morn: BE. SILENT! Childish fool. You will be cowed, and your worm will starve.

Act 3: Week 2

The fireteam explores the Dreadnaught.

Sloane: I understand you needed Eris. But we needed you here, and you ran off to who knows where.
Drifter: I know. Eris once called me a "starving man". She was right. I was starved. And when she was gone, I was… starved again. You know what hunger does to a body.
Sloane: I do.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Heh! You know, Savathûn said you were in a better place.
Eris Morn: And you did not believe her.
Drifter: No.
Eris Morn: Even after what was learned within the Pale Heart?
Drifter: Hell no. But now I know I gotta keep living, or else — what, the Traveler scoops out my soul? I got a soul now?
Eris Morn: Unlikely.
Drifter: [chuckles, then sighs]
Eris Morn: [chuckles]

Or alternatively

Savathûn:I wanted us to be free, Xivu. Not as you are, but as we could be.
Xivu Arath: YOU ARE THE UNFREE! WITHOUT YOUR WORM, YOU ARE TETHERED TO A FALSE GOD.
Savathûn: Surely you understand that tithes come in all sizes. I'm paving the way, Xivu. Unknown territory. So think of it this way: we don't need to be tethered to any gods at all. That's where it all leads.

Completion[edit]

Act 1: Week 1

The fireteam collects their rewards.

Sloane: Eris always did whatever she set her mind to, regardless of the risk. And regardless of who told her no. I can respect that, but that risk gets an edge when you encounter something you're not ready for. We can't let ourselves be caught off guard again. We're going to peel this place apart until there's nowhere to hide another ambush.

Or alternatively

Sloane: Transmatting you out, Guardian. You fought hard, but the Dreadnaught fought back. If we're going to do this, then we need to change our tactics. We need to adapt.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Eris wouldn't have wanted you to quit. And she didn't want me to quit, either. Probably why she said what she said. Keep us strong. I dunno if I… coulda been stronger. I died too. I… Only difference is that… I could wake up. To this. You know… you're the closest thing I got to a friend. Ain't that the saddest thing you ever heard?

Or alternatively

Sloane: This isn't what she would have wanted. You know that.
Drifter: What do you want? Some kinda sappy confession? I don't do those! I'm not gonna say she made me a better person! That wasn't on her. I am who I am! And I sure as hell ain't gonna say, "She's in a better place." She fought to live! I saw it, in her eyes! She trusted me, and I failed her. That's it! She's dead! And I’m done talkin'.

Act 1: Post-Week 3

The fireteam collects their rewards.

Echo of Navigation: What other heresies did I entertain as the years unfolded? What else, besides my death? Xivu Arath fails to test her strength out of fear of her own mortality. She wants me to turn away from our logic out of liar's love. In my resurrection, I only see her failure. Hers, and mine. In you, I see the strength I had that can endure forever.

Or alternatively

Echo of Navigation: The halls of my Dreadnaught are filled with the gleeful exploration of knives. They descend as I descended, carving their names into the Deep, where dead worms speak sharp truths.
Sloane: Is that some sort of challenge? The Guardians killed you once, Oryx. They'll kill you again.
Echo of Navigation: Let us discover that end together, then. Aiat.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: BROTHER! YOU WOULD LAY DOWN YOUR EXISTENCE FOR AN UNWORTHY SUCCESSOR! YOU WOULD MANTLE A LIAR. WHY? I WILL NOT LET YOU!
Echo of Navigation: We agreed: if something greater comes to destroy us, then we do not deserve existence. I must be what I am, and I am defeated. My logic is true. This is proof eternal. And yet you deny it. That, sister, is heresy.

Act 2: Week 3

The fireteam collects their rewards.

Sloane: Losing you broke him. I should have realized how bad it was. I'll give him time.
Eris Morn: We all recoil sometimes when challenged. I have done the same. Isolate, throw myself into danger. Wallow. Rage. Is running worse than self-immolation?
Sloane: You did something with your grief. Helped humanity.
Eris Morn: It is grief all the same. That it did not inspire sacrifice in him is not a fault. Grief is a knife clutched in a closed fist, and he used it to harm himself. We must extend grace. That is all.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Keepin' the Echo locked down is tough. I ain't gonna tell you what you can and can't do. Still, it could go sideways fast. But I'm here if it does. And so in Thunderguns. Taken King won't one up us. I trust us. I trust you. We'll get it done. And after…

Or alternatively

Savathûn: Do you know what happened to your remains, dear brother? Let me tell you. It was captured by one of Saturn's moons. Titan, with its vast methane seas. You were caught in its orbit and you fell. But your brood tithed to your hidden worm still, and your bloated flesh pulsed. And when my Lightbearer Hive descended to raise you—
Echo of Navigation: You sought my resurrection? With… Light? Betrayer.
Savathûn: I did. But oh, don't worry. The Guardians made sure you stayed dead.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: BROTHER. OUR LOGIC GRANTS POWER. OUR JOY IS TO CONQUER. THERE IS NO FALTERING. TO RETURN TO WHAT WE WERE WILL BE A NEW BETRAYAL. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT! THIS I VOW.
Echo of Navigation: I vowed to understand.
Xivu Arath: I VOWED NEVER TO FORGET MY NATURE. I VOWED TO NEVER LOWER MY BLADE. YOU ASK ME TO DO SO NOW?
Echo of Navigation: I didn't ask you anything at all.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: Poor Xivu Arath. Painted herself into a corner so she could have her fun. Then Oryx died, and lost his right to exit. You looked for him everywhere. Even in Eris Morn! And now he's here, and he wants nothing to do with you. Heretic and hypocrite.
Xivu Arath: LIAR! WITCH-SISTER! I WILL NOT LISTEN.
Savathûn: I do not need to lie to you, Xivu. We're both heretics, and you lie to yourself well enough.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: You were lied to, Xivu. Just like Oryx. Just like me.
Xivu Arath: YOUR WORDS LED US TO THE DEEP. YOUR CUNNING BROUGHT US POWER. NOW YOU ASK US TO RELINQUISH IT? NOW YOU AKS US TO TURN AWAY FROM THE LOGIC THAT HAS HELD US SINCE WE TOOK OUR MORPHS? REMEMBER, SISTER: WE WOULD HAVE BEEN EATEN AS PREY. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DROWNED BY THE GOD WAVE.
Savathûn: That was long ago. Now look at it this way: unless you escape this game, you'll be worm food. And no one wants that.

Act 3: Week 1

The fireteam collects their rewards.

Xivu Arath: DO YOU SEE, WARRIOR OF THE SKY? DO YOU SEE HOW I OPPOSE YOU? MY BROOD GROWS, THEIR MORPHS CHOSEN, THEIR WORMS FED. I WILL FREE MY BROTHER WITH FORCE. YOU WILL NOT HAVE HIM. YOU WILL NOT HAVE HIM. ORYX! DO YOU HEAR ME? ORYX, I AM COMING.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: OUR WAR WAS AS OUR BROTHER'S LOVE. YOU TURNED FROM IT. YOU TURNED FROM ME. AND NOW YOUR SCHEMES HAVE TURNED HIM FROM US BOTH. I WILL KILL YOU AND YOUR SPECK OF LIGHT.
Savathûn: Bring it on, honey. You're walking right into a trap.

Or alternatively

Xivu Arath: ERIS MORN. YOU USED MY SISTER'S DEATH TO FASHION A SEAT OF HERESY. YOU USED MY LOGIC'S POWER TO DENY ME MY COURT. NOW YOU STAND BETEEN ME AND MY BROTHER. I WILL NOT ALLOW IT.
Eris Morn: And what will you do to stop me?
Xivu Arath: WITH MY BROTHER'S POWER, MY BROOD WILL SWARM SOL AND DEVOUR YOUR ACOLYTES! WITH THE STRENGTH OF MY WORM, I WILL STRIP YOUR FLESH FROM YOUR BONES!
Eris Morn: Come. My court is vengeance, and I will meet you there.

Act 3: Week 2

The fireteam collects their rewards.

Sloane: I said to Eris that we're a unit. And that includes you, Drifter. Whether you like it or not.
Drifter: I'm-I'm sorry. For what I did and didn't do. I would have left it all behind. I never would have known. I gotta live with that now.
Sloane: I recognize that feeling. It's shame. But… Like Eris said. You're here. That's what matters.

Or alternatively

Drifter: Woo! Been a wild ride, huh?
Eris Morn: Quite. I lost a life and gained a throne. I slit the Witch Queen’s throat, banished the god of war from her domain. And the navigator…I have felt the joy of seeing justice paid twice…
Drifter: And now?
Eris Morn: Now… the future.

Or alternatively

Savathûn: We can lead the Hive somewhere new. A place better than what the worms dictated to us all that time ago. Because your world is falling apart again. Another god-wave is coming, but we have no one to blame but ourselves. Whatever lies you're resting on, Xivu Arath, it will be over soon. You'll be swept away.
Xivu Arath: YOU DID THIS!
Savathûn: I did whatever I could to survive this universe. So did you. So did he. And now? We'll have to adapt again.

Secret Chest[edit]

First Chest[edit]

Sloane: Guardian. I mentioned that there's a new influence on the Taken. Like feedback over a comms channel. It's been getting stronger, and gaining clarity. Like a radio signal gradually tuning in. I didn't want to mention this until I was sure but… it has a familiar rhythm to it. A cadence. I'm not sure how, but I'm afraid a Dread commander gained access to the Taken. Keep this between us for now. I don't want to raise alarm unnecessarily. Just… keep

Second Chest[edit]

Eris Morn: Oryx's return instigated a grand schism in the Hive. They are shaken. They entertain the first doubt, the oldest doubt. They call it the "Entaoxuanna."The doubt that will destroy them. The doubt that will undermine their core philosophy. Whatever happens must be so, but what must be so, is poison. Their king was slain, but his mantle went unassumed. Now he returns as a sword: wormless, resurrected, and without the strength of his brood. There is no greater heresy than this. His sisters know it. He knows it. And so, in this, Oryx wishes to begin again.