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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Found in the [[Hellas Basin]] region of Mars, players must trigger the Escalation Protocol event by approaching and interacting with the first tower plate. The tower will extend, and the event will begin. The players must then eliminate seven progressively harder waves of Hive enemies before facing the encounter's boss. After each incursion site the fireteam will have a chance to redeem a reward chest before continuing with the event.<ref name="Stream">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzOOdTvBM_0 '''YouTube''': ''Warmind Reveal Archive'']</ref> | Found in the [[Hellas Basin]] region of Mars, players must trigger the Escalation Protocol event by approaching and interacting with the first tower plate. The tower will extend, and the event will begin. The players must then eliminate seven progressively harder waves of Hive enemies before facing the encounter's boss. After each incursion site the fireteam will have a chance to redeem a reward chest before continuing with the event.<ref name="Stream">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzOOdTvBM_0 '''YouTube''': ''Warmind Reveal Archive'']</ref> Most waves will include the added challenge of having to locate and disable Shadowrifts by standing within them and shooting [[Void]] crystals, similarly to the Witches Ritual public event. Certain enemies also drop Hive [[Cleaver|Cleavers]], which Guardians may then pick up and use against remaining enemies.<ref name="Stream"/> | ||
Should players run out of time to complete a wave or complete the final wave, the event will regress to the previous wave and start at that wave when activated for a brief period, before resetting to the first wave. The game will warn players with an on-screen message a few moments before resetting the event.<ref name="Gameplay">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> | |||
Escalation Protocol features five weekly-rotating final bosses, each with its own unique gameplay mechanic, similar to the [[Court of Oryx]] event from [[The Taken King]]. The event also includes unique weapons and armor that can not be obtained elsewhere.<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/46777 '''Bungie''': ''Warmind'']</ref> | Escalation Protocol features five weekly-rotating final bosses, each with its own unique gameplay mechanic, similar to the [[Court of Oryx]] event from [[The Taken King]]. The event also includes unique weapons and armor that can not be obtained elsewhere.<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/46777 '''Bungie''': ''Warmind'']</ref> | ||
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* Players have a chance to earn exclusive rewards for completing the third and fifth Escalation Protocol levels. | * Players have a chance to earn exclusive rewards for completing the third and fifth Escalation Protocol levels. | ||
* Successfully defeating the final boss will spawn a loot chest and may also drop some additional exclusive rewards. | * Successfully defeating the final boss will spawn a loot chest and may also drop some additional exclusive rewards, including a guaranteed drop of the GENOTYPENULL-ZERO [[Shader]]. | ||
* All Escalation Protocol loot chests will spawn at the tower that was active during that level. | * All Escalation Protocol loot chests will spawn at the tower that was active during that level. | ||
* The loot chest from the final boss will reward players with exclusive Escalation Protocol armor and cosmetics. This used to require a Decrypted Cache Key, but this requirement was removed with patch 2.7.0. | * The loot chest from the final boss will reward players with exclusive Escalation Protocol armor and cosmetics. This used to require a Decrypted Cache Key, but this requirement was removed with patch 2.7.0. | ||
* The Escalation Protocol armor rewards will be granted for the character class that opened the chest. | ** The Escalation Protocol armor rewards will be granted for the character class that opened the chest. | ||
* The armor rewards are guaranteed to be an armor piece that the character has not yet received until all pieces of that class set have been acquired. | ** The armor rewards are guaranteed to be an armor piece that the character has not yet received until all pieces of that class set have been acquired. | ||
*Escalation Protocol is the sole source of the IKELOS series Legendary SMG, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle. These weapons will infrequently drop directly from the corpse of the boss, and each boss drops different weapons. | *Escalation Protocol is the sole source of the IKELOS series Legendary SMG, Shotgun, and Sniper Rifle. These weapons will infrequently drop directly from the corpse of the boss, and each boss drops different weapons. | ||
**[[Nur Abath, Crest of Xol]] can drop the shotgun [[IKELOS SG v1.0.1]] | **[[Nur Abath, Crest of Xol]] can drop the shotgun [[IKELOS SG v1.0.1]] | ||
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==Decrypted Cache Key== | ==Decrypted Cache Key== | ||
A Decrypted Cache Key used to be needed to open the loot chest from the final boss of Escalation Protocol. They have been removed since update 2.7.0 | A Decrypted Cache Key used to be needed to open the loot chest from the final boss of Escalation Protocol. They have been removed since update 2.7.0. | ||
* After completing the Warmind campaign, players would begin receiving Rasputin Key Fragments from the following sources: Heroic Adventures, Heroic Strikes, Nightfall Strikes, and the Raid or Raid Lairs. | * After completing the Warmind campaign, players would begin receiving Rasputin Key Fragments from the following sources: Heroic Adventures, Heroic Strikes, Nightfall Strikes, and the Raid or Raid Lairs. | ||