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Temple of Exultation is a Raid in Destiny 2, released in Season of the Witch on September 1st, 2023.
With Io's return, Guardians must venture into a Pyramid temple that had been erected in the Cradle where the corrupted Tree rests and Hive forces of the Weavers of Sorrow attempt to claim the arbor's power. Meanwhile, Shin'ra taunts the Guardians through various speeches and summons some of his most powerful champions to cease the Lightbearers' understandings of his plans.
Walkthrough
Ascent
The Ascent begins with the players arriving at the Temple of Exultation in a cutscene, the massive fortress with a funnel of light and resonance flowing from its peak. Guardians start at the bottom of the temple and must ascend to the top while defeating Hive in the process. The ascent is divided into three section, the bottom, middle and top, with each section cut off by walls of resonance, blocking off players from easily accessing the temple. To unlock these sections of the temple, one must acquire Abated Resonance (which has a one minute timer, which will then shift to Cascading Resonance which kills the player) by defeating Resonant Winnower Wizards, (which after killing a certain amount of enemies) and "dunk" the resonance in certain pedestals in each section of the Ascent before they are killed by the Cascading Resonance. The first section starts with three pedestals, the second with five and the third with seven. When all pedestals have been infused with Abated Resonance. This encounter does not have a no respawn zone so players can die as many times as they need to complete the encounter.
On Master difficulty, Unstoppable Ogres replace the Resonant Winnower Wizards but they still possess the name of the latter.
Scourge of Io
After entering into the peak of the temple, players must go through some minor traps like crushing walls and bottomless pits that will kill players. They will eventually reach a massive room with a T-shaped bridge and a bit below it. The room connects to six other rooms blocked off by resonant barriers with various murals covering the walls. In the center of the main room, Xurgen, the Scourge of Io kneels before the massive mural of the Tree of Silver Wings and the Witness. Upon reaching a certain proximity of Xurgen, he will stand up, summoning his Corruption Splinter, the players would fall into a no respawn zone, beginning the encounter.
With Xurgen being in an immune state, players will have to divide into two separate groups of three, and must acquire the Abated Resonance buff from the Resonant Winnower in the various four rooms, however, only two will spawn at a time. Players must divide up to locate a symbol above each hallway with a glowing that sits up top, being either Tree, Shard, Weaver, Maker, Pyramid or Temple. With each hallway possessing a symbol, players must keep a keen on on the one that glows as that is the room that they must acquire the buff.
Players must defeat hordes of Hive in the rooms with the glowing symbols in order to summon the Resonant Winnower. When two waves of enemies are killed, a third containing the Resonant Winnower will spawn with tougher reinforcements than the previous two, being Resonant Thief Ogres and Knights. Once the Wizard has been killed and the buff acquired, the player with the buff has thirty seconds to dunk the buff in a pedestal in next to the entrance of the room and once it has been dunked the room will be sealed off. Once two of the rooms had been sealed off, two more will become available. Repeat this process until all rooms had been sealed.
When all six rooms have been sealed off, Xurgen will summon in three waves of reinforcements in the center room, the third having the two Resonant Winnowers needed to dunk into two pedestals on each side of the room. One must take not as the Wizards will spawn on either side of the room and their buffs must be dunked on the opposite sides of the room, otherwise the dunk will instantly kill them.
Once the buffs have been dunked, Xurgen will spawn in the center of the room as the areas where the pedestals rest will be the Unmaker's Will buff that not only grants a damage boost, but will also allow the players to damage Xurgen. Xurgen will raise his arms at the beginning of the damage phase, giving all of the players the Unwaking Resonance debuff with a one minute timer that will kill each player when it reaches zero, requiring the players to dunk this debuff and remove the Unmaker buff as well. If he is not killed during the damage phase, the pools of the Unmaker's Will buff will disappear and players must defeat the Wizards in each room once again.
Once Xurgen reaches a fraction of his health during damage phase, he will unleash a ten second form of Unwaking Resonance, forcing the players to dunk the debuff immediately. The surge of energy will cascade throughout the room, overloading Xurgen and his power, killing him.
On Master difficulty, each room has higher ranking reinforcements during damage phase but lacks any Champions.
Channeling the Sky
The Players must venture into the pit in the center room that has since cleared up. By going through the chambers and hallways of the temple, they will reach the center of the temple and find the corrupted Tree of Silver Wings that once graced Io and its Cradle. Once reaching the room they will find three key areas that they must split into three groups of two and investigate, being the Ridge, Summit and Pool. When reaching these key areas, they will immediately be faced with a Darkness zone and must fend off summoned reinforcements in the three key areas.
Hive forces will be summoned in three waves, the first will primarily be Acolytes and Knights, the second with Knights and Wizards, and the third with Acolytes, Ogres and a Sky Winnower Knights. When a player kills the Sky Winnower Knight, they will be granted the Abated Light buff and must take it to the center of the Tree in a Light pool and allow the buff to be siphoned directly into the Tree which would last about thirty seconds. As they do this, Hive forces will be summoned near the base of the Tree and must be fended off from reaching its center, otherwise they will begin to siphon the Light from the Tree which will cause a full wipe. Players are required to relinquish 18 buffs to be relinquished into the Tree to complete the encounter.
As they reach 6 buffs, Barrier Knights will be summoned instead of Ogres during the third waves of enemies. When they reach 12, more powerful variants of Hive will be summoned during each enemy phase and Majors will begin to converge on the base of the Tree itself.
On Master difficulty, Barrier Knights replace the Sky Winnower Knights however they still keep the name of the latter.
The All-Devourer
Channeling the Deep
The Unholy Silence
The Great Shatterer
Unique Enemies
- Barrier Knight
- Resonant Thief
- Resonant Winnower
- Sky Winnower
- Shatterer's Disciple
- Unstoppable Ogre
- Waking Silence
Bosses
- Xurgen, Scourge of Io
- Vorgûth, the All Devourer
- Ir Mazleth, the Unholy Silence
- Storgor, the Great Shatterer (Final Boss)
Rewards
Weapons
Armor
- Shattered Slayer (Titan set)
- Silenced Cartographer (Hunter set)
- Devoured Astrologist (Warlock set)
Other rewards
Transcript
Mission Starts
- Shin'ra: Ah, the Light spawn have arrived. I was wondering when your curiosity would get the better of you. Welcome to my… Temple of Exultation. And please, be nice to your gracious hosts.
After getting through the first phase of the Ascent
- Shin'ra: Yes, I can fell that coalesce of energy in offering on my fingertips.
After getting though the second phase of the Ascent
- Shin'ra: More offerings for mine court. If you wish to continue.
After the Guardian's complete the Ascent
- Shin'ra: How you tore through mine Hive. I could hear them screaming their way into the Sea of Screams. Do you ever think.
When the Guardians reach Xurgen
- Shin'ra: Xurgen, Exuberant Warrior. Scourge of Io. Bane of the Witch Queen's failure. You will see to a new understanding of the Deep by tearing these Light spawn asunder.
When the Guardians defeat Xurgen
- Shin'ra: A lowly champion of mine court. His death meant nothing to me. Soon, O godslayer mine, you will see what I had made in mine temple.
When the Guardians reach the Tree of Silver Wings
- Shin'ra: Mine corruption has taken its roots. But will you do the impossible and burn its darkened shell?
After the Guardians empower the Tree of Silver Wings with Light
- Shin'ra: Its Light is blinding. The All-Devourer will see to an endless Darkness that will sweep through mine temple and cleanse it of this heresy.
Gallery
Trivia
- This is the first raid in Destiny 2 to have unique Hive armor that isn't reprised like King's Fall or Crota's End.
- The Warlock armor set is likely a reference to the Halo Combat Evolved level, The Silent Cartographer.