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At a sunken [[Pyramid]] lying deep in the swamps of [[Savathûn's Throne World]], [[Guardian]]s must venture inward and confront the ancient [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Disciple]] imprisoned within; all before he threatens to seal the [[Light]] from the throne world with his [[Upended|doomsday machine]].

*[[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness]]

Guardians must get within close proximity of the payload to begin this section. The payload will advance towards the Pyramid, stopping at 6 different points. At each stop, waves of [[Scorn]] will begin spawning, including [[Knowledge Bearer]] [[Abomination]]s. Killing these Abominations will cause knowledge-granting [[Darkness]] shards to spawn in the area. Collect these (a maximum of 3 can be held) and bring them all back to the payload to allow it to advance again. While Knowledge Bearers live, anyone not within close proximity to the payload will receive stacks of [[Pervading Darkness]], progressively impeding their vision. Once these reach 10, the Guardian will die.

There are 3 different Darkness shard switches that can be shot during this segment to allow an optional [[chest]] to be opened. The first shard can be found nestled beneath the rocks and trees on the left hand side of the second stopping point for the payload. The second can be found at the end of the long path that is taken by the payload to reach the third stopping point. The final switch can be found beneath the bridge that the payload flies over, just after the fourth stopping point. This can be shot from the far side from the fourth stop.

For skilled fireteams, it is possible to skip the third floor obelisk entirely. When damaging The Caretaker per floor, on the second plate, be careful not to push its health to the end of its current segment. The reason for this is that the third damage plate provides a longer opportunity to damage The Caretaker than the first and second. If the fireteam pushes as much of its damage on the third plate, it's possible to push damage into The Caretaker's next health segment. Save your high damage supers ([[Moebius Quiver]], [[Nova Bomb]], Cuirass [[Thundercrash]]) for the third plate, in this instance.

The Exhibition encounter will start the fireteam off in a small room with a [[Resonant Shard]] to pick up. One Guardian must pick this up to start the encounter. When picked up, everyone will be given the Terminal Resonance debuff. It will have a countdown timer on it, which, when it reaches 0:00, will kill all Guardians. The aim of this encounter is to move as fast as possible to the next room to deposit relics to reset your timer, to allow progression.

Advancing into the next room, the fireteam should split into two teams of three on each side. Various Scorn and Taken units will appear to harass the fireteam. Killing them will advance spawns of more enemies, and eventually a Glyphkeeper on each side. Killing these Glyphkeepers will spawn symbols, and the same identification process as in Room 1 must occur. Once the Glyphkeepers are dead, [[Overload Taken Hobgoblin]]s will spawn. These can be killed or ignored, as moving toward the next objective will render them unable to attack you. Keep moving towards the far end of the room. The Shard holder should kill the Disciple's Hourglass to reset Terminal Resonance. Keep killing enemies to spawn two more Glyphkeepers. Once dead, more symbols appear. Identify the shared symbol, and together with the symbol identified in the first set of Glyphkeepers for Room 2, shoot the two symbols at the door to open it and advance. Ensure you kill the next Disciple's Glyphkeeper before doing this, to give yourself some extra time.

Once pushed back, stepping up the first set of short stairs and approaching the force field will prompt Rhulk to summon his glaive, applying stacks of Pervading Darkness to all fireteam members. Shooting the glaive above his head will break it, providing a Leeching Force buff to the Guardian dealing the killing blow. It is advised that the Guardian breaking the Glaive use a long range weapon, such as a scout or pulse rifle, to make their job easier. It can take a few hits before breaking. Now comes the tactics, where you will need to assign specific roles to the fireteam.

To make this phase go faster, your team can consider doing double dunks. There will always be two available pillars for depositing Emanating Force, so you can have two Dunkers, Two Swappers, a Reader and a free Guardian for focusing on enemy management. The only thing you need to be careful of is when depositing Emanating Force, after a few seconds, the pillars will scramble and show new symbols. Dunkers should time their deposits so that they don't accidentally kill the other by depositing early and rearranging what pillars are safe.

When this charge is complete, he will leave behind his glaive, floating. Shooting this until it breaks will once again grant Leeching Force to the Guardian delivering the killing blow, and leave behind a stack of symbols. Meanwhile, Rhulk will still be stalking after Guardians, aiming to kick them if he gets close enough. Guardians should stay away from him to prevent this, and to avoid delaying the next attack. This next attack will involve Rhulk charging up his beam of Darkness again, but this time it will emanate from him in an X\+ shape, indicated by four shapes forming around him during the charge-up animation. This will inflict heavy damage, quickly rack up stacks of Pervading Darkness, and will transform Leeching Force to Emanating Force once again. The Guardian holding Leeching Force should aim to have this transformed into Emanating Force, with the rest of the fireteam advising them on which symbol was left behind by the glaive upon breaking it. The Emanating Guardian must then go to the pillar with the corresponding symbol and deposit their buff.  

Once Emanating Force is correctly deposited in this section, Rhulk will become temporarily stunned, exposing a weak point on his shoulders, then his hips, with each successive deposit. You need four deposits in total to expose them all, Rhulk repeating his previous glaive charge then beam attack once you deposit. Break these weak points by shooting at them to advance him towards the damage phase of the battle.

After all 4 are broken, Rhulk will enter an Enraged stage and will proceed to attack again. This is his unique damage phase, wherein he is mobile but damageable. He will summon his glaive and begin stalking after Guardians at increased speed, combining his teleport and beam attack into one as he attempts to kill you. The previous weak points the fireteam broke will function as crit spots, and so will his head. Having a Guardian utilize the Exotic trace rifle Divinity is a highly recommended method to deal with Rhulk at this time, as the constant movement of the phase can make hitting accurate precision shots quite difficult.

*'''[[Collective Obligation ]]''' - [[Exotic]] [[Pulse Rifle]]<ref name="weapons">[https://dotesports.com/destiny/news/all-vow-of-the-disciple-raid-weapons-in-destiny-2 All Vow of the Disciple raid weapons in Destiny 2]</ref>

*[[Submission ]] - Legendary [[Submachine Gun]]<ref name="weapons" />

*[[Cataclysmic ]] - Legendary [[Linear Fusion Rifle]]<ref name="weapons" />

*[[Insidious ]] - Legendary [[Pulse Rifle]]<ref name="weapons" />

*[[Forbearance]] - Legendary [[Grenade Launcher]]<ref name="weapons" />

*[[Deliverance ]] - Legendary [[Fusion Rifle]]<ref name="weapons" />

*[[Lubrae's Ruin]] - Legendary [[Glaive]]<ref name="weapons" />

===Armor===

*[[Resonant Fury Suit (Hunter)]]<ref name="armor">[https://www.blueberries.gg/weapons/vow-of-the-disciple-loot-table/ Destiny 2 Vow of the Disciple Loot table: Raid Weapons & Armor]</ref>

*[[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)]]<ref name="armor" />

*[[Resonant Fury Suit (Warlock)]]<ref name = "armor" />

===Other rewards===

*[[Gouging Light]] [[Sparrow]]

*[[Imperious Sun Shell]]