The Objective, “Hunt the rogue essence” in Destiny 2.

Hunt the rogue essence is an Objective in the Adventure The Other Side in Destiny 2.

Summary[edit]

Venture deeper into the Ascendant Plane.


Walkthrough[edit]

To Chamber 1[edit]

  • Jump through the portal that appears in front of you.
  • From there, go forward, pausing at the circle just to the left of the doorway.
  • You can use a Rally Banner to refill all your ammo and recharge all abilities and your Super.
  • Move to the floating mote, Toland the Shattered.
  • Head on up the slope through the doors and toward the large double doors in the back.
  • Be on guard as you go up the slope for the Taken Thrall at are just in front of the doors into the first chamber.
  • Clear out these Taken and carefully go through the doors in front of you.
  • This first chamber has a large number of Taken, a Shrieker, and the Ravenous Taken Knight.
  • Around the rest of the area, you will encounter Taken Psions, Thrall, and Acolytes.
  • To progress forward through this first chamber, you need to clear out the Taken.
  • Be wary of the various Thrall that are running around as well as the Acolytes.
  • There are also a number of explosives scattered on top of the pillars throughout.
  • After clearing the Taken, the Taken Web will clear away from the pit in the middle of the room.

Hovering statues[edit]

  • At the bottom of the pit, you will see a Cabal Warrior statue hovering in the void of the Ascendant Plane.
  • Jump up onto the statue's sword.
  • Head across the arms and sword of the statue to the next platform.
  • Reaching the first platform will have the Guardian immediately face a Taken Phalanx that appears just where you were climbing up.
  • Dodge, evade or kill it and continue farther along the platform.
  • You will encounter a number more Taken Acolytes with a Ravenous Taken Centurion.
  • Head over the ledge to drop down to the next platform.
  • Run along this platform, dodge the 2 explosives, dodging the 2 Taken Phalanx.
  • Beyond them is a Taken Wizard and on the sides of the platform are some Taken Vandals.
  • Clear out the Taken here to open the large door in front of you.
  • Jump out onto the first platform.
  • From there, jump onto either side of the platform's arms reaching out toward the first one.
  • Be on guard for the Ravenous Taken Goblin, Taken Minotaur, and a number of Taken Goblins.
  • Either defeat the Taken or simply run past them and jump onto the rock platform beyond them.
  • Rush up the stone's slope toward the top and the next platform.
  • On this platform, you have a number of Taken Voids blasting force out at the Guardian.
  • As you reach the middle of this platform, you will see a number of Taken Thrall drop from the portals in the ceiling.
  • You can either fight through or simply rush through and reach the end of the platform.
  • Look to the platform to see the ledge of the next one, leading toward a stone staircase.
  • Jump across the gaps to reach the next section, that leads into a Taken version of the Gardens.


The Ascendant Pleasure Gardens[edit]

  • Reaching the Ascendant Pleasure Gardens, it is time to face off against more Taken.
  • There are 5 Taken Blights scattered throughout the area that you need to destroy.
  • You will be dealing with a large number of infinitely spawning Shadowbeast.
  • Go into each of the Blights and destroy it to progress forward.
  • Use the Shadowbeast to charge up your Super if needed.
  • After destroying the second Blight, you will need to be on guard for Ravenous Taken Minotaurs that have appeared throughout the area.
  • When you destroy the last of the Blights, the Taken Ogre Gaarm, Born of the Hellmouth will appear.
  • This ogre is supported by a few Ravenous Taken Wizard.
  • There are also some Shadowbeast will appear and attack the Guardian while they are in this fight.
  • If you need to heal, head into the covered area in the back portion of the Garden.
  • Do not stand on top of the covered safe area because there is a pair of Shriekers that will attack lethally if you linger.
  • Defeat the Ogre and the Ravenous Taken Wizards to remove the barrier that Toland is hovering by.

Floating Rocks[edit]

  • Ahead you can see a temple entrance on the far side of hovering rocks in the void of the Ascendant Realm.
  • On the far side you can just see a Cabal force moviing toward the temple.
  • Jump across the rocks to reach the base of the temple.

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