The Shattered Ruins is an Ascendant Challenge within the Dreaming City.
Location
Walkthrough
- Once through the entrance into the Ascendant Plane, you will be in the Shattered Ruins.
- Your goal for this challenge is to survive the climb to the top.
- Throughout the climb you will need to worry about the Taken Bombs and Taken Hobgoblins.
Climb to the top
- Continue forward onto the first platform in front of you.
- Veer just a bit to the left and make a long jump onto the next platform.
- From there, continue forward across the next gap and to the large central platform in front of you.
- It is time to begin the climb properly.
- Go over to the right and run up the remains of the stairs.
- From there, long jump onto the floating island with the 2 Taken Bombs.
- These Bombs will work as your guides upwards as you climb into the heights.
- Turn to the left and perform a long jump when you are just past the second bomb.
- This will get you over to the next platform across a large gap.
- On the next, slightly bowed in the middle, platform turn to the left and jump upwards to the next rock.
- Head up the stairs on this platform, jumping to the nearby platform in front of you with another Taken Bomb.
- Run straight across this circular island and jump to the next platform.
- Get to the end with the Taken Bomb.
- There is a Taken Hobgoblin that will be attacking around this time.
- Use a few moments to turn around and kill it.
- Now, jump back onto the nearby circular platform, jumping up to the floating staircase remains, in the direct that the Taken Hobgoblin was.
- Run up the slanted island and then jump to the left, onto the platform that the Taken was on.
- Continue along this path, making the long jump over to the platform with the numerous bombs on it.
- Run and jump along the next 3-4 platforms, keeping at a sprint to avoid the exploding bombs.
- Run and jump onto the floating island with the tree and Taken Bomb on it.
- Jump across the gap to the next platform with another Taken Bomb.
- Stop on this platform for a short while so you and take care of the 2 Taken Hobgoblins.
- Defeat them and then turn toward the rock that is floating between the 2 slated rocks.
- Keep to the left as you head along the path.
- On the geode style platform, look to the left, going past the statue.
- From there, jump up on top of the statue.
- Continue your climb to reach the pavilion at the top.
- That is the top level.
Defeat the Taken inside the Rift
- At the top of the area, you will need to deal with a number of Shadow Thralls that are rushing at you.
- Before long, Val Eralus, The Obedient will appear on the central platform among the pillars on their ring.
- You will also need to deal with Taken Hobgoblin, Taken Vandals, and Taken Captains.
- From there, start firing at Val Eralus.
- Keep to the outer ring and fight the Taken, thinning them.
- Turn your attention to Val Eralus as you thin out the Taken.
- Use your Super to do heavy damage to Val Eralus.
- From there, deal with the additional Taken that will appear.