The Objective, “Survive the Hunt” in Destiny 2.

Survive the Hunt is an Objective in the Raid Leviathan in Destiny 2.

Summary

Defeat Calus's Royal Beasts.

Walkthrough

  • Head down the corridor and into the Pleasure Gardens.
  • The area breaks down into 3 parts: The Safe Room, the Jungle and the Rocks.
  • The Fireteam will want to split up again, this time: 4 into the Jungle and 2 up on the Rocks.
  • If fireteam members need Power Ammo, they should kill the Beast Handlers.


  • To begin the encounter, drop into the mist-filled Jungle and kill off the Beast Handlers and the Loyalist War Beast.
  • This will cause 2 Prism Weapons to appear on top of the Safe Room.
  • 2 Guardians need to grab the Prism Weapons and the rest need to head into the Safe Room.
  • What you are doing is now determined by either having one of the Prism Weapons or having one of the Spores.


Psionic Howl

  • This part of the raid functions very similarly to the Navigate the Labyrinth in the Vault of Glass.
  • If the War Beasts below spot any Guardian, before they are ready, the whole fire team needs retreat to the large safe room.
  • Being spotted triggers the War Beasts to begin their Psionic Howl.
  • Any Guardian caught in this blast outside of the Safe Room will die.
  • This Safe Room can only be used a limited number of times.
  • The lights by the top opening on it show the uses remaining before the Safe Room access is revoked.
  • The door will be open for 30-45 seconds once the Howl starts.

Spores

  • Collect a Spore from the back of the room.
  • Those with the Spores will want to move as a group and keep close together.
  • The Glowing Flower will only be active for a limited time once any Guardian approaches it.
  • Approach the Glowing Flower as a group that the Guardian with the Prism Weapon has called out.
  • The whole team needs to be together to maximize the benefit from each Flower.
  • For every team member nearby the flower when triggered, you will gain 3 stacks of Empowered Spores.
  • Ideally, each burst will grant those with the spores 12 stacks of Empowered Spores.
  • Once those with the Spores have 24-36 stacks, the Fireteam is ready to attack the War Beasts.
  • The first time, you can try to get 36-48
  • Any of these named War Beasts that die stay dead unless the fireteam wipes.
  • This makes very possible for the Spore team to move freely when the War Beasts on a single side are cleared out.

Prism Weapons

  • Those with the Prism Weapon can grab it and jump over to any of the rocks with a Glowing Light on it.
  • While standing in the light, pressing R2/RT will let you fire a beam from it.
  • You can aim the beam more precisely using L2/LT.
  • Call out where you see the Flowers glowing.
  • When those with the Spores are by the flowers, fire the beam into the Flower to empower their spores.
  • Immediately look to the sides of the Pleasure Gardens.
  • A Beast Handler Sniper will appear and start attacking those with the Prism Weapons.
  • Immediately fire on the Beast Handlers once you spot them.
  • Help those in the Jungle navigate around the War Beasts in the mists.

Killing the War Beasts

  • There are 6 named War Beasts roaming this area. With the previous steps completed, it is time to kill them off.
  • The War Beasts are Ta'aurc, Va'ase, Tho'ourg, Aru'un, M'orn, and B'ael.
  • Any of these named War Beasts that die stay dead unless the fireteam wipes.
  • Each of the War Beasts will run to a specific location, one of the Flower Spore locations, when the howl begins.
  • This makes very possible for the Spore team to move freely when the War Beasts on a single side are cleared out.
  • It is advisable to kill 3-4 of the War Beasts in a single phase.
  • The most beasts are dead, the quicker the War Beasts get restless and the sooner they will automatically trigger their Psionic Howl.

Completion

Prestige Mode

  • Enemies are more durable and do more damage.
  • The dogs have new paths that they are following.
  • 2 new Beasts have been added into the hunt which must be defeated as well.
  • The new beasts are Za'ahn and Gra'ask.
  • The War Beast that come in during the Psionic Howl are more aggressive as well.
  • The timer is also shorter for triggering subsequent Psionic Howls, but the exact reduction is unknown.

Challenge Mode

No Guardian, per cycle (trigger the Psionic Howl), can use the Prism on more than 1 flower.

  • This sets a lower maximum amount of spores that can be collected (24).
  • The fireteam can reconvene in the Safety Room, and exchange who is holding the Spore and the Prism to get additional stacks.
  • It is recommended to only do this once, allow you to reach a possible maximum of 48.
  • It is also recommended that each Guardian be assigned a Watch Dog to run to and eliminate it.
  • Remember that Pulse Grenades are very powerful here and can quickly kill most of the Dogs.

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