Summary

Savathun makes a move in the Heart of the Traveler. She set up 3 Hive Ritual Sites that the Guardian needs to interfere with.

Description

Investigate the activity of Savathun’s Lucent Hive near the portal.

Walkthrough

Listen to the Radio

Go to the radio nearby Ghost. Interact with it to hear a message from Savathun.

Begin the Mission

Head over to the left to war the large tree nearby the balcony that reaches out from the Tower. At the base of the tree is the node to begin the mission.

Survey Your Surrounding

“Mara spotted Lucent Hive activity in the area. Get a vantage point and what find out they’re up to.”

You start the mission facing the stairs leading down into the depths of the Tower within the Heart of the Traveler. Take the stairs down and head through the gallery you arrive in. Get to the large bay window. You’ll see a number of Anchors spread in the area in front of you.

Disrupt Hive Rituals

Turn to the right and go through the hall and shaft there. Drop down. Turn over to the doorway and step through it. There is a Hive Knight through there. Defeat them and grab the Hive Cleaver.

Wait a moment for a Hive Acolyte to appear. Start Shielding. Aim the bolts the Acolyte shoots at you at the Hive Rune. This will overload the Rune and break it. Step out of the hallway and onto the rooftops and walkways in front of you.

There are a number of Runes spread around the area above the rooftops. There’s no particular order, but this is a start.

Head over to the right in the walkway with an overhang. There are 3 Rune surrounding a Shrieker on this side. Immediately start Shielding with the Hive Sword. These runes have a Purple Glow, which requires Void damage. Direct the blasts at the 3 Runes that are in front of you, breaking each of them in turn.

Head over to the left-hand side of the area. There are a few more Runes, these with an Orange and Red glow. Clear out the thrall that come after you then head toward the 2 shielded Knights in the middle. You can’t kill the Knights (for now). There are 3 of these Runes. 1 by the walkway, 1 by the central building, and 1 toward the far side of the rooftop. Hit all 3 Runes, and they will break. After that, the Shields around the Knights will drop and you can destroy them.

Finally, head for the far side of the rooftop and jump across the gap. You will see 3 more Runes, these glowing Blue. There are a pair of Shielded Wizards. Once again, with a Hive Cleaver, shield and direct the Arc Blasts against the Runes. Break the Runes, the Wizards will become vulnerable and you can defeat them.

Reach the Next Ritual Site

With the first set of runes destroyed, you will need to find the next ritual site to deal with what else is happening here. Go over to the left and continue forward from where you fought the Wizards. Go around the corner and over to the right.

Jump out onto the walkway in front of you. Jump across the next gap where you see a platform behind a radio tower. Go to the left there and through the hallway.

Reflect Hive Projectiles With Hive Sword Guard

You’re in the Outskirts of the Lost City now. There are a few spokes to investigate. One way to start is heading to the right.

Going down the right-hand path to find a rooftop with a number of Shielded Wizards. There are 3 Runes but they are protected by a Sickly Green glowing bubble.

To get to these Runes, you will need to fire a Projectile from the Sword to break the protections. Hit the bulb above each of the runes. This will expose the Rune itself and let you hit it. There is 1 rune of each kind. To this end, you will want to carefully reflect the appropriate bolts at the respective runes.

You will see a Shielded Shrieker behind the Runes. Reflect the Void bolts into the Void Rune. After that, destroy the Shrieker.

Finally, the Solar Rune needs to be dealt with. A group of Knights with a Lightbearer Acolyte will appear. You need to use a Hive Cleaver to reflect the Solar shots from the Acolyte onto the Rune to overload it. After that, defeat the Hive, and crush the Ghost of the Lightbearer Acolyte.

Reach the Final Ritual Site

“There is a powerful ritual being enacted near the portal to the Pale Heart! Reach it and stop Savathun!”

Jump over the railing toward where the Runes were. You need to use the suspended platforms to get across the gap and reach the door on the far side of this area. Go through the door, drop down as needed and exit the building to reach the Outskirts. You can see more Anchors and Shriekers as you get to the outer part of the area. Make your way down the slope. There are a few Shriekers that you can destroy along the way.

Getting to the Shore of this area, you will find a number of Hive spread around. Approach the closest with the statues. You will see Savathun appear there.

Defeat Savathun

“Use the Hive sword reflection guard to reflect elemental projectiles into the appropriate runes.”

Getting to the first of the ritual sites, you can see a trio of Hive statues with Orbs at their base (along with the standard assort of Acolytes and Thrall that come after you). There are also the 3 Hive Runes.

Just like before, each one has an elemental alignment. The Rune will only trigger when hit with its matching elemental Orb. You need to pick up the Orb from the Base of the Statue. Bring the Orb close to the Rune and throw the Orb into the Rune to trigger it. When all 3 have been triggered, then you can Damage this version of Savathun.

Defeat Savathun

“Use the Hive sword reflection guard to reflect elemental projectiles into the appropriate runes.”

This time there are 6 Runes that need to be overloaded. This time, the 3 Hive Statues are protected by the Hive Shields. You will need get a Hive Cleaver from the Knight that appears. Once you have the cleaver, use its Projectile to break the Shields around the Statues.

Grab the Orbs and throw them at each of the Hive Runes. Destroy the Runes with the appropriate Orbs. This will make Savathun vulnerable and you can defeat the rest of the Hive there.

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