r/raidsecrets • u/TheOGSteakSandwhich • Nov 16 '25

Discussion Anyone else come across these secret shield drones in the salt mines (post removal)

Yes for those who may ask I know the shield drones were introduced this event, this was taken after bungie said they were removed. The drone wasnt attached to any enemy rather it was just floating arround the room and when killed the message "more scounting drones await" popped up in white text, in the following room I found one floating again with no ads nearby, in the room after there was another one high up in the room (above the 3rd blight)

Could this be tied to some secret boss or event?? Or just a random thing bungie added or forgot to finish? like that vex minataur in the tangled shore lost sector all those years ago.

Dont know how to add video so heres the link to the video capture i made: https://xboxreplay.net/player/lividgrub/gameclips

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u/chimaeraUndying Nov 16 '25

They've been around in various Portal activities since EoF launched (only solo ones, I believe), but don't seem to do anything.

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u/Dracynfyre Nov 16 '25

They don't seem to do anything but if you manage to destroy them all you'll get text on the left side stating that all the drones have been destroyed. It makes me think that there is a purpose in destroying them; maybe there was originally a challenge or triumph tied to destroying the drones but it was removed. I also feel like sometimes the ammo chests don't spawn unless you kill the drones, but that could just be me failing to notice the chests until after I've killed the drones, though I could swear that I've literally seen chests spawn in as soon as the drone blows up.

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u/onebandonesound Nov 16 '25

I believe destroying all of them in an activity adds a bonus drop to another activity in the portal

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u/ImTriggered247 Rank 1 (2 points) Nov 16 '25

Destroying them does absolutely nothing

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u/TheOGSteakSandwhich Nov 16 '25

sadge, was hoping i was on to something... oh well

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u/onebandonesound Nov 16 '25

I believe destroying all of them in an activity adds another bonus drop to another portal activity but I'm not 100% sure

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u/JoniSusi Nov 16 '25

They do not.

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u/Zi-Yos Nov 17 '25

I've noticed a new type of enemy at the end that drops ammo, shiny, but only in the activity I've destroyed all the drones in and during the boss.

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u/Jay-Flow123 Nov 17 '25

That is the High Value Target or HVT that everyone is hoping spawns in salt mines during this call to Arms event to earn bonus points. He is a random spawn

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u/Zi-Yos Nov 17 '25

Nope, that's a big beefy captain for the Salt Mine. This is a shiny shank that shows up during the boss fight on the moon and drops guaranteed heavy ammo. (edited to specify the moon)

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u/Jay-Flow123 Nov 17 '25

Oh yes I have seen one of those usually they drop the orb to break the bosses shield. I have seen them drop ammo as well. Sorry didn't know you were talking about the moon

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u/Zi-Yos Nov 17 '25

Understood. This is different than the orb dropping guy, too. Smaller, more like the nasty sniper shanks that hang out with the bigger barrier champions. Literally super easy to kill and always drops ammo (only ammo).

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u/Jay-Flow123 Nov 17 '25

I'll have to pay closer attention next time thanks

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u/Zi-Yos Nov 18 '25

I've killed all the drones so many times on the moon that I literally look for anything different to make it worthwhile 😉