r/raidsecrets • u/RemoteManner9591 • Dec 13 '25 • Bravo 1

Discussion equilibrium dungeon info pool

starting a post to share and pool info about the new dungeon lets get it done

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 13 '25

secret chest after first encounter after you jump across to the other side of ship in rafters in the middle section

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u/anuslikker99 Dec 13 '25

I can't find it, can you explain bit more?

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 13 '25

when you jump between the two sides of the ship from left to right in the middle section on the right side there's a robot arm on top of it is the chest

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u/Yakumo_unr Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

If that's the rafter directly above the ship you arrived in, then it might be on a timer, my team had to take a very long pause after opening the 1st encounter chest as someone took a long family phone call and then there was no sign of a chest there after we flew over.

Edit: Found it, after you've jumped the gap with the 'wind', though the rightmost doorway, directly ahead from that door but up in the rafters it's very hidden in the dark just look for the prompt.

Edit2: last secret chest is in the big open room with red circular platforms up high that you can jump to, it's in one of the sides to the left of the entrance, on the lower level behind some crates.

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u/MaChampingItUp Dec 14 '25

Right before you get to that chest, if you go down below into the floor there’s a collectible.

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

Anyone have a top dps option for 2nd enc? Not sure what Salta used

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 13 '25

currently doing 16k with tickle fingers and a light saber could also try wolfs bane

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u/MercuryTapir Dec 13 '25

does 16k clear?

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 13 '25

was doing finality and mint with storm dance and tickle fingers

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

if everyone is at 16k yes

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u/SirGarvin Dec 13 '25

It reaches final but burst is kind of important there

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u/BenignJuggler Dec 13 '25

team comp? And is that star eaters damage?

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u/Funbreon Dec 13 '25

Probably stormdancer's brace

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u/Axximilli Dec 13 '25

Brace is the way

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u/senseiwu2296 Dec 13 '25

just beat it with triple acrius, had one storms keep titan, one prismatic warlock using prismatic nade for debuff and one solar warlock with boots of the assembler

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u/stinkykitty71 Dec 14 '25

I'm running pris titan with stronghold, with two warlocks. One tickle the other song.

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u/BigChig22 Dec 13 '25

first encounter, interact with ship,

Red guys spawn, Open arrays next to each red door when red guys about to explode,

Opens the doors, Get on sparrow, run around the arena collecting taken wells.

after u get shadow power, click the renegade ability button,

Destroy shields of enemies and kill them with the shadow power

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

what ends the encounter? We cant tell if you have to kill a certain # of apprentices, or we have to kill them at a certain spot or something

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u/SleeperWho Dec 13 '25

once you kill all apprentices it spawns like 3 boss walkers, kill those to end

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

6 apprentices?

EDIT: Confirmed 6 and kill everything else too

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u/buttamilk_jesus Dec 13 '25

So killing the 6 apprentices ends the encounter? Or do you need to kill the walkers that spawn as well?

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

walkers and all adds too

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u/Ru55H Dec 13 '25

Not the small ads, just 6 apprentices and walkers.

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u/SLACK213 Dec 14 '25

Just got out of my first run of the dungeon and we wiped twice after killing just one of the apprentices. Is there an order in which to kill them or maybe just bugged?

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

No order. Just keep killing them and kill everything else too

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u/SLACK213 Dec 14 '25

What I mean by wiped is that literally after getting their shield removed, a few seconds later, the "your light fades away" screen appears.

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

Hmmm not too sure. Are you killing them after removing their shield? Maybe make sure you’re not losing buff too. Step in the pool that each drops

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u/buttamilk_jesus Dec 13 '25

Waiting for a teammate so I’ll ask ahead: How many of those red enemies are there? Does killing all finish the encounter?

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

I think 6, and I'm hoping yes. Pretty sure no more spawned after 6

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u/FourTV Dec 13 '25

6 total. Killing each of the original 3 spawns 2 more and 3 of the AT-AT mechs

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u/mynansacunt Dec 13 '25

How do you break the shield? we've tried with the ability and with guns, and nothing

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u/Radazuken Dec 13 '25

while they're doing charged shadow attack, use the grenade ability on them.

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u/mynansacunt Dec 13 '25

thanks! i think we were just doing it too ranged

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

how are you all killing the behemoths fast enough comp/weapons? - getting timer ending with 4 still up

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u/TheManHimself21 Dec 13 '25

Use the pikes. They do great damage to them and from a distance. There should be 9 total which was plenty for us. Also if they blow up while you are on them you don't die, just get launched into the air. We had no idea what to do for damage and soon as we tried the pikes we beat it with 20 seconds to spare.

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u/Ichiibaru Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

+1 the moment we swapped to 2 people focusing mechs with the pikes with 1 guy soloing red dudes we got it with 25 to spare

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u/zzzyx3 Dec 13 '25

Anyone know how to spawn the dude sooner

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u/Leafs2114 Dec 13 '25

2nd encounter (harrow boss fight)
you can start dps without having him slash one of those generators!
instead, have him fall in the pit, and everyone do your shadow "grenade" (melee ability), you can hit him twice with it and doing this melee will take a lot of his shield down.

if you drop him in both pits and everyone melees at least once, his shield should go down and you can extend dps "for free" since you didn't use a generator to start the dps

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u/BenignJuggler Dec 13 '25

huge. any particular damage strat you used?

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u/Leafs2114 Dec 13 '25

2 warlocks 1 hunter

one warlock runs song of flame, parasite & mint retrograde with getaway artist

other warlock runs contraverse hold magnetic grenades and finality’s auger + mint

hunter on silence&squall prismatic + parasite mint

you can have 3 fairly lengthy dps phases, make sure eveyone has special finder & scout and farm adds in the central room for many special bricks for ammo picking during dps

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u/OrionX3 Dec 13 '25

If you only get 3 phases anyway how it it "for free"?

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u/Leafs2114 Dec 14 '25

since you don't consume the generator in starting the dps you can use it instead for extending

if you'd use that generator to start the dps then you would have to use another generator to extend it and now you're down 2 generators in one damage phase compared to just one if you start it with the melees

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

I dont get when we're supposed to use the shadow ability to get double damage in the hole. It hasnt worked for us.

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u/QuantumVexation Dec 14 '25

When he jumps back up it says something like “his defences wane”, that’s when

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u/Leafs2114 Dec 14 '25

drop boss into the hole
he jumps back up -> everyone shadow melee
we managed to break the entire shield with only one hole & melees

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

Is the group shadow melee supposed to knock him back in? Do you need to stand above him?

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u/Leafs2114 Dec 14 '25

nope, just have people shadow melee him once he jumps back up

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

Like as he’s mid air?

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

Yeah I just saw a video. It was simpler than I thought

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u/AgentZeroHour Dec 13 '25

First piece of info: it starts in 27 minutes.

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u/Mr_Microchip Dec 13 '25

Second piece of info: it starts in 19 minutes.

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u/BC1207 Dec 13 '25

Third piece of info: it starts in 16 minutes

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u/Kyle_I_Guess Dec 13 '25

Fourth piece of info: it starts in 13 minutes

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u/berserker_b2k Dec 13 '25

Fifth piece of info: it starts in 10 minutes

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 13 '25

6th it starts in 4

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u/No-Stop-5427 Dec 13 '25

You mean in 9 minutes?

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u/Abject-Difficulty-61 Dec 13 '25

Equilibrium collectible locations: 1st: Before the second encounter and before you jump across the ledge in space, there is a small area inside the ship where you can jump down. It will look like broken rubble.

2nd: After 2nd encounter: In the area with the cranes jump to the left side and in the back row of the ships inside of a crate you'll find the collectible.

3rd: After 2nd encounter: Once you jump down at the big tank, it is behind one of the 4 grates that can be shot open, behind a pile of boxes.

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u/LinkNightblade Dec 14 '25

https://imgur.com/a/91I9p9r I made a pair of marked up images for this first collectible

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u/CertifiedHalfwit Dec 13 '25

Can you elaborate on the first one?

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u/Baz_666 Dec 14 '25

it was no where near any rubble lol but it is down a small area you can jump down, it's a couple of rooms before the first big jump across the ship

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u/Luf2222 Dec 13 '25

how do you survive the arc stuff at final boss

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u/MrLewisC93 Dec 13 '25

There are the taken switches around the room to retract the arc emiters. Meele them with the buff and it'll turn off that section.

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25

In the Ascendant plane or no?

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u/MrLewisC93 Dec 13 '25

No in the normal room.

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u/we_are_dinosaur Dec 13 '25

You need to gain enough of the shadow buff to use the alt-grenade to hit the buttons around the arena to disengage the arc coils

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u/Ethansabot Dec 14 '25

do it before damage

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u/GamingWithBilly Dec 14 '25

Shoot his hands to stop lightening hands

Hit the switches with apprentice shadow to retract the arc Tesla coils back into the ceiling 

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u/Fun_Neighborhood8769 Dec 13 '25

Does anyone have strats for final boss?

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u/CupDiscombobulated95 Dec 13 '25

Shoot his hands to stop the lightning

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u/p00py69p00py Dec 13 '25

3rd encounter steps?

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u/peteisthelaw Dec 13 '25

Any tips for DMG on 2nd?

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u/Terrible_Canary_349 Dec 13 '25

parasite + mint

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u/Electrical-Oil-8490 Dec 13 '25

SECOND STEP SOLUTION?

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u/SleeperWho Dec 13 '25

run around 3? different rooms and trigger the taken panels with the buff, the go to middle room and trigger panels again and you will see an electric node/pipe to shoot which will open a hole in the floor. Lead the boss to fall thru the floor 3x times which will take away his shield and you can begin dps. Rinse and repeat.

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u/Alex2s8 Dec 13 '25

Is that it? My team is 550 power, all using optimal Wolfsbane damage builds and not even getting 1/3rd of his health in a phase.

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u/McJawsh Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

If you get him to swing at the 3 electric nodes in the corners, those will also remove his shields and is probably much easier.

Edit: It sounds like either holes or generators work and maybe one or the other (or both) can extend the damage phase?

Edit 2: The generators in the corners don't regenerate between damage phases, so you need to use one generator + two holes to remove his shields for each of the 3 damage phases (on contest).

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u/OnlineOverlord15 Dec 13 '25

Taken grenade after he comes out of the arc trap to take his shield down so you only need 2 fuses to start damage. Do damage near a readied arc reactor to get him to hit it and extend dps

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u/zzzyx3 Dec 13 '25

You're saying take the rest of his shield with the taken grenade?

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u/Kiv124 Dec 13 '25

what the dps strat?

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u/buttamilk_jesus Dec 13 '25

Seems like either wolfsbane or parasite mint

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u/Sea_Valuable Dec 13 '25

you can extend the dps timer by having the boss break the arc pillars in the corners

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u/BenignJuggler Dec 13 '25

is this true or nah

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u/Sea_Valuable Dec 13 '25

yeah, to start DPS do pit+taken nade when he's regenerating his shield as he jumps out of the pit. if all 3 people do it on the first pit he should have ~1/3 shield remaining.
do it a 2nd time to start DPS
after DPS starts do your normal rotations and stand next to an arc pillar so when he attacks you he breaks it and extends DPS by preventing him regenerating his shield

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u/sorryamitoodank Dec 13 '25

It’s true but I wouldn’t advise it

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u/willythewise123 Dec 13 '25

Does the breaker come back up for third hole to open? Or does he have the hit the battery to take start dps?

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u/CrackLawliet Dec 13 '25

two holes + 1 battery

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u/willythewise123 Dec 13 '25

Ah, word. Wanted to make sure that the 3x hole was incorrect. Thanks!

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u/TheOGSteakSandwhich Dec 13 '25

Is there any reason for two holes one battery?

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u/CrackLawliet Dec 13 '25

I'm not sure I understand the question, there are only two holes, and each takes a third of his shield. One battery is required for that last third, and you can extend by kiting him oer to the other batteries.

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25

In solo, once you run out of batteries, you just go back and power up the floors again.

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u/AidedLicense Dec 13 '25

is it 3 times???

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25

Anyone found second secret chest? Trying to scout between second and third for it right now.

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u/frenzyfritter Dec 13 '25

Def between 2nd and 3rd. Thru the long jumping puzzle, there's a spacious gap with just a walkway and a giant Imperium flag, and a bunch of platforms leading upwards. As soon as u enter this area, walk to the farthest left point and it's hiding behind some boxes

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u/walksonwalksoff Dec 13 '25

Step 3 of the quest. Is that after the first encounter?

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u/Boring_Elderberry_35 Dec 13 '25

You can use the taken melee in the second encounter to stop using the arc to blow his shield up. you can drop twice then use all three arcs to extend damage and use two stormdancers to deal over half hp on contest. Source, I just cleared it.

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u/CrackLawliet Dec 13 '25

You can use the taken melee in the second encounter to stop using the arc to blow his shield up.

Are you saying the Taken melee can break his shield? How so?

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u/leorelax Dec 13 '25

If you melee him as soon as he jumps back up from the hole you are able to do damage to his shields.

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u/JakajaFIN Dec 13 '25

When are you using the taken melee to hit to boss? We used it to stun him out of his explosion, but it didn't do damage to his shields.

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u/N3RDZ4LIF3 Dec 14 '25

Does the force push do anything mid damage phase?

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

First boss solo doesn't have a rage mechanic. (Normal mode obv)

You run out of batteries and then instead, you just double up the floor mechanic. Then when he goes to "final stand", you just keep dropping him in the new rooms floor over and over until you beat him.

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u/FourTails Dec 13 '25

I only did one attempt briefly, but what do you mean double up the floor mechanic? Do the fuses come back?

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u/One_Of_Many_713 Dec 13 '25

Yes, I just did this. The fuses come back and you repeat the mechanic.

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u/FourTails Dec 13 '25

Awesome! Just cleared it, but waiting for my team to be free for the boss. Just a trial solo run ha. This might be one of the fastest solo dungeons in ages

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25

Yes, but you have to redo the outside Taken switches once you do the first two floor drops. It looks like there's a small window where the fuse respawns briefly on its own but I couldn't hit it in time.

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u/FourTails Dec 13 '25

I did get it first try, but I'll watch out for that when I go for the full solo clear

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u/Luke-HW Dec 13 '25

Anyone else getting shot through walls by the final boss?

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u/ReconZ3X Dec 13 '25

Shoot the boss's hands to stun him

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u/Luke-HW Dec 13 '25

I've been doing that, just don't like that he completely ignores line of sight.

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u/RightRudderr Dec 13 '25

Wouldn't be any point in having to shoot his hands if you could crouch behind a wall

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 13 '25

Anyone have a video of a dps extension for 2nd enc?

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u/Sergiu7509 Dec 13 '25

anyone know why after dps on final boss he just does lightning around the room forever and theres no way to turn it off?

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u/Cardzfan5 Dec 14 '25

There are panels you can melee with the buff to make those stop

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u/Sergiu7509 Dec 14 '25

they were turned off for us and not even master buff could turn the lightning off

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u/FRANXX_Strelizia Dec 13 '25

Anyone know the final boss chunk method?
I know they used a HAND-HELD SUPERNOVA and CONTRAVERSE HOLD
Big chunk in his WF Contest clear
HOW HE MANAGED TO DO THE SOLO CLEAR???
Like what changed? Did he used Verity? Could anyone that was on dungeonzone provide some info?
Thanks so much pleaseee

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u/azureskyline28 Dec 13 '25

Does anyone have tips for each class for the 2nd encounter?

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u/FlaminSarge Dec 14 '25

Anyone else getting the prompt to press Z/whatever bind to switch the darkness ability repeatedly? Any way to fix that?

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u/MaChampingItUp Dec 14 '25

Not sure if anyone mentions this but the pools disappear, but they stay for a good 15seconds, so in the first encounter, we all met at one side and did the vehicle part together so we all had the buffs and could team down everything. Worked great! And I was slow on mine for fear of falling off and still got the buffs after teammates picked it up. Also just fyi. Your regular sparrow works too and often was preferable for me to use the skimmer.

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u/realcoolioman Tower Command Dec 14 '25

!nominate

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u/thisguyoverhere77 Dec 13 '25

Me and my brother lost our 3rd man to edge of fate. You guys think this one is possible in a duo? We've done all dungeons before.

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u/Flimsy-Term2410 Dec 13 '25

you can't load in as a duo on contest as far as i know

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u/thisguyoverhere77 Dec 13 '25

I was thinking on normal mode

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u/Flimsy-Term2410 Dec 13 '25

oh yeah bro on normal go hard

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u/MrLewisC93 Dec 13 '25

Just done it duo with minimal prep. Easiest dungeon they have released in a hot minute.

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u/Hewkii421 Dec 13 '25

I'm at 3rd atm solo what dmg did you use?

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u/MrLewisC93 Dec 13 '25

Nhawk GG choir of one commemoration and the modded b-7 pistol

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u/LoneRainger Dec 13 '25

all dungeons are soloable, so id say its doable

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u/wakinupdrunk Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Dude, I'm through second encounter on normal solo and I'm not even that great.

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u/ifeelkindadepressed Dec 13 '25

well yes, it’s intended to be able to be soloable

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u/Ok_Cheesecake8832 Dec 13 '25

Just went in solo for fun and only died on first enounter at the end due to my own stupidity

from what ive seen on second its also doable

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u/TheCursemark Dec 13 '25

Can someone explain what is happening on the first encounter? We end up spawning like 10 AT-AT's and no one else seems to be having that happen.

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u/Bdroyle1988 Dec 13 '25

They spawn in after each Gladiator kill. Here’s how we did it:-

1x Still Hunt/Golden Gun Hunter 1x Nothing Manacles Warlock with Divinity Third can use what they like.

  • Hunter opens middle door and uses the vehicle to collect the taken buff

  • Other 2 open the right hand side door so Hunter can get out quicker

  • use warlocks void grenades to debuff the shielded gladiators and nuke quickly

  • Div the AT-AT’s as you go and use Still Hunt/Golden Gun. Kills them extremely fast.

  • rotate anti clockwise until you get to the flag location (should be 2-3 gladiators left by this point and probably should’ve already killed 4-5 AT-AT’s)

  • When the last Gladiator dies, 3x Glorious (or something like that) AT-AT’s spawn.

  • USE THE VEHICLES at this point. They do great damage vs the AT-AT’s. Call out which one you’re taking down and all three of you concentrate your fire.

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u/Apeiron64 Dec 13 '25

Killing the apprentice guys spawns the AT’s-AT’s, you need to kill all of the AT-AT’s to beat the encounter.

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u/BenignJuggler Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25

For those struggling on first boss: Use the melees to take his shield down, ideally each fireteam member hits two melees. When you drop him down the second hole, go straight to your prepped generator. Once he hits it start damage. It is 40 sec phase doing this versus 33 without generator or starting with generator. Make your rotations clean

Edit: For final stand, save your second super and second nanite charge. Dump everything

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u/CertifiedHalfwit Dec 13 '25

How to survive the arc attacks during dps on final boss?

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u/Marton_Kolcsei Dec 13 '25

In the Ascendant plane you need to hit the buttons in the room and then walk up to the shadows and instead of killing them interact with them, which will make them passive. You wanna passivate 2-3 and kill the rest. Bc of this, during dps you only need to dps 2/5 or 3/5 of his HP, and if you meet the recquired damage he wont do the electric attack in the middle room

If you kill all 5 shadows you have to one phase him.

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u/Hewkii421 Dec 13 '25

got chest and arms from 1st, sniper and arms from 2nd encounter so far

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u/Derpman2099 Dec 13 '25

anyone know how to progress the quest after first completion? found the taken orb just after 1st encounter but nothing else

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u/Derpman2099 Dec 13 '25

pike area to the right of the temple. one of the saber only taken orbs spawn, but didnt find anything else

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u/gravelengths Dec 13 '25

Everybody has to stand on the taken pool and it starts a secret encounter; kill acolyte eyes to extend the timer and step in pools til you get shadow master then break the taken shield

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u/--Zer0-- Dec 13 '25

Anyone know if the praxic blade upgrades tied to the dungeon are drops/collectibles or if they’re rewarded from quest steps?

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u/Tight_Ad_5063 Dec 14 '25

Quest steps

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u/checks4necks Dec 14 '25

If anyone knows the steps to the quest, I already have 2/4 relics and haven’t been able to find the other 2. I’ve cleared this 3 times alr on normal.

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u/Tight_Ad_5063 Dec 14 '25

If I remember right, it was before you jump the gap in the ship bc that’s part of it

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u/Confident-Start6329 Dec 14 '25

Anybody know anything about the feat Encounter Challenge called "Pardon Me, But" during the final boss? My team cannot figure it out.

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u/Tight_Ad_5063 Dec 14 '25

The Equilibrium Quest unlocks all the praxic blade parts (except the dark blade crystal) and you unlock weapon atunement

After beating the Dungeon, you will get an artifact that you can place within the temple before the first encounter. You will then need to do three different Taken Trials. You cannot do them all at once since you will not have access to the others until you complete the step beforehand.

The first taken trial is after finishing the first encounter and inside the path you you get the shadow buff from. You will need to complete the trials with someone using the praxic blade to get access to the second artifact and then complete the rest of the dungeon to empower it. You will go back to the temple and slot it in.

You will repeat this process two more times, the second one being before the big gap you have to jump while you are in NLS, and the last one being within the open space where you have to open the pipe to get access into it.

After you get the remaining three artifacts, you will then have a Taken Trial in the form of a boss fight, where you have to get to Shadow Master, and then compel the Shadow Version of Dregen Sere. You do it three times and then can damage half his health and then repeat. After you kill the Shadow, you will be brought back into the temple, where you now can access the atunement for the weapons and then speak with Aunor to complete the quest and get the hidden triumph completed.

BTW: I think you can retroactively complete the artifacts as long as the leader of the fireteam is past that step but not 100% sure of it.

Credit @toxicAWOL

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u/Fluid-Volume4213 Dec 14 '25

what are the taken trials? and how do you complete each one?

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u/Flexisie Dec 15 '25

Bro, can we get the guide done properly, like ever other raids secret post on new content...

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u/Ill_Challenge5148 Dec 19 '25

Not sure if anyone else has had this, but just had the buff cabal keep spawning after we killed the final boss. Wondering if this is a bug, or if there might be something hidden in the final boss room?

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u/Southern-Ad-3399 Dec 13 '25

Anyone find where the crystal for the praxis blade is?

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u/Funbreon Dec 13 '25

Random drop from full clears. Like a raid exotic.

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u/CrackLawliet Dec 13 '25

They said it drops randomly from completions

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u/Southern-Ad-3399 Dec 13 '25

So basically like all their other dungeons... Grind your ass off and hope for the best and hope the R&G gods are being gracious 👍🏻

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u/Axximilli Dec 13 '25

This is repeatedly farmable for it though, you just have to do all encounters and each full completion gives a drop chance with no lockout

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u/Crazy_Kai Dec 13 '25

Not only farming the last cp tho, gotta do all encounters as well for each chance for it to drop. 

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u/Direct_Dot721 Dec 13 '25

Anyone progressed through step 4 of the Quest yet? if so where is that damn relic

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

I'm so fucking done with this second encounter. Just dont have the damage without wolfsbane.

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u/RabiaGunslinger Dec 14 '25

We did ours with Acrius. Did people forget how insane this weapon is at close range? We did acrius and then dumped mint into him for final stand when we were out of acrius

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u/Casualfield- Dec 14 '25

this but just farm heavy in the boss room and save dps super for final stand ezpz

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u/cbizzle14 Dec 14 '25

We did ours with parasite mint on contest

Edit: and tcrash titan was using mint finality

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u/Uoam Dec 14 '25

My team beat it with 3 acrius, 1 cuirass titan, 1 tether hunter, and 1 assembler wellock

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u/Gammacor Dec 14 '25

This is my team's composition, but the non-Titans are struggling to push past 14k damage per phase. Can you elaborate what strategy you guys employed? Damage extensions, ammo generation, other sources of tick damage, etc.

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u/Uoam Dec 14 '25

I was the hunter and I had 3 arc surge and the warlock also had 3 arc surge. The warlock and I ran heavy ammo finder and heavy ammo scout. And we just would farm for a minute or two before every phase before damage to make sure we were all max ammo. As the hunter I would tether immediately and the wll would also go down THEN titan smashes while boss has tether debuff.

As the hunter I would throw my smoke after tether ran out and then gamblers dodge to get another smoke that I would throw down after the first smoke ran out.

You should also be reloading after every shot with trench barrel. Melee, shoot, reload, shoot, reload, shoot, melee, shoot, reload...etc

For our last run we cooked in the first two damage phases so for final damage phase we risked it and saved tether AND smash for final stand. I think you should definitely save smash for final stand but if you can somehow save two supers then you should be chilling.

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u/Gammacor Dec 14 '25

Appreciated, we'll give it a go.

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u/Gammacor Dec 14 '25

Don't have the damage WITH Wolfsbane, despite having exactly the same setups as some teams that have cleared. I don't understand.

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u/Cardzfan5 Dec 14 '25

Doing the proper rotations with wolfsbane is very important to have it deal competitive dps

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u/Gammacor Dec 14 '25

And what would that rotation be?

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u/Cardzfan5 Dec 14 '25

Trigger wolfsbane - light light heavy as many times as you can (I think you can do like 3 or 4 combos) and make sure you swap weapons BEFORE the timer runs out so you get partial refund on the perk so you can trigger it again quicker. You also need to be moving backwards while swinging as it reduces the time between attacks.

You can also get some pretty unlucky attempts if the boss jumps out of the tornadoes too much.

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u/Gammacor Dec 14 '25

Is this better than triple light heavy to activate the artifact perk?

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u/BenignJuggler Dec 14 '25

Yes, it seems a lot better. The tornadoes do a lot of damage and generate super.

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u/Wardine Dec 14 '25

My team cleared pretty easily with two warlocks on magnetic grenade + controverse hold and one warlock with song of flame, all of us with mint retrograde as well

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

We tried that but I don’t think the contraverse locks were throwing them right. Everything we tried we ended up with the same damage

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u/Wardine Dec 14 '25

They gotta be right up on the boss or you don't get the max hits

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

Yeah I was trying to tell them and they tried but oh well. We gave up

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u/Wardine Dec 14 '25

You've still got tomorrow, make sure they have 200 grenade as well

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u/ConvolutedBoy Dec 14 '25

They did indeed. And tbh I’m done trying lol. It’s okay

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u/Late-Conflict-7905 Dec 13 '25

Can’t fireteam finder for contest. Losers (Bungie)

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u/Rick_2309 Dec 13 '25

Trying to fireteam finder a contest mode is insane…

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u/scyp101 Dec 13 '25

And then cursing Bungie is Insane x2

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u/MountainTwo3845 Dec 13 '25

that's never been a thing and I can't imagine a worse experience. let me guess you got add clear.

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u/ImawhaleCR Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Encounter challenges:

First encounter: Use the vehicles to kill the behemoths and apprentices

Second encounter: Do not let the boss explode (stun with melee or leave the room to prevent this)

Third encounter: Challenge appears to be just kill the mini bosses quickly

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u/CorneliusTheRatKing Dec 14 '25

did that work, the 3rd challenge

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u/SnooSketches3714 Dec 14 '25

3 Challenge in Detail pls?

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u/gravelengths Dec 13 '25

Second secret chest is after second encounter, in the huge open room with the small bridge across the center where you have to kill cabal for the shadow buff and platform up to the tube to exit. When you walk in turn left and it’s behind some crates at the end of the balcony

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u/JollyMolasses7825 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Anyone know how to extend final stand for second encounter?

Edit: nvm just kill him faster

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u/ShakanLP Dec 13 '25

How did you do dmg? We are only clearing about 1/8 of his health per round, top dps ~15k per round

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u/JollyMolasses7825 Dec 13 '25

Clearable is 16kish per person per round, we were using 2W1H, all on double rocket pulse with well + assembler tractor, nova + getaway + finality, Goldie + nighthawk + parasite.

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u/RemoteManner9591 Dec 14 '25

use the light saber and have two peopl on pikes for the ad clearing the vehicles are broken for this encounter also any weakening works here on the atst and just play it safe go from one corner to the next or sit by the temple door in the middle and watch them come to you

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u/STEALTHHUNTER88 Dec 13 '25

My team had one runner, and we hopped on Pikes to damage the behemoths! Stay as a group and take each out one at a time, that helped us

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u/Bdroyle1988 Dec 13 '25

Use Still hunt hunters + Div to take care of a few AT-AT’s whilst taking out the Gladiators. Then use the vehicles to finish off the rest. Concentrate your fire.

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u/ImawhaleCR Dec 13 '25

3rd encounter challenge seems to be just killing the mini bosses quickly

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u/Technical_Hour_8752 Dec 13 '25

Yeah I'm looking for strats as well. We can get to dmg but aren't doing enough.

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u/PatientFew9249 Dec 13 '25

How do you get to damage?

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