within the vow of the disciple, the new destination 2 raid that launched with the witch queen and the new preservation mission in the throne world, you can discover many secrets and some pretty shocking traditions spread throughout the pyramid of the darkness.
In this destination 2: the witch queen guide, we’ll show you how to unlock all 10 chapters of the “shattered suns” lore book and the imperious shell of the ghost of the sun.
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the preservation mission
There are two different ways to get the Shattered Suns story pages in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. the first is through a puzzle in the preservation mission and the disciple raid vote, which we’ll look at next. the second is the fastest, but you can only do it once.
After you defeat the final bosses of the preservation mission, you will have 25 minutes to walk around the area and find interactive podiums (podiums are not interactive during the mission). there are five in total throughout the area, and they will give a dialogue about some of the surrounding art or artifact traditions. most won’t be interactable until the above dialog snippet is over, so this will take some time.
podium 1
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This podium is right where you defeat the final bosses. It’s along the edge facing the large worm.
podium 2
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This podium is to the back right of the main arena from encounter one of the raid (the one with the giant bone). You can get here after beating the bosses by heading back into this room and taking a left. Head straight until you see the podium.
podium 3
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This podium is right at the entrance of the main arena. It’s on top of the small building that’s in front of the entrance door.
podium 4
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This podium is in the “give” room, which is the first room you have to enter for the final encounter of the mission. It’s at the back of the room.
podium 5
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This podium is in the “stop” room, which is the second room you have to enter for the final encounter of the mission. The podium is at the back right of the room.
the wall of symbols
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Directly before the Acquisition area is a small room that has many pillars with the symbols above on them.
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You can access this area through the raid or the Preservation mission. In the Preservation mission, you can only do this puzzle once per run (meaning you’ll have to do the entire thing five times). If you have friends, we suggest you do this in the raid. If you’re doing this in the raid and want multiple pages, you’ll need to head into the Acquisition encounter and wipe after each code. The door will remain open, so you can head back in and repeat the process until you complete the lore Triumph.
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To find out what code you need to enter, you will need to find the room with the coded wall in it. You can find it by walking along the right-hand wall until you see an open window.
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Jump down, and you’ll find a code similar to the one seen above.
There are three rows, each with a different meaning. you can ignore the top row, as these symbols don’t matter for this puzzle; they simply mean that you (the guardian) need to do something. the second row tells you what action to perform, and the third row tells you which symbol to perform that action on. there are three different symbols that can appear in the second row.
- enter: melee with the symbol below
- communion: interact with the symbol below
- kill: shoot the symbol below
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The third row can have any of the 26 symbols shown above, so get the code then walk through that room to find the symbols. You don’t have a time limit and you don’t need to meet them in order. you will get the story piece when you enter the fourth and final action. if that doesn’t work try pressing one of the melee symbols again as they can be a bit finicky.
Using the wall above as an example, the code would be:
- melee ground
- melee enter
- interact with savathun
- shoot tower
you can do this 10 times for the lore, or you can do five of these and all five for the preservation mission; there is no limit to the number of times you can enter the codes. once you get all 10 story pieces and unlock the imperious exotic phantom shell of the sun, completing the code additional times does not award anything.
You will need to complete the “Disciple’s Vow Book of Knowledge Unlock” Triumph and collect the Imperative Sun Exotic Ghost Shell to complete the Disciple’s Vow Seal and gain the title of “Disciple Killer”.
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