How to beat the Duality dungeon in Destiny 2

Future 2 has a brand new dungeon, Duality. It takes place contained in the Derelict Leviathan from Season of the Haunted and entails Guardians diving into deposed Emperor Calus’ unconscious.

On this information, we’ll train you find out how to navigate the parallel universes inside Duality and fell all of the Nightmares inside.

On the way in which to the primary encounter

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Duality begins out by dropping you within the outdated Tribute Corridor from Season of Opulence. Make your approach ahead and chat with Eris, who will ship you into Calus’ thoughts by way of a connection to one among his statues. Drop down the outlet as soon as she’s carried out speaking to start out the dungeon.

Once you land, head ahead and look by way of the grate. You’ll see a crimson, glowing bell within the distance. Shoot it till it closes to immediately journey to what we’re going to name the shadow realm. Within the shadow realm, you’ll end up in a equally formed model of the room you have been in earlier than. Nevertheless, the wall and grate can be gone, and also you’ll have the ability to transfer rather more freely. Run along with your complete fireteam as much as the bell and stand contained in the circle round it (you’ll be able to see the circle define on the bottom). Shoot the bell till it closes once more to return to regular actuality.

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That is the primary and most necessary mechanic to study for this dungeon. You possibly can shoot the bells to journey to the shadow realm from anyplace, and it’ll teleport you to the equal shadow realm location based mostly on the place you have been already standing in actuality. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to solely journey again to actuality by standing subsequent to the bell. If anybody will get teleported again to actuality whereas not standing subsequent to the bell, they’ll die.

Proceed by way of the subsequent a number of rooms right here, experimenting with the bells and platforming. Climb up and hold your eyes peeled for grates hiding a glowing bell behind them, and watch out to kill enemies as you go to allow them to’t knock you off into pits.

Observe the trail till you attain a big, opulent room with some statues in it. Clear all of the enemies right here and a door on the ground will open in the course of the room. Drop right down to face the primary encounter.

Sorrow Bearer, Gahlran defeated

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The shadow of Gahlran is the primary boss you’ll be going through in Duality, and he’ll put your information of the bell system to the check.

This encounter takes place in two variations of the identical lengthy room: regular actuality and the shadow realm. There’s a bell on both finish and 4 locations to put Requirements, every bearing one among 4 symbols from the Leviathan raid: Axe, Chalice, Solar, and Warfare Beast.

First, use the bell to journey to the shadow realm. You and your fireteam are searching for two Commonplace Bearers, who can be in two of the 4 rooms connected to the lengthy enviornment. (If the room has Cabal canines in it, that’s a useless giveaway that the Commonplace Bearer is close to.) Ship two gamers to every search for a Commonplace Bearer and ship the third participant to kill the Bellkeepers, who can be on the different finish of the sector from the place you teleported in (the bell to return you residence can be unusable till each Bellkeepers are useless).

Be aware that whereas within the shadow realm throughout dungeon encounters, you’ve gotten a time restrict. If you don’t teleport again to the conventional actuality throughout the time restrict, you’ll die. (Killing the Commonplace Bearer on this encounter and future encounters will improve your time restrict.) The immune-to-all-damage shadow of Gahlran can even be chasing you whereas within the shadow realm, so be careful for him as nicely.

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As soon as your staff has two Requirements and all of the Bellkeepers are useless, group up across the bell and head again to actuality. When you’re again in actuality, kill the enemies and the Bellkeepers that spawn in. Subsequent, have your teammates with Requirements plant them of their particular receptacles, opening the doorways behind them. Kill all of the enemies inside.

With two doorways open and the enemies useless, have the 2 Commonplace holders stroll into the rooms they opened. Go away the third participant outdoors by the bell.

Your staff ought to appear like this:

• One participant in a room on the left aspect of the sector
• One participant in a room on the fitting aspect of the sector
• One participant within the enviornment, subsequent to the bell

When your setup seems to be like this, teleport to the shadow realm.

The participant in the principle enviornment ought to instantly run to the Bellkeepers and destroy them. Then they need to clear the sector of enemies as a lot as potential and control Gahlran.

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The 2 Commonplace gamers will discover themselves in two lengthy hallways stuffed with Gahlran’s shadows. Every participant must defeat the entire shadows of their hallway, which can open a door on the finish, letting them again into the principle enviornment. When all of the shadows are destroyed, the principle Gahlran boss again in the principle enviornment will develop into weak.

Now it’s time to wreck the boss; simply needless to say you’re on a timer. Nicely of Radiance is nice for preserving your staff alive right here, whereas Thundercrash, Golden Gun, and Tether are nice for harm. For weapons, we suggest a sword. Linear fusion rifles are nice too, however Gahlran strikes round rather a lot, so it’s higher to rise up shut until somebody desires to run Divinity.

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When there are at the very least 10 seconds left on the clock, go away the boss and head again to the bell. Teleport again to actuality and prepare to repeat this complete course of once more — since it is a dungeon and never a raid, observe that you may repeat this course of as many instances as you could kill Gahlran, as he’ll by no means enrage. The one strategy to fail the struggle totally is to your complete celebration to die.

Once you lastly get the boss down, drop into the outlet that opens up within the ground and proceed additional into Calus’ nightmare Leviathan.

The crypt and the statue puzzle

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When you’ve felled Gahlran (for the second time should you’re a Crown of Sorrow raid veteran), it’s time to go into the crypt. Observe the trail till you come to a giant, open room. Leap alongside the trail to your left and throw the swap on one of many pillars in the course of the room. It will trigger coffins within the wall in entrance of you to maneuver ahead, turning into platforms.

Observe the brand new path up after which again throughout the room. Throw one other swap right here to carry out one other set of coffins. Return to the coffin wall and climb till you attain a brand new opening. Observe the trail down the slide and thru the winding corridors till you attain a large leap of religion. Leap on the final second and you need to have the ability to attain the platform. If you happen to’re struggling, equip a sword or use a superb leaping Unique to your class.

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Hold following the trail till you attain a room with a bell and 4 gladiator statues. Be aware how the statues are standing in regular actuality. The objective is to get all of them to face the bell by rotating them counterclockwise. It appears that evidently there’s normally one statue pointed accurately, two pointed backward, and one pointed to the aspect.

Use the bell to journey to the shadow realm. On the again of the statues right here, there are switches that flip the statues in regular actuality (the shadow realm statues don’t transfer). Hit the switches nonetheless many instances you want after which use the bell to teleport again. If you happen to’ve carried out it accurately, the vault door beneath the bell will open, main you to the subsequent encounter.

Vault unlocked

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The vault encounter will not be a boss within the conventional sense. However like the primary boss struggle, this encounter takes place in two totally different variations of the identical room. There are two bells on both finish of the round chamber and 4 rooms on the 4 corners.

When the encounter begins, an invincible Cabal will hop into the room and two symbols (Chalice, Warfare Beast, Solar, or Axe) will seem on Commonplace deposit nodes across the room.

These symbols correspond to the 4 totally different stairways on the 4 corners. On the backside of every set of stairs is a big rectangle with nothing on the entrance. However should you look in the back of the rectangle, you’ll see one of many 4 symbols.

Like final time, select two Commonplace runners and one Bellkeeper killer. Ship the Bellkeeper participant into the 2 pits across the circle (beneath the bells) to defeat the Bellkeepers and have every of the Commonplace gamers decide one of many two glowing symbols within the center to go after. As soon as the Bellkeepers are down and every Commonplace participant is standing subsequent to the rectangle with their image on it, it’s time to shift to the shadow realm.

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As quickly because the world shifts, the Commonplace gamers ought to every have stairs in entrance of them. Every participant might want to go up the steps and kill all of the Cabal current, together with the Legionary on the finish. When all of the Cabal are useless, a Commonplace Bearer with a Photo voltaic protect and a bunch of canines will spawn. Every participant must kill a Commonplace Bearer (including time to the ever-ticking clock, which is current whereas within the shadow realm on this encounter) and decide up the Commonplace. With the Commonplace in hand, head again to the bell.

Whereas the Commonplace gamers are searching, the Bellkeeper participant must be searching for Bellkeepers. After killing the 2 Bellkeepers within the pit reverse the bell used to teleport into the shadow realm, filter as many enemies as you’ll be able to till your allies are able to go residence.

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As soon as everyone seems to be in place, take the bell again to actuality. Each Commonplace gamers ought to then plant their Requirements into their respective holsters. It will trigger the immune Cabal to develop into weak and spawn a ton of enemies. Kill all of the enemies, together with the miniboss Cabal. When the miniboss is useless, a second one will seem, and it’ll even be invulnerable. Repeat this complete course of two extra instances (three minibosses complete) to open the vault door and earn some loot.

The trail from the second encounter to the ultimate boss is far shorter than the opposite two. Merely comply with the trail deeper into the ship, capturing some bells alongside the way in which, and also you’ll ultimately drop into the ultimate boss enviornment.

Calus’ biggest disgrace, Caiatl defeated

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The Caiatl boss struggle is usually a bit complicated, because the bells tackle a barely totally different position through the harm part. However aside from that slight shock, the struggle works very equally to the opposite two encounters on this dungeon.

As soon as once more you’ll end up in a twin enviornment — one in actuality, one within the shadow realm. There are three bells this time: left, proper, and center. There may be additionally a large bell on the very finish of the sector, the place Caiatl spawns. This can be necessary later.

To begin the struggle, stroll down the steps. Three units of Bellkeepers will spawn, in addition to a boatload of enemies. Two symbols (Axe, Warfare Beast, Chalice, or Solar) will seem on the 4 pillars closest to the large bell. You’ll additionally see 4 balconies across the room, every akin to one of many symbols.

First, kill all six Bellkeepers. Subsequent, select two Commonplace gamers and one Bellkeeper participant, as typical. Have the 2 Commonplace gamers decide an emblem from one of many 4 pillars after which transfer onto one among their corresponding balconies. Shoot one of many bells and transport to the shadow realm.

Be aware: Relying in your staff coordination, play fashion, and ability degree, it might truly be simpler to run a single Commonplace participant (a single Guardian can maintain a number of Requirements without delay) and two Bellkeeper killers on this struggle.

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The shadow realm is similar to the principle enviornment on this struggle, outdoors of the large pits across the 4 balconies. Instantly after teleporting to the shadow realm, the Commonplace gamers ought to kill the Commonplace Keepers on their balconies and decide up the Commonplace they drop. The Bellkeeper participant ought to work to kill the 4 Bellkeepers as rapidly as potential.

As soon as each Requirements are in gamers’ arms and the Bellkeepers are useless, head to the bell and teleport again into the true world. Place the 2 Requirements — spawning two extra symbols — after which repeat the above course of to get the opposite two.

Be aware: Throughout this Commonplace assortment course of, don’t kill any of the Commonplace Bearers that don’t correlate to the symbols in actuality. That is very obnoxious, as they’re all snipers and can be attempting to kill your teammates whilst you’re within the shadow realm. Nevertheless, you continue to have a timer within the shadow realm, and also you’ll lose time should you kill the mistaken Commonplace Bearer.

With all 4 Requirements positioned, the chains behind the Requirements will mild up. Shoot the gem within the chains to ring the massive bell in the back of the room. It will begin the DPS part, which is kind of hectic.

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With the massive bell rung, Caiatl will teleport your staff and herself into the shadow realm. Six Bellkeepers can even spawn. Earlier than doing something, have a look at Caiatl. She’ll begin to transfer towards one of many three bells. If she reaches it, she’ll escape again to actuality. You want to kill the Bellkeepers close to the bell she’s operating to, stand subsequent to it, and ring it earlier than she reaches it. She strikes quick, however you’ll be able to gradual her down by getting near her, which can trigger her to stomp her ft to try to crush you.

By ringing the bell earlier than she reaches it (be certain that to attend till she’s shut), you’ll stun Caiatl for 10 seconds. Anybody standing within the bell’s radius when it rings will get a harm buff for 10 seconds as nicely. You possibly can technically kill Caiatl with out the buff, nevertheless it’s very gradual.

Repeat this course of with all three bells, ringing them earlier than she’s in place every time. As soon as all three bells are rung and she or he’s out of choices (and hopefully round half well being), she’ll escape by way of the large bell and teleport you together with her.

Be aware: Lacking a bell or letting Caiatl escape isn’t a wipe. It’s only a misplaced likelihood at harm. However like the primary struggle, you may get to the harm part a limiteless variety of instances so long as your staff doesn’t wipe.

When you’re again within the room, begin the struggle over from the start. Repeat this complete course of till you’ve dealt sufficient harm to kill her. With the Nightmare of Caiatl defeated, Eris will pull you again to the Tribute Corridor for some loot.