How to unlock and complete the Destiny 2 Dual Destiny mission
Jun. 18, 2024Completing the Destiny 2 Dual Destiny mission is how you unlock the Exotic Class item for Prismatic
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Completing the Destiny 2 Dual Destiny Exotic mission is how you unlock Exotic Class items for Prismatic Subclasses, but it’s almost like a two-player Raid. You and a friend race against the clock through the depths of the Pale Heart, battling Dread and Taken as you take on symbol and clock-based puzzles. It’s not the toughest ofDestiny 2missions in terms of how punishing it is, but good communication from both players and an understanding of the mechanics are key to success, so I’ve laid out how you unlock Dual Destiny and how to beat every major encounter in the mission below.
How to unlock Dual Destiny in Destiny 2
Before you can even start Dual Destiny and unlock theDestiny 2 Prismatic Exotic Class item, you’ve got to unlock the mission first. Doing so requires you to go through a time-consuming puzzle that requires some quite specific steps, but you’ll only have to do it once as the mission remains permanently unlocked on your Pale Heart map afterwards. You can unlock Dual Destiny solo, but it’s far easier and quicker to do with a friend. Here’s what need to do:
With all that done, the activity flag for the Dual Destiny Exotic mission will appear, letting you start theDestiny 2 The Final ShapeExotic mission on the spot, or you can find it on your map.
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Before you can begin the Dual Destiny Exotic mission with another player,one of you must have a Light Subclass equipped(Solar, Arc, or Void) andthe other must have a Darkness Subclass equipped(Stasis or Strand). For the entire mission,the player with the Light Subclass is “Light Aligned"andthe Darkness Subclass player is “Darkness Aligned”.This determines which plates you can activate, symbols you can see or interact with, and which enemies you can kill. The symbols are from the Vow of the Disciple Raid and theDestiny 2 Preservation mission– use this cheat sheet to help you name them!
Once you start the mission,step on the plate matching your own alignment(so the Light player steps on the white plate, and the Darkness players steps on the black and orange plate) to bring down the barrier blocking the path. Now you can proceed out the cave and into the Refraction.
After that,make a beeline for the area where you begin the Moth-Infested Cavern Cyst.There are two Darkness barriers that are brought down whenboth players stand on the corresponding plates in the area and shoot the Darkness splinters on the barriers. Now you can proceed into the cavern.
The cavern is the first major encounter of Dual Destiny and tasks one member of your duo with identifying symbols that only they can see, while the other player shoots Darkness splinters with matching symbols that only they can see. Stand in the corresponding Light and Darkness rings in this cavern to begin the encounter:
Now you’ll be inside a massive structure with black Pyramid architecture. This next exploration section is essentially just a lot of platforming and more pairs of Light and Darkness plates to open the way ahead – watch for enemies, especially Taken Phalanxes, and any moving objects that can push you off.
Eventually you’ll reach a large room with an orange barrier blocking the exit door. When you start the encounter by standing on your plates, a Darkness obelisk will appear in front of the barrier, surrounded by nine splinters in a clockface pattern. Six of them will have orange lasers shooting out, but each player sees a different arrangement of lasers with three in common. Loads of Taken, Dread, and even the oddDestiny 2 Tormentorwill attack, but here’s what you do to get out of this room:
There’s a bit of traversal and fighting to do between the Intrusion encounter and the final bosses but it’s nothing complicated – kill enemies, stand on Light and Darkness plates to activate gravity lifts, take the lifts to the next area, and repeat until you get shot over to the final boss area. Here you’ll face two Subjugators and must use a combination of the mechanics from the last two main encounters – symbols and clockfaces – to beat them:
Now that Selin and Yemiq are both dead, you can run across the newly formed bridge and head through the glowing doorway to claim you loot… sort of.
After unceremoniously getting trapped and killed when claiming your loot, you and your friend must make a choice by following the button prompts on the nearby Darkness splinters; prepare for battle or choose peace?
Neither outcome affects your Exotic Class item mission reward, and you can both claim them from the plinths after you respawn, but you do get unique dialogue from Savathun depending on which outcome you choose.© GamesRadar+. Not to be reproduced without permission.
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