Destiny: The Taken King How to – Unlock and Beat the Sunless Cell Strike

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Finding the Darkblade, Alak-Hul

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You’ll begin the strike on the Dreadnaught. If you’re able to maneuver your way around a battlefield without taking massive damage and dying, then it’s possible to run past the majority of the enemies in the starting location as you proceed towards “The Founts,” which will be marked on your map. If not, then kill them first and proceed. Or kill enough of them to give yourself some safety and then proceed.

You’ll see an opening in the floor leading to another level below. Drop down and slaughter the Hive Thrall and Acolytes in your way. Or if you prefer, you can shoot them from above before you get down there.  Or if you’re worried about speed, you can probably run past these guys too. As you proceed, you’ll encounter some shielded Wizards that can be a nuisance which means you might want to bring some solar rockets, or other solar weapon, along for the strike.

This part is pretty straight forward. Just keep following your map and slaying hive as you go. Soon you’ll come to a door that opens when the hive in the room have been defeated. Kill them and keep going until you find yourself in the Asylum. Here, you’ll need to deactivate towers in order to proceed. There are two of them: one on your left and one on your right. You’ll need to jump to them to perform scans but they’re protected by a moat of bottomlessness and moving platforms.

Be careful as you hop across them. There’s no bridge so also be careful not to run straight into the bottomless pit, as you may see me do in the video on the next page. There are also a couple of Shriekers in this area that you might want to take out after clearing some of the enemies from further back. But once you’ve hacked both towers, continue through the door ahead.

Waiting for you is a room full of Taken that you’ll need to defeat. In the first wave, none of them are sporting elemental shields yet, so it shouldn’t be too difficult. In the second wave, you’ll be going up against a void shielded Hive Wizard with a yellow health bar. This might be a good chance to try out your subclass’s new super. But if not, get out some void weapons, bust the shield, kill the Wizard, and then take out the rest of the wave. Don’t be afraid to use the entire room to move around and take cover.

When the room is clear, the door before you will open but again, be careful because there’s an Ogre waiting for you behind it. He’s got no shields and a red bar of health though, so he’s not too tough. Kill him and progress onwards. You can finish killing all of the enemies in the previous room if that’s what you’re into, but it’s not required once the door opens.

When you’re done, proceed along the descending hallway. Now you’re almost at the Darkblade’s cell. But in front of you lies a wall full of shriekers. You enter this area standing above the room and it’s a good idea to start taking out some if not all of these Shriekers before you head down.

While I didn’t notice this at first when playing, it appears that you don’t need to kill all the enemies here. This can be good news because there are many shielded foes among many shriekers. While you can definitely try to slay everything, I opted for clearing the room a little bit and running past the rest. Your call on this one.

When you’re out of the Shrieker room, run down the descending hallway shooting a few thrall along the way. Finally, you’re at the precipice of the sunless cell, ready to face off against the Darkblade. Descend, guardian.


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