Part 3: Survive the Hunt and Kill the Royal Beasts
How to Beat the Leviathan Raid in Destiny 2
After getting through Destiny 2’s bathing ritual (which wasn’t as clean as the name implied) it’s time to go on a hunt… only you’re playing as the prey for a large portion of it. Calus has set out his Royal Beasts and you must kill them. The thing is, you can’t just go and attack them. For starters, they have a ton of health. On top of that, they get alerted once they see you or get touched even once and start howling, which wipes your team in 30 seconds. The only way to get this done is through tight teamwork, and quite a bit of stealth. Oh and special Prism Weapons that only shoot sunlight.
When you enter the Pleasure Gardens (where this challenge takes place) clear out all of the basic enemies. They won’t put up much of a fight and will help charge some supers and maybe restock your heavy ammo. When they’re all dead, two Prism Weapons will spawn near the golden statue at the far end of the room. Pick two players to take control of these. Once grabbed, a door will open on the floor, and the other four players need to jump down and grab the orbs that are in there. Now’s where the real challenge begins.
The players up top with the Prism Weapons must locate glowing purple flowers on their side. They must then guide the players holding the orbs to their flower without them being spotted by the Royal Beasts. One will spawn on both the left and right side of the room. The reason you want to keep everyone moving together is that you get a damage multiplier called Empowering Spores by destroying the flower while orbs are right next to it. The more orbs, the higher the multiplier. With four orbs, it’s 12x per flower. You want to try your best to get at least three flowers before triggering combat (four is optimal). Also note that each time a flower is destroyed, a Cabal enemy appears. Only the people with the Prism Weapons should kill them as they’re completely silent. Just stand in a shaft of light and fire.
Once you have a high enough multiplier, attack one of the dogs. The two players up down need to jump down to get the Empowering Spores, and then you can all spread out and deal as much damage to the dogs as possible. Try to just bring them all low rather than kill them. As killing them quickens their enrage timer. You have roughly 30 seconds during the damage phase, so when you’re reaching about 20 (keep a mental count) head to safety. That room where the other players got the four orbs is actually a safe room. It has three uses, which means you only have four chances to kill the beasts or else it’s a wipe and you have to repeat this section of the Leviathan raid. Just repeat the above steps, though, and you’ll get by with ease.
