Editing Leviathan (raid)

{{about|the ''[[Destiny 2]]'' [[raid]]|other uses|Leviathan}}

|next= [[Leviathan, Eater of Worlds|Eater of Worlds]]

|game= ''[[Destiny 2]]''

|image= [[File:Leviathan Raid Thumb.jpg|400px]]

|place=[[Leviathan (ship)|The Leviathan]], [[Nessus]] Orbit

{{Article quote|Grow fat from strength.}}

'''Leviathan''' was the flagship [[Raid]] of ''[[Destiny 2]]'' released on September 13, 2017 and then sunset with the release of ''[[Beyond Light]]'' on November 10th, 2020.

 

==Gameplay==

 

 

*'''Enter the Royal Pools'''

 

*'''Stop the bathing ritual'''

 

*'''Enter the Pleasure Gardens'''

 

*'''Survive the hunt'''

 

*'''Enter the Gauntlet'''

 

*'''Prove your worth'''

 

*'''Enter Calus's chamber'''

 

*'''Defeat Calus'''

 

*[[Loyalist Legionary]]

*[[Loyalist Phalanx]]

*[[Loyalist Colossus]]

*[[Loyalist Psion]]

*[[Loyalist War Beast]]

*[[Imperial Centurion]]

*[[Imperial Incendior]]

*[[Standard Bearer]]

*[[Standard Liberator]]

*[[Beast Handler]]

*[[Ceremonial Bather]]

**[[Oiled Ceremonial Bather]] (Prestige only)

*[[Watchers]] [[Scorpius]]

*[[Councilor]]

*[[Emperor Calus]] {{C|Final Boss}}

Arriving on [[The Leviathan]] of [[Emperor Calus]], an honor guard of Loyalist Legionaries and Colossi salute you. These enemies are passive and will not become hostile unless attacked, but they do provide an opportunity to top up on ammo before proceeding deeper into the ship. Ignore or defeat them, then climb the various tiers of the Embarkment to the main entrance, leading to the Castellum.

===Castellum===

The Castellum serves as a hub area that links stages of the raid. Loyalists will continually spawn in waves. The goal in this chamber is to defeat a Standard Bearer [[Centurion]], take his Standard, and plant it at a plate. While gathering Standards, however, Standard Liberators will spawn alongside Loyalists and try to steal the Standards from the plate, requiring that the plate be defended at the same time. As Standard Liberators are killed, Councilors will appear and provide invulnerable shields for the Liberators. The Councilors themselves are protected by invincible shield bubbles, but can easily be killed by walking into the bubble to then damage the Councilor, which then removes the shields from the Liberators. Once three Standards have been collected, Calus will open the door to the next stage.  

===Rotating stages===

There are three main stages before the final boss confrontation, but each week the order in which they must be completed is changed. Players must return to the Castellum after completing a stage to unlock the next one, including the final boss in the Throne.

 

To tackle this challenge, all players should acquire Psionic Protection. Four can activate the chains, while the others remain at the Psionic Protection pool. Then, as the buff runs out, the two free players can go relieve one of the chain activators, who replenishes the buff. That player can then relieve another chain activator, and so the process repeats until all chains are activated and the team can take up position in the central room to destroy the censers.

=====Challenge Mode=====

For the Royal Pools challenge, there must be at least one player standing in the middle pool at all times. Jumping or being launched by a Psion counts towards failing the challenge.

====[[Pleasure Gardens]]====

The Pleasure Gardens will require elements of strategy and stealth to surpass. Kill the Loyalist War Beasts and Beast Handlers, noting the positions of several large, flowering plants, pillars of light, and the golden statue atop the safe room which is flanked by two Prism Weapons. Picking up both Prisms Weapons will spawn six Royal Beasts in the area, hunting for anyone who roams the lower floor, and Calus will unlock the safe room, which contains four spores of Royal Pollen. If the Royal Beasts detect anyone, they will each run to a flowering plant and unleash a Psionic Howl, which will kill anyone not in the safe room after a brief charging period. Furthermore, any players who die will endanger the team: if they are not revived within 30 seconds, the entire team dies from "Shared Fate".

Royal Pollen-carriers must make their way to the flowering plants without being detected, and Prism Weapon-wielders must focus the pillars of light onto the plants while the Royal Pollen is held next to them. This produces a stack of buffs called "Empowering Spores"; the higher the stack, which can be increased by visiting more of the plants, the more damage players can inflict on the Royal Beasts. Making things trickier, as more Royal Beasts are killed, the remaining ones will detect players faster. Therefore, it may be advisable to weaken all six Royal Beasts to the point that they can be killed simultaneously, rather than picked off one-by-one. Ensure that at least one team member can escape to the safe room to survive any Psionic Howls and revive the team. Kill all six Royal Beasts to unlock a loot chest and return to the Castellum.

=====Challenge Mode=====

The Pleasure Gardens challenge requires that each player cannot shoot more than one flowering plant.

====The Gauntlet====

The carriers will be able to see which of three rows of circular apertures is lit by a red light; the other apertures will be blue. The carriers must call out to the rest of the team to shoot the marker for the correct row. If done correctly, this will disable the shield and cause an orb of Psionic energy to appear in the red aperture. The carriers must pass through that orb to prevent the psionic charge they are holding from exploding. Passing through a ring gate spawns a Councilor which must be punched or it will spawn a [[Psionic Projection]] which can triggering a team-killing debuff called Mental Collapse. If a Psionic Projection spawns it may be killed within 6 seconds to prevent the team from wiping. Repeat this at each shield wall and then pass through the final orb and the finish line, then place the Psionic Charges in the dais in the room's center. This will complete the first phase of the stage.

=====Challenge Mode=====

The Gauntlet challenge requires that players cannot step on the same platform more than once during the running phase, meaning that to complete the challenge, all six players need to run.

After a fourth and final battle in the Castellum, pass through the doors and proceed forward along a lengthy corridor coated in a purple substance, presumably the "royal wine" made from the ship's consumption of [[Nessus]]. [[Emperor Calus]] greets the players as they enter the Throne. To begin the fight, the chalice he holds must be shot out of his hand. He will attack by summoning waves of various Cabal and targeting players with a line-of-sight "Emperor's Gaze" forehead laser. After a short period of fighting, the team will be teleported into a shadowy realm where a massive projection of Calus's head will attempt to inhale and devour them using the lethal debuff Boundless Consumption. Three players can grab Psionic Charges before they are devoured, which will teleport them back to the Throne.

The other three players must shoot projections of Calus's four Psion Councilors to avoid the Mental Collapse team-wipe debuff. Each Psion in the Throne is also represented by a symbol above their shield (chalice, War Beast, sun, and crossed axes). Each of the players in the shadow realm will see a different symbol on Calus's forehead and must call it out to the players fighting in the Throne; the fourth, unseen symbol which is not called out will be the symbol of the Psion that the Throne group must kill. Failure to kill the correct Psion in a timely fashion will result in a team wipe. In the shadow realm, the projections will appear in pairs for each symbol and must be destroyed, or Calus will inflict Mental Collapse. Once all four pairs are gone, the icon above Calus's forehead will turn black and a final set of projections will appear. Destroy them, and Calus will vomit Cabal skulls at players which can be shot before they inflict damage, granting the stacking, team-wide buff "Force of Will". Once the barrage ends, three more Psionic Charges will appear and the players can use them to return to the Throne.

With the team reunited, standing on one of the four daises where the Councilors spawned will grant the Force of Will buff and allow players to damage Calus directly for a time. The amount of Force of Will buff acquired determines how much damage can be inflicted. Be aware that Calus will cause lethal flames to spring up on the occupied dais, and players should jump off and move to the next dais before this happens. As Calus is damaged, pieces of his carapace will fall away, revealing robotics; Calus has chosen to not fight in person. The first time this happens, Calus will begin using an arm-mounted cannon in addition to his forehead laser. After all four daises have been used, Calus will teleport the team back outside to repeat the process of destroying projections and collecting Force of Will. As Calus's health nears zero, he will summon a durable energy shield to protect himself which must be shot away.

====Challenge Mode====

 

==The Underbelly and Hidden Loot Chests==

In addition to the main chambers of the raid explained above, [[The Leviathan]] also contains an elaborate labyrinth of corridors and rooms that conceal at least 9 locked loot chests. These chests are unlocked by the corresponding key (Drain Key, Irrigation Key, Aqueduct Key, etc.), and players acquire three random keys per week after besting the Royal Pools, Pleasure Gardens, and The Gauntlet. Keys must be used before the next weekly reset, or else they will disappear. The labyrinth also connects to each of the main raid chambers, and can be used to access those chambers without having to go through the Castellum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*'''Calus''': Come! You deserve an audience with me. I will show you true power.

::''The fireteam moves to the throne room to confront Calus, who they find lounging on his throne.''

*'''Calus''': There is beauty to your Light. Let me admire it up close.

 

 

*'''Calus''': You look even smaller in person. *laughs*

 

 

*'''Calus''': Are you thirsty? Can I get you something to drink?

 

 

*'''Calus''': Can my servants fetch you a beverage? I suppose you’ve killed most of them. *laughs*

 

::''The fireteam engage the emperor. He forces the fireteam into his [[Mindscape|nightmare realm]]. Half the fireteam navigate back to the [[Material Realm]] by collecting the Psionic Charge.''

 

::''The fireteam in the Material Realm defeats the Councilors in the correct order.<br>The rest of the fireteam defeats the Projections and Calus's barrage, gaining '''Force of Will''. Later, they return to the Material Realm.''

 

*'''Calus''': *boisterous laughter*

 

 

 

 

 

*'''Calus''': What strength! *laughs*

 

 

*'''Calus''': You fight with passion! Good! *laughs*

 

 

*'''Calus''': *laughs* Defiant till the end! Magnificent!

 

::''The fireteam defeats the Calus automaton.''

 

*'''Calus''': Everything you know is a lie. There is a truth beyond what your [[Vanguard|people]] and your [[Speaker]] have told you. I can take you to that truth, if you seek me out. These gifts are a reminder of my words. Emperor Calus has spoken.

 

 

*'''Calus''': Now you’ve seen everything. Do you still believe you’re on the right side? Mull it over, and enjoy my gifts to you. I possess the means to true agency beyond your feeble Light. Seek me out, and perhaps I’ll show you how to grow fat from strength.

 

 

*'''Calus''': If you seek the means to live to your potential, I can guide you to it. There is power in this universe beyond your feeble Light. I leave you with those words, and these parting gifts. Take them, and grow fat from strength. Emperor Calus has spoken.

 

 

*'''[[Legend of Acrius]]''' - [[Exotic]] {{icon|Arc}}  [[Shotgun]]

*[[Conspirator]] - Legendary {{icon|Solar}} [[Scout Rifle]]

*[[Ghost Primus]] - Legendary {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Auto Rifle]]

*[[Inaugural Address]] - Legendary {{icon|Void}} [[Pulse Rifle]]

*[[It Stared Back]] - Legendary {{icon|Solar}} [[Sword]]

*[[Midnight Coup]] - Legendary {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Hand Cannon]]

*[[Mob Justice]] - Legendary {{icon|Solar}} [[Submachine Gun]]

*[[Sins of the Past]] - Legendary {{icon|Arc}} [[Rocket Launcher]]

 

 

*The Leviathan was the sole raid released with the ''[[Destiny 2]]'' base game.

*The Leviathan is the first Raid in the Destiny series that has the Cabal as the central enemy.

*The Leviathan has the largest amount of puzzles and the least amount of bosses out of any raid to date, with only one boss throughout the entire raid.

*Leviathan is the first raid where the main antagonist does not die by the end, rather merely an automaton of Calus is destroyed.