Editing The Shattered Throne

 

{{Article quote|Strike back at the curse that plagues the [[Dreaming City]].}}

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'''The Shattered Throne''' is a [[Dungeon]] that was introduced in [[Forsaken]], and released on the 25th of September, 2018. It requires [[Guardians]] to enter [[Eleusinia]], [[Queen]] [[Mara Sov]]'s Throne World, where they fight their way past a horde of [[Taken]], in order to uncover the [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|source]] of the [[Dreaming City]]'s [[Taken]] corruption following the [[Last Wish]] [[Raid]]. Before [[Shadowkeep]] was released, and during the [[Forsaken]] expansion, it was available every three weeks during the full curse week in the Dreaming City,  and upon the release of [[Shadowkeep]], it is now available at any time from an icon in the Director. It should be noted that the dungeon has checkpoints, so if you need to rest or go do something else, you are able to leave and return to your last checkpoint.

*The [[Labyrinth Architect]]s

*[[Asterion, Set Apart]]

*[[Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger]]

**[[Keeper of Petitions]]

*[[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]]

**[[Alak-Tor, Fatesmith of Incaru]]

**[[Ba-Kuur, Fatesmith of Incaru]]

**[[Gaurog, Fatesmith of Incaru]]

*[[Querim, the Waking]] (Hidden)

*[[Eriviks, the Waking]] (Hidden)

*[[Xavoth, the Waking]] (Hidden)

To reach the entrance to the Shattered Throne, you must use one of the portals scattered around the [[Dreaming City]] to enter the Confluence. Follow the path to the central room and you should see a giant Taken gateway in a large room, with a [[Techeun]] standing in front of it. Approach the gateway and follow the prompt it gives you to enter the Shattered Throne. As of Shadowkeep, this is no longer required as you can enter the dungeon directly from the Director.

When you enter Mara Sov’s throne world, you will see a large door in front of you. Have your fireteam go through that door, and enter the labyrinth. Continue to advance until you enter a restricted zone. It should be at one end of a broken bridge. On the other side of the chasm, you'll see a group of [[Taken Acolyte]]s and a [[Taken Knight]] called a Labyrinth Architect. Kill them, but be wary of the Acolytes. They will constantly spawn numerous Acolyte's Eyes until they are defeated. Once you kill all the enemies and the miniboss, a symbol will pop up.  

When you reach the barrier, go through it and you'll see that you are slower and you cannot double jump/glide/lift. There will also be a never-ending swarm of [[Shadow Thrall]] spawning around the room. Go through the maze and avoid the Shadow Thrall or dispatch as much as you can (there is an orb on a pedestal to the right of where you enter. If you jump, then melee, and do this to travel throughout the hall, you will be able to avoid a lot of damage from the Thrall). [If you use [[Crimson]] the Thrall are effectively negated.]At the very end, drop down into the next area.  

Here you arrive at the first boss, [[Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger]], arguably the hardest part of the entire dungeon. This encounter has a special type of [[Taken Wizard]] known as the [[Keeper of Petitions]]. In order to do damage to Vorgeth, you will need to kill the Wizards and pick up the orbs they drop. You will receive a buff called “Petitioner's Mark" that stacks three times. There will also be a 45-second timer on the buff. If it reaches zero, the holder of the buff will die and you'll have to kill however many Wizards you've defeated again. Once you collect the fourth orb, the buff will change to “Petitioner's Burden,” which also has a 45-second timer. Extinguish the buff at one of the 4 pillars in the center of the room to start the damage phase. Once the damage phase is over, the Wizards and ads will respawn. Repeat this process as many times as it takes to kill Vorgeth. A recommended strategy for this encounter is to use a long-range primary weapon like a Scout Rifle or a Bow to kill all the ads in the room from the safe areas near the entrance. Once all of them are dead, bring all four Wizards to very low health without killing them. Then kill all four Wizards in rapid succession and extinguish the buff to start damaging Vorgeth. While immune, Vorgeth will attack with powerful eye blasts that knock you back and deal severe damage. During the damage phases, he attacks with swarms of Axion Darts. Shooting the darts will destroy them and keep you safe from damage. A recommended loadout for this encounter is any kinetic bow to kill ads, [[Telesto]] for the Keepers, and a grenade launcher with the Spike Grenades perk for boss damage. If you're running the dungeon with a group, have someone using [[Tractor Cannon]] and/or Well of Radiance or Ward of Dawn to help deal extra damage.

You have two options: either go up the stairs, go forward and then jump to the ending right away (the harder path) or turn right and then go through a series of jumping puzzles. Stick to the wall and ascend the lifts to get to the last encounter.  

[[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]] is the final boss of The Shattered Throne. Once you start the encounter, two fairly large groups of Taken Psions will spawn. Kill them quickly so they can't duplicate and overwhelm you. Then kill the three Knights. Each one you kill will drop an orb. Pick them up. This is the start of the damage phase and you only have 45 seconds until you have to cleanse yourself in the middle of the room or fail the encounter and have to start over again. Incaru will occasionally summon a crystal. This will make any living Knights immune. Destroying it will revive any dead Knights at full health. Once your buff runs out, you will have to break the crystal to revive the Knights and get your buff back. Repeat this process until Incaru is dead. [[Whisper of the Worm]] is a very useful weapon to have for this encounter, as well as someone using Well of Radiance or Ward of Dawn.

===Wish-Ender Guide===

After you beat [[Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger]] and step through the door, you are going to see a statue. Talk to the statue and give it your [[Awoken Talisman]]. This starts the Wish-Ender questline. Do note that as of 4/5/20 the Statue is glitched to the point of crashing your game when you Interact with it.

Once you're done in the Shattered Throne, go to [[Thieves' Landing]] on the [[Tangled Shore]] and take the lift to [[Four-Horn Gulch]]. There, you'll find a floating white orb. Interact with it to initiate the "???" mission.

This mission is fairly straightforward. Follow the white orb as it travels around, slaying the enemies that spawn along the way. Once absolutely everything is dead, you will receive three tokens. After completing the [[???]] [[Quest]] players must then return to [[Eleusinia]] to kill 3 hidden bosses found in the Shattered Throne.  

To find [[Querim, the Waking]], the team must find a blue orb hidden atop the Tower of the Deep and bring it to the roof of the center building. There, a Siren of Riven will speak to the team. The orb must be placed in the empty hands of one of the statues. Once done, the fight begins. First, a [[Taken Minotaur]] named [[Theratos, Archersbane]] will spawn. Once you get Theratos's health low enough, Querim will spawn. To complete the fight, both the Minotaurs must be disposed of, regardless of time apart. From here, continue into the dungeon as normal until you reach the Ogre catwalks.

Next is to find [[Eriviks, the Waking]], whose arena must be unlocked with 2 orbs instead of 1. The first orb will be found in the Ogre catwalk area, where it is found behind the first pillar to the right of the beginning, and the orb is to be placed somewhere along the right side of the room (from the perspective of the first pillar to the Shadow Thrall room), where one of the statues will be missing the orb. The second is located in the "Thrallway" to the right of the entrance. Players holding the orb can also cheese the encounter with the Jump-Melee strategy. The orb is to be placed at the end of this room, where the team jumps from the "Thrallway" into a chamber with a bunch of the statues along the sides. Just like before, you will find one statue that isn't holding an orb. Place it there. If both are placed, then a door at the other end of the room will open, revealing a hidden area where the Boss lurks. Once the team rendezvous in the room and one player investigates the center, the door will close and the fight will begin. A bunch of [[Taken Psion]]s will spawn to attempt to inconvenience the players, and then the boss will spawn in the aforementioned center. Once Eriviks is killed, the encounter will end and the door will reopen. Again, continue through the dungeon as normal until you make it to the Vorgeth fight.

Lastly is [[Xavoth, the Waking]], who is, inconveniently, located with Vorgeth. To summon Xavoth, players must cleanse one of the sigils, getting rid of Vorgeth's shield. In the back of the room by the exit, a Taken Minotaur will spawn; killing it will drop an orb, which must be placed at one of the statues hidden along the side of the room. Then, Xavoth will spawn; however, unlike Vorgeth, Xavoth is easy to kill, but can and will be a problem if not dealt with quickly enough. Once Xavoth is dead, continue the Vorgeth fight as normal.

Once all enemies are eliminated, and the tokens are filled, the players can turn in those tokens to [[Sjur Eido]]'s statue and claim the [[Wish-Ender]] bow.

Rewards that drop here will be the normal [[Dreaming City]] gear, such as the [[Reverie Dawn Armor]] and other Dreaming City-themed weapons. On the plus side, the gear will have a higher power level (while abiding the level cap) than a player's average power level. There will also be a chance for the rarer Dreaming City Ship.  

*[[Wish-Ender]]<small>[[challenge]]