Grasp of Avarice

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Grasp of Avarice
Game:	Season of the Lost
Player(s):	1-3
Recommended Power Level:	1600
Location:	Cosmodrome, Earth
Hostile race(s):	Hive Fallen
Objective(s):	Uncover a secret hidden within the loot cave and claim a forbidden treasure.

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A cautionary tale for adventurers willing to trade their humanity for riches.

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Grasp of Avarice is a Dungeon that was added to Destiny 2 in the Bungie 30th Anniversary Pack where a team of Guardians discover the secrets of the infamous Loot cave located in the Skywatch of the Cosmodrome, and discover a story of a group of Guardians that were tainted by greed.

Objectives

• Investigate the Loot Cave

Explore the Loot Cave in search of Wilhelm-7's lost fireteam.

• Tempt the Icon of Excess

Claim Cursed Engrams from combatants and tempt the Icon of Excess.

• Explore the Caves and Facility

Push deeper through the caves and the ruined facility.

• Navigate the Facility

Navigate through the ruins of the facility.

• Defeat Phry'zhia, the Insatiable

Turn the cycle of greed against your enemies.

• Continue Through the Ruined Facility

Follow Wilhelm-7's path deeper through the wreckage.

• Disarm the Mines

Reach the mines and disarm them before time runs out.

• Navigate the Caves

Explore the caves to find the source of the Fallen.

• Destroy the Shield

Fire Servitor remains at the Fallen shield.

• Reach the Great Sphere

Find a way to enter the Great Sphere.

• Defeat Avarokk the Covetous

Turn the cycle of greed against Captain Avarokk the Covetous.

Walkthrough

Skywatch

To begin, Guardians will find themselves landing in the Skywatch of the Cosmodrome, facing towards the crashed Hive Seeder. Fallen and Hive forces will be fighting at the location of the classic Loot Cave. Guardians should eliminate all enemies here to cause drops of engrams. Upon picking up an engram, Guardians won't be festooned with item drops, but instead accrue stacks of Burdened by Riches. This is accompanied by a timer that will kill you upon hitting 0, but will reset to maximum upon picking up another engram. Keep killing the Hive that spawn inside and above the Loot Cave to obtain more engrams, building up your stacks. To progress, Guardians must stand next to the crystal contained within the Loot Cave of yore, which will drain stacks from them, causing the crystal to grow. 50 stacks must be deposited to continue onward.

Take note that whenever a Guardian reaches 10 stacks of Burdened by Riches, their Super will instantly recharge. This will come in handy during the dungeon ahead. If not picked up, the engrams will eventually explode, damaging anything nearby.

Once 50 have been deposited, the floor will collapse and Guardians can proceed deeper into the Grasp of Avarice.

Note that if you do not yet have the Gjallarhorn Catalyst, a Reaver Vandal will spawn that when enough damage is done to it, drops a Cursed Engram. Pick up the Engram and go to the chest in the corner to obtain the first part of the catalyst

Rusted Gangplank

This section is unlike any other dungeon in Destiny 2 so far, as it involves a lot of trial-and-error to discover the path forward that won't kill you, or you can refer to a guide like this to ensure survival. Many switches and pressure pads will exist, and activating the wrong one can lead to instant death via a spike trap.

Keep progressing through this section, eliminating the Hive enemies you encounter. Eventually you'll come to a room with a large circular doorway that is closed, with two doorways on the right-hand side of the room. Open the right-hand door of the two, and when inside, hop over the pressure plate on the floor to reach the console on the other side. Activate this console, jump over the pressure pad on the way out of the room, and you'll see that the circular doorway has rolled open. Proceed through this pipe to a room with a bottomless pit. Jumping onto the midsection of this room will place you on panels that will fall away when touched. You need to stand on this, allow it to go down, and then use your jump ability to reach another console beneath. It's advised to land on the left-hand panel as once it falls, it won't block the way to the console. The right-hand one can prove an obstacle once it falls.

Once the console is activated, jump to the far platform to the right, then hop back onto the falling panels, then back to the first room through the pipe. Once back here, look at the walls to find air conditioning units and other sticking out pseudo-platforms. Use these to climb up to the top, where you'll find more pipes have opened up. Find the pipe with sunlight pouring through a grate at the top, step on the pressure pad and the way forward will open.

You'll find more pseudo-platforms to climb on the walls in this room. Keep going higher, avoiding the pressure plate, as it'll spring a spike trap on you. Once to the top, you'll need to cross a floor of falling panels to continue on. Once at the end of the path, you'll find a console with a diagram of the next area. Pull the lever to flip the doorway open.

In this next room, you'll find doorways that flip in the same way as the one you opened to reach here. Your objective is to jump to these rooms, go inside, avoid spike trap pressure plates and the groups of Thrall and Cursed Thrall, hit another lever, then go back outside to find the next room, and repeat. Watch out for Shrieker spawns. Once in the last room on the left, you'll need to jump up to reach a room with another lever. Flipping this will open a large doorway at one end of the main room, which you'll find contains some Hive units. Jump over to this room, kill the Hive and flip the lever you find at the far end of the room. This then opens the doorway at the opposite end from here, containing more Hive units. Progress to this room, eliminate the Hive, and use the doorway on the right-hand side to continue. The left-hand doorway is a spike trap.

Next you'll be in a large circular room, containing some warring Hive and Fallen. Kill them, and jump to the right hand side of the room from where you came in. You'll find another lever. Activate this, which will open the doorways marked three. Go there, eliminate the enemies, and activate the lever inside. This will open the doorways marked one. Move there, kill enemies, flip lever, opening up door two. Inside this room will be Fallen units. Kill them and you'll be granted a Scorch Cannon, which is used to open door four. Move there, shoot the Fallen battery with the cannon and keep the fire button held down to charge. After a couple of stages of charging, let go and the explosion will power up the battery, opening the doorway.

Take note that there is a secret chest discoverable in this four door section. It is located on a small platform on one of the vertical metal struts, facing towards the concrete wall.

After opening door four, Guardians will find a long and intimidatingly lit staircase to proceed up. Foolishly rushing up this will lead to Guardians being reduced to mush by a large rolling barrel, which will fall down once enough distance has been made up the staircase. Use the crannies at the sides of the staircase to avoid being ran over. Proceed forward after avoiding this. You'll eventually come to what seems like a dead end, in a dark room. Look for the pile of boxes and crates leading to a vent, and enter this, following the path to reach the first boss fight.

Note that if you do not have the Gjallarhorn Catalyst, a Reaver Vandal will spawn. Deal enough damage to it and an engram will be dropped. Pick up the engram and go to the area to the next encounter. Instead of going to the encounter, turn right and go to the platform containing the chest. Open it and you will receive the second part of the catalyst.

Phry'zhia The Insatiable

Guardians will see a large Hive Ogre and Acolytes fighting some Fallen units at the other side of a large gap. Plant a flag, rally and jump the gap to meet the first boss. Phry'zhia is an invincible Ogre that will stand in the middle of the room, lasering anyone it can see with its eye blast. The Hive enemies here will once again drop engrams to grant Burdened with Riches. You'll also note another crystal near the gap you jump to start the fight. There is also a Fallen unit possessing a Scorch Cannon. This is all a combination of what you've done so far. Kill the Fallen, grab the Scorch Cannon, and shoot the battery above the doorways on the left or right of the arena to charge up and open the doors. Bust in, kill the Hive, gather Riches and then head to the other side to open the door there to gather more Riches.

The Scorch Cannon can be dropped by attempting to change weapon, to allow the carrying player to keep its ammo for the next door, instead of using it to kill Hive. Be aware that dropping it for too long will cause it to despawn, meaning another set of Fallen will spawn to provide another.

Periodically, waves of Thrall will spawn near the crystal, so take care of these however you see fit.

Once you have 40 stacks, deposit them into the crystal and once it fills up, a message stating "Phry'zhia, the Insatiable Succumbs to Temptation" will appear on-screen. This indicates damage can now be dealt to the Ogre. If you have a Warlock, you can place a Well of Radiance at the crystal and damage the boss from this spot. If not, you can travel to the higher section on the right hand side of the room and safely perform damage from there. During the damagable phase, Phry'zhia will no longer be bound to standing in the middle, and may get intimidatingly close to you. However, don't fear, as it has a limit on how far it can travel. Once enough time has passed, Phry'zhia will calm down and resume its invincible station in the middle of the arena. Re-gather Riches, deposit and damage Phry'zhia until they are dead.

Sparrow Section

After Phry'zhia is defeated, continue onward through a door in the wall. Follow this path forward to large room with two levers. Hit the one on the left to open the door in front of you, beginning the sparrow section. For this section, you must disable four mines, all while Fallen are attacking you. There are pads you can drive over to extend the timer, but if you fail to reach and disable a mine in time, it explodes, resetting the encounter. Once this is done, you will be inside a crystal skull. There is a secret chest inside the skulls eye.

Shield Shutdown

In this section, you must fire four servitors at the different "shield cores". To accomplish this, first look through the room for enemies/a white shielded Servitor. Then, making use of the scorch cannons that you get from the Vandals, launch yourself to the area with the enemies. Once there, kill the fallen, which drop Cursed Engrams. Those Engrams, like the ones previously found in the dungeon, can be siphoned into an Icon of Excess. Once 20 Engrams are placed in the Icon, the Servitor's white shield is removed and the Servitor can be killed. Once this occurs, push the body of the servitor to the launcher, aim it towards the shield part closest to you, then fire it. If you do not do this in the time limit, the encounter will wipe and you will start again. Repeat this three more times until the shield is down, then go to the middle area and ascend to the final encounter.

Note that if you do not yet have the Gjallarhorn Catalyst, you can find it in this room. First, finish the encounter, then go to the middle. It will have the only turn-able launcher. Point it at the waterfall area, and launch yourself there. Once there, you will once again find the Reaver Vandal. It is recommended to have another Guardian to stay on the middle platform and use a separate Scorch Cannon to remotely activate the launcher. Once you are launched, quickly go on top of the room nearest the Cannon. Open the chest and you will receive the Gjallarhorn Catalyst. However, if you started the dungeon from a checkpoint, the Vandal will not spawn, as the first two chest must be opened for the Vandal to spawn. Therefore, the dungeon must be done in one run to obtain the catalyst.

Wilhelm's Hoard

The main objective of this section is to defeat Captain Avarokk, the Covetous alongside his lieutenants, Grisprax, Bosun of Avarokk, and R-M80, Loyal to Avarokk from claiming Wilhem-7's stash of treasure he has amassed. To start the fight, move close to the Cursed Engram in the center of the room to release Avarokk and his crew. It is ideal to kill both Grisprax and R-M80 as quick as possible, mainly due to their high damage output and their release of 10 Cursed Engrams upon death. After slaying both of Avarokk's right hands, look for a vandal with a Scorch Cannon to kill and take the weapon. Then, shoot into one of the three Fallen batteries around Avarokk and hold the Scorch Cannon to charge them. Upon being fully charged, the batteries will cause Cursed Engrams to fall from the ceiling, to which you should run and pick up. Then, take the Cursed Engrams to the crystal in the center of the arena and deposit them, drawing you closer to a damage phase. Upon 60 Cursed Engrams being deposited into the center crystal, Captain Avarokk will retreat to the front of the room and will initiate a damage phase. At the end of the phase, Avarokk will become immune to damage and will resummon his crew again to repeat the cycle until another damage phase is initiated. After Avarokk is defeated, the final chest will appear and the dungeon will officially end.

Transcript

"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

Skywatch, Cosmodrome

The Guardian lands on the Skywatch and engages with the Hive combatants spawning forth from the Loot Cave. They drop red, cursed engrams.

More foes come seeking riches…

The Guardian collects the cursed engrams and becomes Burdened by Riches. They drop off the engrams at the Icon of Excess found in the Loot Cave. The quartz Icon grows as more engrams are given.

Your temptations leave you…

If the Guardian doesn’t let go of their riches, they will die.

X gave in to their greed

With enough engrams dropped off, the ground of the cave crumbles revealing a cavern of white quartz.

The remains are quieted

Rusted Gangplank, Cosmodrome

From the cavern, the Guardian reaches a ruined facility. They pull levers to open gates to venture forth, while avoiding spikes and trap doors. In their search, they find the bodies of Wilhelm's fireteam.

They fight off Hive and Fallen combatants, including a Scorch Vandal, Gunner of Avarokk. With their defeat, the Guardian uses their Scorch Cannon to open the gate forward.

The Guardian reaches a large, partially flooded bridge where Hive led by Phry'zhia, the Insatiable fight against Fallen.

The Guardian defeats the Fallen to take their Scorch Cannons; using it to open side areas where Hive stashed away more engrams.

Dormant Hive stir to protect their wealth…

The Guardian collects the engrams and drops them off at the nearby Icon of Excess. Phry'zhia moves to the Icon, attracted to the engrams and becomes vulnerable.

Phry'zhia the Insatiable has succumbed to temptation

After a moment, Phry'zhia recovers their defenses.

Phry'zhia the Insatiable resists temptation once more

The Guardian repeats the process until they defeat Phry'zhia, the Insatiable.

Phry'zhia's death opens a new path…

Shroud, Cosmodrome

The Guardian follows the newly opened path to a large warehouse gate. They activate the correct console to open the gate while avoiding Wilhelm-7's spring traps.

The Guardian races on their Sparrow to disarm Splinter Mines, passing through extension points. Fallen attempt to waylay them with Web Mines and gunfire.

Mine fuse extended

The Guardian ultimately makes it their way through a gravity cannon and into a quartz cavern entrance in the shape of a skull.

Sunken Lair, Cosmodrome

The Guardian descends through the cave to find a large flooded area with multiple islands and a sphere suspended in the center, shielded by the Fallen.

Abundance Monitor and other Fallen arrive to defend their riches. The Guardian relinquishes them of their engrams, and drops them off at the nearby Icon of Excess.

The Icon of Excess is filled with riches

With the Icon filled, the Abundance Monitor becomes vulnerable. The Guardian defeats the servitor, then uses its shell as an explosive. They shoot it into the Fallen Shield through the gravity cannons.

The Fallen defenses weaken…

The Guardian destroys the Fallen shield protects the suspended sphere.

The Great Sphere beckons…

The Guardian enters a gravity cannon to launch themselves into the interior of the sphere.

Wilhelm's Hoard, Cosmodrome

Inside, the sphere is filled with containers full of engrams and treasure. As the Guardian moves to collect a lone engram off the ground, Captain Avarokk, the Covetous arrives.

Captain Avarokk calls his crew including R-M80, Loyal to Avarokk and Grisprax, Bosun of Avarokk.

The Guardian uses the crew's Scorch Cannon to unlock the container, releasing the engrams. They drop off the collected engram at the Icon of Excess. Captain Avarokk moves to the Icon, attracted to the engrams and becomes vulnerable.

Avarokk the Covetous has succumbed to temptation

After a moment, Captain Avarokk recovers their defenses, and calls for more of his crew.

Avarokk the Covetous resists temptation once more

Avarokk the Covetous summons his crew

The Guardian repeats the process until they defeat Captain Avarokk, the Covetous.

As the threat subsides, the Guardian finally finds Wilhelm-7 surrounded by his riches with white quartz growing out of his corpse.

Richest Dead Man Alive

Scattered throughout the dungeon are twelve messages in bottles that tell the story of Wilhelm-7, his ill-fated Fireteam's journey into the loot cave, and their subsequent descent into obsession, paranoia and insanity that ultimately resulted in their final deaths.

Bottle 1

• Wilhelm-7: It's the end of day 2, and I'm thinking that damn Vandal outsmarted us. When we chased him into the loot cave, I was sure he'd lead us right to the source of the treasure. But this just looks like... a regular cave. I haven't told the team we're lost, but Bismarck's getting suspicious. That Ghost is too clever for his own good. Not ready to turn back though. There's treasure here... there's got to be.

Bottle 2

Wilhelm-7: It's day 4, and still nothing. No gold-plated engrams. No Exotic drops. Just more Fallen and Hive with their stupid Mos Ultimas and Scavenger Suits. I heard Bismarck talking to Pershing and Agadir when they thought I was asleep. He wants to turn back. But we can't. Not yet. The Exotics are just around the next corner. I can smell them.

Bottle 3

Wilhelm-7: It's the end of day 6 and... we did it! We found the source of the loot! Broke into a chamber and it's wall-to-wall engrams, Glimmer piled to the ceiling! Top tier loot as far as the eye can see! We're gonna go as deep as we can. There must be even more ahead! We'll figure out how to split it all up later. Should be easy with so much of it.

Bottle 4

Wilhelm-7: Day 10. We're deep in the cave system now, and each cavern's richer than the last. Deciding who gets what is tougher than I thought. Pershing shot Agadir over a mid-tier pulse rifle he already had! Agadir's Ghost came out hollering, and Pershing damn near shot him too before I stepped in. There are more engrams here than a body could ever need... but nobody wants to part with their cut.

Bottle 5

Wilhelm-7: It's day 14, and Pershing's dead — permanently. Agadir went Golden Gun out of nowhere and shot his Ghost. Pershing tried to throw up a barrier after — hm, didn't do him any good without his Light. He died standing there like an idiot. Bismarck says we should go back to the surface, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna leave all this loot for those greedy Cryptarchs. At least there's a silver lining: Pershing had some nice gear. It's mine now.

Bottle 6

Wilhelm-7: Day 18. I got Agadir hauling the loot like a pack mule, using a sled I made out of old Fallen armor. Problem is, the deeper we go, the better engrams I find. The sled's fit to burst, and Agadir's about to drop. I... better be careful not to overwork him... he got much weaker after I killed his Ghost.

Bottle 7

Wilhelm-7: Day 22, and Agadir's gone. I caught him trying to steal from me — take what's mine. I pushed him down a sinkhole, about 30 meters, and dropped a grenade down after him, ha. It's quiet as a tomb now. Just me and all this loot... and Bismarck. He says we should leave. Says there's a curse. Says this place is changing me. I know he wants to come back later with some Cryptarchs and clean the place out. Heh... I'm not falling for his tricks.

Bottle 8

Wilhelm-7: Day 30. Bismarck won't come out, so I've been hauling engrams alone. I dropped one, and chased it down a crack in the cave floor... right into another loot cave, even richer than the first! [cackles gleefully] Hey, Pershing! Just pulled a god roll of the shotgun you wanted! You hear me? Where'd you get off to... Ahh, to the victor go the spoilers, and nobody's more spoiled than me!

Bottle 9

Wilhelm-7: Day 38, and I finally got rid of Bismarck. I knew he'd been plotting something, so... I... laid a trap for him: I shot myself! Ha, right in the meaty part of my leg. And when that little snoop compiled to see what the fuss was all about — BLAM! Heh... I put one right through his beady little iris. I... probably shoulda let him fix my leg first... eh, it'll be fine...

Bottle 10

Wilhelm-7: Day 40. Uh... I forgot how much a body can bleed without a Ghost to stop it. Don't matter though. Ain't nothing more loot can't fix. Just one more cave... and a couple more Exotics... just a little further...

Bottle 11

Wilhelm-7: Day, uh, can't count. My leg's burning, I — [gasps] no time to stop. Almost to the center. All the — all the loot in the galaxy, right here. Oh, just for me now. It's mine... it's all mine.

Bottle 12

Wilhelm-7: Eh? What's that... I hear you, sneaking around... You — you're here to take... to take what's mine! DON'T YOU TOUCH NOTHIN'! IT'S ALL MINE —

Gjallarhorn Catalyst

With Gjallarhorn collected, the Guardian confronts a Reaver Vandal in the caverns under Skywatch and takes their engrams. Burdened by Riches, the Guardian loots a nearby Fallen chest.

You recovered looted fragments

Moving to the Rusted Gangplank, the Guardian confronts a second Reaver Vandal and loots a second chest.

Moving to the Sunken Lair, the Guardian confronts a third Reaver Vandal and loots the final chest; acquiring the Gjallarhorn Catalyst.

• Wilhelm-7: Where did you find a treasure like that?

Or alternatively

• Wilhelm-7: What have you got there? Give it to me!

Or alternatively

• Wilhelm-7: Give me that weapon! It's mine; it belongs to me!

Bosses

• Phry'zhia, the Insatiable
• Fallen Shield
• R-M80, Loyal to Avarokk
• Grisprax, Bosun of Avarokk
• Captain Avarokk, the Covetous

Unique enemies

• Scorch Vandal, Gunner of Avarokk
• Abundance Monitor

Rewards

• Armor
  • Twisting Echo Suit (Hunter)
  • Descending Echo Suit (Titan)
  • Corrupting Echo Suit (Warlock)
• Weapons
  • 1000-Yard Stare - Legendary Sniper Rifle
  • Eyasluna - Legendary Hand Cannon
  • Hero of Ages - Legendary Sword
  • Matador 64 - Legendary Shotgun

Gallery

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  Thorn inspired armor sets.

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  Initial area of the dungeon.

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  The infamous loot cave.

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  an underground passage appears

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  New dangers reveal to the invaders.

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  A small empty space.

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  The real entrance of the dungeon.

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  The first puzzles and traps.

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  Old abandoned rocket launch base installations.

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  Abandoned cargo storage areas.

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  Abandoned cargo transportation areas.

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  Phry'zhia, the Insatiable, dungeon's first boss.

Marketing

Destiny 2: Bungie 30th Anniversary - Grasp of Avarice

Trivia

• Grasp of Avarice is the first dungeon to feature the Fallen.
• The Reaver Vandal is colloquially referred to as "Randal the Vandal" or "Randal"

Appearance

• Destiny 2: Season of the Lost (First appearance)