Excision

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Excision
Game:	Destiny 2
Campaign:	The Final Shape
Player(s):	1-12
Location:	The Pale Heart, The Traveler
Objective(s):	Join your fellow Guardians to unmake the Witness once and for all.
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Excision is the eighth and final Story Mission of the Final Shape expansion, and the overall finale of the Light and Darkness Saga.

Objectives

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• Reach the Witness
  • Territory claimed
    • X of 4
• Slay the Witness's Cornerstones; Let the Light Pour Forth
  • Cornerstones slain
    • X of 2
• Gather Light to Become One with Darkness Once More
  • Light gathered
    • X of 16
• Commune with Darkness
• Unravel the Witness's from Within
  • Voices severed
    • X%
• Destroy the Glyphs
  • Glyphs destroyed
    • X of 6
• Strike Against the Witness

Transcript

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(Mission Begins)

Zavala: We need to get eyes on the Witness. First fireteam in there, don't hesitate to engage!

Queen Mara Sov: Fly, Guardian! The Witch Queen and I will prevent its escape.

Caiatl: And your allies will fight at your side!

Alongside with their Coalition allies and the Lucent Brood, a fireteam consisting of twelve Guardians led by the Young Wolf engage with the forces of the Witness. As the way to the Witness is blocked by a Pyramidal wall, with its entrance unassailable due to a barrier. The Guardians begin to slay the Cornerstones of the Witness, and cleanse the territory under its influence.

Ghost: This is what we were made for. I'm with you, until the end.

Mithrax: My House and I will aid you. We fight as one, Guardian.

As the Guardian succeeds in capturing three pieces of territory, Savathûn appears and comes to their aid.

Savathûn: This is a change of pace, isn't it? Never let it be said that I wasn't here when it counted!

Despite the overwhelming amount of enemies, the Guardians alongside their allies succeed in cleansing all the areas under the Witness's influence.

Zavala: Guardian, keep your focus on the Witness.

Zavala: Empress, Mithrax, Savathûn, Witness forces are closing in, help me stop them!

To assist Zavala, Caiatl, Mithrax, and Savathûn leave the battlefield to assist the Commander, as the barrier blocking the way to the Witness is lowered.

Ghost: Vanguard Command, we’re closing in on the Witness now! This is it!

With the barrier lowered, the Guardians enter the wall to arrive on the other side, where the Witness floats on the edge of the abyss.

The Witness: We are the first knife! We are the edge that carved purpose into being.

The Witness: Your resistance will be remembered, within the shadow of the Black Fleet.

The Witness launches its attacks and summons fourth its Cornerstones and other forces. Saint-14 then arrives to the battlefield to assist the Guardians, summoning fourth a Ward of Dawn for protection.

Saint-14: Guardian! I will hold this shield, no matter what.

Or alternatively…

Cayde-6: Wait… is that Saint-14? He's alive? And none of you mentioned it? Hey, he's headed your way, Guardian!

Upon defeating the cornerstones, the Guardians begin to draw from the Traveler's Light and bring it to a Pyramid shrine.

Osiris: Nimbus is above-they're dropping aid!

The Crow: Misraasks has some weapons headed your way, Guardian.

Upon drawing enough Light, the Guardians give themselves to Darkness and enter the Witness's collective consciousness.

The Witness: Do not interfere.

The Guardians enter the Witness's consciousness and retrieve the Ergo Sum to destroy the Veiled Statues.

Ghost: Just like the last time, Guardian. Destroy these statues!

With the blade in their hand, the Guardians begin to destroy the statues, unraveling the voices within the Witness

A Dissenter: Free us… free us! Free us!

The Witness: We are ONE.

A Dissenter: It will end soon.

A Dissenter: We won't suffer one more day with you!

The Witness cuts the Guardians out of its collective, returning them to the battlefield. Stepping on the floating island, the fireteam destroys its Glyphs thus revealing its week spot and then open fire on the first knife. However the Witness's glyphs return as it becomes invulnerable once again.

Enemies

Vex - Sol Divisive

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• Quantum Goblin
• Harpy
• Malignant Minotaur
• Malignant Wyvern

Cabal - Shadow Legion

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• Honored Phalanx

Taken

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• Ravenous Taken Knight
• Servile Centurion
• Servile Captain

The Dread

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• Bound Attendant
• Tangling Weaver
• Carnage Husk
• Bound Husk
• Omen of the Witness
• Harbinger of the Witness
• Tormentor

Bosses

• Cornerstones of The Witness
• The Witness

Allies

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Trivia

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The Final Shape Spoilers

Excision received a Grandmaster difficulty option included in Update 8.0.0.4 on June 18, 2024. This makes it the first non-Nightfall activity to have a Grandmaster difficulty.

Appearance

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape (First appearance)