King's Fall Raid Guide 2025

Warpriest Encounter Guide (Second Encounter)

How to complete the Warpriest Encounter

You will split your team into 3 groups, left middle and right. Each group will have 1 Add-clear guardian and 1 Plate guardian.

A Revenant Knight will spawn on each side, killing them starts the mechanic of this encounter.

When the message appears on your screen: "Glyph reading sequence started." it is time for the Plate guardians to do the mechanic of this encounter.

The Center plate will begin to glow, the Plate guardian will step on it and look at the pillars on each side, and call out which one glows. The glow will always be on the backside of the pillars, so if the middle plate does not see any glow, that means that the plate that starts the sequence is the middle one.

The Plate guardian will step off the middle plate, and the guardian whose side has been called out will step on his plate, then he will call out the next plate by looking at the glow on the pillars.

Once 2 guardians have stepped on their plate, when the third Plate guardian will step on his plate he will receive the Brand of the Initiate buff which starts the dps phase for 20 seconds. The 3 Add-clearers and the guardian with the Brand of the Initiate will go on the right side of the room and start dealing damage to the boss. Meanwhile the other 2 Plate guardians will have to hunt a Knight which spawns on the sides of the room.

After killing the knight and grabbing the buff he dropped, the guardian will be able to steal the Brand of the Initate from the first guardian, thus extending the damage phase. This can be repeated one more time by the last Plate guardian that has to hunt another knight, get the buff and steal from the second guardian.

After the damage, the room will light up and kill everyone who is not behind a rock pillar, indicated by it's shadow on the ground. The boss has a maximum of 4 damage phase.

Hidden Chest #2

The second chest, located in Golgoroth's Cellar after the Warpriest encounter, will require you to navigate through a maze to find five plates, and you have to step on them in a particular order!

The picture above is the map to Golgoroth's Maze, to unlock the secret chest each plate numbered 1 through 5 have to be stepped on in their respective order, once done the chest will spawn in the middle of the maze right across the exit.

Golgoroth Encounter Guide (Third Encounter)

How to complete the Golgoroth Encounter

Have your group split up in 2 teams - 2 guardians will get the Gaze of Golgoroth and 4 guardians will DPS the boss.

At the start of the encounter everyone will add-clear until there are no more adds left.

The DPS team will shoot the droplets hanged up in the ceiling to start the damage phase. There are 6 droplets in total.

Once the first droplet falls, 1 guardian from the Gaze team will shoot Golgoroth's back to get the buff Gaze of Golgoroth which will make the boss target the guardian, when the buff is almost up the other guardian will shoot the his back again to get the gaze and repeat the sequence until the damage phase is over.

While the Gaze team juggle the buff and are focused on staying alive and redirecting the boss towards the DPS team, the DPS team has to shoot Golgoroth in the stomach with high precision damage weapons.

During the damage phase guardians will receive a buff called Unstable Light which makes the guardian explode and deal a large amount of damage around him, this explosion will kill your allies. The guardians that have this buff will have to go next to Golgoroth to explode and deal damage to the boss.

Hidden Chest #3

The third King's Fall secret chest is found during the jumping puzzle after the Golgoroth Encounter. Instead of going to the left and heading to the subsequent encounter, you must reveal some hidden platforms with your ghost. Use the platforms to climb up underneath the archway; it will lead you to a doorway and the room with the chest.

The Daughters of Oryx Encounter Guide (Fourth Encounter)

How to complete The Daughters of Oryx Encounter

Have your group form 2 teams, 4 guardians will be Platers and 2 guardians will be Floaters.

Platers Team: each guardian will be assigned to a plate and will stand on the plate if called out.

Floaters Team: will be ready to swap out a Plater in case the plater becomes Torn.

The encounter begins by killing the knight on the plate.

Once dead, the guardian assigned to the plate will jump on it and look for an orb above the other plates high up in the sky, and call it out. The guardian assigned to the other plate will have to jump on it and stay there untill the Torn guardian completes the climb. These 2 guardians will jump off after the call out from the Torn guardian.

Once the 2 guardians are up on the plates a random guardian will be Torn between dimensions. The Torn guardian will have to climb up the platforms and touch the Orb. After 3 times, the guardian will be able to pick up the orb that will grant the Brand Claimer buff and a Knight with the Aura of Immortality will spawn.

If the guardian that stands on a plate becomes Torn, then a floater will replace him.

The guardian with the Brand Claimer will steal the Aura of Immortality from the knight and the entire group will get together in the bubble and start the DPS phase. Best DPS spot is under the Daughters in the middle of the room.

If the group kills one of the Daughters of Oryx, then in the next damage phase the other Daughter has to be killed or it will wipe the team.

Oryx, the Taken King Encounter Guide (Final Encounter)

How to Complete Oryx, the Taken King Encounter

The final encounter is very similar to the 4th encounter, having place in the same room, but with additional mechanics.

Have the same 2 teams of platers and floaters.

The mechanic of the encounter will start on the plate where Oryx will slam his fist down.

Once he slams his fist on the plate, the player assigned there will jump up on the plate and look for the Orb above the other plate and call it out. The other player will jump up on the called out plate and this will create the platforms for the Orb.

During this time, a random guardian will be Torn between dimensions. In case the plater that has to stand on the plate is the one Torn between dimensions, the floater will replace him.

The Torn guardian will climb the platforms and touch the Orb. This mechanic will be repetead 3 more times, 1 more time than in the previous encounter.

While the mechanic keeps progressing, players will encounter Light-Eater Ogres. These Ogres must die very quickly, because at the spot of their death, they will leave a Corrupted Bomb.

The Corrupted Bombs must be protected from the Light-Eater Knights, this is very important because the Corrupted Bombs determine how long the DPS phase will last. If a Light-Eater Knight reaches the Corrupted Bomb he will destroy it.

Once the mechanic has been done 4 times and the final Torn guardian picks up the Brand Claimer buff, a knight with the Aura of Immortality will spawn in the center of the room. The guardian with the Brand Claimer buff must steal the Aura of Immortality from the knight just like in the previous encounter.

When the message: "Oryx Calls upon darkness" shows up on the left side of the screen the platers will have to go inside the Corrupted Bombs and stay there untill the message: "[Guardian Name] has defused a Corrupted Bomb" shows up on the left side of the screen, after defusing the Corrupted Bombs the platers will have to run and quickly get into the Aura of Immortality or else the platers will die.

Once inside the Aura of Immortality the DPS phase will begin.

After the DPS phase, Oryx will launch one of two attacks.

1. Corrupted Bombardment: where he will bombard the places beneath the guardians with bombs, running in circles or jumping around will help you dodge this attack with ease.

2. Corrupted Arena: where guardians will be randomly teleported into an dimensions made by Oryx where you will have to kill a clone of Oryx, this attack is very easy, just dps the clone and it will be over very fast.

Last Stand: After getting oryx to his last stand, he will become immune for a few seconds and the DPS will start again during this time, 2 Light-Eater Ogres will spawn, assign 2 players to kill the ogres and detonate the Corrupted Bombs hat they drop to extend the last-stand. If the last stand ends without oryx's death, the team will be wiped

How to complete King's Fall Raid Challenges

King's Fall encounters come with a weekly challenge that rewards you with an additional reward upon completion. A challenge makes the encounter more difficult, so great team coordination and communication are the keys to success.

How to complete the Totems Encounter Challenge

To complete the first encounter challenge, you must not have the same buff twice a row. If you start on the left side and get the Brand of the Unraveler, you cannot use the Brand Claimer to take the same brand, and you have to go to the right side and get the Brand of the Weaver. The same rule applies on the right side.

Note: You should swap sides after depositing your Deathsinger's Power Stacks.

How to complete the Warpriest Encounter Challenge

The challenge for the Warpriest encounter it's pretty straightforward; On the damage phase, after you kill the Blighted Knight for the Brand Claimer buff, you must pick up the brand of the Initiate out of your teammate almost immediately. You'll need to move to the Blighted Knight as a team while DPS'ing the Warpriest.

Note: After grabbing the Blighted Knight's Buff, you have approximately five seconds to swap the buff.

How to complete the Golgoroth Encounter Challenge

Golgoroth's challenge aims to have the player with Golgoroth's Gaze stand in the Pool of Reclaimed Light with the other teammates while the other runner recaptures the gaze. The same rule applies to the following party members that steal the gaze from Golgoroth.

How to complete the Daughters of Oryx Encounter Challenge

For the Daughters Encounter challenge, you need to jump on the platforms in a specific way; you cannot stand on the same plate twice in a single damage phase. For easy completion, you can rotate your plates when the Torn Between Dimensions player finishes his platforming section and claims the buff.

How to complete the Oryx, The Taken King Encounter Challenge

This encounter's challenge is similar to the Daughters' one. You cannot kill the same Light-Eating Ogres and Knights twice throughout the encounter. Delay the runner, and rotate the plate standers after each DPS phase.

TOUCH OF MALICE EXOTIC & CATALYST

After defeating Oryx, the final King's Fall raid boss, you may get the Touch of Malice exotic, a returning scout rifle from Destiny 1 that drains enemies' life force, turning it into a dark energy ball blinding the combatants. All weapon's stats are balanced, so it's a must-have for all guardians.

The raid exotic also has a catalyst that adds the Rapid Hit perk, temporarily increasing the stability and reload speed. You can obtain the Touch of Malice catalyst by completing a specific quest during King's Fall raid if you have the exotic on your account.

The Touch of Malice catalyst quest requires another completion of King's Fall raid with extra puzzles and teamwork. In the following list, we explained all the steps for quest completion:

Spread your team out around the opening area of the Dreadnaught until you’ve found four Relics not including the two that spawn on the lanterns at the entrance of the raid.

They have multiple spawn locations, so you’ll just need to wander around until you’ve found some. Count down from three and then have four players grab the four Relics. This will begin a countdown timer.

You’ll have about a minute and a half to get from where you picked up the Relics back to the Thrall statue behind where the portal spawns in the Court of Oryx.

Run back there as fast as you can, and have your allies not carrying Relics destroy the Shriekers that will attempt to shoot you down.

When all four players are at the Thrall statue, dunk them in and the statue will catch fire.

You’ll get a notification that it hums with energy, which means you did it right. Now, proceed through the King’s Fall raid normally until you reach Golgoroth’s maze.

Once in Golgoroth’s maze, you’ll first need to open the second secret chest.

Once the door is open and you’ve grabbed your loot, look around the crystals near the chest. You’ll see another small plate, like the one in the Court of Oryx. Send your Touch of Malice player to stand on it, which will once again spawn Relics.

Just like before, send out four of your players to hunt down Relics. They can be anywhere in the maze, so just run around until you’ve found them. Once everyone is ready, countdown and pick the Relics up simultaneously.

Carry the Relics toward the exit of the maze, near the door to Golgoroth. However, before you walk down the final long hallway, look for a small hole just off to the left of the main path much smaller than the usual death pits.

Jump down it. Instead of your death, you’ll find another Thrall statue.

When everyone is in position, dunk the four Relics to activate this statue.

You’ll get a notification that it hums with energy, which means you did it right. Now, proceed through the King’s Fall raid normally until you reach the wall.

After defeating Golgoroth, you’ll find yourself in the beloved and infamous Wall room. Proceed normally and activate the plates by sending one player in front of the other leapfrog style.

Once you’ve locked all the platforms in place, the final plate will glow green. Have your Touch of Malice wielder step on it to spawn a bunch of Relics. Once you’ve located all four, do another countdown and grab them.

This time you’ll need to make your way all the way back to where you entered the Wall room. Thankfully, starting this puzzle spawns a ton of platforms that will help you get back up. Just make sure to watch out for the phallic pistons, as getting killed while carrying a relic will make completing the puzzle in time difficult. (If you fail any of these puzzles, you can reset them by having the Touch of Malice player return to the plate).

Send the non-Relic holders ahead to clear out the Shriekers and then make your way back to the entrance. Once you’ve arrived, climb the new platforms that have appeared by the entrance, which lead up to a mysterious door on the right side of the room. When everyone is ready, dunk your Relics in the Thrall statue to open the door to Oryx’s basketball court.

Inside the basketball court, you’ll see a bunch of jump pads and a big Thrall statue positioned like a basketball hoop.

When you walk in, a bunch of Relics will spawn and a timer will start ticking down. For this puzzle, you just need your entire team to grab and dunk as many Relics as possible into the hoop. It’s chaotic, but not too tough.

Once you’ve earned enough points (denoted by the glowing pillars on the left and right of the room) any Guardians who have the Touch of Malice in your group with get the Catalyst.

After getting the Touch of Malice catalyst, you need to unlock it by masterworking your weapon. The process is straightforward; you must kill 500 enemies using Touch of Malice.

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Conclusion

We did our best to structure our Destiny 2 King’s Fall raid guide efficiently. We completed all encounters repeatedly to ensure it wraps up all the information you need in detail. You are now ready to be a key player, helping your team defeat all bosses and get all the stunning rewards that drop during the King's Fall raid.

We engage to keep this guide updated with the upcoming strategies, challenges, and Master difficulty as soon as they are available in the game, so you should revisit our King's Fall guide from time to time to be up to date with all the new additions launched by Bungie in the near future.

Final Thoughts

I hope this guide will ease your journey toward all King’s Fall raid phases and help you get one step further to success. We did all the research, and now it’s your turn to show your skill. Give it a try, Guardian!

Update Log

15.01.2025 - Guide fully revamped.

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