Crota's End - Destiny Guide - IGN (2024)

Crota's End is the Raid featured in the Destiny expansion The Dark Below. Guardians must venture deep beneath the surface of the Moon to bring an end to the reign of the Hive's most powerful agent, the demi-god Crota.

As shown in the video above, it is possible for a fireteam to complete the Raid Crota's End in just under 30 standard earth-minutes.

Traverse the Abyss

At the beginning of the Raid, players begin at the edge of the Hellmouth. Stand on the large circular rune to summon the bridge, then leap down into the Hellmouth one at a time. After landing and restoring your health, you'll need to make your way through the pitch-black halls full of traps and Hive.

The key to getting through this area is to follow the brightly lit pillars through the corridors, while avoiding the spawning pits that litter the floor. Falling into one means instant death, so step carefully.

Be wary of the pillars once a Guardian has passed it - they can explode, and take you out with them.

If you have a Hunter with invisibility onboard, going invisible and slowly and carefully following the pillars is a good start.

Once players make it through the labyrinthian tunnels, they'll find another rune circle. Gather into it and fight off the Knights and Ogres that appear nearby, then cross the bridge over the abyss once it's spawned.

Cross The Bridge

After passing through the first area, Guardians will now have to construct a bridge while maintaining control of two totems that become weaponized if their control is lost.

The best way to accomplish this section is to have two guardians under each totem (on either side of the bridge) and two on the central platform that constructs the bridge. Defend yourselves from the incoming Hive while the bridge is being built, then send one guardian over the bridge at a time wielding a Sword of Crota. The Sword will allow the Guardian crossing the bridge to deal with the Gatekeeper enemy on the other side.

Once three members of the fireteam have crossed to the opposite side of the bridge, they must take over control of the bridge and the two totem runes. There will be several waves of enemies that appear until the entire squad has crossed the bridge, so keeping in constant communication with teammates will be the key to victory. Once a Hallowed Ogre appears (and your fireteam murders it), climb the stairs and start making your way down the hall.

Hallway to Crota's Chamber

This is by far the easiest segment of the Raid - once you've climbed the stairs from the bridge, simply fight your way down the large hallway and leap into the large circular pit at the end.

Summoning Crystal

After leaping down to the bottom level, split into two teams - one taking the left side of the room and the other heading to the right. Above the passage your team entered from are two staircases; each team should move up them and lure then knights and witches inside back out.

Use the high platforms to take out the witches and knights, then the shriekers that appear inside the room near the summoning crystal. Duck back out into the large chamber to avoid being hit by the Shrieker's death blasts, then head into the central chamber to face Ir-yt the Deathsinger. Use the hooks and ledges at the top of the chamber as vantage points, and keep using heavy weapons against Ir-yt until her and her minions have been destroyed.

Crota - Part 5

After defeating Ir-yt the Deathsinger, eliminate the remaining Hive in the area and gather your fireteam around the glowing green summoning crystal. After a moment, the large glowing orb in the center of the Hellmouth will pulsate and the summoning gateway will reform - allowing Crota to appear.

The basic principal for this boss fight is fairly simple, though it can be difficult to find the proper rhythm to it. One player needs to collect The Chalice of Light from the center of the arena - this player should also be the one to collect the Relic Weapon from the Swordbearer that appears nearby.

Presence of Crota: While in the presence of the Hive demi-god, a Guardian's health bar will not automatically regenerate. If the team is severely damaged, the bearer of the Chalice of Light can quickly replenish their health by using the relic on the rest of the group. If you have the Red Death Scout Rifle, this will re-gen your health even if Crota is present.

Once both items have been collected, the Guardians will need to deplete Crota's shield with weapon fire, then use the Sword of Oryx to damage his health. When he shield goes down, Crota will briefly kneel - this allows the Guardian Swordbearer enough time to score 3 - 5 hits on Crota before he rises once more.

Continue killing off the other Hive enemies and whittling away Crota's shields and health until two Ogres spawn - this means you're getting to the end, once Crota has lost roughly 2/3 of his health. Be on the lookout for Crota's Oversoul attack as well, which will allow the large portal behind him to kill the entire fireteam if enough damage isn't dealt to in quickly enough.

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