Destiny 2 Xenophage is one of the most versatile weapons in the game. It’s an 90 RPM exotic heavy machine gun that was introduced in the game in the Shadowkeep expansion. Xenophage is a great choice of weapon for endgame content such as Raids, Dungeons, and GM Nightfalls. The weapons packs a punch and can deal a huge lot of damage to bosses and champions likewise. To add a cherry on top of that it comes with abundant ammo reserves as well.
Just like the weapons packs a punch, so does its questline. The Xenophage quest has it all, it has unique mechanics, it has puzzle-solving, and after all that you are required to kills a boss as well, which has its own set of rules as well. So how does one get their hands on Destiny 2 Xenophage?
How To Get Destiny 2 Xenophage?
Saying that the quest for Destiny 2 Xenophage is easy and simple would be an insult to the weapon. Though the initial part of the quest might be easy, the boss fight would be a totally different story. Well, let’s talk a bit about the perks of this weapon before we get into its questline.
Xenophage has the intrinsic perk called Pyrotoxin Rounds, and it enables the weapon to fire high-powered explosive ammunition. Apart from that it also comes with the perk Rangefinder, which increases the effective zoom, range, and projectile speed of the weapon.
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Now, lets’ talk about the quest itself.
The Xenophage Destiny 2 quest is called The Journey and consists of a few steps which are
- The Journey
- Emergence
- Pathfinder
- Descent
- Discovery
- Slay “Volmar, The Tempted”
- Finality
Step 1: The Journey
The first step of the quest involves you going through the portal near Eris Morn on the Moon. If the portal is not available then you can go to Sorrow’s Harbor and go North into the Scarlet Keep. Inside the Keep, take the left door instead of taking the usual one for the strike.
Keep going through the left door until you reach a loading zone. After that there will be two roads, one at the top another below, take the top one. This will take you to where the portal leads and you will be able to see a chest. Unfortunately, this chest doesn’t open and you need to solve a small puzzle to get the quest chest to appear.
If you look around the room you will be able to spot four statues there and you are supposed to light them in a certain order to make the chest appear. The sequence is
- Top Right
- Bottom Right
- Top Left
- Bottom Right
- Bottom Left
- Bottom Right
and these are all in order from the entrance side. The chest will appear after that and after opening it, you will receive the quest, The Journey.
Step 2: Emergence
You need to go to Anchor Of Light and there you need to take a left and look for a yellow-colored structure with a fallen symbol on it. Go inside to the furthest corner of the room and there you would be able to grab a ball of fire.
After that, you need to light six plates with that ball but you only have a minute to light each plate or else you need to grab the ball of light once again. The first plate is in the room to your right after you grab the ball of light. For the second plate, you need to travel a bit further to the place near the lost sector, where there are a few Vex. Jump on top of the ledge above them and that will be your second plate. The tried plate is in the room to the south side of the second plate from where fallen come out.
The fourth plate is located on the tower just over the room where the first plate is found. You need to jump a bit high to light this plate. Then to the north of the plate where there is an open space and a room, you can spot the fifth plate, which is quite close to the second plate. The final plate is on top of the big disc-like structure which is on the left side of the room with the third plate.
And that an indicator will appear on the map and you need to go there and deposit the ball.
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Step 3: Pathfinder
Now, you need to go and complete all the lost sectors on the moon and solve a puzzle at the end of each lost sector. You can find the puzzle of each lost sector when you go through the path that opens upon clearing the lost sector. The lost sectors can be cleared in any sequence and below are the combinations that will solve the puzzles.
You need to shoot the symbols once and then a chest will appear after it has been solved. Open the chest and it will provide you with a Path Fragment. The solutions are provided below.
Lost Sector: Archers Line
- Top Left
- Bottom Left
- Middle
- Middle Right
Lost Sector: Anchor Of Light
- Bottom Left
- Bottom Right
- Top Middle
- Top Middle
Lost Sector: Hellmouth
- Top Right
- Middle Left
- Middle
- Bottom Middle
- Bottom Right
- Bottom Right
- Bottom Middle
- Bottom Middle
Lost Sector: Sorrow’s Harbour
- Middle Left
- Middle
- Middle
- Middle Left
- Middle Top
- Middle Bottom
- Middle
- Middle Right
Step 4: Descent
To complete you need to jump into the dungeon “Pit Of Heresy” and complete the first encounter. After that head on to the bridge-like structure in front of which you will many many doorways. On the right side, look for a door without a little medallion on it. Go inside that and use your action button to get the next encounter of the Destiny 2 Xenophage quest.
Step 5: Discovery
Enter the Pit and go to the maze-like area where the invulnerable Ogre’s roam around. You need to take the path on the left side from the entrance of the maze. Continue until you see a big chasm and that will also have a big ledge just beside the pathway. Drop down and continue till you come across a plate with a lot of hive glowing symbols and activate it.
This will bring up three plates and you need to go to the last plate and grab a ball of light. Along with the ball you need to go through the hallway all the way up to the entrance of the maze and make your way through the right path. In this path, you will come across a secret door and you need to use the ball to light a plate to open the door.
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Step 6: Slay “Volmar, The Tempted”
Keep going through the hallway till you arrive in a place with lots of thralls and the boss, whom you need to slay. The mechanism of this part is a little different but here is what you need to know about it.
Right after arriving in the room, an inactive buff will be provided to you which you can see on the left side of the screen. This buff is a form of dread that comes in four forms, which are
- Thunderous
- Fiery
- Abyssal
- Neutral
Here Thunderous means Arc, Firey means Solar, Abyssal means Void, and Neutral means Kinetic damage. The boss would be invulnerable and to start the damage phase, you need to grab a ball from the middle and dunk in one of the nodes in the room.
Guardians with Thunderous dread will go to the bottom-left node on the lower level, Fiery is the top-right corner node on the lower level, Abyssal is the top-left node on the upper level and Neutral is in the bottom-right node on the upper level.
All these nodes have their own symbol and you find and see them in the room before the boss room. Dunking the ball in the wrong node will cause provide you a penalty for five seconds, which will make your screen go a bit hazy. Doing it correctly will provide you with the vengeance buff for twenty seconds, which actually is the damage phase. But the damage can only be done with the element of the buff that you have on the left side of the screen. Rinse and repeat this until the boss is dead.
Step 7: Finality
Go back to Eris and she will provide you with the Destiny 2 Xenophage. Completion of the dungeon is not necessary.
So, this is how you can get the weapon. The first part of the quest is quite easy but for the Dungeon part of the quest, it is suggested that you have a fireteam ready as that part is a bit challenging.
Now comes the catalyst of the weapon. So how do you get it?
How To Get Destiny 2 Xenophage Catalyst?
Destiny 2 Xenophage doesn’t have a catalyst yet but there is a chance that the weapon might receive a catalyst in the future, hopefully in The Witch Queen Expansion.
And that’s it. This is how you can get Destiny 2 Xenophage. For further reference, you can follow the video provided below.
Happy Hunting!