Crota's End Raid Guide

This is a text-only field guide for Destiny 2's reprised Crota's End. Every location, route, mechanic, secret, challenge, and assignment required for execution is stated in prose or a semantic table. The guide does not rely on maps, diagrams, screenshots, color-only cues, or page-relative instructions.

Each encounter follows the same pattern: objective, orientation, roles, numbered walkthrough, failure and recovery notes, weekly Challenge, permanent encounter Triumph, loadout philosophy, and quick reference.

Recommended communication discipline

Before the first pull

• Assign Player 1 through Player 6 and retain those labels for every Chalice rotation.
• Decide whether the run is a normal clear, weekly Challenge, permanent encounter Triumph, Master title run, Deepsight chest run, Necrochasm catalyst run, or collectible run.
• Read the exact live Challenge and reward preview before committing to a restricted strategy.
• Confirm who stands next to the Chalice carrier and who claims it next. The next player should never be across the room.
• Establish Home and Away at the Bridge, all seven Ir Yût room calls, and all five Crota Pool of Light calls before starting those encounters.
• For a secrets run, record the three Deepsight statue choices before building the opening bridge.
• For a catalyst run, confirm at least one player owns and equips Necrochasm before each timed plate trial.

The Chalice of Light is the raid's shared mechanic. It creates Enlightened, and each encounter consumes Enlightened for a different action.

Core terms

Safe Chalice rotation

1. Announce the active carrier and next player: “Player 1 holding; Player 2 next.”
2. The next player stays beside the carrier and confirms “ready.”
3. Let the Chalice fill. The carrier calls “full” as Engulfed in Light appears.
4. The next player claims the Chalice before the 10-second timer expires.
5. The previous carrier confirms “Enlightened.”
6. Continue in numerical order, skipping anyone who is Enlightened, Drained, dead, or out of position.
7. If the correct next player is unavailable, make an early transfer before the Chalice fills and rebuild the order without creating another buff.
8. If the carrier dies, recover the Chalice immediately. If it remains unattended, it returns to the previous or starting node.

Challenge vocabulary

The rotating encounter Challenge and the permanent encounter Triumph are separate requirements.

Only the Challenge identified by the live activity card is eligible for its Challenge reward. Permanent encounter Triumphs can be attempted independently unless the live record states otherwise.

The raid opens at the Hellmouth. The team must form a bridge over the pit before descending to the first encounter.

1. Assign the 1-through-6 Chalice order.
2. Keep at least one Guardian on the construction plate and clear the opening Hive.
3. Claim the Chalice, allow it to fill, and complete a full transfer.
4. The newly Enlightened player interacts with the construction plate, consuming Enlightened and adding bridge progress.
5. Repeat until the bridge fully forms. Additional Enlightened deposits accelerate construction.
6. Cross to the center carefully and descend into the Hellmouth.

This opening teaches the raid's basic cycle: hold, full transfer, spend Enlightened. The most common failures are leaving a full carrier unattended or stepping onto the unfinished edge of the bridge.

Move through the Stills as one group, using lit lanterns and Chalice preservation to reset the darkness timer. At the far end, activate and defend a construction plate until the exit bridge forms.

Orientation and roles

Do not use a fixed numbered-lamp map. Preserve locations can vary among candidate lamps, and the route is clearer when described from the moving group.

Use these moving callouts:

• Current Lamp - the lantern where most of the team is standing.
• Next Lamp - the next visible lantern along the uphill route.
• Preserve - the Chalice receptacle beside the current section's active lamp.
• Path left / path right - a temporary detour around the nearest visible pit or pendulum, always called by the pathfinder.

Standard walkthrough

1. Claim the Chalice from the starting node. The next player shadows the carrier.
2. Follow the pathfinder from Current Lamp toward Next Lamp. Do not overtake the pathfinder in the dark.
3. At every section, look beside the available lamps for a Preserve node. If the next group of lanterns is not visible or active, the current section contains a required Preserve.
4. Preserve the Chalice when required, then have the assigned eligible player reclaim it. Preservation resets Engulfed in Darkness even if the team does not light a lamp.
5. Create Enlightened through full transfers as needed. Wait until most or all of the team reaches a lamp before one Enlightened player lights it.
6. Lighting a lamp resets the entire team's Engulfed in Darkness timer. Players within its aura gradually lose Weight of Darkness.
7. Watch the lamp after activation. It changes toward orange and explodes shortly afterward; clear stacks, then leave before the blast.
8. Continue the same pattern: pathfinder moves, group arrives, Preserve if required, light only when useful, clear stacks, and leave on the caller's command.
9. At the final construction plate, one Enlightened player activates it. Remain near the plate and clear the final waves, including Ogres. Additional Enlightened interactions accelerate construction.
10. When the message indicates the path forward is clear, cross carefully and enter the light. Do not let the finish call scatter the team into the final pits.

Weight of Darkness itself is nonlethal, but at x10 it removes sprint and ordinary jumping mobility. The 60-second Engulfed in Darkness timer is lethal. The HUD timer and the caller's movement decision outrank a player's desire to clear every stack.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Conservation of Energy

The common shorthand “only light lamps beside Preserve nodes” is not the actual condition.

Preserving the Chalice grants the fireteam a global allowance to light one lamp. The encounter begins with one allowance because the Chalice starts preserved. Allowances can be banked, and the lamp does not need to be beside the node that created the allowance. Lighting a lamp when no allowance remains fails the Challenge.

Use this conservative execution:

1. Treat the opening state as one available lamp activation.
2. Preserve at every required node.
3. Between one Preserve and the next, light no more than one lamp.
4. Have the caller count “one allowance” and “allowance spent.”
5. If the group can safely skip a lamp, bank the allowance; do not invent a use for it.

This method obeys the real token rule while retaining an easy rhythm. A node-adjacent-lamp strategy also works, but it is a strategy rather than the mechanic definition.

Permanent Triumph - Feather-Light

Complete the Abyss without any player reaching x10 Weight of Darkness. Reaching x10 even briefly fails the Triumph.

1. Keep the fireteam together and use more lamps than a speed-clear route would use.
2. Do not leave Current Lamp until every player calls a safe stack count.
3. Preserve promptly so the global timer never forces a rushed departure.
4. Keep the Chalice rotation ordered and produce the next Enlightened before it is urgently needed.
5. Avoid split routes, rescue backtracks, and movement techniques that leave slower players outside the lamp aura.
6. At the final plate, continue clearing Weight whenever the active space allows and finish the defense together.

Loadout philosophy

Favor close-range add control, movement safety, healing or damage resistance, and reliable Ogre disruption. Bring the live activity's required Champion counter. Avoid effects that obscure pits or knock teammates near pendulums. Movement tools are useful only if the whole team can preserve the Chalice and darkness rhythm.

Quick reference

Crota's End has exactly two standard hidden chests. The first is behind a fixed optional door in the Abyss; claims that it moves are carryover from Destiny 1.

Route from the encounter start

1. After dropping into the Abyss, turn hard left and reach the outer wall.
2. Follow that wall as it curves through the encounter. Continue respecting pits and pendulums; the chest detour does not suspend the darkness mechanics.
3. Count the optional Hive doors encountered along the wall.
4. Enter the fifth optional door. The chest is inside.
5. Rejoin the lantern route without splitting the Chalice group.

Safer main-route landmark

Near the lamp immediately before the first pronounced uphill slope, look for a large nearby pit and a yellow-bar Blistered Thrall. Turn left instead of climbing. The fifth-door chest room is visible along the outer wall.

Hidden chests award previously acquired raid gear rather than introducing a new encounter drop. On a featured week, Bungie's current framework lists Tier 5 armor under a weekly lockout. Outside that condition, read the live chest and activity preview rather than assuming a fixed quality.

Build a bridge, move the fireteam across with the Chalice and Hive swords, kill five Gatekeepers during the crossings, preserve five swords, then use those swords against a final five-Gatekeeper wave.

Orientation and roles

Stand at rally and face the chasm. Home Center is the bridge plate ahead. Home Left Totem and Home Right Totem are the lower plates beneath the matching annihilator structures. Away mirrors the same three positions.

Standard walkthrough

1. Assign Home Center, Home Left Totem, Home Right Totem, and three floaters. Begin the Chalice rotation.
2. Create one Enlightened player and consume that buff on Home Center to start construction.
3. Hold Home Center and both Home Totems. Rotate the Chalice until the remaining five players are Enlightened.
4. When the first player's Drained of Light expires, that player reclaims the Chalice. The team now has a carrier plus five Enlightened players.
5. Kill the first Swordbearer. One Enlightened player claims its sword, consuming the buff.
6. The Chalice carrier and first sword carrier cross to Away together.
7. The Chalice carrier Preserves at the Away node. The sword carrier kills the Away Gatekeeper, then preserves the relic in one of the five sword receptacles.
8. The Gatekeeper's death causes the next Home Swordbearer to appear. Home kills it; another Enlightened player claims the sword, crosses, kills the next Gatekeeper, and preserves the sword.
9. Repeat until three players are Away.
10. The Away team takes Away Center, Away Left Totem, and Away Right Totem. Only after all three confirm does the Home team leave its plates.
11. Continue the sword relay until all six Guardians are Away and five swords have been preserved. The Chalice crosses as the non-sword relic; never strand it at Home.
12. Leave the plates. Reclaim and rotate the Chalice until five players are Enlightened, then Preserve it.
13. Clear the final waves. When five Gatekeepers appear, the five Enlightened players claim the five preserved swords.
14. Each sword carrier owns one Gatekeeper. Use crowd control to separate them, but finish every Gatekeeper with a relic sword.
15. The exit opens after all five final Gatekeepers die.

There are ten Gatekeepers in total: five fought one at a time during the crossings and five fought together at the end. Blind, suspend, slow, and freeze can control them, but ordinary damage does not replace the relic sword.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Precarious Balance

No player may be standing on either Center Bridge Plate when a crossing player first steps onto the formed portion of the bridge.

1. Build the bridge normally while the next runner waits on the permanent starting nub.
2. The active Center player calls “stepping off” and leaves the plate.
3. Only after Center is empty does the runner step onto the bridge and cross while it deconstructs.
4. The runner calls “clear” after reaching permanent ground.
5. The plate team may then rebuild for the next crossing.
6. Repeat the rule after Away takes control: no Away Center occupant when a Home runner first steps onto the bridge.

The shorthand “cross while the bridge is fading” is useful, but the tested condition is the Center Plate state at the runner's first step onto the bridge.

Permanent Triumph - Threatening Reach

Every Swordbearer must be defeated by damage from the opposite side of the chasm.

1. Create five Enlightened players using the normal opening rotation.
2. The sixth player reclaims the Chalice, crosses to Away, and Preserves it before any Swordbearer dies.
3. Home controls and weakens the first Swordbearer without taking the final blow. The Away player secures the kill with long-range damage.
4. An Enlightened Home player claims the sword, crosses, kills the Gatekeeper, and joins the Away firing line.
5. For every later Home Swordbearer, only Away players secure the final blow. Home may control it, but avoiding late Home damage is safer.
6. Continue until five swords and all six players are Away, then finish the encounter normally.

Long-range precision damage and reliable tracking help. The first Away player needs strong survival because they must manage adds while shooting back across the chasm.

Loadout philosophy

Bring long-range control for opposite-side targets, strong Major damage, crowd control, and the live Anti-Barrier coverage. On Master, additional Champion pressure and lethal plate fire make survivability more important than speed. No specific crowd-control subclass is required.

Quick reference

After the Bridge reward, the route climbs through two green barriers guarded by Shriekers.

Required traversal

1. Prepare two Enlightened runners and one continuing Chalice carrier.
2. Runner 1 passes through the first green barrier. Crossing consumes Enlightened and traps the runner forward.
3. Runner 1 kills the first Shrieker; its barrier drops for the team.
4. Runner 2 passes through the second barrier and kills the second Shrieker.
5. The Chalice carrier reaches the final chamber and Preserves at the node beside the central floor opening.
6. When the route is open, regroup before dropping toward Ir Yût.

Hidden Chest 2 - timed door

The second Shrieker's death starts closing the far chest-room door.

1. Before killing the second Shrieker, confirm the Chalice carrier is already moving behind Runner 2.
2. Runner 2 kills the Shrieker and immediately calls “door started.”
3. The Chalice carrier runs into the final chamber and Preserves beside the central floor opening before the far door seals.
4. Successful preservation reopens the far door. The chest appears across the opening.
5. Confirm every intended player has looted it before dropping toward Ir Yût.

If the timing fails, the section must be replayed from the Bridge. The chest is optional; the Chalice preservation and route opening are required.

Find the Shield Singer Wizards behind green barriers, create one Enlightened runner per Wizard, kill every active Wizard, then damage Ir Yût past the highlighted health threshold before Dark Liturgy expires.

Orientation and room calls

Stand outside the crystal room and face the Oversoul. Use these seven possible barrier rooms:

The rooms that do not contain a Shield Singer contain Shriekers. Confirm the Wizard visually; radar can assist but should not own the call.

Roles

Standard walkthrough

1. Split left and right. Kill every named Blistered Knight on both sides.
2. The two Unhallowed Shriekers beside the crystal room become vulnerable. Kill both to lower the center barrier and expose the Chalice.
3. Scouts inspect the seven barrier rooms and call the three current Shield Singer locations.
4. Rotate the Chalice to create three Enlightened runners. Give the farthest outer-tower rooms to the earliest runners so travel does not delay the countdown.
5. Preserve the Chalice at the node below the crystal room unless the team intentionally continues a controlled rotation during damage.
6. Each runner enters the assigned green barrier. Crossing consumes Enlightened and traps the runner inside until the room is cleared.
7. Weaken all three Shield Singers, but do not finish one early. Each runner calls “ready.”
8. Kill the Wizards together on one countdown. The first kill starts the visible 45-second Dark Liturgy timer if the encounter's hidden setup timer has not already started it.
9. Ir Yût becomes vulnerable only after every active Shield Singer dies. Collapse at the agreed damage position.
10. Damage Ir Yût past the highlighted health threshold before Dark Liturgy reaches zero. Crossing that marker interrupts the liturgy; continue damaging during the remaining window.
11. If Ir Yût survives, reset and repeat. The next round has four Wizards; the third has five.
12. The third round is the last normal opportunity. Ir Yût has no separate final stand.

A spare Enlightened player may Expunge Ir Yût for a fixed damage burst. Expunge is optional in a normal clear. Never sacrifice a required Wizard runner or strand the Chalice rotation to create it.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Equal Vessels

No player may hold the Chalice a second time until all other five players have held it.

1. Use one fixed rotation: Player 1 to 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 to 6.
2. Brief possession counts; a full charge is not required for players who do not need Enlightened that round.
3. Continue the same sequence through setup and damage. Do not reset the order because a damage phase started.
4. After Player 6 Preserves, Player 1 begins the next rotation.
5. If a player dies, revive them before the cycle reaches their position. Skipping them and returning later fails the Challenge.

The safest first-round order places the three Wizard runners first, followed by flex, preserver, and final carrier. In later rounds, preserve the same six-player order and choose runners from the next players who will become fully charged.

Permanent Triumph - Communal Rites

At least one player must Expunge Ir Yût during every round.

1. Produce one more Enlightened player than the active Wizard count.
2. Reserve the extra buff specifically for Expunge.
3. After every Shield Singer dies and Ir Yût becomes vulnerable, Expunge early in the phase.
4. Call “Expunge complete” before the damage threshold is crossed.
5. Repeat in every round used to defeat her.

Loadout philosophy

Bring rapid Major deletion for Blistered Knights and Shriekers, safe close-room Wizard damage, and sustained boss damage that remains reliable while Ir Yût moves. Precision assistance, debuffs, and ammo generation are recommendations, not requirements. Save burst resources for the visible 45-second window, not the opening adds.

Quick reference

Use Pools of Light to rotate the Chalice under Presence of Crota, create sword carriers and an Oversoul shooter, break Crota's shield with relic swords, damage him, and destroy the Oversoul near the end of each phase.

Orientation and Pool of Light calls

Stand outside the crystal room and face the Oversoul. Use five pool calls:

• Lower Left - lower arena, viewer-left.
• Lower Center - lower pit near the initial Chalice platform.
• Lower Right - lower arena, viewer-right.
• Upper Left - upper walkway or tower side on viewer-left.
• Upper Right - upper walkway or tower side on viewer-right.

The active Pool moves after every successful transfer. Both the current carrier and the next player must stand inside it before the interaction becomes legal.

Roles

Standard walkthrough

1. All six Guardians touch the Summoning Crystal to begin.
2. Exit left and right, clear the opening Hive, and claim the Chalice from the small center platform in the lower pit.
3. Locate the active Pool of Light. The carrier and next player enter it together, complete a full transfer, and call the new pool after it relocates.
4. Repeat until Sword 1, Sword 2, and the Oversoul player are Enlightened.
5. The next carrier Preserves the Chalice below the crystal room before Engulfed in Light becomes a problem.
6. Kill the four upper-tower Boomer Knights - two on each side. This spawns a Swordbearer and two Revenant Ogres in the lower pit.
7. Kill the Ogres and the following Wizard waves. The tower Knights then return, allowing the cycle to produce another Swordbearer.
8. Delay each Swordbearer's death until its assigned Enlightened player is nearby. The dropped relic expires quickly.
9. Sword 1 and Sword 2 claim their relics, consuming Enlightened. Gather Crota near the central seal or crystal-side damage position.
10. On one countdown, both sword carriers attack Crota's shield. Once the first relic hits, the available relic attack window is short; continue coordinated heavy and Super attacks until the full shield breaks.
11. Shield break starts the damage phase and a 30-second Oversoul timer. The team damages Crota while the Oversoul player remains safe and retains Enlightened.
12. Near the agreed timer value, the Oversoul player shoots and destroys the Oversoul. During a normal phase, this prevents the wipe and ends damage.
13. Reset the arena and repeat. Crota permits approximately three normal damage phases before enrage.
14. At the final-stand health marker, Crota becomes briefly immune and performs a knockback or area attack. Move away until his shield drops automatically.
15. The final-stand Oversoul begins at 20 seconds. Continue damage.
16. If Crota is still alive near the end, the Enlightened Oversoul player destroys it. This begins one final unavoidable 10-second wipe countdown.
17. Defeat Crota before that final timer expires.

A spare Enlightened player may Expunge Crota during damage. This is optional. Never consume the designated Oversoul buff for Expunge, even when the boss is close to final stand.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - All For One

Crota's shield must go from full to broken within approximately three seconds of the first relic-sword hit.

1. Prepare all sword carriers before anyone touches Crota's shield.
2. Group Crota at the agreed position and apply any planned debuff before the relic countdown.
3. All sword carriers begin on the same call and continue attacking until the shield reaches zero.
4. Two synchronized swords plus a debuff can succeed on Standard; three synchronized swords are the safest plan, particularly on Master.
5. Repeat the full-to-zero timing rule on every shield break used in the clear.

“Use three swords” is a strong execution plan, not the literal Challenge condition. The condition is the short full-shield break window.

Permanent Triumph - Singular Sensation

Complete the encounter with only one player Enlightened at a time.

1. Create Sword 1's Enlightened buff and consume it immediately by claiming a relic sword.
2. Only after the first buff is gone, create Sword 2's buff and consume it on the second relic.
3. Only after the second buff is gone, create the Oversoul player's Enlightened buff.
4. Do not create an Expunge buff, and do not let a second carrier finish charging while the Oversoul player remains Enlightened.
5. After the Oversoul is destroyed and its buff is consumed, begin the next sequential cycle.

This Triumph changes the normal preparation rhythm. Run it separately from All For One unless the team has deliberately practiced sequential buff creation and synchronized relic timing.

Loadout philosophy

Bring safe add control, reliable Ogre and Wizard damage, a Crota damage plan that remains usable when he moves, and survivability near his sword attacks. Melee-range damage, debuffs, support Supers, and sword choices are recommendations only. Reserve one player and one safe weapon for the Oversoul instead of treating all six as damage-only roles.

Quick reference

The Deepsight chest is separate from the two standard hidden chests. It uses three left-or-right statue choices read at the raid entrance and activated later in the same raid instance.

Update 9.7.0 omits a weekly-lockout marker, but July 2026 live reports still describe one reward per account per reset. Plan around that limit unless the live activity says otherwise; expect a Deepsight weapon, or Tier 5 armor after all six Patterns.

Record the code at the Hellmouth

Before building the opening bridge, stand at spawn and inspect three statue pairs in this order:

1. Upper-left cliff.
2. Upper-right balcony or circular structure.
3. Lower-right ledge inside the Hellmouth.

One statue in each pair burns. Record the burning side exactly as viewed from spawn, such as R-L-R. The code belongs to the current raid instance. Do not assume a checkpoint swap or new launch retains it.

Activation 1 - Bridge Home side

1. Stand at the Bridge rally stairs facing the bridge and Oversoul.
2. Descend the stairs.
3. Locate the small lower rooms to the left and right.
4. Activate the side recorded for code position 1.

Activation 2 - Bridge Away side

1. After completing the Bridge, remain on the reward side.
2. Face the stairs leading toward the Thrallway.
3. Follow the left or right curved edge to its end.
4. Activate the side recorded for code position 2.

Activation 3 - final arena

1. After Ir Yût and before starting Crota, enter the room above the crystal or start room.
2. Face outward toward the Oversoul before deciding left and right. Approaching while facing back toward the statues reverses the apparent frame.
3. Activate the side recorded for code position 3.

Correct activations display A choice echoes..., then A balance is reached... A wrong choice displays An irredeemable mistake... and fails the puzzle. The extra chest appears beside Crota's normal rewards.

Necrochasm is earned through Bottomless Pit, not as an ordinary random Crota drop. Its catalyst has both a timed raid-puzzle requirement and a cumulative Essence requirement.

Bottomless Pit quest

1. Complete Crota's End and claim Bottomless Pit from the Sword of Crota or end-of-raid vendor. The quest costs no currency.
2. Use Husk of the Pit to defeat 100 Hive. Crota's End final blows grant additional progress.
3. The weapon upgrades to the fixed, Masterworked Eidolon Ally.
4. Collect 20 Essence of the Oversoul. Essence progress is profile-wide and retroactive.
5. Defeat Crota again and claim Necrochasm.

Essence of the Oversoul

Bungie's implemented progression includes:

• One guaranteed Essence from the first Crota defeat of the account's week.
• One additional guaranteed Essence for every complete ordered run from Abyss through Crota.
• Random repeatable Essence chances from raid encounters.
• A rare full-run Crota jackpot that supplies enough Essence for both the weapon and catalyst thresholds.
• One-time Essence rewards from specified raid Triumphs.

Do not use a Crota checkpoint when pursuing the full-run guarantee or jackpot, and do not publish an invented jackpot percentage.

Catalyst requirements

Both conditions are required:

1. Acquire the catalyst item by completing the two timed plate trials in the same raid instance.
2. Reach 35 total Essence of the Oversoul.

The 20 Essence used for Necrochasm count toward 35. A player who acquired the weapon at exactly 20 needs 15 more, not 35 additional. Reaching 35 can produce a misleading Collections notification even if the catalyst item has not been earned; the plate trials remain mandatory.

Catalyst trial 1 - after Bridge

1. Complete the Bridge. A Bridge checkpoint can be used, but both trials must then remain in the same active instance.
2. Face the stairs to the Thrallway and follow the curved path to the far right.
3. Find the green plate behind the tall right pillar, roughly halfway around the bend.
4. At least one player stands on it with Necrochasm equipped.
5. Crota's Minions appear begins a 90-second trial.
6. Six relic swords appear. Spread them across the fireteam and kill every Gatekeeper.
7. Some Gatekeepers require crossing back to Home. After clearing there, use the portal at the top of the Home stairs to return Away.
8. Kill every remaining Gatekeeper. Crota's Minions are defeated confirms success.

The trial can be retried after failure.

Catalyst trial 2 - after Ir Yût

1. Before starting Crota, stand in the final arena facing the Oversoul.
2. Enter the bottom room of the right Boomer tower.
3. Activate the green plate with Necrochasm equipped.
4. Three Swordbearers appear. Kill them and preserve their swords for the Gatekeepers.
5. Clear all Gatekeepers around the arena. More emerge from the central crystal or Chalice doorway after the first group.
6. Wizards respawn continuously; control them, but Gatekeepers are the completion targets.
7. Completing the second 90-second trial awards the catalyst item immediately to eligible Necrochasm owners. Crota does not need to die.

An error code, instance reset, or checkpoint swap after trial 1 can remove trial 2. Wipes within the same continuously occupied instance are safe.

Catalyst perk

The current perk is One for Thrall: rapidly damaging three combatants increases Necrochasm's damage, range, and aim assistance. Historical references to Outlaw are obsolete.

Crota's End contains one Raider's Effigy for the 2026 account-wide Under the Rug Triumph.

1. Defeat Ir Yût but do not start Crota.
2. Walk onto the raised central platform directly beneath the Oversoul - the platform where Crota materializes.
3. Interact with the small effigy.

The collectible can be taken from a suitable checkpoint. It is separate from the two hidden chests, the Deepsight statue chest, and the Necrochasm catalyst plates.

Post-Ir Yût checklist

Before anyone starts Crota:

1. Activate the third Deepsight statue, if the run recorded a code.
2. Complete Necrochasm catalyst trial 2, if trial 1 is active.
3. Collect the Raider's Effigy, if needed.
4. Re-establish the five Pool of Light calls.
5. Then touch the Summoning Crystal.

Reward quality and farmability depend on featured status and difficulty. The live activity preview is authoritative if it changes after this guide's review date.

Current reward framework

Nonfeatured hidden-chest quality is not documented with equal precision. Do not promise a fixed tier or a new weapon from those chests.

Encounter loot table

The two hidden chests can award previously unlocked raid gear. Necrochasm follows Bottomless Pit and does not replace a normal Crota encounter slot.

Craftable weapons

All six Legendary weapons require five Pattern progress and share Cursed Thrall. After a melee defeat, subsequent weapon final blows cause explosions for a limited time; Enhanced Cursed Thrall extends that duration.

Current crafted-weapon progression permits higher gear tiers as the weapon levels: level 11 supports Tier 2 and enhanced main traits, level 25 supports Tier 4 and enhanced components, and level 30 supports Tier 5 and Enhanced Cursed Thrall. Read the Relic screen for current material costs.

Each completed base Pattern improves the chance that Crota Adept weapons drop with additional traits. Adepts retain their additional stat benefit and Adept visual treatment while participating in the current enhancement system.

Crota's Memory Armor 3.0

The current raid armor belongs to the Crota's Memory set.

Armor 3.0 cannot equip the legacy Crota raid mods. High-stat Armor 2.0 raid pieces can instead be focused from Hawthorne for 10 Spoils per piece and retain the raid-mod socket.

Legacy Crota raid mods

These mods are encounter aids, never mechanic requirements.

No Crota's End memento

The current live manifest contains no Crota's End-specific memento, acquisition record, or tracker. Crota Adept weapons have a general memento socket, but this raid does not award its own memento. Do not use a flawless, no-wipe, or full-clear memento objective for Crota's End.

The current Swordbearer title contains exactly 18 required records.

Collection badge

The badge requires:

• All six Legendary raid weapons.
• One class's five armor pieces.
• Illuminated Peril emblem.
• Warped Rachis shader.
• War's Lament ship.
• Crota's Exile Sparrow.

Necrochasm is not part of the badge.

Not required for Swordbearer

• Necrochasm or its catalyst.
• Flawless completion.
• Stasis or Strand subclass clears.
• All six weapon Patterns.
• A memento.
• The historical first-48-hours Superior Swordplay record.

Optional records with Essence rewards

The optional flawless record Perfected Truth awards three Essence of the Oversoul. The title's Master completion awards two. In Unison, the four weekly Challenges, and the four permanent encounter Triumphs each award one. These are one-time record rewards, not repeatable encounter guarantees.

Master preserves the Standard mechanics and assignment plans. The major change is enemy lethality and Champion pressure.

Carry the live Anti-Barrier and Unstoppable counters. Do not hard-code an old Power number, surge, overcharge, or shield list. Crota's relic-shield rule, Ir Yût's Wizard count, Bridge crossing protection, and Chalice logic do not change.

Base roster

Encounter assignments

Full-clear flow

1. Record the three Deepsight statue choices.
2. Build the Hellmouth bridge and descend.
3. Traverse the Abyss and collect Hidden Chest 1 if planned.
4. Cross the Oversoul Throne Bridge.
5. Activate Deepsight statue 2 and catalyst trial 1 if planned.
6. Clear the Thrallway and secure Hidden Chest 2 if planned.
7. Defeat Ir Yût.
8. Activate Deepsight statue 3, complete catalyst trial 2, and collect the Raider's Effigy.
9. Re-establish Crota assignments and defeat him.
10. Open the normal chest, Deepsight chest if earned, and Throne World's Riches vendor.

Mechanics and current live-data state were reviewed on August 1, 2026. The evidence ledger in this package records ownership separation, exact conflict resolutions, manifest hashes, and publication boundaries.

First-party current-state sources

• [Bungie Update 9.7.0 - current raids and dungeons reward framework](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/destiny_update_9_7_0)
• [Bungie Update 9.7.0.2 - Crota's End Master Fireteam Finder visibility](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/destiny_update_9_7_0_2)
• [Bungie Update 7.2.0.5 - two hidden chests, armor distribution, and catalyst threshold](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/destiny-2-update-7205)
• [Bungie TWID September 14, 2023 - Essence guarantees, jackpot, Master, and Adepts](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid_09_14_2023)
• [Bungie Update 8.0.0.1 - Necrochasm catalyst changed to One for Thrall](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/destiny_2_update_8_0_0_1)
• [Bungie May 2026 weapon guidance - crafted and Adept gear tiers](https://static01.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/dev_insights_weapons_artifacts_focusing_preview)
• [Bungie May 2026 armor guidance - Armor 3.0 and legacy raid armor](https://static01.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/dev_insights_abilities_armor_preview)
• [Bungie live Destiny 2 manifest](https://www.bungie.net/Platform/Destiny2/Manifest/)

Independently owned encounter and challenge sources

• [Shacknews - complete Crota's End raid guide](https://www.shacknews.com/article/136793/crotas-end-raid-guide-destiny-2)
• [PCGamesN - Crota's End walkthrough](https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/crotas-end)
• [Destructoid - every Crota's End encounter explained](https://www.destructoid.com/destiny-2-every-encounter-in-crotas-end-explained/)
• [Dot Esports - all Crota's End encounter Challenges](https://dotesports.com/destiny/news/all-crotas-end-raid-challenges-in-destiny-2)
• [Muthaclucker Clan - detailed Crota's End walkthrough repository](https://github.com/Adamsdown-Boy/Destiny-Raids/tree/main/Crota%27s-End)
• [RaidSecrets - Conservation of Energy experimental testing](https://www.reddit.com/r/raidsecrets/comments/16psmzv/conservation_of_energy_crotas_end_abyss_challenge/)

Loot, secrets, and Exotic sources

• [Shacknews - current encounter loot table](https://www.shacknews.com/article/136980/crotas-end-loot-table-destiny-2)
• [Dot Esports - independently compiled encounter loot table](https://dotesports.com/destiny/news/here-is-the-crotas-end-loot-table-in-destiny-2)
• [Shacknews - Deepsight statue chest route](https://www.shacknews.com/article/136944/destiny-2-crotas-end-red-border-chest)
• [KeenGamer - two hidden-chest routes](https://www.keengamer.com/articles/guides/destiny-2-all-crotas-end-secret-bonus-chest-locations-spoils-of-conquest-triumph-guide/)
• [The Game Post - Necrochasm catalyst trials](https://thegamepost.com/destiny-2-necrochasm-exotic-catalyst-guide/)
• [Skarrow9 discovery report - catalyst time trials](https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/1680nmx/necrochasm_catalyst_time_trial_puzzle_guide/)

Stable publication boundaries

• The HUD owns all visible timers and buff states.
• The live activity card owns featured status, current Challenge, Power, Champions, modifiers, and reward preview.
• Guide terms such as Home, Away, Current Lamp, and Balcony Center are declared observer-frame conventions.
• Exact hidden setup timers, Preserve counts, add-wave counts, and damage metas are omitted where evidence conflicts or the sandbox can change.
• The website deliverable is host-neutral integration content only. No standalone website, repository, runtime, server, deployment, or hosting target is part of this release.
• No image, map, diagram, screenshot, visual-only instruction, or page-relative reference is required to execute this guide.