King’s Fall Raid Guide

This is a text-only field guide for Standard and Master King’s Fall. Every observer frame, room convention, route decision, mechanic, secret, and assignment required for execution is written in prose or a semantic table. Each encounter follows the same pattern: objective, orientation, roles, numbered walkthrough, failure and recovery notes, loadout philosophy, weekly Challenge, permanent encounter Triumph, and quick reference.

Recommended communication discipline

Before the first pull

• Assign Player 1 through Player 6 and retain those labels in every rotation table.
• Decide whether the run is a normal clear, weekly Challenge, permanent Triumph, Deepsight, catalyst, or Kingslayer run.
• Read the exact Challenge or Triumph text in the Director or Journey screen before committing to a restricted strategy.
• Confirm Left, Middle, and Right at Warpriest; Pool 1 through Pool 6 at Golgoroth; and L1, L2, R1, and R2 at Threshold.
• Assign one person to record the opening Deepsight runes and one route caller for all three hidden chests.
• For a Touch of Malice catalyst run, stage every relic runner before the weapon owner activates a plate.

King’s Fall repeats four mechanic families: Brands, plate-built paths, Gaze, and Corrupted Light. Their on-screen names matter more than color.

Core terms

Brand transfer discipline

The current holder calls the countdown. The incoming Claimer calls “ready” before approaching, then “taken” only after the Brand appears on their HUD. At Basilica, the relieved holder leaves for center deposit. At Warpriest, the relieved holder stays inside the new holder’s aura and resumes damage.

Standard and Master

Stable Master substitutions

The activity card remains authoritative for Power, threats, surges, shields, counters, and the active Challenge. The following enemy substitutions are stable enough to plan roles around; they do not change the encounter mechanics.

Kingslayer requires all five encounter Challenges on Master, but they may be completed across separate runs. Complete only the Challenge or Challenges identified by the current activity card during a given run.

Challenge vocabulary

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

Hall of Souls - open the portal

Carry paired relics from the left and right routes and deposit both at the currently illuminated Thrall statue. Six synchronized rounds illuminate all six statues and open the portal.

Orientation and roles

Stand at the opening spawn and face the central hall. Six Thrall statues line the route toward the portal. One statue glows for the current round. The left relic remains in the left wing and the right relic mirrors it in the right wing; both carriers return to that single glowing statue.

Standard walkthrough

1. Clear the opening Taken and assign one carrier and one escort to each side. Keep two players in the center until a side needs help.
2. The two carriers pick up the current relic pair together. A carrier cannot fire a weapon or use an ability while holding the relic, so escorts own every obstruction and hostile lane.
3. Escorts destroy the Taken Blight barriers that seal the routes back to the statue hall. The carriers keep moving and use ordinary jumps only; picking up a relic after starting an ability can interrupt the expected movement.
4. At center, the caller identifies the single illuminated Thrall statue. Both carriers stand at its receptacles and confirm ready.
5. Count down once and deposit in quick succession. The first deposit starts a window of only a few seconds for the second; if one side is late, the ready carrier waits before making the first deposit.
6. A new relic appears farther into each wing. Repeat the same paired pickup, escort, and synchronized deposit for the next illuminated statue.
7. Continue until all six Thrall statues are complete. Clear the remaining center enemies and Wizards, then enter the opened portal and begin the swinging-prison traversal.

Failure states and recovery

Permanent Triumph - Controlled Dunks

No Guardian may deposit a second relic until every other Guardian has deposited one. Use three fixed depositor pairs: Players 1 and 2 deposit round 1, Players 3 and 4 deposit round 2, and Players 5 and 6 deposit round 3. Repeat the same pair order for rounds 4 through 6. Escorts may change sides; only the Guardians who complete the deposits matter.

Loadout philosophy

Prioritize movement and close-to-mid-range add clear. A fast Major-kill option helps open the side lanes, but there is no boss damage requirement.

The Crux and swinging prisons

After the portal, cross the moving prisons one at a time. The first Deepsight node is here: land on the first swinging prison, turn back toward the portal arrival ledge, and inspect the underside of that ledge.

Portico - Tomb Ships and Hidden Chest 1

Treat the front of a Tomb Ship as the direction it is traveling. Ride near the middle of the deck, reset that observer frame after every transfer, and jump only after the next ship has fully materialized.

Main ship route

Hidden Chest 1 handoff

1. Clear the large exit ledge and find the separate ship that crosses the final gap. Leave one Guardian on each circular plate at the two ends of its departure ledge.
2. The other four board the ship. As it approaches the wall barrier, look left in the ship’s direction of travel.
3. Before passing through the barrier, jump left onto the jutting diagonal support and walk up it to the opening in the wall.
4. Enter the opened chest room and loot Hidden Chest 1. The second Deepsight node is above this doorway.
5. Continue to the destination side. Two of the first riders stand on the matching plates there.
6. The destination plates reopen the route. The original two holders board the next ship, take the same left-wall detour, and loot the chest.

Quick reference

Two teams of three rotate through the left and right Totems. A Brand holder earns Deathsinger’s Power from kills, a Claimer takes the expiring Brand, and the relieved holder deposits at center. The sealed door opens at 200 total Power.

Orientation and roles

From rally facing the sealed door, the left Totem room is left and the right Totem room is right. The center deposit plate sits before the door. Each side’s balcony contains a Wizard; defeating it allows the Blightguard Knight to appear and drop Brand Claimer.

Standard walkthrough

1. Split into two teams of three. Name each side’s rotation A, B, and C before anyone takes a Brand.
2. Player A takes the side’s Brand and moves into that Totem room. Stand close enough to stabilize the Totem and remain protected by the Brand aura.
3. Kill enemies while holding the Brand to gain Deathsinger’s Power. There is no 10-stack cap; ten is only a common strategy target. The visible 30-second Brand timer owns the handoff, so call both the timer and current Power.
4. Player B kills the side-balcony Wizard. Kill the Blightguard that follows, pick up Brand Claimer, and move directly toward the current holder.
5. Interact before the Brand reaches zero. Player B becomes the new holder; Player A retains the Power earned during the previous hold.
6. Player A returns to the center plate and remains there until every stack has deposited at two stacks per pulse. Do not leave when only part of the total has drained.
7. After depositing, Player A moves to the balcony and becomes the next Claimer behind Player C. The repeating job order is Totem, center deposit, balcony Claimer, then Totem again.
8. Both sides continue independently. Call center Ogres or Champions early so a high-stack depositor is not blocked from the plate.
9. When the shared total reaches 200, the door opens. Stabilize both rooms and clear remaining enemies before advancing.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - The Grass Is Always Greener

A Guardian may not take the same Brand type twice in a row. After depositing, cross to the opposite balcony before becoming Claimer again. A player who last held Weaver must next take Unraveler; a player who last held Unraveler must next take Weaver. Call each player’s previous Brand when assigning the next pickup.

Permanent Triumph - Overzealous

Never allow more than one Guardian near either Totem. Keep the incoming Claimer in the poison lane while the current holder leaves the Totem and meets them away from its radius. Leave enough timer for that travel, and do not let the incoming player crowd the Totem before the holder departs.

Loadout philosophy

Bring strong isolated survivability, fast add clear, and a reliable Major-kill option for each balcony. On Master, place an appropriate Champion answer on both sides and near center rather than relying on one player to cover the whole room.

Quick reference

Clear three lanes, solve the Left-Middle-Right glyph sequence, and use Brand of the Initiate to damage Warpriest. Two Brand Claimer transfers extend each damage phase. The Oculus then destroys one Monolith used as shelter.

Orientation and glyph reading

From rally facing Warpriest, call the plates Left, Middle, and Right. Each plate has a matching Monolith. Keep those names even when the damage team moves.

1. Middle steps on briefly to begin the read and checks the backs of the Left and Right Monoliths.
2. If Left glows, Left is first. If Right glows, Right is first. If neither side glows, Middle is first.
3. Middle steps off. The first plate steps on and remains on. That player checks the other Monoliths and calls the glowing second plate.
4. The remaining plate is third. Step all three in the called order; do not let an earlier plate step off before the sequence completes.

Roles

Standard walkthrough

1. Step the plates to start, then clear the three add lanes. Kill the Major Knights that end the wave.
2. Perform the four-step glyph read above. The third plate receives Brand of the Initiate.
3. The Brand holder moves to the planned damage position. Everyone who is dealing damage stands inside the visible aura.
4. Claimer 1 finds and kills the first Blightguard on a side that did not grant the initial Brand. Do not collect Brand Claimer until the route and timing are ready.
5. The holder calls the visible timer. At roughly 3 to 5 seconds, Claimer 1 interacts and takes the Brand; the old holder remains inside the renewed aura.
6. Claimer 2 repeats with the second Blightguard. The team moves with the active Brand if the transfer changes position.
7. When the final Brand expires, stop damage. The caller names one surviving Monolith, and the entire team breaks line of sight behind it.
8. The Oculus consumes that Monolith. Return to lane positions, solve the next glyph order, and use a different surviving Monolith after the next damage phase.
9. Kill Warpriest before the fourth Oculus resolves without cover.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Devious Thievery

Do not hold Brand Claimer for more than five seconds. Kill the Blightguard early if useful, but leave the pickup on the ground. Move the current Brand aura toward the pickup, collect Claimer only when the holder is within interaction range, and steal immediately.

Permanent Triumph - Brand Buster

No Guardian may obtain the Brand again until every other Guardian has held it. Treat the initial Brand and each Claimer transfer as one slot in a six-player queue. Use Players 1, 2, and 3 during damage phase 1, then Players 4, 5, and 6 during phase 2 before anyone repeats.

Loadout philosophy

Use stable ranged damage because the aura and Claimers may move. Claimers need mobility and fast Major deletion; the main group needs survival and damage support that remains effective inside the aura. Plan the Monolith shelter order before the pull.

Quick reference

Two Gaze holders alternate Golgoroth’s attention while four pool players advance through six Pools of Reclaimed Light. The pool grants the damage benefit; the Gaze holder turns Golgoroth so the pool team can shoot the exposed abdomen.

Pool and observer convention

Stand on the upper entry side facing Golgoroth. The six ceiling orbs form three left-right pairs from the entry side toward the boss side. Number them in a shallow zigzag: Pool 1 is the entry-side orb chosen by the team, Pool 2 is the opposite entry-side orb, Pools 3 and 4 are the middle pair, and Pools 5 and 6 are the boss-side pair. If the team starts on the opposite side, mirror the same alternating pattern and keep the announced numbering for the entire pull.

Roles

Standard walkthrough

1. Shoot the central opening orb to begin. Clear the first Hive wave and confirm the six-pool sequence.
2. Gaze Holder A moves behind Golgoroth and breaks the yellow weak point on his back. The HUD shows Golgoroth’s Gaze and its timer.
3. The pool team shoots down Pool 1. Enter the Pool of Reclaimed Light together and damage Golgoroth’s abdomen.
4. Holder A stands on the side opposite the active pool so Golgoroth turns away from the damage team. Shoot the tracking Axion bolts before they reach the holder.
5. One pool player may receive Unstable Light. That player calls it, leaves the stack before detonation, and moves beside Golgoroth without crossing the team’s firing lane. The blast damages Golgoroth and nearby teammates but does not harm its bearer.
6. As A counts down, Holder B positions behind Golgoroth on the opposite side. Before zero, B breaks the back weak point and takes Gaze.
7. The pool team drops Pool 2 and moves together. Continue alternating through Pools 3, 4, 5, and 6 while the holders swap each time.
8. After the final pool or a failed Gaze chain, leave the lower arena and clear the next add wave.
9. Every unused ceiling pool adds a mark to the Tablet of Ruin when that damage cycle ends. Marks persist between cycles; six total marks wipe the team. A clean six-pool cycle leaves no unused-pool penalty.
10. Repeat until Golgoroth is defeated.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Gaze Amaze

Whenever another Guardian takes Golgoroth’s Gaze, the Guardian losing it must be standing inside the active Pool of Reclaimed Light. At about five seconds, the current holder enters the pool and calls “holder in pool”; the next holder then takes Gaze. The final holder may let the last timer expire without entering a pool because no one takes Gaze from them.

Permanent Triumph - Taking Turns

No Guardian may taunt Golgoroth a second time until all six Guardians have held Gaze. Assign one person per pool in the announced order. The other five may damage from the pool when they are not the active holder.

Loadout philosophy

Gaze holders need precise burst for the back weak point, projectile control, and personal survival. Pool players need sustained damage and enough awareness to find Unstable Light. The Pool supplies the damage benefit; taking Gaze turns the boss and exposes the safe firing geometry.

Quick reference

Golgoroth’s Cellar and Hidden Chest 2

Use entrance-side and exit-side as the stable frame. From the maze entrance facing forward, call the near edge entrance-side, the far edge exit-side, and retain left and right from that view. Five Guardians find one plate each; a sixth coordinates from the central chest door.

Finding the five plates

1. Clear Thrall and post one Guardian at each plate. Keep the sixth player at the central locked chest door.
2. Everyone stands completely off their plate before the sequence begins.
3. The coordinator calls entrance-right, exit-left, entrance-left, elevated middle-left, then exit-right.
4. One Guardian steps on per call and remains there. A correct activation produces a confirming sound and green response; a wrong response means the sequence must restart.
5. After Plate 5 confirms, the central door opens. The sixth Guardian loots Hidden Chest 2, then the plate holders regroup.

Transept - piston wall

The piston wall is a traversal, not a combat encounter. Face the direction of travel and call each safe ledge before moving. A piston is lethal while extending; wait until it retracts, cross behind its face, and avoid standing directly behind another Guardian who may be launched backward.

Main plate route

1. Follow the ledges along the left wall and move through the piston gaps to the first stable pressure plate.
2. Leave one Guardian on that plate. It reveals a temporary platform route for the rest of the team.
3. The other five cross the revealed route, continue through the next piston section, and place one Guardian on the next plate.
4. Repeat the pattern, leaving one Guardian at each active plate while the remaining players advance to the next.
5. The last plate makes the completed platform chain permanent. The earlier holders leave their plates, cross the stable route, and regroup.
6. Continue upward through the remaining piston ledges to the final doorway.

Hidden Chest 3 text route

1. Follow the normal piston-wall route until the first stable freestanding platform with a pressure plate.
2. Do not cross to the next main platform. From the plate, face the nearby central support pillar and look up-right for a small ledge protruding from its strut.
3. Jump to that ledge and raise the Ghost. The Ghost reveals the first set of otherwise invisible floating platforms.
4. Follow the revealed platforms upward and around the support until the chain ends.
5. Turn right to a second small ledge on the strut. From there, turn back toward the wall and jump to the larger solid shelf.
6. Raise the Ghost again to reveal the last invisible crossing. Traverse it, turn back toward the opening in the wall, and jump through.
7. Hidden Chest 3 is at the back of the room. The seventh Deepsight node is beside the chest.
8. Return to the main route and continue to the final door. The eighth Deepsight node is on the ceiling directly above that door.

Traversal recovery

Build three ascendant paths. The third Torn runner gains Brand Claimer, steals the aura from the non-singing Daughter who is shooting the team, and makes that same Daughter vulnerable. The fireteam damages the aura donor while sheltered from the other Daughter’s song.

Orientation and roles

Stand at rally facing the Daughters and Oryx’s platform. L1 is entry-left, R1 entry-right, L2 Oryx-end left, and R2 Oryx-end right. The Daughter surrounded by the active song effect is the singer and wipe timer. The other Daughter is actively shooting and carries the aura the standard strategy steals.

Standard walkthrough

1. Kill the four plate Knights. One Daughter begins the two-minute song and one Guardian becomes Torn Between Dimensions.
2. Identify the softly glowing starting plate. Its owner steps on and remains there.
3. From the starting plate, look above the other corners for the floating objective. Call the plate beneath it as the destination; that owner steps on.
4. The Torn Guardian starts on the first plate, follows the visible ascendant platforms, and touches the first Piece of the Blightguard. After the pickup, both plate owners step off.
5. Repeat for a second piece, again replacing any plate owner who becomes Torn.
6. Repeat a third time. The third runner receives Brand Claimer instead of another ordinary piece.
7. Identify the Daughter who is shooting rather than singing. The Claimer moves beneath that Daughter and interacts to steal her aura.
8. Stealing the aura removes that Daughter’s protection and creates the Aura of Immortality around the Claimer. Group in the aura and damage the same Daughter the aura came from.
9. Stay inside the aura when the other Daughter finishes her song. If the target survives, repeat the three-path cycle.
10. Once one Daughter dies, kill the remaining Daughter in the next damage phase. With no second Daughter available as an aura donor after that cycle, another survival loop is not reliable.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Under Construction

Across all three ascendant routes before a damage phase, a non-Torn Guardian may not stand on the same plate twice. After every piece, record which players used which two plates. If either plate is called again, assign a player who has not yet used that plate during the current three-route cycle. Because Torn selection is random, use both floaters and cross-corner substitutions; the caller tracks player-plus-plate history until Brand Claimer is collected. Older one-route interpretations predate Bungie’s challenge fix.

Permanent Triumph - The Floor Is Lava

A Torn Between Dimensions Guardian may never touch the ground. Because the selection is random, all six Guardians remain on raised geometry before every selection. The runner uses plate tops, central blocks, and visible ascendant platforms only, then remains elevated until the next selection. Touching the arena floor fails the Triumph even if the Guardian survives.

Loadout philosophy

Every player can become Torn, so avoid a plan that depends on one stationary damage role. Bring fast corner-Knight clear and short-window ranged burst. Preserve ammunition for the second Daughter once the first is killed.

Quick reference

Oryx combines the Threshold plate route with four Light-Eater Ogres, four Corrupted Light bombs, a Vessel carrying the Aura of Immortality, and a chest damage window. One of two survival intermissions follows each ordinary damage phase.

Roles

Ogre, bomb, and Knight pairing

Each corner owner kills the Ogre and detonates the bomb at that corner. For Knight control, use a local-spawn policy: each owner kills the Knight that appears at their own corner, even though that Knight is paired to the bomb diagonally opposite. The Ogre killer calls the diagonal spawn immediately.

Standard walkthrough

1. Approach the black orb to start. Oryx moves to a corner and slams its plate; that corner is the first plate for route 1.
2. A random Guardian becomes Torn. The first plate owner steps on, looks above the remaining corners, and calls the destination plate beneath the floating objective.
3. The destination owner steps on. Torn begins at the first plate, crosses the ascendant path, and takes the relic piece. Both owners step off after confirmation.
4. Repeat two more routes, using each newly glowing starting plate. Replace any corner owner who becomes Torn.
5. Light-Eater Ogres spawn near the four corners as the routes progress. Kill each Ogre in a controlled position; its death creates that corner’s Corrupted Light bomb.
6. Each Ogre’s death spawns a Light-Eater Knight diagonally across the room. That Knight runs toward the bomb left by its paired Ogre. After killing an Ogre, look across the diagonal immediately and call the Knight; kill it before it consumes the bomb.
7. On route 3, Torn gains Brand Claimer. Find the Vessel of Oryx moving through center, steal its Aura of Immortality, and kill the now-vulnerable Vessel.
8. The Aura holder settles at the planned center position. Each bomb Guardian moves to the edge of their assigned Corrupted Light but does not enter yet.
9. When the feed says Oryx calls upon the Darkness, enter the bomb. Stay until the feed confirms that Guardian detonated Corrupted Light, then return to the center Aura immediately.
10. The planned bombs detonate while the team is protected, stunning Oryx. Attack the bright chest weak point until it closes. Four bombs produce the longest ordinary damage window; fewer may be used for a Triumph setup.
11. Resolve whichever intermission begins. The encounter can present either the moving bomb barrage or the Shade of Oryx; do not assume a guaranteed alternating order.
12. Repeat the route, Ogre, Knight, Vessel, bomb, and damage cycle until Oryx reaches final stand.

Intermissions

Final stand

Oryx returns to the Oryx end near L2 and R2. Two final Light-Eater Ogres spawn at those corners and leave two more bombs; no Light-Eater Knights accompany them.

1. Kill the L2 and R2 Ogres and note which Guardians earned the final blows for Hands Off.
2. Damage the open chest immediately.
3. When Oryx begins the wipe, one assigned Guardian detonates the first Oryx-end bomb, confirms the feed, and returns to damage.
4. If Oryx begins the wipe again, detonate the second bomb and finish the chest.

Failure states and recovery

Weekly Challenge - Hands Off

A Guardian may not kill the same location’s Light-Eater Ogre or Light-Eater Knight more than once during the entire encounter. Record final blows by corner and rotate killers after every damage phase. The two L2 and R2 Ogres in final stand count, so reserve eligible killers for those locations. Avoid uncontrolled splash damage near another player’s assigned target.

Permanent Triumph - Overwhelming Power

Push Oryx from full health to final stand during one ordinary damage round. The required bomb count varies with team damage; accumulated bombs only lengthen that single window. The conservative maximum-duration setup is 1-1-1-13: in each of the first three rounds, detonate one bomb only to stop the wipe and do not damage Oryx, preserving the other three. In round 4, detonate the nine saved bombs plus the four new bombs and cross the final-stand threshold before the window ends. Thirteen is insurance, not a mechanical requirement; confirm every intended saved bomb still exists before committing.

Loadout philosophy

Bring fast Ogre and Knight deletion, reliable long-range precision damage, and movement that reaches a plate or bomb without crossing another player’s lane. Oryx is a large distant target; stable damage and clean bomb execution matter more than a fragile theoretical maximum.

Quick reference

Guaranteed Deepsight rune puzzle

After opening the Hall of Souls portal but before entering it, move beneath the portal platform and face back toward the starting Court. Record the three runes displayed there. Nine rune nodes exist throughout the raid; activate only the three matching the panel.

Shoot a node once to turn its rune on and again to turn it off. A wipe can reset a node inside the affected encounter, so recheck it. When the third correct rune is active, the feed states that the runes accept the offering. Remain in the same raid instance and defeat Oryx to create the additional Deepsight chest.

Touch of Malice and catalyst

Touch of Malice is the King’s Fall Exotic scout rifle. Within King’s Fall, its initial random drop comes from Oryx. Under the post-Monument of Triumph rules, repeated Oryx clears can be farmed for that drop; older one-chance-per-class guidance is obsolete. The catalyst is earned through three four-relic relays followed by the Basketball Court sequence. At least one Guardian who owns Touch of Malice must equip it and activate each plate.

Shared relay protocol

Plate activation spawns the four relics but does not begin the carry timer. Locate and call all four before anyone picks one up, then place one runner beside each relic. Count down the four pickups together; the first pickup starts a timer of roughly two minutes. At the altar, all four carriers wait until everyone is present, then count down the four deposits. If the relay fails, let the relics reset, reactivate the plate, and scout again because locations can change between attempts.

Relay 1 - Hall of Souls

1. After completing the opening, stand at the portal platform and face back toward the starting Court. Enter the side building on the left and locate the catalyst plate.
2. The Touch owner stands on the plate with the weapon equipped. Four relics appear around the opening Court.
3. Split the search into left outer, left inner, right inner, and right outer zones. Call all four visible relics, place a runner beside each, and count down the pickups.
4. Carry the relics to the central deposit statue behind the portal structure. Wait for all four runners, count down the deposits, and confirm the feed message that a statue hums with dark energy before entering the portal.

Relay 2 - Golgoroth’s Cellar

1. Open Hidden Chest 2 with the five-plate sequence. The catalyst plate is inside or immediately behind that chest room.
2. Activate the plate, then split the maze into entrance, left, right, and exit search zones. Call all four relics without picking them up and place one runner beside each.
3. Count down the pickups. All four runners take their relics toward the second-to-last pit before the exit hallway.
4. Drop into the altar room within that pit, regroup at the statue, and count down the four deposits. Confirm the dark-energy message.

Relay 3 - Transept

1. Complete the main platform chain toward the exit. The catalyst plate is at the far end near the base of the final climb and the beginning of the second hidden bridge.
2. Have the Touch owner activate the plate, then split the traversal into four search bands from the exit side back toward the entrance. Call all four relics without picking them up and place one runner beside each.
3. Count down the pickups and carry all four relics back toward the entrance side rather than through the final door.
4. Raise the Ghost to reveal the floating platforms leading to the elevated altar. Ascend, regroup all four carriers, count down the deposits, and confirm the third dark-energy message; the door beside the altar then opens the Basketball Court.

Basketball Court and completion

Inside the Court, the Touch owner crosses the activation plate. Six relics appear around the launchers. Use the launchers, grab relics, and repeatedly dunk them at the central target until the catalyst awards; simultaneous deposits are not required in this final room. Every Guardian seeking the catalyst must already own Touch of Malice; only the plate activator is required to keep it equipped. Afterward, complete the catalyst’s 700-combatant objective. As of July 31, 2026, the completed catalyst grants Precision Instrument; older references that name Rapid Hit are obsolete.

Current weapons and crafting

All six Legendary weapons share the Runneth Over origin trait. Update 9.7.0 refreshed their perk pools. Crafted copies can upgrade at weapon levels 11, 25, and 30 to Gear Tiers 2, 4, and 5, unlocking the current enhanced trait, component, and origin-trait benefits. Harrowed weapons are King’s Fall Adepts. Featured Master Challenges explicitly guarantee them; outside a featured week, inspect the live activity reward preview before promising an Adept. Once acquired, Harrowed weapons can be purchased from the Master vendor for 25 Spoils. Pattern progress on the base family continues to improve additional-trait behavior on its Harrowed counterpart.

Current raid rewards

Historically, hidden chests drew from King’s Fall gear already unlocked for the account and could include legacy raid mods or Spoils. The current featured reward table supersedes those historical expectations and explicitly awards Tier 5 armor under a weekly lockout. Bungie does not document nonfeatured hidden-chest quality with equal precision, so inspect the live reward preview rather than assuming.

Armor and legacy raid mods

The current Armor 3.0 King’s Fall set is Oryx’s Memory. Its two-piece Iron Sharpens Iron bonus grants additional ammo progress after final blows on Guardians and powerful combatants. Its four-piece Ascendant Escape bonus makes the wearer invisible the next time their shields break after a powerful-combatant final blow. Update 9.7.0.2 reduced the two-piece Special-ammo progress bonus by 70 percent and Heavy-ammo progress bonus by 75 percent.

Armor 3.0 pieces do not accept the old raid mods. Legacy King’s Fall Armor 2.0 can be focused from Hawthorne for 10 Spoils per piece after acquisition and supports the eight legacy raid mods: Mortal Medicine, Old Gods’ Boon, Run for Your Life, and Kinetic, Arc, Solar, Stasis, and Void versions of Will of Light. Use the in-game socket text; the apparent ninth database entry is the empty socket, not a ninth mod.

The current Kingslayer seal contains 21 records. Neither Touch of Malice nor its catalyst is required for the collection badge or title.

Optional and drop-rate records

Current records outside the 21-record seal include the Stasis, Strand, flawless, and all-pattern objectives. Regicide is a historical first-day record and is not obtainable. Crux of the King, the flawless record, adds three initial Touch of Malice drop boosts. One True King, each of the five encounter Challenges, and each of the five permanent encounter Triumphs from Basilica through Oryx adds one. Controlled Dunks is not part of that drop-rate group.

Fill this before the first pull. Stable names and corner ownership matter more than optimizing every role around one player.

Hall of Souls and Portico

Basilica

Warpriest

Golgoroth

Daughters and Oryx

Secrets and catalyst

This edition separates stable encounter behavior from current activity and reward state. The live Director, Journey screen, item tooltip, and Bungie definitions take precedence when a later update changes a date-sensitive claim.

Primary current sources

• [Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0 - raid rewards, crafted raid weapons, Master rewards, and vendor behavior](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/destiny_update_9_7_0)
• [Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0.2 - King’s Fall Master availability fix and Oryx’s Memory tuning](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/destiny_update_9_7_0_2)
• [Bungie Dev Insights - crafted and Adept tier upgrading, refreshed perks, Champion counters, and Touch of Malice catalyst change](https://www.bungie.net/7/en-us/News/Article/dev_insights_weapons_artifacts_focusing_preview)
• [Bungie Abilities and Armor Preview - Armor 3.0 raid-mod boundary and legacy armor focusing](https://origin-static01.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/dev_insights_abilities_armor_preview)
• [Destiny 2 Update 6.3.0 - post-launch Daughters Challenge correction](https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/destiny2_update_630)
• [Bungie Monument of Triumph support guide - current evergreen activity boundary](https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/49848696022548-Destiny-2-Monument-of-Triumph-and-Update-9-7-0-Support-Guide)
• [Destiny2Team Monument of Triumph announcement - repeat-clear Exotic farming](https://x.com/Destiny2Team/status/2060474973257658702)

Independent mechanics cross-checks

• [Shacknews King’s Fall raid guide](https://www.shacknews.com/article/131935/kings-fall-raid-guide-destiny-2)
• [GameSpot King’s Fall encounter and hidden-chest guide](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2-kings-fall-raid-guide-how-to-beat-every-encounter-and-open-every-secret-chest/1100-6506998/)
• [Destiny 2 Wiki King’s Fall mechanics reference](https://d2.destinygamewiki.com/wiki/King%27s_Fall)
• [Destinypedia King’s Fall mechanics reference](https://www.destinypedia.com/King%27s_Fall)
• [Shacknews Deepsight rune locations](https://www.shacknews.com/article/132062/destiny-2-oryx-chest-symbols)
• [Gamepur text routes for all three hidden chests](https://www.gamepur.com/guides/all-kings-fall-hidden-chest-locations-in-destiny-2)
• [Shacknews Kingslayer and encounter-Triumph reference](https://www.shacknews.com/article/132279/kings-fall-kingslayer-title-destiny-2)
• [Current King’s Fall title definition](https://www.light.gg/db/legend/616318467/titles/2613142083/kings-fall/)

Material conflict resolutions

Evidence limits

Mechanics and routes were compared across both local drafts and multiple unrelated walkthroughs. Reward, armor, crafting, title, and catalyst claims were checked against Bungie’s July 2026 state and live definitions. Community-observed timers remain approximate, and the HUD is authoritative. Encounter drop associations are omitted where current primary metadata cannot distinguish a vendor bundle from an encounter pool. Draft media is research-only; this release contains no visual dependency.