Crota's End Hard Mode

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Crota's End Hard Mode
Information
Type Raid
Location Ocean of Storms, Moon
Players 6
Tier 1 Level 30
Tier 2 Level 33
Description He waits in the dark below
See also: Crota's End

Crota's End Hard Mode is a level 33 Raid found in Ocean of Storms, Moon. The activity requires a group of 6 players. Crota's End Hard Mode is the Hard Mode version of Crota's End raid. The raid is released on January 21, 2015.

Walkthrough

Dead teammates cannot be revived.

Level 33 enemies.

Primary Weapons drop from all 4 stages.

Enemies flinch less from damage.

Stage 1: The Abyss

See also: The Abyss Strategy

Ogres and Cursed Thralls are Majors (Yellow Health bar). They take reduced damage.

Weight of Darkness stack faster than in the normal version. Players have to go faster.

One strategy is to ignore tougher enemies til end of the maze, then you can focus fire them down while waiting for the bridge to form.

Stage 2: The Bridge

See also: The Bridge Strategy

Annihilator Totems now periodically activate based on certain activities around them. It is necessary to get one of your teammates across the bridge so the player can run to the Totems when they activate.

After crossing the bridge, the player should stand behind a specific pillar to give them cover from Wizards, Ogres and other Enemies. It also allows the player to reach nearby Totems when they activate.

  • A player (Hunter) who can stealth is helpful.

Stage 3: Ir Yût, the Deathsinger

See also: Ir Yût, the Deathsinger Strategy

After entering the Room you will see a message "The Deathsinger is preparing her song." This phase lasts 1 minute 40 seconds. Then Deathsinger will perform the Liturgy for 30 seconds then wipe your fire team. You have a total of 2 minutes and 10 seconds to kill the 2 Wizards, 2 Shriekers and Ir Yût, the Deathsinger.

Stage 4: The Crota

See also: The Crota Strategy

Players should have Gjallarhorns if possible to take down Crota's shield as quickly as possible.

Chalice that restores health is no longer available.

Try to minimize health loss because you are not longer able to regenerate health.

Loot

Crota's End Loot

In Hard Mode, players will be obtain Primary Weapons that are unavailable in the normal mode of the raid. You will also able to obtain Crux of Crota, the item used to upgrade Eidolon Ally into Necrochasm. Additionally, players will have a higher chance of obtaining Raid Helmets than normal mode. Players will also able to get the ship Bane of Dark Gods and the shader Glowhoo.