Crota's End Hard Mode
| 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.
- Players can use weapons like Red Death and SUROS Regime or armor like Light Beyond Nemesis, Apotheosis Veil and Mask of the Third Man to restore health.
A Hollowed Wizard will spawn after kill both of the Boomers in the Tower. Players should either leave 1 of the Boomer alive or kill the Wizard as quickly as possible when it spawns.
Each time a Swordbearer spawns a Gatekeeper will also spawn. Gatekeepers are immune to all damage besides the Sword attacks. Players can ignore the Gatekeepers and focus the sword hits on Crota. While these Gatekeepers will not follow the players up the stairs, players cannot go back down to the basement.
Crota enrages when he reaches 15% health, you need to take down his shield again.
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.
