During the Act IIRevenantstory missions inDestiny 2, you must complete the"Captive Memories"quest to progress. Although a shorter mission, you have to defeat a powerful and familiar foe from the past to move forward in your pursuit of the character Fikrul. With a complex puzzle also standing in your way, it can be easy to get stuck at different points during this quest.
TheRevenantepisode inDestiny 2brings new mechanics and story content for you to explore, including missions like"Captive Memories.“Finishing this quest could reward you with unique loot, but you may have to farm it multiple times to get what you want. Thankfully, this mission is much shorter than past seasonal raids for other DLC, so you should be able to farm it without problems using moderate builds.
Door Puzzle Solution
Follow The Right Sequence
When you first start"Captive Memories,“your initial objective is toEscape Lockup once you enter a prison through an airlock. This comes after you speak to Variks when you go through a small cave leading to a large room with dim purple lighting. This area has a massive machine in its center, as well as several terminals marked with strange Fallen symbols that make up the area’s puzzle.
Various enemies will spawn in the Lockup room the moment you enter it, including a miniboss called a Subjugator. This reflects the beginning of the"Tomb of Elders"activity inDestiny 2you may have done before.
The doors in front of each terminal are locked by electricity, preventing you from escaping the room. By jumping up, you cansee several symbols on the ground in front of the machine in a specific order. You need tointeract with each terminal in the same orderto disable the electricity on the doors and allow your character to escape.
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Whenever you interact with the right terminal in the sequence, you’ll get a message saying"The hymn resonates throughout the chamber.“Activating the wrong terminal will give you"The hymn fades"as a message instead. Interact with the doors in the following order to solve the puzzle:
Once the puzzle is completed, go through the Back Door andfollow your quest marker to continue the mission. The next sections of"Captive Memories"are combat encounters that introduce anew feature inDestiny 2named"Devouring Essence.“Similar to raids, you’ll want to learn what this mechanic does before you rush into a fight.
How To Beat The Abomination Boss
Destroy The Barrier Protecting Your Enemy
Following the path out of the puzzle room will lead you to a combat encounter against The Abomination, another mini-boss in this mission.“Devouring Essence"is applied to your character the moment this starts,killing you instantly after 43 seconds have passed. There are ways to cancel or reset this timer, but not in the ways you might think.
The Abomination, also known as theRevenant Baron,is immune to all damage when you start the fight. However, you candisable the mini-boss’s immunity by defeating its three High Revenant Elite enemies scattered throughout the boss arena. Destroying the Abomination’s protection immediately makes it vulnerable, allowing you to kill it quickly with a barrage of your best weapons.
Killing a High Revenant protecting the Abomination willreset the timer on the"Devouring Essence"debuff, giving you more time to take out another one and reset the timer again.
Going forward from the Abomination will lead you further into the caves underneath the first Lockup area. From here, you’ll have to fight some more enemies along the way, including another Subjugator mini-boss.Continue following your quest markerand claim whatever loot you can get from these encounters, as you may get lucky with aseasonal Exotic inDestiny 2.
How To Beat Skolas
Defeat A Reborn Opponent
The final arena you arrive in during the"Captive Memories"quest will see the resurrection of Skolas, the Fallen Kell fromDestiny’sHouse of Wolvesexpansion back in 2015. This former boss has come back with a vengeance, seeking to once again eliminate your Guardian with renewed aggression.Skolas has a lot of health, making them a tougher enemy than the Abomination to take down.
Skolas' fight also features two small, raid-like mechanics. Youare not allowed to respawn freely against Skolas, limiting how reckless you’re able to be throughout the encounter. In addition, Skolas will try to activate devices called Splinter Mines throughout the arena. If Skolas manages to detonate a Splinter Mine, the entire place explodes, taking you out automatically and forcing you to start the fight over.
Some of the best strategies for fighting Skolas include:
Standing in the large, white circular spaces under Splinter Mines will eventually deactivate them. Skolas will attempt to detonate one when they reach around 60% health, so make sure to focus on this quickly as you keep pressuring the Fallen Kell. When Skolas reaches around half health, they willbecome immune to all damage and apply the"Devouring Essence"debuffto you in the same way as The Abomination did.
The solution here is the same as in the Abomination fight, as you need todestroy the High Revenants in the arenato disable Skolas' immunity barrier. Defeating High Revenants will reset your debuff timer, which is still 43 seconds before you die instantly. Once Skolas' immortality is disabled, they will try to activate another Splinter Mine at around 10% health, which can be disarmed through your previous method.
Keep putting up the pressure against Skolas throughout this fight to tear through the boss' enormous health bar. As long as you keep minions from hurting you, disable Splinter Mines, and take out High Revenants fast, you should have no trouble winning this battle. A brief bit of dialogue from Variks and Mithrax will end the"Captive Memories"mission inDestiny 2, allowing you to continue the Episode: Revenant Act 2 storyline.
