It’s July 7 and there is a newDestiny 2Season of Arrivals updateavailable. Starting today, Season Pass owners can finally acquire the Ruinous Effigy exotic trace rifle. Here are the steps.
Exotic trace rifles are some of the more unique weapons inDestiny 2and each of them comes with its own gimmick. The Ruinous Effigy is probably one of the more outlandish ones as it turns defeated enemies into usable artifact weapons.
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Missive
To start the “Growth” quest chain, players will have to speak with thePrismatic Recaster next to the Drifterat the Tower Annex. The vendor will offer the “Means to an End” pursuit too, if the player doesn’t have it in their quest log already, as it is needed for the next step.
Gift
Players then have to completethe weekly “Interference” mission on Io, which can be accessed only after doing the “Means to an End” pursuit. This week’s objective is to do Contact public events, which are now available on Titan as well.
Pendulum
The following step is a scavenger hunt. Using the Ghost’s navigation mode, players need to spot a total of 25 Calcified Light Fragments across Mercury, Mars, Titan, and Io. These will be highlighted on the player’s HUD. At the same time, 15 of Savathun’s Marionettes have to be killed on Io and Titan to progress to the next step. These are Unstoppable Cabal Phalanx Champions.
These minibosses usually spawn on the zonethe Contact public eventisn’t in. Search for and kill elite and boss-type Taken enemies, or destroy Taken Blights (shaped as large translucent domes) to draw out the Marionettes. Alternatively, they can also be found at the end of a Heroic Contact public event. Equip Unstoppable weapon mods or use exotics like Devil’s Ruin or Leviathan’s Breath if solo.
Feed
Now, players need to play someGambit and/or Reckoning. Defeating invaders or getting kills as an invader in Gambit as well as running higher tiers of Reckoning grants additional progress. This step also requires getting Void kills and precision multi-kills. Using a well-rolled Void pulse rifle could be a good choice to use in this section.
Shape
After all that work, players can open their “Gift” at the Umbral Decoder next to the Drifter and get their Ruinous Effigy. Players should keep in mind that this quest is only available duringSeason of Arrivalsand that this weapon is needed to destroy Savathun’s Eyes scattered throughout the system.
Destiny 2is available now on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One, with PS5 and Xbox Series X versions also in development.
