Destiny Signature Series Strategy Guide MOON

The Sword of Crota

Level 7 Story / Archer’s Line, Ocean of Storms, Moon

Enemy Races: Fallen, Hive

Suggested Damage Types: Arc, Solar

Rewards: XP Bonus, Armor Upgrade

Missions Unlocked: Shrine of Oryx, The Summoning Pits Strike

Objective: Get to the Hellmouth

Location: Archer’s Line

Jump on your Sparrow and drive to Hellmouth, up the hill and left from the landing zone.

Objective: Find the Swarm Prince

Location: Hellmouth

Make your way around Hellmouth until you find a group of Acolytes and the Major Knight himself—Banuk, Ur Prince.

Objective: Face the Swarm Prince

Being a Major, the Prince has extra health and fires his boomer more often. Take him down along with his minions.

Objective: Track the Sword

Continue through Hellmouth and enter the Hive compound ahead, where three Knights protect the entrance and bombard you with explosive shots. Use the cover in the area as you finish them off.

Objective: Locate the Sword

Location: The Gatehouse

Descend into the Gatehouse as it becomes a Darkness Zone. Remove the Knight and Acolytes as you continue deeper into the complex. Turn the corner into the final area, where Thrall, Cursed Thrall, Acolytes, and a Wizard occupy the room.

Objective: Slaughter the Hive

Make sure the Cursed Thrall do not get too close as you clear the way to the Sword of Crota.

Objective: Claim the Sword of Crota

Step up to the sword and grab this relic to lure out the Swarm Princes. Picking up the Sword of Crota replaces your gun and super ability. It is an extremely powerful melee weapon that can tear through weaker enemies.

Sword Controls

Button Press	Move
Right Bumper (RB) / R1	Quick Attack
Right Trigger (RT) / R2	Hard Attack
RB, RB / R1, R1	2-hit combo
RB, RB, RB / R1, R1, R1	3-hit combo
RB, RT / R1, R2	2-hit hard combo
RB, RB, RT / R1, R1, R2	3-hit hard combo
RB (in air), RT (in air) / R1 (in air), R2 (in air)	2-hit air combo
RB + RT / R1 + R2 (with full super meter)	Super (can be cancelled and linked into any combo)

Objective:Kill the Swarm Princes

The initial wave of Hive gives you a chance to get used to wielding the sword with only Thrall and Acolytes. Try the two attacks and various combos as you dispose of them. The next wave introduces the first of three Princes, Merok, from a pool of darkness at the far end of the room. The Princes are Major Knights, carrying big weapons of their own. Watch out! These foes have a better chance of going berserk than the regular Knights. If available, use the Sword of Crota's super attack on the boss and use the weaker Hive units to build it back up.

Jump up to the surrounding balconies to escape when taking on too much damage. When attacking the Knights, go in for a quick combo attack and immediately dodge out of the way. Merok is joined by a group of Thrall. With the first Knight out of the way, Dakoor, Yul Prince, emerges with a group of Acolytes. The third and final Prince, Garok, has a crew of Thrall and Acolytes helping out. Finish him off to complete the mission.

Turn in the Blade Shards to your class Vanguard to gain a choice of three pieces of armor.