Defeat the Choral Mind and get your hands on Choir of One with this in-depth mission walkthrough.
These upgrades come from hidden chests found in the Encore Exotic mission.
Most hidden chests unlock some sort of intrinsic upgrade or a new Catalyst perk.
Here is where you’re free to find every hidden chest in Destiny 2’s Encore mission.
Some entries were also slightly rewritten for clarity.
The hidden chests spawn in both difficulty modes, provided you’ve completed the above prerequisites.
Completing any Encore variantis the first step.
Encore has three versions that will presumably rotate each week.
You simply need to complete the mission once on any difficulty.
Specimen: NES007is unlocked during the Encore activity and cannot be missed.
You must complete this quest in its entirety.
We suggest playing seasonal Battlegrounds orBreach Executableto get this quest done as quickly as possible.
These quests are time-gated and will slowly unlock as additional Encore variants release.
This will lead you to an isolated chamber surrounded in dormant portals.
Interact with the Vex data pillar in the center of the room to start the puzzle.
Your fireteam will seefour Vex cubesappear after a fairly long delay.
Another set will spawn shortly afterward.
Break the second set to spawn the chest.
Use these tips to obtain high-stat armor with excellent stat distributions.
Hidden Chest 2
Before the boss duo encounter.
Command Frame II
You must open Hidden Chest #1 for this chest to appear.
Travel through the next set of portals until you reach the start of the Encore mission.
If you still can’t find them, here are the locations we found the plates.
If you fail to break all five plates in 90 seconds, some enemies will spawn nearby.
Eliminate them and loop back and try.
Rending the boss' shield is a straightforward process.
These modules drop from slain Minotaur majors.
Deposit the module next to a portal to activate it.
Kill the smaller Minotaurs and launch the portals.Three cubes will be visible on the second floor.
Shoot whichever one has a smaller Vex cube beside it.If done correctly, the Minotaur boss will become vulnerable.
Remove 33% of its HP and repeat the process.
Completing this puzzle will unlock a new set of intrinsics for Choir of One.
A specimen will also spawn beside the chest (NES008).Be sure to grab it.
If you might’t find them, the Minotaurs spawn on the edges of the arena.
Kill all three and claim your new intrinsic upgrade.
Interact with the pillar and enter the portal.
Destroy all five capsules to unlock the Subsistence perk for Choir of One.
Activate the pylon, enter the portal, and use theleft portalexit to reach the new puzzle.
You should be in a narrow tunnel if you took the correct exit.
You’ll want to enter the portal that leads you to asquare-shaped cavernthat houses a small research facility.
Kill all the adds in the arena until they stop spawning.
You should haveone green Vex Nodeand anArc Cranium cannonwhen you’re done.
Dunk both nodes into adjacent plates and get blasting.
Specimen NES009 is found on a table next to the chest.Be sure to grab it.
Here is an in-depth breakdown of each Artifact perk added in Echoes, the first episode of Destiny 2.
