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Destiny 2’sSeason of Defiance has a hidden Exotic quest for players to find.
Should you uncover and complete this mission, you’ll be given Vexcalibur, a Vex-themed Exotic Glaive.
Updated March 21, 2023, by Charles Burgar:Vexcalibur’s secrets have all been revealed.
Interact with a familiar friend inside to start the //NODE.OVRD.AVALON// Exotic mission.
These are labeled for the sake of convenience.
Everything beyond this point is a quest spoiler.
Vex Cube #1
After spawning in The Gulch, jump across the gap on your left.
You’ll find the cube floating above a Cabal terminal.
Vex Cube #2
From spawn, jump down to the underside of the highway.
You’ll find the cube floating above the road signs.
Vex Cube #6
Head to the southeast corner of the area.
Halfway up the dirt road, hop off your Sparrow and jump over to the small cluster of trees.
The Vex cube will be hiding in the middle of some fallen tree logs.
Interact with the friendly Harpy to start the mission.
The only modifier is a Power limiter,locking your Power level to 1,790. you might also bring two other players if you get stuck at any point.
The first part of this mission is a short jumping puzzle.
Drop down to the gravity lift below you to enter the zone.
Start the encounter by getting close to the Vex patrolling the area.
Right beside the Vex pillar is going to be a sequence of symbols.
Doing this three more times will spawn a small army of Vex at the opposite side of the room.
Clear them out to finish the encounter.
Pistons will attempt to push you off during this part.
Take it slow, only moving when a piston has just receded into the wall.
Defeat The Data Nullifier
Start the encounter by entering the gravity lift.
You’ll land next to a small group of Harpies floating beside a Hydra.
We highly recommend using your abilities and Heavy weaponnotably a Machine Gunto speed up this section.
After repeating this a second time, theData Nullifierwill spawn.
You must find ten and then 12 motes to avoid the next two wipe mechanics.
Enter The Node Core
Continue your descent into the Vex web link.
Run past the Data Nullifier’s spawn location to find the path forward.
The next section will require you to avoid another set of pistons before entering a gravity cannon.
When you reach a barrier, jump around it to progress.
The rest of the platforming section is rather straightforward.
Finish this section to reach the final encounter.
The fight is a mesh of the original Brakion fight and this Exotic mission’s code-splicing mechanic.
Start the encounter by approaching the portal at the other end of the arena.
This will spawn Brakion and a small army of Vex units.
Damaging the boss enough will force Brakion and its forces to retreat, opening the nearby portal.
Hop inside to start phase two.
Wish-Ender Cheese
The Wish-Ender Exotic Bow can pierce the barrier Brakion hides behind during phase two.
you could use this to greatly lower Brakion’s HP before completing the encounter mechanic.
Donotphase Brakion while they’re immune or the mission will soft-lock, forcing you to restart.
You have an infinite number of attempts here.
We recommend leaving one symbol and stocking up on ammo prior to beginning the damage phase.
Finder modsand Artifact modscan be incredibly useful here.
Lower Brakion’s HP by another 33% to open yet another portal.
Give Brakion everything you’ve got to finish this mission.
Return to the H.E.L.M.
when you’re done to receive the Vexcalibur Exotic Glaive.
Vexcalibur Hidden Chest Locations
You must have Vexcalibur equipped to open most of these chests.
There are seven hidden chests hidden in the Avalon Exotic mission.
Opening these chests will give upgrade materials, seasonal drops, and intrinsic upgrades for the Vexcalibur Glaive.
Data Retrieval: Substrate Chest
You’ll find the first chest during the opening jumping puzzle.
Activate it, then make your way to the bottom of the Vex stream.
You’ll find a switch you might interact with.
Use it, then look for a damaged Hobgoblin stuck in a cage.
In this room, you’ll want to turn around and look upward.
Use Vexcalibur to breach the barrier and climb up.
You’ll find a switch to your left, activating a laser chamber that’ll continuously kill Vex.
Stand on the triangle hole in the wall to fling yourself upward.
when you’ve got the code, run back to the data pillar.
The chest will spawn upon dunking the orb.
Break all three pyramids to spawn a portal directly across from the end-of-mission reward.
Jump through the portal to find the final hidden chest.
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