ive heard people say you need 15 more essences for the necrochasm catalyst, but how do you get the catalyst quest in the first place?
#necro catalyst
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Once you've unlocked the weapon, you have to do the plate challenges during the raid.
this requires one person to have the weapon on them to start the challenges.
They occur between encounters and if you do fail one you can start them again, there is no penalty for failure
PLATE 1 - After Bridge encounter. Instead of progressing to the OG thrallway, hook a right around the bend. About halfway you'll find the first glowy plate. Step on it w/ Necro equipped to start the time trial.
A TON of swords and Gatekeepers spawn. You'll have to kill everything that's spawning. If you manage it in time, you'll get the chat message "Crota's Minions are defeated" and that means you've beaten it.
PLATE 2 - After Deathsinger encounter. This plate is tucked away at the bottom of the right boomer night tower (facing the Oversoul). Same deal - put on Necro, step on plate, and SLAY OUT.
This time, 3 swordbearers spawn, which drop swords on their death. A ton of Gatekeepers spawn in the arena and must be killed quickly. Once that wave is dead, like 4 more Gatekeepers spawn.
Once killed you'll get the catalyst drop! Oh yeah, and wizards spawn endlessly, generally recommended to have 3 dedicated sworders and the other 3 cover them while they focus Gatekeepers
Blinding GL goes hard
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Blinding GL goes hard
tysm for explaining everything so well
dawn pivot
most of it was stolen from a reddit post but figured I could put it all here for ease