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How to Complete ‘Infiltrate the Fortress Ship’ Quest in Destiny 2 Lightfall

Infiltrate the ship like a pro.

Destiny 2 Lightfall is here with its new campaign and new challenging quests. One mission that isn’t easy to beat includes infiltrating the Calus’s Fortress Ship. This quest has multiple layers of challenges and some pretty tough enemies that you need to beat in order to reach the Radial Mast and destroy it. We’re not gonna lie, there’s going to be a lot of shooting.

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We created this guide so you could go through the mission safely, no matter the class or the build you use. Read on to find out all the necessary steps and shortcuts that can give you an upper hand over enemies.

How to Successfully Infiltrate the Fortress Ship in Lightfall

Infiltrating the Calus’s fortress ship is a part of the Downfall quest. Once you reach the bridge in Ahimsa Park this sub-quest will trigger. You will immediately get attacked by Legionaries, Honored Phalanx, Fortress Ship Gatekeepers, and Shadow Guard Incendiors dropping from ships.

Upon defeating the enemies proceed to the big blocked doorway and shoot the black orb floating on the right. That will allow you to advance further. Proceed to the room with a Sphinx, and take the doorway to the left. Move forward and turn right. You will drop down to a lower level and now you are in the Calus’s Ship – the Typhon Imperator.

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Entering the Typhon Imperator

Now that you are inside Calus’s ship, you will see two enormous statues clashing their weapons together in the distance. Look to the right and jump to the platform you see. Now you need to jump down again. If you are careful enough here, try jumping on one of the big stone blocks that you see. That way, you won’t trigger the Honored War Beasts that sleep on the floor and will be able to fire the first shot at them.

Jump on the stone block to your left and jump again to go into the next room. Continue going forward on different platforms and blocks in front of you, reaching higher floors. Soon you will jump in the face of Scorpius, so make sure you are ready to take him out fast. After killing him you will see a new room underneath you but you shouldn’t go there. Instead, look up and you will see light coming from a narrow path. Jump there and again you will slide down to a lower floor.

Going Deeper Into the Ship

You are committed to your mission now and it’s too far to go back even if you wanted to. Upon going down a level for the third time you will encounter even more enemies: War Beasts, Legionaries, and Honored Phalanxes. This means it’s getting serious.

Go down a corridor that leads to the next room and look up. You will see a passage with light shining through it. Use high jumps to reach obstacles around you and finally the passage and go through it. You will see in front of you an abyss and square platforms. Hop from one another until you reach the end of that big hallway, and turn right. Jump up again and you will reach a room with a colossal golden statue of Calus.

The Golden Statue Room

The Golden Calus will be guarded by dozens of enemies. As soon as you walk into the room get ready for Scorpius, Legionaries, Honored Phalanxes, Psions, and War Beasts. There’ll be Shadow Guard Incendiors that can turn you to ashes pretty fast so keep your distance when they come into play. Esteemed Colossus will show up at some point as well and they will be hard to beat too, so don’t push too much into the enemies in this phase. Try to get as many headshots into them as you can.

After killing everyone you will walk into a doorway that has two black orbs on each side. Attack them both and open the door. Follow the path in front of you until you reach an invisible path.

The Invisible Path

Your in-game marker will lead you to a dead end with a small platform. However, you will notice the wind blowing above it and that’s your next step. Now, this one is going to be tricky but you have to ride the wind. What you need to do is jump at the start of the way and let the wind carry you. This will result in many tries and you will probably die many times before getting this right but don’t worry. You’ll soon get a hang of it and use that wind to reach a new floating platform and new room.

Again you will have to hop on from platform to platform and finally to an upper level. Follow the path forward and you will come to a big locked door with three black orbs on its left side. Like before, attack these orbs until they crack/open and the door will open.

You will now enter the Restricted Zone, which is the crucial area when infiltrating Calus’s fortress ship. Here, a new sub-quest is triggered telling you to Sabotage the Shadow Legion Vehicles that were to be used in a major attack.


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Đorđe Ivanović (Djordje Ivanovic) is Managing Editor of Gamer Journalist and has been with the site since 2022. He has a BA in Journalism and five years of professional writing experience behind him, with a recent personal focus on gaming and technology niches. His GJ coverage includes WWII games, puzzle games, Path of Exile, Overwatch and other live service games. In his free time, you will find this adamant fan of Dota solving some sort of escape room games, and getting familiar with board gaming.