Future 2: Season of Defiance marketing campaign walkthrough


A whole walkthrough for the Season of Defiance marketing campaign in Future 2, from the Awaken, Queensguard quest to all the We Stand Unbroken questline.

Future 2: Season of Defiance launched alongside Lightfall on February 28, 2023. Whereas not the first focus of Lightfall, the We Stand Unbroken marketing campaign offers extra perception into the struggle between the 2 forces: the Traveler and the Witness. Like earlier seasonal campaigns, gamers can anticipate new missions and steps to unlock every week, till the total narrative is full. The introductory quest is Awaken, Queesnguard adopted by the weekly questline, We Stand Unbroken.

Click on the next hyperlinks to leap to the related week and step:

  1. Week 1

Awaken, Queensguard

The Farm on the EDZ as part of the Awaken, Queensguard quest
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Earlier than you possibly can play the weekly story mission, you should first full the introductory quest, Awaken, Queensguard. This mission is awarded on the finish of the primary mission within the Lightfall marketing campaign, First Contact. After arriving on Neomuna and finishing the mission, you’ll want to talk with Nimbus. They’ll give you the Ascendant Scepter Seasonal Artifact and the Season of Defiance marketing campaign.

  1. Go to the holoprojector close to Nimbus in Neomuna and obtain a message
  2. Converse with Mara Sov on the Farm within the EDZ
  3. Go to the holoprojector on the Farm for a briefing from Devrim Kay
  4. Infiltrate the Pyramid outpost in Defiant Battleground: EDZ
  5. Go to the Battle Desk within the H.E.L.M.

The Defiance Battleground EDZ activity on the map
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The Defiance Battleground: EDZ exercise is launched via the EDZ map, situated in Locations within the Director. Monitoring the search in your Quests tab will assist you to find it. The exercise button is under the Outskirts space.

The player stands in a Safeguard zone about to collect a Taken Essence
Deposit the Taken Essence into the Safeguard zone to get an orb. Throw it on the boss to remove a portion of its protect.
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Whereas the Defiance Battleground exercise is straightforward to know in the beginning, some gamers could encounter points throughout the boss fights. The aim is to clear the Taken Blights and place down Awoken tech to create a secure subject. This course of will take away the boss’ immunity protect. For the combat in opposition to the ultimate boss, you should defeat highly effective enemies, choose up the token they drop (Taken Essence), and deposit it within the secure subject – this spawns an orb. Throw the orb on the boss to chip away at its protect. It would take three or 4 orbs to interrupt it earlier than you possibly can deal harm and then you definitely’ll must repeat the method.


We Stand Unbroken – Week 1

The Defiant Battlegrounds playlist tab in the H.E.L.M. map
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  1. Declare the Week 1 Seasonal Problem Righteous Defiance to earn a Battle Desk improve
  2. Go to the Battle Desk within the H.E.L.M. for a debriefing with Mara Sov
  3. Select your first Awoken Favor on the Battle Desk improve menu
  4. Full a Defiant Battleground and accumulate three Awoken Favors
  5. Go to the Farm to debrief with Mara Sov
  6. Wait till subsequent week

The fourth step requires you to finish a Defiant Battleground through the playlist. This exercise is launched via the H.E.L.M. map. Whereas within the exercise, you should accumulate three Awoken Favors, that are summoned primarily based on the Favor you selected on the Battle Desk. Your allies can generate these Favors, too.


We Stand Unbroken – Week 2

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As with earlier seasons, the Season of Defiance marketing campaign is an evolving story that can have new steps out there every weekly reset. Remember to get in and full the steps as a way to progress the narrative, unlock new rewards, and develop in Energy. You’ll discover extra content material that will help you via the brand new enlargement on our Future 2 technique information.

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