Added a link to a full raid. check the end for how to beat Crota. got 2 raid gear and a icebreaker and sword. UPDATED CROTA STRATEGY IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. Out of room in the post, check my comments for more strategy and tips. [b]Part 1: The Weight Of Darkness[/b] (the basic idea here is to get from point A to point B and form a bridge. you will have weight of darkness which stops you from moving fast or jumping. it can be cleansed at any of the lights you pass on your way to the end.) ---a few tips--- look out for holes theres alot.....dont jump over rocks theres amlost always a hole on the other side.....if you for some reason cant see well pull out your ghost for a second and use the lines it shows on the area to help you. *after going down into the portal you land in a small area with a few torches. this is the start of The Weight Of Darkness. *before doing anything take a step out into the dark and look left. do you see a faint white light? go to it, its a chest hidden behind one of a few doors that can contain gear. the chest will be in the door that is lit up. *ok now that you got the chest you need to make your way through this entire section then build a bridge at the end. The way im seeing everyone do this section is to stick together and move as a tight knit group from light to light until you reach the end.[b] there's a better way to do it.[/b] *you need to break into 2 groups. Group A starts moving from light to light as usual. Group B stays back about 2 lights and follows group A from there.This will split the thralls so no group will get overrun. anyone in group A who dies can be revived by group B following them. using this method is a little slower because group B will Always have a 10x weight of darkness but my team never dies on that section using this method. *now that you made your way through that area you should be seeing a plate to step on to activate a bridge. Since group A will be here first they need to wait for group B before activating the bridge. Group A needs to get up on the rocks on the right side near the plate. if you cant jump up there let yourself die in front of someone who is so they can revive you at which point you can jump again. Once Group B gets there they do the same. One person then needs to come off the rocks and activate the bridge. they can stand in the back section where the bridge is building and be fairly safe. * Once the bridge is activated some knights and Ogres will spawn. you should be able to take them down easily from the rocks with a lil help from your friend at the bridge. after that cross the bridge and on to the next section. ***** I've heard there are 2 chests near the bridge area. they should be up on rocks near doors but you can only get 1. the other chest will despawn after getting the first. maybe split back into groups and try to get them both. i cant verify this right now so be careful****** [b]Part 2: The Bridge & The Sword.[/b] (the basic idea here is to get everyone across the bridge. Only the person with the sword can cross. someone needs to stand in each pillar on the sides to prevent a wipe and someone in the middle to keep the bridge open. Having a Titan with blinding grenades is important here.sorry i don't know what their called i don't play as a Titan.) *to start get 2 people on each plate/pillar, once you step on the bridge plate you start the encounter.Someone ALWAYS needs to keep the bridge open (be careful on the bridge, thrall will climb up the walls behind you in the start.) * A swordbearer will come from the big door at the top of the steps. once hes dead a titan needs to grab the sword and cross the bridge(its important that its a titan). the titan needs to blind the gatekeeper on the other side of the bridge then kill him with the sword.(they can only be hurt by the sword and it will disappear after a set amount of time.) The titan just needs to stay alive and build up his grenade again. Repeat that until all Titans with blinding grenades are over the bridge.(a gatekeeper will spawn for every swordbearer killed so if you kill a swordbearer and don't get across you will be at a sever disadvantage.) *Now that the Titans are over there they can blind the gatekeepers for the others coming across just make sure you communicate that your crossing the bridge so they know to blind him. *Once 3 people are on the other side they need to hold the plates on their side so the starting side can move around freely. *once 4 people are on the other side the 2 left at the start can wipe.knights and ogres will start to spawn after the wipe. killing all of them will give you your loot and the checkpoint to the next area. ****I've heard that if you go to the doors on either side of the main door on the ending side of the bridge your ghost will open the doors in those areas. this seems like a place a chest would appear for doing something. my guess is getting everyone across in 1 shot each and killing all the gatekeepers will spawn a chest but i cant verify any of this, if you can let me know.***** ****before dropping into the big hole there is a big door on the other side of the hole with a chest. the door can close if you aren't fast enough.(i didn't find this, credit goes to JD777prime)**** [b]Part 3 : Wizards and Shriekers[/b] (the basic idea is to kill the 2 witchs inside the center upstairs area. after each dies a shrieker comes to life that has to be killed. they are in each side next to the center area with the witchs. once the shriekers are down you need to kill the queen wizard while she is doing lithergy.) *you start under the main room with the wizards. if you look up you can see them. To start everyone needs to go out and get to the top back section of the upstairs area that is covered in rubble. once everyone's there 1(high level) person runs in each side gets the wizards attention and runs back out. the wizard will follow you out and your team can kill it. each side can be done at the same time or one at a time depending how you ant to do it. *once the wizards are down a shrieker will come to life in the hallways on both sides near the wizard chamber(middle room you start under). *take out the shriekers and get ready to fight the queen Wizard. *once the fight with the queen wizard starts fall back and regroup for a second because theres gonna be alota knights in her area. *once the queen wizard starts her lithergy she will be still and takes alot of damage.this is when you strike. everyone goes in and hits her hard, everything you got and she will go down easy. *congratulations you just beat the raid!!! sike time to meet the son of oryx. [b]Part 4: The son Of Oryx and his oversoul[/b] (the basic idea here is that you cant regenerate health. there is a light called the chalice of light that can be passed from person to person to refill health. there is also a swordbearer that needs to be killed. once the swordbearer is down he will drop his sword. you can damage crota with the sword when crotas shield is down. when his shield is down he will fall to one knee thats when you hit him but only with the sword, its the only thing that will hurt him. so guns for his shield sword for his health. if crota summons his oversoul shoot it fast and hard(giggity) or you all die.) *To start the Crota encounter everyone needs to stand near the green crystal from the wizard room.once everyone is near it the room your in will get sealed and your trapped for a few seconds while enemies gather at the doors. the walls will come down shortly and they will start to attack. I found a useful glitch in this area that will help you so check it out. [b]### useful glitch: at the point where everyone needs to stand near the crystal to start the fight have all but 1 person stand next to the crystal. the person not near it needs to walk through the activation area and if timed right he will be able to jump out the window before getting sealed in the room. Once hes outside he can either A: get the chalice and pass it back to the team through the same windows he jumped through or B: start killing the Swordbearer who spawns right under crota. i suggest killing the swordbearer because once you pick up the chalice anytime someone dies crota will summon his oversoul.###[/b] *once you clear the hallways make your way down to the entrance on the lower level(where you can look up and see the wizard room) *all but 1 or 2 people take down the swordbearer from the entrence while 1 or 2 people work on crotas shield. *one person goes and gets the sword while everyone else finishes off crotas shield. *once the shield is gone crota will fall to 1 knee and you can damage him with the sword(only the sword shooting him wont help) if you get the sword before his shield is down there is a spot to the left of crota if your looking at him with some rocks. they are safe and can be jumped on to get you right next to crota when his shield goes down. keep this up until hes dead. [b]A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:[/b] 1. one or two people can die before you pick up the chalice without crota summoning his oversoul .this is only true for the first minuet or so though. once the chalice is picked up any death will result in crota summoning his oversoul. 2. dropping the chalice will result in ogres being spawned. They may also spawn once you get crotas health low enough. ogres need to be killed fast they will hurt you bad. 3. if crota become enraged he will continually summon his oversoul. im not sure if you can recover from this or not. 4. if crota does summon his oversoul EVERYONE needs to be shooting at the big sun looking thing behind crota to hopefully stop it from killing everyone. 5. if you have a level 31 person with you he his the sword carrier. they will do an extra 50% damage to crota. if you know anything i missed please let me know in the comments section. Edit 1: sorry for the spacing. out of room