There are four loot drop points during the raid: After defeating the Oracles After defeating The Templar After completing the Gate After defeating Atheon Additionally, there are four raid chests and one regular Venus chest. Raid Chest #1: Located on the path to the Templar after completing the Spire Phase - Contains Ascendant Energy/Shards Venus Chest: Located in a hole in the wall to the left of the Templar after he is defeated - Contains Typical Dynamic loot + Spirit Bloom Raid Chest #2: Located in the same hole as the Venus chest near the bottom of the run to chest 3. Must keep the Templar from ever teleporting to cause it to spawn. Opening the Venus Chest will start a 2 minute timer on this chest. If you do not get to it before the timer runs out, it will despawn. Raid Chest #3: Located on the left side of Gorgon's maze - Contains Loot OR Ascendant Energy/Shards Raid Chest #4: Located on the right side of Gorgon's maze - Contains Ascendant Energy/Shards Raid Chest #5: During the jumping puzzle on the left side, jump on a platform and continue, then head down and into a wall - Contains Ascendant Energy/Shards When completing the raid on Hard difficulty after having completed it on Normal difficulty, all four loot drop points will pay out again, including Chest #2. When completing the raid on Hard without having completed normal, at each drop point the player will receive a loot reward for both Normal and Hard. Chest #2 will give two rewards, one a Normal reward and the other Hard. Subsequent attempts on Normal mode will not drop any loot, nor will any chest contain a reward.