Here we go ladies and gentlemen. The challenge mode for oryx. Believe it or not, it's actually not all that hard. That being said, my previous "no knight" post is going to be void for this challenge mode at the very least. SO HERE WE GO. ORYX CHALLENGE MODE -the challenge mode requirement is simply DETONATING A MINIMUM OF 16 BOMBS at once -this means Oryx has to go from 100% to 1% health in ONE go -it has nothing to do with which people killed ogres or switching runners; you can have the same runner throughout the fight, it's fine -again, do not detonate bombs until you have at least 16 (if all goes well, this will be on the fourth cycle) -you will also have to fight the Shade of Oryx at least three times throughout the fight, once per transition phase EXECUTION -Assign your permanent runner, your two permanent floaters, and your platform-jumpers numbered 1, 2 and 3. -Do the fight normally as you would - kill Ogres, kill Knights. -Shoot Oryx to stagger. Kill mobs. -DO NOT detonate bombs. -IF YOU DO NOT DETONATE BOMBS Oryx will summon the Shade Dimension for the transition, NOT the artillery barrage. This is what we want. We have seen this from our runs that had glitches. -Thralls will continue to spawn so just kill them. No need to shoot Oryx's chest after the stagger. -Oryx will go to the front, he will summon the "Dimension Portal". So, kill the knights, thralls and, of course, the Shade. -After that, re-do the whole jumping/ogre/knight/relic routine. -Repeat this until the FOURTH CYCLE. -At the end of that cycle, stagger Oryx, kill mobs. -Have four people run to each cluster of bombs. Detonate all 16 bombs at the same time. Have people shooting at his chest to keep it open. -His health should be at 1% now. He flies to the front as usual - go kill him and enjoy your rewards. Challenge Mode Completed! WOOOOO Now onto the exciting stuff, REWARDS. -Normal Mode = calcified fragment, 310 weapon or helmet, and 310 artifact; and random/RNG-based loot -Hard Mode = normal mode rewards, plus emblem, plus 320 weapon or helmet, 320 artifact, a ship; and random/RNG-based loot -Eris also gives you the Beltane shader, other goodies like runes and hadium flakes, plus 500 Crota's Bane rep. This is the reward for getting all 50 fragments per character. So that'll do it for me. Hard Mode Oryx is a 100% possibility. I think we can get this down with the right practice and proper mechanics. Goodbye for now friends!