An unknown threat has been spreading in The Pale Heart but the source of the problem has not yet been discovered.
This involves the continuous traces of Dark Ether that appear to be altering the whole ecosystem, which requires you to find the source.
Together with Cayde-6 and Crow, you will need to investigate and follow the traces until you find and put a stop to the source.
How To Get Wild Card Mission?
Wild Card is the second mission that you obtain from The Final Shape main quest, which becomes available once you reach quest step 5.
This happens after you have interacted with the radio at the Refuge of Repose, where Mara Sov attempts to reach out to you.
Wild Card Mission Objectives
Once the Wild Card mission begins, you will need to start by heading to multiple areas to investigate them, which can be done by interacting with the location.
After investigating the areas, head to the waypoint on your map and interact with each area to set up camp as instructed by Crow and Cayde-6.
The last part of setting up camp will be placing a Dark Ether Collector, which will then allow you to head out and collect Dark Ether from enemies.
Head to the marked areas and fight the enemies that will have signs that they are affected by the Dark Ether and defeat as many as you can until the next objective begins.
Your next objective will be to locate the Energy Signature, which will lead you to the inside of a large cave where you will encounter an enemy called the Devourer of Tainted Light.
The Devourer of Tainted Light will fight alongside different enemies and will occasionally run from one barrier to another until you defeat it.
When this enemy becomes vulnerable, all you need to do is defeat the other enemies and chase after them until it has been defeated.
After defeating the Devourer of Tainted Light, you will need to head back to your base, which is marked by a waypoint.
Upon returning to your camp, you will find that it has been ransacked by shanks and that the Dark Ether is now missing.
You will need to investigate the campsite and afterward, Crow will track where it has been taken and you will need to meditate while he does this. (Interact with the tent)
Upon finishing your mediation, the Taken will have closed in on your location and you will need to push back their attack on the camp.
This requires that you head to each of the Taken Blights in the area (Total of 4) and will have to defeat all the Taken enemies nearby to destroy them. (1 group per Taken Blight)
After the first 4 Taken Blights have been destroyed, you will need to follow up by destroying 2 more before you head back to talk to Crow before you meditate again.
Upon waking up, it will be revealed that Cayde-6 has found the location of where the Dark Ether had been taken and you will need to meet up with them by taking a shortcut.
The shortcut will be marked with a waypoint and you will need to interact with the path at the edge of a cliff to get to them.
You will find yourself in a tight area and will need to defeat the enemies in the area from afar before you can draw out their leader.
The Hoarder of Tainted Light will become invulnerable when you reduce parts of its health but this wears off once you defeat the other enemies around.
Make your way back using the shortcut so that you can meet up with Cayde-6 and Crow to figure out where to go next.
This results in you tracking the energy signature by following a waypoint that leads you within a cave where you find a boss named Harvester of the Witness.
This boss will continuously attack you alongside its exploding buddies, Screebs which will swarm at you from time to time.
This fight requires that you damage Lil’liks, Harvester of the Witness until he becomes vulnerable, which happens when a part of his health is reduced.
Lil’liks will become invulnerable and you will need to fight Screebs to get Dark Ether and lure the monstrous creature out once more.
Repeat these steps and once this boss has been defeated, the mission stops and a cutscene will be played.
After the cutscene, head back to the camp to celebrate with Cayde-6 and Crow, which will result in the mission coming to an end.
Wild Card Rewards
Completing the Wild Card mission will allow you to progress with the quest of the same name (also called Wild Card.)
This will eventually allow you to obtain the Still Hunt Exotic Sniper Rifle, which gives its users the ability to use Golden Gun shots.
Summary
With the whole ecosystem around your camp brimming with Dark Ether, you and your allies were able to track down a horrifying creation.
It seemed this was what stole the Dark Ether and had been preying on the other inhabitants of the inhabitants around The Pale Heart.
With his monstrous creature out of the way, it’s time to head back to camp and rejoin the others but don’t worry, Crow is not the only one who gets a reward.
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