The Desert Perpetual Guide

Despite being more mechanical in nature, survival is still the top objective with the fight with Agraios. The encounter has a certain flow, and every team member must contribute in some way to its implementation. Considering the quantity of callouts required to even get to the DPS phase, communication is equally important here.

Challenge Mode:

Every player must pick up a Chronon before anyone can pick up another.

Points to Note:

• First wave spawns only 5 Minotaurs; the 6th player gets theirs after killing the Hydra to spawn more Minotaurs.
• During running/DPS phases, some players may hold a Chronon they can't deposit — this is acceptable if the group cycle remains correct.
• Plate roles may need rotation if someone is holding a leftover Chronon that must be banked before they can pick up another.

Epoptes is a "reading and shooting" boss. In this fight, one player calls will give a callout and the other person shoots it, multiple times. You should divide your squad into two groups of three because there are two sides to this encounter. You should also give each side a "inside" and "outside" reader.

Enter the arena to spawn the initial wave of enemies and yellow-bar Cyclops named Time's Magistrate. Destroy Time's Magistrates to spawn two Cyclical Temporality buffs on neighboring plates (see first image). The buff appears like a latticework collection of white lines. Two players must stand on the plates at the same time to pick up the buffs and access their respective side rooms. A second player will travel with them for add clear. The remaining two unbuffed players stay in the middle and the room to keep it relatively clean of adds. They'll also need to perform a single piece of reading not long into the pre-DPS part.

Iatros is a more straightforward encounter, placing greater emphasis on survivability and accuracy rather than complex mechanics. The encounter takes place in a smaller arena with a high concentration of enemies, while the boss itself is a Wyvern. Reaching the DPS phase ultimately comes down to maintaining efficient add clear, managing the encounter mechanics quickly, and minimizing unnecessary delays.

DPS Phase

The boss will spawn on the activated Vex plate where the platforms spawned and will be vulnerable to damage, lay waste on it.

• If the boss spawns on Bottom Left or Spawn, it will slowly move toward the middle.
• If the boss spawns on the Middle plate, it will move toward Spawn.

If the fireteam manages the Chronons effectively throughout the encounter, there should be no need to deal with Neomutation during DPS. If the hourglass is running low, one player may need to continue depositing Chronons during the damage phase. The Neomutation timer disappears automatically when DPS ends.

Interact with the Vex node in the center of the boss arena to begin the encounter. Once the encounter starts, immediately move to your assigned plate. You will receive a “Digitization” debuff at the top of your screen. The fireteam must fill the hourglass and destroy the Vex diamond beneath it before the Digitization timer reaches zero. Failure to do so will result in a wipe.

Avoid standing in the center of the arena. As the encounter progresses, the boss will gradually ascend before teleporting. If you are positioned directly in the center when this occurs, you can fall through the opening beneath the boss and die. Once at your assigned plate, eliminate the Hydras that spawn. After they have been defeated, all players must simultaneously step onto their respective plates. Successfully doing so grants each player their assigned Temporality buff.

Next, the following four players should group together near one of the pillars with a Vex circle above it (Labeled using L1, L2, R1, R2 in the diagram above):

• 1x Constant Temporality
• 1x Absolute Temporality
• 2x Cyclical Temporality

Once the boss's four critical spots have been destroyed by the Boss Stunners, Vex circles will appear above all four pillars.

All four players should jump onto the same pillar simultaneously. Successfully stepping onto a pillar grants the Temporal Oculus buff, which appears on the left side of the screen and enables several special abilities. The four players do not necessarily have to use the same pillar, but using the same pillar is recommended. Activating a pillar removes its Vex circle, so if the group fails to obtain Temporal Oculus from the first pillar, the remaining three pillars can still be used. If any player fails to receive Temporal Oculus, the entire group can move to another pillar and attempt the mechanic again. The special abilities granted by Temporal Oculus are used to interact with the mines floating throughout the boss arena. We will now break down what each player with each temporality will see and do during the encounter.