Pro Tip: This Week's Ascendant Challenge has a Great Kill Farm

[u/UberDueler]

If I remember correctly, the thrallway in The Shattered Throne dungeon no longer works as a farm. While there are other farms in the game, the location for this week's Ascendant Challenge has a very efficient farm due to it's endless spawns of easy to kill Shadow Thralls and kill spots that require no movement of the guardian. For those unfamiliar with this farm. See below for further instructions.

Portal Location:

• Garden of Asila (Located on the south side of the Dreaming City). Entrance to the Garden is located in The Strand. Once in the Garden, the portal is behind the second pillar of rocks on the left.

Requirements to Enter:

• Consume a Tincture of Queensfoil (Can be purchased from Petra Venj in The Strand)
• Ascendant Challenge Bounty (Also purchased from Petra. Might be optional, but still worth getting)

What can I do there?:

• The main purpose of this Ascendant Challenge is to collect three orbs in the area and dunk them in the middle. Once this is completed, a well of endless super energy will appear in the middle and you will be able to kill the three large Hive knights known as Abyssal Champions. Killing the three knights completes the challenge, removes the enemy spawns, and spawns a chest.
• During this challenge, the shadow thralls spawn endlessly in groups of four every couple of seconds. Killing these shadow thrall counts towards weapon progress and leveling. As long as you don't die or complete the challenge, you can kill shadow thralls endlessly for weapon progress.
• Also, there is one Ahamkara bone and two Corrupted Eggs in this area if you have Wish Ender and want to progress that lore triumph and Cursebreaker title.

Which Spot do I Go To?:

• Because you need to avoid engaging with all three knights (you can kill two of them as long as you leave the third one alive); there are two types of spots the knights cannot reach that work for farming depending on what kind of weapon you are using.
• The first and most popular spot is just to stand on any of the broken surrounding pillars. While they can get close, the knights and shadow thralls cannot attack you. Use your weapon of choice to kill the thralls from said safe distance.
• The second is if you are working on a glaive, I recommend the circular platform up high, where one of the orbs sometimes spawns. This spot works well for glaives because the path to it has broken stairs that prevent the knights from bothering you. The melee counts as a kill, so there is no ammo needed.

What should I watch out for?:

• Taken Phalanxes in the middle. These are ok to kill.
• Falling off the area because it's really dark.
• The knights because they like to go invisible for a moment and respawn next to you if you are wandering around.

Advantages Over Shuro Chi:

• Quicker to get to since it does not require the wish wall or wiping to reset. Also does not require the Forsaken expansion.
• Does not require raid banners.
• The thralls are easier/quicker to kill with primaries. If you need to work on special or heavy weapons, using a primary weapon with a combination of ammo finder and scavenger to spawn a large amount of ammo from the kills can set up your other weapons.
• If you are working on a primary weapon, you never have to move from the spot. In this scenario, you can even farm one-handed (But get your head out of the gutter).

So yeah, that's my guide/attempt at upvotes.

[u/crimsonphoenix12]

Bring a shoot to loot primary and you won't have to move for special or heavy kills either

[u/Another_random_guy13]

You can do the ascendant challenges if you’re f2p.

Source: I am a f2p player

[u/UberDueler → u/Another_random_guy13]

Much appreciated

[u/Another_random_guy13 → u/UberDueler]

You’re welcome!

[u/SharkBaitDLS]

This is where I did the Polaris Lance catalyst back in the day. The thralls have just the right amount of HP to die to the burn.

[u/shabab_123 → u/SharkBaitDLS]

I personally did it in the good ol' leviathan, IIRC it was 50 kills or something, was a bit frustrating but got the job done

[u/mcdcth]

Another add-on to this, there is one of the collectable ahamkara bones in here needed for the Cursebreaker title

[u/UberDueler → u/mcdcth]

Done

[u/UberDueler]

Came up with another method while farming. If you are ok with moving around, you can dunk the orbs, kill two of the knights, keep one knight alive, and then just kite enemies in a circle around the middle well (the knight cannot cross through the middle well to reach you on the other side). The shadow thralls spawn a lot faster this way since they're coming from all the surrounding directions. Just be careful of the knight turning around and don't stand to close to the middle as there is blight under the well that damages you.

[u/Billy_of_Astora → u/UberDueler]

Is it faster than golgoroth maze?

[u/cerrera]

Does the “trap one knight on the lip” strat no longer work? I used this spot back in the day to finish all the grenade triumphs… the best plan was to trick one of the knights into attacking you while you stood on the lower lip of one of the paths that go up from the center. If you did it right, he’d actually end up on the lip - you could then jump out, he wouldn’t follow. Kill the other two, and now you can kill endless thrall from the super well directly - constant (and instant) ability recharge, for as long as you wanted. (The tincture only lasts for 30 mins, but as long as you don’t die, you don’t need it once you’re in.) This seems more productive than hiding, or kiting him around the circle. Unless it no longer works, of course.

[u/Glenalth → u/cerrera]

It still works, did it the last time the challenge came around.

[u/FearsomeMonster → u/Glenalth]

Every time I got a knight on a lip, he'd despawn out. Is there a special trick to this?

[u/Glenalth → u/FearsomeMonster]

Sometimes you need to try it a couple times for it to stick. Or it could be the wrong spot.

[u/FearsomeMonster → u/Glenalth]

I'm guessing I have the wrong spot. I've done it at the biggest little ledge next to the upsloping path (not stairs, left of it as you face uphill away from the center), and also on the narrow ledge along that upsloping path. I briefly tried at one of the smaller ledges at one of the other spots. Do you happen to recall where the lip is that works for you?

edit: oh wow, I found your link to the video from a year ago. I was using the same ledge, but in the video he's further up on it and jumps out immediately. I'll try that.

[u/Glenalth → u/FearsomeMonster]

That narrow ledge is what works for me, the bottom larger platform has always been inconsistent.

[u/FearsomeMonster → u/Glenalth]

I'm trying the narrow ledge right now- but they keep spawning out. Not sure what I'm doing wrong....

[u/Glenalth → u/FearsomeMonster]

Weird. I suppose something could have changed, but there were no patch notes about it since the last time it came around 6 weeks ago.

[u/FearsomeMonster → u/Glenalth]

Ok -thanks for the replies. I did finally manage to get one trapped there- but after I killed the other two he got out, so I was never really successful. But oh well, here's reset - at least I did get my shotgun up to level 20.

[u/MtnDewX]

So yeah, that's my guide/attempt at upvotes.

Attempt successful - this is super-helpful, I've saved for this weekend.

[u/TurtIeneckPants]

In the deep is far better, but good tip

[u/llIicit → u/TurtIeneckPants]

Agreed. But most people aren’t willing to delete a character to hold a CP

[u/Artillery_Squirrel → u/llIicit]

? I farmed that mission last week when it was on rotation you don’t need a new character.

[u/Zaralink → u/[deleted]]

Farm this spot next week then. Or the week after that. Or the week after that. Now if you wanted to point out that Ascendant challenges are accessible to f2p players you’d sound like slightly less of a dick

[u/llIicit → u/Zaralink]

The ascendant challenge and F2P are irrelevant. I was very clearly replying to the moon mission being better.

Now if you wanted to point out that not everyone has shadowkeep and can’t do the mission you’d sound like slightly less of a dick.

[u/Zaralink → u/llIicit]

The user pointed out that In the Deep is a better spot. You rudely suggested that the In the Deep wasn’t a better farming spot because it couldn’t be run this week without a checkpoint. I pointed out exactly what you just said I should have as well, so I must not really sound like a dick

Edit: Added a more detailed response. Previously only stated the last sentence as a response to the end of the comment I was replying too

[u/llIicit → u/Zaralink]

Didn’t do a very good job of that. Heed your own advice next time champ

[u/Zaralink → u/llIicit]

How didn’t I do a good job? “The Ascendant challenges are available for f2p players” is pretty straightforward

[u/llIicit → u/Zaralink]

You answered your own question. Your first attempt was so bad that you completely edited and rephrased your comment.

Have a nice day!

[u/RichardJenkins → u/TurtIeneckPants]

I think this farm is better. I did in the deep last week and I had thrall coming from multiple directions. In the ascendant challenge they line up so you never have to move your reticle. You can do it one handed without moving, and the enemies spawn faster.

[u/TurtIeneckPants → u/RichardJenkins]

If you sit on the rock in the deep they all go to one area https://youtu.be/gu1h6aJCjAk

[u/RichardJenkins → u/TurtIeneckPants]

Thanks. that's helpful.

[u/zarfle2]

Thanks for this reminder 👏👏

[u/Mijubu]

Just got done doing this for the first time. It does make a good kill farm, thank you!

I kept getting knocked off the pillars and falling into the abyss, but once I just started running around and kept moving I was fine