In this guide, you will learn how to complete the Alone in the Dark quest chains while playing Destiny 2.
After completing the campaign for The Final Shape expansion and opening the Pale Heart, a Hunter named Micah-10 will ask you to find missing ghosts and reward you with new weapons.
How to Unlock Alone in the Dark in Destiny 2
Prior to starting Alone in the Dark, you will need to finish Micah-10’s collection of Convalescence quests first. Once you complete the Iconoclasm mission, visit the Arbor in the Lost City’s Tower, then speak with Micah-10 via the comms device. She will provide you with the first of the Convalescence missions. Finish each of these missions to unlock Alone in the Dark.
How to Finish Alone in the Dark in Destiny 2
Alone in the Dark is a repeatable quest series based on the Convalescence quests. Here you will be doing all of the things you did before, but you will have more freedom when it comes to how you want to complete the first parts of the quests.
- Find the missing Ghost in the search area indicated on your map.
- Go to any patrol zone and open Overthrow chests.
- Clear Cysts in the location tracked by the quest on your map.
- Return to Micah in the Arbor.
Find Missing Ghosts
Micah will ask you to track down missing Ghosts somewhere in the Pale Heart. It’s typically found in a Lost Sector. The general location will be on your map. Head to the marked location, then begin looking around for a downed ghost. They are typically covered in orange mist.
Open Overthrow Chests
Visit any region with an active Overthrow event. After arriving at your destination, pull up your Ghost or begin searching for floating objects to find mini-events. Complete the side activities, and an Overthrow Chest will spawn as your reward. Higher-tier Overthrow Chests grant additional progress towards the quest. It is highly recommended to bring a Prismatic subclass.
Clear Cysts
You will need to follow manifestations of the Traveler until you reach an area that is blocked off by Hive magic. Then, you will need to proceed through a dungeon with one of the following objectives:
- Sword Dance: Defeat three Hive Guardians using a Hive Relic Sword.
- Aerial Ace: Destroy Taken Blights and defeat a Taken Wizard without touching the ground.
- Slayer: Defeat an Ogre using orbs dropped by Hive Guardians.
- Smothering Kindness: Destroy Blights and the dungeon’s final boss while cursed with the Weight of Darkness (no jumping or sprinting).
- Searing Light: Break crystalks while avoiding a Watcher, then defeat the Hive Knight at the end.
- Moth-Infested Cavern: Clear the cave full of Lucent Moths.
Return to Micah
Once all steps are complete, return to Micah at the Arbor to receive a random weapon from the Pale Heart destination. Alone in the Dark can be completed multiple times, and each run brings you to different caves and grants different rewards.
Destiny 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie and initially released in 2017 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.