The Archive | Venus - Main Story Destiny Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Recommended level: 12 lvl (Normal)/15 lvl (Hard)
Team: 1-3 players
You start the mission in the Headlands. Jump onto the speeder and follow the marked to the academy. Deal with the group of Dregs and Vandals in front of the entrance and cross the basement into the main library. Here, you will run into fighting groups of The Fallen and Vex. Jump onto one of higher floors, clear it of Dregs and Vandals, and focus on the Vex units: Goblins, HobGoblins and Minotaurs. Destroy them, while keeping a safe distance, and finish off the remnants of The Fallen. Then head across the marked gate into the next location- Ishtar Commons.
Enter the academy
Ignore the units of The Fallen and Vex fighting in the yard and enter the building opposite the library exit. There is a single Captain in front of the door, who you can either kill or dash by. Then, walk through the destroyed gate and head deeper into the complex.
After you walk through several corridors, you will walk into the Hall of Whispers that is a Darkness Zone. IN the hall, there is quite a group of The Fallen stationed, which consists of Dregs, Vandals, Shanks, 2 Reaver Vandals (the tougher version of Vandals) and a mini-boss - Servitor-3. The last one behaves, and looks, just like a regular Servitor, but has more health. Start by climbing the stairs to the right of the hall's entrance and clear the floor of Vandals and Dregs. The terrace will ensure you with a good position to fight. Eliminate the marauders, one after another, take cover behind the wall and, as soon as everyone is dead, deal with the main opponent. He is quite tough which is why it is best to use special ability or the Heavy Weapon against him.
Once the area is clear, take the passage to the next room. Activate the console here, which opens the massive gate to your destination. Climb down the stairs to the lower part of the complex, approach the terminal and have Ghost act.
Extract the Archive
Your new objective is to protect the archives against the forces of The Fallen. The opponents enter through the entrances all around the hall, which is why it is best to stay close to the terminal, i.e. at the top of the stairs to the right of the computer. The enemies can access here only over these stairs, or over the plank connected to the terrace.
Take your position and start eliminating the approaching Dregs, Shanks and Vandals. After you defeat the first wave, lights go off and in the upper entrance, there appear Stealth Vandals and a Servitor. Eliminate them and head towards the electric box. Have Ghost fix it, turn by 180 degrees and climb the nearby stairs, onto the metal plank hanging under the ceiling. Eliminate the Shanks, Stealth Vandals and the other Servitor here, and fix the electric box. Return to your initial defense position, over the plank, and kill the Dregs climbing up the stairs. Then, jump down to the lower level to deal with the last wave of the opponents, including Dregs, Stealth Vandals, 2 Reaver Vandals and a mini-boss - Grayliks, Winter Baron. Eliminate the opponents, according to the hierarchy: first the weak Dregs, then the Stealth Vandals, Reaver Vandals, and finally the Grayliks, who is a bit tougher version of the Captain. If the situation is critical, return up the stairs, to the metal plank, and hide at the other end. The opponents should not follow you here and it will win you some time to regenerate your health and power.
As soon as the combat tune goes silent, return to the main terminal and have Ghost scan it. After a while, a countdown will start and the mission ends.
Reward: +3000 XP (Normal)/+3600 XP (Hard)