History of In the Shadow of the Mountain

In the Shadow of the Mountain is the long, grind-heavy quest attached to the Warlord's Ruin dungeon in the EDZ. It has you gather the bones of the Ahamkara Hefnd for Ikora Rey.

Overview

• Starts: by completing the Warlord's Ruin dungeon once (the quest begins after your first clear).
• Where: almost entirely inside the dungeon, which means repeat runs. Sources describe steps 3 to 7 as a grind of resource farming rather than difficult content.
• Ends: with a return to Hefnd's Cairn and a report to Ikora Rey.

Walkthrough

1. Complete the Warlord's Ruin dungeon in the EDZ.
2. Collect a corrupted Ahamkara bone (the first Bone of Hefnd, from the final chest).
3. Collect five Dark Ether Tinctures. Sources say these come from encounters and from damaging or defeating the Thieving Wretch (a glowing Screeb); a commonly shared tip is to find the Screeb at the first rope bridge, damage it, and jump off the bridge to refresh the checkpoint and repeat.
4. Find and restore three Bones of Hefnd (total 4), while collecting 30 tinctures and 3 Blighted Wishing Glass. Wishing Glass drops from bosses in the dungeon. Bones sit behind doors blocked by Taken corruption that you must dispel; the first bone grants Dispel Level 1.
5. Find and restore three more bones (total 7), 60 tinctures, 3 glass. Collecting all Level 1 bones unlocks Dispel Level 2.
6. Find and restore the last three bones (total 10), 80 tinctures, 4 glass. The final three bones are behind Level 3 doors, unlocked after the three Level 2 bones.
7. Gather the remaining tinctures (120 total) and Blighted Wishing Glass (5 total) to power the portal in the Blighted Keep.
8. Return to Hefnd's Cairn and reclaim Hefnd's Bones.
9. Return to Ikora Rey and report your findings.

Tip: a teammate who already finished the bone steps can open the dispel doors for you, so you can bypass the level gating.

Bone locations from the quest text: first bone across the bridge in the first fort; second after ascending through the ceiling across from the prison; third at the top of the summit. See the linked video guides for exact spots for all ten.

Rewards

• A random Exotic Engram for your class (Exotic armor per the guides). Sources state it does not give the dungeon's own Exotic.
• Shacknews reports it is a prerequisite for the separate Buried Bloodlines Exotic catalyst quest.

Notes

Counts above come from the in-game objectives; guides were written in an earlier season, so confirm in game.