History of Nightmare of Taniks

Nightmare of Taniks, the Scarred is the Nightmare form of the Fallen mercenary Taniks, recreated by the Lunar Pyramid with Darkness. It is the Aspect of Isolation. It is a Final Nightmare boss in the Altars of Sorrow rotation on The Moon (Shadowkeep). Each Altars boss is tied to one weapon, and on the day Taniks is the final boss, the weapon is the Apostate sniper rifle.

Nightmare Hunt: Isolation

Taniks is the boss of Nightmare Hunt: Isolation. In phase one it fires its Scorch Cannon, teleports and occasionally uses an Ultra Smash, with Fallen and Major Nightmare reinforcements. At one-third health it becomes immune, summons Dregs, Vandals and Shanks with Solar Absorption Shields, and retreats. In phase two it leads the fireteam to the Traitor's Ketch lift, where more reinforcements appear. The smaller arena makes the cannon blasts harder to dodge. At the last third of its health it becomes immune again and summons powerful Nightmare Fallen, which must be killed before it can be damaged. Depleting its remaining health ends the Hunt.

Altars of Sorrow

In the final tier, Taniks mostly stands in front of the Scarlet Keep gate. Its immunity phases work the same way as the other Final Nightmares: Nightmares summoned during immunity must be cleared or sacrificed before it can be damaged again.

Isolation Essence

Isolation Essence is cleansed by defeating Fallen on the Moon, and unlocks the Dreambane gauntlets, grips or gloves. See Nightmare Essence.