History of Standards

Overview

Standards are the four Leviathan symbols (Sun, War Beast, Chalice and Axe). In Leviathan they work as keys: Standard Bearer enemies guard the keys Guardians need to unlock doors into different sections of the raid, and each Standard Bearer must be defeated quickly to reach its door.

Duality

In Duality Standards are carried back from the Nightmare Realm to the Material Realm and deposited to make progress:

• Against the Nightmare of Gahlran, two Standards are placed into receptacles in the alcoves, which opens the doors behind them to side rooms for the damage phase.
• In the vault, two Standard symbols are projected each wave, and the matching Standards deposited in the centre of the Material Realm make the current Cabal mini-boss vulnerable. The third wave opens the vault door.
• Against the Nightmare of Caiatl, four Standards are collected over repeated cycles, two at a time. Once all four are placed, shooting the glowing gem behind a receptacle rings the giant Bell and starts the damage phase.

Taking the wrong Standard or killing the wrong Standard Bearer shortens the Nightmare Collapsing timer rather than extending it.