Destiny Rise of Iron: How to Get The Thorn Quest in Year 3 - Exotic Hand Cannon

[@darkovilos]

Already got the gun but I just like to watch Datto's guides :D

[@milesclark7452]

darkovilos same

[@anubhav_monga]

same

[@masterofnothing4938]

darkovilos same

[@juggironrise9931]

help me through it

[@Kirbs944]

darkovilos yeah but I haven't gotten it yet

[@shredderblade1232]

Remember when we we had to kill Xyor? Ah the days!

[@li7719]

Nostalgia Attack!!! That mission itself was SOOO difficult especially being a solo player.

[@shredderblade1232]

ikr!

[@baxterwise2971]

6 hours one Saturday.....

[@MGTarkus]

It was my first exotic. it took me like 2 hours with two other level 27's. fun times

[@Zakara675]

did it solo

[@FNecro]

Seeing comments on here that day "2 years ago" really hurts a bit...

[@batmanarkhamcentral3149]

FNecro It’s weird to think people will see our comments in the same way in the future.

[@arandomwarlock7414]

@@batmanarkhamcentral3149 true

[@rjampana7823]

Try 3 years ago

[@pouf875]

@@batmanarkhamcentral3149 yup

[@soupster5009]

3 years man shits crazy

[@robertocortes8150]

Never thought I'd ever say this but Thorn needs a small buff it's just shit man

[@jamespascale8127]

low key agreed

[@XXETU972]

Roberto Cortes agreed

[@domnicwolf4667]

lies

[@ethan2821]

Small Buff?? Lmao We need good primarys back we need two taps and special ammo ad shotgun range y1 destiny so fun but y2 just eh

[@chonkyloreraccoon3686]

+Ethan Risden fuck that if u want that go play cod

[@j.b.1903]

The exact number of void crucible kills needed is 125. If you go into an app that feeds from the API (easiest is the Destiny app), percentage quests are listed there as clear numbers, for some reason. It was that way with the Chaperone quest as well. In the case of Y3 Thorn, you can see exactly how many void kills you have out of 125 if you click on the quest in the app.

[@Spatan295]

HOPE THIS HELPS! My own impromptu review of the gun: I like the feel of the weapon. It sounds satisfying when firing it and the poison, though not as powerful anymore, can intimidate people with the green screen of panic and halts recovery for a few seconds (every second counts in a firefight). Thorn is pretty good if you use your surroundings, have good map knowledge, and pick your fights. If you get caught in 2v1 situations in 6v6 games, duck out of there once one of them is defeated or shoot them both if you get the drop on them or use abilities to distract them. Went 12-0 during a game of control with it. I actually recommend Aggressive Ballistics and Sent it, despite the clip to its range Bungie implemented. You just need to use it at Hand Cannons' optimal ranges (i.e. Eyasluna). The impact to headshots is brought up to 81 when in the optimal range in my experience with the weapon.

[@lordbebsi]

Word of Crota + Void Devil's Dawn got me through this. I tried Atheon's Epilogue, but Word of Crota was a lot easier to use. Hammer Forged really helps with that Archetypes range. Thanks for the guide Datto, but unfortunately I had already got this one done.

[@Z3R0441]

No joke this took me 4 years

[@carterkapele8046]

I thought thorn was so much easier in year 1. say easier than 25 fucking strikes for bad juju

[@carterkapele8046]

*way

[@Javier64691]

That wasn't hard, that took a long time and was frustrating, thorn have their voids kill in crucible, at first not a big problem but if you or the one who was trying was bad at crucible it would take forever as deaths set you back. I have friends that only got their Thorn, even though they already had the bounty, by the green exotic engram at the start of year 2

[@jarredwickham8425]

And only 1 void primary at the time

[@Viern1961]

I use my Hunter to I know how you feel

[@sethshields2763]

Carter Kapele bad juju was easy to me lol

[@Mouminarabileh]

"because of fun this is fun" Datto 2016

[@nicefat5370]

Hawkmoon and Thorn need a range buff

[@ChunkyTheClown]

No, they need their stupid f*cking accuracy cone removed. WE HAVE A RANGE STAT FOR A REASON. Why is this so hard to understand. I keep seeing people say "buff the range", when removing the accuracy cone nonsense is such a better buff. Why punish players for even being able to track people at range with this gun with missed bullets when the damage drop off is much more than enough to make people never attempt it?

[@DerBOZZAMD]

David Bruder this

[@donnyboi557]

David Bruder people say it because the range stat is complete and utter shit in this game .

[@brandonmarsh9375]

Yeah and Warlock melees lol

[@imadecoy.]

Warlock melees have longer range than most of the guns.

[@Nobl3h3ro]

I'm so glad the last step is just opening a horde chest. In year 1 when lfg was still really new and I had no one to play with, I had to solo the strike to kill Xyor, the Unwed which made me cry every night when I kept failing it

[@bettyboo4271]

They need to put in a new way to get the Thorn quest. I have done nearly 35 bounties now and still haven't gotten it

[@Gene2B]

BettyBoo42 same

[@Aplesedjr]

BettyBoo42 that means you're just unlucky

[@Aplesedjr]

Maduxx Oney it's always been that way. In year 1 there were 3 or 4 exotic quests you had to bounties to maybe get a chance to start the quest. And even then you only got to choose 1 of the 3 quests

[@dereklol8310]

Yeah, but in year 1 you could do 10 bounties a day to get a chance to get the weapon. Now you only have about 4 opportunities per day.

[@Aplesedjr]

Derek Lund yes but it still took some people forever

[@damrya]

If you're on the crucible part and mayhem is an available playlist, go in there with a void shotty and subclass. I got it done after about 4 games, totaling around 30 minutes.

[@Skabloink]

Took me 2 bountys lol my mates were pissed

[@Gene2B]

still don't have it and I've turned in like 33

[@elitecamo2345]

took me 6

[@jamesyb1784]

Enraged Gamer 2 as well haha

[@iumyna]

Enraged Gamer same

[@bloppyBloop]

Enraged Gamer i feel like you either get it in your first few, or the last few hundred.

[@Treekco24]

I remember soloing the Thorn quest in year 1. The last part is painfully etched inside my brain because it took me 3-4 hours just to solo to final part of the strike, it was so hard/ frustrating it gave me such a bad headache. But it was worth it though, that gun was a savage back then haha.

[@TheWanster]

Needs to be buffed, compared to year 1 thorn this is a pile of trash.

[@TheWanster]

IMO i dont think it is, if somebody has the artifact that reduces DOT you're pretty screwed. I also noticed that there are ghost bullets occurring with the Y3 thorn.

[@pfcchaidez]

WanBoy 421 ghost bullets affect all hand cannons

[@zaknafeinduurden4535]

pfcchaidez Not all handcannons. It rarely effects Lingering Song. It has so much range plus rangefinder.

[@Javier64691]

Don't fucking use the Thorn thats it, it was good in Y1 but now its just not good its now decent, they only brought it back for the Y1 players not to have annoying statistics of a lot of usage of Thorn again

[@RogueShadow21]

Obviously it's going to be worse than it was in year one. The weapon was completely broken after it got buffed.

[@Lilachopp8]

Super helpful I always wanted the gun and you basically gave it to me :)

[@hampter6207]

Atheons epilogue was so much fun

[@Skadooshbag]

Someone may have already commented and stated it, but I saw another video and basically it said, fill up all your bounties, to include the 4 from Shiro. Get as many of them done as you can and obviously the 4 from Shiro. Then spam turn in the bounties which I did saving the 4 for last. I haven't gotten the Thorn bounty till this week when I did this little method and it popped.

[@cartercremeans1808]

Datto what's your favorite weapon in rise of iron you have right now?

[@jaredb2299]

lol

[@XandaaZzz]

what

[@thetallestdwarf7041]

Probably the Destiny one.

[@Boatt19]

StretchRaptor6 lmao

[@MrDrix7]

dude, what?

[@chasewatts3798]

I picked up thorn on Sunday. this video really helped thanks datto!!!

[@gothicRednekk]

5 characters and 48 bountys, still no thorn

[@rnbeski]

Jake Johnston 5 characters? Wait on different accounts

[@gothicRednekk]

no deleted and made more

[@iroshift6734]

Jake Johnston How do you even have that amount of time on your hands???

[@gothicRednekk]

Flametype really? , im sorry what is it that you do? im a broadband distribution specialist

[@iroshift6734]

Jake Johnston Which brings even more confusion. How the *FUCK* do you have that much time for Destiny.

[@Murphalicious]

You can tear through the fallen kills step if you farm out the first part of the raid. Costs no offerings, volt absorbers are worth 4 percent, and consistent spawning of ads

[@Mightea]

I survived getting Thorned by two people the other day. Its very underwhelming in PVP at the moment. Good, though.

[@HalenShredder]

It's 125 kills in the Crucible, the in game quest step shows percentage, but the Destiny app shows the amount of kills you need. So you weren't wrong, but 125 is the specific number.

[@atronx7]

I got the jagged purpose on my second quest

[@jemoni69]

FYI for the crucible part you need to kill 192 guardians using void weapons/abilities

[@Isefly]

we all know those 78 dislikers dont have the thorn

[@rimlavik2983]

For the crucible part if you don't have a void primary(like myself) I would suggest going into supremacy it took me about 7 games to complete.

[@kalicula7718]

How does Datto have so many iron lord bounties at the same time? Can you transfer them or did he just save them up?

[@zaknafeinduurden4535]

Darkened Silver Each character has 4 bounties

[@asharp117]

Zaknafein DuUrden that doesnt matter though, you don't share bounties. Do you even play destiny? lol

[@zaknafeinduurden4535]

Im 385 light bud... I play Destiny. Do you even know how to count? He added together all the bounties on all characters. Each bounty turned in is another chance to get the thorn bounty. I'm sorry you were too stupid for me to have to explain everything. I'm not going to sit here arguing with another keyboard warrior.

[@asharp117]

Zaknafein DuUrden I'd explain to you how you're wrong. but after you throwing out that key board warrior comment, I know it wont matter.

[@james-3949]

Zaknafein, you're stupid or you didn't pay attention to what was being said before you attacked him. You cant give your complete bounties from one character to another. In Datto's video he had more than 4 of the bounties in his inventory at once. Don't jump on people before you even know whats being said/asked.

[@yajatuppal5561]

for the fallen part , what i would actually suggest is go do strikes so u can also get your skeleton key u need later , i did this and it worked really well

[@EnvisionedBlindness]

Anyone back after grinding out D2's quest?

[@tapukoko8502]

I’m here

[@richiegarcia4329]

Thank you for posting this I got just finished it and I love thorn you explained very will thank you again keep up the good work.

[@johnw848]

48 still no Quest... Forty Fucking Eight!

[@darkwyve]

Damn, so you've done every one all 4 weeks on all three characters... RNGesus really doesn't like you... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@johnw848]

Liked me enough to grant me a Fatebringer rolled Imago Loop. LOL

[@darkwyve]

John W Oh, well that makes more sense. You just simply used up all your luck for a while, and now have to wait to get some back then... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@popemobile7959]

John W 3 and I got it

[@TobiaKazmer]

John W same here dude

[@bw831]

It is exactly 130 void kills in crucible. I ran a voidwalker warlock, Atheons Ep, telesto, and corrective measure. Everything was void, no way a kill couldnt be. Mayhem Rumble was on rotation the week I did it, so it was super easy. I kept track of all my kills post game, and when all was said and done, that part completed at the exactly 130 kills.

[@dylran5517]

Mr BWat Uncharged melees don't have an element so most likely one of those kills didn't count, unless you only used your Merle when it was charged :/

[@dylran5517]

Melee*

[@terrorcon1]

Rip people like me that will never be able to get it because crucible is dead in destiny 1

[@joshuablanchette878]

i still play D1 and you're right, very hard to get lobbies with anyone

[@john.aaron.g]

Datto could you do a video for new players to Destiny or for ppl who left and want to come back? Where do we begin? What are some goals?

[@dougr4972]

I did not have Atheons Epilogue but did have Word of Crota and it felt very solid for the Void Kills. If I remember right you can 3 tap someone down with all headshots.

[@Eleneki.]

atheon was rough in the cruicble! i would even waste the mag down to 30 to get GHF. i ended up switching to word of crota and found that working better for me.

[@Dust.Ds_Youtube]

"Because fun, we're having fun". Lawl. Datto and his dry humor. Hilarious. But yea good to know we don't lose progress this time

[@johnny261286]

huge FAN shock it took u 3 weeks to drop, excellent videos keep going

[@marioreece-rosas8714]

I keep seeing people say that thorn needs a buff because it's burn sucks; do you realize it still has the quickest time to kill? You can one headshot two bodyshot people waaaay faster than any hand cannon. It's fine where it's at.

[@JonxNgo]

You can do the fallen kills in the raid. That helped a lot too for those on the 2nd step

[@Tyfont]

I used The Messenger (Adept) year 1 flawless trials pulse rifle for the void kills and it 2 bursted people (did 34 and sometimes 36 damage to the head) I was pleasantly surprised. Thought they got rid of all 2 burst pulses in some patch a while back but it was awesome :D

[@manuaway3815]

datto what you think? Thorn fells worse than any legendary hand cannon and the exotic perk dont do anything anymore. What i think, a buff to range (this will make it stop the phantom bullets) and a little re-work on the exotic perk like it still doing the same damage but the efect takes like 6-8 seconds so se can have any use to this freaking perk.

[@Kingchili1]

It's 125 kills to be exact for crucible it is on the bungie site if you have the quest

[@bwen29]

for the crucible part, it seems like teammate void kills count too. Since IB Sup didn't count in the book, i would do supremacy, to get those 10 wins if you haven't already.

[@gethatmoney1]

I did this in a few matches as a void walker with Ashton's epilogue. It's like using doctrine of passing. It wreaks if you play to its strength.

[@AustinPamer]

I did my Thorn quest yesterday, and I think majors may be worth more for the kill Fallen part. It seemed like I went through it much faster than my friend doing it at the same time, as I was taking down majors as soon as I saw them.

[@masongray4635]

Yeah I got the Thorn quest yesterday on my Titan (I main Hunter). For the void kills in crucible I just used my Word of Crota, void shotgun, and Truth. It took me about 10+ control matches to get it done. I got about 14 kills on average per game and 14 kills for me got me at 11% done. The rest of the quest is easy.

[@trevbequick]

The year 1 adept scout i saved was amazing to use. It tripled tapped and dropped people. It is really good. If you have it, use it.

[@Auzez]

for crucible, use a void messenger (if you have one). it pretty much 2 taps like back in Y1

[@itsnemako]

I used my old Aegis of the Kell II for the Void damage Crucible part, and oh boy does it still melt face.

[@AnomalyAlter]

Took about 20 bounties before I got it. I was half way through the void kills on my Titan, started playing on my hunter a bit, and I got another one after a few more bounties

[@lonelyplanet2250]

for the void part of the quest I would suggest using nothing manacales if you are a warlock

[@jasonschalmers]

Thanks brosif. Helped a lot.

[@소금-e8c]

I just used quantiplasm with sun singer for the crucible part, and got it done really quickly, considering I always got top in the matches I played.

[@psykofaty]

I love your videos man. I am a numbers kind of guy so keep up the good work. I can't wait till you come out with a best gear for raid video.

[@monica3954]

Also anyone who doesn't get it from the chest, look on the ground, for sometimes it will drop on the ground as an exotic engram instead of going into your inventory :3

[@ninjapantser8698]

I did the crucible part w/ word of crota during iron banner

[@MasterBeats12]

it is 125 void kills you can use the destiny app to check in the progress session

[@imadecoy.]

Hey, for the fallen kills quest step fallen majors are worth 5% of the bounty each. For the crucible portion, I wrecked people with Atheon's Epilogue, especially hand cannon users. I just figured their aim was thrown off too much by the heavy stream of bullets. Word of Crota was trash. Took me 7 or 8 games of supremacy as a voidwalker.

[@tinywarfare9109]

If you're like me and mediocre in the Crucible and struggle to get kills with your special, getting those Void kills doesn't need to be super painful. Use a Void sidearm. Unlike the other special weapons you'll respawn with a supply of ammo so no need to go chasing those ammo crates. It's still a big grind, but a few hours of Iron Banner and I got the step done thanks to the sidearm. If you don't have a Void sidearm, you can buy the Teacup Tempest from the Vanguard Quartermaster.

[@MattFinessed]

Omg I've been waiting for this

[@klitosgeorgiou4776]

I got the thorn with your strategy. Thank you

[@Berrineso]

Thorn was my first exotic in Year 1, and I'm really glad to have it back. Seriously, it needs a buff. It's usable for me because I got really good with it but I really can't say the same for other people.

[@Berrineso]

***** I know, but for most people it may not be usable at all. And, yeah, I know about the DoT thing, but that's already been nerfed pretty heavily as it is. Not to mention the artifact that lowers it ever further

[@dannybailey666]

Eventually drops. You'll get it when you stop looking. Took me till last week, then on my main yesterday.

[@KhoroShogun]

I did this during Iron Banner with a void Saladin's Vigil. First game I got 8 kills with the 8 ammo I started with. It was glorious.

[@rustyshackleford7271]

I had a pulse rifle from the original prison of elders that had void on it. same archetype as hawksaw I think so that made it a breeze with a quantoplasm and the bane of the taken heavy machine gun. also ran nothing manicles which really helped with max discipline. getting a skeleton key was by far the hardest part of it. as for the thorn? never even used it. probably won't lol

[@Izum27]

Will you review Y3 Thorn? Some pointers would be useful. The low AA and range make it difficult for me on to achieve good target acquisition.

[@protoraveaehronius222]

thanks for this vid datto it really helped me out!

[@anguscrick5152]

Is it possible to have a video on the loot dropped by each boss in the wrath of the machine raid?

[@Danger_Noodle]

Never had a better feeling than when i saw thorn drop from that chest

[@drbowser166]

I was struggling since all I had was a shotgun that wasn't very good with Void on it for Crucible. But thankfully I picked up a Matador 64 around the 85% that got me two awesome games and finished that off quickly for me. Recoil sucks but it was fantastic with a shield titan

[@Mr-Lister]

This quest is why I kept Atheon's Epilogue through year two.

[@dylanbrezil9710]

Datto are you trying to figure out the Last Exit Code? And will you have a video for that?

[@hakosuka_1927]

if you need to do the voice kills quickly in the crucible, do mayhem. it helps

[@MrRockman1022]

I suggest using Word of Crota some void shotgun and void machine gun, that's what I used and it took me around 5 matches to get the bounty done. I'm a 1 KD flat player.

[@nclane12]

Atheons Epilogue melted for me lol I had a lot of fun pairing it with a fusion and Truth. Only took me like 5-6 games to get it

[@finalcartoon1044]

one of my friends got the jagged purpose from the abomination heist strike, not the thorn but the quest itself.

[@sixfronts2417]

Thorn is actually still quite decent. I got mine last night and first game got a 4.2kd. Although the DoT damage is pretty much dead it is still very viable.

[@sarro6788]

It is 125 kills bc if you track the quest then on the app if you pull up the quest it will show your progress out of 125

[@hailstorm4822]

Thanks so much, It was so helpful

[@DJEpicness27]

Could you do the Heroic Strike playlist and open the Skeleton Key Chest to get Thorn? Or do you need to do the chest from Destinations?

[@RobertoArboleda]

According to DIM it was 125 guardians that you had to kill on the crucible part

[@immanubro]

125 Void kills in crucible (said it on the companion app). I used the word of Crota and a Void side arm

[@bigjah5249]

For the Void kills, I used a Void Messenger (please bring it back Bungie) and a Void shotty with a Defender Titan. It was a bit challenging to combat the fire rate of Hawksaw and GoM. In the end tho, Messenger is bae.

[@ThePrimeShadow]

Got it today :) that's why I came back to this vid

[@JPAcuna3]

jeez, i spent the whole afternoon grinding the SIVA Crisis strikes trying to get the Abomination Heist, and when it comes out, my controller magically stopped responding. I had to reset it and turn off my ps4. Then i grinded even more and never saw it again. The main problem is that i was "tracking" the quest, but it was sending me to a different strike in the director, i think it was Taniks. And as i didn't see the Abomination Heist title anywhere, i thought it only came out in a Playlist. What a pain in the ass. Plus. i lost an exotic drop because i died right at the end and then found the postmaster was full before that so RIP.

[@DaveDickison]

I used a sidearm for the PVP part to always spawn with ammo. Beats doing the whole thing in year 1 with nothing but a 77 Wizard.

[@thegrandmaslayr]

I wonder if there's a way for Bungie to only keep it nerfed for Crucible. There was literally nothing wrong with Thorn in Year 1 PvE after it got its mag size and reload speed buffed.

[@ItsSlyFox]

I used the void jewel of Osiris (adept) and it definitely the best void primary to use.

[@legendaryaries3769]

I used word of crota and loved it. that thing is a beast now

[@zacharymcintosh3562]

Hey datto can u do a video on the wing words zoom and how it is compared to other snipers

[@spagwag3079]

Datto, could you do an exotic tier list for ROI as it was would help a lot. plus, you did it for the other years so...

[@victory7838]

I remember when I got it. God the thorn is my favourite revolver. Yeah it can be bad but the looks are so beautiful

[@BotsiIog]

its about time I really need it thanks @Datto

[@CruelBacon_]

THANK YOU !!! now i have all the quests complete XD

[@oviraptor3533]

done every bounty from Shiro possible since launch and still haven't got it...