How to Claim the Sleeper Simulant in Destiny 2

Getting your hands on the Sleep Simulant in Destiny 1 was an ordeal that involved numerous steps and a lot of waiting. Fortunately for players of the Destiny 2, the weapon makes a return with the only barrier to success being your ability to complete these steps.

The Quest Begins

The first step of the quest is fairly simple, you simply have to finish the main campaign of the Warmind DLC. Once that’s done, a second quest line will become available, called Data Recovery. This is a two-step quest that rewards players with the IKELOS HC V.1.0.1 Hand Cannon, a key part that you’ll need to hang onto for the remaining steps. Now that you have the Hand Cannon, we can begin the rest of the steps towards the Sleep Simulant.

Quest Step – Violent Intel

The first step is fairly simple, with the player needing to defeat Hive and Cabal enemies with precision shots in Hellas Basin. If that name isn’t super familiar, fear not, it’s simply the name of the Mars Patrol area, so as long as you’re visiting the Red Planet, you’ll be fine. You’ll need to have the IKELOS Hand Cannon equipped, but you don’t need to use it for this step, so feel free to use a more comfortable Primary weapon if you wish. The Lost sectors are an excellent place to collect the Cabal kills, while loading up the Escalation Protocol works perfectly for killing lots of Hive.

Quest Step – Rasputin’s Culling

Yet more killing must be done for this step, though the parameters are a lot looser than before. Powerful Enemies are easily identified by their yellow health bars, so you can find them at practically every Public Event on any Patrol Location. An easier way to find a lot at once however, requires you to jump into the Leviathan Raid. The starting area there has a ton of Powerful Enemies just ripe for the picking, and it should only take a couple of attempts to kill enough enemies.

Quest Step – Warmind’s Glory

This next step is something of a doozy. On the surface it is very straightforward, just needing to complete 5 Heroic Strikes to mark it off the list. The problem at the moment is the bugs surrounding the Heroic Strike Playlist, which can cause strikes to not count towards the goal. Bungie is aware of the problems, as has compiled a list of things you can do to make sure everything is going as planned.

• Assemble any non-match made Fireteam members before selecting the Heroic Strikes Playlist in the Director.
• Ensure that no one is joining the Fireteam after the Heroic Strike Playlist has been selected, and make sure that no Fireteam members are in their menu before this activity is launched.
• If players see a named strike (ex: “The Arms Dealer”) when selecting the Heroic Strikes Playlist in the Director before launching, they must back out of the Director and select the Heroic Strikes playlist again. Players will know that they are successfully queuing this playlist when “Heroic Strikes Playlist” appears on-screen.
• Once the Heroic Strike Playlist has been successfully launched and players are heading toward their destination, players may safely navigate to their menu to swap gear, adjust settings, or review their inventory.

As before, you’ll need to have the IKELOS weapon equipped, so don’t forget to do that before attempting this step.

Quest Step – Sleeper Nodes

This is the step a lot of players will find less that joyful. The requirement is for players to unlock 15 Sleeper Nodes, which first requires players to find and combine Resonate Stems. These little beauties drop from almost any activity on Mars, so feel free to go nuts as you clear Lost Sectors and complete Public Events. Four Stems will combine into an Override Frequency, which will give players a small riddle as to which Sleeper Node they need to open. The riddles aren’t too hard, and point to the location of the Sleeper Node they correspond to. Once you’re close enough to the correct Node, the screen should undergo some changing effects and you’ll likely hear some music, a tell-tale sign that you’re close.

Quest Step – Escalation Protocol

This is a tricky one. You’ll need to clear 3 Hive Escalation Protocol waves with the IKELOS weapon equipped. The good news first, you don’t appear to need to complete 3 consecutive waves, so completing the first wave 3 times will be a much easier task. The bad news, is that just because it’s easier, doesn’t mean it’s easy. The Escalation Protocol is basically a DPS check, so make sure you and your squad are well equipped and prepared before starting it off.

Quest Step – Will of the Thousands

The final step in the long road towards the Sleeper Simulant, the Will of the Thousands strike is a replay of the final campaign mission, just a lot harder. The recommended power level is 360, so it’s quite a bit tougher than the Heroic Strikes, though its completion will require players to level up a little before making their attempt, and make sure to keep the IKELOS weapon equipped when you take the fight to the enemy. Once you’re finished though, feel free to use the Sleeper Simulant to take out your frustrations on the common enemies on Mars for making you jump through all those hoops.

Now that you know the steps required to claim the Sleeper Simulant, what are you waiting for, get out there and get your hands on one of the more interesting Exotics out there right now. For more Exotic Weapon goodness, check out our guide to claiming the Worldline Zero Exotic Sword, here.

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