How to complete the vault puzzles in Destiny 2’s ‘Zero Hour’

Dissolve vault puzzles in the reprized version of Lot 2‘Zero Hour’ mission is required to complete the mission Vaulted obstacles secret triumph.

After earning Outbreak Perfected from Ada-1, you’ll need to find some hidden symbols in the mission itself and use them to unlock a door so you can enter a secret code into the Cryptarch’s vault. For your trouble, you get the snazzy-looking Vimana Junker Exotic ship, which is themed after the Outbreak Perfected Exotic pulse rifle.

In this Lot 2 In the guide we will show you how to find each hidden code and what order to enter in the ‘Zero Hour’ mission. If you’re looking for additional perks when crafting Outbreak Perfected, you’ll also need to find special switches in the weekly quest ‘Outbreak Refined’.

Remark: At the time of writing, only two of the three puzzles are available. The final puzzle will be available on May 28 and we will update this guide to reflect the terminal locations.

How do the vault puzzles work?

To solve the vault puzzle, you’ll need to enter a special code sequence once you reach the Cryptarch Vault near the end of the mission. However, some of the rooms you need to access to enter the sequences are blocked and you need to unlock them.

To unlock the blocked rooms, you must have already found several consoles and solved their puzzle earlier in the “Zero Hour” mission.

If you successfully open a door while running and then enter the correct vault puzzle sequence, you can get a Vinma Junker Scheme and improve the intrinsic benefit for Outbreak Perfected, Corruption is spreading.

It can be difficult to describe this puzzle at points, at least until you have a basic understanding of what you’re doing. So if you want to see what this all looks like in practice before you go any further, take a look Scharrel9‘s video above.

You can complete this puzzle on Legend or Normal difficulty, although on Normal you will have a lot more time, so that’s what I recommend.

Console icon set 1

To unlock the first door for the first vault puzzle in ‘Zero Hour’, go to the tower courtyard. If you’re not familiar with the original Destination, basically all you have to do is continue the mission until you fight the Brig in the open area – the second combat arena in the mission, after you get out of the vent and run down the hallway. Kill everything during the encounter.

Before you continue, jump onto the oddly shaped building in the center of the courtyard – what used to be the postmaster and Eververse store. Look back the way you came and you’ll see a partially destroyed balcony above the stairs you just crawled through. Jump up there and look for the main column. On the side facing away from the balcony and the Traveler, you will see a terminal. Equip your Outbreak Perfected and activate the terminal.

Once you activate it, you will see a group of Siva symbols appear on the screen. You will also notice that a timer will appear on your UI that says ‘Temporary permission granted.” Look at the battle arena and you will see that a symbol has appeared on the top left tower. There are two other new symbols in this area, although you can’t see them from here.

Run around and look at the three symbols in the area:

1. Tower top left
2. On the other side of the oddly shaped building you climbed, facing the console
3. At the exit of the arena, turn and look at the strangely shaped building. ​​You will find the symbol on the outer balcony wall.

The terminal you activated will tell you which symbol to shoot first with Outbreak Perfected. Follow the directions and shoot the symbol you see. Once you’ve done that, the symbol on the terminal will shift and tell you the next one in the sequence.

The order in which you must shoot the symbols is random, so make sure you point to the console the first two times you fire. There also is a little cheat sheet then at symbol 3 that will tell you the next symbol in the sequence if you don’t want to run all the way back. It resembles the Shiva symbol and is just a small hologram sitting on some rubble.

If you get the first two right, all you have to do is find and shoot the third.

After you destroy all three symbols, you will be notified that access has been granted. Now you can move on to the second symbol set for the next puzzle, or go straight to the part of Vault Puzzle 1 for the solution.

Console icon set 2

For the second set of symbols, complete the first combat portion of ‘Zero Hour’ and head to the rooftop area where the normal and legendary missions diverge. Jump down as if you were about to take the normal path under the plane. But instead, pass the plane and run to the back wall with the white panels on it.

On the left side of the wall you will see an open door air hole. Walk in and you will find the terminal. Activate it to start your timer.

Just like in the first puzzle, look at the terminal to determine which symbol you need to hit. You can find symbols in three different places:

1. Behind the plane, near the stairs
2. On the second floor, behind the stairs
3. On the third level, at the back of the center column, near the white pipes

Follow the terminal’s instructions and enter the code in order using the floating symbols. More than the first puzzle, the Siva cheat sheet – which tells you which piece of the puzzle is next – saves you time here. You will find it on the central pallet on the second level. If you’re playing with friends, it’s a good idea to keep one Guardian near the terminal so you don’t have to run back and forth.

Once you enter the code correctly, the game will notify you that you have gained access to another vault door (listed as “Vault Puzzle 2” in this guide). Continue the rest of the mission until you reach the Cryptarch vault.

Vault puzzle 1

Once you get to the vault (remember that you must have solved the ‘Console Icon 1’ puzzle earlier in this guide) head past the path trap and into the area with all the relics and the large towers that look like servers. Don’t drop down and continue towards the boss arena, as you won’t be able to get back up.

On the left side of the room you will see a TV monitor displaying several rooms with terminals, four “offline” rooms and one “ERROR” room. You will also notice some shapes and arrows on the right side of the monitor.

The shapes represent the position of the connections in the room, so the leftmost puzzle solution is for the square room, which is at the bottom left. The diamond room is located at the top left.

Each of the small terminals on the map represents a console with which you can interact. The arrows indicate the order you need to access the terminals.

Above is the order in which you need to press the terminal buttons to solve the first puzzle, which is located in the square room. If the square room is locked, it means you didn’t complete the first symbol puzzle earlier in the mission to unlock the door.

Look at the TV screen and orient yourself so that your back is facing the tile puzzle. The pink numbers (1, 2, 4 and 5) are for terminals in the square room and the red numbers (3, 6) indicate terminals you need to press in the hallway. The solution is:

1. In the square room, top right
2. In the square room, bottom right
3. In the relic aisle, bottom left
4. In the square room, bottom left
5. In the square room, top left
6. In the relic aisle, top left

If you mess up the sequence, it will indicate that you have failed and you can start over at the first terminal. You know you’re successful when you… schematic and the Exotic Intrinsic upgrade popup on your screen.

Vault puzzle 2

Once you’ve solved the ‘Console Icon 2’ puzzle mentioned earlier in this guide, you can complete another vault puzzle.

This time you have to follow the arrows to determine the order. But this time your focus is on the diamond room, which is at the top left. Please note that this room is only open if you completed the second symbol puzzle earlier in the mission.

Stand at the TV monitor again, place your back to the tile puzzle and face the safe. This is how to read the card. In the image above I have indicated the order you need to interact with the terminals. The pink numbers (1, 2, 3, 6) indicate the order of the terminals in the diamond room, while the red numbers (4, 5) show the order of the terminals in the corridor. The solution is:

1. In the diamond room, right
2. In the diamond room, at the bottom
3. In the diamond room, left
4. In the relic aisle, bottom right
5. In the relic corridor, center right
6. In the diamond room, at the top

After interacting with all six terminals in a row, you will get another ship schedule and another upgrade to Corruption is spreadingthe intrinsic Exotic perk for Outbreak Perfected.