History of Memories of Loss

Memories of Loss is Quest Step 14 of The Witch Queen campaign, set at the Altar of Reflection in Savathûn's Throne World. It unlocks after completing The Last Chance (step 13), where you obtain the crystal shard whose memory you now reveal.

Overview

• Type: Story mission; destination Savathûn's Throne World; no separate power requirement found.

Encounters / mechanics

1. A rune-pattern puzzle: shoot three columns in order (wrong picks reset).
2. "The Odd One" puzzle: find the rune that stands out among circular structures and shoot its column.
3. Combat against Lucent Hive Archivists and the miniboss Xirash, Keeper of Memory; destroy its ghost after depleting its health.
4. Interact with the altar to see a memory cutscene of Savathûn, followed by an escape sequence.

Rewards

Completing it unlocks the 15th quest step and advances the campaign. See also Memories of Ruin.

Sources

• Destiny 2 Memories of Loss Mission Walkthrough — identifies Memories of Loss as quest step 14 after The Last Chance (step 13) and documents the Altar of Reflection, both rune puzzles, Lucent Archivists, Xirash, memory scene, and completion of the next quest step. This supports the canonical prerequisite link above.