Terminal Resonance

Terminal Resonance is the countdown mechanic of the Exhibition encounter in Vow of the Disciple. Picking up the Resonant Shard gives everyone the Terminal Resonance debuff and starts the timer. If the timer reaches 0:00, the whole team is killed.

Overview

The timer is the main pressure in the Exhibition. Every room has to be cleared and the Shard moved along quickly enough to keep it above zero.

How it works

• Killing a Disciple's Hourglass resets Terminal Resonance to its maximum. In the first room the Hourglass sits on a shielded Taken Knight, and its shield can only be broken by firing the Shard's laser at it.
• Depositing the Shard in the second room also resets Terminal Resonance.
• The Shard holder keeps the Shard while the Aegis holder deposits, so the Shard is not spent early.
• The depositor of the Shard in the second room receives Curbed Resonance, which stops them from picking up any relic for 30 seconds.
• Hourglasses in later rooms spawn in fixed spots, including a small platform over the abyss in the third room and the highest island in the fourth room.

Guides from 2022 disagree on how many seconds each Hourglass kill or deposit adds. The reset behaviour above is the consistent part.