Skydock IV Lost Sector Destiny 2: Loadouts & Guide (2024)

Skydock IV is one of the easiest Lost Sectors to complete in Destiny 2, making it one of the best to farm Exotics.

While our Destiny 2 Lost Sector guide features every Lost Sector in the game, this mini-guide covers everything you need to know to prepare for the Skydock IV Lost Sector, including recommended loadouts, Threats, and Champions.

Skydock IVLost Sector Location

The Skydock IV Lost Sector is located in The Cistern, EDZ.

How to unlock Legend & Master Lost Sectors? You’ll need to clear the Lost Sector on standard difficulty and reach the soft cap 1750 Power Level to even see them in the Director.

Destiny 2 Skydock IV: Enemies & Champions

Similar to Gilded Precept, Skydock IV features these two types of Champions:

Skydock IV Champions
Legend	x3 Unstoppable Incendior	x1 Barrier Colossus
Master	x5 Unstoppable Incendior	x1 Barrier Colossus

Skydock IV D2 Recommended loadout

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Skydock IV has Unstoppable and Barrier Champions; therefore, we recommend a Solar or Strand loadout:

• Kinetic Slot: Arbalest or Wish-Ender, as they can both take down Barrier Champions while also having solid burst damage and range.
• Energy Slot: Epochal Integration or Zaouli’s Bane, as they can both stun Unstoppable Champions while also taking advantage of the Solar Surge.
• Heavy Slot: Apex Predator is best, but any high-damage Solar or Strand Heavy weapon will work
• Build: Solar or Strand

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo?	Element?	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo	Element	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Wish-Ender	Combat Bow	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Kinetic	Forsaken Pack	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE	Exotic Quest	No	Forsaken Pack	Season 4	Kinetic	No	Top-tier
	Arbalest	Linear Fusion Rifle	Exotic	Exotic	Special	Kinetic	Lightfall	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	-	Exotic Quest	No	Lightfall	Season 6	Kinetic	No
	Epochal Integration	Hand Cannon	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity	No	Free-to-Play	Season 21	Energy	No	Top-tier
	Apex Predator	Rocket Launcher	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	Forsaken Pack	Yes	Heavy	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Last Wish Raid	Yes	Forsaken Pack	Season 4	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent,Explosive Light,Reconstruction,Bait and Switch

Subclasses and Exotics

Due to the weekly surge, players should go for a Solar or Strand build. Hunters can go for our Radiant Assassin build or Celestial Nighthawk if feeling confident. Threadrunners can use a Cyrtarachne’s Facade and Whirling Maelstrom setup for great ad-clear and survivability.

Solar Warlock is incredibly strong, so we recommend a Sunbracers build with Heat Rises and Touch of Flame for infinite grenades and excellent survivability. On Strand, we suggest our Mindspun Suspender build for strong crowd-control and the ability to stun Unstoppable Champions with Suspend.

Titans can either go for a Strand setup with Banner of War and Synthoceps or use our Overflowing Suspension build to slow the fight down. On Solar, Titans should go for our Undying Flame build for solid damage and good healing.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Sunbracers	Warlock	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Increases the duration of Solar Grenades. Solar melee kills grant unlimited Solar Grenade energy for a brief time."
Assassin's Cowl	Hunter	Helm	Shadowkeep	Exotic Engrams	Season 8	Shadowkeep	Exotic Perk: "Powered melee final blows grant invisibility and restore a portion of health and shields. Finishers and final blows against more powerful targets increase the duration of the invisibility and the amount of health and shields."
Celestial Nighthawk	Hunter	Helm	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Modifies Golden Gun to fire a single high-damage shot. Enemies eliminated by the shot explode and grant you Super energy."
Heart of Inmost Light	Titan	Chest	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Perk: "Using an ability (grenade, melee, or Barricade) empowers the other two abilities. Empowered means abilities have faster regen, melees and grenades do more damage, and Barricades have more hit points."
Synthoceps	Titan	Arms	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Exotic Perk: "Increased melee lunge range. Improved melee and Super damage when you're surrounded."

Requirements

Needless to say, these aren’t easy and the least you should do is ensure you have a reasonable Power Level. By reasonable, we mean no less than 10 Power Levels below the recommended levels. If you find yourself struggling, work on increasing your Power Level as much as possible and focus on Legend Lost Sectors.

Skydock IV Destiny 2 Legend guide

In the first room, there will be a couple of red-bar enemies and an Unstoppable Champion. Quickly take out the minor enemies first before stunning the Champion as if they are alone, it will be much easier to take them down.

As you drop down, land on the left-hand ledge and take care of the Psions, and then look to nuke the Unstoppable Champion that will be rushing you. Using the high ground will make this section much easier, so stay on the ledge while you kill the Champion and remaining red-bar enemies. Once all minors are cleared, you can easily kill the Barrier Champion.

As you push up through the room, continue to take down the red-bar enemies in the vicinity. A few War Beasts will rush you, but they are easy to handle, provided you keep your distance. Plenty of explosive barrels are in this room, so use them to make things go quicker. Once the area is clear, you can proceed to the boss room.

The first thing you should see in the final room is an Unstoppable Champion. This enemy is a high priority, so take them down as fast as possible. Feel free to hang by the doorway or even retreat into the previous room to make things more comfortable for yourself. Once defeated, enter the room, and you can jump up to the left and go on the walkway where a Psion is standing or stick to the right-hand side of the room. Both work and it is entirely up to you.

Make sure to take out the remaining enemies in the room before you take on the boss. However, you can one-shot the boss if you have enough burst damage. If not, dump your rockets and Special ammo; the boss should die easily. Once dead, you will be able to collect your loot.

Lost Sector Rewards

As a reminder, completing Legend or Master Lost Sectors solo is the only way to acquire several specific Exotic armor pieces. While our Lost Sector Exotics guide covers them all, including their rotation for the remainder of the season, these are all Lost Sector Exotics available today:

Skydock IV Summary

Featuring a Solar threat modifier, the Skydock IVLost Sector features Solar and Void shielded enemies as well as Unstoppable and Barrier Champions. Due to its length to complete and difficulty, this is one of the absolute best Lost Sectors to farm.