Pinnacle Ops
Pinnacle Ops · Exotic Mission · Tangled Shore
Reward · Slayer’s Fang · Exotic Void Shotgun

Kell’s Fall

A planar-traversal exotic mission in the Pinnacle Ops where you storm Fikrul’s Revenant Fortress on the Tangled Shore, mirror-stepping between the material plane and the Revenant Plane to win Slayer’s Fang — an Exotic Void shotgun whose final blows Weaken and whose submunitions stun Overload Champions.

Reward
Slayer’s FangExotic Void shotgun · craftable
Location
Tangled ShoreRevenant Fortress · the Reef
Mechanic
Mirror planesMaterial ↔ Revenant Plane
Origin
Episode: RevenantAct III · The Final Shape year
The Fiction

Why you’re here

The mirror-stepping isn’t a gimmick — it’s the only way to touch something that refuses to stay dead. Here’s the story behind the two planes.

The Baron who cheats death

On the Tangled Shore you storm Fikrul the Fanatic’s Revenant Fortress — the Scorn Baron who cheats death through Hive-taught necromancy. The mission mirror-steps between the material plane and the deathly Revenant Plane, where the Scorn’s undying essence actually lives.

Your reward is built for exactly this work. Slayer’s Fang, the Void shotgun, layers Weaken and Overload-stun submunitions — a hunter made to put down things that keep reassembling.

Step through the mirror to strike what the living side can’t, harvest the essence that stitches the Scorn back together, and make the kill finally stick.

The Reward

Slayer’s Fang & how to craft it

Exotic · Shotgun · Void

Slayer’s Fang

Intrinsic — Nightsworn Sight: final blows grant Truesight, boost reload speed and precision damage, and make the gun’s submunitions Weaken what they hit — so kills snowball into more debuffed, easier kills.

Heart Piercer: rounds shatter into submunitions on impact, and that submunition burst gives the shotgun built-in anti-Overload Champion stun — a rare slot of native Champion disruption on a Void special.

Craft it: under the Pinnacle Ops economy your first completion drops Slayer’s Fang with Deepsight Resonance — extract or dismantle it to unlock the craftable pattern, then build it at the Enclave. Each additional standard clear grants an intrinsic-upgrade material to slot when crafting.

Catalysts: Slayer’s Fang carries four selectable “Refits” — Repulsor Brace, Stats For All, Cascade Point, and Loose Change — earned from higher-difficulty clears (the Director’s reward preview shows the tier). Only one Refit sockets at a time, swappable at the Enclave.

How to start

Open the Director, go to Vanguard Ops → Pinnacle Ops, then the Pinnacle tab, pick Kell’s Fall, and choose a difficulty before launching.

In the original Revenant release this was a story-gated node in the Last City; the standalone Exotic Rotator is deprecated and Kell’s Fall lives in Pinnacle Ops.

What to bring

  • Burst / mid-range DPS with survivability — Heavy GLs or Swords excel in the timed and immunity-break windows.
  • Add-clear you can carry across planes, since you fight in both the material plane and the mirror realm.
  • Self-healing or Restoration for the final arena’s add pressure and the Refracting-timer pressure in the Revenant Plane.
The Route

Walkthrough

Storm the fortress, learn to mirror-step between two planes, and bank Revenant Essence in the mirror to strip immunity in the material world. The variant you’re running decides the final boss.

Launch Kell’s Fall from the Pinnacle Ops node and pick a difficulty. Start at the Tangled Shore watchtower outskirts, move past the observing Scorn, and follow the ledges to the Revenant Fortress Gatehouse.
Gatehouse — Araskes, the Trickster: chip its health, and when it stops moving burn it with Heavy ammo. Defeating or driving it off unlocks your abilities and opens the way in.
Learn the core mechanic in the Bailey / Mirror Gallery: step through cracked archway portals to swap between the material plane and the Revenant Plane (the mirror realm), and light braziers to open sealed doors.
Encounter 1 — Fighting Pits (Kaniks, the Mad Bomber): enter the Revenant Plane, kill the Pit Boss and slay Weavers to bank 10 stacks of Revenant Essence (a timed buff), return to the material plane, and use the Revenant Empowerment to break the immunity on the two Pit Enforcers, then defeat Kaniks, the Mad Bomber.
Encounter 2 — Sanctum (Hiraks, the Mindbender): fight across both planes, managing the Refracting timer (~2:10) in the mirror — collect essence, light braziers, and exit before it expires or you take the lethal Shattering debuff. The damage phases have no wipe mechanic, so take your time.
Trickster Redux: ascend the spiral staircase while repeatedly damaging Araskes, the Trickster again, using the same burn-it-down approach between its moves.
Final Throne Room: clear Scorn add waves — kill Void Chieftains fast so their immunity totems don’t lock the boss — and when Fikrul charges his staff-wipe attack, dash through the mirror portal into the Revenant Plane.
In the mirror, defeat Revenant Essentia / Weavers to gain 10 stacks of Revenant Empowerment, then break the boss out of immunity (in the Diffraction variant, shoot the mirror to stun Fikrul and open the DPS window) and burn down the variant’s final boss to finish.
First completion: claim Slayer’s Fang (with Deepsight), then extract or dismantle it for the craftable pattern. Rerun on Expert to chase the catalyst Refits.
The Details

Mechanics & the bosses

Key mechanics

Planar traversal. Cracked archway portals swap you between the material plane and the Revenant Plane (mirror realm) — the mission’s central puzzle.
Revenant Essence → Empowerment. Kill Weavers in the mirror to stack 10 Revenant Essence; the resulting Revenant Empowerment strips immunity shields on majors and bosses back in the material plane.
Refracting timer. While in the Revenant Plane you carry the Refracting buff (~2:10); leave before it expires or it becomes the lethal Shattering debuff.
Braziers. Light sets of braziers — often right after a mirror traversal — to open doors and progress.
Mission variants. Reflection, Distortion, and Diffraction share the layout but change the final boss and dialogue.
Secret — Scorned Organist (Diffraction). Input the organ code 10-4-6-1-11-4-8-1, then kill the Tormentor that appears around two-thirds health to break immunity for the Spectroscopic Shell cosmetic.

Bosses by variant

The final boss depends on the variant you’ve unlocked:

  • Reflection (first / default) ends with Reksis Vahn, the Hangman.
  • Distortion ends with the Screeb Matriarch.
  • Diffraction (the story finale) pits you directly against Fikrul, the Fanatic, killed using Eido’s tonic.

Mid-mission bosses throughout: Araskes the Trickster, Kaniks the Mad Bomber, and Hiraks the Mindbender. The Scorned Organist is a separate, optional secret boss — not a variant finale.

Lore lens · why it works

Stepping into the Revenant Plane lets you strike the death-side of what keeps rebuilding itself back among the living. The Weavers you kill there are the seamstresses of Scorn resurrection — harvesting their Revenant Essence is what strips a Baron’s immunity. The Refracting → Shattering timer is a borrowed tolerance running out: a death-realm rejecting a living intruder who lingers too long.

Difficulty & rewards. Pinnacle Ops lists Advanced to Ultimate; higher difficulty sets a stronger reward tier, with Grandmaster and Ultimate as the top challenge tiers, plus optional modifiers to push rewards further. Every clear progresses the Deepsight pattern and intrinsic upgrades; the four Slayer’s Fang catalyst Refits come from the higher tiers (the Director’s reward preview shows the tier) and yield higher-rank gear. The catalyst steps carried over from the Revenant Slayer quest line.
Don’t Wipe

Tips & common mistakes

Bring burst / mid-range DPS plus survivability for the final arena — Heavy GLs or Swords are ideal for the timed and immunity-break windows.
In the Revenant Plane, prioritize Weavers immediately to bank 10 essence before the Refracting timer runs out — greedily fighting other adds is the most common wipe.
On Fikrul and the final phases, kill Void Chieftains fast so their summoned immunity totems don’t soft-lock the boss, and stay near the mirror portal so you can dash in when the staff-charge wipe begins.
The Mad Bomber and Mindbender damage phases have no wipe mechanic — there’s no rush, so play methodically. Run Expert only when you’re actually farming the catalyst Refits.
Build Pairing

Best artifact for this exotic

Slayer’s Fang is a close-range Void shotgun that Weakens on kills and stuns Overload — so pair it with the artifact that feeds the Void debuff loop and rewards Void final blows. The Artifact 2.0 layer accelerates the build — it doesn’t gate it.

Primary pick

NPA Repulsion Regulator

Why: its Void Breach engine — Unto the Breach (Void-debuffed kills spawn Breaches) → Protective Breach (pickups become a Void Overshield) → Supernova (your next Void hit becomes a Weakening pulse) — feeds overshield and stacks Weaken right alongside the shotgun’s Void final blows. Slayer’s Fang is constantly creating debuffed kills, which is exactly what lights the loop.

Alternative: Tablet of Ruin — Volatile Marksman and the Maligned Harvest Weakening burst stack Volatile and Weaken onto Slayer’s Fang’s weakening submunitions, and its anti-Taken kit is handy in the Scorn-and-mirror chaos of the throne room.

Reminder: artifact perks are disabled in Competitive and Trials but active in all PvE — so for a Pinnacle Ops run, slot freely. See the PvE Weapons page for the full loadout around Slayer’s Fang.
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