Destiny 2 glitch jump-scares players

The new raid boss lets loose a horribly loud scream, which has caught many players completely off-guard.

Destiny 2’s new raid, King’s Fall, has an unfortunate bug with one of its bosses. This bug causes the boss, Golgoroth, to emit a very loud and very intense scream whenever players “wipe”, or lose to the boss.

A ‘raid’, for those unaware, is a high-level dungeon that can only be completed with a full team of party members. King’s Fall is a new raid for Destiny 2, although it is technically a returning raid from Destiny 1, and it requires six players to complete.

Golgoroth is one of the raid bosses in King’s Fall, and the fight focuses around dealing with swarms of additional enemies and balancing resources — in short, pretty difficult to do while avoiding attacks and laying down some fire. Players struggling to complete the encounter will, unfortunately, be subject to restarting the fight — but not before Golgoroth has one final say.

See, when Golgoroth kills all six players, it is supposed to emit a reasonably loud roar to signal that the encounter is over. Instead, it screeches out a horrendously loud roar that can damage your ears if you’re playing with headphones on.

Golgoroth Audio Glitch When Wiping From Totem! 🤣

WARNING VERY LOUD NOISE! #Destiny2pic.twitter.com/5lEuYq5lTV

— Chibirobo1 (@chibirobo12) August 27, 2022

Obviously, this is a bug — Bungie, the developers of Destiny 2 admitted as much via their Help Twitter. “We’re aware of an issue where Golgoroth can sometimes produce an extremely loud roar in the King’s Fall raid,” it said. “It’s recommended to lower your audio output when fighting Golgoroth until a fix can be implemented.”

Meanwhile, the comments of that tweet are filling up with reaction clips and videos of players ‘discovering’ the bug. While funny, it is definitely worth remembering that players often have game audio cranked up to listen for audio cues during fights, so this definitely has the potential to cause lasting harm.

Bungie recently stepped back from community outreach, opening up publicly about the harassment the developers receive. This preceded a string of lawsuits, with Bungie suing streamers for cheating and death threats. This wave of lawsuits has triggered some counter-filings as well, as a hacking company subpoenaed Google and PayPal for ammo against Bungie.

Written by Junior Miyai on behalf of GLHF.