Obliterating at the Obelisk is one of RoR2's alternate run endings. It requires looping at least once, then reaching Stage 3 to access the Celestial Portal. The first time you obliterate it permanently unlocks Mercenary and the Beads of Fealty item. With Beads of Fealty it leads to a secret boss fight and 10 Lunar Coins instead of the standard 5.
Loop at least once. Complete Stage 5 and choose to loop back to Stage 1 via the Primordial Teleporter rather than fighting Mithrix. See the looping guide if you haven't done this yet.
Reach any Stage 3 after looping (Stage 8, 13, 18, etc.). A Celestial Orb will appear orbiting the teleporter. This confirms the Celestial Portal will spawn after the event.
Complete the teleporter event on that stage. After the boss dies and the teleporter finishes charging, the Celestial Portal spawns next to the teleporter.
Enter the Celestial Portal. You arrive in A Moment, Fractured - a void of floating islands connected by glowing blue rocks. Follow the path down between each island.
The Obelisk is at the bottom on the final island - two massive stone monoliths with a circular cavity. Approach it.
Interact with the Obelisk. Confirm twice when prompted. You are obliterated. A continue portal also spawns nearby if you want to skip and keep playing.
Approaching the Obelisk spawns a continue portal below and to its right. You are never forced to obliterate. Enter the continue portal to skip A Moment, Fractured entirely and keep playing normally.
The outcome depends entirely on whether anyone in your party is holding Beads of Fealty.
Obliterating on Monsoon difficulty completes the Mastery challenge for your current survivor and unlocks their alternate skin. Works with or without Beads of Fealty. Dying to the Twisted Scavenger does NOT count. Co-op note: In multiplayer each player must be on Monsoon for their own Mastery to count - the host's difficulty applies to everyone, so confirm before you start.
After killing the Twisted Scavenger open the sack immediately. The 10 Lunar Coins drop but the screen fades to black quickly. You have only a few seconds before the run ends and uncollected coins are lost permanently.
Owners of the Seekers of the Storm DLC have a second obliteration method that doesn't require looping or the Celestial Portal.
Bonus: If you have a Halcyon Seed in your inventory when you beat the False Son, this also unlocks the False Son as a playable survivor.
No stat effect. No downside. The only function is redirecting obliteration to A Moment, Whole. Stacking multiple Beads has no additional effect - one is enough. Becomes available to find in runs after completing True Respite once.
Safe Cleansing Pool fodder. Since most Lunar items carry a significant downside, Beads of Fealty is useful as a throwaway Lunar item to feed a Cleansing Pool when you want to purify a slot without losing anything useful.
Obliterating for the first time ever completes True Respite and permanently unlocks Mercenary as a playable survivor.
True Respite also makes Beads of Fealty available as a world drop, Lunar Pod, and Bazaar purchase in all future runs.
The fastest way to unlock alternate skins. Obliterate on Monsoon with any survivor to unlock their skin - no Mithrix required.
With Beads of Fealty, obliterating leads to 10 Lunar Coins from the Twisted Scavenger - the largest single coin payout in the game.
Obliteration is one of RoR2's multiple endings. The run result shows as Fate Unknown, distinct from Mithrix or Voidling victories.
Sometimes a run isn't going well. Obliterating still gives 5 Lunar Coins and any Mastery progress on Monsoon - a clean way to exit with something.
Obliterating ends your run at the Obelisk in A Moment, Fractured. It gives 5 Lunar Coins, completes True Respite on first use (unlocking Mercenary and Beads of Fealty), and completes the Mastery challenge for your current survivor on Monsoon. With Beads of Fealty it sends you to fight a Twisted Scavenger for 10 Lunar Coins instead.
Loop at least once (complete Stage 5 and return to Stage 1), then reach Stage 3 of the next loop. A Celestial Orb appears circling the teleporter. Complete the teleporter event and the Celestial Portal spawns. Enter it to reach A Moment, Fractured. Follow the glowing island path down to the Obelisk.
Instead of ending the run, all players are transported to A Moment, Whole to fight one of four Twisted Scavengers. Killing it drops 10 Lunar Coins - collect them before the screen fades to black. The run ends after regardless.
Yes. The True Respite challenge requires obliterating at the Obelisk at least once. Completing it unlocks Mercenary and makes Beads of Fealty available in future runs. You only need to do this once across all runs.
Yes. A continue portal spawns near the Obelisk when you approach it. Enter it to skip obliteration and keep playing. The Celestial Portal visit is not a commitment to ending your run.
It counts as completing a run with a Fate Unknown ending. It does not count as defeating Mithrix or Voidling for challenges requiring those specific victories. It does count for Mastery skins on Monsoon.
Beads of Fealty is a Lunar item that redirects obliteration to A Moment, Whole for the Twisted Scavenger fight. It becomes available after completing True Respite. Find it in Lunar Pods (1 coin), the Bazaar Between Time (2 coins), or as a rare world drop. Stacking multiple Beads has no additional effect.
