What Are Precision Final Blows in Destiny 2 and How to Farm Them

As an experienced Destiny 2 player still grinding my way toward the max seasonal rank, exotic catalyst completions, and triumph seals, precision final blows have become second nature. But I remember first encountering that objective years ago and having no clue what it meant or how to make rapid progress.

If you‘re similarly not familiar with how precision final blows work in Destiny 2, as well as the most effective ways to farm them, this comprehensive guide has you covered!

Defining Precision Hits and Final Blows

Before we dive into the best farming spots and strategies, let‘s clearly define our central topic:

Precision Hits

A precision hit occurs when you shoot an enemy in their critical spot and see yellow/orange damage numbers, rather than the standard white damage figures.

These critical spots vary based on the enemy race:

• Cabal – The opening in the center of their shield
• Fallen – Their head
• Hive – Beneath their helmet/mask covering their face
• Scorn – Their head
• Vex – The white glowing core in their abdomen region

So in summary, a precision hit deals extra damage by shooting an enemy‘s vulnerable weak point.

Precision Final Blows

Building upon precision hits, a precision final blow occurs when you kill an enemy with a precision shot as the final damage. This typically requires focusing fire solely on their vulnerable precision zone.

For example:

• You shoot a Fallen Vandal in the body several times
• Its health gets low so you blast it in the head with a Hand Cannon
• The precision bullet eliminates the last of its health

That final Hand Cannon headshot constitutes a precision final blow, since that precision hit delivered the killing damage.

Many exotic weapon catalysts and seasonal challenges specifically require precision final blows rather than just precision hits. So keep that distinction in mind.

Now let‘s cover the best ways to rapidly farm up stacks of quick precision kills!

Top 5 Methods to Farm Precision Final Blows

Through extensive testing across years of playing Destiny 2, I‘ve narrowed down the absolute most efficient precision final blow farming strategies.

Most methods involve killing endless low-tier enemies like Thrall, as they prove far faster to destroy with critical hits vs tankier elites.

Let‘s review the top 5 precision farming spots:

1. Shuro Chi Checkpoint (Last Wish Raid)

The definitive precision kill farm – incredibly fast and endless.

This farming area takes advantage of a checkpoint right before the Shuro Chi encounter within Destiny 2‘s Last Wish raid.

To access it:

1. Launch the Last Wish raid through the Director
2. Once loaded in, hang an immediate left
3. Follow this path ignoring the first encounter door
4. Continue until you reach the Wishing Wall, with plates lining the surrounding walls
5. Activate the 6th plate, 4th plate, plus the next 3 plates to enter the wish reading:
   • Snake, Snake, Plus, Plus, Plus, Snake, Snake
6. This grants the "Shuro Chi Checkpoint" wish without having to complete any prior encounters
7. Kill yourself by jumping off the nearby ledge
8. You respawn at the checkpoint just before waves of Shadow Thrall

Equip your weapons of choice and let the precision kills commence!

2. Altars of Sorrow (Moon Public Event)

This Moon public event floods the surrounding area with endless waves of Hive over multiple stages.

To leverage it for precision blows:

• Load up Altars of Sorrow whenever the event is active
• Use a Scout Rifle or other primary ammo precision weapon
• Target headshots on the endless Thrall and Acolytes swarming each round
• Focus on achieving the final blow with a precision shot for maximum efficiency

With the hordes of enemies charging the altar each phase, you can easily accumulate dozens of precision kills per event run.

3. K1 Logistics Lost Sector (Moon)

Lost sectors provide self-contained dungeons with predictable enemy layouts prime for precision farming.

My recommended approach:

1. Launch the K1 Logistics lost sector through the Moon‘s map
2. Kill your way through only using precision weapons (scouts, bows, snipers, slug shotguns)
3. Focus solely on landing final blows with precision shots
4. Open the chest at the end
5. Fast travel back to Sorrow‘s Harbor
6. Re-run the lost sector by jumping down to the original entrance
7. Rinse and repeat!

For even faster runs, you can skip past enemies and go straight to the final room. Both strategies yield excellent precision counts.

4. Thrallway (Whisper of the Worm Mission)

This next spot provides completely unlimited Shadow Thrall for endless precision blows.

To access the thrallway:

1. Select The Whisper (Heroic) from Io‘s destination map
2. Work your way through the jumping puzzle
3. Fight past the first two rooms filled with Taken Vex
4. Drop down a hole/cave along the right wall of the grassy room
5. Follow the path all the way until you find a lit room with 3 Shadow Thrall
6. Kill them to spawn the stairway behind leading to the thrallway
7. Turn back to witness endless Shadow Thrall flooding toward you

The narrow design makes landing nonstop precision shots simple. You‘ll also have a safe spot up on the platform to retreat when needed.

5. Sorik‘s Cut Story Mission (The Trickster)

Our final pick manipulates a checkpoint during this mission to spawn waves of Fallen.

To leverage this for farming:

1. Access the mission through Four-Horn Gulch on the EDZ director
2. Play through until you face Soriks in a large boss room
3. Kill the initial wave of Fallen adds
4. Advance forward which triggers more Fallen to spawn
5. Retreat back just outside the room‘s entrance
6. Wait ~10 seconds for enemies to reset
7. Repeat – Fallen will respawn indefinitely

Nail precision blows on the Vandals and Captains using Scout Rifles or Bows. This works for many older Destiny 2 story missions as well!

Optimizing Your Farm

Now that we‘ve covered numerous precision farming spots, here are some key tips to optimize your yield:

• Weapons – Scouts, bows, and hand cannons excel as precision primaries. Sniper/shotgun/fusion rifles work great as specials. Machine guns also shine.
• Aim – Stay disciplined aiming at enemies‘ precision zones instead of center mass.
• Subclasses – Run Nightstalker (Hunter) with Orpheus Rigs or top tree Dawnblade (Warlock) to maximize uptime on your chosen weapons. Titans using Rally Barricade can provide ample sniper ammo.
• Target enemies with big precision zones – Hive, Vex, and Fallen prove easier than Cabal or Scorn.
• Weapon perks – Explosive rounds and Firefly both help chamber the next precision shot quickly after a kill.
• Radiant buff – Activate Radiant before farming to boost precision damage by 25%.

Learn enemy patterns, keep moving your aim smoothly, activate buffs/debuffs, and watch those precision numbers skyrocket!

Reasons You‘ll Want Precision Final Blows

Here are just some of the major activities and objectives where farming precision final blows comes in extremely handy:

• Most exotic weapon catalysts require hundreds or thousands of precision kills
• Seasonal challenges regularly ask for 50 – 500 precision final blows
• Banshee‘s weekly gunsmith bounties often incorporate precision objectives
• Certain exotic quests and missions bake in precision requirements at multiple points
• Ritual weapon quests like Komodo-4fr and Randy‘s Throwing Knife demand thousands of precision kills
• Triumph score seals such as Deadeye, Conqueror, and Dredgen include precision blow objectives

So if you ever need to complete any tasks or unlocks demanding loads of precision final blows, make sure to use the optimized farming strategies above! They are the only way to maintain your sanity grinding out all those objectives.

Let me know if this helps explain the foundation of precision shots and final blows in Destiny 2 – or feel free to ask any other questions!