How to spot secrets in Destiny 2: Nether?

Did you know that Destiny 2: Heresy has a pretty darn foolproof system for spotting secrets no matter where you are? This might not have been a big deal in seasons prior, but The Nether activity has oodles of secret chests and whatnot, which means you’ll be hunting for those.

For better or for worse, The Nether is the crux of Destiny 2: Heresy. It’s not that the rest of the seasonal offers are bad (quite the opposite, in fact), but Nether is such a stellar experience almost across the board that you’ll probably be spending hours upon hours prowling through the Dreadnaught. Much of it’s got to do with chasing loot, naturally, and the good news is that Nether is loaded with goodies. The bad news is that the majority of them are tied to secret chests, and you need to know how to chase those down. Fret not, though, because I’ve got a trick for you: relying on your Ghost!

How to find all the secrets and chests in The Nether activity in Destiny 2

Pull out your Ghost! No, really, it’s that simple: you just need to pull the ol’ Ghost out, and if you’re reasonably close to a secret chest, Ghost will turn in its general direction. Better yet, even if you’re not actually having your Ghost out to look for secrets, you’re going to get a Ghost icon in the upper right corner of your HUD whenever you’re close to a scannable/lootable goodie.

You can build upon this feature, too: use the Wombo Detector Ghost mod at all times. It allows you to detect resource drops and loot caches within 50 meters of where you stand, automatically marking them on your HUD as soon as you’re in range. Note that this will also help you stack up on Metastisized Essentia and the Essence of Desire, which is particularly handy.

The small downside to this feature is that the secret loot chests, for example, do not despawn. This means they’ll remain on your HUD even after you’ve looted them, making them a royal pain to keep track of during a prolonged Nether run.

On a final note, make sure to give this technique a shot in the new Sundered Doctrine Dungeon, too. You never know: this feature used to be extremely popular back in the earlier years of Destiny 2‘s content roster, where Ghost would be able to scan various points of interest to deliver semi-hidden narrative context. It was great fun, as repetitive as it might’ve gotten in the end, and I’m thrilled to see a partial return to form for the feature.