How to find Opulent Chests & Keys in Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted

The highly loved Opulent loot is back and ready to be plundered by the Guardians. Although the Leviathan is filled with darkness and corruption, it still has many secrets, collectibles, and powerful loot.

The Derelict Leviathan contains multiple Opulent Chests spread throughout the open spaces and can be opened up using Opulent Keys. The Opulent Key is a dark-green legendary consumable that you can loot in a number of ways.

Each Opulent Key opens only a specific Opulent Chest in the Derelict Leviathan. While the location of all the chests remains the same, the Opulent Key you get may vary. To determine which chest can be opened up using the obtained key, you can check the description of the acquired key from your inventory as shown in the image above.

It gives the location and the clue, which helps you determine which chest to open within that stated location. The clue is vague and only gives a glimpse of where to find the chest. Since the locations of the chests are the same, you can easily get to them after learning the locations. Later on, it'll just be a matter of finding a key and going to the stated location.

In this article, we will guide on obtaining the Opulent Keys and how to determine and find the Opulent Chests.

The first step is to find the Opulent Key. There are several ways through which you can get the Opulent Key. You get one guaranteed Opulent Key at the end of the Leviathan Returns quest.

Afterward, you need to farm the keys by completing tier III Nightmare Containment, opening Destination Chests, or looting Haunted Alcove Chests dropped after defeating powerful Nightmare enemies and bosses.

Haunted Alcove Chest bosses are spawned in specific areas inside the Derelict Leviathan. There are a total of four Haunted Alcove locations - two in Royal Pools and two in Pleasure Gardens.

First, you should know how to navigate the Leviathan to reach Royal Pools and Pleasure Gardens. When you fast travel to Castellum, you are in the Derelict Leviathan. Castellum is like a central hub area branching out to other major areas such as the Royal Pools and the Pleasure Gardens.

There are two Haunted Alcoves in the Royal Pools:

You can find this nightmare boss inside the Haunted Alcove. When you enter the Royal Pools area, keep hugging the right side of the section and enter through the first doorway.

Inside this room, you go up the stairs to your left and go to the far-right corner. You will find a hole. This is the first Haunted Alcove. It is the same location where you can also find one of the Calus bobbleheads at the end.

At the end of the tunnel, you will find an open area. This is where the Sniper is. Once you defeat the Sniper, a loot chest will spawn that has a chance of rewarding you with an Opulent Key.

There is a small hole in the wall at the very back of the Royal Pools.

Patrol the area until you get a notification at the bottom left corner of your screen that reads, "Dark Ether thickens in the air..."

Go through the wall and defeat the nightmare enemies when you get the notification. Go through them, and you will get a prompt to "perform a summoning ritual." You will get this prompt in three specific spots in the indicated area. Once summoned, the Nightmare of Sy'Ad will spawn.

Defeat him, and you will get a chest with a chance of rewarding you with an Opulent Key.

The two Haunted Alcove locations in Pleasure Gardens are as follows:

You can find the Nightmare of Carun, Beastmaster, when you get to the Pleasure Gardens main area. There is a small hole at the base of the Calus statue.

Patrol the area until you get a notification at the bottom left corner of your screen that reads, "A distant snore of sleeping War Beasts..."

Go through the hole when you get the notification, and a number of nightmare enemies will welcome you.

Defeat the Nightmare, and loot the chest for a chance to be rewarded with an Opulent Key.

The location for these two Nightmare bosses is also in the main Pleasure Gardens area. It is near the entrance of the Pleasure Garden when you're coming directly from the Castellum.

Patrol the area until you get a notification at the bottom left corner of your screen that reads, "A sword and shield clash together..."

Defeat both the Nightmares and loot the Haunted Alcove loot chest for a chance to be rewarded with an Opulent Key.

Clearing all four Haunted Alcove locations is also part of a seasonal triumph. So, you will be getting the best of both worlds with this - the triumph completion and the Opulent Keys.

You've got your hands on one of the Opulent Keys and now want to utilize it on one of the Opulent Chests. Before we get into the locations, it is worth noting that you can only hold one key at a time. If you get one, make sure to use it as soon as possible. Otherwise, you won't be able to pick another one up and would essentially be wasting your time exploring and fighting the enemies inside the corrupted Leviathan.

As mentioned earlier, the keys have a location and a specific clue that leads to a particular Opulent Chest inside the stated location. The clues are phrases that vaguely represent where the Opulent Chests are placed inside the given location. The given location is always one of the two - Royal Pools or Pleasure Gardens.

One example of a phrase is "by fallen greatness." This is a location inside the Pleasure Gardens. The fallen greatness refers to the fallen statue head of Calus. The chest is right by the fallen head. We've gathered all the locations below, so you won't have to sit and decipher them yourself.

There are three Opulent Chests in the Pleasure Gardens area. The following are the locations and their corresponding clues.

The chest representing this clue is very easy to get to. As soon as you enter the Pleasure Gardens area, turn right and move to the south-eastern corner of the room. You will find a statue head of Calus fallen to the ground. There will be a white Opulent Chest resting right in front of it.

If you have a key with the 'by fallen greatness' clue, use it on this chest to open it for legendary rewards.

When you reach the main area of the Pleasure Gardens, head straight to the back wall section, and you will find a large War Beast statue. You will find the Opulent Chest at the statue's base, next to the paws.

When you enter the Pleasure Gardens, turn left, and just a few steps after, you will find some large urns and broken pillars. The Opulent Chest is by the wall among the ruins.

Royal Pools also has three Opulent Chests and, rightly so, three clues.

This one is the easiest to find. As soon as you enter the Royal Pools, you will see a huge statue in front of you. There will be an Opulent Chest at the base of the statue just to its left. It is just before the entrance to the main room in the middle.

As soon as you enter the Royal Pools, go to the left side of the area. Continue to move forward, and you will see an elevated area. Go up to the elevated area, and you will find an Opulent Chest resting against a wall to the left.

Upon entering the Royal Pools, go to the room to your right until you reach a small corridor connecting the main room and the room to the right. Go inside, and you will see the Opulent Chest directly ahead of you in front of the wall. It'll be resting in between two gigantic pillars.

The items you get from the Opulent Chests include the weapons from the Season of Opulence:

We hope that this guide helped you navigate the mighty Leviathan and find the Opulent Keys and their corresponding chests. If you haven't already, be sure to check out our Calus bobblehead collectible guide as well.