Destiny 2 Birthplace of the Vile Grandmaster Nightfall Guide

Grandmaster Nightfalls are perhaps the most challenging endgame activity in Destiny 2. With an insane Power Level requirement and unforgiving modifiers, Grandmaster Nightfalls will challenge all but the top fireteams out there.

This guide will give you everything you need to tackle and conquer the Birthplace of the Vile GM, including loadouts, preferred subclasses, tactics, and more.

Art	Nightfall	Threat	Shields	Champions	Requires
	Birthplace of the Vile	Void	5x Void (2x Random Shields)	12x Overload 8x Unstoppable	The Witch Queen

Loadout and Subclasses

Updated as of Season of the Seraph (S19).

The following guide was heavily inspired by Mac‘s excellent video covering all Grandmasters this season.

Subclasses & Exotics

For class loadouts, Hunters want to rock an “Invis” Nightstalker build with Omnioculus. Warlocks want to spec into Well of Radiance with Starfire Protocol. And Titans can either run a healing-focused build with Sunbrekeaker and the Loreley Splendor Helm, or a more defensive build with Sentinel and Heart of Inmost Light.

Armor	Class	Type	Requirements	Source	Released	Requires	Exotic Perk
Starfire Protocol	Warlock	Chest	Free-to-Play	Exotic Engrams	Season 1	Free-to-Play	Fusion Grenades have an additional charge and recharge from empowered weapon damage, with empowered weapon final blows granting more energy. Defeating targets with Fusion Grenades grant Rift energy.
Omnioculus	Hunter	Chest	Beyond Light	Lost Sectors	Season 13	Beyond Light	You gain a second Smoke Bomb charge and have damage resistance while invisible. When you make an ally invisible, they gain damage resistance while invisible and you gain melee energy.
Heart of Inmost Light	Titan	Chest	Forsaken Pack	Exotic Engrams	Season 4	Forsaken Pack	Using an ability (grenade, melee, or Barricade) empowers the other two abilities. Empowered means abilities have faster regen, melees and grenades do more damage, and Barricades have more hit points.
Loreley Splendor Helm	Titan	Helm	The Witch Queen	Lost Sectors	Season 16	The Witch Queen	When you have Sun Warrior, your Sunspots heal you. When you are critically wounded, create a Sunspot at your location.

Loadout

With Overload and Unstoppable champions, Void (and a few random) elemental shields, and a Void elemental burn, loadouts for this strike are simple, with all players wanting Witherhoard, a Void Scout rifle with an Unstoppable mod, such as the Vouchsafe, and a Void linear fusion rifle, such as the Taipan-4fr.

Art	Name	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo?	Element?	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo	Element	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Witherhoard	Grenade Launcher	Exotic	Exotic	Special	Kinetic	Shadowkeep Pack	Yes	Special	Kinetic	S › Best	PvE + PvP	Exotic Kiosk	No	Shadowkeep Pack	Season 11	Kinetic	No	Top-tier
	Taipan-4fr	Linear Fusion Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	B › Average	PvE	Gunsmith	Yes	Free-to-Play	Season 18	Heavy	Craftable		Repulsor Brace
	Vouchsafe	Scout Rifle	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Void	B › Average	PvE	Shattered Throne Dungeon	No	Free-to-Play	Season 13	Energy	No

As always, these are simply recommendations. if you have something in mind that you feel would work better, feel free to throw it on. With all that being said, let’s get into the strategy.

Birthplace of the Vile Grandmaster Nightfall

GM Power Level

If you’re interested in running this GM, you need to have a proper Power Level:

More Grandmaster guides for Season 19:

• The Insight Terminus GM
• Scarlet Keep GM
• The Corrupted GM
• The Glassway GM
• Warden of Nothing GM

Birthplace of the Vile GM guide

According to Mac’s guide, bringing at least one Invis Hunter is crucial, as it will help you easily skip entire sections and capture plates.

In the Boss room, focusing on the ads will be critical, and this is where Witherhoard will play a key role. As soon as you see blue mist, you can anticipate enemies appearing there and take of them with Witherhoard even before they are fully spawned.