Can you defeat Unrelenting Nightmares in Destiny 2?

Unrelenting Nightmares will appear throughout your time in Destiny 2’s Season of the Haunted. These creatures are hungry for you, and you initially encounter them during your first mission, Operation Midas, when you board the Derelict Leviathan. They take no damage if you attempt to attack them, but they nearly defeat you with a handful of hits. Can you defeat Unrelenting Nightmares in Destiny 2?

Can you beat Unrelenting Nightmares?

From what we can tell, no, you will not be able to defeat these enemies in any form of combat. However, this has changed following the Sever — Rage, and Sever — Resolve quests introduced in Season of the Haunted. These quests had us defeating an Unrelenting Nightmare, but we needed to use an incinerator to do it. Outside of this method and a particular story moment, they remain unbeatable.

We have tried shooting at them, using ultimate, Solar abilities, and everything else in our arsenal to take them down. They appear immune to all damage we dish out at them, and they’re always eager to hunt us down.

When Unrelenting Nightmares appear, we typically have to complete a task and run past time. This might be Bungie’s way of introducing a horror element to Destiny 2, outside the Rage and Resolve quests. It makes sense, given they only show up on the Derelict Leviathan and have to do with the ship attempting to connect with the lunar Pyramid.

For now, whenever you encounter Unrelenting Nightmares in missions preceding Rage and Resolve, they will remain invincible. Therefore, do not attempt to engage them.