The Taken

Quote

"The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. What returns is... I try to use the word ‘shadow’ but Eris hisses at me [...] insists that these Taken are more real, somehow. She uses words like inhabited, exalted, rendered final... [...] My Hidden tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead elsewhere."
— Ikora Rey

The Taken Structure

  • Taken Forerunner - a powerful enemy that appears during the Getting Your Hands Dirty Adventure in the EDZ such as Captains, Phalanxes, Minotaurs or Centurions..
  • Taken Cabal
    • Shadow Beast -
    • Taken Centurion - a type of Taken Cabal which fires slower moving Axion Darts, much like the Voidwalker's Axion Bolt, that tracks targets and deals Void damage.
    • Taken Phalanx - a type of Taken Cabal which can fire Arc blasts from their shields that can send Guardians flying.
    • Taken Psion - a type of Taken Cabal which has the ability to multiply itself, splitting and creating another Taken Psion with full health.
  • Taken Fallen
    • Taken Captain - a type of Taken Fallen that sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians.
    • Taken Vandal - a type of Taken Fallen that summons a spherical shield similar to Ward of Dawn.
  • Taken Hive
    • Taken Acolyte - a type of Taken Hive which deploys Acolyte's Eye turrets.
    • Taken Knight - a type of Taken Hive which fires explosive Solar jets in a wave and teleports short distances to evade attacks.
    • Taken Ogre - a type of Taken Hive which does Arc damage with both its eye blast and ground slam.
    • Taken Thrall - a type of Taken Hive which has the ability to teleport short distances in an instant.
    • Taken Wizard - a type of Taken Hive which can summon Shadow Thralls and fire Solar Darkness Blasts.
  • Taken Vex
    • Taken Goblin - a type of Taken Vex which spawn in groups of three. They generate an invincible shield for other Taken.
    • Taken Hobgoblin - a type of Taken Vex which fires Shrieker-like fast-moving projectiles when hit as a defensive measure.
    • Taken Hydra - a Taken Vex that keeps its Aeon Maul but loses the Hydra's protective semi-circular shield
    • Taken Minotaur - a type of Taken Vex that is always cloaked unless it takes heavy damage or performs a melee attack.