Operation: Gargoyle's Cry was a limited-time event where The Murmur attempted to breach into the Origin System via Albrecht's Laboratories. The player was charged with building a Jahu Gargoyle, planting it in their Dojo, and then traveling to Effervo, Deimos to assassinate The Fragmented boss and, optionally, a Void Angel.
The event lasted from December 18, 2023 2PM ET to January 15, 2024 2PM ET on all platforms.
Event Synopsis[]
To prevent the Murmur's encroachment into reality, Fibonacci requests the Tenno Clans to each build a Vigile Jahu Gargoyle to create a Origin System-wide surveillance system to detect any Void breaches. However, a last-minute recalibration necessitates the Tenno to hunt down The Fragmented and collect their Curses to ensure the system can warn of both incoming and outgoing threats. Further complicating matters are the presence of Void Angels in Albrecht's Laboratories, who will consume any Curses before the Tenno can return with them. Both The Fragmented and the Void Angels must be defeated before extraction in order to obtain these Curses.
How to Start[]
After completing the Whispers in the Walls quest, the player was prompted to build their own Vigile Jahu Gargoyle in their Clan Dojo. Once this happens, all the player must do is travel to Effervo, Deimos, either directly through the Star Chart or by selecting an Assassination bounty from Fibonacci, and complete the mission as guided.
Mission Rewards[]
After defeating The Fragmented, they would drop one of three curses. Suzerain would drop the 
Curse of Knowing, Anchorite would drop the 
Curse of Seeing, and Zelator would drop the 
Curse of Hearing. If the player did not defeat the Void Angel present on the map before extracting, the Angel would consume the curse (but not any of the other drops). On The Steel Path, the amount of curses gained was doubled, and, if the player chose to battle The Fragmented One, they would receive 2 curses of each type.
Additionally, on top of its regular drops, The Fragmented would drop the currency for the Operation: 
Grotesque Splinter. 1-3 Splinters could be acquired for defeating the boss on the regular path, and 3-5 could be obtained on The Steel Path.
Event Rewards[]
The Curse of Knowing, Curse of Seeing, and Curse of Hearing could be contributed to a clan on a weekly basis by donating them to the Vigile Jahu Gargoyle in the Dojo. Once the community effort "Murmur Telemtry Chorus Connectivity" meter on the World State Window reached 100%, the Krios Signa would be unlocked for all participants for 1 Grotesque Splinter.
As with previous events, the Jahu Gargoyle also doubled as the event's trophy, and every weekly requirement of curses reached would increase the tier of the Gargoyle as follows:
| Clan Tier | Terracotta Trophy | Bronze Trophy | Silver Trophy | Gold Trophy |
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| Ghost | 6 (2x each curse) | 12 (4x each curse) | 18 (6x each curse) | 24 (8x each curse) |
| Shadow | 18 (6x each curse) | 36 (12x each curse) | 54 (18x each curse) | 72 (24x each curse) |
| Storm | 30 (10x each curse) | 60 (20x each curse) | 90 (30x each curse) | 120 (40x each curse) |
| Mountain | 90 (30x each curse) | 180 (60x each curse) | 270 (90x each curse) | 360 (120x each curse) |
| Moon | 300 (100x each curse) | 600 (200x each curse) | 900 (300x each curse) | 1200 (400x each curse) |
Additionally, players can turn their Grotesque Splinters for event rewards including new Sigils, Glyphs, and Eidolon Arcane Enhancements. The event store will remain open until February 15, 2024.
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- To buy all non-Arcane items at least once, players would need 61
Grotesque Splinter. - To buy all Arcanes available through the event to max rank, players would need 3549 Grotesque Splinter.
Notes[]
Grotesque Splinters spawning as individual units.
- Although Fibonacci insisted that the Void Angel must be beaten before the Fragmented, in practice the order did not matter as long as both are defeated before extraction.
- The Grotesque Splinters spawned as individual entities and were not affected by Vacuum/ Fetch, so players may have ended up collecting fewer Splinters than expected. Players were to scour the arena to make sure they did not miss out on any Splinter drops.
- Whispers could still spawn when the operation was active, bringing a total of 3 bosses in a single mission if players chose to fight them as well.
Tips[]
Patch History[]
Hotfix 35.0.5 (2023-12-21)
- Fixed another case where you could place multiple Vigil Jahu Gargoyles in the Dojo.
- Additionally, we’ve added an error message when you attempt to duplicate the Decoration.
- Fixed the World State Window in your Orbiter displaying 0% below your actual progress % for Operation: Gargoyle's Cry.
- Hotfix #4 had a partial fix for this, it should be working properly now.
Hotfix 35.0.4 (2023-12-20)
- You can now access the Operation Store via Vigile Jahu Gargoyles in other players’ clans!
- Note: You cannot contribute to their Curse progress, but you’ll be able to purchase wares with Grotesque Splinters.
- Increased reward sorting importance for Curses and Grotesque Splinters so they now appear near the top of the list in the Mission Progress screen.
- The Fragmented Trio (Anchorite/Suzerain/Zelator) will now search out cloaked opponents if they sense a hiding enemy nearby, instead of just giving up.
- Now, these enemies will use their area-of-effect attacks to find you if they sense you're hidden nearby!
- Adjusted the Fragmented Trio's beam attack to better match its effects.
- Adjusted secret boss’s Cascading Fragmentation ability to deal more damage and scale more aggressively, but be triggered later in the fight.
- Fixed secret boss not dropping Stela.
- Fixes towards killing the Void Angel not registering in Effervo, preventing players from completing the mission.
- Fixed Titania still being able to float if Razorwing was disabled in secret boss fight.
- Fixed Steel Path Effervo Assassinate enemy level calculation to be more consistent.
- Fixed Gargoyle’s Cry not appearing at the top of the Operation tab in the Star Chart.
- Fixed various crashes related to host migrations on Effervo (Deimos).
- Fixed a script error related to Operation: Gargoyle’s Cry.
- Fixed the ability to place multiple Vigile Jahu Gargoyles in Clan Dojos.
- These decorations have 0 capacity cost so as to not restrict Clans from placing them -- as a result, they are limited to 1 per Dojo with performance concerns (and your tolerance for a certain Cavia member’s sass) in mind.
- Fixed Operation rewards being affected by boosters if picked up in a specific way.
- Fixed the World State Window in your Orbiter displaying 0% progress for the Operation. Also fixed goal progress being shown here if you did not complete Whispers in the Walls.
Hotfix 35.0.3 (2023-12-18)
- Introduced.