Whirling Ovation Catalyst

• The unlock bar asks you to defeat combatants with the launcher and to assist other players with solving the mysteries of The Desert Perpetual.
• Once it is done, a fully charged shot passes through weaker combatants and leaves a delayed Solar blast with a brief scorching field.
• The launcher must be in your Collection, or the order can obtain it.

The quest asks you to visit Dean Rebecca on Kepler and complete the raid, then approach the Simulant Ansible in the Nursery, use a network proximity sensor to find where simulations converge, add convergences to the data of Maya and Chioma and return to the communications hub in the Nursery. It is the same raid whose Epic version carries the catalyst.

• Additional Options: Add Map and Territory Quest, Add Catalyst Masterwork, Obtain Whirling Ovation.

• Whirling Ovation in your Collection, or the Obtain Whirling Ovation option.
• The Map and Territory quest finished, or the Add Map and Territory Quest option.

What is the Epic raid?

A harder version of The Desert Perpetual that Bungie lists next to the standard raid among Year 8 content.

Does the catalyst change the element?

No. The launcher stays Strand.

Where is the launcher itself from?

The Desert Perpetual raid, as its Collections entry shows.