what to do with awoken mementos
You’re talking about Awoken Mementos from Destiny 2 and what you’re actually supposed to do with them, especially since they just sit in your Kinetic slot and look useless.
Quick Scoop
Awoken Mementos are quest items tied to the Wish-Ender exotic bow questline , not permanent weapon cosmetics or upgrades.
You generally either:
- Use them as part of the Hunter’s Remembrance / Wish-Ender quest steps.
- Or, if you’re completely done with the quest and somehow still have one hanging around, you can safely dismantle it.
What Awoken Mementos Actually Are
In current Destiny 2 context, “Awoken Memento” usually refers to the special item you get from Petra Venj in the Dreaming City as part of the Wish-Ender exotic bow quest.
- It appears in your Kinetic weapon slot and looks like some weird broken weapon/object.
- It’s not a normal gun; it’s a placeholder quest item that will eventually turn into Wish-Ender when you finish the steps.
A lot of players get confused because it looks like loot but behaves like a quest relic.
What To Do With Awoken Mementos (Step-by-Step)
Here’s the practical sequence for someone who just got one and is wondering “now what?”:
- Talk to Petra Venj in the Dreaming City
- You need the Forsaken content to access this.
* She gives you the **Hunter’s Remembrance** quest and an Awoken Memento that sits in your Kinetic slot.
- Make sure the Memento stays in your inventory
- It must be on your character (not deleted) while you’re doing the quest and when you turn it in, because it will be used/converted as part of the reward process.
* If your inventory was full, it may have gone to your **Postmaster/Bank** , so grab it from there.
- Run the Shattered Throne dungeon
- You enter The Shattered Throne in the Dreaming City.
* Inside, you have to defeat **three powerful Taken enemies** and complete their little associated puzzle segments to “purify” the three Awoken Mementos.
* Many players follow a video guide because the puzzles and locations are a bit obscure.
- Turn the quest in to receive Wish-Ender
- After purifying the three Awoken Mementos, you finish the Hunter’s Remembrance quest.
* The Awoken Memento item in your Kinetic slot is effectively **consumed/converted** as part of this process and turns into the exotic bow **Wish-Ender**.
- After you have Wish-Ender
- Once the quest is done and you’ve claimed the bow, there’s no ongoing gameplay use for any leftover Awoken Memento that might be bugged or duplicated.
* Players who randomly get one later (or have an old one stuck) report that the only thing the game lets them do is **dismantle** it.
If You Just Found One Randomly
Some players report going to the Dreaming City, killing a random boss, and suddenly an Awoken Memento appears in their Kinetic slot, with no obvious use.
If that’s you:
- Check if you have the Wish-Ender quest active or available in the Tower’s Quest Archive.
- If you still need Wish-Ender or haven’t done the updated questline, assume it’s tied to that and go talk to Petra Venj and/or grab Hunter’s Remembrance from the Quest Archive.
- If you already own Wish-Ender and your quest log is clear, the stray Awoken Memento is generally considered safe to dismantle , because the intended use of that item is to progress the bow quest.
Common Questions Players Have
“Is Awoken Memento a weapon cosmetic?”
No. It’s a quest-related relic , not one of the craftable Mementos used
for weapon cosmetics and trackers.
“Will I lose anything important by dismantling it?”
- If you haven’t finished Wish-Ender , don’t dismantle it; it’s part of the quest chain.
- If you already have Wish-Ender and no related quest steps, dismantling it will not remove the bow or any other reward.
“Can I store it somewhere?”
Once it becomes Wish-Ender , you can treat the bow like any exotic: put it
in your vault when you’re not using it.
Quick “What To Do With Awoken Mementos” Checklist
- Just got one, no Wish-Ender yet →
- Keep it in your inventory.
- Talk to Petra Venj in Dreaming City.
- Do Hunter’s Remembrance + Shattered Throne.
- Mid-quest for Wish-Ender →
- Don’t dismantle.
- Finish the three Taken boss “puzzles” in Shattered Throne.
- Already have Wish-Ender, stray Awoken Memento appears or lingers →
- No further use; dismantle is fine.
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