Glimmer

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The currency of the City. A form of programmable matter, used both for craft and as a fuel.^[1]

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The Grimoire card for Glimmer

Glimmer is a type of currency. It can be used to upgrade weapons,^[2] and buy items.^[3]

Overview[edit]

Majors and Ultras (enemies with yellow health bars) such as Riksis, Devil Archon drop Glimmer when killed.^[2] Normal enemies only drop Glimmer if the player has used Ether Seeds, Black Wax Idol, Blue Polyphage, or Resupply Codes, or a Legendary Ghost. Glimmer is also gained by disassembling items or finding some in loot chests^[3]. Another source of Glimmer comes from selling House Banners, Silken Codexes, Axiomatic Beads and Network Keys to the Cryptarchs for two hundred fifty Glimmer each.

As of Shadowkeep Glimmer drops on almost every enemy kill. Shadow Thralls drop Glimmer on death in patrol zones, but leave no Glimmer in The Shattered Throne ^{[citation needed]}.

In Destiny, Glimmer is capped at 25,000; one way to circumvent the cap is to stockpile the aforementioned items and sell them to the Cryptarchs when needed. In Destiny 2, Glimmer is capped at 250,000.

Trivia[edit]

Glimmer is apparently buried deep within the earth and can be extracted from the ground, as the Fallen will attempt to do so with portable Glimmer Drills in some Public Events.^[4] Or it is possible glimmer was stored in vaults and other secure locations before the Collapse and now they try and excavate the old vaults to gain access to the glimmer within.
According to the Grimoire card, Glimmer is a "programmable matter" which can be transmuted into nearly anything. This function is not displayed in-game, as the only shape Glimmer takes is small cubes.

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Destiny (First appearance)
Destiny 2

References[edit]

^ Destiny Tracker: Glimmer (Destiny 2)
^ ^a ^b YouTube: Destiny 2013 E3 Demo
^ ^a ^b The Guardian: how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters
^ Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.

v • d • e

Loot in Destiny

v • d • e Consumables

Combat Supplies	Ammo Synthesis • Heavy Ammo Synthesis • Heavy Telemetry • Primary Telemetry • Special Ammo Synthesis • Special Telemetry

Enemy Drops	Axiomatic Beads • Black Wax Idol • Blue Polyphage • Ether Seeds • House Banners • Network Keys • Impact Shard • Olympus Tear • Pumice Thread • Resupply Codes • Sensor Mite • Silken Codex • Skyburners Command Beacon • Skyburners Deployment Codes • Skyburners Security Pass • Wormfeeder Rune • Wormsinger Rune

Utility Items	Agonarch Rune • Boon of Osiris • SIVA offering • Enhanced SIVA Offering • Favor of Osiris • Flight of Shadows • Fused SIVA Offering • Infusion of Light • Isenfyre Token • Key of Akka • Key of Eir • Key of Gnashing Teeth • Key of Maggots • Key of the Spawn • Key of Ur • Key of Wyrding • Key of Xol • Key of Yuul • Mercy of Osiris • Perfected SIVA Offering • Royal Amethyst • Skeleton Key • Spark of Light • Splicer Key • Splicer Intel Relay • SIVA Cache Key • Three of Coins • Treasure Key

Miscellaneous	Dawning Fortune • Emerald Coil • Flight of Shadows • Jackolyte • Plasma Drive • Stealth Drive • Void Drive

Mystery Bags	Radiant Treasure • Sterling Treasure • Treasure of Ages

v • d • e Materials

Salvaged Materials	Armor Materials (Hadronic Essence • Sapphire Wire • Plasteel Plating) • Weapon Parts • Red Legion Supplies

Planetary Materials	Hadium Flake • Helium Filaments (Soliton Flare) • Moldering Shard • Relic Iron (Relic Crystal) • Spinmetal (Zeptocyte Core) • Spirit Bloom • Wormspore

Rare Crafting Materials	Ascendant Energy • Ascendant Shard • Crux of Crota • Embalming Orb • Etheric Light • Exotic Shard • Glass Needles • Radiant Energy • Radiant Shard • Runed Core

Summoning Runes	Antiquated Rune • Reciprocal Rune • Stolen Rune

Currencies

Glimmer • Legendary Marks • Silver • Silver Dust

Redeemable Items

Engram • Mote of Light • Strange Coin • Crucible Commendation • Vanguard Commendation
Armor Core • Weapon Core • Token of Flight • Token of Identity • Token of Judgment • Passage Coin • Royal Amethyst

v • d • e Loot in Destiny 2

Currencies	Bright Dust • Crucible Token • Glimmer • Legendary Shards • Silver

Redeemables	Alkane Dust (Alkane Spores) • Arcology Token • Baryon Bough • Crucible Token • Dead Orbit Token • Dusklight Shard (Dusklight Crystal) • EDZ Token • Emperor Calus Token • Engram • FWC Token • Guided Game Ticket • Gunsmith Materials • Io Token • Mercury Token • Microphasic Datalattice (Quantized Datalattice) • Nessus Token • New Monarchy Token • Nightfall Pass • Phaseglass Needle (Phaseglass Spire) • Simulation Seeds (Simulation Bloom) • Transmatter Components • Treasure Map • Trials of the Nine Token • Vanguard Research Token • Vanguard Tactician Token • Weapon Telemetry

Consumables	Fireteam Medallion • Scout Report • XP Boost

v • d • e The Golden Age

Installations	A-113 • Asylum • Blind Watch • Cosmodrome (The Wall) • First Light • First Light Lunar Installation (Anchor of Light • Archer's Line) • Floating Gardens • Icarus • Skyshock • The Anomaly • Vostok Observatory

Settlements	Caer Lerion • Freehold • Ishtar Academy • New Pacific Arcology • The Last Exit • Trostland (Memento • Widow's Court)

Organizations	Aeronautics of China • Clovis Bray • Future War Cult • House Bray • Ishtar Collective • North American Empire • Off World Transit • Russian Federal Bureau of Aeronautics

Technology	Computer Core (Failsafe) • Curious Transceiver • Cytomachine • Engram • Exo • Frame • Glimmer • Helium Filaments • Martian Navcore • NLS Drive • Orbital Grid • Planetary Defense Network • Sensorium • SIVA • Spinmetal • The Taikonaut • Transmat • Warmind (Charlemagne • Rasputin) • Silver • Warsat

Vehicles	Colony ship (Exodus Black • Exodus Blue • Exodus Red • Devil's Spire • Yang Liwei) • Construction APC • Jumpship

Weaponry	Khvostov 7G-02 • No Land Beyond • Sleeper Simulant • SUROS Regime

Glimmer

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Overview[edit]

Trivia[edit]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

References[edit]

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