Mote of Light

"A brilliant spark of the Traveler's Light"

— In-game description

A Mote of Light

A Mote of Light is an Item Guardians collect by accumulating 80,000 experience after reaching Level 40^[1], opening loot chests in Patrol, decrypting Engrams, completing Bounties, dismantling gear, completing Crucible matches and Vanguard Strikes, or finishing a Public Event with Gold ranking. Xûr, Agent of the Nine also sells Motes for two Strange Coins apiece.

Usage[edit]

Motes of Light can be traded in the Tower for several items and services:^[2]

Legendary Class Items from the Speaker (twenty-five Motes of Light and sixty Legendary Marks)
Legendary Emblems from Eva Levante (seven Motes of Light}
The Tempering Buff from Saladin (one Mote of Light)
Weapon Reforges from Banshee-44 (one Mote of Light, three Weapon Parts, two hundred-fifty Glimmer)
Infusing Legendary Weapons (one Mote of Light, ten Weapon Parts, two hundred-fifty Glimmer, and three Legendary Marks)
Reputation (+50) for Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, and New Monarchy (five Motes of Light)

Motes of Light can also be used as a consumable as of The Taken King. Activating a Mote instantly grants 1500 XP, similar to turning in a Bounty.

^ (2014) "Anyone know how much XP it takes to get a Mote of Light after level 20?". Reddit. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ Youtube: Destiny Alpha Gameplay: The Tower in Depth - Vendors, Stats, Items and More

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 rrafting 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

Redeemable items