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All collectible items have a certain ''' | All collectible items have a certain '''Rarity''' associated with them. The more rare an item is, the better, but also the more difficult to acquire. There are five levels of rarity in the game. | ||
==Common== | ==Common== | ||
All low-level items are Common-level. These items are white in color and have no upgrades available. Disassembling them yields some [[Glimmer]] but no materials. All Common weapons do kinetic damage, except for [[Fusion Rifle]]s. Common Engrams will stop appearing at higher levels. | All low-level items are Common-level. These items are white in color, and have no upgrades available. Disassembling them yields some [[Glimmer]] but no materials. All Common weapons do kinetic damage, except for [[Fusion Rifle]]s. Common Engrams will stop appearing at higher levels. | ||
*'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from vendors, or picking up Encoded [[Engram]]s. | *'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from vendors, or picking up Encoded [[Engram]]s. | ||
*'''Upgrade with''': None available | |||
==Uncommon== | ==Uncommon== | ||
The next level is Uncommon, which | The next level is Uncommon, which are green in color. Uncommon items have a few upgrades available, which cost some Glimmer. Disassembling an item will yield a single upgrade material. Some Special and Heavy weapons will have an [[Elemental damage]] modifier. Uncommon items cap off at level 18. | ||
*'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from vendors, or picking up Encrypted Engrams. | *'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from vendors, or picking up Encrypted Engrams. | ||
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==Rare== | ==Rare== | ||
Rare start appearing at | Rare items start appearing at higher levels. Rare items have many upgrades available, though some will require upgrade materials as well as glimmer. Disassembling an item will yield two or three upgrade materials. All special and heavy weapons will have an Elemental damage modifier (as do all Special and Heavy weapons in the above tiers). Rare items are still usable to a degree at higher levels, and Rare armor offers small boosts to light levels, but are typically outperformed by Legendary items. | ||
*'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from certain vendors, picking up decoherent engrams, reward for [[Strike]]s. | *'''Acquired by''': Purchasing from certain vendors, picking up decoherent engrams, reward for [[Strike]]s. | ||
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==Exotic== | ==Exotic== | ||
Exotic is the highest tier of items available. Every Exotic piece of equipment has a unique ability that sets itself apart from every other item in the game. However, only one Exotic weapon and one Exotic armor can ever be equipped at any time. Furthermore, to fully upgrade an Exotic item, an Exotic shard is needed, which has to be purchased or acquired from disassembling another Exotic item. | |||
*'''Acquired by''': Purchasing an Exotice Engram from [[Xûr]] with [[Strange Coin]]s, reward for Nightfall Strikes and Raids, completing an Exotic Weapon [[Bounty]]. | |||
*'''Upgrade with''': Glimmer, [[Weapon Parts]], [[Hadronic Essence]], [[Sapphire Wire]], [[Plasteel Plating]], [[Armor Materials]], [[Spinmetal]], [[Helium Filaments]], [[Spirit Bloom]], [[Relic Iron]], [[Exotic Shard]] | |||
== | ==Prestigous== | ||
Prestigous is a special tier ofitems available. This tiers quality and power is similar to Exotic tier items but has perks that coincide with legendaries and lower due to no special unique perk. | |||
*'''Acquired by''': A rare drop from high level activities and Heroic Missions/Strikes in [[Destiny 2]] | *'''Acquired by''': A rare drop from high level activities and Heroic Missions/Strikes in [[Destiny 2]] | ||
*'''Upgrade with''': [[ | *'''Upgrade with''': Glimmer, [[Weapon Parts]], [[Hadronic Essence]], [[Sapphire Wire]], [[Plasteel Plating]], [[Armor Materials]], [[Spinmetal]], [[Helium Filaments]], [[Spirit Bloom]], [[Relic Iron]], [[Wormspore]], [[Datalattice]] | ||
[[Category:Gameplay mechanics]] | [[Category:Gameplay mechanics]] |