Legendary Shards

"Remnants of powerful items. Used to improve gear or trade for other items."

- In-game description

Legendary Shards are used to purchase items from Xûr, Agent of the Nine in Destiny 2.

How to obtain
Legendary Shards can be obtained through a variety of methods:


 * Dismantle Legendary gear (produces 3 Shards)
 * Dismantle Exotic gear (produces 5 Shards)
 * Defeat Strike bosses (rare drop)
 * Complete weekly Nightfalls
 * Complete weekly Flashpoints
 * Loot planetary chests (rare drop)
 * Loot Lost Sector chests
 * Loot Raid chests
 * Complete Raid objectives

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2