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'''Glimmer''' is a type of currency. It can be used to upgrade weapons,<ref name="E3demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTXPe7JIUk '''YouTube''': ''Destiny 2013 E3 Demo'']</ref> and buy items.<ref name = "TG">[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref> Majors and Ultras (enemies with yellow health bars) such as [[Riksis, Devil Archon]] drop Glimmer when killed.<ref name="E3demo"/> 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<ref name = "TG"/>. Another source of Glimmer comes from selling [[House Banners]], [[Silken Codex]]es, [[Axiomatic Beads]] and [[Network Keys]] to the [[Cryptarch]]s for two hundred Glimmer each. | '''Glimmer''' is a type of currency. It can be used to upgrade weapons,<ref name="E3demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTXPe7JIUk '''YouTube''': ''Destiny 2013 E3 Demo'']</ref> and buy items.<ref name = "TG">[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters'']</ref> Majors and Ultras (enemies with yellow health bars) such as [[Riksis, Devil Archon]] drop Glimmer when killed.<ref name="E3demo"/> 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<ref name = "TG"/>. Another source of Glimmer comes from selling [[House Banners]], [[Silken Codex]]es, [[Axiomatic Beads]] and [[Network Keys]] to the [[Cryptarch]]s for two hundred Glimmer each. | ||
Glimmer is | 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 Drill]]s in some [[Public Event]]s.<ref name = "Alpha">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> | ||
Glimmer is | 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 99,999. | ||
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