Earning exotic items inDestiny 2isn’t always the most rewarding experience. Most exotics inDestiny 2are earned first through earning Exotic Engrams, essentially loot boxes that will reward a random exotic item. Earning Exotic Engrams can be challenging and fun, but there’s no real connection between the player and the exotic item they eventually earn. InDestiny 2’sBeyond Lightexpansion, Bungie is trying something new.
Exotic Armor inBeyond Lightis earned in an entirely new way, it now appears to be confirmed. Rather than have specific challenges that earn an Exotic Engram, each type of exotic armor is earned in one specific way. This method appears to be the completion of Master or Legendary difficultyLost Sectors inBeyond Light. Players will complete the Lost Sector and will have a randomized chance of having the exotic armor for that location drop.
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For example, this past week the Exodus Garden 2A Lost Sector inBeyond Lightwas set up to have an exotic drop. If a player looked at the location information for Exodus Garden 2A set with a Legend difficulty, they’d see an exotic reward listed under it, the reward being anExotic Head Armordrop upon completion. It could take one run of the Lost Sector or it could take dozens more, but completing the Lost Sector at that difficulty would give the player at least a chance of earning an exotic.
There are some catches, of course. These rewards can only be earned if doing the Lost Sector solo, and the Legend difficulty is no joke. ALight Level of 1250is recommended for the Exodus Garden Lost Sector, though they can be done with lower light. The only other important detail to note is that Lost Sectors do have to be completed at normal difficulty before their higher difficulty opens up.
For the time being, it appears that all ofBeyond Light’s exotic armor is earned throughhigh-difficulty Lost Sectors. There are only six pieces of armor known to be included inBeyond Lightso far, the Athyrs’s Embrace, Dawn Chorus, Icefall Mantle, Mask of Bakris, Necrotic Grip, and Precious Scars; three helmets and three gauntlets. They may or may not be available all at the same time, may rotate between helmet and gauntlet availability, or otherwise.
It’s no secret thatDestiny 2players like more Bungie-authored ways of earning loot, but not every exotic weapon or armor piece can have an exclusive questline. Whether this new method of earning exotics proves more popular than straightforwardExotic Engramsremains to be seen, but it’s clear Bungie is at least willing to try new things.
Destiny 2 Beyond Lightis available now on PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One, with a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S upgrade arriving on December 8.
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