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Destiny 2 Legacy Weapons & Armor Focusing

Welcome to Destiny 2 Legacy Weapons & Armor Focusing! Legacy Focusing for weapons and armor coming with the new Lightfall Expansion. Some of this gear hasn’t been available in the game in years! Check out what changes this week in Destiny 2. To find out the details, read on below, or check out the official post on the forums HERE.

Legacy Focusing

Destiny 2 has been an evolving experience since day one. Compare the game at launch with how it is now, and many might not believe you’re talking about the same game. Live-service is funny like that, but it also means more room to play for our developers to create thriving worlds  and more creative ways the community can inspire what’s next.

Last week, we talked about extensive changes to the evolution of buildcrafting, today we’re diving into how our in-game economy is changing, more into legacy focusing that has been talked about briefly and giving a heads up to players about what’s arriving (and leaving) the loot pool of greatness and other rewards.

Umbral Engrams

Starting in Season 20, Umbral Engrams will no longer drop in Destiny 2, but don’t worry: Seasonal content will transition to using Seasonal engrams.

Any Umbral Engrams that the player may still have in their inventory after Season 20 begins will be decryptable by Rahool.

Ada-1 Wares

ADA-1 is also selling Destiny 2 shaders that have been unavailable for quite some time. Ada-1 has wares if you have (10,000) Glimmer, but keep in mind that she’ll only be offering three shaders per week during Season 20.

Here’s what she’ll be offering during Season 20:

  • Bergusian Night
  • Satou Tribe
  • House of Meyrin
  • Rasmussen Clan
  • Refurbished Black Armory
  • New Age Black Armory
  • GENOTYPENULL-ZERO
  • Dark Omolon
  • Envious Touch
  • Goldleaf
  • Golden Empire
  • Cinderchar
  • Shadow Gilt
  • Vitrified Chronology
  • Vitrified Duality
  • Valkyrie Zero
  • Midnight Exigent
  • The Mad Monk
  • Bray Innovation
  • Arctic Dreamscape
  • Kairos Black
  • Kairos Bronze
  • Kairos Gold
  • Mercury Prophetic
  • Tangled Bronze
  • Tangled Rust
  • New Pacific Sink (Worn)
  • New Pacific Sink
  • New Pacific Rush (Worn)
  • New Pacific Rush
  • Flowers of Io (Worn)
  • Flowers of Io
  • Echoes of Io (Worn)
  • Echoes of Io
  • New Monarchy Allegiance
  • War Cult Scheme
  • Dead Orbit Vision
  • New Monarchy Succession
  • War Cult Endgame
  • Dead Orbit Resurrection
  • New Monarchy Regalia
  • New Monarchy Diamonds
  • War Cult Camo
  • War Cult Rain
  • Dead Orbit Camo
  • Dead Orbit’s Fate

Vanguard and Nightfall Focusing

Starting in Season 20 Commander Zavala will offer the ability for players to focus Vanguard weapons and armor. Vanguard will be the final of the core rituals to get comprehensive engram focusing options.

Vanguard Engrams

  • Vanguard Engrams will be a virtual currency and will live exclusively on the Rank Progress bar on Commander Zavala.
  • Vanguard Engrams may be opened individually by players directly on Zavala.

Vanguard Gear Focusing

  • You can focus Vanguard Engrams directly into either Vanguard Armor or Vanguard Weapons.
  • Vanguard Engrams
  • Individual pieces of gear must have been acquired at least once prior to being available for focusing.
  • Vanguard armor available for focusing in Season 20:
  • Photosuede Set*

*Class Item not focusable, as Class Items do not have base stats.

Vanguard weapons available for focusing in Season 20:

  • Xenoclast IV
  • The Third Axiom
  • Royal Entry
  • Empty Vessel
  • Punching Out
  • Fortissimo-11
  • Strident Whistle
  • Pure Poetry
  • Prolonged Engagement

Brand new Vanguard weapons are drop-only for a single Season and are then available for focusing the following Season.

  • Zavala’s focusing options will expand further during following Seasons.

Nightfall Weapon Focusing

Zavala will also offer Nightfall weapon focusing:

  • Nightfall weapons must have been acquired from Nightfall strikes at least once before being available for focusing.
  • Nightfall weapon focusing cost:
    • 1 Vanguard Engram
    • 20,000 Glimmer
    • 50 Legendary Shards

Nightfall Weapons available for focusing in Season 20:

  • The Militia’s Birthright
  • Mindbender’s Ambition
  • Wendigo GL-3
  • Hung Jury SR-4
  • The Swarm
  • Buzzard

Adept Nightfall Ciphers:

  •  When completing Grandmaster Nightfalls, in addition to previously existing rewards, players will also
  • Number of Ciphers awarded per GM Nightfall completion score:
    • Platinum = 2
    • Gold = 1
    • Silver = 0

Focusing Costs

Equipment Type Vanguard Engram Cost Glimmer Cost Legendary Shard Cost Adept Nightfall Cipher
Nightfall Weapon 1 20,000 25 0
Adept Nightfall Weapon 3 50,000 50 10

 

Adept Nightfall Focusing:

  • Zavala will offer a single Adept Nightfall weapon for focusing each week, matching the Nightfall weapon currently in rotation.

Adept Nightfall weapons available for focusing in Season 20:

  • The Militia’s Birthright (ADEPT)
  • Mindbender’s Ambition (ADEPT)
  • Wendigo GL-3 (ADEPT)
  • Hung Jury SR-4 (ADEPT)
  • The Swarm (ADEPT)
  • Buzzard (ADEPT)

Legacy Gear Focusing 

Vanguard and Nightfall focusing isn’t the only big update that focusing will get. In fact, every ritual will see growth in the number of items available for focusing as we introduce legacy gear focusing. This system will allow players to obtain many pieces of gear from the last several years of Destiny 2, many of which have not been accessible for quite some time.

CRUCIBLE

Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Swordfight 4.1
  • Phoenix Strife Type 0
  • Ankaa Seeker IV
  • Wing Contender
  • Wing Discipline
  • Wing Theorem
  • Cinder Pinion

Armor Focusing Cost:

  • If a player has NOT acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 3 Crucible Engrams
    • 50 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If a player has acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 1 Crucible Engram
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 5,000 Glimmer

VANGUARD

Nightfall Weapons Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • PLUG One.1
  • Uzume RR4
  • The Hothead
  • The Comedian
  • Duty Bound
  • Silicon Neuroma
  • D.F.A.
  • Horror’s Least

Note: Adept version of legacy weapons will not be available for focusing.

Nightfall Weapon Focusing Cost:

  • If a player has NOT has acquired the weapon previously:
    • 7 Vanguard Engrams
    • 100 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If a player has acquired the weapon previously:
    • 3 Vanguard Engrams
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 25,000 Glimmer

Vanguard Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • The Took Offense
  • The Shelter in Place
  • Xenos Vale IV
  • Phobos Warden
  • Vigil of Heroes

Vanguard Armor Focusing Cost:

  • If  a player has NOT acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 3 Vanguard Engrams
    • 50 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If  a player has acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 1 Vanguard Engram
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 5,000 Glimmer

GAMBIT

Gambit Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Calamity Rig
  • Ancient Apocalypse

Gambit Armor Focusing Cost:

  • If  a player has NOT acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 3 Gambit Engrams
    • 50 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If  a player has acquired a piece of armor previously:
    • 1 Gambit Engram
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 5,000 Glimmer

IRON BANNER

Iron Banner Weapons Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Archon’s Thunder
  • Riiswalker
  • Occluded Finality
  • Forge’s Pledge
  • Peacebond
  • Frontier’s Cry

Iron Banner Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Iron Forerunner
  • Iron Will
  • Iron Truage
  • Iron Fellowship
  • Iron Remembrance

Iron Banner Gear Focusing Cost:

  • If  a player has NOT acquired a piece of Iron Banner gear previously:
    • 7 Iron Engrams
    • 100 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If  a player has acquired a piece of Iron Banner gear previously:
    • 3 Iron Engrams
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 25,000 Glimmer

TRIALS OF OSIRIS

Trials of Osiris Weapons Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Shayura’s Wrath
  • Reed’s Regret
  • Aisha’s Embrace
  • Burden of Guilt
  • Forgiveness

Note: Adept version of legacy weapons will not be available for focusing.

Trials of Osiris Armor Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:

  • Pyrrhic Ascent
  • Exile

Trials of Osiris Gear Focusing Cost:

  • If a player has NOT acquired a piece of Trials of Osiris gear previously:
    • 7 Trials Engrams
    • 100 Legendary Shards
    • 10,000 Glimmer
  • If a player has acquired a piece of Trials of Osiris gear previously:
    • 3 Trials Engrams
    • 25 Legendary Shards
    • 25,000 Glimmer

Items like shaders, emblems, Ghost projections, and other cosmetics that players could previously earn in the game, will be added to match rewards. This means players who missed out on cosmetic rewards in the past have a chance of receiving rewards like the Carminica shader or The Redjack Projection at the end of a match.

As of Season 20 we will see these legacy match rewards implemented for Crucible, Vanguard, Gambit, and Iron Banner. Details for legacy match rewards for Trials of Osiris will come down the road.

Lower Focusing Costs

We reduced the cost of focusing across the board when focusing items that are currently in the ritual loot pool. Available now!

Crucible, Gambit, and Vanguard focusing will see the following costs:

  • 1 Ritual Engram
    • Crucible, Gambit, or Vanguard (depending on the vendor)
  • 5,000 Glimmer
  • 25 Legendary Shards

Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and Nightfall focusing will see the following costs:

  • 1 Ritual Engram
    • Trials, Iron Banner, or Vanguard (depending on the vendor)
  • 20,000 Glimmer
  • 50 Legendary Shards

Adept weapon focusing for Trials of Osiris and Nightfall weapons will see the following costs:

  • 1 Ritual Engram
    • Trials or Vanguard (depending on the vendor)
  • 50,000 Glimmer
  • 50 Legendary Shards
  • 7-Win Trials Ticket or 10 Adept Nightfall Ciphers

There’s the usual shake-up of the loot pool coming with Season 20, here’s what you need to know about what’s on the way in (and on the way out) for loot to earn in Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and Nightfall strikes:

Trials of Osiris weapons leaving in Season 19:

  • Forgiveness (Sidearm)
  • Burden of Guilt (Fusion Rifle)

Trials of Osiris weapons being added:

  • Astral Horizon (Shotgun)
  • The Immortal (SMG)

 Iron Banner weapons leaving in Season 19:

  • Razor’s Edge (Sword)
  • Frontier’s Cry (Hand Cannon)

Iron Banner weapons being added:

  • Jorum’s Claw (Pulse Rifle)
  • Bite of the Fox (Sniper)

Nightfall weapons leaving in Season 19:

  • Horror’s Least (Pulse Rifle)
  • D.F.A. (Hand Cannon)

Nightfall Weapons being added:

  • Buzzard (Sidearm)
  • THE SWARM (Machinegun)

See anything in this blog post that you’re surprised by? Anything you were hoping to see? Be sure to sound off over at our new socials that will allow the Community team to offer more insight into info released and gather invaluable feedback from all of you:

And don’t worry, there will be many more of these standalone blog posts in the future, so keep an eye out if you’re looking to learn more about what’s ahead in our journey to find the Witness.”

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