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Edited by BNGHelp1: 9/29/2014 4:12:44 PM
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Farming 101: Upgrade Materials and How to get Them

Alright Everybody, who likes Destiny? You do? Great! Do you like to kill stuff in Destiny? Perfect! Do you like to die in Destiny? Of course not! And that's why I am here, to help you send those vex screaming and crying back to black garden faster than tubby kid chasing an ice cream truck, which incidentally may not be very fast but that's besides the point! Enemies hurt us more than we hurt them. Is it right or fair? Not at all but we are gamers and we never back down from a challenge, so lets make sure we can hurt those bastards as much as possible without dying! To do this we need to have the best gear possible and have it [b]UPGRADED[/b]. [b][i]SPINMETAL[/i][/b] This is the standard upgrade material for lower level gear, its always nice to have a small stockpile of this stuff laying around to make sure your fresh level 20 gear is up to snuff. Here is a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEdiV7gRRF8] video[/url] of the farming route I use to meet all my Spinmetal needs. Here is[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14gUiTs2tM] how you get to that location[/url]. [i][b]Helium Fragments[/b][/i] This material is used in upgrading your [b]LEGENDARY[/b] armour. It is a must have for any guardian looking to graduate from the sitting in the Tower to making Vex wish they had never been built. This material is gathered on the moon and is the easiest material to farm, so you have no reason to not have it, unless level 9 Fallen make you their B*^tch. In which case you are probably playing a hunter and should rethink your life. #warlock_master_race [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlhJhxQhwi8]Here is the route[/url] I use to farm this material, no video explaining how to get here this time. If you get lost, than there is truly no hope for the Traveler. [i][b]SPIRITBLOOM[/b][/i] No this isn't no hippy, new age movement. This my friends is a material found on Venus, home of the deadly Ahamkara. This material is not used much by warlocks but the lesser classes need this stuff to get on our level. So I will throw them a bone and show you how you can make yourself be almost as awesome as a warlock. This is a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7p9MLSRyTw&list=UUrLg-kIf2kgo9E77BMODeTg]video I recently tested[/url] out for you guys and it works great. Just follow the path he takes at the beginning and be on your way to kicking ass. [i][b]RELIC IRON[/b][/i] This material is one of the most important ones in the game, guarded by heavily armoured Turtles who will smack you around and send you into Mars' orbit if given the chance. (Seriously, try jumping onto at phalanx). Just shoot them in the head to get past them, fight these guys long enough and you will have beheading skills that even the Headless Horseman would be jealous of.It is [b]ESSENTIAL[/b] to have a supply of relic iron at all times to keep your legendary and exotics weapons / armour in top tier condition. I have [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWu7P7BdF3k]supplied a video[/url] for you guys which nets roughly 25 relic per run, do a few of these and you should be a happy Guardian for a while. I do not have a video showing how to get here sadly, but I will do my best to explain. As you start your Mars patrol mission head straight / left and you will see a blown up hole in some debris jutting out of a sand dune, enter it and follow the tunnel. Once on the other side continue to follow the road until you hit another tunnel, go through it.Once through head to the opposite end of the zone and you should be at the section where this video starts. [i][b]STRANGE COINS[/b][/i] Sweet sweet coins, I am hoarding these, so no coins for any of you, find your own! *hiss* But in Reality if you truly need these, which you all do, there is only 2 reliable ways to earn these each week. The[b] WEEKLY HEROIC STRIKE[/b] rewards 3 of these per week on each difficulty you've completed it on. I suggest beating it on the hardest, level 28, to earn a total of 9 coins. The other way which has a CHANCE of rewarding them is the [b]NIGHTFALL[/b] mission. However if you attempt this be prepared to be abused in ways you never thought possible and have a trauma councillor on speed dial. If your lucky, doing both of these missions can net you 18 strange coins a week. [i][b]ASCENDANT MATERIALS[/b][/i] These bad boys are more rare than a turd on Sunday. I know that makes no sense, leave me alone! They are used for end level upgrades to legendary / exotic weapons and armour. If you want to get your hands on these Bungie has made it their personal mission to make you beg and plead. The easiest solution (easy, ha) is to run the [b]Vault of Glass[/b]. But what if you can't? Well than friends the only reliable option left to you is the [b]Daily Heroic Story[/b] mission. On the hardest difficulty, level 28, it will reward you a measly 2 ascendant materials. Or, if you play a weak hunter or titan instead of a warlock, there is a level 24 difficulty for you which offers one material as a reward. [i][b]MOTES OF LIGHT[/b][/i] Lastly, we get these shiny coin light things. Mostly used for buying cosmetic stuff from the speaker. But if you manage to scrounge up 25 of them you can nab yourself an exotic engram from Xur. What is the best way to get these you ask? Well if you find out you should tell me! As far as I can tell you can gain one as a level up reward for levels 20+ (your progress can be tracked in the stats section of your profile on the destiny website), get one as a strike reward, or be given one as a crucible reward. Pray to RNGesus, because you will need all the luck you can get. [i][b]PUBLIC EVENTS[/b][/i] These were made by RNGesus himself, they can reward ascendant materials, strange coins, or motes of light. On your first completion each day you will receive a reward package in the mail as well. [i][b]RARE ENGRAMS[/b][/i] These also have a chance on being decoded to reward strange coins, ascendant materials, or motes of light. Better do some favours for the cryptarch! Well there it is folks, armed with this knowledge you should be able to meet all your upgrade needs and become a force to be reckoned with.

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  • Good guide

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    • Who bumped this?

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    • im gonna make a few corections to your post there if you dont mind there bud okay? good! one lets start with the strange coins shall we? if you make three characters able to complete the weekly heroic then you can make 27 strange coins a week, now i know what you are thinking! "who has time for that many lvl 27-29s!!! well every one does, just make the same class and get it to 20 then share the gear. you can also get strange coins threw engram decryption and pub events!!! okey lets move one to ascendant mats shall we? "but newns im still stuck on strange coins!!" are you? to bad! keep up. so the most reliable way to get ascendant shards is to fill up on vanguard and crucible marks each week then buy legondary armour from the vendors and dismantle them. if you have those three characters i was talking about then you can get 12 ascendant shards a week doing this! on top of that you can vog 3 times a week! 6 if you can handle the hard mode! now ascendant energies is another story, as each weapon costs 150 marks you can only buy one once every 2 weeks. the fastest way to get them would probably be to break down your exotics you get from the exotic bounties if like me you just cant stop getting them... on my 2nd duplicate bounty already! if thats not the case for you then like all the normal people you may have a few legendaries laying around you dont use they also produce energies. if thats still not the case atleast you can raid vog three times a week!!! and get the daily reward for doing a pub event 3 times a day!! http://www.destinypedia.com/Public_Event thats a pub event schedual

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    • I'm level 23 and have a crap ton of Spinmetal. Problem is, I have never owned a piece of equipment that uses it. Is it a class specific material? I'm a Titan and my stuff uses Plasteel, spirit bloom and relic iron. I'm working towards buying some legendary gear from the crucible.

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    • i smash warlocks faces in with my kneecaps in the crucible shoulder charge>force push high five

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    • Very helpful and also I tend to get close to 13 to 15 motes a week mostly from engram's, leveling up and when ever the cryptarch levels up

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    • Thank you, this was very helpful!

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