With the release of Beyond Lite, many locations and activities take been removed from the game. Many Exotic, Summit, and Ritual weapons that could exist earned by completing quests and triumphs are no longer obtainable from their original activities. Instead, those weapons are now for sale from a new vendor called the Exotic Archive. If y'all want to buy an Exotic you missed, you'll need an extremely rare currency chosen Exotic Ciphers. Luckily, there's one you tin get for free right at present.

One of the best upgrades Destiny 2 got this twelvemonth is the new triumph menu. Destiny's in-game achievement organisation has archived all of the "legacy" triumphs (all pre-Beyond Light triumphs) and refreshed the collection volition a myriad of new triumphs to pursue. While there's a lot to go through there are some very important rewards hiding in these menus, including the elusive Exotic Null.

Open upwards the very start menu, Lifetime, and select the 3rd category on the New Light tab called Gear. There you'll find a triumph called Exotic Archivist with iii stages of completion: collect one exotic, collect three exotics, and collect seven exotics. Completing the start phase of the achievement rewards an Exotic Cipher. If you've ever collected a single exotic in Destiny two, you can go this Exotic Cipher for free.

If you're a brand new player, yous can earn your beginning exotic relatively easily. Begin the New Light campaign and pretty before long you'll meet Shaw Han in the Cosmodrome. Shaw has an exotic quest called "Blast From The By" that rewards the exotic shotgun The Chaperone. Information technology'southward a pretty straightforward quest chain that tin be completed entirely within the Cosmodrome. Once you obtain The Chaperone, open up up your triumphs menu and merits your Exotic Cipher.

Keep in mind you tin simply hold one Exotic Cipher at a fourth dimension. If yous already take one you lot won't exist able to claim this triumph and collect your free one until you spend the one that yous have. If y'all played final season (and got your battle pass to at least level 55) and so you would take gotten an Exotic Zilch and then. This season rewards another Exotic Goose egg at level 55, and just like the one in the Triumph menu, you won't be able to claim it if you're holding one already.

Additionally, Xur will begin offering a quest to earn an Exotic Nothing one time per week. Xur but shows up in Destiny between Friday and Sunday, then we don't yet have details about how this quest works.

So how should you spend your Exotic Nothing? Commencement, visit the Exotic Archive vendor, AKA the Monument to Lost Lights final that now sits in betwixt the two vault terminals at the Tower. This is where you lot can spend your Exotic Nix to purchase any exotics yous may have missed before — including raid exotics similar Chaos and Tarrabah.

Keep in heed that those raid exotics besides cost Spoils of Conquest, a new currency earned from raiding. If there are other exotics you don't have yet, you're probably best off spending your cipher on those before the raid weapons, unless you're raid-ready and have a group that can help you.

If you don't have any of the weapons offered past the Exotic Archive, there are a lot of swell options, depending on what your Destiny 2 priorities are. If you plan to play a lot of PvP, the Mida Multi-Tool spotter rifle as well as the Thorn and Eriana's Vow mitt cannons are all great choices. If you're looking to raid or progress through loftier-level stop game content similar Chief Nightfalls, you absolutely have to accept the Izanagi's Burden sniper rifle. If y'all're but looking for something fun that is useful in Strikes and Gambit, I highly recommend the Ace of Spades hand cannon, Symmetry pulse rifle, and the rocket launcher chosen Truth.

Keep in listen that the Exotic Cipher isn't the only price. Depending on which gun you want, you'll also demand planetary materials, Ascendant Shards, and a whole bunch of glimmer. The battle pass will provide plenty of glimmer and planetary materials, but the shards are going to be a serious roadblock for a lot of players.

You can earn three shards each flavor through the battle pass, but shards are also needed to masterwork gear, so y'all'll demand a steady catamenia of shards to proceed your gear in top shape. You can earn shards by completing chief-ranked Nightfall: The Ordeal, which has a new level requirement of 1280. Considering the current season pinnacle cap is 1260, it's going to accept weeks earlier anyone is high enough level for these challenges.

The other way to get Ascendant Shards is past purchasing them from Banshee. Each shard costs ten enhancement prisms, while each prism costs ten enhancement cores. Therefore, yous're going to need 100 enhancement cores for each ascendant shard. That'due south no modest grind, specially when cores only driblet vary occasionally from expert-level nightfalls and rarely from other activities.

Ultimately, if you have a cipher it's better to spend it on exotics you don't take before masterworking other gear.

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