A Professional Gamers‘ Guide to Upgrade Modules in Destiny 2
As a dedicated Destiny 2 player with over 1,000 hours logged, upgrade modules are essential items I constantly need to boost my favorite weapons and armor. Mastering the best ways to get these rare resources has been key to powering up efficiently. This comprehensive guide will provide professional insight on acquiring and utilizing upgrade modules effectively.
What Are Upgrade Modules?
For newcomers, upgrade modules allow you to “infuse” higher level gear into lower level items to raise their power. For example, infusing a 1300 shotgun into a 1200 shotgun.
- Infusing gear is vital to increase your average power level for accessing higher level activities and gear drops.
- However, upgrade modules are hard to obtain reliably. You can realistically get around 5 per week from casual gameplay.
Comprehensive Upgrade Module Sources
There are a wide variety of sources to earn and buy upgrade modules. Here is in-depth guidance on each method, including drop rates and ideal farming activities.
Season Rewards
- How To Get: Level up seasonal rank through XP to earn from free track
- Quantity: 19 from free, 6 more from premium = 25 total per 92 ranks
- Tips: Always grab these first each season. Resets every season.
Ritual Playlist Vendor Rank-Ups
- How To Get: Reach Vendor Ranks 3/4/5/6 to unlock reward
- Drop Rate: 1 module per vendor rank after rank 3
- Quantity: ~12 per vendor reset
- Tips: Repeatedly reset vendor rank at caps by finishing objectives
Banshee-44 and Ada-1 Daily Bounties
- How To Get: Purchase 1 module per day from each vendor
- Cost Per Module: 10 Legendary Shards, 5000 Glimmer, 25 Planetary Materials
- Quantity: 2 extra per day (1 from each vendor)
- Tips: Buy from both vendors daily for extra reliable modules
Ghost Mods
- How To Get: Equip relevant ghost mod and complete activity
- Drop Rate: Decent chance per strike/Crucible/Gambit win
- Quantity: Fully RNG based
- Tips: Use Vanguard mod outside of playlist too; consistently equip relevant mods
Eververse‘s Concentrated Mattergem
- How To Get: Defeat enemies and bosses with consumable active
- Drop Rate: Low from bosses; very low from minions
- Quantity: RNG based on enemy kills
- Tips: Use when farming Nightfalls and dungeons; buy from Eververse with Bright Dust
Farming Chests
- How To Get: Open any chests in the open world and activities
- Drop Rate: Extremely low drop chance per chest
- Quantity: Highly RNG; ~1 module per 30-50 chests
- Tips: Use Ghost mod to detect chests; farm Throne World, Dares of Eternity events
When Should You Infuse Gear?
With modules being limited, use them sparingly on essential gear:
- Long term weapons like exotics or raid legendaries
- Favorite weapons with great rolls for PvE/PvP
- Once at the pinnacle power cap to infuse small power bumps
In Summary
As you can see, earning upgrades does require consistent grinding. But mastering these sources allows you to amass a steady supply to then allocate wisely. Let me know if this guide helps you make the most of your precious upgrade modules, guardian!
