In Destiny 2, you need to make the final preparations for Shadowkeep this week. We summarize what you should do now.
What do I need to think about before Shadowkeep? Shadowkeep, or “Season of the Shadows,” is the name of this year’s autumn expansion for Destiny 2. It will be released on October 1, 2019, on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Steam).
You have about a week left to take care of the last things before the new Guardian adventures. Some things you can do now; however, one thing you must do to continue your journey in the Destiny universe.
Now Break Down Eververse Items in Destiny 2
You should do this: Break down all your Eververse items that you no longer need. Especially Eververse armors, but also ships, sparrows, ghosts, shaders, and all that stuff from Eververse that is currently collecting dust.
The reason: With the upcoming expansion, you will no longer receive Glimmer Dust when breaking down items from Eververse. They will only yield a corresponding amount of Glimmer and legendary shards but will cost Glimmer and legendary shards to retrieve from your collection.
Additionally, with Shadowkeep, the Eververse armor pieces will become universal ornaments that can be applied to any Armor 2.0 armor.
To build a significant Glimmer Dust reserve before Shadowkeep, it is advisable to break down the old stuff you no longer need.
Time for the Steam Transfer
You must do this: If you play Destiny 2 on PC and want to continue playing as a Guardian on PC after October 1, you need to take action now and initiate the Steam transfer. Blizzard has informed the Guardians about this in an email over the past few weeks.
For this reason: On October 1, 2019, Destiny 2 is moving from Battle.net to Steam. Anyone who misses linking their accounts before October 1 will lose everything they had in Destiny 2 on Battle.net.
The option for “Account Migration” as well as Cross-Save has been available for a few weeks now. If you have missed it so far, you should urgently catch up now.
For detailed information and a step-by-step guide, you can find it here:
Collect These Materials
You can do this: With Armor 2.0, upgrading armor pieces will become expensive. They will have multiple “energy levels”, with each level upgrade consuming certain materials. So collect in advance:
- Glimmer – you receive this when you defeat enemies and complete activities
- Legendary shards – you can obtain these from various sources, such as breaking down legendary armor
- Enhancement cores – these can also be obtained from various sources, such as from bounties at Banshee-44
From the higher armor piece levels, you will no longer need enhancement cores, but “Enhancement Prisms” and “Ascendant Shards”. However, these cannot currently be farmed.
Since you can level up many armor pieces that you like with Armor 2.0, your supply of these materials cannot be large enough.
If you already have the maximum Glimmer cap, you can invest Glimmer in exotic ships or sparrows. Buy these for Glimmer, store them, and sell them back in Shadowkeep when you need Glimmer. This is a loss-making proposition, as they cost more Glimmer than you receive when breaking them down. But it’s better than having your Glimmer disappear because you have reached the maximum.
Complete Weapons Master Bounties
You can do this: Go to the Gunsmith Banshee-44 in the Tower and complete his daily bounties. This way, you can collect mod components. You should also save weapons master materials.
The reason is: Banshee-44 will sell permanent mods that will still cost mod components. Additionally, in Shadowkeep, permanent mods can also drop from weapons master engrams, so you should save these materials that are currently carelessly thrown away.
With Armor 2.0, mods for armor pieces become permanent. However, the same applies to weapon mods. Also, from Shadowkeep onward, you will only need to possess each mod once and can then switch them freely between the items. They are no longer consumables that can only be equipped once.
Farming Exotics and Legendary Items?
You can do this: Bungie confirmed that after Shadowkeep you will be able to pull Armor 2.0 versions of exotic armor pieces from collections. So you can complete your collections in advance and benefit from it in Shadowkeep.
However, from collections, you will only receive exotics with fixed rolls. If you want different rolls, you will have to earn the exotic again after the autumn expansion.
Farming legendary armor pieces now makes little sense. However, you can hunt a few strong weapons in preparation for Shadowkeep:
Additionally, it makes sense to save tokens from Vanguard and Crucible. Because you can open reward packages in Shadowkeep with them, which presumably contain items up to Power Level 900 (Soft Cap).
Why is there no tip to reach the maximum power level now? In Shadowkeep, all Guardians will start at Power Level 750. That is the current maximum. If you are currently below 750, you do not need to put everything into motion to reach 750 before Shadowkeep – because you will start with that power in the fresh adventures anyway.
So do not infuse anything more but save the materials.
The last tip: The best preparation for Shadowkeep is, of course, to read MeinMMO daily to get the latest information about the Destiny 2 expansion in a timely manner.
Do you have any other tips?
