In Destiny, a supposedly safe method to obtain exotic items from legendary engrams has caused a stir.
Two days ago, a post appeared on the US discussion platform reddit, which has caused quite a buzz in recent days. The post could turn out to be a sort of “Philosopher’s Stone”: one could supposedly turn purple engrams into gold.
Because a player claimed to have found a method to “guarantee” exotic weapons from legendary engrams.
This is how the alleged miracle method in Destiny works
The plan is as follows:
- You need a lot of rare engrams and at least one legendary weapon engram
- Then you go to the Cryptarch and decrypt blue engrams until a legendary item pops out, whether it’s a weapon, special weapon, or a helmet, but materials do not count..
- The moment the legendary item appears, you decrypt your legendary weapon engram as quickly as possible (within 3 seconds), and it “guarantees” an exotic weapon.
The so-called Cryptarch glitch in the video
The post was hotly debated on reddit. Many decided to try it out. And some also reported success with the method. The original video has over 40,000 hits now.
However, the theory has now been declared “false” on reddit and retracted. Some have reported that they had no success with it. But on the other hand, there are also some success stories.
No guarantees of success, but some report that it worked
But in no case, as some advertising declare, is it a “100% guaranteed method to obtain exotic items”. The finder of the method now says it works best for people with low ping. Anyone with a slower connection has to be particularly quick.
Given the small number of tests, it might also be possible that it’s just luck, and the method plays no role at all. It’s always hard to say with such things. This, of course, will not stop players who also shoot at the lockers of chests to increase their chances of obtaining the Gjallarhorn from trying out every theory.
However, anyone who tries it should not have too high expectations. The method is indeed difficult, as the chances of a blue engram turning into a legendary item are relatively low. Legendary engrams are also relatively rare.
Currently, it is somewhat like a miracle healer: If success does not occur, the patient made a mistake and did not execute it correctly. Then it is said that he did not believe strongly enough. In Destiny, it is said: “He was too slow.”
In contrast to consulting a miracle healer, trying out such a glitch in Destiny does not come with costs and cannot really hurt (unless you prefer to save engrams to immediately level up your Cryptarch rank with House of Wolves and get “new” engrams.)
Anyone who tries it can report their results to us.
