In Destiny it seems currently impossible to reach the maximum level of 320 Light.
A quirky problem in Destiny: There are no artifacts in the raid “Kingsfall.” Since hard mode of this raid is the only way to get items with a light level of 311 and above, there is mathematically no way to obtain a 320 artifact, and therefore no one can reach 320 Light – so no one can achieve the de facto maximum level in Destiny.
Destiny Guide: How to at least obtain a 310 Artifact
Artifacts are indeed a very strange species among items: The only known artifact with a high light level comes from a lengthy quest line that ultimately requires you to clean up in the raid. The artifact that comes out has a light level of 310.
In this video, you can see how to obtain the currently best artifact in Destiny, a 310:
What now?
On reddit, players discuss how to solve the problem. One explains: If you never pick up an artifact, then the slot does not count against the light level, and you could reach light level 320 without any artifact. Unfortunately, this is almost impossible in practice because you can also randomly receive artifacts, such as from engrams, as other players point out.
Does this relate to the calcified fragments?
A popular theory that is currently still completely unconfirmed: When the 3 missing calcified fragments arrive in the game with the three challenge modes (which they will, that is confirmed), then players who have all 50 fragments, (this is unconfirmed) may receive a follow-up quest, and at the end, there would be a 320 artifact.
At the moment, it is still a big mystery whether anything will happen with the collection of 50 fragments. For the current content of the game, and for the scout rifle Malicious Touch, you only needed 45 – more than 47 cannot be obtained anyway.
Although the game director of Taken King Luke Smith told players: Don’t take the light level too seriously, it barely makes a difference above 300, but no one wants to hear that: The abstract goal of reaching 320 drives many Destiny players. However, it currently seems that their goal is not achievable.
By the way: According to Destinytracker, currently 6 players are at 318 Light, none have broken the 319 mark. About 150 players are at 317.
