In the MMO shooter Destiny , a farming spot for legendary engrams has become well known. The spot, affectionately dubbed “Treasure Cave” by fans, proves to be an inexhaustible source of enemies and thus items.
It is a kind of holy grail in every fresh MMO: a spot, a location in the game, with infinite respawn, that is easy to farm and promises rich loot . In Diablo, the cult around a secret spot with the cow level has been commemorated. In the past, true mysteries arose around such spots; they were only shared among friends or guild members so that no one else could benefit from the precious source of endless looting or EXP.
In every game, treasure hunters have been searching for such an El Dorado since the beginning of MMOs, a land of milk and honey where loot grows on trees. Whether it came about through the developers’ mistake or as a result of a deliberate design decision.
Such a spot has now been found in Destiny: a cave from which an unending stream of mobs emerges, bringing engrams and drops with them.
When decrypting these engrams, with luck, either legendary items come out right away or at least a bunch of green items. Additionally, you can level up the Cryptarch with engrams in Destiny, and he will then send legendary items by mail.
Normally, one would refer to such a spot as a “secret tip,” but after the video from Force Strategy Gaming, which we are presenting to you subsequently, has already garnered over 130,000 hits, US sites like Polygon or Kotaku report on it prominently, and there is even a code of conduct for the cave on Reddit, this secret tip has probably run its course. Destiny is simply so big that nothing remains secret.
What is the “Treasure Cave” in Destiny?
The Treasure Cave in Destiny is a spot from which waves of low-level mobs continuously stream. If they are shot down immediately upon spawning from a safe distance, they fall down, and the next wave spawns.
On your own, the spawn is hardly manageable, but that doesn’t matter: due to the popularity of the cave and Destiny’s fame, someone is always camping there. If the spawn is unexpectedly off, it only means that mobs have escaped and are wandering in the open field. They need to be taken down.
Important for the Treasure Cave: Everyone must be behind the green marker, which can also be seen on the left side in the video; otherwise, it blocks the spawn. Therefore, it should be agreed not to loot too often but only when enough stuff is lying around and it’s worth it. Then it’s best to move forward as a group.
More tips have surfaced in the English-speaking subreddit for Destiny. It is ideal to use a weapon that deals explosive damage and to pick up the ammunition you shoot. This automatically collects all the loot, allowing for uninterrupted farming. The use of a scout or pulse rifle is especially recommended.
As seen in the video, you don’t even have to kill mobs yourself to loot; you can also benefit from the kills of others. At the moment, this cave really seems to be the El Dorado in Destiny: the stuff legends are made from. Until the fix. It is already expected. It can’t be that Bungie leaves such a thing in the game, they say. Some suspect that Bungie intentionally designed this cave to create legends around it that will live on long after its collapse. Somewhat poetic.
How to get to the spot, where to position yourself, and what loot you can expect is explained in this video:
Those who distrust engrams will find a guide on how to level up in Destiny in other ways.
