In Destiny 2, you can upgrade a glove to earn more loot and craft keys for hacking. However, it is not an equipment piece but a complex quest item from the Season of the Splicer.
What is the Splicer Gauntlet, anyway? Although the item is named like an equipment piece and our Fallen friend Mithrax (featured image) wears the Splicer Gauntlet on his arm to hack, for us Guardians, it’s a different matter.
- The gauntlet is an important seasonal item from the Season 14 of Destiny 2 that we only carry in the menu.
- Think of the gauntlet as the successor to the The Trials Hammer from Season 13 – that was also not a weapon but a quest item in the menu.
- You always have the gauntlet passively with you, can level it up, and gradually expand it to ultimately access the new loot of Season 14.
- You actually receive the Splicer Gauntlet automatically throughout the seasonal story and cannot miss it.
In this article, we clarify how you should upgrade the gauntlet, where you can get the new resources Ether and Decrypted Data, and why you need to deal with all that complicated information.
Ether and Keycodes in Season 14 of Destiny 2
The item can essentially do 2 things: create keycodes for Override and make your Guardian life in Season 14 easier when you level up the gauntlet to give it new functions.
Here’s how keycodes work: Select the Splicer Gauntlet in the quest menu. At the very bottom, you will see the option “Create Keycode”. This costs you 50 Ether by default (which is a new resource).
- You can use the keycode itself in the new seasonal activity Override to open the second chest after the boss fight.
- In the additional chest, you can find among other things the new weapons, Decrypted Data (the second new resource from Season 14), and cosmetics.
- If you open the additional chest 3 times a week, you will receive top loot from the Override activity once.
In short: Before you start a run in Override, select the Splicer Gauntlet in the menu, craft a keycode from Ether, and earn more rewards at the end.
The gauntlet shows you at any time in the menu how much Ether you have stored and how many keys you still have. Keep in mind that you can initially only carry a limited amount of both. However, you can significantly improve this with upgrades.
Finding Ether in Season 14: To find Ether, you just have to play Destiny 2. You do not need to search or collect Ether separately. It automatically flows into the Splicer Gauntlet when you kill enemies or complete activities.
A significant amount of Ether is available for the activity that the gauntlet presents to you as a bonus in the menu. In our example, Strikes are marked as a bonus. Upon completion, for example, 75 Ether flows into the gauntlet. Enough to craft 1.5 keys.
The Splicer Servitor in H.E.L.M improves your gauntlet
The benefits of the upgrades: We mentioned earlier that the Splicer Gauntlet can make your Guardian’s daily tasks easier.
- Because you can add new functions that make excursions into the seasonal activity easier. More ammunition for power weapons or support in parkour sections are options.
- Alternatively, more loot awaits in Override.
- You can also increase the capacity of the gauntlet, allowing you to store more Ether or carry additional keycodes, increasing the chance of obtaining Ether after kills.
All upgrades to the Splicer Gauntlet are done at the H.E.L.M. base. You can reach it from orbit (above the Tower). Going down the stairs on your left from the spawn, you will see a large Servitor – this alien orb has the upgrades:
The most important upgrades for the Splicer Gauntlet
You will see 3 rows with 7 improvements each in the upgrade menu. As you go down, the upgrades become more expensive and require the upgrade directly above it.
You cannot seriously mess up your Splicer Gauntlet build. However, there are upgrades that are more important than others.
- Storage Expansion 1 to 3 is highly recommended, for example. This upgrade increases both the maximum Ether capacity and the portable keycodes. This way, you do not have to constantly play Override just because you have hit the cap again.
- To obtain Ether quicker, Ether Filters and the corresponding upgrades of levels 2 and 3 are suitable once you have hit the cap again.
- Override Efficiency 1 to 3 is also worth an investment, as ultimately it’s about the loot in Destiny 2. Here you receive more (Umbral) Engrams and seasonal gear from the chests and upon completion of the activity.
The other upgrades are currently hardly worth it. No annoying lasers or additional jumping platforms are nice, but essentially unnecessary, as only one Guardian needs to complete the obstacle course. Until heavier versions of Override are launched during Season 14, you won’t need additional power ammunition.
What lies behind the 5 hidden upgrades is still unknown. MeinMMO will accordingly update this article during Season 14.
Getting Decrypted Data in Destiny 2
When upgrading your Splicer Gauntlet, the 2nd seasonal resource, Decrypted Data, comes into play. Because you have to spend this resource for upgrades to the gauntlet.
These are the sources:
- A medium amount of Decrypted Data can be found in the 2nd chest at the end of the Override activity (requires a keycode). If you want, you can farm unlimited amounts here.
- Some enemies in Override drop Decrypted Data.
- Seasonal challenges reward you with Decrypted Data. The challenges contain large amounts of the resource, and new seasonal challenges are added every week. If you miss a week, no worries, you can still tackle the tasks later.
- There are also some Decrypted Data waiting for you in the Season Pass.
The new Umbral Engrams from Season 14 also cost Decrypted Data when focusing. So you need to be much more careful with this resource than with the Ether, which you only need for keycodes right now. Whenever you collect Decrypted Data, you also passively level up the Servitor in the H.E.L.M. – at higher ranks, you can then buy new mods there.
Do you now have more clarity about the initially quite complex functions of the Splicer Gauntlet? Do you have a must-have upgrade that we overlooked? Let us know in the comments.
