The Drifter

The Drifter
Information
Name	The Drifter
Title	Rogue Lightbearer
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Location	The Tower
Description	The name says it all.

The Drifter is a Rogue Lightbearer, acting as the interim Hunter Vanguard in place of the late Cayde-6. He manages quests, bounties, and rewards related to Gambit.

Location

• The Tower — In the Annex, in the room between the Landing Zone and Ada-1.

Vendor Tooltip

This tooltip appears when hovering over the icon in the upper-left corner of the vendor screen:

Gambit

• Complete Gambit matches to earn Gambit Ranks. Winning or completing multiple matches in a row grants additional progress.
• Complete Ranks to earn Gambit Engrams.
• Earn Gambit weapons at the end of matches, in engrams, or from focusing more weapon perks as you complete up to 4 Rank resets in a Season.

Weekly Challenges

Name	Description	Objectives	Rewards
Shady Schemes	Complete bounties from this vendor to earn powerful rewards.	Bounties: 8	Pinnacle Gear (World Loot Pool gear) 120 Bright Dust

Gambit Rank

"I don't care if you win or lose. I just want you to get paid. Heh." —The Drifter

Complete Gambit matches to gain Gambit Rank points. Complete them back-to-back to increase your activity streak. Earn more points with higher streaks.

Starting a different ritual activity may reduce your streak.

Players can increase their rank with the Drifter (sometimes referred to as Infamy) by completing Gambit matches. Completing matches will also increase the player's Gambit activity streak, granting increased reputation rewards with each match, up to a maximum streak of 5. The player's current streak can be seen by hovering over the reputation icon on the Gambit screen in the Director. Completing Vanguard, Crucible, or Dares of Eternity activities will reduce the player's Gambit streak while adding to those activities' streaks. Players can only have a total of 5 streak progress across all four activity types, rebalancing depending on the activities completed.

Each rank will reward a Gambit Engram, stored on the Drifter's vendor screen, which can either be decrypted into gear from the current Gambit loot pool, or focused into specific items in the Focused Decoding and Legacy Gear sub-menus. They have a maximum capacity of 99, and will disappear at the end of the season if not used.

Some weeks will feature a modifier that increases the amount of Gambit Rank points gained. When this is active, an "Increased Gambit Rank" modifier will be visible when launching Gambit. This modifier will be active until the next Tuesday reset. Bonus Gambit Rank weeks are usually announced the weekend before through a "Next Week in Destiny" alert in-game.

Rank can be reset to 1 after rank 16 is completed. Resetting rank once will give a chance for weapons obtained from Gambit match completions, Gambit Engram decryptions, and Focused Decoding to drop with additional Traits in the third and fourth perk columns. The chance and number of additional perks increase with each reset, up to 4 resets.

Ranks

Rank Number	Rank Name	Total Points Needed	Points Until Next Rank
1	GUARDIAN I	0	50
2	GUARDIAN II	50	75
3	GUARDIAN III	125	125
4	BRAVE I	250	250
5	BRAVE II	500	450
6	BRAVE III	950	600
7	HEROIC I	1,550	375
8	HEROIC II	1,925	600
9	HEROIC III	2,525	825
10	FABLED I	3,350	525
11	FABLED II	3,875	775
12	FABLED III	4,650	1,050
13	MYTHIC I	5,700	750
14	MYTHIC II	6,450	1,075
15	MYTHIC III	7,525	1,475
16	LEGEND	9,000	1,000
17	LEGEND (Maximum Rank)	10,000	N/A

Rank Rewards

Rewards can be obtained when certain ranks are reached. Rank will be automatically reset to 1 at the beginning of the next season, and any unclaimed rewards will be lost.

Season of the Witch

	Rewards
	No Resets	1 Reset	2+ Resets
Every Rank	Gambit Engram
Every Major Rank	Powerful Gear (World Loot Pool gear)	N/A
Rank 4	3 Enhancement Cores	3 Upgrade Modules
Rank 7	Night Vision (Shader)	3 Enhancement Cores
Rank 10	2 Enhancement Prisms	3 Enhancement Cores
Rank 13	Banked Projection (Ghost Projection)	2 Enhancement Prisms
Rank 16	Malediction (Hand Cannon)	Mulled Envy (Malediction Weapon Ornament)	2 Enhancement Prisms
Reset Rank (Rank 16 Completed)	Ascendant Shard	Exotic Engram

Past Seasons

See also: The Drifter/Past Seasons

Focused Decoding

Gambit Engrams, earned by increasing one's rank with the Drifter, can be focused into specific weapons and armor items with random rolls. Alternatively, they can be decrypted from the vendor screen to reward random drops from the current Gambit loot pool. To focus an engram into a specific item, the item must first be unlocked in Collections.

Each item costs 1 Gambit Engram, 25, and 5,000.

Weapons

Decoded weapons will have one trait in the third and fourth perk columns. Resetting rank once with the Drifter will give a chance for these weapons to decode or drop with additional traits in these columns. More resets will increase this chance, as well as the number of additional perks, up to 4 resets.

• Albruna-D (Sniper Rifle)
• Borrowed Time (Submachine Gun)
• Dead Weight (Shotgun)
• Herod-C (Auto Rifle)
• Laser Painter (Linear Fusion Rifle)
• Qua Xaphan V (Machine Gun)
• Servant Leader (Scout Rifle)
• Trinary System (Fusion Rifle)
• Trust (Hand Cannon)
• Yesteryear (Pulse Rifle)

Armor

	Titan	Hunter	Warlock
Helmet	Viperidax Helmet	Viperidax Helmet	Viperidax Hood
Gauntlets	Viperidax Gauntlets	Viperidax Grips	Viperidax Gloves
Chest Armor	Viperidax Plate	Viperidax Vest	Viperidax Robes
Leg Armor	Viperidax Greaves	Viperidax Strides	Viperidax Boots

Note: The Viperidax Class Items ( Viperidax Mark, Viperidax Cloak, and Viperidax Bond) cannot be focused.

Legacy Gear

Gambit Engrams can also be focused into older weapons and armor sets that are no longer in the current Gambit/engram pool. These items can be focused without having acquired them in Collections. However, items will cost more to focus if they have not been previously obtained.

Legacy Weapons

If in Collections, a legacy weapon costs 1 Gambit Engram, 25, and 5,000.

• Bottom Dollar (Hand Cannon)
• Crowd Pleaser (Grenade Launcher)

Legacy Armor

If not in Collections, a legacy armor item costs 3 Gambit Engrams, 50, and 10,000.

If in Collections, a legacy armor item costs 1 Gambit Engram, 25, and 5,000.

Legacy Armor I

	Titan	Hunter	Warlock
Helmet	Ancient Apocalypse Helm	Ancient Apocalypse Mask	Ancient Apocalypse Hood
Gauntlets	Ancient Apocalypse Gauntlets	Ancient Apocalypse Grips	Ancient Apocalypse Gloves
Chest Armor	Ancient Apocalypse Plate	Ancient Apocalypse Vest	Ancient Apocalypse Robes
Leg Armor	Ancient Apocalypse Greaves	Ancient Apocalypse Strides	Ancient Apocalypse Boots
Class Item	Ancient Apocalypse Mark	Ancient Apocalypse Cloak	Ancient Apocalypse Bond

Legacy Armor II

	Titan	Hunter	Warlock
Helmet	Calamity Rig Helm	Calamity Rig Mask	Calamity Rig Cover
Gauntlets	Calamity Rig Gauntlets	Calamity Rig Sleeves	Calamity Rig Gloves
Chest Armor	Calamity Rig Plate	Calamity Rig Vest	Calamity Rig Robes
Leg Armor	Calamity Rig Greaves	Calamity Rig Strides	Calamity Rig Boots
Class Item	Calamity Rig Mark	Calamity Rig Cloak	Calamity Rig Bond

Quests

• Quid Pro Quo
• Malfeasance
• Darkness in the Light
• The Stasis Prototype — requires Beyond Light

Vaulted

• The Draw
• Breakneck
• Gambit, in Its Prime
• By Your Bootstraps
• The Investigation (Quest)
• Honor Among Thieves
• Lullaby
• Edge of Darkness
• Clean Getaway
• Season 8: Keepin' On
• Get Closer
• Green With Envy
• Free Advertising
• In the Face of Darkness
• Vanity in Dark Times
• Snakeskin Wrap
• Gambit Salvager
• Primeval Patina

Bounties

Daily

The Drifter sells 4 randomly chosen Gambit bounties daily for 250 each. They each reward XP+.

• All Right, All Right, All Right
• Big-Game Hunter
• Black Hole Byproduct
• Blind Spot
• Blockade
• Don't Mind If You Do
• Electri-fried
• Elite Executioner
• Envoy While It Lasts
• Evanescent Emptiness
• Face-to-Face
• Final Ploy
• Fish in a Barrel
• Fistful of Motes
• Hanging by a Thread
• High Voltage
• Lest It Stare Back
• Like Kindling
• Line 'Em Up
• Not Your Mama's Combat Drill
• Pins and Needles
• Sun Charred
• Sweltering Heat
• Torn to Shreds

Additional

The Drifter offers repeatable Gambit bounties for 3000 each. They each reward XP and 10 Bright Dust.

• Arc Gamble
• Auto Rifle Gamble
• Blocker Elimination Gamble
• Blocker Gamble
• Bow Gamble
• Grenade Gamble
• Guardian Gamble
• Hand Cannon Gamble
• Invader Elimination Gamble
• Melee Gamble
• Mote Gamble
• Pulse Rifle Gamble
• Scout Rifle Gamble
• Sidearm Gamble
• SMG Gamble
• Solar Gamble
• Stasis Gamble
• Strand Gamble
• Super Gamble
• Void Gamble

Vaulted

• Big Banker
• Careful Collector
• Do It
• First to the Fight
• Kill the Mood
• Might of the Traveler
• On the Grind
• Terminator

Patch History

• 7.2.0.1
  • Ritual Vendor Challenges for completing 8 bounties on Vanguard, Crucible, or Gambit vendors have had their rewards updated to reward pinnacles
• 7.0.0.1
  • Ritual vendors in the Tower (Zavala, Shaxx, Drifter, Banshee-44, Saladin, Saint-14) now have help tooltips describing the core ritual and reputation, as well as explaining some of the less visible features.
  • UNLISTED:
    • Legacy Gear focusing options added to the Drifter.
    • Gambit Engrams no longer need to be claimed, and can now be decrypted through Drifter's vendor screen.
• 6.3.0.4
  • Reduced the focusing costs of weapons and armor for Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Crucible, and Gambit.
    • Legendary Shards reduced from 50 to 25.
    • Glimmer reduced from 10.000 to 5.000.
• 4.0.0.1
  • Some items that were previously sold by the Drifter or dropped from the Primeval Servitor boss in Gambit now have a small chance of dropping upon completion of a Gambit match.
  • The Drifter now offers weapon and armor focusing.
    • New Gambit engrams can be spent on focused equipment from the Drifter, or be decrypted by Master Rahool.