Glimmer

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The currency of the City. A form of programmable matter, used both for craft and as a fuel.

Glimmer is the primary currency in Destiny 2.

Glimmer can be seen in the game in form of blue cubical objects found in chests or dropped by defeated enemies, these can be collected by walking over them. Protecting a pile of Glimmer is an objective of the Glimmer Extraction Heroic Public Event.

The player's currently held Glimmer can be seen on the Inventory menu, or when interacting with a vendor. The current maximum amount of Glimmer a player can carry at any time is 500,000.

Acquisition

Glimmer is obtained through the following methods:

• killing enemies;
• harvesting resource nodes and looting faction chests in patrol zones;
• completing activities, quests, and certain bounties (such as Shaw Han's weekly bounties);
• dismantling weapons, armor, and other items.

The "Glimmer Booster" series of Ghost mods (in the Economic Ghost Mod slot) increase the amount of Glimmer gained from various sources. The increase in Glimmer ranges from 5% to 65%, depending on the mod.

After reaching the soft Power Level cap, Rare (blue) engrams will no longer drop, with an equivalent amount of Glimmer being rewarded instead.

Completing public events in patrol zones will reward Glimmer. Non-heroic events give 3,300-4,645 Glimmer, while heroic events give 10,000-12,500 Glimmer.

Completing ritual activities (Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit) will reward Glimmer. The amount earned can be increased by getting a high score in a strike or Nightfall, winning a match in the Crucible Competitive playlist, or winning a Gambit match.

Each season, players can earn Glimmer in bulk amounts from the Season Pass by gaining Experience and increasing their seasonal rank. As of the Season of the Wish, the free track has 33,000 Glimmer in total, while the paid track gives 272,000 Glimmer. There are also two Ritual Glimmer Boost Seasonal Bonuses that can be earned on the paid track which passively increase the amount of Glimmer rewarded from completing Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit activities.

Players can sell the following materials to Master Rahool for Glimmer: Dark Fragment, Phantasmal Fragment, and Herealways Piece. He will also purchase various deprecated materials and currencies from players in exchange for Glimmer, although each option will only appear if the player has the item in question.

Rainmakers that the player may have in their inventory can be dismantled for 3,000 Glimmer each.

Converting Synthcord to Synthweave at Ada-1's Loom will sometimes drop a small amount of Glimmer, usually around 100-500.

Usage

Glimmer is used to:

• purchase bounties and various items from vendors, as well as focus engrams;
• upgrade weapons and armor;
• reclaim items from Collections;
• craft weapons using the Relic at the Enclave, or boost the level of crafted weapons.

Patch History

• 7.3.4
  • Increased the glimmer cap to 500,000.
    • UNLISTED: The Glimmer cap was previously 250,000.
• 7.3.0
  • Rewards for all ritual activities have been updated.
    • Base Glimmer award has increased.
    • Added a reward chance for Enhancement Cores.
    • Glimmer and Enhancement Core awards and chances increase if:
      • You win a Gambit match.
      • You win a Competitive Division match.
      • You obtain a high score in a strike or Nightfall.
  • Removed all Legendary Shard costs from the Monuments to Lost Light.
  • Removed all Legendary Shard costs from all ritual and lfocusing costs.
  • Updated focusing costs to cost engrams and Glimmer only:
    • Crucible
    • Gambit
    • Iron Banner
    • Trials of Osiris
    • Vanguard
  • Legendary Shards will continue to drop from all existing sources in the game until The Final Shape launches.
  • Legendary Shard rewards on the Season Pass have been replaced with Enhancement Core or Glimmer rewards.
  • Legendary Shard Dismantle Bonus on the Season Pass has been replaced with an additional Ritual Glimmer Boost.
• 7.2.0.1
  • Resonant and Harmonic Alloys have been removed from weapon crafting costs and will no longer drop from dismantling specific weapons. Players can exchange their existing inventory of these Alloys for Glimmer by visiting Rahool in the Tower.
  • Crafted and Enhanced Weapons now have a new mod socket visible in the inspection screen for weapon level boosting. Players can use Glimmer and Enhancement Cores to apply a Weapon Level Boost mod to directly level their weapon with escalating costs as the weapon level increases.
• 7.1.0
  • Faction chests on EDZ and Nessus are now awarding Glimmer and XP.
  • Rainmakers no longer drop in the game. Whenever Rainmakers would have dropped in the past, 3,000 Glimmer drops instead.
    • Existing Rainmakers can be dismantled for 3,000 Glimmer each.
      • Make it rain(maker).
• 7.0.0.1
  • Crafting changes
    • Resonant elements have been removed.
    • Crafting component costs have been replaced with standard currencies such as Glimmer and Enhancement Cores.
• 6.3.0.5
  • Rare (blue) engrams no longer drop after reaching the soft gear cap. Equivalent Glimmer amount will be rewarded instead.
• 6.3.0
  • Increased Glimmer rewards for completing public events.
    • Heroic public events reward 10K and 12.5K Glimmer.
    • Non-heroic public events reward 3300 and 4645 Glimmer.
  • All existing in-game sources of destination materials will be disabled. Players will no longer earn destination materials via interacting with resource nodes, opening chests, completing public events, finishing strikes, etc.
    • Harvesting resource nodes will now grant Glimmer and XP directly instead of destination materials,
  • Players who have destination materials on their account will still be able to exchange them for Glimmer at Rahool, although at a reduced rate compared to what is currently offered.
  • Rahool now allows players to exchange the following materials for Glimmer:
    • Dark Fragment
    • Phantasmal Fragment
    • Herealways Piece
• 6.2.0
  • Glimmer pickups will now play dematerialization VFX when picked up.