Materials

See also: Inventory and Items

Material	Rarity	Acquired by	Function
Ascendant Alloy	Exotic	High-Difficulty Activities
Ascendant Shard	Exotic	High-Difficulty Activities
Balanced Flavors	Rare	Kill enemies with Scout Rifles, Sniper Rifles, Pulse Rifles, and Combat Bows
Bullet Spray	Rare	Kill enemies with Submachine Guns, Auto Rifles and Machine Guns
Cabal Oil	Uncommon	Killing Cabal enemies
Celestial Key	Legendary	?????
Chitin Powder	Uncommon	Killing Hive enemies
Curio of the Nine	Legendary	Episode: Heresy Seasonal Challenges
Dark Ether Cane	Uncommon	Killing Scorn enemies
Dark Frosting	Rare	Kill enemies with Stasis and Strand damage
Deepsight Harmonizer	Exotic
Delicious Explosion	Rare	Kill enemies with Grenades, Rocket Launchers and Grenade Launchers
Electric Flavor	Rare	Kill enemies with Arc damage
Empyreal Key	Legendary	?????
Enhancement Core	Legendary
Enhancement Prism	Legendary
Essence of Dawning	Rare	Performing activities during The Dawning
Ether Cane	Uncommon	Killing Fallen enemies
Ethereal Key	Legendary	?????
Finishing Touch	Rare	Kill enemies with Finishers
Flash of Inspiration	Rare	Generate Orbs of Light
Glittering Key	Legendary	?????
Harmonic Alloy	Uncommon
Impossible Heat	Rare	Kill enemies with Solar damage
Masterwork Core	Legendary
Mod Components	Legendary
Multifaceted Flavors	Rare	Multikills
Null Taste	Rare	Kill enemies with Void damage
Override Frequency (Season 3)	Rare
Perfect Taste	Rare	Kill enemies with Precision Damage
Personal Touch	Rare	Kill enemies with Melee
Phantasmal Core	Legendary
Phantasmal Fragment	Rare
Pinch of Light	Rare	Collect Orbs of Light
Resonant Alloy	Uncommon
Sharp Flavor	Rare	Kill enemies with Swords or Glaives
Superb Texture	Rare	Kill enemies with Supers
Taken Butter	Uncommon	Killing Taken enemies
Vex Milk	Uncommon	Killing Vex enemies