Ruinous Element

	This page describes content which has been removed from the game.
	"Ruinous Element" was removed from Destiny 2 in the Season of the Haunted.

Ruinous Element
Attributes
Type	Resonant Element (Season 16)
Rarity	Legendary

Ruinous Element is a Resonant Element used in Weapon Shaping. It has a maximum capacity of 1,000.

The currently held amount of Ruinous Element can be seen using the Relic Tether inventory item, which is claimed from the Relic Conduit.

Ruinous Element was removed from the game in Version 4.1.0, after the end of the Season of the Risen.

Acquisition

• 12 Ruinous Element can be extracted from a completed Deepsight Resonance weapon that has a trait associated with Ruinous Element.

Usage

Ruinous Element is used when crafting enhanced versions of the traits associated with it.

Associated Traits

Ruinous Element is associated with traits that increase damage, increase the area-of-effect of damage, or apply debuffs to combatants.

• Adagio
• Adaptive Munitions
• Adrenaline Junkie
• Blunt Execution Rounds
• Box Breathing
• Chain Reaction
• Chill Clip
• Cluster Bomb
• Counterattack
• Dragonfly
• En Garde
• Explosive Head
• Explosive Light
• Explosive Payload
• Firefly
• Firing Line
• Focused Fury
• Frenzy
• Full Court
• Golden Tricorn
• Harmony
• Headseeker
• High-Impact Reserves
• Kickstart
• Kill Clip
• Lasting Impression
• Multikill Clip
• One for All
• Opening Shot
• Rampage
• Recombination
• Redirection
• Reservoir Burst
• Shield Disorient
• Surrounded
• Swashbuckler
• Timed Payload
• Trench Barrel
• Vorpal Weapon
• Whirlwind Blade

Images

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  Transparent icon.

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  Extraction icon.

Patch History

• 4.1.0
  • Weapon Crafting: All element currencies other than Neutral Elements have been removed. Neutral Elements have been renamed to Resonant Elements.
• 4.0.1
  • Added a consumable item that allows viewing of Element counts. Acquired from the Relic Conduit.
• 4.0.0.4
  • Increased Element crafting currency caps.
    • More information can be found in the 3/17/2022 This Week at Bungie blog article.
    • [All non-Neutral Element caps increased from 250 to 1,000.]
• 4.0.0.1
  • Added to the game.