Destiny 2 Legendary Shards Guide, How to Earn Legendary Shards

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Destiny 2, sequel to 2014 Destiny game, is releasing for PC in October 2017. This article is about Destiny 2 Legendary Shards guide and how to earn Legendary Shards. This first-person shooter game released for PS4 and Xbox One on 6 Sep 2017.

This resource is one of the most valuable resources in the game. It is similar to Legendary Marks and it is a consumable used to get better gear and get you close to the maximum level cap. This guide will explain this valuable resource and how to get and spend it.

Destiny 2 Legendary Shards Guide, How to Earn Legendary Shards

These are the three main uses of Legendary Shards.

  1. Infusing weapons and armour to a higher power level.
  2. The game’s weekly vendor is Xur who visits one of the four planets every Friday. Buy items from him with this.
  3. Also used for repurchasing exotics from the Vault and mission-specific rewards from vendors.

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Now, how to get these shards? They come from end-game resources and activities including the following.

How to Earn Legendary Shards

  1. Dismantling Legendary and Exotic gear and mods.
  2. A possible drop from decrypting Faction engrams.

One can assume that these shards will be drops from other end-game activities like Nightfalls, Flashpoints and Raids.

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