Ascendant Shards are Destiny 2's near coveted currency. Guardians need this resource to Masterwork their armor and purchase Exotics from the Tower's Exotic Kiosk. Newer players and veterans alike volition want to get their hands on as many Ascendant Shards as possible.

If their rarity didn't make this clear, Ascendant Shards are extremely rare, only farmable by completing some of Destiny ii's pinnacle activities. Nonetheless, these "golf balls" driblet from more than just GM Nightfalls. Players tin can use certain vendors or complete 1 of Europa's hardest Triumphs to get their hands on this invaluable currency. Ranging from Nightfalls to the Season Laissez passer, here is every style yous can earn Ascendant Shards in Destiny 2: The Witch Queen.

Updated April 1st, 2022, past Charles Burgar: Buildcrafting has never been more than important in Destiny two, making upgrade materials like Ascendant Shards more valuable. We've updated this guide with new reward sources of Dominant Shards, and nosotros've added a section discussing the all-time Ascendant Shard farm in Destiny 2 currently.

How To Earn Ascendant Shards

Destiny 2 Ascendant Shards

Equally the rarest Masterworking currency, Ascendant Shards are equally as hard to come up by. Players will have to suffer a drip-feed of this resources or conquer the toughest activities in the game. Ascendant Shards can be earned from the post-obit:

Method Type Shard Amount
Rahool / Ada-1 Vendor ane
Augmented Obsession Triumph i
Vendor Rank Reset Vendor 1
Dismantle T10 Exotic Armor Misc. 1
Trials of Osiris (1st Weekly Flawless) Activity 1
Trials of Osiris (Seven Passage Wins) Activeness one
Main / GM Nightfall Activity one-2
Flavour Pass Season Laissez passer 1 (x3)

Nightfall Completions

Destiny 2 Master Nightfall Modifiers

Shard Amount: 1-two per run (based on difficulty)

Principal Nightfalls runs take a drop chance that is listed every bit "uncommon." The Destiny customs speculates that this is effectually a 33% drop chance for a Platinum completion. Grandmaster Nightfalls guarantee one Ascendant Shard for a Platinum completion. Of course, GM Nightfalls are much harder than Primary variants due to the addition of contest modifier.

Trials Of Osiris

Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris

Shard Corporeality: Chance of 1 per win on a seven-win Passage; 1 on your first weekly Flawless clear

Going Flawless for the kickoff time in a week will grant 1 Ascendant Shard from the Lighthouse chest. Subsequent Flawless runs in the same week volition only grant Enhancement Prisms. For those unfamiliar, going Flawless in Trials of Osiris requires seven consecutive wins in the game blazon. One loss will void a Flawless attempt—excluding your first loss while using the Passage of Mercy.

Y'all also take a take a chance of obtaining an Ascendant Shard upon winning a Trials game with a seven-win Passage. There is no limit to the number of Ascendant Shards you can obtain this mode, making this the PvP alternative to farming Master or GM Nightfalls. Flawless Passages with seven wins seem more probable to drib Ascendant Shards later a win, just in that location is no hard data to back this up.

Ritual Playlist Vendors

Destiny 2 Infamy Rewards

Shard Corporeality: 1 per vendor each flavour

In that location are five vendors in the Tower with a unique rank-up reward track:

  1. Zavala: Strikes and Nightfalls
  2. Shaxx: Crucible (PvP)
  3. Drifter: Gambit
  4. Banshee-44: Gunsmith
  5. Saint-14: Trials of Osiris

Playing whatsoever of these modes—excluding Banshee, who gains rep solely through dismantling gear—will increment your rank with that way's respective vendor, assuasive you to claim unique rewards. When yous achieve a rank of x,000 with a certain vendor, you lot can reset your rank with them in exchange for an Dominant Shard. Y'all can only practise this one time per vendor per flavour. Subsequent rank resets in the same season will grant an Exotic Engram instead.

Rahool And Ada-1

Destiny 2 Rahool

Shard Amount: 1 per purchase

Players can buy Dominant Shards from Rahool or Ada-1 in the Belfry, provided they have enough materials. To purchase an Ascendant Shard, y'all'll demand the following:

  • x Enhancement Prisms
  • 100 planetary materials
  • l,000 Glimmer

Every bit with the rest of Rahool and Ada'southward stock, the planetary material they asking is random and changes daily.

Season Pass

Destiny 2 Season Pass Ascendant Shard Reward

Shard Corporeality: 3 per flavour

Those that own the current flavor can obtain three Ascendant Shards from the paid Season Pass rail. They are given at the following ranks:

  • Rank 80: x1 Ascendant Shard
  • Rank 85: x1 Dominant Shard
  • Rank 94: x1 Dominant Shard

Augmented Obsession Triumph

Destiny 2 Augmented Obsession Reward
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Shard Corporeality: 1 per account

If you complete Europa's Augmented Obsession Triumph, Variks will give you ane Dominant Shard equally thanks. This is just given once per account, meaning you lot tin can't get three from talking to Variks on alternate characters.

Completing the Augmented Obsession Triumph requires all eight Augment Triumphs to be completed. Merely one can be done a week due to a limit on how many Braytech Transponders yous can buy from Variks. Similar to the Dreaming City eggs, you'll have to wait for certain Eclipsed Zones before you can destroy certain sets of drones.

For a full breakdown of how to earn this Triumph, consult our Augmented Obsession Triumph guide.

The Best Ascendant Shard Farm

Destiny2 Fallen SABER Nightfall Boss Encounter

Unfortunately, there's only one good Ascendant Shard farm in Destiny two: Grandmaster Nightfalls. Each Platinum clear is guaranteed to drop i Ascendant Shard with a chance of a second 1. A skillful team can clear an like shooting fish in a barrel GM in effectually 15 minutes, give or take, allowing yous to earn about iv Ascendant Shards per hour.

That is withal quite depression, so nosotros highly recommend that y'all expect until a double loot calendar week is active before farming GMs. The "Next Week in Destiny" postal service that pops up on log-in will tell y'all of whatsoever upcoming double boodle weeks. When i is agile, you tin earn 8 to ten Ascendant Shards an hour, making it adequately like shooting fish in a barrel to Masterwork a set of gear.

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