Materials

Materials are Inventory Items are can be obtained by the players through interactions in the Destiny world, drops from enemies or salvaged from dismantling weapons, armor and other items. Materials occupy a specific place in the player's Inventory. They can be traded to various NPCs for EXP, reputation points, gear and faction items. 1

Types of Materials

	Rarity	Acquired by	Description
Aksis Core	Legendary	Defeat Aksis Archon Prime in Wrath of the Machine Raid.	Lord Saladin will want to see this.
Armor Core	Legendary	Completing Level 32 and 35 PoE Challenge Modes Opening small chests in PoE	You've proven yourself worthy. Bring this to Variks in the Reef to redeem for a piece of armor.
Armor Materials	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity armor.	???
Ascendant Energy	Legendary	Dismantling endgame gear Public Events Engrams Daily Heroic Missions Vault of Glass	The boiling energies of the zero-point field trapped in a stasis capsule.
Ascendant Mote	Legendary	???	A self-stabilizing knot of spacetime geometry. High-quality armor can be further improved with these.
Ascendant Shard	Legendary	Dismantling endgame gear Public Events Engrams Daily Heroic Missions Vault of Glass	A self-stabilizing knot of spacetime geometry.
Blue Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
C-Drive Array Order	Common	???	A work order for installation and calibration of a cascade driver array.
Crucible Commendation	Legendary	Reward Packages from Crucible New Monarchy Vendor Dead Orbit and Future War Cult Rank Increases (Rank 3 or higher)	A commendation for your assistance. Can be used to grant Crucible reputation.
Crux of Crota	Exotic	Crota's End	Their god is now our power.
Dormant SIVA Clusters	Legendary	Scattered throughout the Destiny universe	A piece of SIVA nanotech that seems to be dormant, but hums with potential.
Dried Crimson	Common	Dropped by Urzok The Hated in Urn of Sacrifice quest
Embalming Orb	Legendary	Purchased from Eris Morn for 10 Black Wax Idol At least Rank 3 with Crota's Bane.	Stolen from a Hive chamber, what this tiny orb represents is unknowable and terrifying. Used to upgrade weapons of Hive origin.
Embers of the Lesser	Common	???	????
Encrypted Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by enemies or purchased from Cryptarch.	A matter engram wrapped in simple encryption. Sought after by crypto-archeologists working to uncover relics of the Golden Age.
Epoch Splinter	Legendary	???	Slivers of glass used by the Vex. Isotopic dating suggests their age ranges across billions of years - past and future.
Essence of the Oversoul	Exotic	Complete Crota's End (Age of Triumph) and The Will of Crota in The Crux of Darkness Quest.	"Feed the Eidolon Ally, and it will be transformed." —Eris Morn
Etheric Light	Legendary	Obtained in Prison of Elders Trials of Osiris Nightfall Strikes and Iron Banner	A volatile synthesis of energized matter and self-modifying energy constructs.
Exotic Armor Shard	Exotic	???	For making ultimate improvements to high-quality armor.
Exotic Shard	Exotic	Dismantling Exotic Gear Purchased from Xur for 7 Strange Coins	A remnant that almost seems to have a life of its own. Can be used to unlock the full power of Exotic gear.
Exotic Weapon Core	Exotic	???	For making ultimate improvements to high-quality weapons.
Eyes of the Forsaken	Common	Ritual of the Forsaken	Take the Eyes of the Forsaken to Eris.
Glass Needles	Rare	Purchased from Xur for 3 Strange Coins 3 Motes of Light and 1 Exotic Shard.	Slivers of glassy material that appear to alter the flow of time around them. Said to be used by the Nine to transform the properties of Exotic gear.
Glass Shards	Rare	Gold Tier rating from the first Public Event completion of the day.	Translucent shards of non-baryonic matter, trembling with contained energy.
Green Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
Hadium Flake	Common	Opening chests in Dreadnaught	Shards of a reactive metal that stores whatever energy it is exposed to.
Hadronic Essence	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity Warlock armor.	A dense lattice of exotic baryons and mesons, used as an infusion in Warlock fieldweave.
Hangar Assignment	Common	???	A hangar assignment from the Tower Shipwright. No ship lands without one.
Helium Filaments	Common		Filaments of helium-3 fusion fuel, gathered from the lunar regolith by a helium coil.
Hive Ember	Legendary	???	????
Horn Relay	Common	Dismantling a Legendary Horn (except Happy Horn)
Hunter Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by enemies.	Encrypted materials sought by the Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6.
Magneta Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
Magweld Wire	Common	???	Dipole filament used to reversibly fuse sections of ship hull plating.
Moldering Shard	Legendary	Defeating enemies and opening chests in King's Fall Purchase from Eris Morn at rank 5
Mote of Light	Rare	Obtained by earning Experience Points beyond the level cap and completing high-level activities.	A brilliant spark of the Traveler's Light
Navcore Order	Common	???	A work order for initialization and updating of a synchronized navcore system.
Orange Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
Paper Glue	Common	Dismantling a Legendary mask From Treasures of the Lost	Obtained from Mystery Bags or by dismantling a Legendary mask. Can be used to upgrade a Rare mask to Legendary.
Paper Scraps	Common	Dismantling a rare mask From Treasures of the Lost	Obtained from Mystery bags or by Dismantling a Rare mask, Can be traded to Eva Levante for a new Rare mask.
Passage Coin	Legendary	Featured Crucible playlist (high chance) and normal Crucible (low chance) Losing Trials of Osiris matches	Used to purchase unique items from the Disciple of Osiris.
Plasteel Hull Plating	Common	???	Low density plasteel plating with superior heat-resistant and kinematic properties.
Plasteel Plating	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity Titan armor.	A durable hybrid plastic favored by Titans for its balance of strength and workability.
Radiant Energy	Legendary	Dismantling Weapons dropped from Crota's End Purchased from Eris Morn with Radiant Shard	The light of particle-antiparticle annihilation, trapped in a stasis capsule.
Radiant Mote	Rare	???	A primordial singularity frozen on the edge of evanescence.
Radiant Shard	Legendary	Dismantling Armor dropped from Crota's End Purchased from Eris Morn with Radiant Energy	A primordial singularity frozen on the edge of evanescence.
Red Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
Relic Iron	Common		A post-Collapse material of extraordinary density.
Runed Core	Legendary	Purchased from Eris Morn for 5 Black Wax Idols At least Rank 3 with Crota's Bane.	A weapon core inscribed with unsettling Hive sigils. Used to upgrade weapons gifted from Eris.
SIVA Key Fragments	Common	Wrath of the Machine	Used to upgrade Wrath of the Machine raid gear. 10 of these can also be consumed to create a SIVA Cache Key, which opens SIVA Caches in the Wrath of the Machine raid.
SRL Record Book, Vol. 1	Legendary	Purchased from Tess Everis for 1000 Silver	Use the SRL Record Book to track up-to-date stats on this year's SRL event! Save your best times and earn exclusive rewards. This item will only be available for purchase during the SRL event.
Sapphire Wire	Common	Dismantling common or higher rarity Hunter armor	A favorite of Hunters because of its versatility, this wire is incorporated into almost all Hunter gear.
Seething Mist	Common	???	????
Shader Data	Common	???	Code tweaks and mods for more complex armor shaders.
Ship Shader Template	Common	???	A reverse engineered shell that allows a Shader to interface with ship hull coatings.
Siege Engine Tech	Legendary	Defeating the Siege Engine (Death Zamboni) in Wrath of the Machine Raid.	Shiro-4 will want to see this.
Spinmetal	Common		A filigree of bubbled metal grown by wild colonies of Golden Age cytoconstructors.
Spirit Bloom	Common		Shavings from flower-shaped crystals with pharmaceutical and chemical applications.
Strange Coin	Rare	Weekly Heroic Strike Decoherent Engrams Wrath of the Machine	This unusual coin is warm to the touch and vibrates gently in your hand.
Titan Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by Enemies.	Encrypted materials sought by the Titan Vanguard, Commander Zavala.
Token of Flight	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders	Trade this with Variks for a Ship.
Token of Identity	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders	Trade this with Variks for a Shader.
Token of Judgment	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders	Trade this with Variks for a Bond, Cloak or Mark.
Transmat Relay Order	Common	???	A work order for installation and tuning of a bio-rated utility transmat array.
Type-II Powerplant	Common	???	A spaceflight-rated powerplant requisitioned from a City shipyard.
Vanguard Commendation	Legendary	Vanguard Reward Packages from Vanguard Rank Increases (Rank 3 or higher)	A commendation for your assistance to the Vanguard. Can be used to grant Vanguard reputation.
Vehicle Shader Template	Common	???	A layer of translation code that allows a shader to interface with vehicle coatings.
Vex Raid Rare	Exotic	???	Vex raid rare material for Vex exotic weapon blueprint.
Vosik Core	Legendary	Dropped by Vosik the Archpriest in Wrath of the Machine Raid.	Tyra will want to see this.
Warlock Engram	Uncommon	???	Encrypted materials sought by the Warlock Vanguard, Ikora Rey.
Weapon Core	Legendary	Completing Level 34 and 35 PoE Challenge Modes Opening small chests in PoE	Your power grows. Bring this to Variks in the Reef to redeem for a weapon.
Weapon Kit	Common	???	Tools and materials required to upgrade and customize high quality weapons.
Weapon Parts	Common	Obtained by dismantling uncommon or higher rarity weapons	For weapon upgrades and repairs.
White Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.
Wormspore	Common		A concentrated transmutation catalyst that reacts to both the Light and the Darkness.
Yellow Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning	Recovered technology that can alter armor with Chroma multi-channel heat sinks.

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