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.

Types of Materials

	Rarity	Acquired by	Used for
Aksis Core	Legendary	Defeat Aksis Archon Prime in Wrath of the Machine Raid.
Armor Core	Legendary	Completing Level 32 and 35 PoE Challenge Modes Opening small chests in PoE
Armor Materials	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity armor.
Ascendant Energy	Legendary	Dismantling endgame gear Public Events Engrams Daily Heroic Missions Vault of Glass
Ascendant Mote	Legendary	???
Ascendant Shard	Legendary	Dismantling endgame gear Public Events Engrams Daily Heroic Missions Vault of Glass
Blue Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
C-Drive Array Order	Common	???
Crucible Commendation	Legendary	Reward Packages from Crucible New Monarchy Vendor Dead Orbit and Future War Cult Rank Increases (Rank 3 or higher)
Crux of Crota	Exotic	Crota's End
Dormant SIVA Clusters	Legendary	Scattered throughout the Destiny universe
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.
Embers of the Lesser	Common	???
Encrypted Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by enemies or purchased from Cryptarch.
Epoch Splinter	Legendary	???
Essence of the Oversoul	Exotic	Complete Crota's End (Age of Triumph) and The Will of Crota in The Crux of Darkness Quest.
Etheric Light	Legendary	Obtained in Prison of Elders Trials of Osiris Nightfall Strikes and Iron Banner
Exotic Armor Shard	Exotic	???
Exotic Shard	Exotic	Dismantling Exotic Gear Purchased from Xur for 7 Strange Coins
Exotic Weapon Core	Exotic	???
Eyes of the Forsaken	Common	Ritual of the Forsaken
Glass Needles	Rare	Purchased from Xur for 3 Strange Coins 3 Motes of Light and 1 Exotic Shard.
Glass Shards	Rare	Gold Tier rating from the first Public Event completion of the day.
Green Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
Hadium Flake	Common	Opening chests in Dreadnaught
Hadronic Essence	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity Warlock armor.
Hangar Assignment	Common	???
Helium Filaments	Common
Hive Ember	Legendary	???
Horn Relay	Common	Dismantling a Legendary Horn (except Happy Horn)
Hunter Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by enemies.
Magneta Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
Magweld Wire	Common	???
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.
Navcore Order	Common	???
Orange Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
Paper Glue	Common	Dismantling a Legendary mask From Treasures of the Lost
Paper Scraps	Common	Dismantling a rare mask From Treasures of the Lost
Passage Coin	Legendary	Featured Crucible playlist (high chance) and normal Crucible (low chance) Losing Trials of Osiris matches
Plasteel Hull Plating	Common	???
Plasteel Plating	Common	Dismantling uncommon or higher rarity Titan armor.
Radiant Energy	Legendary	Dismantling Weapons dropped from Crota's End Purchased from Eris Morn with Radiant Shard
Radiant Mote	Rare	???
Radiant Shard	Legendary	Dismantling Armor dropped from Crota's End Purchased from Eris Morn with Radiant Energy
Red Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
Relic Iron	Common
Runed Core	Legendary	Purchased from Eris Morn for 5 Black Wax Idols At least Rank 3 with Crota's Bane.
SIVA Key Fragments	Common	Wrath of the Machine
SRL Record Book, Vol. 1	Legendary	Purchased from Tess Everis for 1000 Silver
Sapphire Wire	Common	Dismantling common or higher rarity Hunter armor
Seething Mist	Common	???
Shader Data	Common	???
Ship Shader Template	Common	???
Siege Engine Tech	Legendary	Defeating the Siege Engine (Death Zamboni) in Wrath of the Machine Raid.
Spinmetal	Common
Spirit Bloom	Common
Strange Coin	Rare	Weekly Heroic Strike Decoherent Engrams Wrath of the Machine
Titan Engram	Uncommon	Dropped by Enemies.
Token of Flight	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders
Token of Identity	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders
Token of Judgment	Legendary	Dropped in small chests in Prison of Elders
Transmat Relay Order	Common	???
Type-II Powerplant	Common	???
Vanguard Commendation	Legendary	Vanguard Reward Packages from Vanguard Rank Increases (Rank 3 or higher)
Vehicle Shader Template	Common	???
Vex Raid Rare	Exotic	???
Vosik Core	Legendary	Dropped by Vosik the Archpriest in Wrath of the Machine Raid.
Warlock Engram	Uncommon	???
Weapon Core	Legendary	Completing Level 34 and 35 PoE Challenge Modes Opening small chests in PoE
Weapon Kit	Common	???
Weapon Parts	Common	Obtained by dismantling uncommon or higher rarity weapons
White Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning
Wormspore	Common
Yellow Chroma	Common	Sterling Treasure Purchased from Eva Levante for 2 Silver Dust Treasures of The Dawning

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