Destiny 2: Knowledge Base – Shattered Vault

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Destiny Knowledge Base

Access a variety of guides provided by Shattered Vault and other content creators to learn more about all things Destiny!

JULY 7, 2026 - JULY 14, 2026

Getting Started

Welcome, Guardian!

Whether you are a New Light waking up in the Cosmodrome, a returning Guardian catching up, or a veteran Guardian continuing the fight day by day, Shattered Vault has Knowledge Base content to help guide your next steps.

For New Lights

Start with beginner-friendly resources and Bungie’s new player guides to better understand the game, its core systems, and the content available throughout Destiny 2.

For Returning or Veteran Guardians

Explore Knowledge Base pages covering current systems, core activities, events, game modes, and gear optimization through topics like Activities and Gear, Cosmetic & Progression.

The Destiny Community

Visit the Destiny Community topic to branch out to content creators, artists, streamers, and third-party apps that can help improve your gameplay experience.

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New Player Guides

Bungie has several guides available to help you get started as a New light in Destiny 2. These links will open Bungie.net in a new tab.

Getting Started with Destiny 2

Learn more about the game, how to install Destiny 2, how to make a Bungie.net account, pick your class, and style your character.

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Available Content, Expansions, Seasons and More

Learn more about the game's tutorial mission, the Tower social space, and the story and content currently available in the game.

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Your Guardian: Subclasses, Abilities and Gear

Learn more about Subclasses, abilities, weapons, and armor, as well as additional gear you may earn in the game.

Related: Understanding Subclasses

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A Path for New Players

Bungie's recommended path that might help you if you don’t know where to begin and what to focus on so you can experience the story of Destiny in the best way possible.

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What is the Tower?

Learn more about the Tower social space and all the vendors and features available within the Tower.

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Navigating The Menu Screen

Learn more about Destiny 2's clan system, the Collections and Your Journey pages, the character screen, power, your gear and cosmetics, how to change your Guardian's appearance, and your inventory screen.

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Understanding The Director (World) Screen

Learn more about the Director (World), the Portal, the Quest tab, Rewards Pass and Eververse Store.

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Enemies and Allies

Learn more about the Hierarchy of Enemies in Destiny 2, the enemy factions that will challenge you, and the allies that will help you along the way.

Related: Artifacts & Champions

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Inventory: Currencies and Materials

Learn how to earn currencies and materials in Destiny 2, as well as the Inventory page, and view a list of currencies, materials, consumables and redeemables currently available in the game.

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Activities

Learn how more about the various Portal Activities available, the Seasonal Hub, and the activities available through the World Tab.

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Bungie and Destiny 2 Resources

Access a variety of helpful resources provided by Bungie and the Destiny community!

Related: Third Party Apps

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Making a Build

Learn how buildcrafting works in Destiny 2, ranging from how you customize your class, your subclass, and your gear.

Related: Armor 3.0, Buildcrafting & Customization

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Additional Resources

Shattered Vault's Destiny 2 Homepage (The Director)

A Guardian's Hub

The main hub in-game and on Shattered Vault. Quick access to Destiny 2's weekly rotation, our version of the Director, information on Distortions and trending content/essential links.

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Third-Party Apps

With Bungie providing access to the game API, many Destiny Community members have created websites and app tools for fellow Guardians to use. View some of the popular apps here!

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Blueberries.gg

What is this site?

An excellent resource to get you started with the basics and detailed infographics, such as loot tables, game mechanics and more! This will redirect you to blueberries.gg!

Shattered Vault is not affiliated with blueberries.gg.

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Activities

Guides and general mechanics to various activities you'll encounter in Destiny 2.

Arena Ops - 6 Player Activities

Learn more about Destiny 2's Arena Ops that contains various 6-player activities.

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Crucible Ops

Learn more about the PvP experience in Destiny 2 and what game modes are featured.

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Dungeons

Learn more about Dungeons, Destiny 2's 3-player mini-raid endgame activities.

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Event Home & Destiny 2 Events

Visit the Events Hub to learn more about the Event Home in Destiny 2, and guides for available events as well as information on legacy events that are no longer available.

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Fireteam Ops − Strikes, Battlegrounds & Offensives

Learn more about the various types of activities and loot available in Fireteam Ops Playlists.

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Iron Banner

Learn more about the Iron Banner event where Lord Saladin, one of the last living Iron Lords, visits the Tower to test Guardians in the old ways.

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Gambit Ops

Learn more about Gambit Ops, held by the mysterious Drifter, accessible via the Director. Bank those motes, Guardian!

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Heroic Public Events

Learn how to make each public event heroic to maximize your rewards. Public Events can be found on most destinations.

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Monument of Triumph

Learn more about Monument of Triumph, Destiny 2's final content release, free for all players.

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Pantheon

Learn more about the Pantheon, a gauntlet of back-to-back raid bosses, including legacy raid encounters.

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Pinnacle Ops − Exotic Missions, Onslaught & Crawls

Learn more about the Pinnacle Ops playlists and the exotic missions that are available.

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Raids

Learn more about raids, Destiny 2's 6-player pinnacle endgame activities.

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Solo Ops − Missions & Free Roam

Learn more about the Solo Ops activities and the various types of free roam activities available on destinations.

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Trials of Osiris

Learn more about the weekend endgame PvP elimination-style event inspired by the legendary Warlock, Osiris.

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World Hub

Visit a hub of guides for several key destinations that you'll encounter in Destiny 2, such as Kepler, The Pale Heart, and Neomuna.

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Gear, Cosmetics & Progression

Guides to assist with your weapons, armor, subclass, and progression.

Armor 3.0 & Buildcrafting

Learn more about the Armor 3.0 system first introduced in Edge of Fate, and how to effectively buildcraft in Destiny 2.

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Ada 1 − Armor Synthesis, Wares & Exotic Stat Focusing

Learn more about Ada-1's Loom Technology, her inventory, how to convert armor into Universal Ornaments, and Exotic Stat Focusing.

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Artifacts & Champions

Learn more about Champions and view a list of anti-champion intrinsic traits to better understand how your weapons can stun champions.

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Emblems & Cosmetic Items

Quick access to free emblem codes and other free redeemable cosmetic items such as emotes and transmat effects.

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Exotic Armor Focusing

Learn more about Exotic Armor Focusing options available at Master Rahool to obtain past expansion exotics and new rolls.

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Power Levelling

Learn how power progression works in Destiny 2.

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Resource & XP Checklist

Learn how to earn XP as fast as possible through bounty and order grinding and how to obtain important resources for levelling and progression.

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Ritual Weapons

View a list of legacy Ritual Weapons once offered by vendors. This is a legacy page and is no longer updated.

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Seasonal Hub − Vanguard Alerts, Orders and Conquests

Learn more about the Vanguard Orders System, Vanguard Alerts, Conquests and the Seasonal Title: Conqueror, all accessible via the Director > Seasonal Hub.

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Understanding Subclasses

Learn more about the different subclasses in Destiny 2, associated verbs and keywords for each subclass as well as details on subclass fragments.

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Weapons Hub

A central hub of guides to help you understand your weapons in Destiny 2, including perks, traits, mods, crafting and weapon tiers.

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The Destiny Community

One of, if not the most amazing part of the Destiny experience, is the people that you meet and interact with over the years of playing and evolving with the game.

Community Focus

This page is here to focus on some notable Guardians as a tribute, but there are so many more amazing Guardians out there!

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Third-Party Apps

With Bungie providing access to the game API, many Destiny Community members have created websites and app tools for fellow Guardians to use. View some of the popular apps here!

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Artist Alley

This page is here to focus on some of the talented Artists in the Destiny Community.

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Destiny 2 Youtube Directory

Destiny 2 Twitch Directory

JULY 7, 2026 - JULY 14, 2026

Getting Started

Welcome, Guardian!

For New Lights

For Returning or Veteran Guardians

The Destiny Community

Featured Community Video

New Player Guides

Additional Resources

Activities

Gear, Cosmetics & Progression

The Destiny Community

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