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  • The Best Sources Of High-Stat Armor

Creating the perfect Destiny 2 build requires a lot of work and patience. Yous'll need the right weapons, Exotics, mods, and armor pieces to create a build that is firing on all cylinders. Besides getting Combat Manner mods, obtaining high-stat armor is arguably the hardest and about RNG-heavy aspect of making a build.

Armor with expert stats, high stat totals, and the right mods can brand a major divergence in your build. Those that push the armor system to its limit can mod an armor piece to have a 100 stat full, but yous'll need a good armor piece on its ain earlier yous can do that. This guide will go over what high-stat armor is, how to obtain it, and some of the all-time loftier-stat armor farms currently available.

Updated June 8th, 2022, by Charles Burgar: Flavour of the Haunted's Umbral Focusing options allow you to farm for high-stat armor with ease. With Armorer mods and diverse upgrades, yous can easily earn armor pieces with the exact stats you need. We've updated this guide to discuss Year v's various Umbral Focusing options that chronicle to earning loftier-stat armor, updated all high-stat armor sources, and we give some recommendations on how yous can quickly farm for Risen and Opulent Umbral Energy for high-stat armor focusing.

What Is High-Stat Armor?

Destiny 2 Dragons Shadow High-Stat

High-stat armor refers to any armor piece that drops with a stat total of 60 or higher. All armor in Destiny two, excluding class items, drops with randomized stats. There are six stats on an armor slice:

Stat Effect
Mobility Determines strafe speed and initial jump height
Hunters: Determines Dodge cooldown
Resilience Determines shield HP and resistance to Stasis
Titans: Determines Barricade cooldown
Recovery Determines health recharge delay and recovery speed.
Warlocks: Determines Rift cooldown
Discipline Determines grenade cooldowns.
Intellect Determines Super cooldowns.
Strength Determines melee ability cooldowns.

Each stat will receive a random amount of points, referred to by the community as your armor's stat distribution. Armor also randomly rolls with a stat full, ranging from 48-68. Exotic armor seems to be able to reach upwards to seventy, but the odds of this happening are extremely slim.

Armor Stat Distribution

Your armor's stat total is divided among half-dozen stats. The fashion your stats are divided isn't completely random. When a piece of armor drops, the game separates the stats into two dissimilar pools:

  • Stat Puddle One: Mobility, Resilience, Recovery
  • Stat Puddle Two: Subject field, Intellect, Strength

The game will and so cutting your stat total in half, distributing those points into each pool. For example, if your armor has a 60 stat full, xxx of those points would go into Mobility, Resilience, and Recovery. The remaining xxx points would then go into Discipline, Intellect, and Strength.

Every stat on a Legendary armor piece gets at to the lowest degree two points. For whatsoever reason, Rare items don't follow this rule, resulting in some Rare items rolling with no Discipline, Intellect, or Strength. One time every stat has two points, the game will do one of two things:

  1. Evenly distribute your stat total across all vi stats.
    1. The distribution can slightly bias a few stats, but the stat spike is fairly minor.
  2. Bias ii stats, 1 from each pool.

The latter is what's known every bit an armor's stat bias. Splendid Destiny 2 armor will take most of its points focused on two stats instead of all six. Since the game has to bide by the puddle system we discussed before, armor with spikey distributions will invest in 2 stats instead of just one. This is why you tin can't naturally obtain an armor piece with 55 Bailiwick or xl Recovery. The stats in each puddle that become biased are random, only there are means you can strength information technology to bias sure stats (explained subsequently).

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Every Source Of High-Star Armor

Destiny 2 Umbral Engram

Every armor piece y'all obtain has an incredibly small-scale chance of dropping every bit a high-stat armor piece. Since listing every source of armor in Destiny 2 isn't very helpful, we'll exist listing sources of loftier-stat armor instead. Once once more, this is armor that drops with 60+ stat totals and tends to have heavy stat biases.

Source Limit Notes
Weekly Milestones

x1 Weekly

(Per Milestone)
  • Due north/A
Raids

x1 Weekly

(Per Meet)
  • VotD, VoG, and Deep Rock Crypt allow you lot to buy items on subsequent clears
  • Master VotD and VoG forces armor to drop with a specific stat bias
    • Bias is shown in the modifiers section in the Directory
    • Bias rotates weekly

Pit of Heresy

(Zulmak)
x1 Weekly
  • Guaranteed to have +sixteen in two stats

Prophecy Dungeon

(Kell Echo)
None
  • Drops aren't e'er loftier-stat on subsequent clears

Grasp of Avarice Dungeon

(Captain Avarokk)
None
  • Drops aren't ever high-stat on subsequent clears
Duality Dungeon None
  • Drops aren't always loftier-stat on subsequent clears

Umbral Engrams

(Risen & Haunted Armor Focusing)
None
  • Loftier chance for spikey stat biases
  • Works with Ghost Armorer mods
Prime Engrams None
  • Northward/A

Dares of Eternity

(Legend Difficulty)
None
  • Guaranteed to have +sixteen in two stats

Weekly Entrada Mission

(Witch Queen)
None
  • College difficulties increase the chance of high-stat armor dropping

The Wellspring

(Master Difficulty)
None
  • Must be on Master difficulty
  • Not guaranteed
Empire Hunts None
  • Must be Hero or harder
    • College difficulties grant a higher drop take chances
Trials of Osiris None
  • Going Flawless, turning in Engrams, and focusing Trials Engrams all have a take chances of dropping high-stat armor
Master Lost Sectors None
  • Exotic armor only

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Ghost Armorer Mods

Destiny 2 Mummy Ghost Shell

Beyond deterministic farming, there are unique Ghost Shell Armorer mods that force armor to drib with certain stat biases. If y'all demand a certain type of armor distribution for your build, slap on ane of these Armorer mods on your Ghost Crush before y'all play whatever action.

If you're farming an activity that drops armor with a stat bias that is in the aforementioned pool equally your Armorer mod (such every bit Resilience with a Recovery mod), your Armorer mod will be ignored.

Mod

(Toll)
Description

Mobility Armorer

(3 Energy)
Armor pieces with random stats you learn will have a guaranteed minimum of x Mobility, and are more likely to drop with higher Mobility.

Resilience Armorer

(3 Energy)
Armor pieces with random stats you acquire will have a guaranteed minimum of x Resilience, and are more likely to drop with college Resilience.

Recovery Armorer

(4 Free energy)
Armor pieces with random stats you learn will have a guaranteed minimum of x Recovery, and are more likely to driblet with higher Recovery.

Subject area Armorer

(iii Energy)
Armor pieces with random stats you larn will have a guaranteed minimum of 10 Subject field, and are more likely to drib with higher Discipline.

Intellect Armorer

(4 Energy)
Armor pieces with random stats y'all acquire volition have a guaranteed minimum of 10 Intellect, and are more probable to drop with higher Intellect.

Strength Armorer

(3 Energy)
Armor pieces with random stats you lot acquire will have a guaranteed minimum of 10 Strength, and are more than likely to drib with higher Forcefulness.

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The Best Sources Of High-Stat Armor

Destiny 2 The Witch Queen Armor

Every source we listed to a higher place is a fantastic source of high-stat armor. But if you're short on time or patience, there are a few sources nosotros'll recommend:

  1. Dungeon Farming
  2. Legend Dares of Eternity
  3. Focusing Umbral Engrams
  4. Master Raids
  5. Master Lost Sectors (Exotic Armor Subcontract)

Dungeon Farming

Destiny 2 Prophecy Dungeon Kell Echo Boss

This is one of the all-time high-stat armor farms in Destiny 2. Prophecy, Grasp of Avarice, and Duality can be farmed multiple times per week, dropping items you've already obtained on subsequent clears. Farming the concluding boss of each dungeon is recommended since they have a high chance of dropping armor. And since you're farming a dungeon, there'due south a good adventure that the armor you'll receive with have 60+ stats with good distributions. Merely note that high-stat armor from subsequent dungeon clears isn't guaranteed.

If yous're going to subcontract for armor, you lot'll desire to have at least one other person. Hither'southward how it works:

  1. Reach the terminal dominate.
  2. Have a friend bring together on an alternate character.
  3. Start the encounter, and then wipe.
  4. The alternating grapheme leaves and rejoins on their chief.
  5. Play the encounter as normal.
  6. The second histrion hops on their alt and boots up the dungeon.
  7. The showtime histrion joins.
  8. The second player swaps characters.
  9. Beat the encounter.
  10. Echo.

You're finer just booting up the dungeon from an alternating grapheme and switching back to your main. If yous're short on time, nosotros find Prophecy'south Kell Echo boss to be an easier farm. With a smashing loadout or multiple players, you can comfortably one-stage this boss. Grasp of Avarice and Duality both feature tougher final bosses, yet they can also exist one-phased with a good loadout. Unlike Prophecy, both of these dungeons have a Master variant that drops Artifice armor when cleared, the best armor in the game. We find Grasp of Avarice to be a little easier than Duality, but pick your favorite dungeon.

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Legend Dares Of Eternity

Destiny 2 Dares of Eternity Boss Guessing Room

This activity has no matchmaking. We recommend yous get at least three other players together before attempting this.

If you can go v agreeing Guardians together, Legend Dares of Eternity is the all-time armor farm in Destiny two right now. Each articulate of this mission will drib 1 piece of armor with two stats at 16 points or higher. If you've ever seen the spikey armor that drops from the Pit of Heresy dungeon, Legend Dares of Eternity seems to use the same arrangement.

And just like Pit of Heresy, you tin apply Ghost Armorer mods to heavily sway what ane of the stat biases will exist. For case, let's say you need Recovery gear. Y'all tin can equip a Recovery Armorer mod on your Ghost, and then clear a Fable Dares of Eternity run. The odds of your Recovery stat rolling with 16+ points is extremely loftier. It doesn't let you target two stat types like T3 Splicer Focusing or Main Vault of Glass, but this is farmable (dissimilar Umbral Focusing) and isn't nearly equally hard as Master VoG.

For those concerned most difficulty, Legend Dares of Eternity has a unique vitrify called Starhorse'south Favor that'south quite easy to obtain and finer gives you lot infinite Heavy ammo for nigh of the run. When you finish the start encounter, you'll need to employ a gravity lift to take a shortcut. If you wait for the spinning one-half-circle to line up with the static half-circle facing the rotating platforms, you'll ever make the jump. Making this leap and completing the short gauntlet will requite you the buff, granting constant Heavy ammo for the rest of your run. Should you fail the jump, you also gain the vitrify if yous correctly approximate which enemy faction is in the terminal see. The final boss on Legend is always the same for a given week, then getting this buff should exist adequately easy. Bring Gjallarhorn or your favorite Heavy weapon to trivialize this activity.

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Forcing Umbral Engrams To Drop High-Stat Armor

Destiny 2 Season 13 Prismatic Recaster

If yous follow Destiny two at all on YouTube or social media, yous've probably heard of this farm past now. It's true: focusing Umbral Engrams is a fantastic way of getting some practiced armor. Focusing your Umbral Engrams into armor from Season of the Risen or Haunted will grant loftier-stat armor every time.

In that location's no limit on the number of times you can do this each week. You'll demand to farm for that flavour's Umbral Free energy type in order to employ this system, but it's more than than worth the attempt. Every decoded Engram will grant a 60+ armor piece with spikey distributions. If yous have an Armorer modernistic equipped, you lot can force the game to drop an armor piece with a bias towards a stat yous want. If you need good Resilience or Bailiwick gear, this is a swell way to do and so.

As for earning Umbral Energy:

  • Risen Umbral Energy: Kicking upward the PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome activity. At the very end of the activity, open both chests and run back to The Divide. When you lot reach The Dissever, quickly backtrack to the chests. You lot'll be able to open them again. Reboot the Battleground and repeat as needed. Employ an Eager Edge Sword to speed this up.
  • Opulent Umbral Energy: Complete Nightmare Containment until you get a Bound Essence, then run Sever - Grief. Nightmare Containment can also give Opulent Umbral Energy with certain upgrades. Sever - Grief is one of the shorter Sever missions out currently.

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Master Raids

Destiny 2 Vault of Glass Atheon

We know this is a rather extreme recommendation given how hard Master raids are, but if you want to obtain 10/10 armor pieces, this is one of the best means of doing and then. Each week, Vow of the Disciple and Vault of Glass' Chief variants will choose an armor stat as that raid's stat bias. Whenever a piece of armor drops, it's guaranteed to have a stat bias in the given stat. These items usually take 16+ stats in the biased category, effectively giving you a focused Umbral Engram for every encounter. The breast at the end of either raid likewise has to abide by these rules.

When you account for the Ghost Shell Armorer mods, you can effectively force the game to drop perfect armor pieces. Instead of farming the Principal raid itself, subcontract the normal variant for Spoils of Conquest. Once you have 240, do a Main VoG run. Spend all of your Spoils of Conquest on armor. With 240 Spoils, y'all'll have enough to purchase 12 armor pieces with excellent stat rolls. Echo this procedure equally needed. It'southward a lot harder than Prophecy, just the drops y'all'll get are going to be much better.

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Principal Lost Sectors

Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost Haunted Lost Sector

This strategy is only for high-stat Exotic armor, not Legendary armor.

What good is a build without an Exotic? Fortunately, there is a way to obtain high-stat Exotic armor: Master Lost Sectors. Nightfalls are an option too, but this method allows you to amend target subcontract the Exotics yous need. Simply put, you'll want to farm whichever Lost Sector currently has difficulty variants. This rotates daily, and then cheque your Managing director often. Accomplish the Lost Sector, interact with the map outside the expanse, then select "Primary" as your difficulty. Ensure your loadout can counter the Champions and shields inside. Yous must articulate the Lost Sector solo to get any Exotics.

That'southward quite a tall gild for some, just it's more than worth the attempt. Most armor that drops from Master Lost Sectors will have 60+ stats, proficient distributions, and the armor has to drop in a sure slot. For example, if a Lost Sector says it drops leg armor that day, you tin only get Exotic leg armor. Whenever you need some high-stat Exotic armor, starting time farming Master Lost Sectors. You lot tin can check out our Witch Queen hub to notice all of our solo Master Lost Sector guides.

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