Strike unique rewards - that you can get by using Skeleton Keys to open Strike Hoards - are a good way to focus on specific gear items.As always, the Crucible, Iron Banner, Strikes, and Trials of Osiris are your best bet to level up fast, along with Archon's Forge.Lastly, the raid Wrath of the Machine (recommended Light level 360) will have drops of 385 on Normal, and 400 once the Hard mode is live. Meanwhile Variks is handing out 365 Light level gear for Challenge of the Elders scorecard completions.Įxotic Engrams will decode up to Light level 385 and Strike unique rewards will drop up to Light level 385.įaction Reward Packages come into play again as they can yield up to 385 Light items.ĭrops in Archon's Forge can go right up to the Light level cap, so it's worth heading here as you slog your way towards Light level 385. The Omnigul farm may help you here, but we expect Bungie to patch it pretty quickly.

Heroic difficulty strikes will also yield rewards up to 365. As armour generally costs less than weapons, use the Legendary Marks for armour pieces and Faction Rank Up Packages for weapons, class items, and Ghosts to give you a better chance of bumping up your Light level.Īns once you complete the story you can start collecting Iron Lord Artifacts that have a Light level of 350.ĭecrypt Legendary Engrams for a chance at getting some Light level 365 gear. Tower Vendors will flog gear at this level so make them your first port of call, and pay Xur a visit on weekends to grab his Exotics.ĭismantle any Legendary gear you've hoarded away for Legendary Marks and trade them for better gear. Rare Engrams are maxed at Light level 340 so collect a bunch of them, put on your finest gear, and head to the Cryptarch to get them decrypted.ĭoing strikes on Normal difficulty will also reward you with 340 level loot. It increases the chance for an Exotic to drop, and as they now decode at the Light level cap of 385, they are going to come in very handy indeed. The Light level cap for Legendary Engrams is 365 and post 350, you may find it hard going as they are half as likely to produce gear with a higher Light level than what you have equipped.Īnd be sure to use Three of Coins before facing high-level enemies. Need more Destiny tips? Check our Rise of Iron guide.

The Light level for loot scales so max it out beforehand and keep checking the new loot that you get for each Engram as you go.

Levelling up Factions for high Light level gearĭon't forget to equip your highest Light level gear before decrypting Engrams.

Collecting Engrams as you run through the story.

There are a number of ways you can increase your Light level. With Destiny's Rise of Iron expansion, we got new armour, new weapons, and a new Light level cap of 385.

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