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[[File:Loot.jpg|thumb|300px|Loot released from a container.]]

'''Loot''' is the collective term for various items, [[Super|abilities]], and [[Glimmer|currency]] that can be found or awarded to [[Guardian]]s for completing quests. Before being collected, loot appears in the world as glowing polyhedra.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OjUWw43co '''YouTube''': ''Destiny ViDoc: Out Here in the Wild'']</ref>  Defeating bosses will reward Guardians with rare loot, such as [[Exotic]] [[weapon]]s and [[armor]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Building-the-Destiny-E3-Reveal/en-us/News/News?aid=10838 '''Bungie.net''': ''Building the Destiny E3 Reveal'']</ref> Loot can also be found in chests hidden around the world; many include Glimmer, but some also include a piece of gear. <ref name = "Alpha">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> Items and weapons may be traded between player characters under a single account by use of a vault, armor can only be used by the class it is designed for, at this time nothing can be traded between different players within the [[Tower]].

==Loot in Destiny==
===Enemy drops===
*Primary ammo (white box)
*Special ammo (green box)
*Heavy ammo (purple box)
*[[Glimmer]] (Dropped by Majors and Ultras by default. Normal enemies require a Glimmer-multiplying consumable to drop Glimmer.)
*[[Orb of Light|Orbs of Light]] (per enemy killed with a [[Super]], available only to other players)

===Inventory items===
====Weapons====
See [[Weapon]]s. Guardians can carry primary weapons, special weapons, and heavy weapons.

====Armor====
See [[Armor]].

====Currency====
*Glimmer
*[[Motes of Light]]: Stored in Materials
*[[Strange Coin]]s: Stored in Materials
*[[Crucible Mark]]s: Earned in the [[Crucible]], used to purchase Crucible and [[Faction]] gear—Replaced in Year Two by [[Legendary Marks]]
*[[Vanguard Mark]]s: Earned in [[Strike]]s, used to purchase [[Vanguard]] gear—Replaced in Year Two by Legendary Marks

====Engrams====
[[Engram]]s can be collected from bosses, random enemies, or chests. Engrams will appear in a player's weapon or armor inventory.

====Consumables====
Consumables are one-time-use items that grant various bonuses. Guardians can carry 15 consumable items.

'''Ammo synthesis''': Replenish ammo for one weapon. Has a 5 minute cooldown after use.
*[[Ammo Synthesis]]
*[[Special Ammo Synthesis]]
*[[Heavy Ammo Synthesis]]

'''Weapon telemetry''': Speed up the upgrade progression of a weapon for 30 minutes. Can be purchased from [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine]] or the Gunsmith, Banshee-44.
*[[Auto Rifle Telemetry]]
*[[Fusion Rifle Telemetry]]
*[[Hand Cannon Telemetry]]
*[[Machine Gun Telemetry]]
*[[Pulse Rifle Telemetry]]
*[[Rocket Launcher Telemetry]]
*[[Scout Rifle Telemetry]]
*[[Shotgun Telemetry]]
*[[Sniper Rifle Telemetry]]

'''Glimmer multiplier''': Draw more Glimmer out of enemies when killed for 10 minutes.
*[[Black Wax Idol]]
*[[Blue Polyphage]]
*[[Ether Seeds]]
*[[Resupply Codes]]

'''Experience multiplier''': Get more experience out of enemies killed.
*[[Bone Trinkets]]
*[[Campaign Medals]]
*[[Spent Displacer]]
*[[Void Shackles]]

'''Artifacts''': Dropped by Majors or Ultras, sell these to the [[Cryptarch]] for two hundred Glimmer each.
*[[Axiomatic Beads]]
*[[House Banners]]
*[[Network Keys]]
*[[Silken Codex]]

'''Cosmetics''': Cosmetic consumables with varying effects.
*[[Emerald Coil]]
*[[Flight of Shadows]]
*[[Infusion of Light]]
*[[Plasma Drive]]
*[[Stealth Drive]]
*[[Void Drive]]

'''Legendary keys''': There are nine [[Legendary Keys]] that can be found by killing any [[Hive]] Majors or Ultras aboard the [[Dreadnaught]]; or after killing fifty enemies with a [[Wormfeeder Rune]]. They are used to open the nine [[Legendary Chest]]s scattered around the Dreadnaught.<ref group="note">You can only hold one of each at a time in your character's personal inventory.</ref>
*[[Key of Akka]]
*[[Key of Eir]]
*[[Key of Gnashing Teeth]]
*[[Key of Maggots]]
*[[Key of the Spawn]]
*[[Key of Ur]]
*[[Key of Wyrding]]
*[[Key of Xol]]
*[[Key of Yuul]]

====Materials====
Materials are used in upgrading equipment. Materials can be found out in the wild, as rewards for [[Public Event]]s, or from disassembling items. Guardians can carry two hundred materials.

'''Salvage materials''': These are acquired by disassembling Uncommon or better armor and weapons, which are used to upgrade Rare or better armor and weapons. They are also materials acquired in [[Salvage Mission]]s.
*[[Hadronic Essence]]
*[[Plasteel Plating]]
*[[Sapphire Wire]]
*[[Weapon Parts]]
*[[Armor Materials]]
*[[Red Legion Supplies]]

'''Planetary materials''': Acquired by finding resource nodes or opening loot chests on planets, or purchasing from the [[Vanguard]] Quartermaster [[Roni 55-30]]. Completing the [[Daily Heroic Story Mission]] or a [[Bounty]] for [[Patrol]] missions also yields ten materials from that planet. Used to upgrade Legendary or better armor and weapons.

*[[Cosmodrome]] and [[Plaguelands]], [[Earth]]
**[[Spinmetal]]
*[[Ocean of Storms]], [[Moon]]
**[[Helium Filaments]]
*[[Ishtar Sink]], [[Venus]]
**[[Spirit Bloom]]
*[[Meridian Bay]], [[Mars]]
**[[Relic Iron]]
*[[Dreadnaught]], Rings of [[Saturn]]
**[[Wormspore]]

'''Legendary materials''': Acquired by completing high-level activities such as the Daily Heroic Story Mission, [[Nightfall Strike]], or in chests in [[Raid]]s, or disassembling Legendary armor and weapons. Also a potential reward for [[Public Event]]s. Used for the final set of upgrades on Legendary armor and weapons.
*[[Ascendant Energy]]
*[[Ascendant Shard]]
*[[Embalming Orb]]
*[[Etheric Light]]
*[[Radiant Energy]]
*[[Radiant Shard]]
*[[Runed Core]]

'''Exotic materials''': Acquired by purchasing from [[Xûr]] or disassembling Exotic armor and weapons. Used for the final upgrade on Exotic armor and weapons, as well as for Ascending or [[Infusion|Infusing]] them.
*[[Exotic Shard]]

'''Summoning Runes''': Acquired from killing [[Taken]] lieutenants. Used to summon the [[Court of Oryx]] at the [[Hall of Souls]] on the [[Dreadnaught]].
*[[Reciprocal Rune]]
*[[Stolen Rune]]
*[[Antiquated Rune]]

'''Skyburners materials''': Acquired from killing [[Cabal]] Majors on the Dreadnaught. Used to do specific activities and retrieve special rewards.
*[[Skyburners Command Beacon]] 
*[[Skyburners Deployment Codes]] 
*[[Skyburners Security Pass]]

'''Quest materials''': Found only when certain quest are active for you to complete.
*[[Soliton Flare]]- Found in [[Helium Filaments]] deposits on the [[Moon]]. Available only during the quest [[A Sword Reforged]] for the [[Raze-Lighter]].
*[[Zeptocyte Core]]- Found in [[Spinmetal]] leaves on [[Earth]]. Available only during the quest '''A Sword Reforged''' for the [[Bolt-Caster]].
*[[Relic Crystal]]- Found in [[Relic Iron]] deposits on [[Mars]]. Available only during the quest '''A Sword Reforged''' for the [[Dark-Drinker]].

'''Crafting materials''': Acquired by looting chests on the Dreadnaught and used to craft specific weapons.
*[[Hadium Flake]]

====Mission rewards====
Mission rewards are items collected from completing missions. These can be turned in to the [[Vanguard]] for rewards. Ten mission rewards can be carried at once.
*Warping Claws - [[The Dark Within]] - Turn in to [[Vanguard]] for choice of [[Uncommon]] armor
*Ancient Recording - [[The Last Array]] - Turn in to [[Banshee-44]] for choice of Uncommon [[Heavy Weapon]]
*[[Dead Ghost]] - [[The Dark Beyond]] - Turn in to the [[Speaker]] to receive a Writ for arms, which in turn is given to [[Banshee-44]] for choice of Uncommon [[Special Weapon]].<ref group="note">This is specifically the Dead Ghost found at the end of The Dark Beyond. It counts as both a mission reward and as a collectible Dead Ghost</ref>

====Bounties====
Current [[Bounty|Bounties]] are stored as items in a player's inventory, which then have to be returned upon completion. A player can carry five Bounties of any type at any one time. These can be abandoned at any time to free up slots and, if they are still available from the Bounty Vendor, picked up again with all progress reset to zero.

==Loot in Destiny 2==
===Enemy drops===
*Special Ammo (green box)
*Power Ammo (purple box)
*[[Glimmer]]
*[[Orb of Power|Orbs of Power]] (generated through specific fragments, multikills using a Siphon armor mod, and kills using a [[super]], available only to other players)

===Inventory items===
====Weapons====
See [[Weapon]]s. Guardians in ''Destiny 2'' can carry Kinetic weapons, Energy weapons, and Power weapons.

====Armor====
See [[Armor]].

====Currency====
*Glimmer
*[[Legendary Shards]]
*[[Bright Dust]]
*[[Silver]]
*[[Spoils of Conquest]]

====Engrams====
[[Engram]]s can be collected from bosses, random enemies, or chests. Engrams will appear in a player's weapon or armor inventory.

====Materials====
[[File:D2 Materials Render.jpg|300px|thumb|Phaseglass Needle, Dusklight Shard and Alkane Dust renders.]]
Materials are used in upgrading equipment. Materials can be found out in the wild, as rewards for [[Public Event]]s, or from disassembling items. Guardians can carry up to 9,999 materials.

'''Planetary materials''': Acquired by finding resource nodes or opening loot chests on planets. Redeemed for reputation with a planet's [[Public Sector]] vendor. From [[The Witch Queen]] onwards, newly released materials directly add to the [[Reputation]] track upon their collection in patrol. Beginning in ''[[Season of the Seraph]]'', planetary materials can no be collected into the player's inventory.
*[[European Dead Zone]], [[Earth]]
**[[Dusklight Shard]]
*[[New Pacific Arcology]], [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
**[[Alkane Dust]]
*[[Arcadian Valley]], [[Nessus]]
**[[Microphasic Datalattice]]
*[[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]]
**[[Phaseglass Needle]]
*[[Fields of Glass]], [[Mercury]]
**[[Simulation Seeds]]
**[[Concentrated Radiolarian Culture]]
**[[Fossilized Hermaion Blossom]]
**[[Advanced Paradox Amplifier]]
*[[Hellas Basin]], [[Mars]]
**[[Seraphite]]
*The [[Tangled Shore]], the [[Reef]]
**[[Etheric Spiral]]
*The [[Dreaming City]], the Reef
**[[Baryon Bough]]
*[[Ocean of Storms]], the [[Moon]]
**[[Helium Filaments]]
*[[Rathmore Chaos]], [[Europa]]
**[[Glacial Starwort]]
*[[Savathûn's Throne World]]
**[[Fundamental Osmium]]
*[[Leviathan (ship)|Derelict Leviathan]]
**[[Petrified Egregore]]
*[[Neomuma]], [[Neptune]]
**[[Cloud Accretions]]
'''Dismantling materials''': Acquired by disassembling various pieces of gear and weapons. Rare gear always produces one unit of Gunsmith Materials, and Legendary and Exotic gear produce 3. Legendary gear also produces 3 units of Legendary Shards, and Exotic gear produces 5. With the release of [[The Witch Queen]], Gunsmith Materials have been deprecated in favor of a [[Reputation]] track.
*[[Gunsmith Materials]]
*[[Weapon Telemetry]]
*[[Transmatter Components]]

'''Activity tokens''': Acquired by doing activities and opening chests on different locations as well as doing playlist activities. With the introduction of Update 2.0 and [[Forsaken]], Tokens are no longer granted upon completing activities, with the exception of [[Crucible Token]]s, [[Vanguard Tactician Token]]s and [[Iron Banner Token]]s. By the time of the release of the ''[[Season of the Haunted]]'', all tokens have been deprecated in favor of a [[Reputation]] track.
*[[Devrim Kay|Devrim Kay - EDZ Reputation]]
**[[EDZ Token]]
*[[Sloane|Sloane - Arcology Reputation]]
**[[Arcology Token]]
*[[Failsafe|Failsafe - Nessus Reputation]]
**[[Nessus Token]]
*[[Asher Mir|Asher Mir - Io Reputation]]
**[[Io Token]]
*[[Lord Shaxx|Lord Shaxx - Crucible Reputation]]
**[[Crucible Token]]
*[[Commander Zavala|Commander Zavala - Vanguard Tactician Reputation]]
**[[Vanguard Tactician Token]]
*[[Ikora Rey|Ikora Rey - Vanguard Research Reputation]]
**[[Vanguard Research Token]]
*[[Benedict 99-40|Benedict 99-40 - Imperial Reputation]]
**[[Emperor Calus Token]]
*[[The Emissary|The Emissary - Trials of the Nine Reputation]]
**[[Trials of the Nine Token]]
*[[Brother Vance|Brother Vance - Mercury Reputation]]
**[[Mercury Token]]

'''Masterwork and crafting materials''': Mainly used to masterwork armor and weapons, as well as activating [[Deepsight]] on weapon patterns that have not yet been unlocked, shaping, and reshaping weapons that has a pattern unlocked.
*[[Glimmer]]
*[[Legendary Shards]]
*[[Enhancement Core]]s
*[[Enhancement Prism]]s
*[[Ascendant Shard]]s
*[[Resonant Alloy]]s
*[[Harmonic Alloy]]s
*[[Ascendant Alloy]]s
*[[Deepsight Harmonizer]]

==Trivia==
*Post-[[Shadowkeep]], getting common or uncommon loot from world drop was very rare or impossible.

==Notes==
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==References==
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