Best Mods Destiny 2

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1. Best Mods Destiny 2 Forsaken

For the most part, Destiny 2 makes it easier to level up than its predecessor did. If you’re rushing to raise your Power level to prepare for next week’s raid, however, you’ll want to understand how legendary mods can help you climb faster.

Destiny 2 works similarly to Destiny in terms of its overall leveling structure. First you earn XP up to the level cap of 20, and after that you focus on your “Power” level, which is an aggregate of the damage or defense numbers attached to your weapons and armor. New weapons and armor drop according to your current max possible Power level. (That’s a fantastic change over the first game, which dropped gear according to your equipped Power level.) Because of that, for the most part, you can kinda just hang on to your most powerful items and be guaranteed a smooth curve ever upward.

Well, the curve is smooth to Power level 260, at least. It becomes much steeper after that. It’s generally believed we’ll want to be around 280 to be ready for the raid (Update: on Monday, game director Luke Smith tweeted that the raid will have a power range of 260-280) and those last 20 points are much slower going than the 260 preceding them. Enter legendary mods.

As you play, you’ll occasionally notice you got a legendary item with a significantly higher number than you were expecting. If you inspect it, you’ll see a purple legendary mod in the mod slot. Could be a weapon, could be armor. It looks like this:

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See the “5 Defense” attached to it? That means it bumps the item’s Power value up by five. Here’s where things get tricky and, honestly, a little too Destiny1-era convoluted for my tastes. The item’s actual power number remains five below what it says in your inventory, because the mod is raising it by 5. That means that if you want to get your overall possible number to go as high as possible (thereby getting yourself the best possible drops as you go), you should definitely hang on to any weapon or armor you get that has a legendary mod attached to it.

Here’s an example that illustrates why: Say you have two helmets. One is a legendary helmet with a legendary mod, and it’s at power level 268. The other is a blue helmet, which is also at 268. Because of the mod, the legendary helmet’s power level is actually 263. Which means you can infuse the blue helmet into the legendary helmet, even though at first glance they have the same Power number. Doing so will bring your modded legendary helmet’s score up to 268, which the mod will then bring up to 273.

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So, basically: If one piece of gear has a legendary mod, you can infuse a 268 into another 268 and get a 273.

Once my Power level passed around 265, I started paying attention to mods. It definitely made a difference as I made my way through the 70s. I’m now at 282, which is extra helpful because once you hit 280, you can start to trade lower-level blue mods for more purple Power-raising mods at the gunsmith.

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Part of me resents that I have to keep track of this kind of thing, since by and large Destiny 2 hasn’t required me to reserve space in my brain for complicated optimization gymnastics. I’m guessing that in a week or two, this kind of tip will be less relevant, since the raid will be more of a known quantity and time won’t be as much of a factor. But if you’re trying to get your Power number as high as possible before Wednesday, I can’t deny that an understanding of legendary mods will help make that happen.

A couple other things I’ve found as my Power number has climbed:

• I haven’t actually hit a cap for blue items yet. They hit a few soft caps like 260 and 265, but eventually my Power will get high enough that they’ll start to drop above that. I’m hopeful they’ll just keep climbing forever. Blue drops appear to correspond with the legendary drops I get when I rank up a faction or vendor, so those engram drops are also climbing. When I rank up the vanguard or gunsmith now, I get low-270s gear. In general, it seems like blues and legendary engrams drop around 8-10 below my current max Power level. So, I’m at 282 and I’m currently getting blue drops at 271 or 272.
• If you’re really doing the Power Leveling thing, you should also wait until you’re past 260-265 or so to turn in any Milestones that say they give you “Powerful Rewards.” Those ones go much higher than the ordinary vendor cap, so you want your Power to be as high as possible. Same goes for opening Cayde’s treasure chests, though I actually did those whenever I wanted and I still broke 280 just fine.
• This should go without saying, but never get rid of an item if it’s your highest Power level in that category! You don’t have to use it to benefit from owning it. Even if it’s a sucky grenade launcher, if it’s higher Power than any other power weapon you have, it’ll raise your overall potential Power, which in turn can affect drops going forward.

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It’s nice that Destiny 2 by and large doesn’t require this kind of optimization, but I guess it wouldn’t be Destiny if we weren’t doing at least a bit of mental contorting to get where we want to go. Good luck out there, and may you all get the Rat King:

How do Destiny 2's mods work? Get the most of your weapon and armor mods with our quick guide.

By Matt Espineli on

Best Mods Destiny 2 Forsaken

In Destiny 2, Mods provide useful effects and modifiers to your weapons and armor. For example, you can install Mods that allow you to reload your kinetic weapons faster, absorb more damage, change a gun's elemental properties, or even recharge grenades faster. These effects can positively impact your ability to survive in a tense firefight. To help familiarize you with Mods, we've detailed below how to get Mods and the best practices of using them. Be wary, there are slight spoilers below.

For more guides for the game, including breakdowns of the three classes, along with our skill and ability galleries for the various subclasses, be sure to visit our Destiny 2 guides and walkthroughs page for more information on what's happening in the online world of the Guardians.

Why Are Mods Useful?

Aside from enhancing your equipment, Mods allow you to tailor your weapons or armor to better suit a specific playstyle. With Mods, you can craft multiple sets to use for different gameplay situations. For example, you might create one that emphasizes on enhancing mobility, one that improves your subclass, or even one made specifically for Raids. Mods are useful modifiers that can heavily increase your chances of survival.

How Do I Get Mods?

During the main campaign, you can acquire Mods out in the field or by turning in Bright Engrams to the Eververse. You can equip them by entering the Details screen of a weapon or armor piece in the character screen. Like weapons, Mods come in Epic (Blue) and Legendary (Purple) categories.

After you beat the game, you're also able to buy Mods by turning in Gunsmith Materials to Banshee-44. In order to get Gunsmith Materials, simply dismantle any unwanted weapons or armor in your inventory.

It's ideal to try to find the weapons and armor pieces that you enjoy using before installing any Mods as once you put them in you won't be able to get them back unless you buy/trade/craft them.

Which Mods Should I Use?

As mentioned in our glimmer guide, it's useful to buy Epic Mods from Banshee-44 because once your power level hits 280, you can then trade in three of them for a Legendary Mod. The benefit to using Legendary mods is that you can gain five points of power towards kinetic weapons, energy weapons, and power weapons. In addition, you can gain five additional points of power towards your armor pieces alongside any special effects they might have. This helps you push your power level over the 280 mark.

It's important to note that despite using Mods to enhance your power level, your weapon and armor drops will scale accordingly to your base power level stats. Don't expect to get powerful equipment just because you've artificially upgraded your power level; though, it's possible to get lucky and get higher powered equipment.

How Do I Create Powerful Mods?

You can trade in two Mod Components and 1,000 glimmer to Banshee-44 to create a random new Legendary weapon or armor Mod. To get a Mod Component, you need to dismantle other Legendary mods. For example, you can do this to get a Legendary Kinetic mod that gives 5 more power to kinetic weapons.

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