With the release of the Solstice of Heroes event which takes place every year allows guardians to upgrade armors to increase their stats and looks. This guide will go through everything you need to know about acquiring and upgrading these armor sets
Upgrading all the pieces of armor requires you to complete challenges to unlock kindling. It seems there is only a limited amount of kindling that you can unlock so make sure not to waste these by accidentally dismantling gears,
How to Get the Candescent Armor Set in Destiny 2
Acquiring the Candescent Armor set is pretty straightforward. Once you select your character, travel to the Tower and you will notice that Eva Levante is back. All you need to do is talk to her, she will give you the complete set of the Candescent Armor right away, make sure you have an empty spot in your armors, or else it will be sent to the postmaster.
Note that the armor stats may be pretty low, but don’t dismantle it as we will also discuss how you can reroll and upgrade those stats
After receiving the armor set, your next mission step is to equip them. Equip them and talk to Eva to get the next mission which will also gift you four Silver leaves. This is a new currency and is crucial to upgrade your armor.
How to Upgrade the Candescent Armor Set in Destiny 2
Upgrading the armor isn’t as easy compared to acquiring this armor.
First of all, you require kindling, and, upgrading all the pieces of armor requires you to complete challenges to unlock kindling. It seems there is only a limited amount of kindling that you can unlock so make sure not to waste these by accidentally dismantling gears,
Once you unlock kindling you will need Silver leaves. Silver leaves can be acquired by all kinds of activities, for detail information check this guide How to quickly farm Silver Leaves in Destiny 2
After acquiring enough Silver leaves, it’s time to dive into the newly introduced activity, Bonefire Bash. After completion of this activity, all your collected Silver leaves will be converted to Silver Ash.
Now you have all the items required to upgrade your gear. Follow the following steps
- Select the Armor piece you wish to upgrade.
- Imbue the small kindling to the kindling slot
- Imbue the Glowing Embers that consume Silver Ash,
Congrats, you have upgraded your first armor piece. Now repeat the process to further upgrade it, Further upgrading it will have higher requirements so make note of that before you imbue those kindling. After unlocking the final kindling upgrade, your armor piece will start glowing.
This is how you can upgrade your Candescent armor set in Destiny 2. Also, read: Best Event Challenges to do first in Solstice in Destiny 2