Destiny 2 How To Farm Exotic Engrams In 2022

Being some of the most sought-after items in the game, it’s only natural that chasing Exotics is an important part of the Destiny experience.

There are several ways to acquire Exotics in Destiny 2. Some are locked behind specific activities, such as Raids or specific quests, but most Exotics can be earned through Exotic engrams.

Exotic Engrams in Destiny 2

Exotic engrams are rare items you can earn after completing an activity and can then decrypt into an Exotic weapon or armor piece. Be aware that some Exotic engrams can be used for Exotic armor Focusing.

Exotic engrams are not entirely random. They feature a “bad luck” protection system that prioritizes items you haven’t earned before. This is how it works:

1. Exotic engrams will automatically decrypt into an Exotic weapon or armor you have never earned before
2. If you have already found every Exotic in the loot pool, Exotic Engrams will decrypt into a random Exotic armor piece with a random roll

By chasing Exotic engrams, you will eventually find the specific Exotic you want. If you’re looking for, say, Trinity Ghoul, each Exotic engram you find will bring you closer to finding it.

Exotic Engrams, Destiny 2

Exotic Engram rewards: Weapons

These are all the Exotic weapons you can acquire through Exotic engrams:

Exotic Engrams: Weapons

	Monte Carlo	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 8
	Lord of Wolves	Shotgun	Solar	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Trinity Ghoul	Combat Bow	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Cerberus+1	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Wavesplitter	Trace Rifle	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	The Queenbreaker	Linear Fusion Rifle	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Black Talon	Sword	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Two-Tailed Fox	Rocket Launcher	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	Thunderlord	Machine Gun	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 4
	The Huckleberry	Submachine Gun	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 3
	SUROS Regime	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 3
	Crimson	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 2
	The Jade Rabbit	Scout Rifle	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 2
	Telesto	Fusion Rifle	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 2
	Prometheus Lens	Trace Rifle	Solar	No	Exotic Engram	Season 2
	The Colony	Grenade Launcher	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 2
	Tractor Cannon	Shotgun	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Graviton Lance	Pulse Rifle	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Coldheart	Trace Rifle	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	The Prospector	Grenade Launcher	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Skyburner's Oath	Scout Rifle	Solar	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	The Wardcliff Coil	Rocket Launcher	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Sunshot	Hand Cannon	Solar	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Borealis	Sniper Rifle	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Vigilance Wing	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Fighting Lion	Grenade Launcher	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	D.A.R.C.I.	Sniper Rifle	Arc	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Merciless	Fusion Rifle	Solar	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1
	Hard Light	Auto Rifle	Void	No	Exotic Engram	Season 1

If you didn’t find a specific Exotic on this list, it is because it’s not part of the Exotic engrams loot pool and requires another acquisition method.

Exotic Engram rewards: Armor

These days, you can go to Master Rahool and focus your Exotic engrams into specific Exotic armor pieces. We cover how Exotic focusing works here.

Exotic Engram Decoding, Destiny 2

How to get Exotic Engrams: Farming Methods

There are several ways to obtain Exotic engrams in Destiny 2:

1. Claiming Exotic engrams from the Season Pass

The easier Exotics engrams available to you can be found in the Season Pass. Both the Paid and Free tracks of the Season Pass offer a handful of Exotic engrams. All you need do is earn the XP to unlock them before the season is over. There are 8 Exotic engrams in total, including both free and paid tracks.

2. Vendor rank resets

Ever since Bungie reworked the different Vendors in the Tower, they have now become a consistent, albeit grindy, method to acquire Exotic engrams. Gambit and Vanguard ranks are notoriously long and tiring to earn, but Crucible and Trials of Osiris are much faster to complete, especially when Bonus ranks weeks are active.

3. Farming Nightfall: The Ordeals

Technically, Exotic engrams randomly drop whenever you play the game, no matter the activity. That said, some activities do offer much higher chances to earn Exotics, namely Nightfall: The Ordeals. The higher the difficulty, the higher the chances to earn Exotics.

4. Visit Xûr every Friday

Finally, every weekend, Xûr offers 1 Exotic engram, 1 weapon, and 3 armor pieces (one per class). These are all from the Exotic Engram loot pool, and visiting Xûr every weekend will help you complete the collection significantly faster.

Your turn

Do you have any other good methods to farm Exotic engrams? Let us know in the comments!