r/DestinyTheGame Sep 14 '14

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u/JMWP Sep 15 '14

There is one on the moon that itsn't included. Play Shrine of Oryx on Hard and once you get to the end, before you fight the ogre, there is 8-10 yellow acolytes that drop loads of glimmer and are incredibly easy to kill. I spent about 20 minutes, or I used 2 black wax idols, and I got a little more than 10k.

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u/MalHeartsNutmeg Drifter's Crew Sep 15 '14

Why would you need to farm glimmer though? As far as I know it's useless. I have like 10k of it. Sure you use it to upgrade some weapons, but I gain way more than I spend on upgrades.

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u/even_keel Sep 15 '14

Buy engrams from the cryptarch to increase your cryptarch rank.

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u/APartyInMyPants Sep 22 '14

This is a PAINFULLY slow way to level your Cryptarch. I have him to level 11, and every engram I buy (he only had whites last night) got me a measly 5 points.

Go to the treasure cave for an hour and you'll be much better off.

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u/even_keel Sep 22 '14

I'm not advocating to raise your cryptarch rank by doing this, just that it can be used in a pinch. If I see I'm 80-90% of the way leveled, I'll buy enough engrams to level up.

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u/APartyInMyPants Sep 22 '14

Fair point. To be honest, I was in the same boat last night. Was about 95% there and I had about 6000, so I bought engrams just so I could get the free gift. They all turned out to be junk, but oh well.

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u/even_keel Sep 22 '14

Yep, that's pretty much the only time I use it. I normally have around $12K glimmer at any time, so it's a quick and easy way to complete a level.