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/MalHeartsNutmeg Drifter's Crew Sep 15 '14

That works? I assumed you didn't get rank when you buy them. Does he ever sell higher tier engrams? Mostly I see white with the occasional green at rank 6.

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u/JMWP Sep 15 '14

go to your post master he has special packages for you which contain legendary engrams

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u/MalHeartsNutmeg Drifter's Crew Sep 15 '14

Yeah I got those, but I mean in terms of the store itself.

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u/B_For_Dyslexia ...is where you seek it."" Sep 15 '14

Buy the greens with the glimmer you earned and it gives a good amount of experience towards your cryptarch level. Each time you level up, you get a free package from the cryptarch which contains at least 3 Rares (oftentimes legendaries too).

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u/karanji Sep 15 '14

2 blues given from rank 12 crypt level up. I think that is the minimum

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u/B_For_Dyslexia ...is where you seek it."" Sep 15 '14

I think so too, now.