Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen — Hammer of Proving guide

The Hammer of Proving is an important fixture in Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen. Here's our guide that discusses how you can obtain it, as well as the various perks you can unlock. We also talk about two related mechanics: Cabal Gold and Tribute Chests. Note: For more information, check out our Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen guides and features hub. Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - Hammer of Proving mods, Cabal Gold, and Tribute Chests Remember how Beyond Light had you doing various activities just to have charges for the Cryptolith Lure? Well, you'll be doing something similar in Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen once you acquire the Hammer of Proving. You can refer to the pages below for the part that you need help with: Hammer of Proving: The basics, Cabal Gold, and Tribute Chests Unlockable perks Acquiring the Hammer of Proving Getting the Hammer of Proving is easy enough. Just follow the short campaign (if we can even call it that) until you've completed your first Battleground. Next, you'll visit the HELM command center, fiddle around with the Prismatic Recaster, and run another Battleground. Your second completion nets you the Hammer of Proving. Now, if you visit the War Table in the HELM, you won't be able to unlock any perk just yet. So, for now, your task is to farm Cabal Gold and smash Tribute Chests. Cabal Gold and Tribute Chests Cabal Gold is earned from strikes, Gambit, Crucible, and public events. Mayhem matches seem to give out 8x Cabal Gold. Meanwhile, Vanguard strikes net you 14x Cabal Gold each run. If you open the quests panel and check out the Hammer of Proving, you'll notice something like 0/42 (this is the value of Cabal Gold that you have and the maximum that you can hold at any given time). Next, right-click on the Hammer of Proving to open its panel. This will allow you to socket a specific medallion by spending Cabal Gold. Your next task is to run a Battleground and defeat the boss there. Once the chest spawns, you'll also see three additional Tribute Chests. By holding "E," you'll be able to smash a Tribute Chest (you might be able to destroy more than one chest if you're soloing, but I haven't tested it yet). Each time you smash a Tribute Chest, the Hammer of Proving gains one charge. These charges are eventually used in the Prismatic Recaster to focus Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen's Umbral Engrams. Anyway, the gameplay loop involves just that: doing activities to amass Cabal Gold, socketing a medallion by using Cabal Gold, smashing a Tribute Chest in a Battleground, gaining a Hammer of Proving charge, and, finally, using that charge to focus an Umbral Engram. Does that sound fun? Well, you be the judge of that. Let's go ahead and discuss the Hammer of Proving's unlockable enhancements/perks. Hammer of Proving unlockable perks As for the Having of Proving's enhancements and unlockable perks, you can only obtain the first one after reaching War Table reputation rank 2. This is primarily done by completing weekly challenges that provide War Table rep. Here are some examples this week: Contender's Ascent - Complete the "Challenger's Proving" opening quest; kill 75x Cabal with rocket launchers. Golden Reaper - Amass 100x Cabal Gold from strikes, Crucible, Gambit, public events, and other activities. Crash and Converge - Smash 5x Tribute Chests and focus Season of the Chosen engrams using the hammer's charges. Now, when you open the Hammer of Proving's panel via the War Table, you'll see that one of the perks can be unlocked ("Tribute Chest I"). Anyway, let's discuss the enhancements/perks that can be seen on the panel. Hammer of Proving enhancement/perk Tier I Tier II Tier III Proving Rune Proving Rune grants a chance to earn a random Umbral Engram. Extra slot for Hammer of Proving. Proving Rune grants Cabal Gold from Tribute Chests. Proving Rune grants a chance to earn extra charges by smashing Tribute Chests. Challenger Medallion Increases charge capacity until you focus an Umbral Engram with the Hammer of Proving. The effect does not stack. Earn a chance to get a random Umbral Engram. Additional hammer charge that costs more Cabal Gold. Red Legion Chest Opening a Red Legion chest has a chance to drop additional Season of the Chosen gear. Increased chance to earn seasonal gear from Battlegrounds. Increased chance to earn seasonal gear from Battlegrounds. Tribute Chest Smash Tribute Chests to earn 1x Cabal Gold. Increased chance to earn seasonal gear when you smash Tribute Chests. Smash Tribute Chests to earn 2x Cabal Gold. Hammer Charge Increases the number of hammer charges from 3x to 5x. Increases the number of hammer charges from 5x to 7x. Increases the number of hammer charges from 7x to 10x. Cabal Gold Increases the number of Cabal Gold you can hold from 42 to 56. Increases the number of Cabal Gold you can hold from 56 to 70. Increases the number of Cabal Gold you can hold from 70 to 84. Mission Focus Each week, smashing a Tribute Chest awards a random Umbral Engram. Each week, smashing a second Tribute Chest awards another random Umbral Engram. Each week, smashing a third Tribute Chest awards yet another random Umbral Engram. Note: It seems as though other perks are time-gated (since you'd need War Table rep), so we'll continue to update this guide later on. Week 2 update: With some additional weekly challenges that grant War Table reputation, it's now possible to obtain a maximum of six Hammer of Proving perks. Here are a couple of perks I obtained this week: Challenger Medallion I - With certain upgrades, my Hammer of Proving is able to hold up to five charges at any given time. With this perk, I can socket a "Pierced Challenger Medallion" (costs 20 Cabal Gold). Upon destroying a Tribute Chest in a Battleground, the Hammer of Proving gains +2 extra charge slots. This is particularly helpful if you want to prioritize farming Battlegrounds to get a lot of charges first before you start focusing Umbral Engrams. You'll lose the extra charge slots once you focus an Umbral Engram anyway. Proving Rune I - The tooltip says that you unlock a Proving Rune slot that gives you a chance to earn a random Umbral Engram. Oddly enough, the in-game description says you'll acquire glimmer instead. Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen is available via Steam. For more information, check out our guides and features hub.

Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen — Hammer of Proving guide

Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen – Hammer of Proving mods, Cabal Gold, and Tribute Chests

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