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How to Level Up Weapons

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★ New Characters: Helhest | Rossi-11
☆ New Bow Weapons and Axion Artifacts
★ Tier Lists: Characters | Weapons | Artifacts
Best Builds: Helhest | Rossi-11 | Estela
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Destiny Rising - How to Level Up Weapons

Use Enhancement Prisms and duplicate guns to enhance and raise your gun's Gear Level in Destiny: Rising. Learn how to level up your weapons, and the difference between enhancing and raising Gear Level here!

How to Level Up Weapons

Use Enhancement Prisms to Enhance

Enhance Weapon
To level up the power of your weapons, use Enhancement Prisms received from rewards during the main campaign.

Enhancement Prisms used will apply to all guns with the same name and are the main way to increase your DPS and damage for your guns.

Use the Correct Prisms for Each Gun

Enhancement Prisms

The game will most likely reward players with the Enhancement Prism Choice Chests after each Chapter in the main campaign.

We highly suggest only using these chests when levelling up guns of characters you actively enjoy playing, so as to not waste precious resources!

Use Duplicate Guns to Raise Gear Level

Raise Gear Level

Duplicate guns can be used to raise Gear Level which, unlike enhancing, will only apply to a single weapon's DPS and damage.

Gear levels do not apply to every duplicate gun you have so make sure to choose weapons you will stick with for a while!

Ascension Cells for Exotic Weapons

Ascension Cells

Ascension Cells will take the place of duplicate guns when raising the Gear Level of Exotic Weapons.

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