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How to Get Upgrade Core

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Upgrade Core is a Weapon Upgrade Material in Destiny: Rising. Read on to learn more about Upgrade Core as well as how to get and use the item!

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How to Get Upgrade Core

Claim from Shifting Gates Vendor

Shifting Gates Vendor

You can get this item from the Shifting Gates shop and trade your Translation Credits for it. You can find this shop under the Store menu and under the Exchange tab.

Do note that there is a monthly limit when exchanging this item in this shop.

Get as Reward from Legendary Campaign

Legendary Campaign

You can get this item as a reward for playing through the campaign again in Legendary difficulty.

Strike: Heroic Difficulty Reward

Strike Heroic

You can get this item as a reward from Strike runs while playing on Heroic difficulty, which you can access from the Activities menu. Do note that you need Pinnacle Energy for this activity.

Gauntlet: Blitz Heroic Difficulty Reward

You can get this item as a reward from Gauntlet: Blitz runs while playing on Heroic difficulty, which you can access from the Activities menu. Do note that you need Pinnacle Energy for this activity.

How to Use Upgrade Core

Used to Raise Gear Level of Mythic Weapons

Upgrade Cores are used to raise the Gear Level of Mythic Weapons, as opposed to recycling duplicates like how lower-rarity weapons are upgraded.

Upgrading a Mythic Weapon's Gear Level improves its stats.

List of All Mythic Weapons

Upgrade Core Overview

Upgrade CoreUpgrade Core
Type Upgrade Material
Weapon Upgrade Material
Rarity Mythic Mythic
Can be used to raise any Mythic weapon's Gear Level. Grants 500 XP.

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Upgrade Material List

A Heap of Artifactual DustA Heap of Artifactual Dust A Pile of Artifactual DustA Pile of Artifactual Dust Arc FruitArc Fruit
Artifactual DustArtifactual Dust Ascension CellAscension Cell Burning Incandescence SheafBurning Incandescence Sheaf
Contextual DatasetContextual Dataset Cracked LumeniteCracked Lumenite Crackling Incandescence SheafCrackling Incandescence Sheaf
Dense LumeniteDense Lumenite Exotic Weapon Infusion CoreExotic Weapon Infusion Core Hardened LumeniteHardened Lumenite
Incandescence ClusterIncandescence Cluster Incandescence RibbonIncandescence Ribbon Incandescence TuftIncandescence Tuft
Mobius ClusterMobius Cluster Mod FragmentMod Fragment Mythic Weapon Infusion Core - ImpactMythic Weapon Infusion Core - Impact
Mythic Weapon Infusion Core - PiercingMythic Weapon Infusion Core - Piercing Mythic Weapon Infusion Core - Rapid-FireMythic Weapon Infusion Core - Rapid-Fire Mythic Weapon Infusion Core - SpreadMythic Weapon Infusion Core - Spread
Sharp LumeniteSharp Lumenite Solar FruitSolar Fruit Superposed PhotonSuperposed Photon
Upgrade CoreUpgrade Core Void FruitVoid Fruit Warped Incandescence SheafWarped Incandescence Sheaf
Weapon Enhancement Prism - ImpactWeapon Enhancement Prism - Impact Weapon Enhancement Prism - PiercingWeapon Enhancement Prism - Piercing Weapon Enhancement Prism - Rapid-FireWeapon Enhancement Prism - Rapid-Fire
Weapon Enhancement Prism - SpreadWeapon Enhancement Prism - Spread

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