Masterworking gear is a crucial part of making the perfect build in Destiny 2. Ever since Beyond Light streamlined the Armor 2.0 process, creating a powerful build is easier than ever. Unfortunately, players will still need to struggle through Nightfalls and other tough content to get their armor to rank ten.
Enhancement Prisms are a core part of that economy. Three Prisms are required to Masterwork a Legendary piece of armor, while five are needed to Masterwork an Exotic. If it wasn't obvious, Masterworking an entire armor set is costly. At least, it is if you buy them from a vendor. There are quite a few ways to obtain Enhancement Prisms in Destiny 2. Let's go over all of them.
Updated April 1st, 2022, by Charles Burgar: To help you farm Enhancement Prisms to Masterwork your armor, we've updated this guide to include an additional section on good Prism farms. A PvE and PvP farm can be found below, providing a decent farm for both environments. Enhancement Prism sources have also been updated.
How To Obtain Enhancement Prisms
Enhancement Prisms are mainly earned from completing Nightfall: The Ordeal activities, although the Beyond Light expansion has included various Ghost Shell mods that grant this coveted Masterwork material. You can earn Enhancement Prisms from the following:
| Method | Type | Prism Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rahool / Ada-1 | Vendor | 1 |
| Greater Core Harvest | Ghost Mod | 1 |
| Trials of Osiris (Win 5 and 7) | Activity | 1-2 |
| Trials of Osiris (Flawless) | Activity | 2 |
| Vow of the Disciple (Not Guaranteed) | Activity | 1-2 |
| Hero+ Empire Hunts | Activity | 1-2 |
| Crucible Valor Rank | Vendor | 2 |
| Gambit Infamy Rank | Vendor | 2 |
| Dismantling Armor (Rank 9+) | Misc. | 1-2 |
| Season Pass (Paid Track) | Season Pass | 3 (x2) |
| Hero+ Nightfalls | Activity | 1-6 |
*Quantity limited each day/week
Nightfalls And Empire Hunts
Prism Amount: 1-4
Completing Nightfalls or Empire Hunts on Hero difficulty or higher have a chance of granting Enhancement Prisms on completion. Master difficulty has the best reward to time ratio, granting two Enhancement Prisms on a Platinum completion. Grandmaster Nightfalls technically grant more—providing four guaranteed Enhancement Prisms on completion with a chance at obtaining one or two more—but GM Nightfalls are significantly harder than Master Nightfalls.
Bungie will sometimes release a double Nightfall loot week for Destiny 2, granting two random rewards upon a Nightfall completion instead of one. This means players can earn four Enhancement Prisms every Master Nightfall completion. Farming Masterwork materials during a double loot week is highly recommended.
Rank Up Rewards
Prism Amount: 2
Reaching certain Infamy and Valor ranks will unlock rewards at the Drifter and Shaxx, respectively. For either ladder system, reaching rank 13 will grant two Enhancement Prisms. If you reset your Infamy or Valor in a season, reaching rank 16 in either system will grant an additional two Enhancement Prisms, giving you four Enhancement Prisms in total per reset.
Season Pass
Prism Amount: 3 (x2) each season
You must own the current season to earn these rewards; they are not part of the free track available to all players.
Each Season Pass grants Masterwork Materials if players own the current season, Enhancement Prisms included. Guardians can expect Prisms at the following ranks:
- Rank 60: 3x Enhancement Prisms
- Rank 70: 3x Enhancement Prisms
Rahool And Ada-1
Prism Amount: 1 each purchase
Master Rahool and Ada-1 sell Enhancement Prisms at the Tower. Two are always available for purchase, each requiring a different planetary material. As with the rest of his stock, this material requirement rotates daily. Purchasing a Prism from either vendor requires the following:
- 10 Enhancement Cores
- 25 planetary materials
- 10,000 Glimmer
Greater Core Harvest Mod
Prism Amount: 1
Masterworking a Ghost Shell will unlock a fourth mod slot that can equip unique activity mods. One of these mods, Greater Core Harvest, allows players to obtain Enhancement Prisms by partaking in core activities. A Harvest mod exists for each ritual activity—Vanguard Ops, Crucible, and Gambit.
Each Greater Core Harvest mod does the following:
- Greater Core Harvest (Vanguard): Defeating bosses in Vanguard playlist strikes of Nightfalls has a chance to award an Enhancement Prism.
- Greater Core Harvest (Crucible): Precision final blows in Crucible have a chance to award an Enhancement Prism.
- Greater Core Harvest (Gambit): Defeating invaders in Gambit has a chance to award an Enhancement Prism.
Crucible's Greater Core Harvest seems to be the best of the bunch, granting one Enhancement Prism on average after landing 20 precision final blows. That might sound extreme, but good Crucible players can obtain that many precision kills in a single 6v6 match or after a couple of 3v3 games.
The Vanguard one is less rewarding, having around a 5% drop chance per boss kill. Fortunately, boss kills do include Champions and other yellow-bar opponents.
The Best Enhancement Prism Farm
There are two Enhancement Prism farms we can recommend:
- Nightfall Farming
- Crucible Farming
Nightfall Farming
For PvE players, you can't beat Nightfalls. Get a fireteam together, bring a loadout that can quickly clear the Nightfall that's active, then clear the activity on the hardest activity you can do in a reasonable amount of time. Legend and Master difficulty are best. You can further increase your Prism gains by equipping a Greater Core Harvest (Vanguard) mod and by farming during double Vanguard loot weeks. Keep an eye out for the "Next Week in Destiny" post on log-in to learn about any upcoming double loot weeks.
Crucible Farming
Despite PvP not being everyone's cup of tea, we recommend most players use this farm instead. It's quite simple:
- Play your favorite PvP playlist.
- Equip a Greater Core Harvest (Crucible) mod on your Ghost.
- Use a precision weapon, such as a Hand Cannon or Bow.
Yup, that's all there is to it. Greater Core Harvest will grant one Enhancement Prism for every 20 precision final blows you get in PvP, give or take a few kills. Hand Cannons like Ace of Spades work great here, but you can use any weapon. Be sure whichever weapon you do run can land precision kills easily. If you're a decent PvP player, this serves as a casual way of farming Enhancement Prisms.
