Select "The Summoning Pits" strike on the Moon and then increase the difficulty from Easy to Normal(320+ Light). When you defeat the boss at the end you will get up to 385 light drops. Easiest way to 385 for sure
1.Equip your highest rated armors and weapons (even if you don't like them, just do it) 2. Don't decrypt all engrams at the same time. Decrypt one at a time 3. Put on the higher Light item, doesn't matter if it sucks. Go back to cryptarch and decrypt next one 4. Rinse and repeat. You will get higher Light items much faster this way.
+Mesa Sean When it comes to ranking up Petra, there's another way to do so which a lot of people don't know about or have forgotten. If you do the level 34 & 35 Prison of Elders, you get 2 GUARANTEED ETHERIC LIGHT which then you can turn in for rep at 150 each! Doing that on 3 characters per week should net you 900 REP on top of the weekly bounties; so in total you should be getting about 2000+ rep per week. I'm currently trying to get the full Queen Armor set for my Hunter but I'm missing the boots and guantlets.
+Basically A Person you're right. Since people don't do those anymore, I've hand to figure out how to solo them. It's actually a fun and rewarding challenge once you get the hang of it!
I've watched your videos for a long time, but finally decided to sub on this one. Please continue with the great content, this is exactly what the majority of us want to see!
Excellent video, it's been frustrating for me to get to 400, currently sitting at 394, but this video just made me realize I'm doing exactly everything there is to do to get to that level, I just need to keep and keep investing time in it, but then again I think, 1 week ago I was 390, so it's actually working! :D damn, I'm so sad I dropped Destiny after the Taken King for a while, it is freaking awesome
Thanks for posting this. I went back to destiny one after starting on destiny two a couple of years ago and I really have been enjoying this game as well but gearing up is way different.
Thanks for doing a video for solo players. I am still on the XB360 and have not yet been able to play any of the newest content. I'm only a casual player anyway and mostly solo. It's good to see someone give us a nod. Again, thank you!
It is also worth saying that the first Public Event you do on a character each day will reward 15 legendary marks and at least 1 legendary engram. This can be done on all 3 characters rewarding 45 legendary marks a day and at least 3 legendary engrams every day! Use a public events tracking app to get this done faster. Give all engrams to your highest level character to decrypt and use the legendary marks to buy legendary engrams from the cryptarch. Try and but engrams that are your lowest level piece of gear. Use any duplicate level gear to transfer and infuse your two alternate characters up to a higher level.
im a solo player & this helped out so much! ive been farming exotics in the "scourge of winter" and doing heroic strikes, yikes! my light level is only at 335(sunbreaker titan) now i shall take your advice and do non heroic strikes, crucible.... lol thank you!!!
Primaries do drop from forge! I have seen shadow price drop a few times. I got one and have seen it show up in the feed for other players. Mine ended up at the post master
great vid man! helped me out a ton. just started back after playing vanilla and I always love playing solo to speed ahead of my buds when they're not on. keep up the vid skills. subbed for sure!
thank you so much!!!!! :) I've been trying to get up past 329 light on my hunter for so long. I tried it, and now I am 400 light. Thank you thank you thank you! PS new subscriber!!! :)
After playing 1 for a while again I have found that the only possible way to advance in 2021 and gain light is doing lvl 36 taken strikes (because that makes sense) they just so happen to be the only strike Playlist that is still active, to a degree. So far I've been gaining 1-2 light per strike so if that doesn't get you in they destiny grind mood, I don't know what does.
IB is a godsend. Went from 392 to 396 on my main, 396 to 398 on my 2nd, and 398 to 399 on my 3rd. Finally got 400 with the mongrel ogre's grasp drop yesterday! Now have my 2 warlocks at 400 and my hunter at 398. All with no raids or trials.
i'm at 392 as a solo player. a lot of theses tips i have already been doing but its nice to see i'm doing it the right way. hopefully i can reach 400 with iron banner coming out next week
Same...Just got back into this game after only playing it for like the first 2 months it was out. I'm totally solo and that's why I quit. This will help a ton.
Thanks for the help! I recently got back into Destiny after finally upgrading to a PS4 and I'm currently sitting at 341 and I'm hoping to TRY and hit 400 before Destiny 2 comes out!
Great info. You should add that ANY engram you open, thats higher than the gear you have on, should be equipped BEFORE opening the next engram. This can really speed up leveling to 385, since the light isnt determined till you open the engram.
Right now I'm at 395/396 light and I'm at that golden point where 400 gear is super rare and super awesome when it drops. Like I finished the raid and got a 400 light fever and remedy on my hunter (which is ironic cuz I'm home sick) and got a 400 light 77 wizard from my warlocks true meaning of war shaxx bounty.
Iron Banner is definitely the best way to get to 400 from 390. Each bounty gives you an armor or weapon and IB seems to award MUCH higher levels than the skeleton keys. I was at 390 on Tuesday, now at 397 thanks to a pair of 398 and a pair of 400 IB rewards.
Thank you so much i have to start all over again because my old ps3 destiny account i have no acces anymore i had to make an new one for ps4 and i have found the perfect video to help me out👌😉
Uh Mesa Sean the Archon's Forge helmets, gauntlets, chestpiece, boots, and the specials as well as the ghosts and artifacts all dropped up to 400 Light for me.
I was getting 390 ghosts and artifacts in Archon's Forge a few days ago, at least 6 ghost at 389 and a few at 390. Same with the artifacts.. One blue was my 390 artifact! on a side note I've noticed that infusing gear can give higher light than either of the two pieces! last example was using exotic legs for Infusion fuel. They were 391 exotic legs and when I put it into my legendary letsmy legs they became 392!
Best way to 385 is to select the individual strike from the map that you can run fastest and change it from easy to Normal difficulty. This is 320 recommended light but the Blue(Rare) drops at the end of the strikes will go up to 385. I can run these in 7 minutes or less easily. I went from 365 to 385 in a few hours
I am and have been doing it on three characters since drop. I have satellite internet. So no strikes, nightfalls, raid, trials, crucible, iron banner. I'm at 385 on all three. I have been using the Iron Tomb three of coin roll to get exotic engram's. I have 66 in the vault I haven't opened. Oh and legendary engram's can open above 385. Not often, but the do I have gotten several at 386 , 387. I also run forge all three solo. On the perfected Sivas, if I don't have 2min, I pick up the Siva drops and bail. He is right you can do it , its a grind though.
Yeah the grind is real. I have not done a single nightfall, raid or POE for artifact. I have reached 393 on titan and 391 on hunter and warlock. Ill get there someday.
thanks for info, I have seen too many 400 guardians and I've been struggling to cross the 392 barrier ... so hope to hit 400 by end of the first week of AoT on any of my 3 characters ..
365 light: 0:37
385 light: 0:53
390 light: 2:08
400 light: 5:49
You're welcome. :)
AWESOME GEORGE u r my savior u deserve a like for that
AWESOME GEORGE he didn't explain which one to do can you tell me which one he meant
Who’s here watching this in 2020😭! Destiny was the best.. miss them weapons and awesome memories.
I am
Yes
I still play d1 anyone on ps4???
@@wolfgangnester1867 hey man I used to play a bunch I just restarted for the nostalgia. I'm probably gonna play it a bunch soon my psn is @HUZHAM17
Raheel Virk then re install I still play
Select "The Summoning Pits" strike on the Moon and then increase the difficulty from Easy to Normal(320+ Light). When you defeat the boss at the end you will get up to 385 light drops. Easiest way to 385 for sure
1.Equip your highest rated armors and weapons (even if you don't like them, just do it)
2. Don't decrypt all engrams at the same time. Decrypt one at a time
3. Put on the higher Light item, doesn't matter if it sucks. Go back to cryptarch and decrypt next one
4. Rinse and repeat. You will get higher Light items much faster this way.
Just got back and imma do that on my hunter
4 years later and i still do this
why do titans always win in a staring contest
because they can't blink
mel lebo That's a good one xd
meljemen lmao 😂
meljemen sadly this joke is old...
archons forge got me to 392 drops exotics and class items, ghost shells, and artifacts up to 400
You like Chibirobo12, don't you?
Just got back into D1 and when he said iron banner the nostalgia really hit in lol
Mesa!!! This just popped up to watch on my feed!!!
Miss your channel, miss your content, miss the better days. Much love ✊️
Don't sleep on Petra? Yeah thats true unless you buy her dinner first
+Mesa Sean When it comes to ranking up Petra, there's another way to do so which a lot of people don't know about or have forgotten. If you do the level 34 & 35 Prison of Elders, you get 2 GUARANTEED ETHERIC LIGHT which then you can turn in for rep at 150 each! Doing that on 3 characters per week should net you 900 REP on top of the weekly bounties; so in total you should be getting about 2000+ rep per week. I'm currently trying to get the full Queen Armor set for my Hunter but I'm missing the boots and guantlets.
+Logan Parsons Sleep with Petra, not on her 👍
+Basically A Person you're right. Since people don't do those anymore, I've hand to figure out how to solo them. It's actually a fun and rewarding challenge once you get the hang of it!
I’m replaying destiny 1 with a new warlock, so I’m watching this to experience destiny to the fullest! 👍
Step one: grind
The Guardian step two: get rid of the game cuz RNG hates you
step three: profit
step zero: get friends
I've watched your videos for a long time, but finally decided to sub on this one. Please continue with the great content, this is exactly what the majority of us want to see!
SAME, dont wanna seem like a scrape but after watching you for quite a long time i acually decided to subscribe
Excellent video, it's been frustrating for me to get to 400, currently sitting at 394, but this video just made me realize I'm doing exactly everything there is to do to get to that level, I just need to keep and keep investing time in it, but then again I think, 1 week ago I was 390, so it's actually working! :D damn, I'm so sad I dropped Destiny after the Taken King for a while, it is freaking awesome
i cant get to 365 im stuck at 313 i get no good gear
from the strike i got ONLY 320 gear i already have that
Your right, Trials of Sweaties.
You don't have to do trials or the raid to get to 400 light.
Lavernius Tucker I'll say one better,
Trials of tryhards
Thanks for posting this. I went back to destiny one after starting on destiny two a couple of years ago and I really have been enjoying this game as well but gearing up is way different.
Thanks for doing a video for solo players. I am still on the XB360 and have not yet been able to play any of the newest content. I'm only a casual player anyway and mostly solo. It's good to see someone give us a nod.
Again, thank you!
Raid?
I just finally got Rise of Iron and was feeling a bit overwhelmed and confused, this helped a lot. Thanks!
It is also worth saying that the first Public Event you do on a character each day will reward 15 legendary marks and at least 1 legendary engram. This can be done on all 3 characters rewarding 45 legendary marks a day and at least 3 legendary engrams every day! Use a public events tracking app to get this done faster.
Give all engrams to your highest level character to decrypt and use the legendary marks to buy legendary engrams from the cryptarch.
Try and but engrams that are your lowest level piece of gear.
Use any duplicate level gear to transfer and infuse your two alternate characters up to a higher level.
Iron banner is pissing me off so I'm going back to destiny 1 until weekly reset
Yeah I did the same thing this week just gonna play d1
@MTS Ritzy I switch back and fourth occasionally
Whether we wanted it or not
Doing this rn because the D2 servers are currently going crazy
My house of judgement is glitches and every week I go to variks, he gives me a package for no reason.
Lukewarm Skyfarter it's made to do that its your weekly reward
Lukewarm Skyfarter lucky
I've been stuck at 370 for a week almost. Thanks for the tips on getting to 400, I really needed them.
im a solo player & this helped out so much! ive been farming exotics in the "scourge of winter" and doing heroic strikes, yikes! my light level is only at 335(sunbreaker titan) now i shall take your advice and do non heroic strikes, crucible.... lol thank you!!!
So glad i stayed subscribed to you through my absence from Destiny because without this video i'd be lost
Primaries do drop from forge! I have seen shadow price drop a few times. I got one and have seen it show up in the feed for other players. Mine ended up at the post master
I’m a new light player trying to see if I can solo back down to 400
Miss these old videos :( anyone here in 2023??
yo yo yo!
Psych, 2024 😎👍
still helping old players returning 6 months later, cheers for the video
Thanks mesa I just reached 365 from 361 because of your 365 video! Heading up to 400 now, gonna grind all mid-term thanks!
I am a solo player (except for when I do nightfalls with randoms from forums and raids from the same place) and this helped me a lot - thank you!
Great vid! There are a lot of us solo players with limited time, some are even youtubers ;) I have learned to embrace the slow grind.
great vid man! helped me out a ton. just started back after playing vanilla and I always love playing solo to speed ahead of my buds when they're not on. keep up the vid skills. subbed for sure!
your welcome I'm one of the solo guardians your referring to and it's your videos that help me out with so many things.
Im very late to d1, but this video was very helpful, glad i found it. Watched many other videos and they led me nowhere. Def subscribed
Micheal Odargan it’s been 4 months. Reached 400 yet?
the crucible end game weapons can drop up to 400!
Yeah when it isn't too busy dropping 365 blues... Lol
+btockey trueeee
20-6 KD game..you get a mote of light. 2-25 KD you get a 400!!!
Steven Bustamento nobody plays crucible
DragonSlayerGU more people probably play pvp than pve
damn just found your channel in my recommended and wow extremely informal / helpful.. Liked and Subbed cant wait to see more!
thank you so much!!!!! :) I've been trying to get up past 329 light on my hunter for so long. I tried it, and now I am 400 light. Thank you thank you thank you!
PS new subscriber!!! :)
+Mesa Sean NP man! I'm excited for more videos :)
After playing 1 for a while again I have found that the only possible way to advance in 2021 and gain light is doing lvl 36 taken strikes (because that makes sense) they just so happen to be the only strike Playlist that is still active, to a degree. So far I've been gaining 1-2 light per strike so if that doesn't get you in they destiny grind mood, I don't know what does.
Hey I’m only 332 can I get some help
first saw video in November using the mesa method by Christmas all my characters were 400 light. thanks for the help.
This video has saved me
Replaying D1 and enjoying these vids!
IB is a godsend. Went from 392 to 396 on my main, 396 to 398 on my 2nd, and 398 to 399 on my 3rd.
Finally got 400 with the mongrel ogre's grasp drop yesterday! Now have my 2 warlocks at 400 and my hunter at 398.
All with no raids or trials.
I just wish that bungie would update the older raids so they become relevant again
Mesa I have finally hit 400 light because of this video. Thank you so much!!!!
revisiting in 2021 😔✌🏼
i'm at 392 as a solo player. a lot of theses tips i have already been doing but its nice to see i'm doing it the right way. hopefully i can reach 400 with iron banner coming out next week
You deserve more subscribers. This is so useful!
Cheers dude, solo player here and that's really useful info. All three characters stuck on 395!!!
pretty cool guide....thanks!
Thanks for posting this man. I haven't played in a while, about to get back in to it.
That was some good info. Subscribed
Same...Just got back into this game after only playing it for like the first 2 months it was out. I'm totally solo and that's why I quit. This will help a ton.
Easily the best guide so far, great job and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the help! I recently got back into Destiny after finally upgrading to a PS4 and I'm currently sitting at 341 and I'm hoping to TRY and hit 400 before Destiny 2 comes out!
I'm still here on 2022 because i haven't gotten to 400 and sadly none of my friends are no longer on xbox
Great info. You should add that ANY engram you open, thats higher than the gear you have on, should be equipped BEFORE opening the next engram. This can really speed up leveling to 385, since the light isnt determined till you open the engram.
I like how you cater to newer players too. Keep up the great work
This was very helpful. Very discriptive deserves a thumbs up and a sub
Right now I'm at 395/396 light and I'm at that golden point where 400 gear is super rare and super awesome when it drops. Like I finished the raid and got a 400 light fever and remedy on my hunter (which is ironic cuz I'm home sick) and got a 400 light 77 wizard from my warlocks true meaning of war shaxx bounty.
Thanks dude, helping my friend through the game for his first time and forgot how I got to 400
One of the most useful videos for destiny I've ever seen
This is going to help me so much! Great video, I subscribed
Good stuff! Thanks for this info all in one spot. Makes it much easier to understand. Am solo on PS4.
THANK I NEED THIS SO MUCH. I CAN NEVER DO THR RAID OR ANYTHING.
thank u btw
Vincent Phan same.
Iron Banner is definitely the best way to get to 400 from 390. Each bounty gives you an armor or weapon and IB seems to award MUCH higher levels than the skeleton keys. I was at 390 on Tuesday, now at 397 thanks to a pair of 398 and a pair of 400 IB rewards.
Been on light level 399 but than put down the game, been playing the heck out of D2 and now I just want to go back and finish what I started!
Great concise and well presented information. Subscribed
Great vid. Hail to the Solo player on Destiny.
Trials of o'sweaties bless your soul
Thanks this video was really helpful mesa. Keep it up!
Thank you so much i have to start all over again because my old ps3 destiny account i have no acces anymore i had to make an new one for ps4 and i have found the perfect video to help me out👌😉
Uh Mesa Sean the Archon's Forge helmets, gauntlets, chestpiece, boots, and the specials as well as the ghosts and artifacts all dropped up to 400 Light for me.
Thanks for the Vid dude. Really useful for us Soloists
This was exactly what I needed thanks!
Thanks for this video
I was getting 390 ghosts and artifacts in Archon's Forge a few days ago, at least 6 ghost at 389 and a few at 390. Same with the artifacts.. One blue was my 390 artifact!
on a side note I've noticed that infusing gear can give higher light than either of the two pieces! last example was using exotic legs for Infusion fuel. They were 391 exotic legs and when I put it into my legendary letsmy legs they became 392!
This helped me so much because all my friends don't play destiny so I'm a solo player, you deserve 10m subs not 100k
Great vid. Didn't know Artifacts and Ghosts dropped to 400 in Archon's Forge.
hey man doing well, just wanted to know is their a vault space increase?
Great video I'm pretty new so this is a big help thanks so much, liked and subbed
Great info, subscribed
Best way to 385 is to select the individual strike from the map that you can run fastest and change it from easy to Normal difficulty. This is 320 recommended light but the Blue(Rare) drops at the end of the strikes will go up to 385. I can run these in 7 minutes or less easily. I went from 365 to 385 in a few hours
Thanks for the inspirational video dedicated to us solo players, will let you know when I hit 400. Keep up the great work
I am and have been doing it on three characters since drop. I have satellite internet. So no strikes, nightfalls, raid, trials, crucible, iron banner. I'm at 385 on all three. I have been using the Iron Tomb three of coin roll to get exotic engram's. I have 66 in the vault I haven't opened. Oh and legendary engram's can open above 385. Not often, but the do I have gotten several at 386 , 387. I also run forge all three solo. On the perfected Sivas, if I don't have 2min, I pick up the Siva drops and bail. He is right you can do it , its a grind though.
This is a fantastic video great job
Im playing destiny 1 again and downloaded all the dlcs. I have no regrets.
Yeah the grind is real. I have not done a single nightfall, raid or POE for artifact. I have reached 393 on titan and 391 on hunter and warlock. Ill get there someday.
Man, I miss this. I mean, destiny 2 is so much better fundamentally, but destiny was something special. I really miss those days.
thanks for this video it's helped me a lot I recommend this to all single destiny players. I would rate these methods 10/10
thanks for info, I have seen too many 400 guardians and I've been struggling to cross the 392 barrier ... so hope to hit 400 by end of the first week of AoT on any of my 3 characters ..
About the Archon's Forge thing......I got a pursuer shell that dropped at 389 and a couple artifacts that dropped at 387 to 388
Mesa, you are the best. I am a solo player as well this info is amazing
This was really helpful, thanks!
Amazing vid man i helped me out a lot :]
awesome video thank you for everything you do for us the community
YOU GOT MY SUB SIR AWESOME CONTENT!
Great job! Very helpful.
Yo good vid man thanks it helped a lot
Brilliant video this going to help me a lot to level up thanks 👍
5:48 "now you can start popping your exotic engrams" ah yes, because I get exotic engrams... Yup
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH this really helped
Good video. Got to 385 from 350 in 1 day playing Archons Forge.