Destiny 2: Chalice of Opulence crafting and upgrade guide

Guide by Lauren Aitken Contributor

Published on June 13, 2019

The Season of Opulence is well underway and a new boss has been added to the Menagerie, so let's take a look at how to gather runes, upgrade your Chalice and get the gear rolls you really want.

You can upgrade your Chalice using Imperials and equip Runes to curate a roll for items you really want. There are 12 different types of Runes and three Chalice slots, alongside nine Chalice Perk upgrades. There are various ways to earn Imperials, which you can see here, so let's take a look at Runes and the combinations needed to get the stuff you really want.

Thanks to the Destiny 2 Raid Secrets subreddit crew for gathering this information.

Destiny 2: Runes

You can pick up a buff from Werner or Benedict 99-44 that will increase the chances of Runes dropping from any matchmaking activity. A slightly easier way is to pay the 5000 Glimmer tithe and get them from Calus' chests on the Nessus barge.

You can also earn Runes by completing bounties given to you by the aforementioned robots and finding Imperial chests, so equip a Runefinder and jump into activities like the Menagerie.

There are four colours of Runes to choose from. You begin with purple Runes and you'll have to purchase the Rune Compatibility Chalice upgrade to unlock the other colours.

Runes

Each colour of Rune is tied to three items, which you can see below:

Purple:

Rune of Joy - item for your Guardian's class
Rune of the Beast - SMG
Rune of Jubilation - Sniper Rifles

Red

Rune of Cunning - Gauntlets
Rune of Gluttony - Boots
Rune of Ambition - Power Weapons

Green

Rune of War - Helmets
Rune of Desire - Hand Cannons
Rune of Pride - Sidearms

Blue

Rune of Pleasure - Chest armour
Rune of Excess - Fusion Rifles
Rune of Wealth - Shotguns

The first Chalice slot is unlocked after your first Menagerie run and the other two can be purchased with Imperials. The first slot determines what item you'll receive, the second determines exactly what type of weapon you'll get based on slot one, and slot three guarantees a Masterwork item.

So, if you only have the first slot unlocked and use an SMG Rune, you'll receive an SMG from a pool of four. If you have the first and second slots unlocked, you'll be able to choose which weapon you desire.

With that in mind, let's take a look at what Runes you'll need to get the various weapons in the Chalice pool.

Destiny 2: Chalice of Opulence combinations - weapons

As the third Chalice slot only functions to guarantee a Masterwork roll, we'll be looking at combinations for the first two slots. Remember, you unlock each Rune in a specific order, so it might take a while before you can access blue Runes. The colour of the second Rune determines what weapon you'll get and is dependent on the first Rune you use.

If you don't use a Masterwork Rune, you'll get a random perk roll, but if you do you'll get a Handling Masterwork.

Shotguns - Rune of Wealth

Purple - Badlander
Red - Parcel of Stardust
Green - Imperial Decree
Blue - Dust Rock Blues

Fusion Rifles - Rune of Excess

Purple - Proelium FR3
Red - Main Ingredient
Green - The Epicurean
Blue - Erentil

Snipers - Rune of Jubilation

Purple - Twilight Oath
Red - Beloved
Green - Fate Cries Foul
Blue - Dreaded Venture

Power Weapons - Rune of Ambition

Purple - Bad Omens
Red - Zenobia - D
Green - Sleepless
Blue - Fixed Odds

SMGs - Rune of the Beast

Purple - Calus MINI Tool
Red - Trackless Waste
Green - Hard Truths
Blue - Bad Reputation

Hand Cannons - Rune of Desire

Purple - Trust
Red - Austringer
Green - Waking Vigil
Blue - Pribina-D

Sidearms - Rune of Pride

Purple - Drang (Baroque)
Red - The Last Dance
Green - Anonymous Autumn
Blue - Smuggler's Word

Destiny 2: Chalice of Opulence combinations - armour

Armour works in a similar way to weapons. There are Runes for every armour piece you can collect and each colour denotes a different armour set.

There are four armour sets to collect:

Tangled Web - Purple Rune
Exodus Down year 2 - Red Rune
Reverie Dawn - Green Rune
Opulent - Blue Rune

Like weapons, you'll need to insert the Rune of the piece of armour you want as well as a coloured Rune to get the armour piece from the set you want. Putting a Rune into the third slot also guarantees a Masterwork piece as well as resistance to a specific element.

In order to get a roll with better mobility, resilience or recovery, you'll also need to input a specific second Rune.

For example, if you'd like to get Chest armour from the Opulent set with mobility, you'd need to choose the Rune of Pleasure for both slot one and two.

Here are the combinations you need for each armour roll:

Purple - Class item - Rune of Joy