Can You Farm Artifice Armor in Destiny 2?
Yes, Artifice Armor can be farmed by repeatedly beating the final encounters of select Master difficulty dungeons in Destiny 2. When one of the eligible dungeons is the weekly featured dungeon, players can farm the last encounter for chances at the special Artifice armor drops.
What is Artifice Armor?
Introduced in the 30th Anniversary patch, Artifice Armor provides bonus mod slots compared to normal Legendary armor pieces. This means you can socket additional mods for advanced builds.
For example, with a full set of the seasonal mods, Artifice gear allows:
- 15 seasonal mod slots compared to 10 on normal armor
- Highly specialized builds mixing various combat style mods
This provides a lot of potential for creative, powerful loadouts – which is vital for endgame PvE and PvP.
Where Does Artifice Armor Drop From?
The only way to get Artifice armor is as random drops from Master difficulty completions of the following dungeons:
- Grasp of Avarice
- Duality
- Spire of the Watcher
Only the final encounter of each dungeon can drop Artifice armor. And that dungeon needs to be the weekly featured/pinnacle dungeon for repeatable farming.
Below I‘ll go over tips to max out your chances.
Recommended Farming Strategies
Through both analyzed community data and personal experience helping clanmates, I‘ve aggregated key tips for farming Artifice effectively:
Reach Recommended Power Level
Aim for at least 30-50 above the dungeon‘s Master mode cap:
| Dungeon | Required PL |
|---|---|
| Grasp of Avarice | 1610 |
| Duality | 1630 |
| Spire of the Watcher | 1650 |
This gives flexibility for loadout options to clear efficiently.
Focus The Final Encounter
As mentioned the final boss of each dungeon is the only source of Artifice. For Duality, that‘s Gahlran. Grasp finishes with Captain Avarokk, etc.
Learn the patterns and mechanics to quickly reach and beat the end.
Farm With a Full Fireteam
Having 1-2 allies makes running through quicker and manages revives. The seasonal LFG tools on Bungie‘s app help finding groups.
Estimate Your Drop Rate
In my experience, expect around a 25-33% drop chance on each looted final encounter clear. So every 3-4 runs results in an Artifice drop, but RNG impacts this.
Repeat When Available!
Run as much as possible during that week, before the dungeon rotates out of the pinnacle rotation.
Closing Tips
Prioritize high stat rolls for maximum benefits from the extra mods. I love D2ArmorPicker for analyzing pieces.
And with Lightfall adding robust season pass mods like Overload rounds, Artifice builds will be even stronger!
I hope this guide gave you the context needed to start acquiring these excellent armor sets. Let me know if you have any other questions in the comments, and be sure to subscribe for more Destiny 2 content like this!
