Destiny: How To Level Up Weapons & Armor Fast

Welcome to the “Destiny: How To Level Up Weapons & Armor Fast” guide. On this page we’ll show you how to rank up Weapons & Armor fast and easy in Destiny on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4.

Follow the 3 steps outlined below; Or use this 1-minute hints video to find out how to level up weapons and armor fast and easy, using Bounties:

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Here’s a step-by-step written guide to leveling up gear for your convenience…

Step 1: Firstly, visit the Daily Bounties robot called Bounty Tracker on Earth at the Tower plaza. As the game explains: “When a Guardian’s prowess in the field is required, bounties are posted here.” Once you’re at least level 6, valuable Bounties become available to you. Accept/buy Crucible Bounties and Vanguard Bounties to earn the most Experience and Crucible Reputation or Vanguard Honor upon completion of each one. These Bounties refresh around every 7 hours it seems, so you can keep coming back for more.

Note: Bounty progress can be tracked in the inventory menu screen.

Step 2: Secondly, after completing those Bounties go back to the Tower, but DO NOT talk to the Bounty Tracker robot yet. Instead, you will first need to change your character to wear fresh green Weapons and Armor items, you know, the gear of (Uncommon, Rare,) Legendary or Exotic rarity that you may not be using when playing. Because this of higher rarity gear will have upgrade abilities (also known as special perks) to them that are very useful in combat!

Important: While it’s vital to very fast leveling that these new Weapon and Armor items have no Experience on them; Although you can of course also use the method described in the next step to instantly rank up Rare Weapons and Armor that you often use as well.

Step 3: Finally, after putting on your new Weapons and Armor, go visit the Bounty Tracker at the Tower plaza to claim your Bounty Rewards. After collecting your Bounty Rewards you’ll find out that’s not all you received… Thanks to the large Experience rewards that come with each Bounty, that Experience gets shared between your character level progression and all the new gear you’re wearing, which as a result will have leveled up incredibly fast! Even if they aren’t new gear they will still rank up instantly! And then you can equip whatever new upgrade ability options you have unlocked.

Tip: Press the Triangle button on PlayStation / the Y button on Xbox to find out what gear upgrades are available for each weapon or armor piece you have. — If you haven’t unlocked said upgrade yet, it’ll appear as a greyed out future option that you can still read. This way you’ll know what gear to equip on your character before claiming your Bounty reward.

I hope these tips to level up your Weapons & Armor the quick way helped you out.

Please check out our other “How To” guides atop this page to enjoy Destiny more! 😀

Credit: Barry

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