Find out in Destiny how to unlock Grimoire Cards. On this page we show you how to get & read the storytelling Grimoire Cards! I’m sure you’ve seen the popups in the game at the bottom of your screen, telling you to check Bungie.net to learn more about Grimore cards. Grimoire Cards help you catalogue your discoveries from explorations in the world of Destiny on the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 & PS4.
Bonuses You Get For Unlocking Grimoire Cards: Unlock methods & specific bonus effects are described in detail below. – In short, you collect Grimoire Cards and improve your Grimoire Score to unlock invaluable in-game benefits, like earning experience more quickly, getting better or bonus drops during missions, earning more glimmer per kill, and receiving new loot items.
Where To Read Grimoire Cards?: Right now they sadly cannot be accessed in-game. Grimoire Cards can only be read in the Grimoire section of the official Destiny Companion app. You can download the app if you have an iOS or Android touch-screen device.
Video Guide: The Grimoire Card benefits are explained in this concise video with tips.
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Destiny Unlockable Grimoire Cards
Firstly, here are the unlock requirements to earn new Grimoire Cards through the story missions.
The way to gain Grimoire Cards is followed by the in-game unlock method:
• Find and revive all 62 Dead Ghosts to get 62 Grimoire Cards, using our Destiny Dead Ghosts Locations Guide.
• Play and complete all 21 Story Missions to get another 21 Grimoire Cards, using our Destiny Walkthrough.
Secondly, you can also unlock Grimoire Cards for free by entering these codes (mostly) from the Collector’s Editions of the game on your Bungie.net account, as described in full detail on our “Destiny Cheats” page.
The Grimoire Card name is followed by the Bungie.net Content Code:
• Grimoire Card: Warlock — YKA-RJG-MH9
• Grimoire Card: Titan — 3DA-P4X-F6A
• Grimoire Card: Hunter — MVD-4N3-NKH
• Grimoire Card: Rixis, Archon Slayer (Gold) — TCN-HCD-TGY
• Grimoire Card: Old-Russia — HDX-ALM-V4K
• Grimoire Card: Hive — 473-MXR-3X9
• Grimoire Card: Moon — JMR-LFN-4A3
• Grimoire Card: Gjallorhorn (Gold) — HC3-H44-DKC
• Grimoire Card: Duke MK.44 — 69P-KRM-JJA
• Grimoire Card: The Tower — 69P-VCH-337
• Grimoire Card: The Hive: Ogre (Gold) — 69R-CKD-X7L
• Grimoire Card: Valley of the kings, Mars — 69R-DDD-FCP
• Grimoire Card: The Fallen — 69R-F99-AXG
• Grimoire Card: Red Death (Back) — 69R-VL7-J6A
• Grimoire Card: The Cabal — 69X-DJN-74V
• Grimoire Card: The Devastated Coast, Venus — 6A7-7NP-3X7
• Grimoire Card: Vex: Minotaur (Gold) — 6A9-DTG-YGN
Finally, we go over the remaining Grimoire Cards that you can unlock in all other game modes and what their Bonus Effects are for maxing out their rank.
Tip: Download the free Destiny companion app on iTunes.com for iOS or Google.com for Android, and under the “Advisors” section you’ll find where the nearest bonuses are!
The Grimoire Card Unlocks are followed by the In-Game Bonus Effects:
• Unlock Rank 1 Strike Cards — Reach 50 Strikes.
Bonus Effect: “Cloaks, marks, and bonds can now drop for completing any Strike.”
• Unlock Rank 1 Crucible Victory Cards — Get 25 Crucible wins in a gametype.
Bonus Effect: “Cloaks, marks, and bonds can now drop in this Playlist. Tournament Tickets also become more common.”
• Unlock Rank 1 VIP Patrol Kill Cards — Get 50 VIP Kills in Patrol Missions.
Bonus Effect: “Additional resources are now granted for completing City tasks in any destination.”
• Unlock Rank 2 Enemy Kill Cards — For killing an unknown number of specific enemies.
Bonus Effect: “Killing specific enemies makes the Glimmer Consumables more effective towards that enemy.” This means Glimmer Consumables like Black Wax Idols and Ether Seeds are more effective towards the enemy the card applies to, so their Glimmer drop increases upon killing them.
• Unlock Rank 2 Planet Cards — Get 2,500 & 5,000 Kills on a Planet.
Bonus Effect: “Will give extra materials drop from material nodes in this destination.”
• Unlock Rank 2 Primary Weapon Kill Cards — Get 2,500 & 5,000 Kills with your Primary Weapons.
Bonus Effect: “Will increase XP gain across all characters for that weapon type.” For example, 5,000 Scout Rifle kills gets you more Scout Rifle XP on all characters. You get the same faster special ability unlocks for each unlocked card’s Auto Rifle, Pulse Rifle & Hand Cannon other types of Primary Weapons, again for all characters.
• Unlock Rank 2 Special Weapon Kill Cards — Get 2,500 Kills with your Special Weapons.
Bonus Effect: “Will increase XP gain across all characters for that weapon type.” Same deal as with the Primary Weapons, the Fusion Rifle, Sniper Rifle & Shotgun types of Special Weapons will gain special ability unlocks faster.
• Unlock Rank 2 Heavy Weapon Kill Cards — Get 500 Kills with your Heavy Weapons.
Bonus Effect: “Will increase XP gain across all characters for that weapon type.” Same deal as with the Primary & Special Weapons, the Machine Gun & Rocket Launcher types of Heavy Weapons will gain special ability unlocks faster.
[Work-In-Progress: Feel free to comment if you found any more card unlocking methods]
I hope these tips help you get all the Grimoire Cards.
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