Destiny: How to level your Guardian to 400 Light

Armed with a Skeleton Key, the trick is to be strategic in terms of when you use it. Here’s the potential gear that can unlock in each Strike:

• Blighted Chalice: Hood of Malok (Hunter Helmet)
• Cerberus VAE III: Treads Upon Stars (Scout Rifle)
• Dust Palace: Arc Flayer Mantle (Hunter Cloak) or Solar Flayer Mantle (Hunter Cloak) or Void Flayer Mantle (Hunter Cloak) or Treads Upon Stars (Scout Rifle)
• Echo Chamber (PlayStation exclusive): Imago Loop (Hand Cannon) or Theosylon Vibrissae Gauntlets (Warlock Gauntlets)
• Fallen S.A.B.E.R.: Baron’s Ambition (Machine Gun) or Devouring Maw Helmet (Warlock Helmet)
• Sepiks Perfected: Devils Dawn (Sniper Rifle) or Sepiks Deposed Bond (Warlock Bond)
• Shield Brothers: Mau’ual’s Maulers Gauntlets (Titan Gauntlets) or Treads Upon Stars (Scout Rifle)
• The Abomination Heist: Devils Dawn (Sniper Rifle) or Mongrel Ogres Grasp’s (Hunter Gauntlets)
• The Shadow Thief: Baron’s Ambition (Machine Gun) or Cloak of Taniks (Hunter Cloak) or Does Not Bow (Assault Rifle)
• The Sunless Cell: Dark Blade Helm (Titan Helmet) or Dark Blade’s Spite (Fusion Rifle)
• The Undying Mind: Imago Loop (Hand Cannon) or Mark of the Undying Mind (Titan Mark)
• The Will of Crota: Grasp of Malok (Pulse Rifle) or Omnigul Bond (Warlock Bond)
• The Wretched Eye: Anathema Cannon Mark (Titan Mark) or Devils Dawn (Sniper Rifle) or Hood of Malok (Hunter Helmet)
• Winter’s Run: Stolen Will (Shotgun)

If you need a high level Helmet, as an example, it’s best to use your Skeleton Key on the Blighted Chalice Strike. Why? You get a guaranteed drop of a Hunter Helmet if you use said key. The helmet can be equipped by a Hunter or infused into existing Warlock or Titan gear. With that in mind, here’s the best Strike to run for a slot-specific item:

• Helmet: Blighted Chalice (100% chance)
• Gauntlets: Echo Chamber, Shield Brothers, The Abomination Heist (all 50% chance)
• Class item: Sepiks Perfected, The Will of Crota, The Undying Mind (all 50% chance)
• Primary Weapon: Cerberus VAE III (100% chance)
• Secondary Weapon: Winter’s Run (100% chance)
• Heavy Weapon: Fallen S.A.B.E.R. (50% chance)

TL;DR

Fine. This handy Reddit-made reference might help:

Any other tips and tricks, Guardians?