Destiny 2 Player Uncovers Fast Tier 5 Armor Farming Route for Meta Sets
A Destiny 2 player has figured out a surprisingly fast farming route to reliably obtain Tier 5 armor pieces from top-tier sets—something that usually takes far longer. With Destiny 2’s armor framework having shifted substantially over the years, set bonuses have added yet another reason to chase specific armor families with strong stats. Unfortunately, getting the right pieces from the right sources can be a grind, and some sets are especially awkward to farm.
Why Tier 5 Armor Sets Are Hard to Farm
Armor sets aren’t just about appearance anymore. Modern set bonuses push players toward collecting pieces with desirable stat spreads and matching set sources. In practice, that can be difficult because some sets are tied to specific activities, and others are locked behind endgame content.
For instance, Luminopotent and Triumphal Anthem are associated with Vanguard and Crucible activities, and they can even be obtained for free from Zavala. Still, many other sets don’t come as easily.
- Some sets are exclusive to Raids and Dungeons, making them tougher to target for solo players.
- Even when you can access the right activity, farming for strong stats can be inconsistent.
- Ghost Shell mods don’t always function as expected, and even when they do, the third stat can remain random.
Known Tier 5 Options: Xur, Upcoming Swordmaster, and the Bushido Set
While not every armor family is straightforward to chase, there are clear entry points for certain sets right now. For the Bushido armor set in Destiny 2, players can currently obtain Tier 5 pieces from Xur in the Tower.
Next week, the rotation is expected to shift to the Swordmaster set.
Beyond those easier-to-access options, many sets remain much harder to farm—particularly those tied to higher-end content and specific reward pipelines.
A Tier 5 Lost Sector Glitch Can Swap Armor Sets (And It’s Staying)
A Destiny 2 player named valiendra_ shared a post on Twitter describing a method to obtain unintended Tier 5 armor drops. The core idea is built around Master Lost Sectors granting guaranteed Tier 5 armor tied to the location you run. Normally, those armor pieces arrive correctly—unless your inventory is full.
Here’s how the glitch works:
- Completing a Master Lost Sector awards guaranteed Tier 5 armor sets associated with that area.
- If your Engram inventory is full (including Bright Engrams and Exotic Engrams), the game sends those drops to the Postmaster in the Tower as unopened Engrams.
- When you later open those Engrams while in the Tower, the armor pieces you receive instead come from the Smoke Jumper, Ferropotent, and Techsec armor sets.
- Importantly, the game does not give you the armor from the original Master Lost Sector location—players consistently receive Ferropotent, Smoke Jumper, or Techsech armor, rather than what the activity would normally award.
- This behavior applies across all Master Lost Sectors.
Why Players Care: Strong Set Bonuses and Faster Inventory Filling
Master Lost Sectors can also award Exotic Engrams at the end of the run, sometimes. That means players can fill their inventory quickly, which helps trigger the Postmaster redirection and makes the farming method more efficient.
The practical payoff is that Ferropotent and Smoke Jumper are considered among the best armor sets in Destiny 2 when used in their respective 2-piece variants. Their value comes from damage reduction, which is difficult to obtain in the same way through other routes. Techsec is also part of the swapped pool, but all three—Ferropotent, Smoke Jumper, and Techsec—are notably harder to acquire normally because they require Vanguard Engrams.
Will It Be Patched? The Answer Changes Next Week
The original post circulated with the expectation that the game wouldn’t receive major fixes. However, a change is scheduled for next week: Destiny 2’s Vanguard reputation gains tied to Monument of Triumph are set to be addressed in an upcoming hotfix on July 7.
That hotfix is expected to make the sets easier to obtain than they are right now. At the same time, players should not expect this particular glitch to disappear.
Bungie’s Comms Manager, dmg04, responded to the post by stating that the glitch happened to him accidentally as well, and that it won’t be fixed.
Status Update: Two Armor Sets Disabled, But This Farming Route Persists
Recently, the game’s official Twitter account shared news that Destiny 2 is permanently disabling two armor sets. The reasoning given was tied to hundreds of Bungie layoffs and the situation of the title facing end-of-service without staff or resources allocated to support the affected content.
Even with that unfortunate development, players can take some comfort in the fact that the method to obtain Ferropotent, Smoke Jumper, and Techsec armor is expected to keep working indefinitely.
