OPM Platinum Club - Destiny

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Planning on going for Destiny’s Plat? Then you’d better be ready for the long haul as you’re looking at well over 100 hours to get the job done. Some lids will unlock naturally as you progress, but to get others you will have to adjust your usual playstyle. For example, you should rack up the first kill in a PvP match to unlock Ask Questions Later, which is best achieved by dashing straight towards the opposition as a round begins and landing a well-placed grenade as you’re about to clash.

The real challenge comes with the Raids, which you can’t even attempt until you hit level 26, and as there’s currently no matchmaking option you’ll need to join forces with a group of upgraded friends before battling through the Vault Of Glass to prove yourself as a Raider. At some point you also have to complete it with a full Raiding Party of clan members, finish on hard difficulty for Epic Raider and keep your entire fireteam alive through the whole thing to get Flawless Raider. Go on, try to attempt all of these at the same time if you’re feeling crazy… sorry, brave enough.

Decrypting a high-end Engram or succeeding in a top level Raid or Strike is the most likely way of obtaining a piece of Exotic gear, which (as long as you aren’t unlucky enough to receive an item for a different class) you should equip for The Life Exotic. Keep an eye out for those Legendary and Exotic items, as you have to fill all eight of your weapon and armour slots with them to get yourself Suited For War.

All told, that’s a lot of work for your main character, but unfortunately you also need to go through a large proportion of that again twice more. Unlock the final upgrades for all three classes’ skill trees and their corresponding Mastery awards, and you may just be able to claim the much coveted title of Guardian Lord for your supreme efforts.

Iain Wilson
Iain Wilson
Guides Editor

Iain originally joined Future in 2012 to write guides for CVG, PSM3, and Xbox World, before moving on to join GamesRadar in 2013 as Guides Editor. His words have also appeared in OPM, OXM, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, and SFX. He is better known to many as ‘Mr Trophy’, due to his slightly unhealthy obsession with amassing intangible PlayStation silverware, and he now has well over 900 Platinum pots weighing down the shelves of his virtual award cabinet. He does not care for Xbox Achievements.