The fastest way to earn Alloy for Destiny 2’s Solstice event

It’s the last week of Destiny 2‘s Solstice event, but even if you haven’t participated yet, it’s not too late to earn a set of holiday armor. That said, you’ll need to spend quite a bit of time farming Alloy. Thankfully, there are ways to speed up the process, allowing players to make the most of the time they dedicate to Solstice.

Solstice has been a returning Destiny 2 holiday event for a few years. Traditionally, the holiday’s grand prize is a set of glowing cosmetic armor, often earned by participating in the Solstice activity Bonfire Bash. This year, the holiday is a bit different, requiring players to forge each piece of the Solstice set before repeating the process to make it glow. Alloy is the primary material used to forge and empower each piece, so players will need a heap of it before they’re done.

How to earn Alloy

After players get started with Solstice by visiting Eva Levante in The Tower and completing her introductory quest, they’ll have full access to the Solstice Forge from the Quest tab in the Director. While players can also access the Forge via Eva, a trip to The Tower isn’t required every time the tool is needed. The Solstice Forge opens access to a series of Bounties that reward Alloy, and those Bounties serve as the only way to earn Alloy.

Though each Forge Bounty rewards Alloy, the Alloy earned is specific to an armor slot. The Forge Bounties are separated by the type of Alloy they reward, with a category for each armor slot present. Each category offers three random Bounties of varying difficulty and reward potential, with the option to spend Silver Leaves to reroll Bounty options. Players can only take one Bounty per armor slot at any given time, so a bit of planning can go a long way.

How to quickly earn Alloy

There are really two methods for farming Alloy fast, but it all depends on whether you have ready access to a Fireteam capable of quickly toppling Dungeons or Raids. For those with an active and reliable group of friends, the best bet is to fish for Gold Bounties across all armor slots, ideally all for the same activity. For this to work, players will need ample access to Silver Leaves to reroll Bounty options, and to make the time count; you should take the overall length and encounter difficulty into account for Raid or Dungeon choice.

If everything goes according to plan and you have a set of Gold Bounties for the same activity type, each Dungeon or a couple of Raid bosses will net 50 Alloy for each slot. With a bit of luck on your side and optimal execution, the process will only have to be done three times: twice for the initial Solstice set and then another time around for the glowing appearance.

Alternatively, if players are grinding for Solstice armor alone, the best bet is the Altars of Sorrow on the Moon. The wave-based public event has no shortage of enemies to count toward Green Bounty progress, and each full completion will net players 7-10 Silver Leaves. The strategy isn’t unlike the one in place for Gold Bounties, where players want to stack as many of the same type of Bounties for each armor slot. That way, if all of your Bounties require Solar kills or to generate Orbs of Power, they’ll all complete at roughly the same time.

From there, because you don’t need to return to The Tower to access the Forge and more Bounties, it’s as simple as grabbing another set of Forge Bounties from the menus before resuming the Altars of Sorrow farm. Each Green Bounty rewards 15 Alloy, so it’ll take 10 Bounties per slot or 50 total Bounties before you have enough Alloy to complete the glowing Solstice armor set. That said, each Green Bounty is relatively quick to complete in an area as enemy-dense as the Altars.

Of course, nothing stops players from combining these two strategies as other Fireteam members are on or offline. So, it’s possible to make some substantial progress by subbing in a set of Gold Bounties when the opportunity arises. The most important part of the grind is consistency with which Bounties you’re grabbing. After all, the last thing you want is to create more hurdles between you and that shiny new armor.