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✓ At a glance
- Unlock fragments and aspects by finishing Transmigration, the first mission in The Final Shape.
- You get five fragments and two aspects for free. Find the rest by playing missions and finding Prismatic chests.
- There are 21 fragments and 15 aspects (five per class) to unlock.
After chasing Crow into the massive Traveler and unleashing new Prismatic powers in The Final Shape, you can augment your Guardian with Prismatic fragments and aspects. While some of them are available from the start, here’s how you can collect more fragments in the game.
How to get Prismatic fragments
You can unlock Prismatic fragments at the end of Transmigration, the first mission in the game. Naturally, you’ll have to purchase the expansion to gain access to this feature. You start with 5 Prismatic fragments:
- Facet of Purpose
- Facet of Dawn
- Facet of Ruin
- Facet of Hope
- Facet of Courage
As you face the new Dread enemy type, you’ll find that some foes are immune to damage until you use the Transcend ability to break through their shields. To activate Transcendence, deal damage with both Light and Dark abilities to fill two bars. Proceed through the mission and you’ll reach a Prismatic wellspring. Here, you’ll unlock the Prismatic subclass, giving you access to a starter kit with five new Prismatic fragments. There are 21 fragments in total with game-altering powers that can be found by completing missions. Some of these are hidden in mission areas so you’ll have to track them down to complete your build.
How to unlock Prismatic aspects
As for unlocking Prismatic aspects, you get access to them at the end of the Temptation mission, where Cayde-6 and Glint will task you with finding Crow. Fight the large boss and you’ll find a gold chest, known in-game as a Prismatic chest. This will grant you two Prismatic Aspects. The new subclass brings an unparalleled degree of versatility to your Guardian as you can mix and match abilities from different subclasses. More Prismatic aspects can also be unlocked by finishing missions and finding chests.
All Prismatic fragments
Here’s a list of all 21 Prismatic fragments in the game:
| Fragment | Effect | Stat Change |
|---|---|---|
| Facet of Awakening | Defeating targets with Light or Darkness damage or Super final blows in quick succession generates an elemental pickup of the corresponding damage type. | +10 Resilience |
| Facet of Balance | Defeating targets with Light damage quickly grants melee energy. In a similar way, defeating targets with Darkness damage grants grenade energy. | None |
| Facet of Blessing | Melee final blows start health regeneration. While transcendent. While transcendent, melee final blows start health regeneration for you and nearby allies. | None |
| Facet of Bravery | Defeating targets with grenade final blows grants Volatile Rounds to all your Void weapons. Defeating targets with powered melee final blows grants Unraveling Rounds to all your Strand weapons. | None |
| Facet of Command | Freezing or suppressing a target reloads all your equipped weapons and increases stats like weapon stability, aim assist, and airborne effectiveness. Defeating frozen or suppressed targets creates a Stasis Shard or Void Breach. | None |
| Facet of Courage | Your Arc, Solar, and Void abilities deal increased damage to any targets afflicted with Darkness debuffs. | +10 Discipline |
| Facet of Dawn | Powered melee hits against targets grant you the radiant effect. And powered melee final blows make you and nearby allies radiant. | -10 Strength |
| Facet of Defiance | Finishers create a detonation that either jolts, scorches, slows, severs, or makes targets volatile based on the damage type of your currently equipped Super. | +10 Recovery |
| Facet of Devotion | Defeating targets afflicted with Stasis or Strand debuffs grants you more Light Transcendence energy. | +10 Strength |
| Facet of Dominance | Your Void grenades weaken targets and your Arc grenades now jolt targets. | -10 Discipline |
| Facet of Generosity | Defeating targets while transcendent creates multiple Orbs of Power for your allies. | None |
| Facet of Grace | Defeating targets with Kinetic weapons grants you more Transcendence energy. And defeating targets with your Super grants you and nearby allies bonus Transcendence energy. | -10 Resilience |
| Facet of Honor | Collecting an elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants you Transcendence energy of the same type. | +10 Strength |
| Facet of Hope | While you have an elemental buff, your class ability regenerates even more quickly. | None |
| Facet of Justice | While transcendent, your ability final blows now explode. | +10 Intellect |
| Facet of Mending | Grenade final blows now cure you. And transcendence grenade final blows increase the strength of this effect. | None |
| Facet of Protection | While surrounded by combatants, you are more resistant to all incoming damage. While transcendent, this effect is increased. | +10 Strength |
| Facet of Purpose | Picking up an Orb of Power grants either Amplified, Restoration, Frost Armor, Woven Mail, or Overshield based on the damage type of your currently equipped Super. | -10 Recovery |
| Facet of Ruin | Increases the size and damage of the burst when you shatter a Stasis crystal or frozen target. This also increases the area of effect of Solar ignitions. | +10 Mobility |
| Facet of Sacrifice | While you have an Arc, Solar, or Void buff, ability final blows grant more Darkness Transcendence energy. | +10 Discipline |
| Facet of Solitude | Landing rapid precision hits emits a severing blast from the target that deals damage. While transcendent, this severing blast is bigger. | None |
All Prismatic aspects
At the moment, you can only use one aspect per element, meaning that you can’t chain two aspects of the same type together as a Prismatic Guardian. Here’s a detailed list of all the Prismatic aspects you can find:
Titan
Here are all the aspects that the new Titan can access:
| Aspect | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knockout | Starter | Critically wounding an enemy or breaking their shield infuses your melee with Arc energy for a short time. Defeating targets gives health regeneration and Amplifies you. |
| Consecration | NA | Activate your charged melee ability while sliding to fire a wave of Solar energy forward, damaging and scorching enemies while you leap into the air. While airborne, activate it again to slam down and create a second larger Solar blast. If this hits a Scorched target, they ignite. |
| Unbreakable | New | Lets you use your grenade to cast a Void shield, protecting you and allies from incoming damage by absorbing it. This damage can be released in a Void blast. |
| Diamond Lance | Starter | Shatter or defeat enemies with Stasis abilities or weapons to create a lance. Throw it to freeze targets on impact, or slam it to the ground to freeze enemies in a small area. |
| Drengr’s Lash | NA | Activating your class ability sends a Strand ripple forward along the ground, suspending and damaging enemies it hits. |
Hunter
A Prismatic Hunter can access these aspects:
| Aspect | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ascension | New | While airborne, activate your class ability to twirl upwards, Jolting and damaging enemies below while you and nearby allies become Amplified. |
| Gunpowder Gamble | NA | Defeat targets with elemental abilities, debuffs, or weapons to charge up an improvised Solar explosive. When thrown, it can be shot in mid-air to cause an ignition. |
| Stylish Executioner | Starter | Defeating a weakened, suppressed, or volatile target grants Invisibility and Truesight. After performing a Stylish Execution, your next melee attack while invisible weakens targets. |
| Winter’s Shroud | Starter | Dodging slows nearby targets. |
| Threaded Spectre | NA | Your class ability leaves behind a Strand decoy that draws the attention of nearby enemies. After taking significant damage or when enemies approach, it detonates, dealing damage and releasing Threadlings that seek out and attack nearby foes. |
Warlock
Unlock the Prismatic Warlock to use these aspects:
| Aspect | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Surge | NA | Activate your charged melee while sliding to blink forward. Lightning strikes Jolt targets as you rematerialize. |
| Hellion | New | Casting your Rift launches a Solar Soul at an enemy, Scorching and damaging them. |
| Feed the Void | Starter | Defeating a target with Void abilities activates Devour. Devour effects are improved, restoring additional grenade energy and health. |
| Bleak Watcher | Starter | Press and hold your grenade button to convert it to a Stasis turret that fires slowing projectiles at enemies in range. |
| Weaver’s Call | NA | Casting your Rift weaves three Threadlings, and deploys any you have perched. |
Prismatic grenades
Each class also gets access to a unique grenade:
- Hailfire Spike: Exclusive to the Hunter, this fusion of Stasis and Solar energy attaches to surfaces and slows all within it. Then, it erupts into a scorching cyclone. This can stun Overload and Unstoppable champions.
- Electrified Snare: Exclusive to Titans, releasea mix of Arc and Strand energy that suspends targets caught in the blast. It also deals heavy damage over time and dishes out lightning jolts to nearby foes. This has the ability to stun both Overload and Unstoppable champions.
- Freezing Singularity: Exclusive to the Warlocks, this Stasis/Void hybrid deploys a miniature black hole orbited by a halo of slowing ice. The black hole implodes after a set duration, suppressing and dealing heavy damage to all nearby targets. You can stun Overload champions with this grenade.
