Praxic Blade is Destiny 2‘s version of the lightsaber, and it’s the most customizable Exotic weapon in the game. You can change the lightsaber’s color, improve stats of your choice, and add elemental synergies to work better with your subclass.
There’s a lot for you to unlock, so here’s how to get the Praxic Blade in Destiny 2 and all its mods.
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How to get Praxic Blade in Destiny 2
To get the Praxic Blade itself, play through the Renegades campaign. The fourth story mission (excluding Lawless Frontier side missions) is called Fire and Ice, and it takes you to the Praxic vault on Europa. It’s an Exotic mission, so expect jumping puzzles and new combat mechanics. After completing the campaign, you’ll also get Praxic’s Path Exotic quest to continue honing your sword skills.
All Praxic Blade Crystals and how to get them in Destiny 2
Crystals are purely cosmetic and change the color of the lightsaber. They may not have any effect on gameplay, but fashion has always been the name of the game, so prepare to hunt them down if you want to cosplay as a Sith, Jedi, or anyone else.
Here are all Praxic Blade Crystals and their sources:
- Red: Lawless Frontier Invasions.
- Orange: Lawless Frontier jobs on Mars.
- Green: Main story or Praxic’s Path quest.
- Cyan: High-level contracts.
- Blue: Main story or Praxic’s Path quest
- Indigo: Lawless Frontier jobs on Europa.
- Magenta: Lawless Frontier jobs on Venus.
- Taken: Equilibrium dungeon completion.
- Yellow: Praxic Professional Exotic Order.
- White: 1,000 Silver bundle in Eververse.
- Gradient: 1,000 Silver bundle in Eververse
- Purple: 1,000 Silver bundle in Eververse
Most Crystals are random drops from respective activities, like Invasions and the Equilibrium dungeon. When you first get the lightsaber, you’ll have it in a green or blue color; the other unlocks via the Praxic’s Path quest after completing the main campaign.
Yellow Crystal is available through the Vanguard Orders system. As you complete Orders in the Seasonal Hub, you increase the chances of rarer Orders dropping, including Exotic ones. Whenever you receive an Exotic Order, you can reroll it for Glimmer to try and get the Praxic Professional. After that, load into the Pinnacle Ops activity and farm sword kills without dying.
The best activity for it is The Whisper Exotic mission, where you can farm Shadow Thralls under the floor of one of the open rooms. It might take a little while, but it’s a guaranteed way to get the Exotic Order done.
All Praxic Blade Forms and how to get them in Destiny 2
Forms affect the base stats of the lightsaber and lean into a specific playstyle. Balanced Form is more for clearing adds, Defensive is for blocking/reflecting shots, and Offensive is for dealing increased boss damage.
Here are all Praxic Blade Forms and their sources:
- Balanced Form: Default.
- Defensive Form: Praxic’s Path quest.
- Offensive Form: Equilibrium dungeon quest, The Way Between.
All Praxic Blade Focus mods and how to get them in Destiny 2
Focus mods increase Praxic Blade’s specific stats. Whether it’s charge rate, impact, guard, or a mix of both, there’s a mod for everything.
Here are all Praxic Blade Focus mods and their sources:
- Crystal Strength: Totality Division reputation rank two.
- Crystal Strength II: Totality Division reputation rank four.
- Crystal Strength III: Totality Division reputation rank five.
- Grip: Pikers reputation rank two.
- Grip II: Pikers reputation rank four.
- Grip III: Pikers reputation rank five.
- Blade Ammo: Weekly Syndicate shipments.
- Invigorating Blade: Equilibrium dungeon quest, The Way Between.
- Forceful Blade: Tharsis Reformation reputation rank two.
- Forceful Blade II: Tharsis Reformation reputation rank four.
- Forceful Blade III: Tharsis Reformation reputation rank five.
Most of these require you to increase the reputation rank with each of the Syndicates on Tharsis Outpost. Complete jobs, contracts, and exchange Dark Matter Ingots to improve your reputation. On ranks two, four, and five with each Syndicate, you can buy the Focus mods for Credits in their dens.
Blade Ammo is a random drop from the weekly Syndicate shipments. Complete jobs and Priority Contracts to earn a weekly shipment from a Syndicate. You can earn one shipment per Syndicate per week, and they will become available at the Spider after the weekly reset on Tuesday.
All Praxic Blade Cores and how to get them in Destiny 2
Cores add elemental effects to Praxic Blade’s attacks. Depending on the core, you can make melee damage, reflection damage, or throw damage apply an elemental debuff. Or in the case of Arc, grant stacks of Bolt Charge.
Here are all Praxic Blade Cores and their sources:
- Impact Core: Occasionally on sale in the Tharsis cantina.
- Refraction Core: Random drop from a sleeping Fallen on Tharsis Outpost.
- Gyro Core: Equilibrium dungeon quest, The Way Between.
Impact Core
Impact Core occasionally becomes available for sale in the Tharsis cantina. With the daily reset, head to the cantina and check for Awoken Corsairs to the right of Aunor. They offer an Impact Core for 4,000 Credits as well as Ascendant Shards and the new Exotic armor.
Refraction Core
To get the Refraction Core, you need to find a sleeping Fallen on Tharsis Outpost and bring a lot of Credits. This Fallen can spawn in the workshop to the right of the Tharsis Spaceport landing zone or in the alley on the very south-west side of the map.
When you find him, you can buy junk for 100 Credits. Most of the time, he won’t give you anything. Sometimes, he may drop white-rarity junk, but if you’re lucky, you can get the Refraction Core. It took around 10,000 Credits for us to get it, so come prepared.
Gyro Core
Much like all Praxic Blade mods tied to the Equilibrium dungeon, you can get the Gyro Core by completing The Way Between quest available from Aunor on Tharsis Outpost. Doing the entire quest requires multiple completions, but the Gyro Core unlocks around halfway through. Still, be prepared to spend some time in Equilibrium, especially if you want to fully kit out the lightsaber.
