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Jump to:How to discover tonicsMajor Fieldwork rewardsReagents list and how to get them
Jump to:How to discover tonicsMajor Fieldwork rewardsReagents list and how to get them
Tonics are the upgrade system forDestiny 2’s latest episode, Revenant. And much like last episode’s Research Bays, they can seem overwhelming at first. The game does a reasonably good job at walking you through the process of actually creating a tonic, but not how to unlock new recipes—which you’ll need in order to unlock the Fieldwork missions that reward some useful upgrades that make the whole process quicker. One day Bungie might properly explain the meta-structure it has created for its new release, but today is not that day.
Fortunately once you’ve learned the tricks to Destiny 2’s tonics, and how to unlock new recipes, it’s less bewildering than it might initially seem. Read below to discover how to unlock new tonics and see what each recipe can provide.
How to discover tonics
To discover new tonics in Destiny 2 you need to make more tonics. Each time you craft a tonic in the Tonic Types menu, there’s a chance that you’ll unlock a new recipe. However, there are a couple of thing to consider:
You don’t actually need to brew the tonics in order to see any you’ve unlocked. As you select tonics in the Tonic Types menu, any new ones you unlock will appear there straight away. If you want to unlock tonic recipes even quicker, make sure toprioritise the Major Fieldwork II: Nessus questfrom Eido, since this increases your chance of unlocking new recipes when you craft tonics.
Major Fieldwork rewards
Completing Minor Fieldwork lets you undertake a Major Fieldwork to earn an upgrade(Image credit: Bungie)
Once you’ve completed some of the Minor Fieldwork quests you get from Eido, you can undertake a Major Fieldwork quest which provides an upgrade related to crafting tonics.
The upgrades are:
How to get every reagent
You can see how to get each reagent in the Tonic Capsule in your inventory(Image credit: Bungie)
Swipe to scroll horizontallyReagentRaritySourceReclaimed VitalityNoneDefeat combatants and gather destination materials.Volatile PowderUncommonObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching PowderUncommonObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Volatile FlakeRareObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching FlakeRareObtained from Onslaught: Salvation.Tomb FlakeRareObtained from Tomb of Elders activities.Reflective FlakeRareObtained from exotic mission Kell’s Fall.Volatile NuggetLegendaryObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from higher-difficulty Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching NuggetLegendaryObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from higher-difficulty Episode: Revenant activities.
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ReagentRaritySourceReclaimed VitalityNoneDefeat combatants and gather destination materials.Volatile PowderUncommonObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching PowderUncommonObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Volatile FlakeRareObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching FlakeRareObtained from Onslaught: Salvation.Tomb FlakeRareObtained from Tomb of Elders activities.Reflective FlakeRareObtained from exotic mission Kell’s Fall.Volatile NuggetLegendaryObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from higher-difficulty Episode: Revenant activities.Enriching NuggetLegendaryObtained from sources throughout the system but most efficiently from higher-difficulty Episode: Revenant activities.
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