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How to get Laurels in Guardian Games - Destiny 2

Here's why you're not earning Laurels and how to get a whole lot of them during Guardian Games in Destiny 2.

Sam Chandler

May 3, 2022 10:00 AM

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Destiny 2’s Guardian Games is underway and players are once more asked to earn Laurels to purchase bounties and other knickknacks. If you don’t read everything the game throws at you, it can be tough to know how to get Laurels and even why they’re not dropping. Not only can you generate your own Laurels, but there’s a unique playlist specially designed to get you more!

Last updated on May 3, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

How to get Laurels

Every player can earn Laurels in Guardian Games 2022 but that is only possible if you wear the Guardian Games class item. This Class Item is obtained from Eva Levante in the Tower when you begin the Best in Class quest. With the class item equipped, you must then get ability kills to generate Laurels. This means grenades, melees, and Super kills will see you generating Laurels wherever your enemy dies.

While you can make your own Laurels, you can also pick up other player’s Laurels. Laurels can be made just about anywhere, but during the Guardian Games 2022 there are two specific playlists that will offer other benefits for Guardians to spend time in. The Recreational playlist and the Training playlist are both accessible from the Tower Director once you've reached Step 6 of the Best in Class quest.

It’s worth noting that earning Laurels is unrelated to earning medals during Guardian Games. The two have very distinct purposes. For example, Laurels are required to unlock Heir Apparent while medals are needed to unlock the Heir Apparent Exotic Catalyst. There’s more to them than that, but those will be the two things you absolutely want to get before the event is over.

One final thought for those Warlock players out there is that you should absolutely be using Sunbracers. A charged melee kill will give you infinite Solar grenade energy for several seconds, which makes it devastatingly easy to get ability kills. Do this in the Guardian Games Strike with other Warlocks and you’ll be rolling in Laurels.

With your class item equipped and focused on getting ability kills, you should find that you’re able to get Laurels during Guardian Games in Destiny 2. Make sure you take some time to look over the Shacknews Destiny 2 Guide for more helpful content on just about everything in the game.

Sam Chandler

Guides Editor

Hailing from the land down under, Sam Chandler brings a bit of the southern hemisphere flair to his work. After bouncing round a few universities, securing a bachelor degree, and entering the video game industry, he's found his new family here at Shacknews as a Guides Editor. There's nothing he loves more than crafting a guide that will help someone. If you need help with a guide, or notice something not quite right, you can message him on X: @SamuelChandler