Destiny 2 Finally Getting an All-Black Shader, but There's a Catch

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Bungie has unexpectedly added Destiny 2's best all-black shader yet, but the wackiness of the way the game handles colors and textures means that it's not quite as simple as it might seem at a glance. Shaders have always been some of Destiny's most coveted cosmetics, as they are universally applicable to every piece of gear in the game short of Exotic weapons, making many of them a must-have for fashion-minded players.

As most Destiny fans will know, however, one of the problems with many of Destiny 2's best shaders is that none of them apply just a single color. Instead, they're essentially thematic bundles of textures, colors, and patterns that are often not correctly communicated by their respective quad-swatch icons. This results in situations where a shader that looks all-black ends up applying random, unexpected colors to particular types of material.

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The latest example of Destiny 2 shaders miscommunicating their functionality comes as part of Season of Defiance's new roster of cosmetics, specifically the Erebos Glance shader that's going to be available as an Eververse Bright Dust purchase from April 24 to May 2. According to the icon for Erebos Glance, it should mainly be a silver shader with purple and black detailing, but Bungie has actually set it up to apply an almost entirely black set of textures with stark orange highlights.

The fact that Erebos Glance is an almost all-black shader is great news, then, for those who wish to set up a stealthy appearance loadout in the game, especially since some Destiny 2 shaders inadvertently apply weird textures out of the blue. Erebos Glance does no such thing, but the issue with its seemingly