Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted - Crown of Sorrow Progression Guide

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Destiny 2: Season of the Haunted launched today with a brand new seasonal vendor at the H.E.L.M. The Crown of Sorrow plays an important role in the story that is unfolding on the Derelict Leviathan, but it also serves as our umbral vendor and progression keeper this season. If you've started to collect Vestige of Dread, Opulent Umbral Energy, and Figments of Darkness, you may be wondering what they're for. Here is a full guide to the Crown of Sorrow vendor and Season of the Hunted's seasonal progression.

The only currency you'll need for upgrading the Crown of Sorrow is Figments of Darkness. The number of Figments you are able to collect each week is limited, so you won't be able to grind out all of the upgrades right away. Unlike previous seasons, however, there's a few extra Figments you can get right now if you'd like to get a head start.

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There are three sources for Figments: weekly challenges, Crown of Sorrow rank rewards, and seasonal story progression. This week, there are five possible, but it's likely most weeks will only offer two. Right now you can earn one for finishing step five in the Bound in Sorrow seasonal questline, one for completing the Sustained Fire weekly challenge, and three for reaching reputation ranks four, ten, and 16 with the Crown of Sorrow. Each of the crown's upgrades costs a single Figment, but you have to unlock two in the previous columns before the next columns upgrades become available. In other words, you can't unlock all the upgrades in a single row until you've unlocked some in the other rows too.

You can increase your reputation rank by completing seasonal challenges, doing Crown of Sorrow bounties, opening chests in the Sever