Destiny 2 players have been waiting for a good 6 years to give their guardian the ultimate, dark and, above all, completely black look. So far always in vain. But Season 20 could now grant you this dark wish – albeit with a small, curious catch.
Still no “Superblack” for Destiny 2: When Guardians want a pop of color, they’ll click through their collection in search of something really cool. But what feels like 100 shaders later, it becomes apparent that not a single shader is really perfect in every detail.
And this despite the fact that the newer shaders have evolved a lot in their designs:
Even in 2023, almost all shaders in Destiny 2 have strange colors that you don’t expect. Sure, there are black shaders in the game. But a 100% pure black that Keepers have been craving for 6 years doesn’t exist. At least not in Destiny 2.
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Now Season 20 brought a new black hope into play – the shader called “Erebo’s Shine”. It’s pretty much black already and this week’s Bright Dust sale. But don’t get too excited, because this shader has a colorful secret, just like the shader “Jacarini” once did.
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Again only “almost black” – but better than all before: At first glance, “Erebo’s Shine” looks pretty black. But its name Erebos, which means “darkness” in ancient Greek, is deceptive.
If you only look at the small preview of the shader, you have no idea that it is lying. But deep in its dark soul, this shader hides the color orange on armor and copper on weapons.
Bungie’s shader designers have hidden a curious and invisible color component in “Erebo’s Shine”. And of course it almost always appears on the armor that you want to shade full black with.
Depending on the armor, especially if it contains a lot of cloth textures, the effect is even extremely pronounced:
If you want the ultimate black look, you have to choose the items and armor used carefully. After all, the selection of other, almost black shaders now offers you enough options to be able to compensate for this shortcoming.
The fact that players also have to try “Erebo’s Shine” back and forth in order to style their keeper completely black is very likely intentional.
Why doesn’t Bungie make an all black shader?
One color always and for everything: Bungie currently only uses shaders that usually have four different color ranges. Base Color, Secondary Color, Detail Color, and Accent Color.
With a second “superblack shader” like in Destiny 1, the topic of “color variety” would basically be done in one fell swoop for many guardians. Just smack black on everything – that always fits and ultimately looks good.
But that’s probably the most likely reason why Bungie hasn’t created a uniform 100% black or white shader in Destiny 2 so far.
The multi-layered color system, including the surprise effect, makes it necessary to always try out your own look with new armor and weapons. Shaders often have their pitfalls in Destiny 2. Like currently “Erebo’s shine” and before that “Jacarini” or “Ungutes Feeling”. So far, all top favorites have had a small catch in the black options.
Where to get the Erebo’s Shine shader: Erebo’s Glory shader is currently available in Eververse. It costs 300 Bright Dust, so it can be paid for with ingame currency. Note, however, that you can only strike this week, i.e. until March 28, 2023 at 19:00. After that, the color rotates out of the range and makes room for new shaders.
What do you think of “Erebo’s Shine”? black enough? Did you pull off a look that rivals Batman? Or is that too boring for you and you prefer to stay flashy and colourful?
By the way, the coolest shader from Destiny 2 has a Razer RGB look, just like a gaming PC and it will also be available again soon:
Shaders in Destiny 2 give armor and weapons a cool Razer RGB look – but you have to be quick