What is Elemental Charge in Destiny 2?
Elemental Charge is a status effect in Destiny 2 that is achieved by acquiring Elemental Orbs that drop from defeated enemies. Enemies drop elemental orbs that match the damage element that killed them. Defeating enemies with Solar Damage causes them to drop Solar Elemental Orbs, defeating enemies with Arc Damage causes them to drop Arc Elemental Orbs, and so on. You can pick up elemental orbs by walking on them, and each orb acquired adds 1 stack of elemental charge.
After reaching 30 Elemental Charge stacks, you will be buffed with one of the following status effects.
- Solar - Equip your solar subclass and weapons to generate solar orbs. Then collect them to use their solar elemental power. While empowered, Guardians emit a wave of searing energy that damages everything around them.
- Arc - Equip your Arc subclass and weapons to generate Arc orbs. Then collect them to use their Arc elemental power. When empowered, Guardians move with improved speed and deal more melee and sword damage.
- néant - Equip your subclass and Void Weapons to generate Void Orbs. Then collect them to use their Void Elemental Power. Crouch down while being able to become invisible and benefit from True Sight plus enhanced ability regeneration.
You can see your current Elemental Charge level in the lower left portion of the screen, just above your ammo and abilities. It's also worth noting that you can only receive a bonus from one item that matches the item of the day. During Solstice of Heroes, each day introduces one of the three elements of the game and improves the potency of that element. You can only get an elemental buff if you choose elemental orbs that match the daily element. You can still generate and collect orbs of any element on any day to meet your armor improvement goals, but only one elemental buff will be available each day. These buffs are available in all game modes except Competitive and Gambit Prime.
