Monument to lost lights

The Monument to Lost Lights is an archive of exotics that can be purchased as the normal methods for aquiring them has been vaulted due to location vaulting or quest vaulting. It is located in between the vaults in the Tower and you will need at least one exotic cypher, one or more accendent shards, at least 125,000 glimmer, and at least 200 of a certain destination material to get an exotic. There are five different sections each for a campain for the game, Red War, Forsaken, Shadowkeep and Beyond Light. Keep in mind that for Forsaken, Shadowkeep and Beyond Light you must own the campains to be able to purchase exotics from those sections. There is also a section dedicated to legacy armour which will be mostly all masterworked.

Once an exotic has been purchased from the Monument, it cannot be repurchased from the Monument as the exotic will be at a power level based on your power level when claiming the exotic. Instead, you must re claim it from your collection where it will cost less, but at the cost of the exotic starting at 1100 power. It is reccomended that you first figure out what type of build you want your guardian to be before purchasing exotics as each exotic will have different traits that make them unique. For example, the Ace of Spades is based off of reloading instantly after a kill, while the Rat King is based off of how many people in your fireteam have the same weapon. Each exotic will help towards a certain build, so it is important to know what build you are going for.

Before you start buying exotics from the Monument, know what you want. You should then save up all your glimmer and materials for that exotic that way you can get it when you get what you need. Know that you cannot get your materials back after claiming your exotic so make your choice carefully as you can only carry one exotic cypher at a time. Also know that exotics are not masterworked when you claim them, and for weapons you must find the catalyst for that exotic weapon and complete the quest to be able to equip it and masterwork that exotic. Make sure that you are willing to go through the trouble to get the catalyst by looking at what you need to do to get the catalyst as each catalyst requires different activities to be completed for it to drop. This is before you can equip the catalyst and complete the quest to masterwork your weapon, so make your choice carefully.