Chalice of Opulence Rune Crafting Guide. Normal and Heroic Destiny 2
Published: June 8, 2019
Crafting Guide for Chalice of Opulence. Normal and Heroic
Chalice of Opulence Rune Crafting Guide in Destiny 2’s Season of Opulence. The Chalice of Opulence and the Menagerie are the two biggest features in Destiny 2: Season of Opulence. Together, this activity and item gives players a chance to farm their own loot without too much randomness. But if you want a specific weapon or armor piece you have to know the secret combination.
GATHERING RUNES Chalice of Opulence
Runes can come from almost any match made activity. Using the Runefinder tool from Benedict 99-40 in the Tower or Werner 99-40 on the barge on Nessus will increase your odds for four hours. The best place to farm Runes is from Calus’ chests.
You can find four per week from completing Benedict and Werner’s bounties. You can also open chests for a hefty glimmer cost on Werner’s barge. As long as you’re playing Destiny 2and running a Runefinder, you’ll find the Runes you need.
There are 12 different kinds of Runes, in four different colors. You’ll only start with purple Runes unlocked. You’ll have to buy Rune Compatibility upgrades on your Chalice to unlock red, then green, and finally blue. Until you buy those upgrades, those specific Runes won’t even drop.
(That said, we still recommend buying the Power and Efficiency II upgrade first, as you’ll need the bonus Imperials it rewards.)
Here’s a full list of the Runes you can find and what they reward:
Purple
- Rune of Joy – Class armor
- Rune of the Beast – Submachine guns
- Rune of Jubilation – Sniper rifles
Red
- Rune of Cunning – Gauntlet armor
- Rune of Gluttony – Boot armor
- Rune of Ambition – Power weapons
Green
- Rune of War – Helmet Armor
- Rune of Desire – Hand cannons
- Rune of Pride – Sidearms
Blue
- Rune of Pleasure – Chest armor
- Rune of Excess – Fusion rifles
- Rune of Wealth – Shotguns
PREPARING THE CHALICE

The Chalice has three rune slots in it. You’ll unlock the first slot in the Invitation quest, but you’ll have to buy the other two slots with Imperials — the Chalice’s upgrade currency.
The Chalice is pretty easy to understand if you read all the tooltips, but it’s daunting at first. Let’s break it down.
CHALICE SLOT 1 Chalice of Opulence
This determines what kind of item you’ll get when you complete the Menagerie next and open the final chest. Do you want a sniper? Slot a Rune of Jubilation? Need a hand cannon? Use a Rune of Desire. But with only one Rune in place, the item you get will be a random selection between four available items of its type.
If you look at it like an equation, it goes like this:
- Rune of Jubilation in Slot 1 + empty Slot 2 = Random sniper rifle from a pool of four
Each weapon type has four offerings available from the Menagerie. So if you’re specifically looking for the Beloved sniper and not Twilight Oath or Fate Cries Foul, you’ll need to reduce the loot pool.
CHALICE SLOT 2 Chalice of Opulence
Slot 2 determines exactly the weapon you’re going to get based off Slot 1. So if you put a Rune of Jubilation into Slot 1 and want Beloved, you need to put any red Rune into Slot 2. You can always get the item you want if you follow the recipe.
Lets look at our updated equation:
- Rune of Jubilation in Slot 1 + any red Rune in Slot 2 = Beloved with random perks
CHALICE SLOT 3 Chalice of Opulence
This guarantees a Masterwork bonus of your choosing. It’s a way to further customize your drop. Each color of Rune comes with a specific stat.
Let’s add a Handling Masterwork to that Beloved we want to roll. Here’s the equation:
- Rune of Jubilation in Slot 1 + any red Rune in Slot 2 + any purple Rune in Slot 3 = Beloved with random perks and a guaranteed Handling Masterwork.
Now that you know how the Chalice works, you still need recipes if you want Calus’ cup to work for you.
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CHALICE RECIPES FOR THE NEW GUNS IN SEASON OF OPULENCE
AUSTRINGER – KINETIC HAND CANNON Rune Crafting Guide

Austringer is an Adaptive Frame, 140 rounds-per-minute hand cannon. It has a range stat of 51 out of 100, making it your perfect all-purpose hand cannon.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Desire + Slot 2 – Any red Legendary Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Rampage
PvP roll: Outlaw, Rampage
BELOVED – SOLAR SNIPER RIFLE Rune Crafting Guide

Beloved is an Adaptive Frame, 90 rounds-per-minute sniper. It has average stats and a high aim assist, making it a great Crucible sniper if you can hit your headshots — the slow fire rate makes follow up shots difficult.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Jubilation + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Demolitionist, Rampage
PvP roll: No Distractions, Box Breathing or Quickdraw
CALUS MINI TOOL – SOLAR SUBMACHINE GUN Rune Crafting Guide
The Calus MINI Tool is a high rate of fire, low damage, close range SMG. It has a unique perk on it called MIDA Synergy, which lets you move faster than normal while you have this weapon equipped. You move even faster when using MIDA Multi-Tool as well.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of the Beast + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Grave Robber, Surrounded
PvP roll: Slideways, High Impact Reserves
DRANG (BAROQUE) – SOLAR SIDEARM Rune Crafting Guide

Drang (Baroque) is a medium impact, medium range, 300 rounds-per-minute sidearm. It has a unique perk called Together Forever, which reloads, overfills and overpowers the magazine of Sturm if you have it equipped.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Pride + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Disruption Break, Rampage
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Rampage or Swashbuckler
FIXED ODDS – SOLAR MACHINE GUN Rune Crafting Guide
Fixed Odds is a low rate of fire machine gun in the High-Impact Frame archetype. It deals lots of damage per shot at a long range, so it’s great for damage over distance, and less useful in close quarters.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Ambition + Slot 2 -Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Feeding Frenzy, Rampage
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Rangefinder
IMPERIAL DECREE – SHOTGUN KINETIC SHOTGUN Rune Crafting Guide
Imperial Decree is a high damage, low rate of fire shotgun in the Aggressive Frame archetype. It’s a perfect shotgun for getting as close as you can and dealing as much damage as possible.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Wealth + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Feeding Frenzy, Trench Barrel or Rampage
PvP roll: Grave Robber or Slideways, Rampage or Swashbuckler
THE EPICUREAN – VOID FUSION RIFLE Rune Crafting Guide
The Epicurean is a high range, high damage fusion rifle with a long charge time. It’s a precision frame, meaning it’s highly accurate.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Excess + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Feeding Frenzy, Kill Clip
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Backup Plan
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD SUBMACHINE GUNS
Trackless Waste is a 900 rounds-per-minute submachine gun with low damage and average stats.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of the Beast + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Grave Robber, Kill Clip
PvP roll: Grave Robber, Kill Clip
HARD TRUTHS – KINETIC SUBMACHINE GUN
Hard Truths is a 750 rounds-per-minute submachine gun with mediocre stats.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of the Beast + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Slide ways, Kill Clip
PvP roll: Slide ways, Kill Clip
BAD REPUTATION – SOLAR SUBMACHINE GUN
Bad Reputation is a slow firing, 600 rounds-per-minute submachine gun with decent range.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of the Beast + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Genesis, Kill Clip
PvP roll: Grave Robber, Kill Clip
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD SNIPER RIFLES
TWILIGHT OATH – SOLAR SNIPER RIFLE
Twilight Oath is a large magazine, 140 rounds-per-minute sniper with high handling and medium damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Jubilation + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Rapid Hit, Dragonfly
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Outlaw
FATE CRIES FOUL – VOID SNIPER RIFLE
Fate Cries Foul is a slower rate of fire sniper rifle at 90 rounds-per-minute. It deals high damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Jubilation + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Genesis, Dragonfly
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Rampage
DREADED VENTURE – KINETIC SNIPER RIFLE
Dreaded Venture is a very slow firing sniper at 72 rounds-per-minute. It deals very high damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Jubilation + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Rampage, Rapid Hit
PvP roll: Rampage, Snapshot Sights
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD POWER WEAPONS
BAD OMENS – VOID ROCKET LAUNCHER
Bad Omens has high velocity and medium blast radius with very low handling.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Ambition + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Tracking Module, Cluster Bomb
PvP roll: Tracking Module, Cluster Bomb
ZENOBIA-D – ARC ROCKET LAUNCHER
The Zenobia-D rocket launcher has average velocity and blast radius with average handling.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Ambition + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Field Prep, Cluster Bomb
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Cluster Bomb
SLEEPLESS – ARC ROCKET LAUNCHER
Sleepless is a rocket launcher with almost maxed out blast radius, slow velocity, and great handling.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Ambition + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Field Prep, Cluster Bomb
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Cluster Bomb
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD HAND CANNONS
Trust is a solid 180 rounds-per-minute hand cannon with decent damage and medium range.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Desire + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Rampage
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Explosive Payload
WAKING VIGIL – ARC HAND CANNON
Waking Vigil is a 150 rounds-per-minute hand cannon with high damage and almost no good perks.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Desire + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Grave Robber, Dragonfly
PvP roll: Opening Shot, Outlaw
PRIBINA-D – KINETIC HAND CANNON
Pribina-D is a 110 rounds-per-minute hand cannon with very high damage and decent range.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Desire + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Kill Clip
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD SIDEARMS
THE LAST DANCE – SOLAR SIDEARM
The Last Dance is a three-burst, 491 rounds-per-minute sidearm with high damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Pride + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Dragonfly
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Opening Shot
ANONYMOUS AUTUMN – SOLAR SIDEARM
Anonymous Autumn is a single fire, 360 rounds-per-minute sidearm with high handling.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Pride + Slot 2 – Any green Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Rampage
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Opening Shot
SMUGGLER’S WORD – KINETIC SIDEARM
Smuggler’s Word is a two-burst, average range, average damage sidearm.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Pride + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Outlaw, Rampage
PvP roll: Quickdraw, Opening Shot
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD FUSION RIFLES
PROELIUM FR3 – SOLAR FUSION RIFLE
The Proelium FR3 is a fast firing fusion rifle with a charge time of 540.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Excess + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Firmly Planted, Rampage
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Backup Plan
MAIN INGREDIENT – ARC FUSION RIFLE
Main Ingredient is a high damage, slow charging fusion rifle with a charge time of 740.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Excess + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Firmly Planted, Rampage
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Backup Plan
ERENTIL FR4 – VOID FUSION RIFLE
Erentil FR4 has a very long charge time of 860, but does very high damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Excess + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Firmly Planted, Rampage
PvP roll: Snapshot Sights, Backup Plan
CHALICE RECIPES FOR OLD SHOTGUNS
BADLANDER – ARC SHOTGUN
Badlander is a fast firing shotgun, with 140 round-per-minute.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Wealth + Slot 2 – Any purple Rune
PvE roll: Threat Detector, Rampage
PvP roll: Slideways, Quickdraw
PARCEL OF STARDUST – KINETIC SHOTGUN
Parcel of Stardust is a medium fire rate, hard hitting shotgun with a Lightweight Frame.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Wealth + Slot 2 – Any red Rune
PvE roll: Threat Level, Rampage
PvP roll: Opening Shot, Rampage
DUST ROCK BLUES – KINETIC SHOTGUN
Dust Rock Blues is a slow firing, accurate shotgun with high damage.
Recipe: Slot 1 – Rune of Wealth + Slot 2 – Any blue Rune
PvE roll: Threat Detector, Rampage
PvP roll: Slideways, Rampage
CHALICE RECIPES FOR ARMOR
Armor works a bit differently.
There are Rune types for every armor slot on your Guardian:
- Rune of Joy (purple) – Class item
- Rune of Cunning (red) – Gloves
- Rune of Gluttony (red) – Boots
- Rune of War (green) – Helmet
- Rune of Pleasure (blue) – Chest
To get the piece of armor you want, all you need to do is slot in the specific armor Rune into Slot 1. But to get a specific piece in a specific set — like the new Opulent set — you need to pair it with a second Rune in Slot 2.
- Any purple Rune – Tangled Web Set
- Any red Rune – Exodus Down (Y2) Set
- Any green Rune – Reverie Dawn Set
- Any blue Rune – Opulent Set
Depending on the Rune you put in Slot 2 from your set’s color, you can customize the stat your new armor piece awards you.
Purple
- Rune of Joy – Tangled Web with Mobility
- Rune of the Beast – Tangled Web with Recovery
- Rune of Jubilation – Tangled Web with Resilience
Red
- Rune of Cunning – Exodus Down with Mobility
- Rune of Gluttony – Exodus Down with Recovery
- Rune of Ambition – Exodus Down with Resilience
Green
- Rune of War – Reverie Dawn with Mobility
- Rune of Desire – Reverie Dawn with Recovery
- Rune of Pride – Reverie Dawn with Resilience
Blue
- Rune of Pleasure – Opulent with Mobility
- Rune of Excess – Opulent with Recovery
- Rune of Wealth – Opulent with Resilience
- Crown of Sorrow$0.00
- Wendigo-GL3$0.03 – $99.99
- The Hush$0.10 – $149.99
- Revoker$0.00
- Zero Hour Ship Schematic Outbreak Perfected Masterwork$0.00
- Outbreak Perfected$29.99 – $159.99