Necrotic Grip help

[Aether]

Very briefly, I need these for a poison build I'm trying to setup, but am running into issues GETTING them.

First of all, online I've seen some sources say Xur can, carry them, but then other sources claim you can ONLY get these from Master or Legendary Lost Sectors. Could someone confirm?

Secondly, if the only way to get them is to solo Master or Legendary, is there a particular dungeon that's the....easiest to clear solo? I have very limited time to play, so grinding out Light Levels every restart is....difficult. Right now I'm at 1800 with a decently solid build, but far below what I need to be able to solo 1840 by myself.

Tips or advice on that front would be welcome as well

[des_solatius]

Pretty sure Xur sells most Exotic Armour pieces, unsure on the necrotic grips though, full list avaliable here: https://www.light.gg/db/vendors/2190858386
Currently Xur isn't selling them (If he does at all?), but you can get them from Legendary / Master Lost Sectors, though unreliable at times, it will still shows results.
Another option is focused exotic decoding at Rahool, though I'm unsure if you need to have unlocked them first.

Today's lost sector is K1 Communion on the Moon (Leg Armour though.)
Not too sure on the easiest ones but personally I'd say The Skydock and The Quarry (EDZ), Bay of Drowned Wishes, Aphelion's Rest, Chamber of Starlight (Dreaming City), Exodus Garden 2A (Cosmodrone) Plus a few others I can't remember the names of.
Other option is to look up tutorials online for people running the Lost Sectors or going there and searching through player loadouts and seeing what works and doesn't.

For farming Lost Sectors, it's fine being under level, I'm usually at 1810 doing 1830 content, though it is difficult and somewhat annoying at times.
Currently the method for increasing Light Level has changed so you no longer have to grind pinnacle drops every new season and instead the max light level lasts until the next major update, Lightfall (Season 20) > The Final Shape (Season 24).

[Ixamesh]

There're two options. You can do legend LSs instead of master, those are 1830 with less champions. You need to kill all champions before you open the chest to get the best reward.

You don't really have a choice of what sectors to do, they rotate daily and drop gear for a specific slot that is mentioned in the tooltip, i.e. helmet, arms, etc. Today is legs day. You can also check sectors on light.gg

Vex incursion event on Neptune can drop gear for any slot, but it spawns randomly, so you might need discord or tg bot to track it. https://discord.gg/isavexincursionhappening
https://t.me/isavexincursionhappening

[Aether]

First of all, didn't realize there was a complete list, i should ahve looked there first, my thanks!

I've been trying to run Communion, sadly I run out of time before I can finish it, though I haven't died yet either, so skill isn't the issue I think, its just "light level" that's causing me issues

Hmmm, food for thought, I might try the others, really I just need to grind out those light levels -.-

[Aether]

On a side note, Xur CAN'T sell it apparently sadly, so its lost sector exclusive.

[Tempus762]

I got them just yesterday from the Vex Event on Neomuna. That was a nice surprice. I guess thats the easiest way to get some new Exotics.

[Aether]

Then your way more lucky then I am, I've grinded Neomuna on every character to progress the storyline (4x) and haven't gotten a SINGLE exotic drop.

When it comes to RNG, my luck is the worst of anyone I've ever talked too, and RNG seems to like shafting me pretty much every chance it can.

[Dark, House of Luck]

Originally posted by Sapherno11:

Then your way more lucky then I am, I've grinded Neomuna on every character to progress the storyline (4x) and haven't gotten a SINGLE exotic drop.

When it comes to RNG, my luck is the worst of anyone I've ever talked too, and RNG seems to like shafting me pretty much every chance it can.

The Vex Incursion Event is guaranteed to drop an exotic at the end if you complete it, but only the Vex incursion Event. Which is different from normal Public Events that can spawn.

[Ravnhood]

Keep at it. Legend Lost sector until your fingers start bleeding. Necrotic Grip is fantastic. Especially worth it with Osteo Striga.

[Aether]

That's what I mean, I've NEVER had the elite Vex unit spawn. EVER.

And that's the only way to get the exotic drop.


As for Lost sector's, that's the problem. I can't physically clear them. and my understanding is, you NEED to solo it to get an exotic drop. I can stay alive, but I run out of time before I can clear it. Which leads to grinding light levels to actually GET to pinnacle, but working 60-80 hours a week makes that...difficult. *shrugs*

Destiny doesn't exactly make things easy for people who don't have massive clans, or have 8-10 hours a day to throw at the game, or that seems to be what I've found anyways

[Dark, House of Luck]

Originally posted by Sapherno11:

That's what I mean, I've NEVER had the elite Vex unit spawn. EVER.

And that's the only way to get the exotic drop.


As for Lost sector's, that's the problem. I can't physically clear them. and my understanding is, you NEED to solo it to get an exotic drop. I can stay alive, but I run out of time before I can clear it. Which leads to grinding light levels to actually GET to pinnacle, but working 60-80 hours a week makes that...difficult. *shrugs*

Destiny doesn't exactly make things easy for people who don't have massive clans, or have 8-10 hours a day to throw at the game, or that seems to be what I've found anyways

Honestly, stop focusing on the exotic. For now focus on leveling up to pinnacle gear level(1810 before Artifact Bonuses), and yeah it sucks if you don't have a lot of time to play per day. I usually get an hour a week day, maybe 2 if I am lucky.

[Aether]

I guess, It's just frustrating. I have a pretty decent strand build that I think with Necrotic Grip and Osteo will be insane. It just pisses me off that I'm locked out of GETTING the ONE thing I need for the build because light items just don't drop except for the once a week rewards.

That coupled with finding cheaters and hackers in almost every Crucible/gambit match just.....

Its hard to want to grind light levels when progress is SO slow

Edit: It is what it is, just....kinda sad that you hit a wall like this if you don't have tons of hours, or a huge clan to draw on.

[Ixamesh]

Time limit removes respawn tokens, you can still finish if you don't die. You also need Beyond Light to be able to get Necrotic in the first place.

If you mean your playtime limit, how long do you spend in a lost sector? Legend shouldn't take more than 20 min at 1800 even if you use primaries to clear everything.

Do you have 70+ resilience and use damage reduction chest mods, anti-champion mods and subclass effects like jolt, radiant, etc.? Exotic primaries do 40% more damage to red bar enemies, weapons like Osteo and Wish-Ender are good for underleveled runs due to high base damage +40% on top of that, they also do decent damage to majors when you run out of heavy ammo.

[Eliqzar]

i got these sometime around Beyond Light DLC doing solo Lost Sectors constantly until it dropped. I don't remember which lost sector i did, but i do remember it being on EDZ, and i just kept doing it until i got the drop.

[Aether]

I have all the DLC, so that's not a problem Ixamesh

As for time limit, I was trying to play one and got the warning that "Darkness Encroaches" in 5 minutes. Isn't that a time limit warning that you auto fail if you don't?

On some characters I do have tanky builds, but in general the issue I'm having is that I don't have enough damage output, even using Exotic weaponry. Staying ALIVE isn't the issue. Damage output is. RNG hates me, so getting weapons to drop with higher light then 1800 I get one in...MAYBE a week of farming. Like my current exotic auto rifle on my Warlock is 1799 because I CANNOT get an 1800 weapon to drop for that slot to upgrade its light.

@Kwyzar, That's because, on a daily rotation, different Exotic "parts" (chest, gauntlets, legs, Helmet) drop, but it doesn't matter WHICH lost sector you run, they ALL have a chance to drop an exotic...depending on whatever day it is. Which on a side note makes this even more difficult, because it means farming for this Specific item means I only get to 1 chance per Week to actually farm it. And if that falls on the weekday....well, I don't get to farm for it