Get Free Vex Guardian Armor – D2 Monument of Triumph

The Monument of Triumph: Destiny 2's final live-service update (Update 9.7.0, launched June 9, 2026): added Vex Guardian armor ornament sets for all three classes. They are free in the sense that they require no Silver. They are not free in the sense that you need to complete Triumphs and spend Legendary Marks, a new in-game currency introduced specifically for this system.

The Vex set is one of 12 armor ornament sets per class available through Tenet vendors in the Tower Courtyard. Yes, twelve. Bungie had nine years of content to burn through and decided to dump it all at once. Respect the chaos.

Login Bonus Every Guardian who logs in at launch receives 50 Legendary Marks, 2 Bright Engrams, and the Toast to the Monument emblem automatically. Collect this before doing anything else. It costs you nothing and takes ten seconds.

How to Actually Get the Vex Armor

The Destiny 2 free Vex armor ornaments acquisition loop is straightforward enough that even a Warlock can follow it without getting distracted by lore.

1. Log in. Claim your 50 free Legendary Marks from the Monument of Triumph intro quest.
2. Go to the Tower Courtyard. Interact with the Monument of Guardian Tenets: four vendor plaques: Tenet of Bravery, Devotion, Sacrifice, and Death.
3. Make your first purchase at Tenet of Bravery. This is required to unlock the other three vendors. Bungie would like you to experience the onboarding, apparently.
4. Find the Vex Guardian ornament set. Browse vendor inventories: each Tenet carries different armor sets. The Vex set costs 50 Legendary Marks per class.
5. Budget accordingly. One class: 50 marks. All three classes: 150 marks total. The math was done for you; you are welcome.

Monument of Triumph Legendary Marks cost Vex Guardian ornament set: 50 marks / class. Three classes = 150 marks. Starting bonus covers one class exactly. Do not blow it on a skimmer before checking prices.

Earning Legendary Marks

Legendary Marks are earned through Monument of Triumph Triumphs: a category that covers nine years of Destiny 2 history. Raids, dungeons, Crucible, Gambit, destinations, public events, story missions. The Triumphs have no expiry, and neither do your Marks. Stack them at a pace your sanity can sustain.

The fastest sources are destination exploration objectives, Lost Sectors, and public events: low-effort, high-volume. Pantheon 2.0 (a permanent returning activity in Update 9.7.0) offers rotating bosses and extra Triumph opportunities for anyone who wants to earn marks while also suffering. Hourly Distortion events on destinations provide bonus Triumph progress.

Some entry-level Triumphs require nothing more demanding than petting Archie in the Tower or speaking to an NPC. This is intentional. Bungie built an on-ramp shallow enough that returning players from 2017 can participate without relearning the entire sandbox. Whether this is generous or condescending depends on your perspective and your Guardian Rank.

Fastest Triumph Categories for Mark Farming

All three classes have a full Vex Guardian ornament set. The Warlock set features the Vex Milk robe silhouette: a design unique enough that it prompted the content creator who documented this to call it the best of the three. The Tower armor ornament vendors let you preview every piece before purchasing, which is the only sane way to spend 50 marks on cosmetics you cannot trial-run in the field.

These sets are universal ornament sets, meaning they apply over most standard armor. Exotic armor transmog: a separate update in 9.7.0: now allows Legendary ornaments (including these) to be applied over Exotic armor pieces in PvE. The yellow Exotic icon stays. PvP reverts to base Exotic appearance for competitive readability. Plan accordingly.

Shaders That Work on Vex Armor

The Vex Guardian sets are built to interact with shaders that produce glowing color shifts: particularly anything with a second color channel that responds to emissive elements in the mesh. Below are the shader categories worth testing on these ornaments.

Color-Shift Glows

Best results. The Vex sets have emissive geometry that reacts to the secondary shader channel. Prioritize these.

Metallic Primaries

Clean reads on the Vex plating. High contrast between the metallic body and glow channels.

Chatterwhite

Gated behind a Vault of Glass weekly Deepsight quest. If you do not have it, you cannot have it yet. Life is hard.

Superblack

Available from Tenet vendors. Makes the glow elements pop by eliminating competing colors. Aggressive choice.

Both Chatterwhite and Superblack have special unlock requirements beyond Legendary Marks. Chatterwhite requires completing a weekly Deepsight quest from Hawthorne for the Vault of Glass raid. Check requirements before assuming your Marks are the only barrier: they rarely are.

What Else Is in Monument of Triumph

In case the Vex set alone is not enough to justify logging in, here is the complete picture. The Destiny 2 Update 9.7.0 new armor content is the largest cosmetic drop in the game's history. Twelve sets per class across four Tenet vendors, plus the following items that cost marks or have specific unlock gates:

• Chatterwhite & Superblack shaders: returning classics, gated by Triumph completion
• Gryphon Skimmer & All-Star Vector Skimmer: confirm cost before spending Marks on fashion first
• Exotic Faction Ornaments: via Tenet vendors, class-specific
• Turncoat Weapon Ornament
• Fafnir (new Exotic weapon) and Heir Apparent: purchased through Tenet of Bravery; check cost before cosmetic spending if you prioritize gameplay over looking good while dying
• Immortal Legend Armor Ornament SetTitle Required: requires the Immortal title; not available by Marks alone
• Universal Helmet Ornaments & Einherjar Coronet: Einherjar requires eight specific Triumph completions
• Legacy Event Engrams: Dawning, Festival of the Lost, Guardian Games, Solstice weapons now in infinite purchasable engrams

Vault space increased from 1,000 to 1,300 slots and loadout slots from 12 to 20. The game is, for once, slightly less hostile to the concept of storing things you paid for.

Spending Priority: What to Buy First

You have 50 free marks at login. Here is a rational order of operations so you do not regret your first five minutes.

1. Claim login bonus (50 marks, 2 Bright Engrams, emblem).
2. Interact with the Monument, complete the intro quest, make the first purchase at Tenet of Bravery to unlock the other vendors.
3. Check Fafnir's Legendary Mark cost: if gameplay power is priority, confirm you have enough before spending on ornaments.
4. Purchase the Vex Guardian ornament set for your main class (50 marks).
5. Farm additional Triumphs for remaining classes (100 more marks needed for two additional sets).
6. Check Immortal Legend set requirements: if you have the Immortal title, it is there waiting.