The Umbral Engram is the rarest and the most difficult to get in Destiny 2: Forsaken and it can be an extremely frustrating experience for players who did not follow a specific set of steps while trying to get it. It occurs when you go for a high-end drop and don’t receive what you want. In order to get an Umbral Engram, you must be carrying a fully leveled ghost shell with the word “Umbra” inscribed on it. If you have this enabled, it is even more likely that you will get an Umbral Engrama when going for a high-end drop of any sort – however, there are some exceptions. This includes the following:

• Completing a weekly and daily challenges, e.g. Anyone who has completed the most difficult “Last Wish” raid will be rewarded with an Umbral Engram(s). For this, they must have a “Umbra shader” equipped in their character inventory. With that specific shader equipped, the player is very likely to receive an Umbral Engram from a large number of different sources. One of these sources includes getting gold rank in certain challenges e.g Trials, Nightfall Strikes etc.,

• The “Fist of Heavens” questline which can be started from NPC Failsafe on Nessus and it will reward you with one Umbral Engram for completing the quest.

• The Drop “Last Wish”. This will drop an extremely high-end item, regardless of whether it is a raid drop or not. You do not need to have a fully leveled Ghost Shell with the inscription “Umbra” on it. However, if you want an Umbral Engram, you must have this Ghost Shell.

• The raid lair “Eater of Worlds” triumph reward is another way to get an Umbral Engram. For this specific drop, players need a fully leveled Ghost Shell with the inscription of “Umbra” on it. However, if you want an Umbral Engram, you must have this Ghost Shell.

• The raid lair “Spire of Stars” triumph reward is another way to get an Umbral Engram. For this specific drop, players need a fully leveled Ghost Shell with the inscription of “Umbra” on it. However, if you want an Umbral Engram, you must have this Ghost Shell.

• Finally, the most difficult method to get an Umbral Engram is through Escalation Protocol. You must have a fully leveled Ghost Shell with the inscription “Umbra” on it. However, if you want an Umbral Engram, you must have this Ghost Shell.

How to decrypt and use umbral engrams?

The process is quite similar to that of other high-end or legendary engrams in the game which you need to decode at Xur after acquiring it from any source. Just pick up your “Umbral” Engram and go to Master Rahool. He will decode it for you and give you a new item. The difference here is that the chances of an engram decrypting into anything but another “Umbral” Engram is extremely small – regardless of its quality. You can also re-roll an Umbral Engram just like any other, however, this process does not gain you any mod.

An Umbral Engram will always explode upon decryption only to give you an exotic item. Keep in mind that this new item is not guaranteed to be any good, since the RNG system wouldn’t skip on giving you something nice every once in a while! If you get lucky, you could end up with one of the limited exotics for which you would need an Umbral Engram such as Malfeasance or the Chaperone.

How to open umbral engrams?

You can get an umbral engram by following the above steps. Also, you need to decrypt it at Xur after acquiring it from any source. Finally, the process is quite similar to that of other high-end or legendary engrams in the game which you need to decode at Xur after acquiring it from any source.