How to get Combat Telemetry in Destiny 2’s Arms Week

Destiny 2‘s Arms Week is back with new weapons to chase. Combat Telemetry, the event’s usual resource, makes another appearance as both the most common and rarest item in the game due to a technical issue.

This Arms Week focuses on bows—namely the Arc-aligned King Orfeo—though players can also grab The Heron, a Void glaive. These items were meant to be available in Ada-1’s event vendor menu in the Firing Range, but the event is running into some issues. This includes problems with gear acquisition and, particularly, how to obtain Combat Telemetry in Destiny 2. Here’s what you need to know.

How to get Combat Telemetry in Destiny 2’s Arms Week

Ada-1 can’t find your currency. Screenshot by Destructoid

You gain Combat Telemetry by completing Portal activities during the event. We were getting 25 Combat Telemetry every Portal completion, both in selected Ultimate activities and in the Quickplay Solo Ops playlist. The latter is usually easier if the modifiers align.

If you’re just looking to grab as much Combat Telemetry as you can, shorter activities like Solo Ops or faster Fireteam Ops with well-equipped squadmates are the way to go. The currency drops at the end of the activity, and it appears both in your loot feed and your inventory.

And though you are gaining Combat Telemetry every completion, you also sort of aren’t. If you go to Ada-1 in the Firing Range, you’ll notice something slightly disheartening: you don’t have any of the currency to buy Arms Week weapons.

Why do I have zero Combat Telemetry in Destiny 2?

We might be getting this version of Combat Telemetry. Screenshot by Destructoid

If you head to Ada-1, odds are you can’t spend your Combat Telemetry on her, and that’s been the case since the bow Arms Week event launched. This means you can’t use your Combat Telemetry at all, at least for now. The good news is that Bungie is investigating, and the case is likely due to a bug.

One possible explanation is that Bungie might have been a victim of its own currency bloat. The API lists multiple versions of Combat Telemetry for different iterations of Arms Week. Players seem to be receiving an outdated version of this resource from before Renegades, as suspected by a Reddit user, leaving guardians with nothing to do.

You can’t use your Combat Telemetry regardless of how much of it you have, though you can check your actual amount by finding it in your Inventory tab. Until Bungie fixes it, you’ll have zero Combat Telemetry from Ada-1’s menu, and you won’t be able to use this resource either. You can get Arms Week gear from the Event Shop, using a different currency from daily and weekly challenges. The latter, however, is also glitched.