Here's a quick guide to all the ways to earn Ascendant Shards/Energy! [b]Daily Heroic Missions:[/b] - Chance at Legendary Engram to decrypt and dismantle (First time per Day Only) -Lvl 24 == 1 Ascendant Material -Lvl 28 == 2 Ascendant Material [b]Weekly Strike:[/b] - Chance at getting Ascendant Material - Chance at getting Legendary Engram to decrypt and dismantle (First time per Week Only) -Lvl 22 == 3 Strange Coins -Lvl 26 == 3 Strange Coins -Lvl 28 == 3 Strange Coins, 10 Vanguard Marks [b]Weekly Nightfall Strike:[/b] - Chance at getting 9-12 Ascendant Material - Chance at getting Legendary Gear [b]Weekly Raid:[/b] - Chance at Legendary Raid Gear/Weapons (I don't suggest dismantling as this is the best gear in the game) - Chance at Ascendant Material [b]Vanguard Tiger Strike Playlist:[/b] - Chance at Legendary Engrams to dismantle The dailies/weeklies can be done for each character. The harder the difficulty the more Ascendant materials you get for completing. [b]Public Events:[/b] - Every event you do gives a chance for Ascendant Mats or a Strange Coin - The first public event you do in a day has a guaranteed Ascendant material that you pickup from the Postmaster. [b]Dismantling Legendary Gear:[/b] (Non-Repeatable Gear ex: Queen's Wrath/ Iron Banner doesn't work) You are guaranteed to get a variable amount of shards. A guaranteed way to get shards is to earn marks from vanguard and crucible, take the marks and buy a cheap purple item I think the cheapest are about 65 marks. Then dismantle it. You can earn enough marks to get two a week per character. [b]Crucible:[/b] Crucible matches have a chance of dropping Ascendant Mats as a reward. This makes for around 9 guaranteed Ascendant shards per week with the possibility of getting more. Which is enough for a Legendary upgrade which cost around 6 shards each. This is for one character. If you do this with all three characters you have a guaranteed 27 Ascendant shards per week or 4 legendary upgrades per week. I'll update with more detailed info in regards to the numbers once I get home or if someone gives more information in the comments.