All Tonics in Destiny 2 Episode Revenant & how to unlock them

Destiny 2 Episode Revenant introduces an entirely new system called Tonics, each providing buffs intended to complement various playstyles and boost rewards from activities.

An important distinction to be aware of off the bat is that Tonics come in two flavors: Volatile and Enriching. The former provides combat buffs and boosts to Revenant’s Artifact perks, while the latter boosts rewards from defeating enemies and activity completions.

Only one Tonic of each type can be active at a time, with duration dependent on the rarity of each Tonic. The full suite of magical drinks your Guardian will be guzzling won’t be available until all three Revenant Acts are available, but these are all of the Tonics we know of so far and how to unlock them.

How to unlock Tonics

At first glance, the process of unlocking additional Tonics in Destiny 2 can be a little obtuse. In-game, Eliksni Scribe Eido encourages Guardians to keep brewing Tonics to discover new recipes, but there’s a little more to the process than that.

The process of discovering new Tonics requires you to brew four or five Tonics of a specific rarity to unlock the higher-rarity version of that same tonic.

For example, brewing five Uncommon Tonic of Brawling will reveal the recipe for the Rare Tonic of Brawling. Repeating this process with the latter will then yield the recipe for the Legendary Tonic of Brawling, with this same pattern being true of all Tonic types.

Volatile Tonics

Volatile Tonics provide combat buffs and boosts to Revenant’s Artifact perks. These buffs last either 20, 40, or 60 minutes depending on the rarity of the Tonic, with these durations being increased if you have completed Eido’s Fieldwork.

Here are all of the Volatile Tonics that are available in Revenant Act 2:

Uncommon Volatile Tonics

Rare Volatile Tonics

Legendary Volatile Tonics

From the examples above, it’s clear Bungie intends to make each Tonic appeal to users of specific builds rather than conferring blanket buffs to Guardians’ power.

As only one drink can be used at a time, players will have to choose which Tonic they want to brew before heading into battle. At least as far as weaker versions of Tonics are concerned, you may find yourself having to top up any desired effects in lengthy content such as Raids and Dungeons.

Enriching Tonics

Enriching Tonics provide buffs to rewards from defeating enemies and activity completions. These buffs include additional weapons, armor, Glimmer and even crafting resources, with each lasting either 20, 40, or 60 minutes depending on the rarity of the Tonic.

Here are all of the Enriching Tonics that are available in Revenant Act 2:

Onslaught Tonics

Tomb of Elders Tonics

World Gear Tonics

Shadestalker Tonics

Resource Tonics

Exotic Tonics

December 17 Tonic changes

Bungie rolled out a handful of changes to Tonics with a December 17 patch, improving their effectiveness and duration. As a result, the following now applies to Enriching Tonics, with Legendary variants specifically receiving the biggest boosts.

• Legendary Tonics now 100% guarantee their specific reward.
• Legendary Tonics now increase the chances of obtaining the specified gear from the activity they are made for.
  • For instance, Tonic of Vangate Point (Onslaught) will increase the chances of that weapon dropping from Onslaught: Salvation chests.
• Increased the base duration of Tonics across the board.
  • Uncommon: 40 minutes
  • Rare: 60 minutes
  • Legendary: 80 minutes

With the release of Revenant Act 3 on January 7, all Tonics are now unlockable. It remains to be seen if Bungie will add additional recipes in the future, but as seasonal content, this is unlikely, unless the system is decoupled from Revenant and becomes a permanent feature.

In the meantime, you can brush up on all the content added with Destiny 2’s second Episode by checking out our dedicated hubs for Revenant and the upcoming dungeon Vesper’s Host, which brings back beloved Exotic, Ice Breaker.