Best items to buy with Bento Tokens in Destiny 2

Bento Tokens are a limited currency in Destiny 2, and are part of the game’s Past is Prologue event. They expire on Feb. 4, but before they do, you can use these tokens to buy some extremely desirable weapons, currencies, and cosmetics. But you can only ever earn eight Bento Tokens, and there are tons of rewards to buy.

In this Destiny 2 guide, we’ll list out all the rewards for the Past is Prologue event and explain the best items to buy with Bento Tokens.

All Bento Token rewards in Destiny 2

To get Bento Tokens, you’ll need to complete the special Bento Box quests from the Drifter in the Tower — which is also how you get the all-white Chatterwhite shader. Once you’ve got some tokens, you can take them to Eris on the Moon and exchange them for the items below.

Each item only costs one Bento Token unless stated otherwise:

Which rewards should you purchase with your Bento Tokens in Destiny 2?

Many of these items are very good and worth grinding Bento Tokens for. However, because you can only earn eight tokens during the event, we’re going to be picky. Here’s a glance at our primary recommendations, followed by detailed explanations for said recommendations:

First let’s start with something we recommend you stay away from: armor. The Artifice armor sounds tempting, as Artifice usually only drops from Master level dungeons and can give you a few bonus stats. However, these armor rolls aren’t too great, they cost two Bento Tokens — which is very steep — and you can’t even buy the full set. More importantly, however, is that Bungie will be reworking armor in the game’s next expansion later this year, so it’s best to avoid investing too heavily into armor until we know exactly what that will look like.

The only exception to the “do not buy the armor” rule is if you don’t have an Artifice class item at all. Because class items don’t have stats (yet), that’s a worthwhile purchase, as it’ll just give you three bonus stats in any build until the next expansion.

Next, let’s talk about the weapon category, which includes some items everyone should buy. If you’re a new player who doesn’t have the Cloudstrike Exotic, that should probably be the first thing you purchase. It’s a very good PvP sniper rifle, but it’s also been used to deal some massive damage to bosses in PvE — under the right circumstances. It’s 3 Bento Tokens, which is very expensive, but grinding for the weapon in Empire Hunts on Europa (the only other way to get it) is agony. Trust us, this is a much less painful way to get this Exotic.

As for the Legendary weapons, Cataphract GL3 (Adept) is incredible and usually locked behind Trials of Osiris, the pinnacle PvP game mode. It’s one of the best PvE grenade launchers in the game and could be extremely useful for all levels of players, offering the potent perk combo of Envious Assassin and Bait and Switch. The other weapons are fine if you’re a collector or a PvP main, especially the Adept Horror’s Least.

Once you’ve gotten the above items, the rest of the conversation gets a little more complex. The resources can be really good for both new players and veterans, and we’d recommend you pay specific attention to the Exotic Cipher, which is a notoriously obnoxious resource to grind for. The Spoils of Conquest are great if you never want to engage with raiding at all, but there are ways to get them in small parties or solo, so these are more convenient than anything.

If you’ve purchased everything else above, or don’t need any of it, then you should turn your attention to the mementos, which you can add to your enhanced or crafted guns for a cool, custom shader. These are all personal preference and you can check what shader you’ll get from them by searching through an eligible weapon’s potential shader list.