Destiny's Notorious VoG Spirit Bloom Chest
In Destiny's Vault of Glass raid, once the Templar boss is defeated, a chest spawns by an alternative tunnel route in the raid. The chest will commonly contain glimmer and spirit bloom, giving it the name the "spirit bloom chest". There is a very prevalent suspicion among players that opening the spirit bloom chest will decrease the chances of getting an exotic item from the exotic chest by the Gorgon's Labyrinth. Most players will ignore the spirit bloom chest whether or not they believe the rumor, because the chest isn't really worth opening anyway. However, a member of our raid this week got a legendary engram from the spirit bloom chest.
Does opening the spirit bloom chest really affect exotic chances, or have we all been missing out on possible legendary items?
Best Answer
The internet is full of people giving anecdotal evidence of having opened the spirit bloom chest and got exotic weapons at the next one suggesting that this is no more than superstition. I'm not going to link it because it is anecdotal and is findable by google.
Given there is now no reason not to open the chest then yes, you are missing out on things by not opening a chest. The chest seems to be just like any other Venus chest generally containing a few spirit bloom and a handful of glimmer. Like all chests it also has a rare chance of something better.
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