How to Get Destiny Sparrow – Upgrades, Tiers, Legendary and Rare

Destiny Sparrow, be it Vanguard, Crucible, Legendary or Rare, we have all the info on Tiers, upgrades and how you get them!


Your character in Destiny has access to its very own vehicle dubbed as Sparrow. This hovercraft doesn’t contain any weapon, but can be used to reach objectives faster and even get out of firefights.

Furthermore, the Sparrow comes in a variety of different variants. Lastly, similar to your character, you can also upgrade your Sparrow.

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Destiny Sparrow

Below, you will find a brief summary of different tiers of the Sparrow:

Tier 1

How to Get: The Warmind
This sparrow has a durability of 70, speed of 3, and only the boost ability. S-10 is the sparrow that comes under this tier.

Tier 2

How to Get: Check below
This sparrow has a durability of 90, speed of 5, and boost along with quick brake abilities. These sparrows are categorized according to the class:

Vanguard Sparrows
Sparrow S-10V – Gamestop preorder bonus

Titan Sparrows

  • S-20 Cavalier – Deployment orders in Exclusion Zone mission
  • S-21 Cavalier – Purchasable from shipwright
  • S-22 Cavalier – Purchasable from shipwright

Hunter Sparrows

  • S-20 Nomad – Deployment orders in Exclusion Zone mission
  • S-21 Nomad – Purchasable from shipwright
  • S-22 Nomad – Purchasable from shipwright

Warlock Sparrows

  • S-20 Seeker – Deployment orders in Exclusion Zone mission
  • S-21 Seeker – Purchasable from shipwright
  • S-22 Seeker – Purchasable from shipwright

Tier 3

How to Get: Check below!
This sparrow has a durability of 100, speed of 6, and different abilities that include boost, quick brake, and strafe thrusters. To get these sparrows, you need to reach level 3 with the respective faction:

Vanguard Sparrows

  • Sparrow S-30V – Purchasable for 175 marks
  • Sparrow S-31V – Purchasable for 175 marks
  • Sparrow S-32V – Purchasable for 175 marks

Crucible Sparrows

  • S-30C Phoenix – Purchasable for 175 marks
  • S-31C Phoenix – Purchasable for 175 marks
  • S-32C Phoenix – Purchasable for 175 marks

Tier 4

How to Get: Via Upgrades
This sparrow has a durability of 110, speed of 7, and abilities including boost, quick brake, and strafe thrusters. These sparrows are acquired by upgrading the tier-3 sparrows.

There are different upgrade items which are acquired from Xur, Agent of the Nine for 10 strange coins. These items are provided below with their respective effects:

  • Emerald Coil – Green contrail while boosting
  • Plasma Drive – N/A
  • Stealth Drive – Red contrail while boosting
  • Void Drive – Purple contrail while boosting

Tier 5

How to Get: SV7 Lightbearer from Trials of Osiris, XV0 not known
This sparrow has a durability of 120, speed of 6, and abilities including boost, strafe thrusters, and overdrive. There are two sparrows that fall under this categories and are XV0 Timebreaker and SV7 Lightbearer.

Tier 5+

How to Get: N/A
This sparrow has a durability of 120, speed of 6, and abilities including boost, strafe thrusters, and overdrive. Currently, I’m unaware of how this sparrow is earned – its model reads S-99 Dawnchaser.

If you have discovered any ways of acquiring these variants of the Sparrow, let us know in the comments below!

Thanks. DRayX17

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