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Decryptologist

Decryptologist

Decrypt 25 Engrams.

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How to unlock the Decryptologist achievement in Destiny - Definitive Guide

You will find Engrams throughout you journey in Destiny, they look at a glance the same as weapon/armour drops. Once you find an Engram you must go to the Tower and talk to the merchant on the right as you land to see about getting it Decrypted.

Considering this is a drop-based achievement this could take you a few hours to a few days. However if you buy engrams from the merchant I cannot confirm if they count towards this achievement. That said I would say from my experience it seemed to help.

*EDIT 1: You CAN buy engrams from the merchant for progress on this achievement. Thanks to Vermigs for confirmation wink*

If you're desperate for the achievement all I can advise is to go to a low level area (Earth, where the broken ship is to the north of where you land in Patrol is a good spot) and farm enemy kills. If you're a much higher level they'll fall like rain and you may get a few Engrams.

Hope this helps!

Also; for those having trouble unlocking glitchy achievement do this:

Press the Menu button RB over to settings, highlight Log Out and choose Switch Profile (not Change Character). This will take you back to the game start screen, and once you press A, it will ask you to choose your Xbox Live profile.

Choose your profile and then choose your character from the character select screen. Any achievements that should have been unlocked will then unlock.

*Cheers to FLEEBS & ludo10109 for the info wink
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09 Sep 2014 23:53

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The engrams that you can buy from the merchant do count towards the achievement. I just popped it by buying the last 3 that I needed.
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By Vermigs on 11 Sep 2014 16:41
Thanks for the info buddy toast
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By Triple G Andy on 12 Sep 2014 10:30
just got it if it doesnt unlock normally go into ur character menu and when u see the log out change user click that then just sign back in with ur person and poof
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By on 13 Sep 2014 10:28
Just keep coming back to Drakool.
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By kenjisugita7 on 22 Dec 2019 18:48
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For me others achievements don't unlock (and for my friend this achievement too). If this happen go in the menu of destiny and choice to change the profile, now select again your profile. If you make this the achievements unlock.
Sorry the english is not my language.
Good play !
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10 Sep 2014 10:06

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Did not work for me, sorry! So far I have found that 15 of my achievements are bugged.
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By Dislodged Puma on 11 Sep 2014 12:17
Worked like a charm for me. Thanks, man.
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By Bullseye28 on 12 Sep 2014 02:20
Yes. Worked perfectly. Thanks.
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By BARTLEBEE on 12 Sep 2014 14:14
Wow thanks!! This worked for me and also popped bane of the kell which I knew I had done at least twice. I was a little worried about them so thank you very much for posting this!
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By on 12 Sep 2014 16:38
Worked for me:
1) went to the menue/settings
2) log out
3) log in again with the same (only i have) Profile
4) Three Achievements unlocked at once
Seems to be a bugfest
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By stellaris749 on 12 Sep 2014 17:07
Thanks mate
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By stellaris749 on 12 Sep 2014 17:08
you're welcome.
I don't understand the 2 negative...
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By lukablack on 13 Sep 2014 06:52
Yeah- MORE Achievement its this game its Gliched !!! No - sorry no this game - This platform Xbox One and F..k Cloud ;)
ps;THX
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By NAGAROT on 14 Sep 2014 18:42
Worked for me. But the dismantle weapon one is still locked :(
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By TOBY 1K NO BE on 15 Sep 2014 17:13
Nvm dismantle unlocked without me knowing. Cheers for letting us know about this
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By TOBY 1K NO BE on 15 Sep 2014 17:15
thx guys, you're welcome
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By lukablack on 15 Sep 2014 20:30
Thank you for this. Finally got it to work for me today!
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By blurzieblurz on 20 Sep 2014 18:20
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After collecting Engrams, you may want to consider holding on to them and decrypt them at a higher level/rank. Once an Engram is decrypted, it will scale to your current level. Thus, decrypting them at higher levels will mean acquiring better gear.

i.e., find an Engram @ level 15, decrypt it @ level 20 for level 20 gear. recommended for rarer engrams.
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10 Sep 2014 18:39

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Thanks for the tip!
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By JBoge91 on 11 Jan 2016 17:56
Here's my video guide for this as well as the 'Lucky 7s' and 'Use of Weapons' achievements

To get this achievement simply decrypt a total of 25 engrams. You can either play the game normally until you are awarded 25 engrams and then take them to the Cryptarch at the Tower to decode, OR, you may purchase engrams directly from the Cryptarch. Once your Cryptarch has decoded a total of 25 engrams the achievement will unlock.

*** DESTINY GLITCHED ACHIEVEMENTS FIX ***
Destiny Achievements are VERY glitchy. In order to unlock achievements
you have already met the requirements for you must cycle your connection
to the Destiny servers. The easiest way to do this is as follows;
ENTER the game > Press START > LOGOUT > SWITCH PROFILE >
CHOOSE your GAMERTAG > SELECT your CHARACTER > POP goes the cheevo

Hope this helps!
Happy gaming

-coreymawf
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15 Oct 2014 05:13

This is a quite straightforward trophy. Just keep taking the engrams you pick up from defeated enemies to the Cryptarch guy situated to the right of where you spawn in the tower, or purchase some directly from him (or a mix of the two) and once you hit 25 the trophy will unlock smile
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28 Sep 2014 11:22

Engrams are items that can be found or purchased, and subsequently decrypted by Master Rahool in the Tower to award a piece of loot and rep toward the Cryptarch faction. You should have no issue getting 25 through the main story via drops alone, but it will easily come while farming for the end game Raid achievements, so don't waste your glimmer purchasing any.

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Engrams will drop randomly from enemies, but some can be purchased from either Cryptarch (for various amounts of Legendary Marks) or from Xur (for various amounts of Strange Coins). Any combination of colors of white (Common), green (Uncommon), blue (Rare), purple (Legendary or Sublime), or yellow (Exotic, normal or Legacy) will contribute to the count. This will come over time, so there is no need to grind this out. 

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