Destiny 2 - Weapons
Signature Exotic weapons of Destiny 2, the named guns that define loadouts and boss damage rotations. Each entry lists the weapon's archetype, ammo economy, element and the Exotic perk that makes it worth a slot, since Exotics are limited to one equipped kinetic or energy weapon and one power weapon...
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· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gjallarhorn | Rocket Launcher (Power) | The returning Destiny 1 icon, added in the 30th Anniversary event with the Grasp of Avarice dungeon. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Heavy Rpm: 15 Exotic Perk: Wolfpack Rounds | Grasp of Avarice dungeon quest (30th Anniversary Pack) |
| Thorn | Hand Cannon (Kinetic) | Dredgen Yor's corrupted hand cannon, brought back in the Forsaken-era exotic quest. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Primary Rpm: 140 Exotic Perk: Mark of the Devourer / Soul Devourer | Exotic quest 'The Draw' (Forsaken era) |
| The Last Word | Hand Cannon (Kinetic) | Shin Malphur's fan-fired revolver, the fastest-firing hand cannon in the game when fired from the hip. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Primary Rpm: 225 (fan fire) Exotic Perk: Fan Fire | Exotic quest 'The Draw' (Forsaken era) |
| Ace of Spades | Hand Cannon (Kinetic) | Cayde-6's personal hand cannon. Firefly causes precision kills to explode, and Memento Mori loads six enhanced rounds after a kill, giving the gun a rhythm of kill, reload, punish that rewards accurate play in both PvE and PvP. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Primary Rpm: 140 Exotic Perk: Firefly / Memento Mori | Forsaken campaign reward |
| Hawkmoon | Hand Cannon (Kinetic) | A returning Destiny 1 hand cannon built around stacking luck. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Primary Rpm: 140 Exotic Perk: Paracausal Shot | Exotic quest 'Let Loose Thy Talons' (Season of the Hunt) |
| Sunshot | Hand Cannon (Energy) | A Solar hand cannon whose rounds explode on impact and cause enemies to detonate on death, chaining explosions through tight groups. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Primary Rpm: 150 Exotic Perk: Sunburn / Explosive Payload | Random Exotic engram drop or Xur |
| Riskrunner | Submachine Gun (Energy) | An Arc submachine gun that becomes a monster when its wielder takes Arc damage. | Damage Type: Arc Ammo: Primary Rpm: 900 Exotic Perk: Arc Conductor / Superconductor | Exotic quest 'Pain and Gain' (base game) |
| Trinity Ghoul | Combat Bow (Energy) | An Arc bow whose arrows chain lightning after a precision kill, with the Lightning Rod catalyst turning any arrow into a chain-lightning shot. | Damage Type: Arc Ammo: Primary Draw Time: Fast Exotic Perk: Split Electron / Lightning Rod | Random Exotic engram drop or Xur |
| Vex Mythoclast | Fusion Rifle (Energy) | The Vault of Glass raid Exotic, a Vex weapon that fires as an automatic fusion rifle and switches to a linear-fusion mode after a kill. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Primary Rpm: 390 Exotic Perk: Time Chasm / Temporal Unlimiter | Vault of Glass raid (final chest) |
| Eyes of Tomorrow | Rocket Launcher (Power) | The Deep Stone Crypt raid Exotic, a four-tube rocket launcher that locks onto multiple targets and fires a volley. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Heavy Rpm: Low Exotic Perk: Adaptive Ordnance | Deep Stone Crypt raid |
| The Lament | Sword (Power) | A Solar chainsaw sword built from Clovis Bray's research, able to rev and then shred through Barrier Champions and shielded enemies. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Heavy Swing Speed: Fast (revving) Exotic Perk: Banisher's Blade / Revved Consumption | Beyond Light exotic quest |
| Xenophage | Machine Gun (Power) | A slow-firing Solar machine gun built from a Hive weapon core, firing explosive rounds that ignore the usual machine-gun falloff. | Damage Type: Solar Ammo: Heavy Rpm: 120 Exotic Perk: Pyrotoxin Rounds | Shadowkeep exotic quest |
| Izanagi's Burden | Sniper Rifle (Kinetic) | A Black Armory sniper rifle that consumes four rounds to fire one Honed Edge shot with massively increased damage. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Special Rpm: 90 Exotic Perk: Honed Edge | Exotic quest 'The Black Armory' (Black Armory era) |
| Witherhoard | Grenade Launcher (Kinetic) | A Taken-corrupted breech grenade launcher whose projectiles leave a blight pool that damages enemies standing in it, or attach to a target and burn it from inside. | Damage Type: Kinetic Ammo: Special Rpm: 72 Exotic Perk: Primeval's Torment / Break the Bank | Season of the Worthy pass reward, later a Monument to Lost Lights purchase |
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