In Destiny 2, you can finally hunt catalysts for your Exotics in the Season of the Chosen that have been unreachable since Beyond Light.
Coming back: With Beyond Light, numerous locations, items, and activities have become unreachable as they have moved into the Content Vault. This includes some masterwork catalysts for exotic weapons.
The Season 13, starting on February 9, is now bringing back 9 of these catalysts that have been unreachable since November 2020 into the game. MeinMMO will tell you which Exotics can finally enjoy their final form again and what bonus each Masterwork grants you.
Why hunt catalysts? The special Exotics naturally awaken the collecting instinct in Guardians. Some of them can be elevated to a higher level with a masterwork catalyst.
- An Exotic with a catalyst can generate orbs – these recharge your Super and are needed for the powerful mechanism “Charged with Light”.
- Additionally, each Exotic receives individual bonuses such as an extra perk or significantly increased stats.
- Many Guardians see perfecting the Exotics as a rewarding and appreciated task.
New players or Guardians who took a break have so far had no chance to give some of their exotic weapons the final polish and have faced a weaker version of the Exotics compared to veterans.
All returnable masterwork catalysts from Season 13
| Exotic Weapon | Bonus |
| Bad Karma | Extends the duration of “Curse of the Falling Rain” (5 seconds) |
| Izanagi’s Burden | Increases the damage of “Sharpened Edge” (20%) |
| Sleeper Simulant | Increased charge rate (+75) and reserve ammo (+2) |
| The Huckleberry | Kills completely refill the magazine |
| Worldline Zero | Reduces the time until “Tesseract” teleport can be activated |
| Polaris Lance | Precision kills create a solar explosion (Dragonfly) |
| Telesto | Increases magazine size (+3) and ammo reserves |
| Legend of Acrius | Increases magazine size (+4) and reload speed (+40) |
| Heaven’s Burning | Increases range (+30) |
The catalysts listed here will receive new locations and upgrade prerequisites. Currently, the updated tasks are not known. MeinMMO will provide these as quickly as possible.
Some upgrades even required participation in raids as well as loot luck and have therefore been quite rare – many veterans are likely to be pleased about the Sleeper catalyst.
These top weapons go (still) empty: The catalysts for the mission Exotics Whisper of the Worm and Perfected Aggression are also missing. Bungie plans to add the catalysts in a later update.
The two catalysts are among the best that Destiny 2 has to offer in terms of Exotic masterwork. You currently cannot get the Exotics themselves either.
- That changes with Season 13: At the Exotic kiosk, Whisper of the Worm and Perfected Aggression will be available for purchase.
- The PvP-dominant shotgun Felwinter’s Lie will also be found at the kiosk in Season 13.
Have you made all Exotics to full masterwork and are eager to chase the catalysts? Which exotic weapon should receive its upgrade next? Or should Exotics not be reliant on something like a catalyst – let us know in the comments.
