In Destiny 2, you can forge your own Vex weapons with Curse of Osiris. Several endgame quests are available for this.
For a long time, fundamental mechanic changes have been demanded in the Guardianship to make the endgame of Destiny 2 exciting again and to bring back long-term motivation.
A few weeks ago, the developers promised some endgame innovations. However, they did not provide a timeline for when these would be implemented.
It is still unknown whether the first expansion “Curse of Osiris” can enhance the endgame mechanics of Destiny 2. In the first livestream for this DLC, Bungie did not address the criticism but instead presented some of the new content as planned.
This new content includes a weapons forge associated with several quests.
Forge Your Own Vex Weapons
The new social space in Curse of Osiris is the Lighthouse. This is located on Mercury. There, you will meet Brother Vance, who will be an important character for the storyline of the first expansion.
However, in the Lighthouse, there is not only Brother Vance but also a weapons forge. This looks like a kind of altar:
Behind the altar on the wall is the Osiris symbol, which is surrounded by several circles. Here you can see this mural in detail:
The special thing: Each of these circles represents a new weapon. These are Osiris weapons that use Vex technology. One example is the Osiris hand cannon that you can see in the images above.
There are a total of 12 circles, with two cables coming from one of the circles. This circle likely does not represent a new weapon, so you may assume that you can unlock 11 (or even 12) Osiris weapons. Once you obtain a weapon, this will be indicated by a glowing glyph above the circle. Therefore, two weapons have already been unlocked in the image above.
How do you obtain the Osiris weapons? According to Bungie, these weapons are tied to quests. Complete the challenges of the quest, then go to the weapons forge, craft the weapon, and a new glyph appears on the wall. These glyphs indicate your progress.
The weapon forge will only be available in the endgame after you have completed the Curse of Osiris campaign. That means you have 11 or 12 quests ahead of you that will reward you with unique weapons after the campaign.
However, some questions remain open:
- How extensive are the quests?
- Can the weapons be forged multiple times, can they perhaps even be reforged and given different perks?
- And what happens when all circles are activated?
Can this weapons forge improve the endgame? It will definitely provide new goals. Many Guardians will be motivated to unlock all weapons and complete this glyph collection on the wall. But what use is the weapons forge once you have all the weapons? It likely won’t provide the long-awaited long-term motivation.
What do you think?
