The Khvostov was the first weapon you received in Destiny 1. With The Final Shape, you can now obtain the assault rifle again – in a special, exotic variant. How to get the exotic Khvostov is explained here.
What is the Khvostov?
- The Khvostov is an automatic rifle and the first weapon you receive in Destiny 1.
- With The Final Shape, the Khvostov returns as a legendary and exotic weapon.
- The exotic perk of the rifle causes every seventh shot to bounce off hit enemies and become a ricochet.
- However, the ricochet does not just bounce once, but jumps back and forth between several enemies.
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Step 1: Find the Legendary Khvostov
How to get the Khvostov: To obtain the exotic Khvostov, you first need to find the legendary version of the automatic rifle. After that, you must collect all “Lost Encryption Bits” in “The Bleached Heart” and upgrade the legendary Khvostov to the exotic version.
Here again are the individual steps on how to get the legendary Khvostov:
- Complete the campaign of The Final Shape
- Collect all 15 “Lost Encryption Bits”
- You can find the first 9 “Lost Encryption Bits” in the region chests in the Bleached Heart of the Traveler:
- 3 chests in “The Passage”
- 3 chests in “The Bloom”
- 3 chests in “The Dead End”
- Start the questline of “Micah-10” and play up to the mission “Alone in the Darkness” to unlock the cyst missions through which you will get the remaining 6 “Lost Encryption Bits”.
- Complete the cyst missions
- Winged Ace
- Scorching Light
- Overwhelming Darkness
- Moth-Infested Cave
- Slaughterer
- Sword Dance
- Once you have collected all 15 “Lost Encryption Bits”, you will receive a “Lost Encryption Code”
- Travel to “The Bleached Heart” and go to the spot where you first found the Khvostov in a chest in Destiny 1 with the “Lost Encryption Code”.
- Travel to the landing zone “The Dead End” and go back to the wall. Follow the road until you discover a locked region chest. There you will find the legendary Khvostov
- Open the chest with the “Lost Encryption Code”
Step 2: Upgrade Legendary Khvostov to Exotic Khvostov
Next, you need to upgrade your legendary Khvostov to the exotic variant. For that, you will face the following steps:
- Collect 17 “Particles of Light”
- You will get the first 8 “Particles of Light” when you find the Visions of the Traveler in “The Bleached Heart”
- To get the remaining 9 “Particles of Light”, you must defeat the end bosses of the new overturn activity.
- There are three bosses per region
- Each boss drops a “Particle of Light”
- It is uncertain whether the bosses spawn randomly or follow a specific rotation. However, it is said that defeating the bosses solo helps, as you encounter a new boss with each completion. We will update with more information as we learn more.
- Once you have all 17 “Particles of Light”, you will receive a “Particle of the Original Light”
- Travel to the location where the Speaker was in the original Tower and place the Visions of the Traveler in the sockets there
- Once you have placed all visions in the sockets, a golden chest will spawn in front of you
- Open the chest and collect your exotic Khvostov
If you don’t know where to go for the individual steps to obtain the Khvostov, you can watch the video from YouTuber Datto. He navigates the individual areas:
The exotic Khvostov is certainly one of the most exciting weapons in Destiny 2 that came with The Final Shape, as it performs solidly in both add-clear and PvP.
Particularly popular is also the new exotic sniper rifle “Endless Hunt”, which allows Warlocks and Titans to finally feel what it’s like to fire a Golden Gun. However, the sniper is especially effective in the hands of a Hunter. How to get it is explained on MeinMMO: Destiny 2: Unlock “Endless Hunt” – Here’s How to Get the Exotic Sniper
