The massive leak shortly before the release of Destiny 2 has revealed a lot of information, including the exotic weapons and armor available at launch.
Here are the updated posts:
- Destiny 2: All Exotic Weapons and How to Get Them
- Destiny 2: All Exotic Armors – How to Get Exotic Armor
Warning: The following article contains all known exotic equipment that Destiny 2 will offer at launch. Therefore: Spoiler – Read at your own risk!
The leak is primarily based on a special issue published by Gamestop, which was photographed before the game’s launch. Thus, all exotic items are known, and for many, even the perks.
The Exotic Weapons of Destiny 2
The exotic weapons in Destiny 2 are mainly new entrants. However, some returning favorites from Destiny 1 will also be seen. Those hoping for a radiant comeback of the Gjallarhorn will be disappointed. However, a strong representative from Destiny 1 is included. We have translated the English terms freely. The actual German names may differ.
Exotic Kinetic Weapons in Destiny 2
The following kinetic weapons will carry the exotic quality:
- MIDA Multi-Tool
- Storm
- Rat King
- Sweet Business (Workhorse)
- Vigilance Wing
The MIDA Multi-Tool is a familiar name, regarded as the best scout rifle in Destiny 1. Whether the weapon can reclaim its glorious past in Destiny 2 remains to be seen.
The Workhorse was already tested during the beta phase. Hints about the Rat King appeared in the form of images even before the leak; the weapon is a pistol.
Exotic Energy Weapons in Destiny 2
The exotic representatives in the energy slot are as follows:
- Cold Heart (Cold Heart)
- Hard Light
- Fighting Lion
- Risky
- Graviton Lance
- Skyburner’s Oath
- Sunshot
Here too, we find some old friends. Hard Light was an auto rifle in Destiny 1, but it didn’t rank among the top weapons in this category. The MP Risky and the hand cannon Sunshot were tested during the beta phase.
Exotic Power Weapons in Destiny 2
The power weapons also feature several exotic representatives. The following are currently known:
- A.R.C.I
- Merciless
- Legend of Acrius
- The Prospector
- Tractor Cannon
- The Wardcliff Coil
In this category, only the last weapon – The Wardcliff Coil – is currently known. It is the oversized microphone that fires tracking projectiles.
The Exotic Armors in Destiny 2
Exotic armors can also be found in the game. Many representatives from Destiny 1 could “save” themselves into the successor.
Detailed information about each class’s armors has also surfaced. Where known, we will also provide the perks.
The Exotic Armors of the Titan in Destiny 2
- An Unyielding Skullfort (Helmet): Kills with Arc abilities trigger health regeneration and restore melee energy
- Mask of the Quiet One (Helmet): Reduces ability cooldown when taking damage and triggers health regeneration when dealing Void damage
- ACD/0 Feedback Fence (Gloves): No information. In Destiny 1, the gloves dealt area damage when hit by melee attacks
- Doom Fang Pauldrons (Gloves): Kills with the shield slam reduce the cooldown of the shield throw. Melee kills charge your Sentinel Super
- Synthoceps (Gloves): Increased melee range. Increases your damage when surrounded
- Seal of Alpha Lupi (Chest): Super abilities generate an additional orb of light and a healing pulse when the barrier is activated
- Actium War Rig (Chest): Regularly fills your magazine of the equipped auto rifle from your reserves
- Hallowfire Heart (Chest): Significantly reduces cooldowns of your Solar abilities while Hammer of Sol is active
- Dune Striders (Boots): Increased sprint speed. Sprinting generates a charge that triggers on a melee attack and damages nearby enemies
- Lion Rampant (Boots): Increases maneuverability in the air
- Peacekeepers (Boots): Reloads a stowed submachine gun, and is immediately usable after the weapon swap
The Exotic Armors of the Warlocks in Destiny 2
- Crown of Tempests (Helmet): Kills with Arc abilities reduce the cooldown of Arc abilities
- Eye of Another World (Helmet): Marks priority targets and lowers the cooldown of grenade, melee, and Rift abilities
- Nezarec’s Sin (Helmet): Void kills grant class ability energy
- Helm of the Terrible Ahamkara (Helmet): Increases your defense while casting the Nova Bomb. Kills with the Nova Bomb grant Super energy
- Karnstein Armlets (Gloves): No details
- Sunbracers (Gloves): No details – in Destiny 1, the Sunbracers granted a second Solar grenade with longer duration. A renaming to avoid confusion with the Titan subclass.
- Winter’s Guile (Gloves): No details
- Starfire Protocol (Chest): No details – in Destiny 1, the armor granted an additional fusion grenade for Sunsingers, the predecessor class of the Dawnblade
- Wings of Sacred Dawn (Chest): Aiming with a weapon makes you hover in the air. Kills in mid-air reduce the cooldown of your grenades
- Lunafaction Boots (Boots): No details
- Transversive Steps (Boots): No details – in Destiny 1, you could move faster while crouched, and every weapon would automatically reload when picking up corresponding ammo
The Exotic Armors of the Hunters in Destiny 2
- Celestial Night Hawk (Helmet): Golden Gun grants only one shot but deals massive damage. Targets killed by the golden gun explode
- Foetracer (Helmet): Marks targeted enemies
- Weakpoint Radar (Helmet): No information. In Destiny 1, this helmet kept your radar active while aiming with primary weapons (kinetic weapons)
- Mechanic’s Tricksleeves (Gloves): No details
- Ahamkara’s Spine (Gloves): No details. In Destiny 1, these gloves granted gunslingers an extra light sensor mine that remained active longer
- The Dragon’s Shadow (Chest): Grants a speed boost and increases weapon handling speed after a dodge maneuver
- Lucky Raspberry (Chest): Enhances the chaining abilities of the Arcbolt grenade and grants a chance to reduce the cooldown on every target hit
- Raiden Flux (Chest): Rapid hits with the Arc staff increase damage and extend the duration of Super
- Lucky Pants (Boots): Increases the speed at which hand cannons are readied as well as initial precision
- Orpheus Rig (Boots): Grants class ability energy for the enemy hit by the Shadowshot
- STOMP-EE5 (Boots): Increases sprint speed and slide distance. Enhances jump ability
The armors show a colorful mix of new and “old” exotic armors, some of which have also been reworked. Unfortunately, the perk descriptions do not allow any conclusions about how long the effects will actually last or how big the bonuses will be. This will likely have to be figured out by clever players only after launch.
For this reason, it is currently not possible to say whether certain equipment items are overpowered or not.
What do you think of the selection? Which armor do you think will be a popular choice in PvE or PvP content. Let us know in the comments!
