In Destiny 2, Izanagi’s Burden is one of the best weapons available. However, many new Guardians are currently unable to obtain this exotic sniper due to game bugs. You can read about the issues and what the weapon can do here.
With Shadowkeep , many changes have been made to the Destiny universe. One of these changes involves the Forges of the Black Armory and the associated gear.
What are the Forges? The Forges are three-player activities with matchmaking, where waves of enemies must be defeated, culminating in a boss fight. The Forges were introduced with the “Black Armory” DLC in December 2018 for Destiny 2. The Forges were gradually unlocked.
The special thing about them is that one can repeatedly farm one of the exclusive “Black Armory” weapons.
This is new since Shadowkeep: There are four completely different Forges. With the latest expansion, players no longer have access to all Forges at once. There is a rotating schedule that determines which of the four locations can be visited.
In this context, Bungie responded to a request from the Guardian community: The Forges can be selected from orbit. Previously, you had to land on Nessus or the EDZ and tediously travel to the starting point by Sparrow or on foot.
The reduction to only one active Forge at a time seems to be intended to prevent unnecessarily lengthy matchmaking.
The Forges are not running smoothly
This is the current problem: In addition to the legendary weapons, there are also exotic Forge weapons. Two of them are now much easier to acquire. The exotic sniper Izanagi’s Burden is the third weapon and awaits you at the end of a long quest. And this quest seems to be bugged and hardly solvable at the moment.
Some of the complaints are:
- Bugs and even freezes (the screen “freezes”) occur frequently. As a result, the completion of the activity is not counted.
- To progress in the quest, certain tasks must be completed in various Forges. Due to the rotation, Guardians have to wait unnecessarily long for the required Forge.
- During the quest, you need to complete a rare bounty. This can drop randomly when you redeem daily bounties. However, not all daily bounties can be completed as some are specific to only one Forge.
- The necessary “Black Armory Key” required for completion is not findable. Players should actually receive a corresponding schematic from Ada-1. New Destiny 2 players end up empty-handed with the key. Originally, the quest item was received after all four Forges were opened sequentially. Since all Forges are now immediately available, the process of opening is missing.
This is what the community says: On reddit, a discussion on the topic currently has nearly 8000 upvotes and over 850 comments. Players complain that the process of switching to only one active Forge was not well thought out and makes completing the quest “Mysterious Box” impossible for new players.
We have collected some comments here:
- Fizjig: “I have been stuck on the ‘rare’ bounty step for ages. I never got one and now I think I will never manage, as broken as the Forges are.”
- Big_Tie: “The worst part is that Izanagi is completely meta right now. So every new player wants to get it, and it’s being made damn near impossible for them.”
- With a touch of optimism, jori2dope writes: “Finally, the topic is on the front page! Thank God”
What does Bungie say about this? The developer of Destiny has been rather tight-lipped so far. In the official Bungie forum, it simply says, “Thank you for the report. We are currently looking into the issue.”
When the problem will be fixed or how long the solution will take is currently still up in the air.
Reward for the Effort – Izanagi’s Burden
This is the powerful weapon in question: What makes Izanagi’s Burden special? The sniper rifle is the only exotic sniper in the kinetic slot and requires special ammunition. The weapon has a fire rate of 90, placing it in the middle between rapid-fire snipers and the slow but hard-hitting sniper rifles like Whisper of the Worm.
The unique exotic perk is: Honed Edge – When you hold the reload button, the magazine is consumed, and you receive a round with increased range and more damage.
If you condense your four-shot magazine into one powerful shot, the new projectile deals five times (5x) damage. With the exotic catalyst, the damage of “Honed Edge” is even increased to six times (6x).
This is how you use the weapon: Essentially, you fire six bullets at once with just one shot. This carries a high risk, as if you miss, you’ve wasted a lot of ammunition. But the risk is worth it. Currently, Izanagi’s Burden is the strongest burst damage weapon in the game. This means the rifle deals the highest damage with just a single shot.
The weapon is classified in the kinetic slot and does not therefore take up the power weapon slot. So, for example, you do not have to forfeit the currently very powerful grenade launchers such as Wendigo GL3.
That Izanagi’s Burden earns its place in the loadout for endgame activities is demonstrated to you by Clan Redeem member Ehroar here:
Does this problem affect you as well, or did you have luck and got Izanagi’s Burden before Shadowkeep? Perhaps you also completely forgo the exotic – share your opinion with us.
