Exotic Weapons

See also: Endgame Gear

Visual Guide

Primary Weapons

Year 2 and 3 Exotic Primaries		Description
	Khvostov 7G-0X Auto Rifle	An ancient instrument of war, renewed and enhanced by Light, not unlike you.
	Hard Light Auto Rifle	Ionized polymer synballistic attack platform. The system's lethality is dynamically robust across tactical spaces.
	Zhalo Supercell Auto Rifle	An upcycled torrent of righteous thunder.
	Monte Carlo Auto Rifle	There will always be paths to tread and methods to try. Roll with it.
	SUROS Regime Auto Rifle	Nostalgia as a weapon of war. Style as a hallmark of victory.
	Fabian Strategy Auto Rifle	Wait for enemy to make a mistake. Die. Stand by for Ghost Resurrection. Repeat as necessary.
	Ace of Spades Hand Cannon	Don't play your hand unless you're sure you have that ace in the hole.
	The Last Word Hand Cannon	"Yours. Not mine." —Renegade Hunter Shin Malphur to Dredgen Yor
	The First Curse Hand Cannon	"...is when death becomes an afterthought."
	Hawkmoon Hand Cannon	Stalk thy prey and let loose thy talons upon the Darkness.
	Thorn Hand Cannon	"To rend one's enemies is to see them not as equals, but objects—hollow of spirit and meaning." —13th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow
	Bad Juju Pulse Rifle	"If you believe your weapon wants to end all existence, then so it will." —Toland, the Shattered
	Red Death Pulse Rifle	Vanguard policy urges Guardians to destroy this weapon on sight.
	Outbreak Prime Pulse Rifle	"I've done the math. When you pull this trigger, one plus one equals zero. Every time." —Shiro-4
	No Time to Explain Pulse Rifle	A single word is etched onto the inside of the weapon's casing: "Soon."
	MIDA Multi-Tool Scout Rifle	Select application: Ballistic engagement. Entrenching tool. Avionics trawl. Troll smasher. Stellar sextant. List continues.
	Tlaloc Scout Rifle	Release the storm. Hold nothing back.
	The Jade Rabbit Scout Rifle	“What kind of harebrained scheme have you got in mind this time?”
	Boolean Gemini Scout Rifle	Fight your way!
	Touch of Malice Scout Rifle	"Let them feel every lash, every curse, every touch of malice that they first dealt to me." —Eris Morn

Special Weapons

Year 2 and 3 Exotic Special Weapons		Description
	Telesto Fusion Rifle	Vestiges of the Queen's Harbingers yet linger among Saturn's moons.
	Plan C Fusion Rifle	Good fighters have contingency plans. Great fighters don't need them.
	Queenbreakers' Bow Fusion Rifle	Despite the Breakers' treachery, Her Majesty still stands.
	Invective Shotgun	"I tried to talk them down. They made a grab for my Ghost. After that it was a short conversation." —Ikora Rey
	The Chaperone Shotgun	"My mother had a shotgun we called the Chaperone. Kept us alive out there, before we got to the City." —Amanda Holliday
	Lord of Wolves Shotgun	"By this right alone do I rule."
	Universal Remote Shotgun	To the untrained eye this beast is a junker. To the trained eye, however, this junker…is a beast.
	The 4th Horseman Shotgun	It's not a holdout weapon, it's a pathfinder.
	Zen Meteor Sniper Rifle	Complete awareness, complete focus. A mind sharpened by diligence to a single deadly point.
	The Hereafter Sniper Rifle	"Huddled at the mountain's base, we had no choice but to beat our ploughshares into swords once more."
	Black Spindle Sniper Rifle	"Your only existence shall be that which I weave for you out of sorrow and woe."
	Patience and Time Sniper Rifle	If you've got it, they'll never see it coming.
	Ice Breaker Sniper Rifle	Please replace these components if use causes fatal damage: HEAT SINK. MAGAZINE. OPERATOR
	No Land Beyond Sniper Rifle	Every hit blazes the path to our reclamation.
	Dreg's Promise Sidearm	"I am a marvel with ten thousand arms."
	The Trespasser Sidearm	"You are not welcome." —Unknown "I beg to differ." —Shiro-4

Heavy Weapons

Year 2 and 3 Exotic Heavy Weapons		Description
	Sleeper Simulant Fusion Rifle	Subroutine IKELOS: Status=complete. MIDNIGHT EXIGENT: Status=still in progress.
	Thunderlord Machine Gun	"They rest quiet on fields afar…for this is no ending, but the eye."
	Nova Mortis Machine Gun	"From the space between I come. Fragments of stars burn in my footsteps. In my hands I hold Death." —Song of the Nova Mortis
	Abbadon Machine Gun	"I am one with the flame. The conflagration reborn. I am your funeral pyre." —Anthem of the Abbadon
	Super Good Advice Machine Gun	This weapon is full of it.
	Nemesis Star Machine Gun	What is the answer when the question is extinction?
	Raze-Lighter Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Raze-Lighter. Now take it in hand and feed its flames.
	Dark-Drinker Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Dark-Drinker. Now take it in hand and slake its thirst.
	Bolt-Caster Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Bolt-Caster. Now take it in hand and unleash its thunder.
	The Young Wolf's Howl Sword	"To the first of the new Iron Lords." —Lord Saladin
	Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher	"If there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?" —Feizel Crux
	Iron Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher	A finely-crafted testament to the many heroes of the Last City
	Truth Rocket Launcher	“...is where you seek it.“ —Lomar
	Dragon's Breath Rocket Launcher	Burn the world. Burn it all.

Detailed Guide

Primary Weapons

Weapon	Type	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Rate of Fire	Range	Stability	Reload	Magazine	Acquired by
Hard Light (Year 2)	Auto Rifles	Kinetic	400	8	88	28	82	86	40
Anguish of Drystan (Adept)	Auto Rifles	Arc	400	28	77	21	60	54	51
Zhalo Supercell	Auto Rifles	Arc	400	8	88	28	46	72	36
Atheon's Epilogue (Adept)	Auto Rifles	Void	400	2	100	15	34	71	60
Monte Carlo (Year 2)	Auto Rifles	Kinetic	400	8	88	46	64	79	36
SUROS Regime (Year 2)	Auto Rifles	Kinetic	400	28	77	28	46	65	33
((GENESIS CHAIN~))	Auto Rifles	Solar	400	28	77	40	44	73	59
Khvostov 7G-0X	Auto Rifles	Kinetic	400	20	62	12	30	52	26
Abyss Defiant (Adept)	Auto Rifles	Solar	400	8	88	25	44	85	31
Fabian Strategy	Auto Rifles	Kinetic	400	8	88	22	42	55	40
Hawkmoon (Year 2)	Hand Cannons	Kinetic	320 - 400	81	22	38	51	39	13	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
((FEVER AND REMEDY~))	Hand Cannons	Solar	320–400	81–82	22	29–62	10–53	43–50	11	Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode
Word of Crota (Adept)	Hand Cannons	Void	320–400	68	32	25–37	45–51	45–60	12	Crota's End (Age of Triumph)
Fatebringer (Adept)	Hand Cannons	Arc	320–400	81	22	40	32–38	33–43	12	Vault of Glass (Age of Triumph)
The First Curse	Hand Cannons	Kinetic	290 - 320	94	15	32	12	22	8	Quest: Imprecation
Ace of Spades	Hand Cannons	Kinetic	280 - 320	81	22	40	32	33	12	Quest: Back in the Saddle (Hunter)
Zaouli's Bane (Adept)	Hand Cannons	Void	320–400	68–70	32	9–42	11–54	29	11	King's Fall (Age of Triumph)
The Last Word (Year 2)	Hand Cannons	Kinetic	320 - 400	68	32	8	22	56	8	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
Praedyth's Timepiece (Adept)	Pulse Rifles	Arc	320–400	4	77	25–31	64–88	54–68	30	Vault of Glass (Age of Triumph)
Smite of Merain (Adept)	Pulse Rifles	Solar	320–400	14–15	66	41–68	43–66	51	30	King's Fall (Age of Triumph)
No Time to Explain	Pulse Rifles	Kinetic	290 - 320	14	66	51	62	65	21	Quest: Not Forged in Light
Red Death (Year 2)	Pulse Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 400	14	66	33	51	76	30	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
((STEEL MEDULLA~))	Pulse Rifles	Void	320–400	14	66	33–59	68–100	73–80	33	Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode
Bad Juju (Year 2)	Pulse Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 400	7	73	33	62	65	24	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities.
Oversoul Edict (Adept)	Pulse Rifles	Arc	320–400	4	77	33–37	54–71	61–64	30	Crota's End (Age of Triumph)
Outbreak Prime	Pulse Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 390	7	73	36	48	76	33	Channeling the Corruption
Tlaloc	Scout Rifles	Kinetic	280 - 320	48	37	59	40	52	20	Quest: Back in the Saddle (Warlock)
((CHAOS DOGMA~))	Scout Rifles	Arc	320–400	61–62	27	82–94	22–45	45–59	10–16	Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode
Boolean Gemini	Scout Rifles	Kinetic	290 - 320	48	37	61	53	68	19	Quest: The Taken War: Petra Quest: Lost and Found Quest: The Wolves of Mars Queen's Wrath Rank 3
MIDA Multi-Tool (Year 2)	Scout Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 400	38	42	58	49	100	21	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
The Jade Rabbit	Scout Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 400	61	27	94	24	65	7	Decrypted from Exotic Engram (Playstation exclusive)
Vision of Confluence (Adept)	Scout Rifles	Solar	320–400	48	37	59–63	57–84	64–73	19	Vault of Glass (Age of Triumph)
Touch of Malice	Scout Rifles	Kinetic	310 - 320	35	52	58	36	51	11	Quest: Shattered Past Quest: The Old Hunger Quest: Hunger Pangs Collect 45 Calcified Fragments
Doom of Chelchis (Adept)	Scout Rifles	Void	320–400	48–49	37	48–60	35–58	40–48	18–20	King's Fall (Age of Triumph)
Fang of Ir Yut (Adept)	Scout Rifles	Arc	320–400	48	37	75-83	49–74	67-73	15	Crota's End (Age of Triumph)
Universal Remote (Year 2)	Shotguns	Kinetic	320 - 400	40	17	14	41	29	5	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
No Land Beyond (Year 2)	Sniper Rifles	Kinetic	320 - 400	31	19	100	24	62	6	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities

Special Weapons

Weapon	Type	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Rate of Fire	Range	Stability	Reload	Magazine	Acquired by
Queenbreakers' Bow (Year 2)	Fusion Rifles	Arc	280 - 350	81		60	55	65	3	Challenge of the Elders
Plan C (Year 2)	Fusion Rifles	Arc	320 - 400	87		52	50	100	5	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
Telesto	Fusion Rifles	Void	320 - 400	71		35	82	79	4	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
The Chaperone	Shotguns	Solar	290 - 320	40	35	26	100	29	5	Quest: Jolly Holliday
Invective (Year 2)	Shotguns	Solar	320 - 400	46	30	23	51	36	4	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities.
Lord of Wolves (Year 2)	Shotguns	Solar	280 - 350	64	11	5	12	22	5	Challenge of the Elders
The 4th Horseman (Year 2)	Shotguns	Arc	320 - 400	42	34	5	66	16	5	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
Trespasser	Sidearms	Arc	320 - 400	15	90	32	100	97	18	Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams
Dreg's Promise (Year 2)	Sidearms	Arc	280 - 350	5	100	39	79	86	18	Challenge of the Elders
Black Spindle	Sniper Rifles	Solar	290 - 320	32	12	88	35	55	3	Mission: Lost to Light
Zen Meteor	Sniper Rifles	Solar	320 - 400	37	19	90	24	52	3	Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities.
Ice Breaker (Year 3)	Sniper Rifles	Solar	320 - 370	31	19	100	15	62	6	Bounty: Sunrise
Hereafter	Sniper Rifles	Arc	320 - 400	25	26	80	49	51	4	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
Patience and Time (Year 2)	Sniper Rifles	Arc	320 - 400	22	26	75	92	58	4	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities

Heavy Weapons

Weapon	Type	Damage Type	Attack	Impact	Rate of Fire	Range	Stability	Reload	Magazine	Acquired by
Sleeper Simulant	Fusion Rifles	Solar	290 - 320	100		70	10	65	3
Nemesis Star	Machine Guns	Solar	320 - 400	53	66	12	71	9	53	Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities
Nova Mortis	Machine Guns	Void	320 - 370	53	66	32	51	46	49	Quest: Songs of the Void
Super Good Advice (Year 2)	Machine Guns	Solar	320 - 400	29	88	14	41	22	58	Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams
Thunderlord (Year 2)	Machine Guns	Arc	320 - 400	53	66	32	51	46	49	Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams
Abbadon	Machine Guns	Solar	320 - 370	53	66	32	51	46	49	Quest: Hymns of Fire
Dragon's Breath (Year 2)	Rocket Launchers	Solar	320 - 400		18		66	52	1	Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams
Gjallarhorn (Year 3)	Rocket Launchers	Solar	350		11		53	68	2	Beauty in Destruction
Truth (Year 2)	Rocket Launchers	Void	320 - 400		11		83	79	1	Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams
Iron Gjallarhorn	Rocket Launchers	Solar	350		11		53	68	2	Beauty in Destruction
Bolt-Caster	Swords	Arc	310 -320	60		25			55 - 81	A Sword Reforged
The Young Wolf's Howl	Swords	Solar	320 - 340	55		25			40	Rise of Iron (Quest)
Raze-Lighter	Swords	Solar	310 - 320	60		25			55 - 81	A Sword Reforged
Dark-Drinker	Swords	Void	310 - 320	60		25			55 - 81	Quest: A Sword Reforged