While Bungie reveals Destiny 2 and its many different editions, the race is on for current Destiny players to grab every single item they want to say the owned in the original Destiny. It's been confirmed that Guardian possessions won't be making the transfer to Destiny 2, just Guardians and their customization details but bragging rights can be yours – if you want them.
A Redditor that goes by KN265 took to the Destiny subReddit and shared a fairly comprehensive guide on how to obtain all Year 2 and Year 3 exotic weapons – that's right, every single Year 2 and Year 3 weapon.
The guide includes links to the appropriates steps to take and video guides, as well as which quest and what requirements you should be meeting prior to tracking the weapon down. If you find the guide handy, head to Reddit and give KN265 a couple upvotes – fake internet points always make people happy!
Note from the creator KN265:
The order is based on the way they are visible in the kiosk. Weapons like the Vex, Universal Remote and NLB are shown in special weapons category. The only exception is the Sleeper Simulant.
Auto Rifles:
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: We Found A Rifle
Requirements: Obtain a 'Khvostov 7G Schematic' by either dismantling a Khvostov 7G-02 (White rarity. First weapon to be used in the game) or killing a Hive Brood Mother to obtain a Splicer Intel Relay, boarding the ketch in the Breach area of the Plaguelands and killing the Pilot Servitor to access the chest at the back of the room.
Quest: The Crux of Darkness
Requirements: Kill Ogres in missions or strikes at heroic difficulty to get the 'Husk of the Pit' (white rarity auto rifle) to drop.
Hand Cannons
Quest: Imprecation
Requirements: Rank 5 with the Gunsmith, completed class based exotic weapons quest (see below for those).
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: A Light in the Dark
Requirements: Quest drops randomly from completing Iron Lord bounties from Shiro-4 (Vanguard Scout in the Iron Temple)
Pulse Rifles:
Quest: Not Forged in Light
Requirements: Complete the 'Paradox' story mission on Heroic Difficulty and collect the three ghosts to get the alternate ending.
Video to help you locate the ghosts and get the alternate ending
Text to get the ghosts (contains videos as well). Shoutout to /u/esoterickk for this text guide.
Steps for completing the quest
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: Channeling the Corruption
Requirements: Complete the Wrath of the Machine raid and activate all 5 monitors in the raid (check link for details that you need to be careful about).
Scout Rifles
Quests: The Taken War: Petra, Lost and Found, The Wolves of Mars
Note: This weapon will drop once you complete the entire 'Taken War' questline, all its offsprings and are Rank 3 with the Queen's Wrath (Petra Venj).
Steps for:
Quests: The Shattered Past, The Old Hunger, Hunger Pangs
Note:– The first quest appears when you pick up a calcified fragment. The second one appears when you enter the King's Fall raid for the first time. Both the quests need to be completed in order to progress the third quest. You need at least 45 calcified fragments to complete Hunger Pangs and get the Touch of Malice. If you have played through the Taken King story line, there is a good chance you have the first quest.
Steps for:
Checklist for Calcified Fragments with guides on how to get each of them
The Jade Rabbit (Playstation exclusive exotic weapon)
This weapon can be decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: Back in the Saddle
Requirements: Reach rank 3 with the Gunsmith and complete the quest for class-based legendary special weapon.
Note: All the data that needs to be collected and all weapons that need to be dismantled should be of the type the weapon is related to. For example- if I have the quest on my hunter then I will need hand cannon kills and will need to dismantle rare or legendary hand cannons in the respective steps.
Tlaloc (Warlock) (Scout Rifle)
Ace of Spades (Hunter) (Hand Cannon)
Fabian Strategy (Titan) (Auto Rifle)
Note: These weapons are randomly dropped after completing challenge modes in the following raids. At least one of them is guaranteed on the first challenge completion per character the week that raid is the featured weekly raid. Using Knuckles of Eao during the challenge encounter may increase your chances.
Vault of Glass Adept Primaries
Atheon's Epilogue (Adept) (Auto Rifle)
Fatebringer (Adept) (Hand Cannon)
Praedyth's Timepiece (Adept) (Pulse Rifle)
Vision of Confluence (Adept) (Scout Rifle
Crota's End Adept Primaries
Abyss Defiant (Adept) (Auto Rifle)
Word of Crota (Adept) (Hand Cannon)
Oversoul Edict (Adept) (Pulse Rifle)
Fang of Ir Yut (Adept) (Scout Rifle)
King's Fall Adept Primaries
Anguish of Drystan (Adept) (Auto Rifle)
Smite of Merain (Adept) (Pulse Rifle)
Doom of Chelchis (Adept) (Scout Rifle)
Zaouli's Bane (Adept) (Hand Cannon) (Still not worth it)
Wrath of the Machine Adept Primaries
((GENESIS CHAIN~)) (Auto Rifle)
((STEEL MEDULLA~)) (Pulse Rifle)
((CHAOS DOGMA~)) (Scout Rifle)
((FEVER AND REMEDY~)) (Hand Cannon)
Fusion Rifles
Telesto (the Besto)
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be drop as a reward from completing Challenge of Elders.
Shotguns
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be drop as a reward from completing Challenge of Elders.
Quest- Jolly Holliday
Requirements- Complete the Taken King quest line (Taken War not required).
Sniper Rifles
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Zen Meteor (Playstation exclusive exotic weapon)
This weapon can be decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Requirements: Complete the mission 'Lost to Light' on heroic difficulty and complete the alternate ending.
This weapon can also drop from the Deathsinger encounter in Crota's End (LL 390).
This weapon may drop as a reward by completing Zavala's weekly 'Sunrise' bounty (get a gold tier completion on Nightfall within 30 minutes)
Sidearms
This weapon can be drop as a reward from completing Challenge of Elders.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Special Weapons with 'Primary Care'
Vex Mythoclast (Fusion Rifle) (still awesome)
This weapon can drop after completing Vault of Glass (390 light). If it is the weekly featured raid, chances are higher for obtaining it (thanks to the buff from Knuckles), use Knuckles of Eao at Atheon to increase your chances.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Machine Guns
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: Songs of the Void
Requirements: Schematic can be obtained randomly by patrolling the Plaguelands.
Quest: Hymns of Fire
Requirements: Can be obtained from Zavala immediately after acquiring the Nova Mortis
WMDs:
NorseFenrir's Revenge
Obtained by wishing NorseFenrir a happy birthday.
Rocket Launchers:
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
This weapon can be purchased from Xur, decrypted from exotic engrams or can drop as a random reward from completing endgame activities like Y2/Y3 raids, nightfalls, and Shaxx's weekly bounties.
Quest: Beauty in Destruction
Requirements: Complete the 'Rise of Iron' quest to obtain 'Echoes of the Past' quest and then complete that.
Can only be obtained if you had pre-ordered the 'Rise of Iron' expansion. Will be unlocked at the postmaster after obtaining Y3 Gjallarhorn.
Fusion Rifle
Quest: The Sleeper Stirs
Requirements: Find the 4 Dvalin relics (appear randomly in PvE activities) and give them to the Gunsmith.
Swords
Dark Drinker (void), Raze Lighter (sol) and Bolt Caster (arc)
Quest: A Broken Will, A Sword Reforged
Requirements: Complete the 'Shattered Past' quest to obtain 'A Broken Will'.
Text guide for 'A Broken Will'
Obtained by completing the 'Rise of Iron' quest.
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