Destiny 2 is all about chasing the latest and greatest loot. And for that reason, you can expect new weapons and armor to grab all the headlines at the launch of a new Season or DLC.
This guide focuses on one of the most sought-after items in the game: Exotic armor. And if you’re interested in slightly older Exotics, our Hunter Exotics, Titan Exotics, and Warlock Exotics tier lists cover every Exotic armor available in Destiny 2.
Season 22 Exotic armor
Every new season comes, in general, with a new Exotic armor piece per class (full expansions, such as Lightfall, tend to include two pieces of armor per class). These are the Exotic armor pieces released with Season of the Witch (S22):
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Briarbinds | Warlock | Arms | Season 22 | Lost Sectors | Season 22 |  Season 22 | Exotic Perk: "Your Void Souls have a longer duration. They also gain escalating damage and durability as they defeat targets. You can retrieve your Void Souls by interacting with them, allowing them to be redeployed." |
  Mothkeeper's Wraps | Hunter | Arms | Season 22 | Lost Sectors | Season 22 | Season 22 | Exotic Perk: "Your grenade becomes a cage of loyal moths that release on impact and fly toward the nearest target or ally. If they reach a target, they detonate in a blinding explosion; if they reach an ally, the moths grant your ally a Void overshield." |
  Pyrogale Gauntlets | Titan | Arms | Season 22 | Lost Sectors | Season 22 | Season 22 | Exotic Perk: "Modifies Burning Maul into a single high-damage slam of your hammer that creates five cyclones of flame. Consecration's second slam creates a cyclone of flame." |
Season 22 Exotics
This is everything we know about this season’s new Exotics, based on Bungie’s promo material and information from the game’s API:
Mothkeeper’s Wraps (Hunter)
A Hunter’s grenade becomes a cage of loyal moths that release on impact and protect allies or debilitate foes.
Exotic Perk:
Winged Eclipse: Your grenade becomes a cage of loyal moths that release on impact and fly toward the nearest target or ally. If they reach a target, they detonate in a blinding explosion; if they reach an ally, the moths grant your ally a Void overshield.
Pyrogale Gauntlets (Titan)
Titan armor that empowers both Burning Maul and Consecration to unleash cyclones of Solar flame.
Exotic Perk:
Percussive Flames: Modifies Burning Maul into a single high-damage slam of your hammer that creates five cyclones of flame. Consecration’s second slam creates a cyclone of flame.
Briarbinds (Warlock)
Void Souls created by the Warlock last longer and gain strength as they defeat targets. Retrieve them and redeploy them at will.
Exotic Perk:
One with the Void: Your Void Souls have a longer duration. They also gain escalating damage and durability as they defeat targets. You can retrieve your Void Souls by interacting with them, allowing them to be redeployed.
Archives: Exotic Armor from Past Seasons
Season of the Deep Exotic armor
Exotic armor pieces released with Season of the Deep (S21):
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cenotaph Mask | Warlock | Helm | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 21 |   Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Steadily reloads a portion of your equipped Trace Rifles's magazine from reserves. Damaging a vehicle, boss, or champion with a trace rifle marks them as the target. When an ally defeats the marked target, generate special ammo for yourself and heavy ammo for your allies." |
 Triton Vice | Hunter | Arms | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 21 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Increases Glaive reload speed and melee damage when surrounded. Glaive melee final blows overflow a round to the magazine. Glaive projectile final blows detonate if the Glaive deals damage matching your subclass type." |
 Arbor Warden | Titan | Chest | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 21 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Using your class ability channels defensive Light inward, providing a grenade that creates a barricade on impact." |
Lightfall and Season of Defiance Exotic armor
Exotic armor pieces released with Lightfall and Season of Defiance (S20):
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ballidorse Wrathweavers | Warlock | Arms | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Your Winter's Wrath Shockwave deals increased shatter damage. Allies in range of your Shockwave gain an overshield and increased damage with Stasis weapons." |
 Swarmers | Warlock | Legs | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Destroying a Tangle spawns a Threadling. Your Threadlings unravel targets that they damage." |
 Cyrtarachne's Facade | Hunter | Helm | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Gain Woven Mail when activating grapple. Increased flinch resistance while Woven Mail is active." |
 Speedloader Slacks | Hunter | Legs | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Dodging boosts reload speed, handling, and airborne effectiveness for you and nearby allies. While the buff is active, final blows and additional dodges increase the buff strength and refresh the timer. Maxes out at 5 stacks." |
 Abeyant Leap | Titan | Legs | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Drengr's Lash spawns two additional projectiles, tracks targets more aggressively, and travels farther. Gain Woven Mail when suspending targets." |
 Cadmus Ridge Lancecap | Titan | Helm | Lightfall | Lost Sectors | Season 20 | Lightfall | Exotic Perk: "Diamond Lances create Stasis crystals on impact when thrown, with more crystals created by hitting bosses and vehicles. While using a Stasis subclass and behind your rally barricade, rapid precision hits and combatant final blows with a Stasis weapon creates a Diamond Lance near you." |
How to get the new Exotic armor in Destiny 2
New Exotic armor (released since the Beyond Light DLC) can only be obtained from either Legend/Master Lost Sectors and Vex Strike Forces.
Lost Sector farming
If you’re looking for new Exotic armor, those can be farmed by completing Legend and Master Lost Sectors solo on specific days (Lost Sector rewards are on a daily rotation, one day will reward Legs pieces, the next day only Arms pieces, etc). You can read more about how to farm Legend and Master Lost Sectors here.
Vex Strike Force Public event
Another option is to participate in Vex Strike Forces, which are unique (and very challenging) Public events that randomly occur in Neomuna. These can drop up to three Exotic armor pieces per completion!
Before you go…
Not all Exotic armor was created equal. In spite of Bungie routinely buffing and nerfing specific Exotics every Season, some will always be superior. Some are definitely more worth farming than others. To help you figure this out, we recommend checking our Warlock, Titan, and Hunter Exotic tier lists.
Also, these are some of our latest guides featuring many of the exciting new loot delivered with Season of the Witch:
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