Best Destiny 2 Ships: All 138 Exotic Ships Ranked

We already covered all the Eververse items that will be available throughout Season 19, aka Season of the Seraph. And while I’ve made abundantly clear that not all items are worth your Silver (or Bright Dust), cool Ships are some of the few things I never hesitate to purchase.

Ships are aplenty in Destiny 2. There are hundreds of rare, legendary, and Exotic ships in the game. But if you’re serious about it, only Exotic Ships are worth your while. In this post, we cover every single Exotic ship in the game and rank them by looks from best to worst.

Updated as of Season of the Seraph (S19).

Destiny 2 Exotic Ships: Ranked

The table below includes all the Exotic Ships in Destiny 2. It includes images, a ranking, but equally importantly, availability and its source (in case you decide to chase some of these).

Name	Rank	-	Ship	Tier	Source	Obtainable now?	Still Available?
A Thousand Wings	S › Best		A Thousand Wings	S	Exotic quest		No
Black Peregrine	S › Best		Black Peregrine	S	Eververse		Yes
Constellation Tracer	S › Best		Constellation Tracer	S	Eververse		Yes
Glad Tidings	S › Best		Glad Tidings	S	The Dawning		No
Hushed Syrinx	S › Best		Hushed Syrinx	S	Trials of Osiris		Yes
Ikora's Resolve	S › Best		Ikora's Resolve	S	Eververse		No
Infected Seeker	S › Best		Infected Seeker	S	Eververse		No
Obsidian Wings	S › Best		Obsidian Wings	S	Eververse		Yes
Ossified Skycarver	S › Best		Ossified Skycarver	S	King's Fall Raid		Yes
Retrograde Tourer	S › Best		Retrograde Tourer	S	Festival of the Lost		Yes
Solpiercer	S › Best		Solpiercer	S	Solstice		Yes
The Platinum Starling	S › Best		The Platinum Starling	S	100 Forged Weapons		No
Winds of Change	S › Best		Winds of Change	S	Trials of Osiris		Yes
ADA-1's Lone Wolf	A › Strong		ADA-1's Lone Wolf	A	Eververse		No
Argentate Dusk	A › Strong		Argentate Dusk	A	Solstice		Yes
Arrow of Time	A › Strong		Arrow of Time	A	Eververse		No
Ascendant Event	A › Strong		Ascendant Event	A	Eververse		Yes
Callisto Lancer	A › Strong		Callisto Lancer	A	Eververse		Yes
Celestial Kestrel	A › Strong		Celestial Kestrel	A	Eververse		No
Cerulean Flash	A › Strong		Cerulean Flash	A	The Dawning		No
Coffin Nail	A › Strong		Coffin Nail	A	Festival of the Lost		Yes
Eriana's Vengeance	A › Strong		Eriana's Vengeance	A	Eververse		No
Estival Excursion	A › Strong		Estival Excursion	A	Eververse		No
Halcyon Corvette	A › Strong		Halcyon Corvette	A	Eververse		Yes
Hive Smasher	A › Strong		Hive Smasher	A	Eververse		Yes
Long Haul Cruiser	A › Strong		Long Haul Cruiser	A	Eververse		Yes
Never Live it Down	A › Strong		Never Live it Down	A	Season 8		No
Obdurate Economy	A › Strong		Obdurate Economy	A	Eververse		Yes
Radiant Accipiter	A › Strong		Radiant Accipiter	A	Exotic quest		Yes
Refashioned Shapes	A › Strong		Refashioned Shapes	A	Eververse		Yes
Sails of Osiris	A › Strong		Sails of Osiris	A	Eververse		No
Saint-14's Gray Pigeon	A › Strong		Saint-14's Gray Pigeon	A	Eververse		No
Seiros Majoris	A › Strong		Seiros Majoris	A	Eververse		Yes
Silverwing Kestrel	A › Strong		Silverwing Kestrel	A	The Dawning		No
Sleepless Flight	A › Strong		Sleepless Flight	A	Season 8		No
Solar Sails	A › Strong		Solar Sails	A	Eververse		Yes
Stardevil Predator	A › Strong		Stardevil Predator	A	Eververse		Yes
Swift Persistence	A › Strong		Swift Persistence	A	Eververse		Yes
The Prod	A › Strong		The Prod	A	Eververse		No
Threat Display	A › Strong		Threat Display	A	Eververse		No
Trussworked Clipped	A › Strong		Trussworked Clipped	A	Eververse		Yes
Unauthorized Departure	A › Strong		Unauthorized Departure	A	Guardian Games		Yes
Unfinal Shapes	A › Strong		Unfinal Shapes	A	Eververse		No
Unsecured/Outcry	A › Strong		Unsecured/Outcry	A	Eververse		No
Victory's Herald	A › Strong		Victory's Herald	A	Guardian Games		No
Waking Nightmare	A › Strong		Waking Nightmare	A	Eververse		No
Aeshnidae Fixed-Wing	B › Average		Aeshnidae Fixed-Wing	B	Eververse		Yes
Aeviternal XXII	B › Average		Aeviternal XXII	B	Eververse		No
Africtional Cooler	B › Average		Africtional Cooler	B	Eververse		Yes
Amnestia-S2	B › Average		Amnestia-S2	B	The Dawning		No
Aoki/Faas SL-65	B › Average		Aoki/Faas SL-65	B	Eververse		No
Arc's Courier	B › Average		Arc's Courier	B	Eververse		Yes
Archangel's Might	B › Average		Archangel's Might	B	Eververse		Yes
Aureate Dawn	B › Average		Aureate Dawn	B	Solstice		Yes
Bayle's Aerodyne	B › Average		Bayle's Aerodyne	B	Eververse		No
Canopus Wing	B › Average		Canopus Wing	B	Eververse		No
Centerfire	B › Average		Centerfire	B	Season 15		Yes
Chela-N	B › Average		Chela-N	B	Eververse		No
Death to Kells	B › Average		Death to Kells	B	Eververse		No
Dual-Engine Retric Capsule	B › Average		Dual-Engine Retric Capsule	B	Eververse		Yes
Exohelian	B › Average		Exohelian	B	Eververse		Yes
Final Instar	B › Average		Final Instar	B	Solstice		Yes
Forbidden Memory	B › Average		Forbidden Memory	B	Season 14		Yes
Generation's Shadow	B › Average		Generation's Shadow	B	Season 18		No
Heavenly Lance	B › Average		Heavenly Lance	B	Eververse		No
High Gravitas	B › Average		High Gravitas	B	Season 13		Yes
Holborn's Splint	B › Average		Holborn's Splint	B	Eververse		No
Hot Commodity	B › Average		Hot Commodity	B	Guardian Games		Yes
Kabr's Glass Aegis	B › Average		Kabr's Glass Aegis	B	Eververse		No
Knucklebug	B › Average		Knucklebug	B	Eververse		No
Kosmos Lightbeam	B › Average		Kosmos Lightbeam	B	Eververse		Yes
Lepidoptera	B › Average		Lepidoptera	B	Festival of the Lost		Yes
Mandate of Strength	B › Average		Mandate of Strength	B	Duality Dungeon		Yes
Manse Macabre	B › Average		Manse Macabre	B	Festival of the Lost		Yes
Metropolitan Frigate	B › Average		Metropolitan Frigate	B	Eververse		No
Moonshadow Hop	B › Average		Moonshadow Hop	B	Eververse		Yes
N33-DL	B › Average		N33-DL	B	Eververse		Yes
Nemean Galley	B › Average		Nemean Galley	B	Eververse		Yes
NS81 Reprisal Sprint	B › Average		NS81 Reprisal Sprint	B	Eververse		No
Ódrerir	B › Average		Ódrerir	B	Eververse		No
Pragmat Harrier	B › Average		Pragmat Harrier	B	Eververse		Yes
Prometheus OSP	B › Average		Prometheus OSP	B	Eververse		Yes
Quality Cut	B › Average		Quality Cut	B	Eververse		No
Queen of Hearts	B › Average		Queen of Hearts	B	Eververse		No
Redline Torpedo	B › Average		Redline Torpedo	B	Eververse		Yes
Rimskipper Sling	B › Average		Rimskipper Sling	B	Eververse		No
Saint's Invocation	B › Average		Saint's Invocation	B	Eververse		No
Sovereign Order	B › Average		Sovereign Order	B	Season 16		No
Starfarer 7M	B › Average		Starfarer 7M	B	The Dawning		No
Summertide Kite	B › Average		Summertide Kite	B	Eververse		Yes
Symmetry Flight	B › Average		Symmetry Flight	B	Eververse		No
Synchrotron Advancer	B › Average		Synchrotron Advancer	B	Eververse		No
Taurus Rocketeer	B › Average		Taurus Rocketeer	B	Eververse		Yes
Team Spirit	B › Average		Team Spirit	B	Guardian Games		No
The Desmodus	B › Average		The Desmodus	B	Festival of the Lost		No
The Fourth Mark	B › Average		The Fourth Mark	B	Exotic quest		Yes
The Frontrunner	B › Average		The Frontrunner	B	Guardian Games		No
The Machinoform	B › Average		The Machinoform	B	Eververse		No
The Mayfly	B › Average		The Mayfly	B	Eververse		No
The Oviraptor	B › Average		The Oviraptor	B	Eververse		No
The Pallbearer	B › Average		The Pallbearer	B	Eververse		No
The Underdog	B › Average		The Underdog	B	Guardian Games		No
Vaultstrider	B › Average		Vaultstrider	B	Vault of Glass Raid		Yes
Woomera B-5	B › Average		Woomera B-5	B	Eververse		Yes
Wrap Speed	B › Average		Wrap Speed	B	Festival of the Lost		No
Zavala's Authority	B › Average		Zavala's Authority	B	Eververse		No
A History of Starlight	C › Weak		A History of Starlight	C	Eververse		No
Aerial Shroud	C › Weak		Aerial Shroud	C	Eververse		No
Atlas Hauler	C › Weak		Atlas Hauler	C	Eververse		Yes
Chrysopelea-S	C › Weak		Chrysopelea-S	C	Eververse		No
Cuttlebone	C › Weak		Cuttlebone	C	Eververse		No
Firebreak Warden	C › Weak		Firebreak Warden	C	Eververse		Yes
Gigantes Carrier	C › Weak		Gigantes Carrier	C	Eververse		No
Home Away	C › Weak		Home Away	C	The Dawning		No
Junkyard Navigator	C › Weak		Junkyard Navigator	C	Eververse		Yes
Lunar Growl	C › Weak		Lunar Growl	C	Eververse		Yes
M3-D1 Valkyrie	C › Weak		M3-D1 Valkyrie	C	Eververse		No
Rose and Bone	C › Weak		Rose and Bone	C	Eververse		No
Skulking Fox	C › Weak		Skulking Fox	C	Eververse		No
Tachyon-4	C › Weak		Tachyon-4	C	Eververse		Yes
Takanome Wings	C › Weak		Takanome Wings	C	Eververse		No
The Bandwagon	C › Weak		The Bandwagon	C	Eververse		No
The Sundaresh Experiment 13-R	C › Weak		The Sundaresh Experiment 13-R	C	Eververse		No
The Tall Tale	C › Weak		The Tall Tale	C	Eververse		No
Tymbal Lucidae	C › Weak		Tymbal Lucidae	C	Season 17		No
Velocimancer	C › Weak		Velocimancer	C	Eververse		No
VG-17 Flying Fortress	C › Weak		VG-17 Flying Fortress	C	Eververse		Yes
Wanderer's Wings	C › Weak		Wanderer's Wings	C	Eververse		Yes
Asher Mir's One-Way Ticket	D › Worst		Asher Mir's One-Way Ticket	D	Eververse		No
Ego and Squid	D › Worst		Ego and Squid	D	Eververse		No
Last Flight Home	D › Worst		Last Flight Home	D	Europa Triumphs		Yes
Lost Legend	D › Worst		Lost Legend	D	Eververse		No
Proteus	D › Worst		Proteus	D	Eververse		Yes
SCRAP CF-717-91	D › Worst		SCRAP CF-717-91	D	Eververse		No
Shadow Trespass	D › Worst		Shadow Trespass	D	Eververse		No
Tatarstan	D › Worst		Tatarstan	D	Season 10		No
Transpose JT-24-X	D › Worst		Transpose JT-24-X	D	Eververse		No
Universal Wavefunction	D › Worst		Universal Wavefunction	D	Mercury Nightfall		No

These are the different Tier levels used for this ranking:

• S Tier – Best: Highest ranking.
• A Tier – Strong: Very strong, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
• B Tier – Average: Decent choices.
• C Tier – Weak: The middle of the pack, somewhat mediocre.
• D Tier – Worst: Lagging behind the competition.

The list starts with the S Tier and moves down from there. It also covers both PVE and PVP, with the “Excels in” column clearly identifying where each weapon shines.

Ranking Criteria

For the sake of clarity, the ranking above is entirely subjective and only based on what ships I consider cool. But the true objective of this list is to offer you a single place in which you can easily see every exotic ship at a glance yourself and decide which ones YOU like.

So which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.