Operation: Seraph’s Shield Exotic Mission: Rotation and Rewards

Season 22 introduced an excellent way to relive some of the best PvE content Destiny 2 has to offer: the Exotic Mission Rotator. This new system brings back beloved missions from past seasons while also sprucing them up with some enticing loot.

In this article, we cover one of these missions, Operation: Seraph’s Shield, including its rotation and rewards.

Operation: Seraph’s Shield Exotic Quest

The Exotic Mission Rotator features three missions, including Operation: Seraph’s Shield, which rewards the Revision Zero Exotic Pulse Rifle.

Art	Raid	Location	Power Level	Loot	Requires
	Operation: Seraph Shield	Legends tab	1800	Revision Zero	Lightfall

Operation: Seraph’s Shield Exotic Mission, Destiny 2

Basically a small-scale version of the Deep Stone Crypt raid, Operation: Seraph’s Shield was released with Season of the Seraph. This mission has Guardians venturing into a Braytech orbital platform above the Last City to rid it of Fallen forces.

This one is relatively mechanically complex but doesn’t have a timer, making it an enjoyable experience if you take your time.

Revision Zero is the unique exotic you’ll get for completing Operation: Seraph’s Shield. Able to fire a two-round burst, four-round burst, or powerful sniper-like shots, this pulse rifle is truly a jack of all trades. It’s also craftable, allowing you to customize it to your liking.

Weekly rotation

This is the Season 22 calendar covering the entire Operation: Seraph’s Shield rotation until November 28, 2023:

Operation: Seraph’s Shield Exotic Mission, Destiny 2

Destiny 2 Operation: Seraph’s Shield Loot Table & Rewards

Each Exotic Mission offers several rewards, including a specific craftable Exotic weapon, several Legendary weapons, and one armor set. Operation: Seraph’s Shield features the following weapons and armor set:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Revision Zero	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Kinetic	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Strong ❘ A	PvP	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Disparity	Pulse Rifle	Aggressive Burst	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Fire and Forget	Linear Fusion Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Stasis	The Witch Queen	Yes	Heavy	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable
	IKELOS_HC_v1.0.3	Hand Cannon	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Void	Weak ❘ C	-	Operation: Seraph Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable		Repulsor Brace
	IKELOS_SG_v1.0.3	Shotgun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Average ❘ B	-	Operation: Seraph Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable		Incandescent
	IKELOS_SMG_v1.0.3	Submachine Gun	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Operation: Seraph Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	IKELOS_SR_v1.0.3	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Judgment of Kelgorath	Glaive	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Solar	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Path of Least Resistance	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	Retrofit Escapade	Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Heavy	Void	The Witch Queen	Yes	Heavy	Void	Average ❘ B	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable
	Tripwire Canary	Combat Bow	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Arc	Average ❘ B	PvE	Operation: Seraph Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Energy	Craftable

Armor Set	Released	Titan Preview	Hunter Preview	Warlock Preview	Source	Obtainable?
Warmind's Avatar Operation: Seraph Shield	Season 19				Operation: Seraph Shield	Yes

🛑 These rewards require ownership of The Witch Queen or Season of the Seraph.

Revision Zero Exotic Pulse rifle, Destiny 2

It is worth noting that the exotic reward, Revision Zero, is now craftable. As explained by Bungie:

• First completion of the mission on Normal or Legendary difficulty will award the Exotic Deepsight weapon associated with the mission.
• Each completion of the Normal or Legendary version of the Exotic mission will award an intrinsic upgrade that can be used when crafting the Exotic weapon.
• Each completion of the Legendary version of the Exotic mission will award a Catalyst upgrade for the crafted Exotic weapon.

Regarding the Legendary Armor and weapon rewards:

• Weekly mission rewards:
  • One guaranteed Deepsight weapon that has not had its pattern unlocked and one armor piece that has not already been obtained.
• On every completion, you will receive an additional weapon from the mission’s weapon pool. However, this weapon will have no knockout or guaranteed Deepsight behavior (the weapon can roll with Deepsight, but this would be on a random percentage chance).

Note that Exotic Missions feature two difficulties, Normal and Legendary, and each will have separate weekly reward lockouts.

Operation Seraph Shield Difficulties, Destiny 2

Exotic Rotator Challenges

Last but not least, these Missions also feature specific challenges. These challenges are meant to test you and reward those who succeed with even more loot.

What is the Exotic Mission Rotator?

Over the years, Bungie has added missions that carry specific exotic weapon rewards to Destiny 2. These typically are kept a secret until they’re discovered by the community in-game, making for a day almost as exciting as the release of a new raid.

The exotic mission rotator, new for Season 22, takes some of these missions from past years and puts them into a playlist. This playlist features one mission per week, granting unique rewards that reset every Tuesday.

Before you go…

Don’t miss the many other Exotic Quests that are still in the game. Many of these are excellent and feature some of the best Exotic weapons in Destiny 2. Also, don’t forget to check out Vox Obscura, another Exotic Mission on rotation.