Presage Exotic Mission: Rotation and Rewards

Season 22 has 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’ll cover one of these missions, Presage, including its rotation and rewards.

Presage Exotic Quest

The Exotic Mission Rotator features three missions, including Presage, which rewards the Dead Man’s Tale Exotic Scout rifle.

Art	Exotic Mission	Location	Power Level	Rewards	Requires
	Presage	Legends tab	1800	Loot Table	Lightfall

Presage, Destiny 2

Released with Season of the Chosen back in early 2021, Presage is the closest thing to a horror experience you’ll get in Destiny 2. Here, you’ll explore a seemingly abandoned Cabal ship filled to the brim with Scorn forces.

The normal difficulty variant of this mission isn’t timed, so explore to your heart’s content! It’s one of the most immersive spaces the Destiny franchise has to offer. Presage also has a lot of significance from a lore perspective, as it gave us the first hints that Calus would be back.

Weekly rotation

This is the Season 22 calendar covering the entire Presage rotation until November 28, 2023:

Destiny 2 Presage Loot Table & Rewards

Presage offers several rewards, including a craftable version of Dead Man’s Tale, all the weapons from Season 17, and the armor set from that Season:

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?
	Dead Man's Tale	Scout Rifle	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Strong ❘ A	PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 13	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Austringer	Hand Cannon	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Beloved	Sniper Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Solar	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Bump in the Night	Rocket Launcher	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Stasis	Beyond Light	Yes	Heavy	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Heavy	Craftable
	CALUS Mini-Tool	Submachine Gun	MIDA Synergy	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Drang (Baroque)	Sidearm	Together Forever	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Firefright	Auto Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Weak ❘ C	-	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Kinetic	Craftable
	Hollow Denial	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Void	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Void	Weak ❘ C	-	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable		Repulsor Brace
	Nezarec's Whisper	Glaive	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Arc	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Arc	Weak ❘ C	-	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable
	Tears of Contrition	Scout Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Kinetic	Craftable
	Without Remorse	Shotgun	Lightweight	Legendary	Special	Solar	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Solar	Average ❘ B	PvP	Presage		Beyond Light	Season 17	Energy	Craftable		Incandescent

Armor Set	Released	Titan Preview	Hunter Preview	Warlock Preview	Source	Obtainable?
Eidolon Pursuant Presage	Season 17				Presage	Yes

🛑 These rewards require ownership of Beyond Light or Season of the Chosen.

Presage loot & rewards, Destiny 2

It is worth noting that the exotic reward, Dead Man’s Tale, 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.

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

Presage 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 Operation: Seraph’s Shield, another Exotic Mission on rotation.