Destiny 2 Hierarchy of Needs + Catalyst: How to get them

Hierarchy of Needs is a Solar Exotic bow that can only drop when defeating the Spire of the Watcher’s final boss*. Today, we cover how powerful this Exotic bow is and tell you exactly how to get both the weapon and its catalyst.

Name: Hierarchy of Needs

Type: Combat Bow Archetype: Exotic

Ammo: Primary Element: Solar

Craftable: No Released: Season 19

Source: Spire of the Watcher Dungeon Requires: Free-to-Play

*As part of Rite of the Nine, you can currently acquire the Hierarchy of Needs by completing a simple and easy quest! More on that below.

How to get the Hierarchy of Needs

Hierarchy of Needs is one of the rewards you can choose from upon completion of the Ritual Initiation quest. This quest is extremely easy to complete, as it only requires a Spire of the Watcher clear, no matter the difficulty (including the easiest Explorer mode!).

But Rite of the Nine is a limited-time event with rotation dungeons, which means you only have a couple of weeks to complete Ritual Initiation and claim your reward!

How to get Hierarchy of Needs (Rite of the Nine), Destiny 2

Outside of Rite of the Nine, Hierarchy of Needs can only drop when completing the Spire of the Watcher dungeon. Spire is one of the longest dungeons, but if you’re willing to put in the time, you shouldn’t have too much trouble farming this dungeon until you finally get your hands on the weapon. You can find the entire Spire of the Watcher loot table here.

How to get the Hierarchy of Needs Catalyst

The Hierarchy of Needs Catalyst can be acquired by clearing the Spire of the Watcher dungeon on Master difficulty. The Catalyst grants the following Exotic Trait:

• Emergency Scramble: Deploying a Guidance Ring or striking a target with a seeking projectile improves draw time and reload speed for a moderate duration (effect lasts about 5 seconds).

Once acquired, you’ll need 500 weapon kills to unlock it. Using typical farming methods, such as Shuro Chi or the opening section of Grasp of Avarice, will speed things along.

Hierarchy of Needs drop rate

The drop rate for Hierarchy of Needs is estimated at roughly 5%, based on community-driven data. Note that actual drop rates are unknown, as Bungie has never shared that information. Albeit drop rates for Raid and Dungeon exotics are abysmally low, completing Triumphs will increase dungeon exotic drop rates. In this case:

Can you farm the Hierarchy of Needs?

You can absolutely farm the Hierarchy of Needs, but only when the Spire of the Watcher dungeon is the weekly featured dungeon. This is the case for all dungeon Exotics, except for the latest released dungeon, which is not part of the weekly rotation. 

By the way, whenever Spire of the Watcher is the featured dungeon, you can also farm all of its Legendary weapons and armor at will.

Hierarchy of Needs Exotic, Destiny 2

How good is the Hierarchy of Needs Dungeon Exotic?

The Hierarchy of Needs features the following Exotic traits:

• Guidance Ring: Precision hits and final blows build Guidance Ring energy. Arrows fired through a Guidance Ring release seeking projectiles, which do more damage based on distance traveled.
• Apollonic Tangent: Arrows fired through a Guidance Ring release seeking projectiles, which do more damage based on distance traveled.
  Stats

While it is incredibly unique and can pump out some respectable damage for a primary weapon, Hierarchy of Needs is simply too clunky and too niche, especially when Touch of Malice can accomplish the same goal and more. Overall, we consider it C-tier.

Before you go…

Are you looking for other top-tier Raid/Dungeon Exotics worth chasing? We cover How to get Buried Bloodline and How to get Conditional Finality here.