New Exotic Weapons in Destiny 2: Lightfall and Season 20

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 page is here to help you keep track of all the new shiny loot, focusing on the most sought-after items in the game: Exotics. And if you’re interested in how Exotics rank compared to each other, our Exotics Tier list covers every Exotic weapon available in Destiny 2.

New Exotic weapons: Lightfall and Season of Defiance

The database below includes every Exotic weapon released with Lightfall and Season of Defiance (S20):

Name	Weapons	Type	Archetype	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Rank	Source	Available?	Tier rank	Source ❘ DLC	Final Verdict	Released	Perks
Verglas Curve	Verglas Curve	Combat Bow	Exotic	Primary	Stasis	Season 20	Yes	Ongoing	Season Pass		Ongoing...	Season Pass Season 20	Slot: Stasis | Ammo: Primary | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Final blows with this weapon grant Stasis arrows. Your next hip-fire shot will fire all of them in a single volley. Stasis arrows freeze targets on contact and create Stasis crystals when affecting the environment.	Season 20	Slot: Stasis | Ammo: Primary | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Final blows with this weapon grant Stasis arrows. Your next hip-fire shot will fire all of them in a single volley. Stasis arrows freeze targets on contact and create Stasis crystals when affecting the environment.
Final Warning	Final Warning	Sidearm	Exotic	Primary	Strand	Lightfall	Yes	Ongoing	Exotic Quest		Ongoing...	Exotic Quest Lightfall	Slot: Strand | Ammo: Primary | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Holding down the trigger marks targets and loads multiple bullets, which fire in a burst with increased stability on trigger release. Hitting a marked target with a fully charged burst will unravel them. Hipfiring Projectiles will track marked targets and deal increased body shot damage. Aiming Projectiles have greatly increased velocity and deal extra critical hit damage.	Season 20	Slot: Strand | Ammo: Primary | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Holding down the trigger marks targets and loads multiple bullets, which fire in a burst with increased stability on trigger release. Hitting a marked target with a fully charged burst will unravel them. Hipfiring Projectiles will track marked targets and deal increased body shot damage. Aiming Projectiles have greatly increased velocity and deal extra critical hit damage.
Winterbite	Winterbite	Glaive	Exotic	Heavy	Stasis	Lightfall	Yes	Ongoing	Exotic Quest		Ongoing...	Exotic Quest Lightfall	Slot: Stasis | Ammo: Heavy | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Fires a large ball of energy that locks onto nearby targets and freezes them. Blocking damage with your shield increases movement speed while shielding.	Season 20	Slot: Stasis | Ammo: Heavy | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: Fires a large ball of energy that locks onto nearby targets and freezes them. Blocking damage with your shield increases movement speed while shielding.
Deterministic Chaos	Deterministic Chaos	Machine Gun	Exotic	Heavy	Void	Lightfall	Yes	Ongoing	Exotic Quest		Ongoing...	Exotic Quest Lightfall	Slot: Void | Ammo: Heavy | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: While holding down the trigger, every fourth bullet becomes a heavy projectile that weakens targets on impact. Every fourth heavy projectile also makes targets volatile on impact.	Season 20	Slot: Void | Ammo: Heavy | Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: While holding down the trigger, every fourth bullet becomes a heavy projectile that weakens targets on impact. Every fourth heavy projectile also makes targets volatile on impact.

Deep dive on Lightfall’s Exotics

Final Warning (Sidearm)

Hold down the trigger of this Kinetic slot Strand Sidearm to mark targets within range and load a burst of bullets. When hip firing, projectiles track aggressively toward marked targets.

Land attacks so precise that you and your target appear tethered by the Weave… if only for a fleeting, unraveling moment.

Deterministic Chaos (Machine Gun)

While holding the trigger, every fourth bullet of this Void Machine Gun becomes a heavy projectile that weakens targets on impact. Every fourth heavy projectile makes targets volatile on impact.

Focus your unrelenting attack and deliver the metal. Heavy, inevitable, and filled with the chaos of the Void.

Winterbite (Glaive)

This Heavy slot Exotic Stasis Glaive fires a large ball of energy that locks onto nearby targets and freezes them.

Where once your foes found confidence in a steadfast stance, they will only find shattered ice and pain. Cold pain.

Season 20 Exotic Catalysts

With Season of Defiance, we expect at least a few catalysts to be introduced to the game, including the Pre-order exclusive catalyst for the Quicksilver Storm auto rifle.

Quicksilver Storm (Auto rifle)

The Quicksilver Storm’s Catalyst will allow you to create Strand tangles when defeating enemies using the weapon’s alternate grenade launcher functionality. The Catalyst may feature other benefits, but that remains to be confirmed as soon as we get our hands on the Catalyst.

Bungie usually releases at least one catalyst for an older Exotic, but we’ll have to wait until launch day to learn more.

Our database with all the new Lightfall Catalysts will be updated on February 28, 2023:

If you’re interested in more catalysts, this tier list features every Exotic Catalyst available in Destiny 2 (and tells you how to find them, unlock them, and what they do).

Season 20 Exotic armor

Every new season comes, in general, with a new piece of Exotic armor per class (full expansions, such as Lightfall, tend to include two pieces of armor per class). We cover all the new Exotic armor here.

How to get the new Exotics in Destiny 2

There are several ways to find Exotic weapons in Destiny 2. Some can be indefinitely farmed, while others are capped per season. This guide covers every single method to acquire Exotics in Destiny 2, old and new.

When it comes to finding the new Exotics, though, the methods to acquire them are much more limited, but at least they are direct and straightforward:

1. Completing Exotic quests

Quest Exotics: The most iconic exotics are often tied to Exotic quests of varying degrees of difficulty and length. Exotic quests are, for the most part, long and complicated, each deserving a good tutorial.

To get you started, you can head over to our comprehensive guide featuring every Destiny 2 exotic quest still available (including video guides).

2. Buying Exotics at The Monument to Lost Lights

The Monument to Lost Lights (aka, the “Exotics Kiosk”) offers Exotics weapons that were previously offered during past Season Passes or Exotic quests that are no longer available in-game.

You can read all about it in our Monument to Lost Lights guide, including the cost to acquire each Exotic and a complete tier list to help you decide what to get next.

The Monument to Lost Lights

3. Claiming Exotics from the Season Pass

The easier Exotics available to you can be found in the Season Pass. Both the Paid and Free tracks of the Season Pass offer a handful of Exotic engrams. All you need do is earn the XP to unlock them before the season ends.

4. Completing Raids and Dungeons

A select handful of exotics can only drop from raid bosses or dungeons. The most recent example is the Heartshadow, which can only drop from the Duality dungeon.

Duality’s loot table

You can visit this guide for a detailed look at every loot table in the game, including raids, dungeons, Trials of Osiris, and more.

Before you go…

Not all Exotic weapons were created equal. Despite Bungie routinely buffing and nerfing specific Exotics every Season, some will always be superior. Therefore, some are more worth farming than others. To help you figure this out, we recommend checking our best PvE weapons and best PvP weapons roundups.

Also, these are some of our latest guides featuring many of the exciting new features delivered with Lightfall and Season of Defiance:

• New Exotic Armor
• New weapons
• New Armor sets
• Strand weapons
• Defiant weapons
• Neomuna weapons
• Terminal Overload loot pool
• Root of Nightmares loot pool