[toc] 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 guide will help you keep track of all the new shiny loot and will focus on the most sought-after items in the entire game: Exotics.
If you’re interested in Exotics that are slightly older, our Exotics Tier list covers every single Exotic weapon available in Destiny 2.
Season of Plunder Exotic weapons
These are all the new Exotic weapons released with Season 18 on August 23, 2022:
| Name | Weapons | Type | Archetype | Ammo | Element | Requirements | In loot pool? | Rank | Source | Available? | Tier rank | Source ❘ DLC | Final Verdict | Released | Perks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touch of Malice |  Touch of Malice | Scout Rifle | Exotic | Primary | Kinetic | Free-to-Play | Yes | S › Best | King's Fall Raid |  | Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE | King's Fall Raid Free-to-Play | Slot:   Exotic Perk: "The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage and then regenerates itself. Rapidly defeating three targets restores health. Precision hits drain combatants' life force and charge up a ball of darkness." ► Touch of Malice is finally back. Whilst largely untouched compared to D1, the addition of its new perk "Charged with Blight," combined with the abundance of healing now available, makes Touch of Malice a primary ammo DPS monster. Perhaps the best DPS primary in the game right now. | Season 18 | Slot: Exotic Perk: "The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage and then regenerates itself. Rapidly defeating three targets restores health. Precision hits drain combatants' life force and charge up a ball of darkness." |
| Quicksilver Storm |  Quicksilver Storm | Auto Rifle | Exotic | Primary | Kinetic | Lightfall Pre-Order | Yes | A › Strong | Pre-order bonus | | Strong ❘ A Excels in: PvE | Pre-order bonus Lightfall Pre-Order | Slot: Exotic Perk: "Landing multiple hits turns your next shot into a homing micro-rocket. Landing multiple rockets loads a grenade." ► Quicksilver Storm is a fun and unique weapon. Combining an Auto Rifle with a Rocket Launcher and a Grenade Launcher, Quicksilver Storm is quite the all-rounder, however, it isn't quite fully there in terms of strength to be one of the greats. | Season 18 | Slot: Exotic Perk: "Landing multiple hits turns your next shot into a homing micro-rocket. Landing multiple rockets loads a grenade." |
| Delicate Tomb |  Delicate Tomb | Fusion Rifle | Exotic | Special | Arc | Free-to-Play | Yes | A › Strong | Exotic Kiosk | | Strong ❘ A Excels in: PvE | Exotic Kiosk Free-to-Play | Slot:   Exotic Perk: "Fires a wide horizontal spread when shot from the hip. Final blows with this weapon have a chance to generate Ionic Traces. Collecting an Ionic Trace overcharges this weapon's next shot, jolting targets on hit." ► Delicate Tomb synergizes amazingly with Arc 3.0. Ionic Traces and Jolt are some of the better parts of the Arc changes, and with the ability to trigger both (on top of all of the synergies it can have with certain fragments), Delicate Tomb is a very solid pick. | Season 18 | Slot: Exotic Perk: "Fires a wide horizontal spread when shot from the hip. Final blows with this weapon have a chance to generate Ionic Traces. Collecting an Ionic Trace overcharges this weapon's next shot, jolting targets on hit." |
Season of Plunder Exotic Catalysts
With Season of Plunder, only one catalyst was introduced to the game:
| Name | Type | Slot | Catalyst Rank | Catalyst Source | Available? | Requirements | Catalyst | Tier | Source ❘ DLC | How to unlock | Catalyst effect | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delicate Tomb | Fusion Rifle | Energy | Ongoing | Banshee-44's quest | Yes | Free-to-Play |  Delicate Tomb | Fusion Rifle | Ongoing... | Banshee-44's quest Free-to-Play | ► Get 700 kills | ► Adds Ionic Interment perk: Collecting an Ionic Trace partially reloads the magazine from reserves. | Season 18 |
| Touch of Malice | Scout Rifle | Kinetic | Ongoing | King's Fall Raid | Yes | Free-to-Play |  Touch of Malice | Scout Rifle | Ongoing... | King's Fall Raid Free-to-Play | ► Get 700 kills | ► Adds Rapid Hit perk: Rapid precision hits temporarily increase stability and reload speed. | Season 18 |
| Thunderlord | Machine Gun | Heavy | Ongoing | Playlist Activity completions | Forsaken Pack |  Thunderlord | Machine Gun | Ongoing... | Playlist Activity completions Forsaken Pack | ► Get 500 kills | ► Adds Return Stroke: Causing a lightning strike with this weapon partially reloads the magazine from reserves. | Season 18 |
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 18 Exotic armor
Every new season comes, in general, with a new piece of Exotic armor per class (full expansions tend to include 2 pieces of armor per class):
| Armor | Class | Type | Requirements | Source | Released | Requires | Exotic Perk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fallen Sunstar | Warlock | Helm | The Witch Queen | Lost Sectors | Season 18 |  The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: "Ionic traces you create move faster and grant you additional ability energy. Nearby allies also gain ability energy when you collect an ionic trace." |
 Gyrfalcon's Hauberk | Hunter | Chest | The Witch Queen | Lost Sectors | Season 18 | The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: "Your weapons gain a bonus to damage briefly after you emerge from being invisible. When you are invisible and defeat a combatant using a finisher, you and your nearby allies gain a reserve overshield and improved class ability regen. These reserve overshields can be deployed by using a class ability." |
 Point-Contact Cannon Brace | Titan | Arms | The Witch Queen | Lost Sectors | Season 18 | The Witch Queen | Exotic Perk: "Defeating targets with your Thunderclap melee restores melee energy. Targets near you when you use your Thunderclap suffer lightning strikes; being amplified increases the range of these lightning strikes." |
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”) is a fairly new method to acquire Exotics weapons that were previously connected to expired Season Passes and Exotic quests that are no longer available in-game. Either way, the Monument to Lost Lights has all of those exotics for sale.
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 is over.
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.
Your turn
You now know everything there is to know about the latest and greatest Exotics in the game and how to best find them. We will keep these lists updated with every new Season and DLC so make sure you bookmark this page!
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