Every New Weapon in Destiny 2: Season of the Wish (S23)

by Ric Molina | Mar 6, 2024

Destiny 2 is all about chasing the latest and greatest loot. And for that reason, you can expect Bungie to release exciting new weapons every season.

This guide will help you keep track of all the shiny new weapons this season, including Exotics, brand-new seasonal weapons, and returning fan favorites. These are all the new weapons, Exotics, and Legendaries, released with Season of the Wish (S23), including the new weapons released with Update 7.3.5.

Season of the Wish (S23) Weapons

New Exotic weapons

Item	Weapons	Type	Archetype	Ammo?	Element?	Requirements	In loot pool?	Rank	Source	Tier rank	Source ❘ DLC	Final Verdict	Released	Perks	Best of?
Dragon's Breath	Dragon's Breath	Rocket Launcher	Exotic	Heavy	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	S › Best	Season Pass	Best ❘ S Excels in: PvE	Season Pass Free-to-Play	Slot: Solar \| Ammo: Heavy \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Rockets embed themselves in struck targets and periodically eject incendiary fuel that inflicts Scorch. The longer this weapon goes without firing, the more fuel the next rocket contains. Igniting nearby targets partially replenishes fuel. This weapon refills itself from reserves upon gaining maximum fuel." ► The last Season Pass exotic to become meta was Witherhoard in Season 11. Thankfully, after 12 seasons, we got another one: Dragon's Breath. This is one of the easiest to get and strongest Rockets we've ever seen. Using this exotic in DPS rotations on a Solar Subclass can net some outrageous damage.	Season 23	Slot: Solar \| Ammo: Heavy \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Rockets embed themselves in struck targets and periodically eject incendiary fuel that inflicts Scorch. The longer this weapon goes without firing, the more fuel the next rocket contains. Igniting nearby targets partially replenishes fuel. This weapon refills itself from reserves upon gaining maximum fuel."	Top-tier
Buried Bloodline	Buried Bloodline	Sidearm	Exotic	Special	Void	Deluxe Edition	Yes	A › Strong	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PvE	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon Deluxe Edition	Slot: Void \| Ammo: Special \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Fires two tracking bolts that leech health from the target. Rapid final blows with this weapon grant Devour to the wielder." ► Buried Bloodline is a very unique and fun exotic to use. It allows you to obtain Devour on non-void subclasses, which is immensely strong and works brilliantly with builds that are all about spamming Grenades as much as possible.	Season 23	Slot: Void \| Ammo: Special \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Fires two tracking bolts that leech health from the target. Rapid final blows with this weapon grant Devour to the wielder."	Top-tier
Wish-Keeper	Wish-Keeper	Combat Bow	Exotic	Primary	Strand	Season 23	Yes	B › Average	Exotic Quest	Average ❘ B Excels in: PvE + PvP	Exotic Quest Season 23	Slot: Strand \| Ammo: Primary \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Precision hits and final blows build energy towards a Snareweaver arrow that can be fired from the hip. On impact, Snareweaver arrows create a pattern of traps that suspend nearby targets. This weapon deals bonus damage to suspended targets. Gain faster draw time for a short duration when you suspend or damage a suspended target with this weapon." ► Wish-Keeper is a fun and solid option if you want to lean into Strand and the suspending capabilities of the subclass. It also lets you access Suspend on a non-strand subclass, which can be surprisingly powerful.	Season 23	Slot: Strand \| Ammo: Primary \| Archetype: Exotic Exotic Perk: "Precision hits and final blows build energy towards a Snareweaver arrow that can be fired from the hip. On impact, Snareweaver arrows create a pattern of traps that suspend nearby targets. This weapon deals bonus damage to suspended targets. Gain faster draw time for a short duration when you suspend or damage a suspended target with this weapon."

We cover all the New exotics in detail here, including the returning Dragon’s Breath Exotic rocket launcher and brand-new Buried Bloodline and Wish-Keeper bow.

New Dungeon weapons

Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo?	Element?	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo	Element	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?
Buried Bloodline	Sidearm	Exotic	Exotic	Special	Void	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Special	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	No	Deluxe Edition	Season 23	Kinetic	No	Top-tier
Naeem's Lance	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Strand	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Special	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	No	Deluxe Edition	Season 23	Kinetic	No	Top-tier
Vengeful Whisper	Combat Bow	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	-	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	No	Deluxe Edition	Season 23	Kinetic	No
Indebted Kindness	Sidearm	Rocket-Assisted	Legendary	Special	Arc	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Special	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	No	Deluxe Edition	Season 23	Energy	No	Top-tier
Dragoncult Sickle	Sword	Caster	Legendary	Heavy	Strand	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Heavy	Strand	Worst ❘ D	-	Warlord's Ruin Dungeon	No	Deluxe Edition	Season 23	Heavy	No

We cover all the new Warlord’s Ruin weapons and new (and updated) Prophecy dungeon weapons here.

Guardian Games weapons

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?
Scatter Signal	Fusion Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Strand	Season 23	Yes	Special	Strand	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
Supercluster	Shotgun	Pinpoint Slug	Legendary	Special	Strand	Season 23	Yes	Special	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier	Reconstruction
Appetence	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Stasis	Season 23	Yes	Special	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
Lethophobia	Combat Bow	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
Scalar Potential	Pulse Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
Doomed Petitioner	Linear Fusion Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Season 23	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Reconstruction

These are all the new (and updated) Guardian Games 2024 weapons, including the brand-new Hullabaloo grenade launcher. We cover the top Hullabaloo God Rolls here.

Wish weapons

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?
Scatter Signal	Fusion Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Strand	Season 23	Yes	Special	Strand	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
Supercluster	Shotgun	Pinpoint Slug	Legendary	Special	Strand	Season 23	Yes	Special	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier	Reconstruction
Appetence	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Stasis	Season 23	Yes	Special	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
Lethophobia	Combat Bow	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
Scalar Potential	Pulse Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvP	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
Doomed Petitioner	Linear Fusion Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Season 23	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	Seasonal activity	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Reconstruction

We cover all the new Wish weapons (and tell you how to farm them) here.

Undying weapons

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?
Imperative	Scout Rifle	High-Impact	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Worst ❘ D	-	Undying	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Kinetic	Craftable		Kinetic Tremors
Optative	Hand Cannon	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Void	Average ❘ B	PvE	Undying	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable
Adhortative	Pulse Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Undying	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
Subjunctive	Submachine Gun	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Season 23	Yes	Primary	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Undying	Yes	Season 23	Season 23	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot

This season also features several returning weapons from Season of the Undying (S8). You can farm them at the H.E.L.M.

Undying weapons featured Destiny 2

New Nightfall weapon

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?
Undercurrent	Grenade Launcher	Wave	Legendary	Special	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Arc	Average ❘ B	PvE	Nightfall: The Ordeals	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Energy	No		Voltshot,Bait and Switch
Wild Style	Grenade Launcher	Double Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Ongoing...	-	Nightfall: The Ordeals	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Energy	No
The Slammer	Sword	Vortex	Legendary	Heavy	Stasis	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Nightfall: The Ordeals	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Heavy	No	Top-tier

Nightfall weapons, including the new Wild Style grenade launcher and The Slammer sword, can be infinitely farmed, too. However, unlike dungeons and raids, Nightfall weapons are on a weekly rotation. PS: We cover all the top Wild Style God Rolls here.

New Trials of Osiris weapon

Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo?	Element?	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo	Element	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?
The Prophet	Scout Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	Lightfall	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Ongoing...	-	Trials of Osiris	No	Lightfall	Season 23	Kinetic	No
The Summoner	Auto Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Lightfall	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Trials of Osiris	No	Lightfall	Season 23	Energy	No	Top-tier
Incisor	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Strand	Lightfall	Yes	Special	Strand	Best ❘ S	PvE	Trials of Osiris	No	Lightfall	Season 23	Energy	No	Top-tier

Trials weapons, including the new Incisor trace rifle and The Prophet scout rifle, can be infinitely farmed by focusing Trials of Osiris engrams to get exactly the Trials reward (weapons or armor) you want.

Trials of Osiris weapons S23 featured Destiny 2

Trials of Osiris Weapons, Season 23

New Iron Banner weapon

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?
Multimach CCX	Submachine Gun	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Iron Banner	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Kinetic	No	Top-tier	Kinetic Tremors
Lethal Abundance	Auto Rifle	High-Impact	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvP	Iron Banner	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Kinetic	No	Top-tier
Tusk of the Boar	Grenade Launcher	Wave	Legendary	Special	Strand	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Strand	Ongoing...	-	Iron Banner	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Kinetic	No

Iron Banner weapons, including the new Lethal Abundance auto rifle, can be farmed by completing Iron Banner matches and focusing Iron Banner engrams. We cover the top Lethal Abundance God Rolls here.

New Playlist weapons

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?
Breakneck	Auto Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Playlist: Gambit	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Kinetic	No	Top-tier	Kinetic Tremors
Chivalric Fire	Sword	Caster	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	Ongoing...	-	Playlist: Pursuit	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Heavy	No
Double-Edged Answer	Sword	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Playlist: Vanguard	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Heavy	No	Top-tier

These weapons, including the new Belisarius-D, can be acquired by completing activities from the Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit playlists.

New World Pool weapons

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?
Ros Arago IV	Auto Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE	World loot pool	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Energy	No	Top-tier
Parabellum	Submachine Gun	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Solar	Average ❘ B	-	World loot pool	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Energy	No
Marcato-45	Machine Gun	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Strand	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvE	World loot pool	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Heavy	No	Top-tier
Crux Termination IV	Rocket Launcher	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvE	World loot pool	No	Free-to-Play	Season 23	Heavy	No	Top-tier	Reconstruction

These weapons can be randomly acquired as end-of-match activities or via Legendary and Prime engrams.

How to get weapons in Destiny 2

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

When it comes to finding new guns, though, the methods to acquire them are much more limited:

1. Raids & Dungeons

Home to some of the most sought-after weapons in the game, raids, and dungeons offer the most straightforward methods to acquire top-tier weapons in Destiny 2.

Each encounter of each dungeon and raid has a chance to drop specific loot. This makes it possible to actively farm for the weapon you’re looking for. Be aware that raids are locked to one clear per week per character, giving you a maximum of three chances to get what you want per week. Grasp of Avarice is one of two exceptions to this rule: It can be farmed indefinitely.

2. Trials of Osiris

Trials of Osiris has gone through many ups and downs. Mostly downs if we’re being honest. But the one thing it has always gotten right is the loot, namely its weapons. Trials of Osiris weapons are notoriously good. Often best in class.

As the ultimate endgame PVP activity in Destiny 2, Trials of Osiris has excellent weapons to offer. And since the start of Season of the Lost (this season), the system to earn loot and target farm rewards has been greatly improved. In fact, Trials features perhaps the best system to target farm exactly the weapons you want.

Even if you hate Trials, its weapons are well worth it. Trust me, your time will be well spent, especially when Trials: Freelance is available. This guide covers every Trials weapon, including Adept versions and their rotation.

3. Nightfall: The Ordeals

Bungie has made a lot of efforts to improve Destiny 2’s loot this past year. And they’ve vastly improved the associated grind too. Nightfall weapons are perhaps one of the best examples.

One of the most challenging activities in the game (when playing on Master and Grandmaster difficulty), Nightfalls finally have the loot to properly reward you for your efforts. Nightfalls now reward unique weapons that can’t be found elsewhere, and some of them are real bangers.

Farming them is straightforward but the drop rates are rough and you’ll want to only play Master and Grandmaster Nightfalls if you want to efficiently farm for weapons. This guide covers every Nightfall weapon, their weekly rotation, and more.

4. Exotic Quests

Some of the best weapons in the game are Exotics. These being special items, they often require you to complete cool and unique missions to acquire them. This guide includes every Exotic quest in the game and provides you with their requirements and video guides to help you complete them.

Unfortunately, many Exotic quests have been removed from the game and put into the Destiny Content Vault. Those weapons can still be acquired but they now have to be purchased for a hefty price at the Monument to Lost Lights in the Tower, also referred to as the Exotics kiosk. This resource page includes every Exotic Kiosk weapon and its cost.

6. Seasonal activities

Taking into account that every new Season costs $10+, Bungie will obviously spend a lot of time creating exciting activities and enticing weapons to convince you to buy the season. Therefore, you can expect seasonal weapons to be above average. In fact, every season will come with a handful of top-tier weapons to keep you grinding.

Now that Seasonal content lasts for an entire year, there are too many activities to list here. You can refer to the two tables below for a complete view of every Seasonal activity currently available and what weapons they each offer.

7. Iron Banner

There’s a lot to be said about Iron Banner. The game mode feels stale and outdated, and it features perhaps the worst farming system in the entire game.

Indeed, whereas Trials of Osiris now lets you target-farm specific weapons, Iron Banner still uses the same archaic tokens system it has for years. Turn in tokens to get an Iron Banner reward. With 18 weapons and an armor set in the loot pool, getting the weapon you want is extremely difficult… And that’s a shame because some of the newer Iron Banner weapons are very good.

8. Playlist activities

Playlist activities used to be the less rewarding activities in the entire game. Nowadays, they all offer unique weapons to each mode, and some of them are actually quite good.

Bungie usually adds 2 new weapons for each activity per season. With currently 6 weapons available per mode, it isn’t easy to target-farm these. Plus, each weapon has an enormous perk pool, which makes finding a god roll nearly impossible… On the flip side, drop rates are slightly higher than before, and if you use the right Ghost mod, you’ll be surprised by the number of Playlist weapons you’ll amass over time.

9. Special events

There are four events in Destiny 2 in any given year: The Dawning for Christmas, Festival of the Lost for Halloween, Guardian Games, and Solstice.

Limited in time by nature, this means you have only a couple of weeks to farm these event-specific weapons per year. The good news is that farming these is quite easy: The loot pools are very small and the drop rates are decent enough to guarantee a few good rolls if you take the time to participate.

The Dawning’s Glaciocasm

10. Destination weapons

Some weapons can only be found on specific planets. These are reserved to Europa, the Moon, the Dreaming City, and the Leviathan, and drop from completing specific bounties, missions, and events occurring within those planets.

There isn’t much more to say about these. For the most part, they are average, but some of them could be considered best-in-class. To farm those, each planet offers straightforward methods to farm them. For example, completing bounties on the Moon or quests from Variks on Europa.

11. World loot pool

Finally, there are many weapons that can only drop randomly while playing the game. As you’ll see in the weapons list below, the World loot pool is enormous, which means that farming them will be extremely difficult…

But on the flip side, most of those weapons are pretty average, giving little reason to want to farm them at all. Some of those weapons are fine, and you should always think twice before dismantling them, but you will be better of target farming weapons from other sources.

Before you go…

These are some of our latest guides featuring many of the exciting new features and loot delivered with Season of the Witch:

About The Author

Ric Molina

I've been covering gaming since 2012, and some of my work has been featured by large brands, including MSN.com, Forbes, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more. I've been obsessed with Destiny 2 (and now Diablo 4) for years now, and I hope to provide new and returning players with the guides and resources I wish I had when I first started.