Destiny 2 Weapon Level Guide: How to Level up Fast

With the Witch Queen DLC, a new system to obtain god rolls was born in the form of weapon crafting. This system gives players more freedom over their weapons and the opportunity to shape them based on your specific needs

Creating your very own god roll is simple with this system. Once you have crafted your weapon of choice, you just need to level it up to unlock more (and often more powerful) perk options.

The benefits of leveling up your weapons

Leveling your weapon is essential to get all the benefits weapon crafting has to offer:

• Level 16 will allow you to insert any Enhanced Perk you want. Enhanced perks provide an improved effect of the chosen perk.
• Level 20 provides a small stat boost to all of the weapon’s stats.
• Two Enhanced Perks and an Enhanced Intrinsic Perk will give the weapon that gold ‘Masterwork’ weapon border we all love.
• There is no ‘maximum level’ for weapons in Destiny 2. You can continuously use your favorite weapons and flex your super-high weapon levels!

Crafted Weapon with the “Pathmaker” title, Destiny 2

Mementos

You can also use Mementos on crafted weapons, which further enhance your weapon’s customizability. Upon using a Memento when crafting a gun, the weapon will receive an innate kill tracker that you can choose depending on what type of Memento you inserted. For example, the Trials Momento can track Trials of Osiris kills.

Upon reaching Level 20, you can unlock a title for your gun. The titles are

• Dusk Tamer for Vanguard Mementos
• Primeval Usuper for Gambit Mementos
• Pathmaker for Trials of Osiris Mementos

Finally, upon reaching Level 30, you will unlock a Memento-specific shader that you will be able to equip on your gun. It is important to note that you can only apply the shader to weapons that are slotted with the associated memento.

Crafted weapon with Memento, Destiny 2

Mementos, unfortunately, do not stack, so when you get one, it is worth putting it on a weapon, so it doesn’t sit there in your inventory forever.

PS: This page includes every craftable weapon in the game right now. Below are some of our favorites.

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?
	Beloved	Sniper Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvP	Derelict Leviathan		Free-to-Play	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	BxR-55 Battler	Pulse Rifle	Legacy PR-55	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Dares of Eternity		Free-to-Play	30th Anniversary event	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	CALUS Mini-Tool	Submachine Gun	MIDA Synergy	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Derelict Leviathan		Free-to-Play	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Cataclysmic	Linear Fusion Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	The Witch Queen	Yes	Heavy	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Vow of the Disciple Raid		The Witch Queen	Season 16	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Commemoration	Machine Gun	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Beyond Light	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	Deep Stone Crypt Raid		Beyond Light	Season 12	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Conditional Finality	Shotgun	Exotic	Exotic	Special	Stasis	Lightfall	Yes	Special	Stasis	Best ❘ S	PvE	Root of Nightmares Raid		Lightfall	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Death's Razor	Sword	Vortex	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Destabilizing Rounds
	Defiance of Yasmin	Sniper Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	King's Fall Raid		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Deliverance	Fusion Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Special	Stasis	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Stasis	Best ❘ S	PvE	Vow of the Disciple Raid		The Witch Queen	Season 16	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Doom of Chelchis	Scout Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	King's Fall Raid		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Drang (Baroque)	Sidearm	Together Forever	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Derelict Leviathan		Free-to-Play	Season 17	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Fixed Odds	Machine Gun	High-Impact	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Heavy	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Duality Dungeon		Deluxe Edition	Season 17	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Forbearance	Grenade Launcher	Wave	Legendary	Special	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE	Vow of the Disciple Raid		The Witch Queen	Season 16	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Heritage	Shotgun	Pinpoint Slug	Legendary	Special	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Deep Stone Crypt Raid		Beyond Light	Season 12	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Hierarchy of Needs	Combat Bow	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Solar	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Primary	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Spire of the Watcher Dungeon		Deluxe Edition	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	IKELOS_SMG_v1.0.3	Submachine Gun	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	World loot pool		Free-to-Play	Season 11	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	IKELOS_SR_v1.0.3	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	World loot pool		Free-to-Play	Season 11	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Imperial Decree	Shotgun	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvP	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Insidious	Pulse Rifle	Aggressive Burst	Legendary	Primary	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Vow of the Disciple Raid		The Witch Queen	Season 16	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Iterative Loop	Fusion Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Arc	Lightfall	Yes	Special	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Neomuna		Lightfall	Season 20	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Osteo Striga	Submachine Gun	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Kinetic	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	The Witch Queen Campaign		The Witch Queen	Season 16	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Palmyra-B	Rocket Launcher	Precision	Legendary	Heavy	Stasis	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Stasis	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	World loot pool		Free-to-Play	Season 16	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Rufus's Fury	Auto Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Lightfall	Yes	Primary	Strand	Best ❘ S	PvE	Root of Nightmares Raid		Lightfall	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Succession	Sniper Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Kinetic	Beyond Light	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvE	Deep Stone Crypt Raid		Beyond Light	Season 12	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Taipan-4fr	Linear Fusion Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	World loot pool		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Targeted Redaction	Hand Cannon	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Void	Best ❘ S		Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Tarnished Mettle	Scout Rifle	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE	Seasonal activity		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Under Your Skin	Combat Bow	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Deluxe Edition	Yes	Primary	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	PsiOps Battlegrounds		Deluxe Edition	Season 16	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier

How to level weapons in Destiny 2

It takes between 143 to 145 kills to gain a single level on your crafted weapon. This means that in order to reach the important Level 16, you will need around 2,300 kills on that one single weapon.

Luckily, there are multiple methods to level up your newly crafted guns, and we’ll give some tips on how to optimize your leveling experience.

Weapon Level Farm

There are numerous farming spots and strategies to level up new weapons, but first and foremost, do remember that by simply playing the game and completing activities, you will gradually level up your weapon.

Shuro Chi farming

Starting off with my preferred strategy, the Shuro Chi farming spot is one of the community’s favorites for all things farming. Shuro Chi is so popular because you can easily reach this spot solo thanks to the Wish Wall, found up in a hidden section before the first encounter of the Last Wish raid (this does mean you need to own the Forsaken expansion to access it).

Simply shoot the panels on the wall until it matches the image below and step onto the plate to be teleported to the start of the Shuro Chi encounter. Place a Rally Flag and farm the first part of the encounter over and over. You can hope to get around 80-90 kills per run.

With a Rally Flag spot being available, you can also level up your Special and Heavy weapons with ease as you can have constant access to full ammo every run.

Grasp of Avarice dungeon

Another fan-favorite spot for farming is the beginning of the Grasp of Avarice dungeon. Enemies will constantly spawn out of the cave, meaning you can have a constant stream of enemies.

The Grasp farm is extremely quick to access as you simply have to load in and start farming. There is no need to walk miles or deal with the Wish Wall. Just get in and get farming.

The only thing that you do have to keep an eye on is making sure that you avoid the engrams that drop from enemies, as once picked up, you will need to pick another engram every 30 seconds, or you will die. If you do find that you have picked one up by accident, though, do not worry, as you will simply respawn nearby (the area isn’t a Respawning Restricted zone).

Momentum Control

A method that is slightly more dependent on you as a player is farming the Momentum Control game mode. Granted, Momentum Control does have to be the weekly rotating game mode; however, if you fancy yourself as a bit of a PvP player and are tired of farming PvE enemies, Momentum Control is a fun and relatively fast way to level up your weapons. On top of the kills you are getting, you will also receive Weapon Level progress for each match activity completion.

These are the three fastest methods that I have tried in order to level my weapons. However, you can also simply use your weapons in day-to-day content to passively level them up, however, it will be fairly slower than target farming.

The fastest way to level up weapons in Destiny 2

Combined with one of the three farming spots covered before, these extra tips will help you level up your weapons as fast as possible:

• Running Nightstalker with the Deadfall super will allow you to farm kills much faster as the ‘Tethered’ kills also count as weapon kills. This is especially good for Shuro Chi farming.
• Farming for kills is generally faster than farming activities as the percentage gain isn’t worth the amount of time it may take to complete a certain activity.
• If you do decide to play some activities and don’t want to use your crafted weapon just yet, you can always swap to it before the activity ends and receive the level percentage.
• If you are looking to level Special or Heavy weapons, the Shuro Chi farm is by far the most optimal as you can replenish your ammo every run.
• Selecting perks that enhance your farming speed can make your time farming more enjoyable as you can always Reshape your gun back to the god roll you are looking for.

Before you go…

Weapon Crafting is a unique addition to the game, which allows players to finally have a guaranteed path to a god roll on their favorite weapons through targeted farming methods. It has grown to be a core mechanic in the game and is a system that you will definitely want to take full advantage of to optimize your gaming experience.

But you can’t craft a weapon before first unlocking its pattern… This is why we’ve listed every source of Deepsight weapons in the game right now.