Introduced with the release of Beyond Light, weapon sunsetting impacted hundreds of weapons, including some of the best weapons at the time. By giving those weapons a limited Max Power Level, it made them instantly irrelevant for the majority of the game.
Bungie reassured the community that this was for the best and guaranteed that Weapon sunsetting was here to stay. This prompted players to dismantle some of their best weapons.
Bungie is sunsetting weapon sunsetting
This was all fine, except Bungie announced that they were sunsetting sunsetting. In other words, they are removing sunsetting from the game. All the weapons that were obsolete will be viable again, and that would have been the case for the millions of god rolls that were dismantled in the meantime:
After thoroughly considering the problem space, we came to the decision to remove Power limits from all items starting in The Final Shape.
Unfortunately, all the weapons that were dismantled cannot be recovered. Bungie does promises to reintroduce sources for most of these weapons, but knowing Bungie, expect a slow rollout that may take several months.
Sunset Weapons, Destiny 2
Destiny 2 Sunset Weapons: The Complete List
This list covers the main weapons that were affected by sunsetting, including all of Seasons 9, 10, and 11 weapons.
PS: For weapons from Seasons 1 through 8, the list only features Pinnacle weapons, Rituals, and the most popular weapons at the time.
| - | Weapon | Type | Original Source | Retired | Date | Obtainable today? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Exit Strategy | Submachine Gun | Gambit Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Hush | Combat Bow | Gambit Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | 21% Delirium | Machine Gun | Gambit Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Breakneck | Auto Rifle | Gambit Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Stryker's Sure-Hand | Sword | Black Armory | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Galliard-42 XN7568 | Auto Rifle | Black Armory | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Blast Furnace | Pulse Rifle | Black Armory | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Onslaught Activity |
 | Hammerhead | Machine Gun | Black Armory | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Onslaught Activity |
 | Kindled Orchid | Hand Cannon | Black Armory | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Loaded Question | Fusion Rifle | Vanguard Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Nightfalls |
 | Edgewise | Machine Gun | Vanguard Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Wendigo GL3 | Grenade Launcher | Vanguard Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Nightfalls |
 | Oxygen SR3 | Scout Rifle | Vanguard Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Revoker | Sniper Rifle | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Not Forgotten | Hand Cannon | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Redrix's Broadsword | Pulse Rifle | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Luna's Howl | Hand Cannon | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Onslaught Activity |
 | Randy's Throwing Knive | Scout Rifle | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | The Mountaintop | Grenade Launcher | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Onslaught Activity |
 | Recluse | Submachine Gun | Crucible Pinnacle | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Onslaught Activity |
 | Spare Rations | Hand Cannon | Reckoning | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Fishing |
 | Bygones | Pulse Rifle | Reckoning | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Trust | Pulse Rifle | Reckoning | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Gambit |
 | Drang (Baroque) | Sidearm | Menagerie | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Presage |
 | Beloved | Sniper Rifle | Menagerie | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Presage |
 | Austringer | Hand Cannon | Menagerie | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | Presage |
 | Mindbender's Ambition | Shotgun | Nightfall | Season 12 | November 10, 2020 | No |
 | Last Hope | Sidearm | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Elatha FR4 | Fusion Rifle | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Mos Epoch III | Rocket Launcher | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Hawthorne's Field-Forged Shotgun | Shotgun | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Uriel's Gift | Auto Rifle | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | The Old Fashioned | Hand Cannon | World Loot Pool | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Infinite Paths 8 | Pulse Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Line in the Sand | Linear Fusion Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Patron of Lost Causes | Scout Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Trophy Hunter | Sniper Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Martyr's Retribution | Grenade Launcher | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Jack Queen King 3 | Hand Cannon | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Pyroclastic Flow | Rocket Launcher | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Breachlight | Sidearm | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Traveler's Judgment 5 | Sidearm | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Steelfeather Repeater | Auto Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Gallant Charge | Fusion Rifle | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Perfect Paradox | Shotgun | Season of Dawn | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | No |
 | Komodo-4FR | Linear Fusion Rifle | Crucible Ritual | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Buzzard | Sidearm | Vanguard Ritual | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | Monument to Lost Lights |
 | Python | Shotgun | Gambit Ritual | Season 13 | February 9, 2021 | Monument to Lost Lights |
Recovering your lost Sunset weapons
Note that many of the most powerful sunset weapons can still be acquired in-game, either through your Collections tab or through the Monument to Lost Lights.
This is the case for all Pursuit and Pinnacle weapons.
waking vigil
Agreed, great choice too.
Great Article, thanks
Thank you for the kind comment, always great to hear from you guys!
I think they’re sunsetting armor simply to lock players out of the new content. Forcing people to buy the new expansion to raise their light cap..
You can still do Powerful and Pinnacle activities to get armor with higher power level. There are more sources if you have the expansions but do not need them to get to Max power level.
I think its so they can get away with adding 6 hours of content and marketing it as a new game….
I loved Gambit…much to most of the playerbase having a different say, when i saw there was a pinnacle shotgun for it, i HAULED ass to get it, 2 days later i had it, kept it on all 3 classes, im sad to see its getting sunsetted- but it will never leave my inventory…
Loved the MoonFang-X7 as well… that armor looks kick-ass…
I dont care much about the sunsetting on my favorite weapons, im 143,926 kills deep for my Python, and you can bet imma still make memories with it in future seasons…
for those who wanna make some memories,
Xbox 1
Shadowette8262
Mine is Gr8Achilles
I might take you up on that.
Personally I truly hope they come out with weapons worth grinding for. I busted my butt to get some truly awesome weapons only to have them go extinct. If they don’t come through with this in an truly epic way it could really hurt them in the end.
Lets make memories
Gr8Achilles if you want to
Great article thanks for the insight into how sun setting works and the list of things going by the side of the road.
I’m not excited to see armor getting sunset. It takes 500 enhancement cores to masterwork an armor set. That’s a lot of grinding. The masterwork progression has to change. They need to remember what they said about valuing players time. For us to invest so much time to masterwork an armor set just to have it get left behind..smh. Bungie if you’re listening make it easier to masterwork armor so we don’t feel so wronged when this armor is obsolete.
With all this going on then why are we still having weapons dropping that are sunsetting? (March 2021) Amongst other weapons I have received weapons’ recently playing Nightfall on Hero where I had Warden’s Law Hand Cannon drop 3 times … 2 being masterworks … Max power level is 1000 Season 11 weapon.
Misfit??