Destiny 2's Season of the Seraph is live, bringing with it new seasonal activities and weapons for Guardians to chase. While there's a lack of a subclass overhaul this season, Bungie somewhat compensated for this with a massive batch of new weapons.
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Beyond new seasonal weapons, the IKELOS weapons have returned, three new Exotic weapons are up for grabs, and the Deep Stone Crypt has had all of its Legendary weapons updated with new perks and a powerful Origin Trait. This guide will showcase every weapon you can expect to earn this season, ranging from new Exotics to activity drops.
Updated December 14th, 2022, by Charles Burgar: Now that the Spire of the Watcher dungeon is out, now is the time to start chasing god rolls for the season. We've updated this guide with all weapons that drop from Spire of the Watcher, including the new Hierarchy of Needs Exotic Bow. We'll update this article when Revision Zero releases next week, covering how the Pulse Rifle works alongside its multiple Catalysts.
New Exotics
Season of the Seraph features three new Exotic weapons. The Manticore is a 900 RPM Veist SMG with enhanced airborne properties, available from the Season Pass. Revision Zero is an Exotic Pulse Rifle with multiple Catalyst perks, obtained from this season's Exotic mission that goes live on December 20th.
If you own this season's dungeon, you can also get your hands on Hierarchy of Needs, a Solar Bow that creates guidance rings on hip-fire arrows. Fire your arrows through these rings to create heat-seeking missiles that deal massive damage. As with all dungeon and raid Exotics, Hierarchy of Needs is a random drop from the final encounter of Spire of the Watcher.
The Manticore
Weapon Archetype
Submachine Gun (900 RPM)
Damage
Void
Exotic Perk
Soaring Fang: Dealing damage while grounded charges antigrav repulsors.
Dealing damage while airborne extends antigrav repulsors.
Trait
Swooping Talons: Dealing damage while airborne increases this weapon's damage output.
Revision Zero
Weapon Archetype
Pulse Rifle (Unknown RPM)
Damage
Unknown
Exotic Perk
Currently Unknown
Trait
Currently Unknown
Hierarchy Of Needs
Weapon Archetype
Bow (756 Draw Time)
Damage
Solar
Exotic Perk
Guidance Ring: Precision hits and final blows build Guidance Ring energy. Opposing Guardians grant additional energy.
At full charge, hip firing creates a Guidance Ring.
Trait
Apollonic Tangent: Arrows fired through a Guidance Ring release seeking projectiles, which do more damage based on distance.
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Seasonal Weapons
The Seventh Seraph and IKELOS weapons from past seasons are now craftable at The Enclave. Seventh Seraph weapons did not receive a perk refresh.
As with previous seasons, Season of the Seraph has six new Legendary weapons tied to the seasonal activity. For Seraph, you'll earn these weapons by completing the Heist Battlegrounds playlist and by focusing Umbral Engrams at the Exo Frame, a new vendor at the H.E.L.M.
Additionally, the IKELOS weapons have been reprised. All IKELOS weapons drop from Resonate Stems found on patrol space. Just like the Warmind DLC in Year 1, you'll need to collect Resonate Stems to create Override Frequencies which detect these stems. You only need to find four of these to obtain all reprised IKELOS weapons from this season.
Seasonal Weapons
These weapons do not generate Warmind Cells.
Weapon
Archetype
Fire And Forget
Type: Linear Fusion Rifle (Three-Round Burst)
Damage: Stasis
Tripwire Canary
Type: Bow (Lightweight Frame)
Damage: Arc
Disparity
Type: Pulse Rifle (Adaptive Frame)
Damage: Stasis
Path Of Least Resistance
Type: Trace Rifle (Adaptive)
Damage: Arc
*Judgment Of Kelgorath
Type: Glaive (Aggressive Glaive)
Damage: Solar
*Retrofit Escapade
Type: Machine Gun (Rapid-Fire Frame)
Damage: Void
*Available from the Season Pass
IKELOS Reprisals
Weapon
Archetype
IKELOS_HC_V1.0.3
Type: Hand Cannon (Precision Frame)
Damage: Void
IKELOS_SG_V1.0.3
Type: Shotgun (Rapid-Fire Frame)
Damage: Solar
IKELOS_SR_V1.0.3
Type: Sniper Rifle (Rapid-Fire Frame)
Damage: Solar
IKELOS_SMG_V1.0.3
Type: SMG (Aggressive Frame)
Damage: Arc
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Related: Destiny 2: The Best Submachine Guns For PvE, Ranked
Deep Stone Crypt Weapon Refresh
All Legendary weapons from the Deep Stone Crypt raid have had their perk pools refreshed, most of which now include elemental perks of their respective element type. For example, Trustee can now roll with Incandescent, and Posterity can roll with Voltshot.
DSC weapons now roll with the Bray Inheritance Origin Trait, granting a small amount of ability energy whenever you damage an opponent. As with all Origin Traits, this perk is static and rolls on all Deep Stone Crypt weapons. Specific rolls can be found on light.gg.
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Spire Of The Watcher Weapons
Tex Mechanica has found their way into Destiny 2's loot pool through the Spire of the Watcher dungeon. Complete each encounter for a chance of obtaining four new Tex-themed weapons and two reprised Seventh Seraph guns. And if you're lucky, the final encounter can drop the Hierarchy of Needs Bow (detailed in our Exotic section).
Weapon
Archetype
Seventh Seraph Carbine
Type: Auto Rifle (Precision Frame)
Damage: Kinetic
Seventh Seraph Officer Revolver
Type: Hand Cannon (Precision Frame)
Damage: Kinetic
Long Arm
Type: Scout Rifle (Aggressive Frame, similar to DMT)
Damage: Arc
Liminal Vigil
Type: Sidearm (Aggressive Burst)
Damage: Stasis
Terminus Horizon
Type: Machine Gun (High-Impact Frame)
Damage: Arc
Wilderflight
Type: Grenade Launcher (Special, Double Fire)
Damage: Void
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Loot Pool Additions
Season of the Seraph adds a new weapon for each ritual playlist, two new weapons for rotating playlists—Iron Banner, Trials, and Nightfalls—and four new world pool guns. Let's cover what drops you can expect to see throughout the season.
General Loot Pool
Weapon
Archetype
Lodbrok-C
Type: Auto Rifle (360 RPM)
Damage: Kinetic
Jararaca-3SR
Type: Scout Rifle (260 RPM)
Damage: Stasis
Aurvandil FR6
Type: Fusion Rifle (960 Charge Time)
Damage: Stasis
Fioritura-59
Type: Sidearm (450 RPM)
Damage: Void
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New Playlist Loot
Weapon
Archetype
Prolonged Engagement
(Strikes)
Type: SMG (900 RPM)
Damage: Stasis
Blowout
(Crucible)
Type: Rocket Launcher (20 RPM)
Damage: Arc
Rose
(Competitive Crucible)
Type: Hand Cannon (140 RPM, has Lightweight passive)
Damage: Kinetic
Albruna-D
(Gambit)
Type: Sniper Rifle (72 RPM)
Damage: Arc
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New Nightfall Loot
Weapon
Archetype
Wendigo GL3
Type: Grenade Launcher (Heavy, 120 RPM)
Damage: Arc
Hung Jury SR4
Type: Scout Rifle (180 RPM)
Damage: Kinetic
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New Trials Of Osiris Loot
Weapon
Archetype
Exalted Truth
Type: Hand Cannon (140 RPM)
Damage: Void
Unwavering Duty
Type: Machine Gun (450 RPM)
Damage: Solar
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New Iron Banner Loot
Weapon
Archetype
Dark Decider
Type: Auto Rifle (720 RPM)
Damage: Arc
Gunnora's Axe
Type: Shotgun (65 RPM, Slug)
Damage: Arc
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Season Of The Seraph Ritual Weapon
Season of the Seraph's ritual weapon is Veles-X, a 450 RPM Void Pulse Rifle with various utility and damage perks. It's currently the only weapon in Destiny 2 that rolls with Repulsor Brace in the first trait column, allowing you to pair it with Kill Clip or Golden Tricorn for some serious damage. Pair this weapon with Volatile Rounds, and you have a fantastic add-clearing Primary for all Void specs.
Veles-X
Weapon Archetype
Pulse Rifle (450 RPM)
Damage
Void
Perk Column One
Repulsor Brace
Tunnel Vision
Perk Column Two
Golden Tricorn
Kill Clip
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