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Destiny 2: The Final Shapeis arguably the largest content drop that the franchise has seen since Forsaken. A large new destination, raid, subclass, and substantial seasonal offerings will keep Guardians busy for weeks on end. Such sizable content wouldn’t feel complete without a new roster of weapons to chase, and thankfully, Bungie went above and beyond.
There are over 50 weapons to chase in The Final Shape and its accompanying Echoes episode, most of which are completely new to the franchise. Get your hands on a Legendary Witherhoard, two-round burst Pulse Rifles, Auto Rifles that fire healing rounds, and much more. This guide covers every weapon added in this expansion and showcases all trait combinations, where applicable.
Updated July 27, 2025, by Charles Burgar:Now that Salvation’s Edge and Echoes are out, we now have every weapon declassified in the API. We have updated this guide to include all weapons added in the Echoes episode as well as Salvation’s Edge, this expansion’s raid. We also updated our tables to alphabetize the perk options in both trait columns.
New Exotics
The Final Shape and its accompanying episode, Echoes, has a total ofseven Exotic weaponsfor Guardians to chase. Four of these weapons are already known through promotional material—Red Death, Microcosm, Still Hunt, and Khvostov—yet there are three other weapons that Bungie hasn’t officially revealed that have been uncovered in-game. We’ve tagged these Exotics as spoilers in case you want to find them yourself.
Final Shapeitself has five new Exotic weapons, three of which have been showcased in previews. Microcosm is a Trace Rifle that deals Kinetic damage and consumes Heavy ammo, obliterating enemies with the Traveler’s Light. Still Hunt is a Sniper Rifle that loads Golden Gun shots—and yes, it synergizes with Celestial Knighthawk. Finally, Khvostov is now craftable and fires ricocheting bullets every seven shots, chaining between enemies.
Episode: Echoeshas two Exotics we currently know of. Red Death is returning in the form of a Solar Pulse Rifle, featuring a stronger variant of Heal Clip and Unrelenting. The second Exotic will be released later in the episode.
Red Death Reformed
Red Death is the Season Pass Exotic. Episode owners can pick this up as soon as they log in. Red Death is otherwise obtained atRank 40in the Season Pass.
Solar
Exotic Perk
Redemption:Final blows with this weapon cure you and increase reload speed.
Reloading after final blows cures nearby allies.
Trait
Inverse Relationship: When you deal damage with this weapon, it gains increased handling, takes reduced flinch, and movement speed is increased for a short time.
Still Hunt
Nighthawk Synergy
This weapon gains the properties of Celestial Nighthawk if you have that Exotic equipped. When charged, Still Hunt will load a single, high-damage Golden Gun shot.
It’s currently unknown if Still Hunt’s damage scales with similar Super-enhancing Exotics like Star-Eater Scales.
Cayde’s Retribution:Pick up Orbs of Power or land precision hits to charge this weapon’s Super bar.
Once full, hold reload to fire three Golden Gun rounds.
Sharpshooter:This weapon gains passive bonuses to aim assist, ADS speed, and flinch resistance.
Kinetic
Paracasual Beam:Fires a beam of Kinetic light, dealing massive bonus damage to shields.
The Right Choice:Every seventh bullet from this weapon ricochets to nearby targets.
Eyes Up, Guardian:Collecting Orbs of Power strengthens this weapon’s next several ricochet shots, providing more damage and more bounces between targets.
Random (Can roll Arc, Solar, or Void)
Random. (See below)
Transcendent Duelist:This weapon collects less ammo. Final blows with this weapon accelerate Light and Darkness mastery.
Deals increased damage while Transcendent; defeating targets lengthens Transcendence.
Ergo Sum is an Exotic Sword that is earned through the new Pathfinder system, a replacement for ritual vendor bounties. This weapon featuresrandom rolls. Interestingly, this is the first Exotic weapon to haverandom Exotic perks, rolling augmented variants of well-known Exotics like Gjallarhorn, Polaris Lance, and Telesto. ConsultLight.ggfor exact roll combinations.
This is also the first Sword to use Special ammo.
All copies of this weapon come with theTranscendent Duelisttrait. This reduces the ammo you collect for this weapon, but final blows will rapidly fill the Transcendence meter. While active, kills with this weapon will greatly extend Transcendence.
Strand
Unwound:Dealing sustained damage with this weapon spawns Threadlings at the target’s location.
Spindle:Threadling damage increases this weapon’s damage.
Euphony is a three-round burst Linear Fusion Rifle that resides in the Kinetic slot, making it a Special weapon.Every two bursts of this weapon release a cluster of Threadlings at the target’s location.Threadling damage will then proc Spindle, increasing your damage for a short duration. This buff can stack up to 25 times, so this weapon is ideally used by a Broodweaver or a Prismatic Hunter using Threaded Specter.
This weapon is this expansion’s raid Exotic, found in Salvation’s Edge. Euphony drops from the final encounter. Certain raid Triumphs will increase the drop rate of this Exotic.
Currently Unknown
This Exotic seems to be tied to an Exotic mission that will release partway through Echoes, similar to Wish-Keeper and Vexcalibur. It’s unclear what Exotic perks this weapon will have, but it is fully craftable.
The Pale Heart Weapons
Defeating the Witness' forces within the Pale Heart of the Traveler comes with its own rewards. This destination haseight new weaponsto chase, and these weapons are comparable to end-of-year seasonal guns. They have strong perks pools, are tied to powerful archetypes, and can be crafted.
New Archetypes
This destination’s Auto Rifle, No Hesitation, can heal allies while hipfired. It’s effectively a Legendary version of Lumina.
Pro Memoria is also the first 600 RPM LMG to grace Destiny 2’s sandbox, trading stability for raw damage output.
Every weapon that drops in the Pale Heart comes with theDealer’s Choiceorigin trait, which is effectively a weaker version of Thresh. Kills restore a small amount of Super energy, increased with each Dealer’s Choice weapon you have equipped. It’s a fairly weak origin trait, but you canaugment this perk through the Echoes Artifactto give it Dragonfly as a bonus property, triggering Solar explosions on precision kills.
Additionally, some of these weapons roll with entirely new perks. Their effects are listed below. Bear in mind that the healing-focused perks, Physic and Circle of Life, can only roll on Support Frame Auto Rifles.
Frame:Aggressive Burst (257 RPM, two-round burst)
Frame:Rocket-Assisted Frame (100 RPM, fires explosive projectiles)
Frame:Vortex Frame (Heavy attack creates a whirlwind around you)
Frame:Support Frame (600 RPM, hipfire rounds heal allies)
Frame:Aggressive Frame (600 RPM, new archetype)
Frame:Precision Frame (65 RPM, oval spread)
Damage:Kinetic
Season Of Dawn Reissue
To help you defeat the Witness, Saint-14 has reissued some of his most iconic weapons from Season of Dawn. Each weapon drops with theCast No Shadowsorigin trait, which partially reloads the weapon’s magazine from reserves as you deal melee damage. You can further enhance this origin traitthrough the Echoes Artifact.
Frame:Aggressive Frame (325 RPM, two-round burst)
Frame:Wave Frame (Fires a wave of energy with no damage falloff)
Salvation’s Edge Weapons
Salvation’s Edge is this expansion’s new raid, taking players to the depths of the Witness' monolith inside the Pale Heart. As with all current Destiny 2 raids, there aresix Legendary weapons and one new Exoticto acquire. Check the Exotics section of this guide to see what the Salvation’s Edge raid Exotic is. All Legendary weapons are shown below.
Every Legendary weapon from Salvation’s Edge comes with theCollective Purposeorigin trait, which increases the weapon’s range and handling while near allies. The more allies that are near, the stronger the effect is. Bows receive faster draw time instead, and Swords receive a faster charge rate.
Weapons can also roll withChaos Reshaped, a variant of Frenzy that trades handling and reload speed bonuses for a more potent damage bonus. After 24 seconds pass, the perk’s damage bonus will become even stronger and partially restore your HP every few seconds.
Frame:Heavy Burst (395 RPM, two-round burst)
Frame:Wave Sword Frame (Heavy attack releases a shockwave)
Damage:Arc
Loot Pool Additions
The Final Shape has a small handful of new weapons to chase across Destiny 2’s core playlists. Vanguard Ops, Crucible, Gambit, and all their notable permutations have new loot to chase this year. Some classics like Better Devils and Origin Story are back, standing alongside some powerful new weapons like Aisha’s Care and Hush
Frame:Heavy Burst (257 RPM, two-round burst)
Frame:Lightweight Frame (Remote detonation)
Frame:Adaptive Burst (533 RPM, three-round burst)
Damage:Void
Episode: Echoes Weapons
Destiny 2’s first episode hasten new Legendary weapons to chase, a sizable increase from the usual six we usually received in previous seasons. These weapons can be earned through this episode’s core activity and related content. Some of these weapons can also be claimed in the Season Pass, although some are locked behind later acts.
Every weapon tied to this episode drops with theRadiolaria Transposerorigin trait. Rapid final blows cause targets to explode into a pool of radiolarian fluid, which is functionally similar to the Cursed Thrall origin traitfrom Crota’s End.
Lost Signal is the first Area Denial Frame in the game. It functions identically to Witherhoard, creating a lingering pool on impact that damages enemies over time.
Corrasion is also a two-round burst Pulse Rifle, similar to the likes of Graviton Lance and Revision Zero.
Frame:Caster Frame (Heavy attack launches a projectile)
Frame:Area Denial Frame (72 RPM, creates a lingering AoE on detonation)
Frame:Aggressive Frame (120 RPM, lever-action rifle)
Damage:Stasis
Echoes Ritual Weapon
This episode’s ritual weapon isPerfect Pitch,a 600 RPM SMG that’s tuned for PvE content. Unlike most weapons, ritual weapons have static rolls, so each copy of this weapon is the exact same. you’re able to choose to runSubsistenceorTo the Painin the first trait column, paired with eitherIncandescentorOnslaughtin the second column.
you may earn this weapon byreaching Rank 16 with Zavala, Shaxx, or the Drifter.Reputation is earned at each vendor by playing their respective activities—Vanguard Ops and Nightfalls for Zavala, PvP for Shaxx, and Gambit for the Drifter. Once acquired, the weapon can be pulled from your Collections at any time.
