Comprehensive Exotic Guide (Image Free)

All about Xur, exotics, catalysts, and which ones are paywalled vs. free to play.

What are exotics and who is Xur?

Exotics are items with unique effects and a yellow background. You can equip one exotic gun and one exotic armor piece. Most have a minuscule chance of randomly dropping from anywhere, but some come from quests. Nightfalls, Vex Strike Force, and higher difficulty lost sectors are the only activities with a greater than baseline chance of dropping exotics. You can get any world drop exotic from anywhere, including legend lost sectors and Vex Strike Force, but some exotics must first be acquired from lost sectors or Vex Strike Force before they enter the world drop pool.

Any exotics in the Monument to Lost Lights can only be acquired there, and their previous means of acquisition has been removed. That's the point of the Monument. Underlined guns used to come from somewhere else, so be mindful that old guides will not be useful.

Xur

A hidden NPC, and the best effort-to-exotic ratio. He appears in one of three locations Friday and disappears Tuesday at the daily reset time, in one of three locations. This game's reset time is 10 AM Pacific. To find him, refer to:

• Where is Xur [whereisxur.com]
  
• Where the F uck is Xur dot com (type out as a website URL and it will work)
  
• Youtube video of EDZ location
  
• Youtube video of Nessus location
  
• Youtube video of Tower location

As of the Dec. 7, 2021 update, Xur's sparkly gold house is now a location in-game. Here, he functions as the Dares of Eternity game show host. Lore wise they are the same person, gameplay wise they are different NPCs

For legendary shards, Xur sells an armor piece for each class and a gun, plus a fated engram. The engram gives a random drop exotic you don't have yet, including the things Xur is selling if you don't have those! You can use the Collections tab in the character menu to track what exotics you have. Xur cannot give quest or raid exotics, and the engram cannot give armor for a class you aren't buying it with. This means it is most economical to buy the items he is selling first and then buy the engram!

Once you own an exotic, you can make more copies of it from the Collections tab of the character menu. This is great for guns, but the stats on exotic armor from collections are very low, so you should store exotic armor in the vault if you don't plan to use it immediately. To get different stat rolls of exotic armor, you have to have another one drop from an activity, or focus it from Rahool which costs a lot of materials.

Legendary shards come from dismantling legendary (purple background) gear.

Xenology

Xur will give you this quest as long as you haven't turned in a Xenology quest to him during that week. You must complete this quest within the week in order to accept another one from him the next week. You can only have three exotic ciphers at a time, so be sure you have room! You spend these at the Monument to Lost Lights in the Tower, at Rahool in the Tower, or at Xur to purchase a second engram per week.

As of the December 10, 2019 update,[www.bungie.net] all exotic engram drops behave the same way as Xur's engram. They have duplicate protection and will give duplicate armor after you have gotten all exotics they can give. This does not apply to loot that teleports into your inventory instead of dropping as a physical engram on the ground.

Ways to Get Exotics

Xur is always the best effort-to-exotic ratio, but you can only get a limited few per week from him. These are the ways to farm exotics, or to get exotics that do not come from Xur.

Higher Difficulty Lost Sectors

Lost sectors are small instanced areas on every destination where you fight a bunch of enemies and at the end there is a boss and a chest you open once you kill the boss. Lost sectors have map markers. When you hover over the map marker, the lost sector's name comes up. If you are unsure where one is, there are plenty of fanmade maps you can find online. Lost sector locations never change, so you don't need to worry about guides being outdated.

Each day, one lost sector is available in Legend and Master difficulty. It will have a map marker visible from the solar system map, and a flag at the entrance you interact with to select the difficulty. I recommend always doing Legend. Master has a higher exotic drop chance, but it's difficult enough that most people cannot complete it fast enough for it to be worthwhile.

Higher difficulty lost sectors are visible after you have done the normal lost sector and reached the power level soft cap on your current character, but you will need to be much higher to actually do them.

Hover over the map marker to see the recommended power level. On the launch page for the activity, hover over the modifiers in the lower left to see what you should be prepared for. You must be able to stun the champions present. You need to kill every champion and be solo to have the best chance of an exotic dropping, and it is not guaranteed. The point is to farm the lost sector multiple times, so if it is difficult and takes you more than ten minutes it's worth holding off until you progress more and can clear them in only a few minutes.

You can have any exotic armor in the day's slot drop, including random world drop or Xur exotics. To view which one it is today, see this spreadsheet.[docs.google.com]

Vex Strike Force

A public event on Neomuna. This is not the same thing as the Vex Incursion Zone. All players can go to Neomuna free to play after completing the Lightfall intro mission.

Like all public events, Vex Strike Force has a map icon with a four minute countdown to when it starts. Unlike other public events, it is at the pinnacle power level and shows an exotic reward when you hover over the map icon. It can drop any exotic armor, including newer exotic armor that normally has to be discovered from higher difficulty lost sectors. Unlike lost sectors, Vex Strike Force is not subject to the armor slot daily rotation. You can get any armor piece from any Vex Strike Force.

There are fanmade trackers that notify you when a Vex Strike Force is happening, such as the Twitter bot Vex Net Assistant or a Discord server.[discord.gg] These both give, at most, four minutes' warning when the event is about to start. The discord server has a channel where you can join each others' fireteams, as this even is pretty tough. Be sure you have yourself set to appear Online on Steam if you want to group up.

Nightfalls

Each season a selection of Vanguard Ops are available as a nightfall, and they rotate weekly. Some require you to own a DLC in order to enter. For a list of which nightfalls are available free, see my free to play content guide here. You can get any exotic in the world loot pool from here.

Catalysts

Some exotic guns have a catalyst, a quest that gives some sort of minor upgrade to the gun. On the weapon details screen, they appear in the same place as the masterwork slot on legendary guns.

A list of all catalysts can be found in the Collections tab. Hover over undiscovered catalysts for a brief description of how to get them. For details on each individual catalyst, see here.[www.blueberries.gg]

Older catalysts can be applied to a gun as soon as they are picked up before the objective is complete. Newer catalysts require you to complete the objective before applying it to the gun.

Catalysts can drop for any gun counted as "found" in your collections tab, even if you dismantled the gun long ago.

Note: Some say there is a cap on how many unfinished catalysts you can hold. I have seen no evidence for this that could not be explained by simple random chance. I have had as many as 11 incomplete catalysts at a time.

Season Passes and Seasonal Free Weapon

Season passes provide access to temporary activities and the opportunity to farm an exclusive pool of items. They cost 1200 silver from the Seasons tab of the director.

Season Pass activities last for the Destiny "year." The year in this game is defined by a DLC release. There are four seasons in a year, and they all get removed when the next DLC releases. When the season pass is removed from the game, I move these exotics to the DLC they become paywalled behind.

At the end of the season, the exotic weapon from the season pass rank up rewards moves behind a paywall. Be sure to reach rank 35 each season to get it for free!

Availability Details

For the remainder of the year the former season rank up exotic is paywalled behind that season's pass, but when the next expansion releases (next year starts), it is paywalled behind the previous DLC. As an example, Ticuu's Divination was the season rank up exotic during Season of the Chosen, available to all players. After Season of the Chosen ended, it went to the Monument, but required Season of the Chosen pass ownership. After Witch Queen release, it only requires regular Beyond Light ownership.

Season of the Wish

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Dragon's Breath	Rocket Launcher	Heavy/Solar	Season progression, free for all players
Wish-Keeper	Bow	Kinetic/Strand	Starcrossed Exotic mission made available through the Wishing All the Best quest.

Season of The Witch

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Ex Diris	Grenade Launcher	Energy/Arc	Was season progression, now monument to lost lights. Requires Season of the Witch pass

Necrochasm can be found in the New Light Free to Play Guns section.

Season of the Deep

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Centrifuse	Auto Rifle	Energy/Arc	Was seasonal progression, now Monument to Lost Lights. Requires Season of the Deep pass.
Wicked Implement	Scout Rifle	Kinetic/Stasis	Broken Blade quest

Season of Defiance

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Verglas Curve	Bow	Kinetic/Stasis	Was seasonal progression, now Monument to Lost Lights. Requires Season of Defiance pass.
Vexcalibur	Glaive	Energy/Void	The Variable quest

The Final Shape

You receive Tesellation weapon when you preorder The Final Shape + Annual Pass. If you buy the regular version, you will receive it either when The Final Shape releases on February 27, 2024 or one season after.

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Tessellation	Fusion Rifle	???	Redeemed in the Tower
???	Sidearm	???	???
???	Trace Rifle	???	???
Khvostov	Auto Rifle	???	???
Red Death	Pulse Rifle	???	???

Lightfall Guns

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Deterministic Chaos	Machine Gun	Heavy/Void	What Remains quest
Final Warning	Sidearm	Kinetic/Strand	The Final Strand quest, requires getting every Strand fragment
Quicksilver Storm	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Rahool
Winterbite	Glaive	Power/Stasis	Strider quest
Conditional Finality	Shotgun	Energy/Stasis	Root of Nightmares raid
Arbalest	Linear Fusion Rifle	Kinetic	Another Last City quest from Shaw Han or the Quest Archive. Available free to play as a random drop otherwise.

As of Season of the Deep (May 23, 2023), Quicksilver Storm is available for all regular Lightfall owners from Rahool. It requires the Annual Pass to get it from the Monument.

Completing certain triumphs will raise the drop chance of Conditional Finality

Lightfall Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Ballidorse Wrathweavers	Gauntlets	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Swarmers	Legs	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Cenotaph Mask	Helmet	Season of the Deep	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Briarbinds	Gauntlets	Season of the Witch	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Hunter

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Cyrtarachne's Facade	Helmet	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Speedloader Slacks	Legs	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Triton Vice	Gauntlets	Season of the Deep	Higher difficulty lost sectors
Mothkeeper's Wraps	Gauntlets	Season of the Witch	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Titan

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Cadmus Ridge Lancecap	Helmet	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Abeyant Leap	Legs	Season of Defiance	Lightfall Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Arbor Warden	Chest	Season of the Deep	Higher difficulty lost sectors
Pyrogale Gauntlets	Gauntlets	Season of the Witch	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Completing the Lightfall Legendary campaign will allow you to choose one of the two exotic armors for that class that released in Season of Defiance. Unlike Witch Queen Legendary, which gave an exotic with the low Collections stat roll, Lightfall Legendary gives a random stat roll for the armor piece. Just like Witch Queen Legendary, you can only get one exotic per class from the Legendary campaign. Replaying it will not let you choose the other one.

You will need to do every mission on Legendary to get the exotic reward at the end. You don't need to do them in order and you can go back and replay them in Legendary if you start on normal.

Lightfall Dungeon Key

Available for $20 USD of silver in Eververse. It is not included with the season pass or with Lightfall, and does not require Lightfall or the season pass.

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
The Navigator	Trace Rifle	Kinetic/Stasis	Ghosts of the Deep dungeon
Buried Bloodline	Sidearm	Energy/Void	Warlord's Ruin dungeon

Witch Queen Guns

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Osteo Striga	SMG	Kinetic	Crafted in the Enclave after Witch Queen's campaign
Collective Obligation	Pulse Rifle	Energy/Void	Random drop from the end of Vow of the Disciple raid
Edge of Intent	Glaive	Energy/Solar	The Evidence Board quest
Edge of Concurrence	Glaive	Energy/Arc	The Evidence Board quest
Edge of Action	Glaive	Energy/Void	The Evidence Board quest
Parasite	Grenade Launcher	Power/Solar	Of Queens and Worms quest
The Manticore	SMG	Energy/Void	Monument to Lost Lights
Delicate Tomb	Fusion Rifle	Energy/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Trespasser	Sidearm	Energy/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Grand Overture	Machine Gun	Power/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Sweet Business	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	The Queen Beckons quest from the Quest Archive. Available free to play as a random drop otherwise.
Dead Messenger	Grenade Launcher	Energy/Arc/Void/Solar	Vox Obscura in the Legends tab
Revision Zero	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	Seraph's Shield in the Legends tab

After acquiring one exotic glaive from the quest, the blueprints for the others can randomly drop from Wellspring or be purchased for a high price from the Evidence Board.

Read more about Dead Messenger and Revision Zero in this Bungie News post.[www.bungie.net] These missions used to be from season passes that have since been removed.

Witch Queen Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Osmiomancy Gloves	Gauntlets	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Secant Filaments	Legs	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors, or Vex Strike Force
Rain of Fire	Legs	Season of the Haunted	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Fallen Sunstar	Helmet	Season of Plunder	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Hunter

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Blight Ranger	Helmet	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Renewal Grasps	Gauntlets	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary Campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Caliban's Hand	Gauntlets	Season of the Haunted	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Gyrfalcon's Hauberk	Gauntlets	Season of Plunder	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Titan

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Loreley Splendor	Helmet	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Hoarfrost-Z	Chest	Season of the Risen	Witch Queen Legendary campaign, higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Second Chance	Gauntlets	Season of the Haunted	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Point-Contact Cannon Brace	Gauntlets	Season of Plunder	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

You can choose one of the Witch Queen exotics added in Season of the Risen upon completion of the entire Legendary difficulty campaign.

Some Season of the Risen Witch Queen exotics do not work unless you own Beyond Light!

Season of the Seraph did not bring any armor exotics.

Witch Queen Dungeon Key

Available for $20 USD of silver in Eververse. Despite the name, this purchase works independently of Witch Queen itself. It is not included with and does not require Witch Queen.

You have a chance of getting these exotics once per class per week, unless the dungeon is the weekly featured dungeon, in which case you can farm for it. Completing certain triumphs will increase the drop chance.

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Hierarchy of Needs	Bow	Energy/Solar	Spire of the Watcher dungeon final encounter
Heartshadow	Sword	Heavy/Void	Duality dungeon final encounter

30th Anniversary Pack

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Gjallarhorn	Rocket Launcher	Heavy/Solar	And Out Fly the Wolves quest

Forerunner is free to play and can be found in the New Light Guns section.

Beyond Light Guns

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
The Chaperone	Shotgun	Kinetic	Chaperone quest. Note: there are two quests for this gun in the Quest Archive, one requiring the Forsaken Pack and one requiring Beyond Light.
Cloudstrike	Sniper Rifle	Energy/Arc	Random drop from Elective Difficulty Empire Hunts
Eyes of Tomorrow	Rocket Launcher	Power/Solar	Random drop from the end of the Deep Stone Crypt raid
No Time to Explain	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	Talk to the Exo Stranger after the Beyond Light campaign.
Salvation's Grip	Grenade Launcher	Power/Stasis	Stasis Prototype quest
The Lament	Sword	Power/Solar	Lost Lament quest. Anti Barrier
Lorentz Driver	Linear Fusion Rifle	Energy/Void	Monument to Lost Lights
Ager's Scepter	Trace Rifle	Kinetic/Stasis	Monument to Lost Lights
Cryosthesia 77k	Sidearm	Kinetic/Stasis	Monument to Lost Lights
Ticuu's Divination	Bow	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights
Dead Man's Tale	Scout Rifle	Kinetic	Presage in the Legends tab
Duality	Shotgun	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights
Hawkmoon	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Purchased from Xur

Initially, Dead Man's Tale came from a season pass mission called Presage. It was moved to Xur's inventory with a different random roll each week. Starting in Season 22 (Season of the Witch) Presage was brought back and can be launched from the Legends icon on the destinations tab.

Beyond Light Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Dawn Chorus	Helmet	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Necrotic Grip	Gauntlets	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Mantle of Battle Harmony	Chest	Season of the Chosen	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Boots of the Assembler	Legs	Season of the Splicer	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Nothing Manacles	Gauntlets	Season of the Lost	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Hunter

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Mask of Bakris	Helmet	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Athrys's Embrace	Gauntlets	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Omnioculus	Chest	Season of the Chosen	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Star Eater Scales	Legs	Season of the Splicer	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Radiant Dance Machines	Legs	Season of the Lost	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Titan

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Precious Scars	Helmet	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Icefall Mantle	Gauntlets	Season of the Hunt	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Cuirass of the Falling Star	Chest	Season of the Chosen	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
Path of Burning Steps	Legs	Season of the Splicer	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force
No Backup Plans	Gauntlets	Season of the Lost	Higher difficulty lost sectors or Vex Strike Force

Shadowkeep Guns

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Deathbringer	Rocket Launcher	Power/Void	Symphony of Death quest
Divinity	Trace Rifle	Energy/Arc	Divine Core quest. Overload
Xenophage	Machine Gun	Power/Solar	Quest involving the Pit of Heresy dungeon
Witherhoard	Grenade Launcher	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Ruinous Effigy	Trace Rifle	Energy/Void	Was Growth quest, now Monument to Lost Lights.
Traveler's Chosen	Sidearm	Kinetic	Was Summons from Zavala Quest, now Monument to Lost Lights
Tommy's Matchbook	Auto Rifle	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights
The Fourth Horseman	Shotgun	Energy/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Bastion	Fusion Rifle	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights. Unstoppable
Devil's Ruin	Sidearm	Energy/Solar	Was A Moment in Time quest, now Monument to Lost Lights. Unstoppable
Symmetry	Scout rifle	Energy/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Eriana's Vow	Hand Cannon	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights. Anti Barrier
Leviathan's Breath	Bow	Power/Void	Was Make Bows, Not War quest, now Monument to Lost Lights. Unstoppable

Shadowkeep Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Felwinter's Helm	Helmet	Season of the Worthy	Random drop or Xur
Promethium Spur	Legs	Season of Dawn	Random drop or Xur
Stormdancer's Brace	Chest	Shadowkeep	Story reward

Hunter

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Raiju's Harness	Chest	Season of the Worthy	Random drop or Xur
Assassin's Cowl	Helmet	Shadowkeep	Story reward
The Bombardiers	Legs	Season of Dawn	Random Drop or Xur

Titan

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Citan's Ramparts	Legs	Season of the Worthy	Random drop or Xur
Phoenix Cradle	Legs	Shadowkeep	Story reward
Severance Enclosure	Chest	Season of Dawn	Random drop or Xur

You must complete the campaign to get the story reward exotics. After that, they can drop anywhere.

Forsaken Guns

Name	Type	Slot/Element	Acquisition
Ace of Spades	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Was a lengthy quest in Forsaken, now Monument to Lost Lights
Anarchy	Grenade Launcher	Power/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights, used to be Scourge of the Past.
Bad Juju	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Black Talon	Sword	Power/Void	Random drop or Xur
Cerberus+1	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur
The Chaperone	Shotgun	Kinetic	Chaperone quest. Note: there are two quests for this gun in the Quest Archive, one requiring the Forsaken Pack and one requiring Beyond Light.
Izanagi's Burden	Sniper Rifle	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights, used to be Mysterious Box quest.
Jötunn	Fusion Rifle	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights, used to be A Giant's Might quest
The Last Word	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Le Monarque	Bow	Energy/Void	Was Butterfly's Grace quest, now Monument to Lost Lights. Overload
Lord of Wolves	Shotgun	Energy/Solar	Spider Wanted Bounty completions, random drop, or Xur
Lumina	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Malfeasance	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Quest from the Quest Archive in the Tower and HELM. Unstoppable
One Thousand Voices	Fusion Rifle	Power/Solar	Rare drop from the end of Last Wish raid
The Queenbreaker	Linear Fusion Rifle	Power/Arc	Random drop or Xur
Tarrabah	SMG	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights, used to be Crown of Sorrow
Thorn	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Truth	Rocket Launcher	Power/Void	Monument to Lost Lights
Trinity Ghoul	Bow	Energy/Arc	Random drop or Xur
Two Tailed Fox	Rocket Launcher	Power/Solar/Void	Random drop or Xur
Wavesplitter	Trace Rifle	Energy/Void	Random drop or Xur
Wish Ender	Bow	Kinetic	Hunter's Remembrance quest. Anti Barrier

Quests Changed Since Release, and Other Notes

• Monument to Lost Lights: This Exotic Archive was added at the start of year 4. You can purchase items that used to be acquired in other ways, such as from destinations or quests that were removed. Everything there used to come from somewhere else.
  
• Chaperone: Quest used to require Forsaken, now appears to be available if you own either Forsaken or Beyond Light.
  
• Lord of Wolves: Used to be Spider wanted bounties only. Apparently non Forsaken owners can only get it from Spider wanted bounties. Forsaken owners can now get it from Xur or as a random drop. Unclear if this is intentional, or an unintended side effect of Spider wanted bounties now being available to all players.
  
• Malfeasance: Used to be quite an undertaking to acquire this quest, but now it is conveniently found in the quest archive. For a brief time, it was available for free to play players, but now once again requires Forsaken.
  
• Truth: Used to require completion of a Corsair Down quest in the Dreaming City. Now requires completing patrols in the Dreaming City.
  
• Wish Ender: Shattered Throne used to be only available every 3 weeks, but is now always active. You no longer need to do the entire beginning part of the quest involving charging the talisman and doing a mission on the (now removed) Tangled Shore. If you cannot find the quest, be sure to check the Quest Archive in the Tower or HELM. From there, the steps you must complete inside the Shattered Throne are the same as when this quest was added in 2018 so any guide should work.

Forsaken Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Astrocyte Verse	Helmet	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Getaway Artist	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Chromatic Fire	Chest	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Contraverse Hold	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Geomag Stablizers	Legs	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Phoenix Protocol	Chest	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur

Hunter

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Khepri's Sting	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Liar's Handshake	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Gwisin Vest	Chest	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Oathkeeper	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Shards of Galanor	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
The Sixth Coyote	Chest	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur

Titan

Name	Type	When Added	Acquisition
Peregrine Greaves	Legs	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Stronghold	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Antaeus Wards	Legs	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Heart of Inmost Light	Chest	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
One-Eyed Mask	Helmet	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur
Ursa Furiosa	Gauntlets	Forsaken	Random drop or Xur

New Light Free to Play Ikora Quests

New as of Season 21, Season of the Deep! Ikora offers three quests per class that introduce the basics of subclass ajdectives such as scorch and jolt. From completing each of these quests, you will receive one exotic, some of which you cannot otherwise get for free. Be sure to lock these by pressing shift so you do not accidentally dismantle them!

Ikora also offers a quest for Monte Carlo, an auto rifle. But you can make identical copies of exotic weapons from the Collections tab once you have gotten them before, so it is not important to save the original copy like it is for armor.

New Light Free to Play Guns

Arbalest	Linear Fusion Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop. Requires Forsaken Pack to buy directly from Xur. Requires Lightfall to get from a quest. Anti Barrier
Borealis	Sniper Rifle	Energy/all 3	Random drop or Xur
Coldheart	Trace Rifle	Energy/Arc	Random drop or Xur
The Colony	Grenade Launcher	Power/Void	Random drop or Xur
Crimson	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur
D.A.R.C.I.	Sniper Rifle	Power/Arc	Random drop or Xur
Fighting Lion	Grenade Launcher	Energy/Void	Random drop or Xur
Forerunner	Sidearm	Kinetic	Magnum Opus quest from Eternity
Graviton Lance	Pulse Rifle	Energy/Void	Random drop or Xur
Hard Light	Auto Rifle	Energy/all 3	Random drop or Xur
Heir Apparent	Machine Gun	Power/Solar	Only available during the Guardian Games seasonal event, typically between April and June.
The Huckleberry	SMG	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur
The Jade Rabbit	Scout Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur
Legend of Acrius	Shotgun	Power/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Merciless	Fusion Rifle	Energy/Solar	Random drop or Xur
MIDA Multi-Tool	Scout Rifle	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Monte Carlo	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Ikora's Timeline Reflections quest. Random drop. Requires Shadowkeep to buy directly from Xur, but can come from Xur's engram
Necrochasm	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Bottomless Pit quest
Outbreak Perfected	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	Was Zero Hour hidden quest, now Monument.
Polaris Lance	Scout Rifle	Energy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights
Prometheus Lens	Trace Rifle	Energy/Solar	Random drop or Xur
The Prospector	Grenade Launcher	Power/Arc	Random drop or Xur
Rat King	Sidearm	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Riskrunner	SMG	Energy/Arc	Pain and Gain quest from Banshee
Skyburner's Oath	Scout Rifle	Energy/Solar	Random drop or Xur
Sleeper Simulant	Linear Fusion Rifle	Power/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights
Sturm	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	Monument to Lost Lights
Sunshot	Hand Cannon	Energy/Solar	Random drop or Xur
Suros Regime	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur
Sweet Business	Auto Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur.
Telesto	Fusion Rifle	Energy/Void	Random drop or Xur
Thunderlord	Machine Gun	Power/Arc	Random drop or Xur. Overload
Touch of Malice	Scout Rifle	???	King's Fall raid
Tractor Cannon	Shotgun	Power/Void	Random drop or Xur
Wardcliff Coil	Rocket Launcher	Power/Arc	Random drop or Xur
Whisper of the Worm	Sniper Rifle	Heavy/Solar	Monument to Lost Lights. Was the Whisper hidden quest.
Worldline Zero	Sword	Power/Arc	Monument to Lost Lights
Vex Mythoclast	Fusion Rifle	Energy/Solar	Vault of Glass raid
Vigilance Wing	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	Random drop or Xur

Quests Changed Since Release, and Other Notes

• Monument to Lost Lights: Items whose original source has been removed are now only available there.
  
• Arbalest:First introduced in a quest during the 2019 Revelry (Easter) holiday event. Quest disappeared at the end of the event, gun is now a random drop.
  
• Graviton Lance: Used to be a Red War campaign reward. Now random drop or from Xur only.
  
• Necrochasm: Upon the first time you clear the final encounter of Crota's End, you will get the gun Husk of the Pit. You must pick up the Bottomless Pit quest from the vendor at the end of the raid.
  
• Rat King: Used to come from the cryptic Rat King quest, where the player first meets Mithrax.
  
• Riskrunner: Used to be a Red War campaign reward, now comes from a quest.
  
• Sunshot: Used to be a Red War campaign reward. Now random drop or from Xur only.
  
• Thunderlord: First introduced in a quest during the 2018 Festival of the Lost (Halloween) holiday event. Quest disappeared at the end of the event, gun is now a random drop.

New Light Free to Play Armor

Warlock

Name	Type	Acquisition
Aeon Soul	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Apotheosis Veil	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Claws of Ahamkara	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Crown of Tempests	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Eye of Another World	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Karnstein Armlets	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Lunafaction Boots	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Nezarec's Sin	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Ophidian Aspect	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Sanguine Alchemy	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Skull of Dire Ahamkara	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
The Stag	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Starfire Protocol	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Sunbracers	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Transversive Steps	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Verity's Brow	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Vesper of Radius	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Wings of Sacred Dawn	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Winter's Guile	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur

Hunter

Name	Type	Acquisition
FR0ST-EE5	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Ophidia Spathe	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Sealed Ahamkara Grasps	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Wormhusk Crown	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Aeon Swift	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Gemini Jester	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Graviton Forfeit	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Shinobu's Vow	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Celestial Nighthawk	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Foetracer	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Knucklehead Radar	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Lucky Pants	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Lucky Raspberry	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Mechaneer's Tricksleeves	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Orpheus Rig	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Raiden Flux	Chest	Random drop or Xur
ST0MP-EE5	Legs	Random drop or Xur
The Dragon's Shadow	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Young Ahamkara's Spine	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur

Titan

Name	Type	Acquisition
ACD/0 Feedback Fence	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Actium War Rig	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Armamentarium	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Ashen Wake	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Aeon Safe	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Crest of Alpha Lupi	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Doom Fang Pauldron	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Dunemarchers	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Eternal Warrior	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Helm of Saint-14	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Hallowfire Heart	Chest	Random drop or Xur
Insurmountable Skullfort	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Khepri's Horn	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Lion Rampant	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Mask of the Quiet One	Helmet	Random drop or Xur
Mk. 44 Stand Asides	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Peacekeepers	Legs	Random drop or Xur
Synthoceps	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur
Wormgod Caress	Gauntlets	Random drop or Xur

[Heliopteryx]

I did indeed miss it! Thanks for pointing that out.

[Bandito]

And i think you missed apotheosis veil in the list *completely understandable tho
But it looks pretty good after the update.

[Bandito]

Just want to say thanks for your hard work in making this list.
You wouldn't believe how annoying it is to find one good source that list what exoticd are free and require dlc.
Now i can brainstorm some good f2p build to my friends if i can convince them to try d2 in the future!

[Heliopteryx]

Now updated for Season of the Witch.

[Heliopteryx]

Thanks!

[Calor]

Vexcalibur is not tied to Lightfall. I only have Season of Defiance, and I got the glaive.

[Chop25]

I fell out of a plane.

[Heliopteryx]

Now includes a note next to the exotic weapons with intrinsic anti champion effects!

[Heliopteryx]

Two players who do not own Forsaken have both shown me screenshots where they got Arbalest. One got Arbalest from Xur's engram even though they cannot buy it directly from Xur.

For what it's worth:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1019968497771626516/1033077625532457050/20221021_105705.jpg
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1019968497771626516/1033077651629428888/20221021_105806.jpg

[Heliopteryx]

As it turns out, Arbalest does require owning Forsaken to buy from Xur, but is available free to play as a world drop. I guess nothing can be simple in this game.