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Hawkmoon (Year 1)
Information
Type	Hand Cannon
Level	20
Item Level	70
Rarity	Exotic
Damage Type	Kinetic
Attack	334-365
Impact	81
Rate of Fire	22
Range	38
Stability	51
Reload	39
Magazine	13
Zoom	17
Recoil	60
Equip Speed	60
Aim Assist	50
Sights	Accurized Ballistics, Field Choke, Aggressive Ballistics
Perk 1	Luck in the Chamber
Perk 2	Holding Aces
Optional Perks	Hammer Forged, Quick Draw, Send It
Acquired by	Randomly dropped from High Level PvE and PvP activities and Legendary Engrams
Description	Stalk thy prey and let loose thy talons upon the Darkness.

Hawkmoon is a level 20 Exotic Hand Cannon exclusive to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 players. Hawkmoon can be obtained through high level PvE and PvP activities such as Heroic and Nightfall Strikes, Raids, Legendary Engrams and Crucible. The drop chance is random and very low. It will become available to all Xbox consoles on 9/15/2015, the release date of The Taken King

Unique Upgrade: Holding Aces - Two more random bullets in your magazine deal considerable bonus damage.

Perks and Upgrades

Sights

• Accurized Ballistics, Field Choke, Aggressive Ballistics

Special Perks

• Luck in the Chamber
• Holding Aces

Optional Perks

• Hammer Forged, Quick Draw, Send It

Damage Upgrades

• Upgrade Damage X 5

Tips and Tricks

Pros

• Three random bullets give considerable bonus damage, potentially killing your enemies with two shots.

• Head shot damage is significantly more than other hand cannons.

• Magazine size

• all three "lucky shots" can line up on the same shot and 1 hit body shot someone but the odds of that happening are slim

• PlayStation Exclusive Weapon

Cons

• When it recoils, the gun jumps up a lot and could block your view when aiming.

• PlayStation Exclusive Weapon

History

After the release of The Dark Below, Attack of the weapon was increased from 274-300 to 302-331. Players can upgrade old versions of the weapon into the new one by visiting Xur and paying 1 Exotic Shard and some Glimmer.It is now cable of being ascended by using Glimmer Exotic Shard and Spirit Bloom the max damage after the House Of Wolves the Attack was increased from 334-365

Trivia

Hawkmoon is a possible reference to the Michael Moorcock fantasy novel of the same name or the character of the same name who is prominent in the Eternal Champions series.

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