Exotic is a Item Rarity symbolized by the color Gold. Exotic items are the most rare items in Destiny. Each player can only equip 1 Exotic Weapon and 1 Exotic Armor at a time.
Exotic Armor and Weapons can gain experience and usually has multiple Armor upgrade or weapon upgrade along with their own unique upgrade that is different for each weapon or armor. Some effects are unique to certain subclasses and even builds.
Players can purchase Exotic Weapons from Agent of the Nine.
- Exotic items are not usually purchased with glimmer, players will need special currencies such as the Glass Shards and Strange Coins to buy them.
Players can obtain Exotic items from enemy drops, high-level mission rewards, The Crucible, and decoding of engrams.
Players can also obtain an Exotic weapon from the Exotic Bounty.
List of Exotic Items
Weapons
| Type | Acquired by | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ((CHAOS DOGMA~)) | Scout Rifles | Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode | |
| ((FEVER AND REMEDY~)) | Hand Cannons | Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode | |
| ((GENESIS CHAIN~)) | Auto Rifles | ||
| ((STEEL MEDULLA~)) | Pulse Rifles | Wrath of the Machine Heroic Mode | |
| Abbadon | Machine Guns | Quest: Hymns of Fire | |
| Abyss Defiant (Adept) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Ace of Spades | Hand Cannons | Quest: Back in the Saddle (Hunter) | |
| Anguish of Drystan (Adept) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Atheon's Epilogue (Adept) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Bad Juju (Year 1) | Pulse Rifles | Toland's Legacy | |
| Bad Juju (Year 2) | Pulse Rifles | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities. | 23 Strange Coins |
| Black Spindle | Sniper Rifles | Mission: Lost to Light | |
| Bolt-Caster | Swords | A Sword Reforged | |
| Boolean Gemini | Scout Rifles | Quest: The Taken War: Petra Quest: Lost and Found Quest: The Wolves of Mars Queen's Wrath Rank 3 | |
| Dark-Drinker | Swords | Quest: A Sword Reforged | |
| Devils' Due | Shotguns | ???? | |
| Doom of Chelchis (Adept) | Scout Rifles | King's Fall (Age of Triumph) | |
| Dragon's Breath (Year 1) | Rocket Launchers | Purchased from Xur | 17 Strange Coins |
| Dragon's Breath (Year 2) | Rocket Launchers | Purchased from Xur Endgame Activities Decrypted from Exotic Engrams | 17 Strange Coins |
| Dreg's Promise (Year 1) | Sidearms | The Elder Cipher | |
| Dreg's Promise (Year 2) | Sidearms | Challenge of the Elders | |
| Fabian Strategy | Auto Rifles | ||
| Fang of Ir Yut (Adept) | Scout Rifles | Crota's End (Age of Triumph) | |
| Fate of All Fools | Scout Rifles | An Unknown Patron | |
| Fatebringer (Adept) | Hand Cannons | Vault of Glass (Age of Triumph) | |
| Gjallarhorn (Year 1) | Rocket Launchers | Purchased from Xur | 17 Strange Coins |
| Gjallarhorn (Year 3) | Rocket Launchers | Beauty in Destruction | |
| Hard Light (Year 1) | Auto Rifles | Purchased from Xur | 23 Strange Coins |
| Hard Light (Year 2) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Hawkmoon (Year 1) | Hand Cannons | Randomly dropped from High Level PvE and PvP activities and Legendary Engrams | |
| Hawkmoon (Year 2) | Hand Cannons | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities | 23 Strange Coins |
| Hawkmoon (Year 3) | Hand Cannons | Purchased from Xur | 23 Strange Coins |
| Hereafter | Sniper Rifles | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities | 17 Strange Coins |
| Ice Breaker (Year 1) | Sniper Rifles | Purchased from Xur | 17 Strange Coins |
| Ice Breaker (Year 3) | Sniper Rifles | Bounty: Sunrise | |
| Invective (Year 1) | Shotguns | A Dubious Task | |
| Invective (Year 2) | Shotguns | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities. | 17 Strange Coins |
| Iron Gjallarhorn | Rocket Launchers | Beauty in Destruction | |
| Khvostov 7G-0X | Auto Rifles | ||
| Lord of Wolves (Year 1) | Shotguns | The Elder Cipher | |
| Lord of Wolves (Year 2) | Shotguns | Challenge of the Elders | |
| MIDA Multi-Tool (Year 1) | Scout Rifles | Purchased from Xur | 23 Strange Coins |
| MIDA Multi-Tool (Year 2) | Scout Rifles | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities | 23 Strange Coins |
| Monte Carlo (Year 1) | Auto Rifles | Randomly dropped from High Level PvE and PvP activities and Legendary Engrams | |
| Monte Carlo (Year 2) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Monte Carlo (Year 3) | Auto Rifles | Purchased from Xur | 23 Strange Coins |
| Necrochasm (Year 1) | Auto Rifles | Upgraded from Eidolon Ally with Crux of Crota | |
| Necrochasm (Year 3) | Auto Rifles | ||
| Nemesis Star | Machine Guns | Purchased from Xur Decrypted from Exotic Engram Endgame Activities | 17 Strange Coins |
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Armor
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