Exotic

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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 have 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. Every instance of each Exotic Weapon will always have the same preset Perk roll.

Players can purchase Exotic Weapons from Xûr with Strange Coins.

• Exotic items are not purchased with just glimmer, players will need special currencies such as the Exotic 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 Exotic weapons from the Exotic Bounties.

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Exotic Weapons

Exotic Weapons are powerful pieces of equipment that feature unique abilities. Some of these weapons may be acquired through decrypting Exotic Engrams while others are rewarded for completing quests. Note that due to their unique benefits, only one Exotic Weapon may be equipped at any given time.

Any Exotic Weapon that the player has previously acquired can be retrieved from the Blueprints Kiosk in the Tower.

Primary Weapons

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Current Exotic Primaries		Description
Current Primary I
	Zhalo Supercell Auto Rifle	An upcycled torrent of righteous thunder.
	Hard Light Auto Rifle	Ionized polymer synballistic attack platform. The system's lethality is dynamically robust across tactical spaces.
	SUROS Regime Auto Rifle	Nostalgia as a weapon of war. Style as a hallmark of victory.
	Monte Carlo Auto Rifle	There will always be paths to tread and methods to try. Roll with it.
	The First Curse Hand Cannon	"...is when death becomes an afterthought."
	The Last Word Hand Cannon	"Yours. Not mine." —Renegade Hunter Shin Malphur to Dredgen Yor
	Hawkmoon Hand Cannon	Stalk thy prey and let loose thy talons upon the Darkness.
	No Time to Explain Pulse Rifle	A single word is etched onto the inside of the weapon's casing: "Soon."
	Bad Juju Pulse Rifle	"If you believe your weapon wants to end all existence, then so it will." —Toland, the Shattered
	Red Death Pulse Rifle	Vanguard policy urges Guardians to destroy this weapon on sight.
	Boolean Gemini Scout Rifle	Fight your way!
	Touch of Malice Scout Rifle	"Let them feel every lash, every curse, every touch of malice that they first dealt to me." —Eris Morn
Current Primary II
	Ace of Spades Hand Cannon - Hunter only	Don't play your hand unless you're sure you have that ace in the hole.
	Fabian Strategy Auto Rifle - Titan only	Wait for enemy to make a mistake. Die. Stand by for Ghost Resurrection. Repeat as necessary.
	Tlaloc Scout Rifle - Warlock only	Release the storm. Hold nothing back.
	The Jade Rabbit Scout Rifle	“What kind of harebrained scheme have you got in mind this time?”
	MIDA Multi-Tool Scout Rifle	Select application: Ballistic engagement. Entrenching tool. Avionics trawl. Troll smasher. Stellar sextant. List continues.
	Thorn Hand Cannon	"To rend one's enemies is to see them not as equals, but objects—hollow of spirit and meaning." —13th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow
	Khvostov 7G-0X Auto Rifle	An ancient instrument of war, renewed and enhanced by Light, not unlike you.
	Outbreak Prime Pulse Rifle	"I've done the math. When you pull this trigger, one plus one equals zero. Every time." —Shiro-4
	Necrochasm Auto Rifle	Eternity is very close. Can you feel yourself slipping?
	Atheon's Epilogue (Adept) Auto Rifle	With time, every epilogue extends into a sequel.
	Fatebringer (Adept) Hand Cannon	But where is your fate, and who brings it to you?
	Praedyth's Timepiece (Adept) Pulse Rifle	It measures the minutes of a lifetime and cuts short what is too long.
	Vision of Confluence (Adept) Scout Rifle	In the abyss of time, all the lines converge... upon you.
Current Primary III
	Abyss Defiant (Adept) Auto Rifle	Make the void roar.
	Word of Crota (Adept) Hand Cannon	Death itself crumbled when he spoke, and what was left was hard and cruel.
	Oversoul Edict (Adept) Pulse Rifle	The shadow of the will of Crota burns like the deepest winter, hopeless and without end.
	Fang of Ir Yut (Adept) Scout Rifle	Bite deep, through reality, through the illusions of life and death, and eat what you find.
	Anguish of Drystan (Adept) Auto Rifle	"Engines dead. Do we still have Earth signal? Tell them we were wrong!" -Capt. Drystan Cor, First Fleet
	Zaouli's Bane (Adept) Hand Cannon	As the teeth rend and tear, my consolation is that the child lives.
	Smite of Merain (Adept) Pulse Rifle	Barrel etching: "He parted them like a sea, which closed upon him again."
	Doom of Chelchis (Adept) Scout Rifle	"All is silent. Nothing answers me. The hunger comes." -Chelchis, Kell of Stone
	((GENESIS CHAIN~)) Auto Rifle	~if(input(SIVA)) // echo Shirazi // output(death) // ask(not in vain)~
	((FEVER AND REMEDY~)) Hand Cannon	~replicate(encourage)~ strongly ~enhance sig(EscherZhang)~
	((STEEL MEDULLA~)) Pulse Rifle	~enhance(devastate) consume(foes) repeat insert(bansheeInterrupt(override))~
	((CHAOS DOGMA~)) Scout Rifle	~replicate(pain) consume(enemies) OVERRIDE sig(gunsmith)~
Legacy Primary (unique)
	Vex Mythoclast (Year 1) Fusion Rifle	...a causal loop within the weapon's mechanism, suggesting that the firing process somehow binds space and time into…

Special Weapons

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Current Exotic Special Weapons		Description
Current Special I
	Telesto Fusion Rifle	Vestiges of the Queen's Harbingers yet linger among Saturn's moons.
	Plan C Fusion Rifle	Good fighters have contingency plans. Great fighters don't need them.
	Queenbreakers' Bow Fusion Rifle	Despite the Breakers' treachery, Her Majesty still stands.
	The Chaperone Shotgun	"My mother had a shotgun we called the Chaperone. Kept us alive out there, before we got to the City." —Amanda Holliday
	Invective Shotgun	"I tried to talk them down. They made a grab for my Ghost. After that it was a short conversation." —Ikora Rey
	Universal Remote Shotgun	To the untrained eye this beast is a junker. To the trained eye, however, this junker…is a beast.
	The 4th Horseman Shotgun	It's not a holdout weapon, it's a pathfinder.
	Lord of Wolves Shotgun	"By this right alone do I rule."
	Dreg's Promise Sidearm	"I am a marvel with ten thousand arms."
	Zen Meteor Sniper Rifle	Complete awareness, complete focus. A mind sharpened by diligence to a single deadly point.
	Patience and Time Sniper Rifle	If you've got it, they'll never see it coming.
	The Trespasser Sidearm	"You are not welcome." —Unknown "I beg to differ." —Shiro-4
Current Special II
	Hereafter Sniper Rifle	"Huddled at the mountain's base, we had no choice but to beat our ploughshares into swords once more."
	Black Spindle Sniper Rifle	"Your only existence shall be that which I weave for you out of sorrow and woe."
	No Land Beyond Sniper Rifle	Every hit blazes the path to our reclamation.
	Ice Breaker Sniper Rifle	Please replace these components if use causes fatal damage: HEAT SINK. MAGAZINE. OPERATOR
	Vex Mythoclast (Year 3) Fusion Rifle	...a causal loop within the weapon's mechanism, suggesting that the firing process somehow binds space and time into…
Legacy Special (unique)
	Pocket Infinity Fusion Rifle	You cannot shake the feeling that this is less a weapon that a doorway

Heavy Weapons

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Current Exotic Heavy Weapons		Description
Current Heavy I
	Sleeper Simulant Fusion Rifle	Subroutine IKELOS: Status=complete. MIDNIGHT EXIGENT: Status=still in progress.
	Thunderlord Machine Gun	"They rest quiet on fields afar…for this is no ending, but the eye."
	Super Good Advice Machine Gun	This weapon is full of it.
	Dragon's Breath Rocket Launcher	Burn the world. Burn it all.
	Truth Rocket Launcher	“...is where you seek it.“ —Lomar
	Bolt-Caster Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Bolt-Caster. Now take it in hand and unleash its thunder.
	Raze-Lighter Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Raze-Lighter. Now take it in hand and feed its flames.
	Dark-Drinker Sword	With your own hands you forged the mighty Dark-Drinker. Now take it in hand and slake its thirst.
	Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher	"If there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?" —Feizel Crux
	Nemesis Star Machine Gun	What is the answer when the question is extinction?
	Iron Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher	A finely-crafted testament to the many heroes of the Last City
	The Young Wolf's Howl Sword	"To the first of the new Iron Lords." —Lord Saladin
Current Heavy II
	Nova Mortis Machine Gun	"From the space between I come. Fragments of stars burn in my footsteps. In my hands I hold Death." —Song of the Nova Mortis
	Abbadon Machine Gun	"I am one with the flame. The conflagration reborn. I am your funeral pyre." —Anthem of the Abbadon

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Primary Weapons

Special Weapons

Heavy Weapons (Machine Guns)

Heavy Weapons (Rocket Launchers)

Heavy Weapons (Swords)

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See also: Year 3 Exotic Armor

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The following exotic armor was added to Destiny with or following the Rise of Iron expansion.

Visual Guide

Y3 Exotic Armor		Description
	Astrocyte Verse Warlock Helmet	The ideocosm contained within this helm transforms the wearer's head from flesh and/or exoneurons to the pure, raw stuff of thought.
	Thagomizers Titan Gauntlets	Don't get too close.
	Ophidian Aspect Warlock Gauntlets	"Have I the aspic in my lips?"
	Shinobu's Vow Hunter Gauntlets	"No supplies. Armor in tatters. But the refugees had asked for help. And she had given her word." —Tale of the Six Coyotes
	Transversive Steps Warlock Boots	In these boots, your relationship with consistent spacetime is...tenuous at best.
	Dunemarchers Titan Greaves	Whether on solid rock or shifting sand dune, the inexorable Sand Eaters never slow their pace.
	Fr0st-EE5 Hunter Boots	"Hey, if it works for computers…" —Marcus Ren

See also: Year 2 Exotic Armor

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Titan Armor, Hunter Armor, Warlock Armor

Year 2 Exotic Titan Armor

Year 2 Exotic Hunter Armor

Year 2 Exotic Warlock Armor

See also: Year 1 Exotic Armor

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Titan Armor, Hunter Armor, Warlock Armor

Year 1 Exotic Titan Armor

Year 1 Exotic Hunter Armor

Year 1 Exotic Warlock Armor

Stats (Strength, Intellect and Discipline) on a piece of Exotic gear is randomized between minimum and maximum values. Gear in different slots also have different min and max base values.