Destiny 2 Seasonal Weapons: Ranked for PvE & PvP (2024)

Destiny 2 is notorious for straight-up removing content from the game, either by putting it into the infamous DCV or simply removing items from the current rotation.

This is particularly the case for Seasonal activities and weapons, which officially are removed once the next Expansion is released. In this guide we cover all seasonal weapons still available in Destiny 2. We tell you how to get them and which ones are worth farming.

💠 We cover the New Destiny 2 weapons from this season here.

Best Season of the Witch Weapons (S22)

Witch weapons can be acquired by farming Altars of Summoning and Savathûn’s Spire activities or decoding Witch Engrams at the H.E.L.M.:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Brya's Love	Scout Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 22	Yes	Primary	Void	-		Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Energy	Craftable
	Eleatic Principle	Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Heavy	Arc	Season 22	Yes	Heavy	Arc	Weak ❘ C	-	Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Heavy	Craftable
	Kept Confidence	Hand Cannon	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Season 22	Yes	Primary	Strand	Average ❘ B	PvP	Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Kinetic	Craftable
	Locus Locutus	Sniper Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	Season 22	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Kinetic	Craftable
	Semiotician	Rocket Launcher	High-Impact	Legendary	Heavy	Strand	Season 22	Yes	Heavy	Strand	Average ❘ B	-	Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Heavy	Craftable
	The Eremite	Fusion Rifle	High-Impact	Legendary	Special	Solar	Season 22	Yes	Special	Solar	Best ❘ S	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 22	Season 22	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier

These weapons can be acquired by decoding Recovered Red War Engrams:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Deadpan Delivery	Shotgun	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Arc	-		Recovered Red War		Free-to-Play	Season 22	Energy	No
	Nightshade	Pulse Rifle	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Strand	Average ❘ B	PvP	Recovered Red War		Free-to-Play	Season 22	Kinetic	No
	Persuader	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Void	Season 22	Yes	Special	Void	Weak ❘ C	-	Recovered Red War		Season 22	Season 22	Energy	No
	The Showrunner	Submachine Gun	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	PvE	Recovered Red War		Free-to-Play	Season 22	Kinetic	No

Best Season of the Deep Weapons (S21)

Deep weapons, aka, Taken weapons,can be acquired by farming Deep Dives or decoding Deep Engrams at the H.E.L.M.:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	A Distant Pull	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Stasis	Season 21	Yes	Special	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Kinetic	Craftable
	Different Times	Pulse Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Strand	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Epochal Integration	Hand Cannon	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE + PvP	Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	No	Top-tier
	Rapacious Appetite	Submachine Gun	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Average ❘ B		Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Kinetic	Craftable
	Targeted Redaction	Hand Cannon	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Void	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Void	Best ❘ S		Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Thin Precipice	Sword	Vortex	Legendary	Heavy	Strand	Season 21	Yes	Heavy	Strand	-		Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Heavy	Craftable
	Until Its Return	Shotgun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Strand	Season 21	Yes	Special	Strand	-		Seasonal activity		Season 21	Season 21	Kinetic	Craftable

The retuning Reckoning weapons can be acquired by fishing or decoding Deep Engrams:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Bug-Out Bag	Submachine Gun	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Solar	Average ❘ B	PvE	Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	No		Incandescent
	Just in Case	Sword	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	Season 21	Yes	Heavy	Solar	-		Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Heavy	No		Incandescent
	Last Man Standing	Shotgun	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Solar	Season 21	Yes	Special	Solar	-		Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	No
	Outlast	Pulse Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Solar	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Solar	Average ❘ B	PvP	Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	No
	Sole Survivor	Sniper Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Arc	Season 21	Yes	Special	Arc	Average ❘ B	PvE	Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Energy	No		Voltshot
	Spare Rations	Hand Cannon	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Kinetic	Season 21	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	PvP	Fishing		Season 21	Season 21	Kinetic	No		Kinetic Tremors

Best Season of Defiance Weapons (S20)

These weapons can be acquired by farming Defiant Battlegrounds or decoding Defiant Engrams at the H.E.L.M.:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Caretaker	Sword	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	Season 20	Yes	Heavy	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Perpetualis	Auto Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Primary	Strand	Season 20	Yes	Primary	Strand	Average ❘ B	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable
	Prodigal Return	Grenade Launcher	Lightweight	Legendary	Special	Arc	Season 20	Yes	Special	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	Raconteur	Combat Bow	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	Season 20	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Regnant	Grenade Launcher	Adaptive	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Season 20	Yes	Heavy	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Destabilizing Rounds,Repulsor Brace,Explosive Light
	Royal Executioner	Fusion Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Solar	Season 20	Yes	Special	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Seasonal activity		Season 20	Season 20	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent

The retuning Reckoning weapons can be acquired by decoding Defiant Engrams:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Death's Razor	Sword	Vortex	Legendary	Heavy	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Void	Best ❘ S	PvE	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Destabilizing Rounds
	Goldtusk	Sword	Lightweight	Legendary	Heavy	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Arc	Average ❘ B	-	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable
	Imperial Decree	Shotgun	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Kinetic	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Kinetic	Best ❘ S	PvP	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Throne-Cleaver	Sword	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Solar	Average ❘ B	-	Engram Focusing		Free-to-Play	Season 20	Heavy	Craftable		Incandescent

The With Queen Seasonal Weapons

Seasonal weapons from prior Expansions are mostly gone from the game. However, some have returned thanks to the Exotic Mission Rotator.

Best Season of the Seraph Weapons (S19)

Seraph weapons can be acquired by farming the Operation: Seraph’s Shield Exotic Mission:

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Revision Zero	Pulse Rifle	Exotic	Exotic	Primary	Kinetic	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Kinetic	Average ❘ B	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Kinetic	Craftable
	Disparity	Pulse Rifle	Aggressive Burst	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Kinetic	Craftable	Top-tier
	Fire and Forget	Linear Fusion Rifle	Aggressive	Legendary	Heavy	Stasis	The Witch Queen	Yes	Heavy	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable
	IKELOS_HC_v1.0.3	Hand Cannon	Precision	Legendary	Primary	Void	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Void	Weak ❘ C	-	Operation: Seraph's Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable		Repulsor Brace
	IKELOS_SG_v1.0.3	Shotgun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Average ❘ B	-	Operation: Seraph's Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable		Incandescent
	IKELOS_SMG_v1.0.3	Submachine Gun	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE + PvP	Operation: Seraph's Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	IKELOS_SR_v1.0.3	Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Special	Solar	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		Free-to-Play	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Judgment of Kelgorath	Glaive	Aggressive	Legendary	Special	Solar	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Solar	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Incandescent
	Path of Least Resistance	Trace Rifle	Adaptive	Legendary	Special	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Special	Arc	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	Retrofit Escapade	Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Heavy	Void	The Witch Queen	Yes	Heavy	Void	Strong ❘ A	PvE	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Heavy	Craftable	Top-tier
	Tripwire Canary	Combat Bow	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Arc	The Witch Queen	Yes	Primary	Arc	Average ❘ B	PvP	Operation: Seraph's Shield		The Witch Queen	Season 19	Energy	Craftable

Season of Plunder Weapons (S18)

Plunder weapons are technically gone from the game. They can sometimes return as part of Xur’s wares. We keep track of Xur’s rotation here.

Art	Weapon	Type	Archetype	Rarity	Ammo	Element	Requirements	In loot pool?	Ammo?	Element?	Tier	Excels	Source	Craftable?	Requires	Released	Slot	Can be Crafted?	Best of?	Top Perk?
	Blood Feud	Submachine Gun	Aggressive	Legendary	Primary	Stasis	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Stasis	Average ❘ B	PvE	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Kinetic	Craftable
	Brigand's Law	Sidearm	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot
	No Reprieve	Shotgun	Pinpoint Slug	Legendary	Special	Stasis	Free-to-Play	Yes	Special	Stasis	-	-	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Kinetic	Craftable
	Planck's Stride	Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire	Legendary	Heavy	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Arc	Weak ❘ C	-	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Heavy	Craftable
	Sailspy Pitchglass	Linear Fusion Rifle	Precision	Legendary	Heavy	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Heavy	Arc	Average ❘ B	PvE	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Heavy	Craftable		Voltshot
	Tarnished Mettle	Scout Rifle	Lightweight	Legendary	Primary	Arc	Free-to-Play	Yes	Primary	Arc	Best ❘ S	PvE	Xûr		Free-to-Play	Season 18	Energy	Craftable	Top-tier	Voltshot

Season of the Haunted Weapons (S17)

Haunted weapons can be acquired by farming the Presage Exotic Mission:

Season of the Risen Weapons (S16)

Risen weapons can be acquired by farming the Vox Obscura Exotic Mission:

These are the different Tier levels used for this Tier list:

• S Tier – Best: Highest ranking weapon types.
• A Tier – Strong: Very strong weapon types, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
• B Tier – Average: Decent choices that can be lethal in the hands of a skilled player.
• C Tier – Weak: The middle of the pack, somewhat mediocre.
• D Tier – Worst: Lagging behind the competition, these don’t have much to offer.

Before you go…

If you’re interested in the Exotics from past seasons, we cover and rank the Best Exotics in Destiny 2 here.