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  • What Is Weapon Crafting?
  • How To Unlock Weapon Crafting
  • Unlocking Patterns And Perks
  • Crafting Your Weapon
  • How To Obtain Resonant Elements For Crafting
  • Increasing Weapon Level
  • Enhanced Perks
  • Crafting Tips

Destiny 2: The Witch Queen allows Guardians to craft their own weapons for the first time in franchise history. While Menagerie and other seasonal activities have permit players force certain weapons to spawn, The Witch Queen's weapon crafting arrangement allows for a level of control never before seen in Destiny 2.

Players can make weapons with the exact barrels, magazine perks, main traits, and even the Masterwork they wish. Crafted weapons take also introduced enhanced perks, Weapon Patterns, and a new resource economy that will take some getting used to. For those looking to arts and crafts their own god rolls to slay Savathun's Lucent Brood, here is a complete guide to weapon crafting in Destiny 2.

Updated April 21st, 2022, by Charles Burgar: Weapon crafting is slated to receive a few changes side by side flavor, notably the removal of most Resonance Element types. Nosotros've updated this article to showcase how you lot tin earn each element blazon, the caps for each, and how yous tin view your current Resonance Element stacks. Nosotros've besides fixed some small issues with the guide and clarified a few mechanics to make crafting as piece of cake to understand equally possible.

What Is Weapon Crafting?

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Perks

Weapon crafting is a system introduced in The Witch Queen expansion that allows you to create weapons with the verbal perks you want. Instead of relying on the RNG nature of weapon drops, you lot can instead earn materials and utilise diverse weapons to arts and crafts your own god roll. But about every aspect of your gun can exist tweaked with this system, right down to your Masterwork.

Can You Make God Rolls With Weapon Crafting?

Aye. You can customize a weapon's barrel, magazine perks, ii main perks, and its Masterwork bonus. If you're looking for a very specific roll on your favorite gun, y'all can brand information technology with enough time and resources.

Are At that place Any Limits To Weapon Crafting?

Non all weapons can be crafted. Most of the weapons added in The Witch Queen tin exist crafted, but y'all're unable to craft weapons from specific playlists, most raids (excluding Vow of the Disciple), or make Proficient gear.

If I Tin can Craft Weapons, Why Farm For Guns At All?

Weapons found in the wild are needed to craft certain perks, and certain weapons cannot be crafted. This system just ensures that obtaining a proficient scroll for about of Destiny 2's general weapons is a straightforward and deterministic process. The activities that lack craftable weapons typically have Umbral Focusing options or have pocket-size perk pools to roll from.

Tin can You Craft Exotic Weapons?

Some of them, yes. You'll craft class-exclusive Glaives as you progress through The Witch Queen entrada. Osteo Striga tin also be crafted, allowing you to change their barrel, magazine, and stock perks. You cannot change an Exotic's main or intrinsic traits, nor tin can yous change Exotics that were introduced before The Witch Queen expansion.

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How To Unlock Weapon Crafting

Destiny 2 The Relic Weapon Crafting Quest

Upon completing the beginning mission of The Witch Queen campaign, you'll unlock the Deep Sight ability and access to the Enclave, a secluded area on Mars that acts every bit a weapon forge for Guardians. An introductory quest named "The Relic" will guide you through the very basics of weapons crafting and unlock all of the Enclave's features.

The missions required to access the Enclave are free to all players. You do non demand to own The Witch Queen expansion to access weapon crafting.

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Unlocking Patterns And Perks

Destiny 2 Weapon Pattern Unlock Menu

Before you can craft any weapon, you're going to demand a Blueprint. Patterns are obtained through sure questlines and past completing The Witch Queen's various activities. By default, yous'll have access to a Legendary Glaive Design, allowing y'all to experiment with this new weapon type.

You might have a Design for your weapon, but what good is a weapon without perks? Crafting a weapon requires sure materials harvested from Resonance (red box) weapons. These weapons have a carmine border around their UI icon to denote their unique belongings. Inspecting any weapon with Deepsight Resonance will showcase an objective you'll need to complete, similar to Exotic Catalysts. When yous've completed this mini-quest, yous'll extract the essence of one of the weapon's perks, every bit specified in the Deepsight Resonance on that weapon. Nosotros'll cover each crafting material subsequently in the guide. Only for now, allow'south talk about how y'all'll be making weapons.

Resonance extraction does non destroy your weapon.

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Crafting Your Weapon

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Shape and Reshape

You now take the bones components for making a weapon. Head to Mars' Enclave to start the crafting process. Interacting with the primal device will display a UI with two options:

  1. Shape: Craft a new weapon using the Patterns, Deepsight Resonance, and other materials yous've gathered.
  2. Reshape: Change the perks on a pre-existing weapon yous've crafted.

Reshaping is much simpler than creating a new weapon, so permit's talk about making weapons offset.

Shaping A Weapon

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Confirm

You'll be asked to select a Weapon Pattern before proceeding. This is just selecting the weapon you want to make, like a sure SMG model or Rocket Launcher. If you lot don't accept the specific Pattern for a weapon you wish to craft, you lot'll need to unlock it. You lot can notice the unlock requirements for each Weapon Pattern on the Triumphs page.

You'll at present demand to select the perks on your weapon. You have quite a few options:

  • Intrinsic Trait: This acts as your Masterwork bonus for the weapon.
    • When your weapon reaches level twenty, you'll gain a +ii bonus to all non-Masterworked stats, similar to an Good weapon.
  • Barrel: Grants a bump to your weapon's core stats (stability, treatment, range, and reload speed).
  • Magazine: Magazine perks modify magazine chapters, reload speed, range, and other base stats.
  • Trait #1: One of your weapon'south chief perks (Rapid Hit, Outlaw, et cetera).
  • Trait #2: 1 of your weapon'southward master perks (Rampage, Impale Prune, et cetera).
  • Memento: Adds visual flair or a unique tracker to your weapon. These are consumed once the weapon is forged.
    • Rank x: Unlocks a unique tracker.
    • Rank xx: Your weapon has a title shown in the inspection UI.
    • Rank 30: Unlocks an animated shader just that weapon can use.

Non all options will be unlocked when you lot first the weapon crafting process. To unlock additional perk options, yous must increase your weapon level (explained in the next section).

Reshaping

Destiny-2-Weapon-Crafting-Reshape-UI-2

At any time, you can return to the Enclave to reforge the perks on your weapon. This will cost crafting resources for each reshape. Yous tin can reforge a crafted weapon as much every bit you'd like, but y'all cannot reforge weapons establish in the wild. Certain perks can only be practical to your weapons through the reshaping procedure, so come dorsum to the Enclave whenever yous've leveled your weapon to see what new options are available to you.

You will not be refunded materials for reforging a weapon. Choose your perks carefully, especially enhanced traits.

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How To Obtain Resonant Elements For Crafting

Crafting Destiny 2 -via Bungie

Starting next season, all Resonant Elements except Neutral Chemical element will be removed from Destiny ii. We'll update this department once the season releases.

The Witch Queen expansion has introduced a new suite of materials tied exclusively to weapon crafting. There are 2 notable resources: Dominant Alloys and Resonance Elements. Ascendant Alloys are earned by completing Witch Queen weekly entrada missions. Resonance Elements are earned by using Resonance (reddish box) weapons. Neutral Element tin also be used past leveling crafted weapons, still the amount granted is insignificant.

There are currently six Resonant Chemical element types that tin exist harvested:

Element Source
Neutral All weapons
Adroit Stat-boosting perks
Drowned Raid-exclusive perks
Energetic Reload perks
Mutable Ability gen and misc. perks
Ruinous Impairment perks

These resources are obtained by completing the Resonance harvest objective on all reddish box weapons. The perks that rolled on the weapon make up one's mind which resources you tin get, Neutral Chemical element always existence an option. For example, if you lot obtained a Resonance weapon with Rampage, you'll be able to harvest Ruinous Chemical element from the weapon once its objective is complete. You lot can simply harvest one element blazon per weapon, although all options give a varying amount of Neutral Element.

How Can I View My Crafting Resources?

Destiny 2 Relic Tether Consumable

Head to The Enclave social infinite. Interact with the Relic Conduit (left of where yous craft weapons) to receive a free consumable particular. Hover over this item in your consumables bill of fare at any time to see how much of a particular resources you have. You can only have upwardly to ane,000 of a given element at a time—10,000 for Neutral Chemical element.

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Increasing Weapon Level

Destiny 2 The Enigma Crafted Glaive

Crafted weapons in Destiny 2 have a weapon level attached to them, divide from the particular's Power Level. Defeating enemies and completing objectives with that weapon will grant XP towards its next level. When the weapon levels upwardly, boosted crafting options get bachelor for apply at the Enclave through the reshaping process. Weapons don't seem to have a level cap, although you unlock all weapon crafting options at around level xx. All Memento vanity options are unlocked at weapon level 30.

Fast Weapon Level Farm

Kill farms are an splendid way to speedily level your weapons. Last Wish's Shuro Chi encounter and Shattered Throne's Thrall hallway encounters take plentiful Taken enemies you can impale to level your weapons quickly. Both encounters can be farmed solo. Objective completions besides give a big chunk of XP, so whatever activities that have nested objectives (like campaign missions) should likewise be a great XP farm for crafted weapons.

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Enhanced Perks

Destiny 2 Weapon Crafting Enhanced Vorpal Weapon

Unique to crafted weapons, players tin create enhanced versions of Destiny 2'southward iconic perks to requite them an edge over their non-enhanced counterparts. Only about every main trait available in weapon crafting can be enhanced. Enhanced perks unlock rather late in a weapon's leveling progression, and each enhanced perk requires an Dominant Blend to craft, a new currency type available for purchase from Primary Rahool and Banshee-44. You can besides earn Ascendant Alloys from weekly campaign missions in the Throne World and The Wellspring activeness.

Every Enhanced Perk

Perk Enhanced Bonus
Adagio Extends duration
Adaptive Munitions Improves damage increment
Adrenaline Junkie Extends duration
Ambitious Assassin Overflows more rounds
Archer'southward Tempo Extends duration
Automobile-Loading Holster Activates faster
Concatenation Reaction Improves ammo reserves
Chill Clip +4 Stability
Clown Cartridge Overflows more rounds on average
Compulsive Reloader Stronger perk effect
Cornered +4 Stability
Danger Zone +4 Boom Radius
Demolitionist Grants more than grenade energy
Disruption Pause Debuff elapsing extended
Dragonfly +iv Reload Speed
Dual Loader Reloads iii shells at a time, from two
Elemental Capacitor Stronger perk effect
Encore Extends elapsing
Ensemble Stronger perk event
Explosive Caput +four Accuracy
Explosive Light +4 Velocity
Eye of the Storm +iv Stability
Feeding Frenzy Stronger perk effect
Field Prep Greatly increases ammo reserves
Firing Line +4 Range
Firmly Planted Stronger perk result
Focused Fury Extends elapsing
Fourth Time's The Amuse Grace period extended
Frenzy Extends duration
Genesis Kinetic weapons overflow from reserves
Golden Tricorn Extends duration
Grave Robber +four Reload Speed
Harmony Extends elapsing
Headseeker +iv Stability
Headstone +iv Stability
Heating Up Extends duration
Hip-Fire Grip Stronger perk effect
Impulse Amplifier Stronger perk consequence
Impale Clip Extends duration
Killing Wind Extends duration
Lasting Impression Stronger perk effect
Atomic number 82 from Gold Grants more than ammo for the equipped weapon
Moving Target Grants additional aim assist
No Distractions Perk activates sooner
One For All Extends duration
One-Two Punch Extends duration
Opening Shot Stronger perk result
Outlaw Stronger perk effect, extends duration
Overflow Overflow cap increased (more double your magazine)
Perpetual Motion Perk activates sooner

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Crafting Tips

Destiny 2 Witch Queen Weapon Crafting Table
  • While leveling, equip any Resonance weapons you go. Their crafting resources will prove useful when you start to apply this organisation.
  • If y'all haven't cleaned out your Vault all the same, practice so. Dismantled Legendary weapons grant crafting resources and Gunsmith reputation.
  • View the Triumphs tab to acquire the acquisition method for each Weapon Pattern.
  • You tin obtain Ascendant Alloys from the Witch Queen campaign (weekly playlist) and The Wellspring activeness. Clear those start before purchasing any from Rahool or Banshee.
  • Check out light.gg and D2Gunsmith to await at potential perk combinations for all craftable weapons.

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