Crafting weapons in Destiny 2 may be something that’s going away, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have excellent weapons to craft in the game right now. Today I want to look at my top 10 craftable weapons, plus which god rolls you should craft today in Destiny 2.
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No Hesitation
No Hestitation is a Legendary Energy Auto Rifle with a Support Frame that means flexible and agile frame capable of healing allies and hurting foes. Harming targets builds a restorative charge. Hip firing at allies while this weapon is charged heals them, with rapid healing increasing weapon damage and bestowing restoration to your allies. The Origin Trait here is Dealer’s Choice. Final blows with this weapon grant a small amount of Super energy. Equipping multiple weapons from the Pale Heart increases this effect.
For PVE Arrowhead Break, Tactical Mag, Physic and Circle of Life would be good. Physic – Rapidly healing allies grants restoration to you and your allies. Circle of Life – Rapidly healing allies grants this weapon a period of increased damage.
You can get this from The Pale Heart.
The Call
The Call is a Legendary Strand Sidearm with a Rocket-Assisted Frame meaning the sidearm fires self-propelled rocket ammunition. Projectiles explode on impact for high damage. The Origin Trait here is Dealer’s Choice.
For PVE Quick Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Lead From Gold, Desperate Measures and Velocity Masterwork. Lead From Gold – Picking up Heavy ammo also grants ammo to this weapon. Desperate Measures – Weapon final blows grant bonus damage. Melee and grenade final blows grant a larger damage bonus that can stack.
You can get this from The Pale Heart.
The Eremite
The Eremite is a Legendary Energy Fusion Rifle with a High-Impact Frame which means it’s slow firing and high damage. This weapon is more accurate when stationary, moving slowly, and aiming down sights. The origin trait here is Head Rush, this is where standing up after crouching for a short time grants this weapon a brief period of improved handling and reload speed.
For PVE Arrowhead Brake, Enhanced Battery, Envious Assassin and Reservoir Burst would be good.
Envious Assassin – Defeating targets with other weapons before drawing this one transfers ammo to the magazine from reserves. This effect can overflow the magazine based on the number of targets defeated.
Reservoir Burst – When the battery is full, your next burst deals additional damage and causes enemies to explode on death.
You can get this one from Xur or Banshee-44 when they are selling it.
Ikelos SMG
Ikelos SMG is a Legendary Energy Submachine Gun with an Aggressive Frame meaning High damage, high recoil. This one has the Origin Trait Rasputin’s Arsenal. Breaking a target’s shield reloads the magazine.
For PVE Corkscrew Rifling, Seraph Rounds, Perpetual Motion, Voltshot
Perpetual Motion – This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion for a short duration.
Voltshot – Reloading this weapon after defeating a target overcharges this weapon for a short period of time, causing it to jolt on its next hit.
You can get this one from Operation Seraph’s Shield Exotic Mission found in the Legends tab via the Director, or from Xur and Banshee-44 when they sell it.
Osteo Striga
Osteo Striga is an Exotic Kinetic Submachine Gun and it comes with some very interesting perks which include:
Screaming Swarm – Fires a stream of sentient, toxic projectiles that track the targeted enemy.
Toxic Overload – Landing a final blow or multiple-precision hits triggers a burst that poisons nearby targets.
You can get this one by completing the Witch Queen Campaign. Also if you’re a Warlock this interacts with Necrotic Grip nicely.
Rufus’ Fury
Rufus’s Fury is a Legendary Kinetic Auto Rifle with a rapid-Fire Frame meaning deeper ammo reserves, plus it deals Strand damage. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty. This one comes with the Origin Trait Harmonic Resonance. Equipping multiple weapons from this set grants this weapon increased reload speed and handling.
For PVE Arrowhead Brake, Appended Mag, Reconstruction and Target Lock would be decent.
Reconstruction – This weapon slowly reloads itself over time, up to double capacity
Target Lock – Damage increases the longer this weapon remains on a target
Hatchling is also a good perk for PVE, which is a good alternative to Target Lock.
You can get this one from the Root of Nightmares raid on Neomuna.
Forbearance
Forbearance is a Legendary Energy Grenade Launcher with a Wave Frame meaning it’s a one-shot handheld Grenade Launcher. Projectiles release a wave of energy when they contact the ground.
For PVE Quick Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Ambitious Assassin, Chain Reaction, Reload Speed Masterwork
Ambitious Assassin – Overflows the magazine based on the number of rapid kills before reloading.
Chain Reaction – Each final blow with this weapon creates an elemental damage explosion.
Reload Speed Masterwork
You can get this one from the Vow of the Disciple Raid on Savathun’s Throne World.
Zaouli’s Bane
Zaouli’s Bane is a Legendary Energy Hand Cannon with an Adaptive Frame meaning it has a well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy. All King’s Fall weapons come with the perk Runneth Over, where reloading near allies overflows the magazine.
For PVE Smallbore, Accurized Rounds, Explosive Payload and Incandescent would be a good roll.
Explosive Payload – Projectiles create an area-of-effect detonation on impact.
Incandescent – Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
Get this from the King’s Fall Raid.
Outbreak Perfected
Outbreak Perfected is a fantastic Kinetic Pulse Rifle.
The Corruption Spreads – This weapon creates SIVA nanite swarms on rapid hits and precision kills.
Parasitism – This weapon does more damage to enemies based on the number of SIVA nanites that attach to them.
The thing you notice with Outbreak Perfected is the speed this thing fires at, it’s very fast and very effective. The main perks are great for DPS by creating SIVA nanite swarms that attach to enemies. You can literally tear through enemies in Strikes, Nightfalls and Raids. As well as the Exotic perks it comes with Outlaw, where precision kills increase the reload speed.
You can pick this up from the Zero Hour exotic mission.
Aberrant Action
Aberrant Action is a Legendary Energy Sidearm with a rocket-assisted frame meaning sidearm fires self-propelled rocket ammunition. Projectiles explode on impact for high damage. The Origin Trait here is Radiolara Transposer. Rapid final blows cause targets to explode into a pool of radiolarian fluid.
For PVE Volatile Launch, High-Velocity Rounds, Beacon Rounds, Incandescent would be good.
Beacon Rounds – Final blows with this weapon grant your projectiles tracking. Dealing further damage extends the duration.
Incandescent – Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
Aberrant Action is a weapon added into Destiny 2 as part of Episode 1 Echoes, that means you can play Breach Executable to get it.
Get this from Echoes Engrams and Failsafe in the H.E.L.M.
Calus Mini-Tool
Calus Mini-Tool is a Legendary Energy Submachine Gun meaning it has superb handling. Move faster with this lightweight weapon equipped.
For PVE Threat Detector and Incandescent would be a decent roll.
Unrelenting – Rapid kills trigger health regeneration.
Incandescent – Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby. More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
Get this from the Vox Obscura exotic mission.
How to level up weapons
Once you have crafted the weapons, you’ll want to level them up. You can level up weapons in exchange for enhrancement cores from the weapon screen, and this is the fastest way to level up weapons. You’ll want to level to around level 16 to unlock the enhanced perks for the weapons. This allows you to craft god roll versions of your weapons with enhanced perks.
You can use the weapons to level them up too, although this is going to be slower and take time. It takes 143 to 145 kills to gain a single level on your crafted weapon. This means that in order to reach the important Level 16, you will need around 2,300 kills on that one single weapon.
There are numerous farming spots and strategies to level up new weapons, but first and foremost, do remember that by simply playing the game and completing activities, you will gradually level up your weapon. The Shuro Chi farming spot is one of the community’s favorites for all things farming. Shuro Chi is so popular because you can easily reach this spot solo thanks to the Wish Wall, found up in a hidden section before the first encounter of the Last Wish raid.
Let me know in the comments what you think.