Debuting in the Renegades DLC, Bitter End is an Arc Heat Machine Gun obtainable from the Equilibrium Dungeon. With access to strong Arc-synergy perks and potent damage-focused combinations, it fits comfortably into both add-clear and general DPS roles. This guide covers how to get it, how it performs in the current meta, and the best PvE and PvP god rolls.

How to Get Bitter End

You can earn Bitter End as a random drop from the second encounter and the final encounter of the Equilibrium Dungeon. These are your dedicated farming points if you’re hunting for specific rolls.

How Good Is Bitter End?

As a 900 RPM machine gun, Bitter End functions as a true bullet hose—perfect for deleting waves of enemies while chewing through ammo at high speed. Its Heat system allows for extended firing time, and its perk pool includes standout options like Jolting Feedback and Killing Tally, giving it flexibility as both an add-clear weapon and a respectable DPS tool.

Unlike many machine guns that lean entirely into add-clear or boss damage, Bitter End manages to perform well in both roles, making it a uniquely valuable chase weapon.

In PvP, its archetype holds it back. Faster MGs struggle against precision-focused heavy weapons, but with the right perks, Bitter End can still surprise opponents with sheer output.

PvE God Roll — Bitter End

Barrel: Fluted Barrel
Magazine: Light Heatsink
Perk 1: Attrition Orbs
Perk 2: Jolting Feedback
Masterwork: Cooling Efficiency
Origin Trait: Imperial Allegiance

Bitter End feels like a spiritual successor to Retrofit Escapade, offering the same frantic bullet-hose playstyle with even better synergy. To maximize responsiveness, we boost handling up front with Fluted Barrel and Light Heatsink, ensuring the weapon swaps in quickly and stays comfortable to fire.

The core of this roll revolves around generating Orbs of Power through Attrition Orbs, feeding into Armor Charge damage bonuses, and then activating Jolting Feedback to spread Arc damage across clustered enemies. When Amplified, Jolting Feedback triggers in as few as 11 shots—a number this 900 RPM MG reaches almost instantly.

PvP God Roll — Bitter End

Barrel: Smallbore
Magazine: Projection Fuse
Perk 1: Delicate Tuning
Perk 2: Killing Tally
Masterwork: Range
Origin Trait: Imperial Allegiance

While Bitter End isn’t a top-tier PvP machine gun, it can still produce strong results when played smart. This roll focuses on maximizing range and stability, pushing Smallbore and Projection Fuse to extend your reach and keep recoil manageable across long lanes.

Delicate Tuning is an excellent first-column perk, offering boosts to range, handling, and accuracy—three stats that directly help tame this rapid-fire MG. Killing Tally then ramps up your lethality, granting 5% damage on your first kill, escalating to 10% and 15% as you chain more eliminations.