Pulse Rifle

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The Red Death, an example of a pulse rifle.

"Like a Stormcaller's lightning, these rifles need guidance. Groups of bullets leap like bolts at your target. Keep a steady hand."
Ikora Rey

Pulse Rifles are a class of primary weapons featured in the Destiny series. Pulse rifles are mid-to-long range weapons that fire short, rapid bursts with each pull of the trigger.

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Year Two[edit]

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  • Bad Juju- Mid-impact pulse rifle with a main perk that reloads the magazine whenever the wielder gets a kill. Kills with the weapon also grant bonus super energy, making it both an excellent gun to use alongside the Obsidian Mind helmet and a gun to consider using if you know you'll be facing a lot of low-level enemies to quickly munch through.
  • Red Death- Slow-firing pulse rifle that regenerates health to the wielder whenever they get a kill, and also increasing reload speed depending on the amount of enemies killed before reloading. This gun is especially useful for activities and encounters that restrict health regeneration, such as the Crota encounter and any activity that has the modifier "exposure".
  • No Time To Explain- Slow-firing, full-auto pulse rifle obtained after completing the quest Not Forged In Light. The gun's main perk "Rewind Again" returns bullets from precision hits directly to the magazine.

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Destiny 2 Year 1[edit]

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Weapon Name Element Frame Type Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Agenda 5 Solar Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Red War World drop and Rank-up packages - Nessus Sunset
Cadenza-43 Solar Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Red War Rank-up packages from Banshee-44 Sunset
Disrespectful Stare Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Red War World drop Sunset
Eystein-D Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Red War World drop Sunset, reissued in Season of the Outlaw, sunset again
Heart of Time Arc Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Red War Rank-up packages from Future War Cult Sunset
Inaugural Address Void Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Red War Leviathan Raid Sunset
Last Perdition Void Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Red War Complete Crucible Matches and Rank-up packages from Lord Shaxx Sunset and Reissued in Season of the Drifter, sunset again and reissued in Season of Arrivals
Lincoln Green Kinetic Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Red War World drop and Rank-up packages - EDZ Sunset, reissued as Jurassic Green in Season of the Lost
Nergal PR4 Void Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Red War Rank-up packages from Banshee-44 Sunset
Nightshade Kinetic Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Red War Complete strikes and Rank-up packages from Zavala Sunset, reissued in Season of the Forge, sunset again
Relentless Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Red War Complete Tickets and rank-up packages from Trials of the Nine Sunset
Swift Ride Solar Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Red War World drop and Rank-up packages - Titan Sunset
The Time-Worn Spire Kinetic Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Red War Complete Iron Banner Matches and Rank-up packages from Lord Saladin Sunset, reissued in Season of the Chosen
Three Graves Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Red War Rank-up packages from Dead Orbit Sunset
Autumn Wind Kinetic Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Curse of Osiris Complete Crucible Matches and Rank-up packages from Lord Shaxx Sunset, reissued in Season of Defiance.
Darkest Before Arc Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Curse of Osiris Complete Tickets and rank-up packages from Trials of the Nine (formerly), Chance rewards from the Prophecy dungeon Sunset, reissued in Season of the Lost
Eternal Slumber Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Curse of Osiris Rank-up packages from Dead Orbit Sunset
Impromptu-49 Void Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Curse of Osiris Rank-up packages from Banshee-44 Sunset
Infinite Paths 8 Arc Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Curse of Osiris Complete Lost Osiris Prophecies for Brother Vance on Mercury Sunset, reissued in Season of Dawn, sunset again
Jorum's Claw Solar Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Curse of Osiris Complete Iron Banner Matches and Rank-up packages from Lord Saladin Sunset, reissued in Season of the Seraph
Legal Action II Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Curse of Osiris Rank-up packages from New Monarchy Sunset, reissued in Season of the Lost
Machina Dei 4 Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Curse of Osiris Complete Lost Osiris Prophecies for Brother Vance on Mercury Sunset, reissued as Adhortative in Season of the Undying, sunset again
Agrona PR4 Void Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Warmind World drop and Rank-up packages - Mars Sunset
Battle Scar Kinetic Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Warmind World drop Sunset, reissued in Season of Defiance
Jian 7 Rifle Arc Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Warmind Rank-up packages from New Monarchy Sunset, reissued in Season of the Worthy
Magnum Shepherd Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Warmind Rank-up packages from Future War Cult Sunset
Redrix's Claymore Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Warmind Reach the Fabled tier in Crucible's ranked Glory playlists Sunset
Requiem-45 Void Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Warmind World drop and Rank-up packages - Mars Sunset
The Marine Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Warmind Complete Crucible Matches and Rank-up packages from Lord Shaxx Sunset

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  • Vigilance Wing - Slow-firing pulse rifle that shoots in five-round bursts as opposed to the usual three. The main perks grant bonus health regeneration and movement speed if they are the last person alive in their fireteam. The gun is very specialized for team play and benefits heavily from staying together in a group, as it is a primarily Pvp-focused gun.
  • Graviton Lance - A unique pulse rifle that fires in two-round bursts. The intrinsic perk "Black Hole" means that the second bullet of a burst deals multiple times more damage than the other first (approximately 5x) and has no damage falloff. The other special perk, "Cosmology", detonates targets upon killing them, kind of like the "Cursebringer" perk from the Necrochasm, as well as spawning seeking void orbs.

Destiny 2 Year 2[edit]

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Weapon Name Element Frame Type Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Bygones Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Forsaken Complete Gambit matches and rank-up packages from The Drifter Sunset
Chattering Bone Kinetic Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Forsaken Last Wish raid Last Wish weapons exempt from sunsetting, craftable beginning in Season of the Deep
Claws of the Wolf Void Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Forsaken Iron Banner Sunset
Eystein-D Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Forsaken World drop Sunset
Go Figure Kinetic Aggressive Frame 450 RPM Forsaken World drop Sunset
Horror's Least Arc Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Forsaken Completion of The Corrupted Nightfall Sunset and Reissued in Season of the Haunted with an Adept variant that can be obtained by completing a Grandmaster Nightfall.
Redrix's Broadsword Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Forsaken Forging the Broadsword quest Sunset
Right Side of Wrong Solar Aggressive Frame 450 RPM Forsaken World drop Sunset
Blast Furnace Kinetic Aggressive Frame 450 RPM Season of the Forge Bounty from Ada-1 Sunset
Nightshade Kinetic Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Season of the Forge Complete strikes and rank-up packages from Zavala Sunset
Swift Ride XE8375 Arc Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Season of the Forge Forge Ignition activity completion Sunset
Outlast Solar Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season of the Drifter The Reckoning activity completion Sunset, reissued in Season of the Deep.

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Destiny 2 Year 3[edit]

Legendary[edit]

Weapon Name Element Frame Type- Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Adhortative Solar Adaptive Frame 390 Season of the Undying Vex Offensive Sunset
Premonition Void High-Impact Frame 340 Shadowkeep Pit of Heresy Dungeon Sunset, but reissued
Sacred Provenance Kinetic Aggressive Frame 450 Shadowkeep Garden of Salvation raid
Cold Denial Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 Season of Arrivals Season of Arrivals Pass Level 45

Destiny 2 Year 4[edit]

Legendary[edit]

Weapon Name Element Frame Type Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Hailing Confusion Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Beyond Light Empire Hunts
Stars in Shadow Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Beyond Light World Drop
The Messenger Kinetic High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Season of the Chosen Trials of Osiris An Adept version of this weapon can obtained by going Flawless
The Third Axiom Arc Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Season of the Chosen Complete Strikes and earn rank-up packages from Zavala
Gridskipper Void Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season of the Splicer Override Completions and Season of the Splicer Engram Focusing
BxR-55 Battler Solar Legacy PR-55 Frame 450 RPM 30th Anniversary Dares of Eternity Xûr rank-up packages and Xûr's Treasure Hoard in Eternity Craftable beginning in Season of Plunder
Forge's Promise Solar Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Season of the Lost Iron Banner Match Completions and Iron Banner Engram Focusing
Jurassic Green Solar Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season 1of the Lost Festival of the Lost 2021

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Destiny 2 Year 5[edit]

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Year 5 Weapons
Weapon Name Element Frame Type Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Insidious Arc Aggressive Frame 450 RPM The Witch Queen Vow of the Disciple raid Craftable; an Adept version of this weapon can be obtained by completing encounter challenges on Master difficulty
Ogma PR6 Solar Lightweight Frame 450 RPM The Witch Queen World Drop
Piece of Mind Kinetic Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season of the Risen PsiOps Battlegrounds and Engram Focusing Craftable
Syncopation-53 Stasis Adaptive Frame 390 RPM The Witch Queen World Drop Craftable after completing quests from the Relic Conduit
New Purpose Stasis High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Season of the Haunted Duality dungeon
Smite of Merain Kinetic Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Season of Plunder King's Fall raid Craftable; a Harrowed version of this weapon can be obtained by completing encounter challenges on Master difficulty.
Yesteryear Void Adaptive Frame 390 RPM Season of Plunder Gambit Matches and Engram Focusing
Veles-X Void Aggressive Frame 450 RPM Season of the Seraph Season of the Seraph ritual weapon
Disparity Stasis Aggressive Frame 450 RPM Season of the Seraph Heist Battlegrounds Craftable
Stay Frosty Stasis Lightweight Frame 450 RPM Season of the Seraph Dawning 2022

Exotic[edit]

  • Collective Obligation - Chance to obtain after completing the final encounter of the Vow of the Disciple raid.
  • Revision Zero - Acquired from completing Operation: Seraph Shield and is the first craftable Exotic weapon with multiple catalysts.

Destiny 2 Year 6[edit]

Legendary[edit]

Year 6 Weapons
Weapon Name Element Frame Type Rounds per Minute Season Source Notes
Phyllotactic Spiral Arc High-Impact Frame 340 RPM Lightfall Neomuna Engrams after reaching rank 30 with Nimbus Craftable
Different Times Strand Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season of the Deep Season of the Deep seasonal engrams Craftable
Oversoul Edict Arc Rapid-Fire Frame 540 RPM Season of the Witch Crota's End Raid Craftable; an Adept version of this weapon can be obtained by completing encounter challenges on Master difficulty.

Trivia[edit]

  • Most Pulse rifles lack a cocking animation in their reloads.
  • The staple of a triple-shot burst rifle can be traced back to the Battle rifles of Bungie's Halo series. In real-life, the modern idea can be traced back to around the era of the Vietnam War, though most guns that attempted this design were wildly impractical and unstable at the time.
  • Some pulse rifles, particularly Psi models with drum mags, have their payload measurements printed on the magazine. They fire 5.56mm rounds.

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