Golden Gun

"The sun's light purifies all it touches. Such is the gift of the Golden Gun. Its Light blesses those who stand with the wielder. And burns away foes foolish enough to stand against it."

- Brother Vance



Golden Gun is a Guardian Super available to members of the Hunter class that use the Gunslinger subclass.

Description

 * Destiny "Summon a flaming pistol which disintegrates enemies with Solar Light."

- Ability Description

Golden Gun forms a Hand Cannon supercharged with Solar elemental energy, allowing it to deal an incredibly high amount of damage. This ability expires after ten seconds or three shots. Upgrades to this super increase accuracy and damage, cause targets to explode upon death, or speed up the Gun's recharge rate.


 * Destiny 2 "Summon a precision flaming pistol that disintegrates targets with Solar Light."

- Ability Description

Golden Gun-Marksman— Your Golden Gun deals massively increased precision damage, overpenetrates targets, and creates Orbs of power on precision hits. It expires after about 11 seconds or until all shots are fired by default.

Golden Gun-Deadshot— Causing Solar ignitions while your Super is active refunds a Golden Gun round. It expires after about 11 seconds or until all shots are fired by default.

Trivia

 * This ability was known as the "Ghost Gun" in a previous, pre-alpha build of the game.
 * Known Golden Gun users include Cayde-6, Ana Bray, The Crow, and Shin Malphur. Shin is believed to be the pioneer of the technique, though he denies it.
 * In the trailer for the Dark Below expansion, at the last second in a scene, the gun had the inscription "Tex Mechanica" written on the side of it as an Easter Egg to The Last Word, the model on which it is based.
 * In Destiny 2, the Golden Gun changes appearance based on the solar super type picked. For Deadshot, the Golden Gun keeps its default appearance, that of The Last Word. For Marksman, it resembles the legendary hand cannon, Eyasluna.
 * While the Golden Gun's appearance cannot change based on actual equipped weapons, some lore material suggests the technique can be applied to rifles and sidearms.

Lore

 * "What a sorry excuse for a stakeout this is. He's resting against my Sparrow, balanced on a knife's edge, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice. Posse's got him flanked and all eyes on a swivel and they're looking for trouble. Looking for me. They try to squint the sun out of their eyes, but it won't help them. I remember when I used to shield my eyes. I remember when I tried to stay in the shadows. I don't squint no more. I drain my cup, and I stand, stretching my weary hands. The sun glints off the barrel of his pistol, and I can tell it's gonna be quick. Group's getting antsy. And where there's impatience, there's imprecision. I don't forgive imprecision. Stepping into the sunlight, it's like I can breathe again. All at once, they skitter to attention like I ain't been watching them for the past 20 minutes. Big one gets his rear off my ride. Small victory. Then he puffs himself up, hand inching towards his pistol. Mine stays planted on my belt. "Look who finally stepped into the light of day." I sure did. And you're gonna wish I hadn't."

—Celestial Nighthawk Hunter helmet
 * "We're almost out of time. We have one shot. So I pull out the bird and give this sucker the finger. One red-hot glowing finger."

List of appearances

 * The Law Of The Jungle
 * Destiny
 * Destiny 2