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Weapon Mods
Learn more about weapon mods and what weapon mods are currently available in Destiny 2.

What are Weapon Mods?

  • Over time, you will unlock new weapon modifications that provide additional benefits to the gun.
  • Weapon mods can be equipped at any time.
  • While completing activities and discovering loot can reward mods, Banshee-44 is known to reward mods at random by ranking up his faction rank.
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This page has been updated for Destiny 2: Renegades
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Generic Mods

Mods that can be found on most weapons.
Legendary Mod
ABUNDANT AMMO

Grants slightly increased ammo generation.

Enhanced: Improves amount of ammo generated.

+Ammo Generation

Legendary Mod
BANDOLIER

Grants slightly (~10%) increased ammo generation.

Enhanced: Improves amount of ammo generated.

+Ammo Generation

Legendary Mod
SWEATY CONFETTI

Causes a festive celebration on each precision final blow. This has a one-time use per mod.

+Unique Trait

As of Edge of Fate, new weapons can apply this free of charge. 

Legendary Mod
FULL-AUTO RETROFIT

Holding down the trigger will fire this weapon at full auto.

+Full Auto

As of Season 19, there is a full-auto mode that can be toggled in your settings! This mod is still available if you want full-auto on select weapons.

Legendary Mod
COUNTERBALANCE

Reduces recoil deviation (the intensity of how the weapon moves when firing). 

+15 Recoil Deviation

Legendary Mod
TARGETING ADJUSTER

Weapon aim assistance and hitbox is improved, making it easier to hit targets.

+5 Aim Assistance

Legendary Mod
FREEHAND GRIP

Increases accuracy and ready speed when firing from the hip (free fire, no zoom).

Great for Hand Cannons.

Legendary Mod
ICARUS GRIP

Improves accuracy while airborne, reducing aim deviation while moving.

Great for Shotguns and Hand Cannons.

Legendary Mod
BACKUP MAG

Increases magazine and ammo capacity.

+3 magazine
+30 ammo capacity

Legendary Mod
SPRINT GRIP

Brief boost to ready speed and aiming after sprinting.

Situational.

Legendary Mod
QUICK ACCESS SLING

Swap weapons much faster for a short duration after emptying the magazine.

Situational.

Legendary Mod
RADAR TUNER

Radar immediately returns after zooming in with your weapon.

Great for Long-Ranged Weapons.

Legendary Mod
RADAR BOOSTER

Slightly increases radar range, improving enemy detection.

Great for Sniper Rifles.

Legendary Mod
FLIGHT

Grants increased blast radius and projectile speed.

+6 Blast Radius
+6 Velocity

Legendary Mod
Anti-Flinch

Reduces incoming flinch for this weapon.

+15 Flinch Resistance

Legendary Mod
Ballistics

Grants increased range and stability.

+6 Range
+6 Stability

Legendary Mod
CQC Optics - High

Slightly increases zoom magnification.

Read more on Light.gg.

+1 Zoom

Legendary Mod
CQC Optics - Low

Slightly decreases zoom magnification.

Read more on Light.gg.

-1 Zoom

Legendary Mod
Edge

Grants increased charge rate and guard resistance.

+6 Charge Rate
+6 Guard Resistance

Legendary Mod
Marksman Optics - High

Slightly increases zoom magnification.

Read more on Light.gg.

+2 Zoom

Legendary Mod
Marksman Optics - Low

Slightly decreases zoom magnification.

Read more on Light.gg.

-2 Zoom

Legendary Mod
Stunloader

Stunning a Champion partially refills this weapon from reserves.

+Unique Trait

Legendary Mod
Synergy

Final blows with this weapon have a chance to create an elemental pickup matching its damage type, or an Orb of Power for weapons that deal Kinetic damage.

Learn more on Light.gg.

+Unique Trait

Legendary Mod
Tactical

Grants increased reload speed and handling.

+6 Reload Speed
+6 Handling (Weapon Readiness)

Legendary Mod
Tension

Grants increased draw time and accuracy.

-6 Draw Time
+6 Accuracy

Arms Day Mods

Limited-Time Mods that are available during the Arms Day event, often having experimental and sometimes extremely volatile capabilities.
Exotic Mod, Lawless
JUMPSHOT

Arms Week: Bows

Drawing this weapon while in midair triggers increased damage, faster draw time, improved target acquisition, and dramatically faster movement speed for a short time or until you touch the ground.

This effect is activated once per jump and becomes available again after a moment on the ground.

Only available during Arms Day Week. Disabled in non-Arms Week Crucible activities.

Exotic Mod, Lawless
SHATTERSHAFTS

Arms Week: Bows

Arrows and bolts split into several projectiles after a short distance.

Only available during Arms Day Week. Disabled in non-Arms Week Crucible activities.

Exotic Mod, Lawless
TUNGSTEN BOWSTRING

Arms Week: Bows

Deals increased damage, at the cost of draw time and handling. Releases an elemental explosion matching this weapon when fully drawn.

Kinetic weapons release a burst matching your equipped Super.

Only available during Arms Day Week. Disabled in non-Arms Week Crucible activities.

Fragile Mods

Limited-Time Mods that provide potent and thematic effects to Seasonal weapons for the duration of an episode.
Active, Lawless
STAY IN THE FIGHT

When your shields are broken, this weapon gains a period of increased stability and ammo generation.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Lawless.

Active, Lawless
OVERPRESSURED MUNITIONS

This weapon gains bonus damage against Cabal targets.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Lawless.

Active, Lawless
OPENING SALVO

This weapon gains bonus range and deals more flinch at the start of combat for a duration. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Lawless.

Active, Lawless
KILL SHOT

Reloading after a final blow loads a high-powered round, causing the next hit to cause additional splash damage. Strong against Barrier Champions.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Lawless.

Active, Lawless
CALM AMIDST CHAOS

After not taking damage for a short duration, this weapon gains significantly increased aim down sight speed, handling and flinch resistance until the next shot is fired.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Lawless.

Expired, Reclamation
TEMPORAL LOADER

This weapon loads ammo from reserves when dealing damage to targets that are slowed, frozen, or suspended.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Reclamation.

Expired, Reclamation
TEMPORAL TRACKER

Gain bonus aim assistance or projectile tracking for a moderate duration after picking up an Orb of Power.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Reclamation.

Expired, Reclamation
TEMPORAL ADAPTER

Readying this weapon grants it bonus stability, handling, and reload speed for a moderate duration that is borrowed from an alternate timeline version of the weapon. Swords gain bonus charge rate and guard resistance.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Reclamation.

Expired, Reclamation
TEMPORAL ARMAMENTS

This weapon gains bonus damage versus Cabal and Vex targets.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Reclamation.

Expired, Reclamation
TEMPORAL BLAST

This weapon stores a portion of its damage dealt into Charges. At five Charges, the weapon’s next shot creates an explosive blast on impact that damages nearby enemies.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Season of Reclamation.

Expired, Heresy
POWER OF RESOLVE

Rapid hits with this weapon create a Taken seeker projectile. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Heresy.

Expired, Heresy
POWER OF AMBITION

Rapid hits with this weapon grants Blight Rounds, dealing damage over time to targets hit by this weapon. Strong against Overload Champions.

This weapon is also overcharged when that modifier is active.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Heresy.

Expired, Heresy
ARMAMENTS OF RESOLVE

Increases Aim Assist and Recoil Direction.

This weapon is also overcharged when that modifier is active.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Heresy.

Expired, Heresy
ARMAMENTS OF AMBITION

Increased Handling, Reload speed and weapon swap speed. Swords gain increased Inventory and Charge Rate.

This weapon is also overcharged when that modifier is active.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Heresy.

Expired, Heresy
WILLBREAKER'S MUNITIONS

Increases this weapons damage versus Dread and Taken targets.

This weapon is also overcharged when that modifier is active.

This is a Fragile Mod, and will expire at the end of the Heresy.

Adept Mods

Rare mods that can only be equipped on Adept and Master Raid weapons.

Adept Mods are stronger, more specific mods that can only be equipped on Adept Weapons, obtainable from Conquests and visiting The Lighthouse (flawless trials ticket) in Trials of Osiris.
Adept Mods act similar to Masterwork bonuses, adding additional benefits in addition to the Adept bonuses that come with the weapon itself, further improving the performance of that weapon. Due note however that some of these mods have negative attributes as a tradeoff.

Legendary Mod
ADEPT COUNTERBALANCE

Greatly improves recoil direction at the cost of range.

+25 Recoil Direction Boost
+75 Vertical Bounce Intensity

Legendary Mod
ADEPT TARGETING

Greatly improves target acquisition at the cost of stability.

+10 Aim Assistance
-15 Stability

Legendary Mod
ADEPT ICARUS GRIP

Improves accuracy while airborne. Slightly increases weapon range.

+Weapon Accuracy
+5 Range

Legendary Mod
ADEPT ACCURACY

Improves bow accuracy, allowing for easier precision hits against combatants.

+10 Accuracy

Legendary Mod
ADEPT IMPACT

Improves sword impact damage, allowing for better damage per swing.

+10 Impact

Legendary Mod
ADEPT DRAW TIME

Improves bow draw time, allowing for quicker attacks against combatants.

-10 Draw Time

Legendary Mod
ADEPT BLAST RADIUS

Improves projectile blast radius, allowing better area of effect damage.

+10 Blast Radius

Legendary Mod
ADEPT PROJECTILE SPEED

Improves overall speed of your weapon’s rocket or grenade.

+10 Velocity

Legendary Mod
ADEPT CHARGE TIME

Improves Fusion Rifle Charge Time, allowing for quicker weapon bursts.

+10 Charge Time

Legendary Mod
ADEPT HANDLING

Improves weapon readiness, allowing for better swapping speed between weapons.

+10 Handling

Legendary Mod
ADEPT MAG

Greatly increases magazine size at the cost of weapon readiness speed.

+40 Magazine
-15 Handling

Legendary Mod
ADEPT RANGE

Improves weapon range, allowing your weapon to hit targets at a greater distance.

+10 Range

Legendary Mod
ADEPT RELOAD

Improves weapon reload time, reducing the time it takes to change your magazine.

+10 Reload Time

Legendary Mod
ADEPT STABILITY

Improves weapon stability, allowing for better accuracy when firing your weapon.

+10 Stability

Retired Mods

Mods that have been removed from the game.
No Longer Available
ADEPT RANGE

Improves weapon range, allowing your weapon to hit targets at a greater distance.

+10 Range

No Longer Available
MINOR SPEC MOD

Deals extra damage against regular (red bar) enemies. 

+7.5% damage increase

No Longer Available
MAJOR SPEC MOD

Deals extra damage against powerful (orange bar) enemies. 

+7.5% damage increase

No Longer Available
BOSS SPEC MOD

Deals extra damage against mini-bosses, bosses and vehicles.

+7.5% damage increase

No Longer Available
ADEPT BIG ONES SPEC

Deals extra damage against powerful enemies, bosses and vehicles

+7.5% damage increase

No Longer Available
TAKEN SPEC MOD

Deals extra damage against all Taken enemies, including bosses.

+10% damage increase

No Longer Available
Heavy Ammo Finder Enhancement

Grants increased (~10%) Heavy Ammo Finder progress with this weapon’s final blows.

+Unique Trait

No Longer Available
Special Ammo Finder Enhancement

Grants increased (~10%) Special Ammo Finder progress with this weapon’s final blows.

+Unique Trait

No Longer Available
AFTERSHOCK

Final blows create a wave of deadly energy behind the target.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

No Longer Available
FRAGMENTATION ROUNDS

Precision final blows create multiple explosive submunitions.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

No Longer Available
CHAOTIC MUNITIONS

Precision final blows produce randomized effects.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

No Longer Available
COWBOY GRIP

Supremely improved hip fire weapon performance.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

No Longer Available
ILLEGAL TRIGGER

Every shell fired increases rate of fire for a short time. Magazine size and reserves are increased beyond their normal limits.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

No Longer Available
UNSTABLE SHELLS

Landing precision hits or most of a pellet spread will attach a delayed explosive to the target.

Only available during Arms Day Week.

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