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Weapon Optimization: Weapon Perks

All listed perks now include their enhanced perk as well as some general comments. As always, clicking on weapon icons will open that perk on Light.gg!

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WEAPON OPTIMIZATION

Last Updated: 8/8/2022

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.
Rank up the Gunsmith by dismantling gear and completing his daily bounties. Each day, Banshee-44 also sells weapon and armour mods.

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New Mods

Mods introduced with the 30th Anniversary.

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

+Full Auto

Eventually, a Full-Auto toggle will be selectable from the Settings Menu.

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

+Unique Trait

This mod can be equipped on any weapon, however each time it is used, that one mod will be consumed.

Generic Mods

Mods that can be found on most weapons.

Deals extra damage against regular (red bar) enemies.

+7.5% damage increase

Deals extra damage against powerful (orange bar) enemies.

+7.5% damage increase

Deals extra damage against bosses and vehicles.

+7.5% damage increase

Deals extra damage against all Taken enemies, including bosses.

+10% damage increase

Surrounded Perk deals extra damage, lasts longer, and has a lingering effect.

*Requires Surrounded Trait.

Dragonfly Perk deals extra damage with a bigger blast radius.

*Requires Dragonfly Trait.

Rampage Perk has a longer duration when activated.

*Requires Rampage Trait.

Increases magazine and ammo capacity.

+3 magazine
+30 ammo capacity

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

+15 Recoil Deviation

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

+5 Aim Assistance

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

Great for Hand Cannons.

Improves accuracy while airborne, reducing aim deviation while moving.

Great for Shotguns and Hand Cannons.

Brief boost to ready speed and aiming after sprinting.

Situational.

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

Situational.

Radar immediately returns after zooming in with your weapon.

Great for Long-Ranged Weapons.

Slightly increases radar range, improving enemy detection.

Great for Sniper Rifles.

Adept Mods

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

Adept Mods are stronger, more specific mods that can only be equipped on Adept Weapons, obtainable from Grandmaster Nightfalls 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.