This Week’s Destiny 2 Exotic Mission Rotator: Schedule and Loot Table Update

The Exotic Mission Rotator makes its return in The Final Shape, avoiding the content vault and offering players valuable opportunities. Destiny 2 has added countless seasonal weapons over its various seasons, with many top-tier options now unavailable to new players. The frustration of missing out on powerful weapons like Retrofit Escapade, IKELOS_SMG, and Scatter Signal is understandable.

Bungie provided a remedy with the introduction of the Exotic Mission Rotator in Season 22. This weekly activity allows players to earn enhanced versions of vaulted Exotic weapons and older seasonal guns.

It’s important to note that only one Exotic Mission is available each week. If you miss it, you will have to wait several weeks for another opportunity to collect that mission’s unique rewards, so staying informed about this week’s rotation is crucial.

Exotic Mission Rotator Schedule

This week’s featured mission is Presage, which provides the chance to unlock Dead Man’s Tale, a cowboy-style Scout Rifle that received a significant damage increase in Season 24. This mission will remain active until the weekly reset on September 17, at which point it will be replaced with a new mission.

Destiny 2 player using Wish-Keeper bow in Starcrossed exotic mission. — Bungie

Here’s the complete Exotic Mission Rotator schedule for Echoes Act 3:

Date	Exotic Quest	Featured Exotic Weapon
August 27	//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//	Vexcalibur
September 3	Starcrossed	Wish-Keeper
September 10	Presage	Dead Man’s Tale
September 17	A dark voice	Dead Messenger
September 24	Operation Seraph’s Shield	Revision Zero
October 1	//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//	Vexcalibur

Exotic Mission Rotator Loot Table

Each available Exotic Mission has distinct loot pools for players to farm. This loot set consists of prior seasonal weapons that are all craftable.

Players can earn three guaranteed Red Border drops each week by:

Completing the featured Exotic Mission on Regular difficulty.
Completing the featured Exotic Mission on Legend difficulty.
Completing two runs of the featured Exotic Mission on any difficulty.

Subsequent completions in the same week will still drop seasonal weapons from the relevant loot table, but Red Border drops are not guaranteed.

Below are the loot tables for the five Exotic quests currently available:

Presage

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Weapon Frame
Austringer	Kinetic Hand Cannon	Adaptive
Beloved	Solar Sniper Rifle	Adaptive
Bump in the Night	Stasis Rocket Launcher	Aggressive
CALUS Mini-Tool	Solar SMG	WHAT Synergy
Drang (Baroque)	Solar Sidearm	Together Forever
Firefright	Kinetic Auto Rifle	Precision
Hollow Denial	Void Trace Rifle	Adaptive
Nezarec’s Whisper	Arc Glaive	Adaptive
Tears of Contrition	Kinetic Scout Rifle	Precision
Without Remorse	Solar Shotgun	Lightweight

Additionally, you can earn the Eidolon Pursuant armor set first released in Season 17.

A dark voice

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Weapon Frame
Explosive Personality	Solar Grenade Launcher	Wave Frame
Piece of Mind	Kinetic Pulse Rifle	Rapid-Fire
Recurrent Impact	Stasis Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire
Sweet Sorrow	Arc Auto Rifle	Rapid-Fire
Thoughtless	Stasis Sniper Rifle	Adaptive
Under Your Skin	Void Bow	Precision

You can earn the Tusked Allegiance armor set first released in Season 16 as well.

Operation: Seraph’s Shield

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Weapon Frame
Disparity	Stasis Pulse Rifle	Aggressive Burst
Fire and Forget	Stasis Linear Fusion Rifle	Adaptive
IKELOS_HC_v.1.0.3	Void Hand Cannon	Precision
IKELOS_SG_v.1.0.3	Solar Shotgun	Rapid-Fire
IKELOS_SMG_v.1.0.3	Arc SMG	Aggressive
IKELOS_SR_v.1.0.3	Solar Sniper Rifle	Rapid-Fire
Judgment of Kelgorath	Solar Glaive	Aggressive
Path of Least Resistance	Arc Trace Rifle	Adaptive
Retrofit Escapade	Void Machine Gun	Rapid-Fire
Tripwire Canary	Arc Bow	Lightweight

You can earn the Warmind’s Avatar armor set first released in Season 19 as well.

//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Weapon Frame
Caretaker	Solar Sword	Wave Frame
Perpetual	Strand Auto Rifle	Rapid-Fire
Prodigal Return	Arc Grenade Launcher	Rapid-Fire
Raconteur	Stasis Bow	Rapid-Fire
reigning	Void Heavy Grenade Launcher	Adaptive
Royal Executioner	Solar Fusion Rifle	Precision

Additionally, earn the Techeun’s Regalia Avatar armor set first introduced in Season 20.

Starcrossed

Weapon Name	Weapon Type	Weapon Frame
Adhortative	Solar Pulse Rifle	Adaptive
Doomed Petitioner	Void Linear Fusion Rifle	Adaptive
Imperative	Kinetic Scout Rifle	High-Impact
Lethophobia	Void Bow	Lightweight
Optative	Void Hand Cannon	Precision
Scatter Signal	Strand Fusion Rifle	Rapid-Fire
Subjunctive	Arc SMG	Lightweight
Supercluster	Strand Shotgun	Pinpoint Slug

Additionally, earn the Wyrmguard armor set first released in Season 23.

What is the Exotic Mission Rotator?

The Exotic Mission Rotator is a weekly activity introduced in Season 22, allowing players to complete and farm past Exotic quests for various rewards.

This includes craftable versions of returning Exotics, a selection of former seasonal guns that were previously un-farmable, and even Red Border drops for craftable Legendary weapons. Each week features a different Exotic Mission with unique loot and craftable Exotics available.

Exotic Mission Rotator in Destiny 2. — dexerto

The Exotic Mission Rotator includes a new mission each week.

How to Access the Exotic Mission Rotator

selecting the Destinations tab, Legends, and clicking the featured weekly Exotic quest.

To start each mission, players must own the respective expansion or season associated with the Exotic weapon. It’s also advisable to maintain a power level of at least 1945 for Standard difficulty and 2005 for Expert difficulty, as these are the current power caps for the activity.

To make the most of Destiny 2’s offerings, stay updated on the Exotic Mission Rotator. Additionally, explore Deepsight Harmonizers and the latest Promo Codes. For optimized loadouts, refer to guides on the best Exotic Weapons, PvE Weapons, and PvP Weapons available.