Destiny 2 Monument of Triumph: All Exotic Weapon Changes Detailed

Bungie has detailed all Exotic weapon changes coming in Destiny 2’s Monument of Triumph update, including balance updates, reworks, and tuning changes.

Destiny 2 is heading toward one of its biggest and most important updates yet. The Monument of Triumph update is set to launch on June 9, 2026, and it will serve as the game’s final major content update as active development comes to a close.

Because of that, there is a lot of attention on what Bungie is changing. Yesterday, Bungie released the first developer insight article for Monument of Triumph. That blog went over the return of the Director, the new Distortions activity that adds more life to Patrol zones, several welcome updates around ritual activities, changes to the Portal, and of course, the long-awaited return of Sparrow Racing League.

Now today, Bungie has released the second Dev Insights article, this time focusing on weapon changes, raid and dungeon updates, and more. In this article, we’ll talk about all the Exotic weapon changes coming with the Monument of Triumph update in Destiny 2.

All Destiny 2 Exotic Weapon Changes Coming With Monument of Triumph

According to Bungie, 28 Exotic weapons are being adjusted with the Monument of Triumph update. These changes include a mix of buffs, tuning updates, perk changes, and in some cases, larger reworks aimed at making older Exotics feel more useful in the current sandbox.

Some of the biggest changes include The Jade Rabbit getting a larger magazine, Firefly, Shoot to Loot, and a new catalyst effect that turns Fate of All Fools stacks into a Micro Missile round. Vex Mythoclast is also getting some much-needed PvE help, including stronger full-auto behavior, ignition effects from Linear Fusion Rifle precision kills, and a catalyst that can now activate from sustained damage.

The full list of exotic weapon getting tweaked can be found below, followed by the actual changes coming to them:

• The Jade Rabbit
• Vex Mythoclast
• Touch of Malice
• The Last Word
• MIDA Multi-Tool
• Heirloom
• Tarrabah
• Anarchy
• Divinity
• Winterbite
• Edge of Action
• Edge of Concurrence
• Edge of Intent
• Hierarchy of Needs
• Sunshot
• Graviton Lance
• Outbreak Perfected
• Arbalest
• Wardcliff Coil
• The Lament
• Truth
• Thunderlord
• Whirling Ovation
• Prometheus Lens
• Centrifuse
• Slayer’s Fang
• Xenophage
• Praxic Blade

Below, you can check out all the Exotic weapon changes Bungie has confirmed for Destiny 2: Monument of Triumph.

The Jade Rabbit

• Increased the magazine size from 10 to 15.
• Removed Zen Moment. Added Shoot to Loot and Firefly as the two traits.
• Fate of All Fools
  • Increased the maximum stacks cap to 15.
  • In addition to chaining precision hits, precision kills can now add a stack.
  • Gaining a stack now refills the magazine and increases stability.
  • Stacks will no longer be completely removed when you reload.
  • Dealing direct body shot damage will still remove one stack.
  • Scales the damage of Firefly when it is active, and dealing splash damage will not remove a stack of the perk.
• Catalyst
  • In addition to adding Stability, special reloading will consume all stacks of Fate of All Fools and grant a singular Micro Missile round which deals bonus damage based on the number of stacks consumed.

Vex Mythoclast

• Timeless Mythoclast (Intrinsic)
  • Now has what is comparably a more potent version of Rewind Rounds while in full auto mode.
• Temporal Unlimiter (Trait)
  • Precision kills with Linear Fusion Rifle shots now trigger an ignition.
  • After leaving Linear Fusion Rifle mode, the magazine is now fully reloaded.
  • The HUD buff and magazine display have been tweaked to show the exact amount of Linear Fusion shots remaining. This is a purely visual change; functionality remains the same.
• Calculated Balance (Catalyst)
  • Sustained damage can now also activate the catalyst, in addition to kills.
  • Added a HUD buff.

Touch of Malice

• Increased final round bonus damage by 10%.
• Set it up so the Special Reload can be made faster by buffing reload speed.
• Replaced Rapid Hit in the catalyst with Precision Instrument.
• Gain increased stability and reload speed with each stack of Charged with Blight.

The Last Word

• Increased stability on MnK by 10%.
• Increased aim assist when hip firing on MnK by 10%.

MIDA Multi-Tool

• Lowered the PvE combatant kill requirement from ten kills per modification (15 with Macro-Tool) to seven kills per modification (ten with Macro-Tool). This lowers the total kill requirement from 40(60) to 27(40) to acquire all modifications.
• The catalyst’s improved radar resolution now remains active for a few seconds when you stow Multi-Tool, instead of immediately deactivating. Multi-Tool still needs to be in your hands for the catalyst to activate.

Heirloom

• Increased charge rate by 20%.
• Increased impact damage of charged shots by 20% in PvE only.
• Reduced extra heat generated by charged shots by 7%.
• Increased damage vs miniboss and champion targets by 20%.
• Increased damage vs boss targets by 10%.
• Added Incandescent perk to catalyst.

Tarrabah

• Dealing damage to Scorched combatants grants increased Ravenous Beast progress by 33%.
  • Can generate full meter if all the mag hits a scorched enemy.
• Kills grant greatly increased progress.
  • 10% per kill.

Anarchy

• Increased armed trap lifetime by 50%, from 10 to 15 seconds.
• Increased trap damage vs combatants by 30%.
• Doubled trap detonation damage vs combatants to better match the per tick damage of a trap.
• Replaced Moving Target with Impromptu Ammunition.

Divinity

• Increased damage of Penance by 20%.
• Reduced time to activate Penance from 4 to 3 seconds.
• Reduced shots to activate the cage from 14 to 10.

Winterbite

• Reduced self-damage of the projectile by 66%.

Edge of Action, Edge of Concurrence, and Edge of Intent

• Glaive projectiles now grant doubled progress towards Special shot.

Hierarchy of Needs

• Seekers now apply +15 (+5 with Ember of Ashes) scorch to hit targets.
• Added hidden tracking for seekers that guides them to targets recently hit by precision damage.
• Added increased hip fire accuracy to the list of benefits provided by the catalyst

Sunshot

• Rebalanced the damage of the explosion to deal more damage up close and less damage further away

Graviton Lance

• Rebalanced the damage of the explosion to deal more damage up close and less damage further away

Outbreak Perfected

• Reduced damage bonus at maximum Nanite stacks from 4.5x to 4x.

Arbalest

• Increased damage versus Champions by 33%.

Wardcliff Coil

• Fixed a bug where firing Wardcliff Coil would not grant Bolt Charge if the firing player was too far off the ground.
• Mechanized Autoloader now works while the weapon is stowed.
• Increased maximum ammo from five to eight.

The Lament

• Reverted the previous nerf to this weapon by ~70%.
• Returned most of the final combo hit damage and self-healing the previous change reduced.

Truth

• Now returns one ammo to reserves and buffs the next magazine when all rounds in a magazine hit a target.
  • When triggered, the next magazine gains dramatically increased rate of fire, stability, tracking strength and cluster bombs.

Thunderlord

• Reduced ammo refunded by the lightning strike from seven to five at base.

Whirling Ovation

• Increased the amount of Anticipation gained per point of damage by just over 11%

Prometheus Lens

• Increased scorch stacks applied per trigger.
  • Up to 20 (+10 with Ember of Ashes) from 10 (+10 Ember of Ashes).

Centrifuse

• Increased the amount of magazine refilled per trigger to 10% from 4%.

Slayer’s Fang

• Increased magazine size by two.
• Increased reserve ammo by ten.
• Now slowly reloads itself while its buff is active

Xenophage

• Increased reserve ammo by 10.

Praxic Blade

• Slightly increase the time it takes to get ammo refunded when blocking
• Strongholds will no longer allow for infinite blocking with Special Ammo swords
  • We’ve seen feedback that it felt bad to watch from your ghost as a team mate blocked for 3 minutes straight without reviving you or doing any damage to a given boss – sometimes we need you to go on the attack!
• Reduced ammo refunded by light attacks

These changes also arrive at a strange time for Destiny as a franchise. Recent reports have claimed Bungie considered a larger relaunch plan called Destiny Infinity, which would have acted as a new direction for Destiny 2 instead of moving straight into a full Destiny 3.

Apart from that, several Destiny 2 voice actors are sharing their farewell to the game and community, with the latest being Savathun’s voice actor, Debra Wilson.

What do you think about these Exotic weapon changes? Are there any weapons you think Bungie should have updated but missed? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!