Here’s how you can unlock the Ice Breaker exotic sniper rifle in Destiny 2’s new Vesper’s Host dungeon.
The long-awaited Ice Breaker, an iconic sniper rifle from Destiny 1, is finally making its return in Destiny 2 with the launch of the Vesper’s Host dungeon on Friday, October 11, 2024. Bungie has brought this fan-favorite weapon back in style, with updated perks, and stats.
Vesper’s Host is also set to make history as the first dungeon to include a Dungeon Race and Contest Mode. For those who played Destiny 1, Ice Breaker was a game-changing exotic due to its unique ammo-regeneration mechanic.
And, now let’s take a look at how Bungie has revamped this exotic in Destiny 2.
How to get Ice Breaker Exotic Sniper Rifle in Destiny 2
Ice Breaker will be available as a potential reward in the Vesper’s Host dungeon, launching on October 11. Like most dungeon exotics, there’s a layer of RNG involved, meaning the sniper rifle will drop randomly after defeating the final boss.
However, Bungie has confirmed that completing the dungeon during Contest Mode guarantees a drop of the Ice Breaker exotic sniper rifle for all players who finish the challenge.
Destiny 2 Ice Breaker: Exotic Perks Explained
Ice Breaker’s perks are designed to make it one of the most versatile and powerful sniper rifles in the game. Its main exotic perk, No Backpack, continues the tradition of passive ammo generation. Here’s the full breakdown of all the perks found on Ice Breaker exotic sniper rifle in Destiny 2:
- No Backpack: Final blows or assists with any other weapon or ability have a chance to create ammo for Ice Breaker. Defeating powerful combatants will create multiple rounds.
- Ice Breaker: Defeating a target with this weapon causes them to explode. Precision final blows or shattering a frozen target instead triggers an ignition.
- Corkscrew Rifling: Balanced barrel.
- Slightly increases range and stability
- Slightly increases handling speed
- Accurized Rounds: This weapon can fire longer distances.
- Increases range
- Composite Stock: This weapon has a versatile dual-purpose stock.
- Slightly increases stability
- Slightly increases handling speed
| Weapon | Type | Element | Ammo | Source | Craftable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ice Breaker | Sniper Rifle |  Solar |  Special | Vesper’s Host Dungeon | No |
Weapon Stats:
- Element: Solar
- Ammo Type: Special Ammo
- RPM: 49 rounds per minute
- Magazine Size: 10 rounds
Destiny 2 Ice Breaker Exotic Catalyst
The exotic catalyst for Ice Breaker further enhances the weapon’s ability to get more ammo. With the catalyst, you can get a small chance of getting your ammo back when hitting a slowed or frozen target.
Here’s the full Ice Breaker exotic catalyst perk description:
- Icing-Breaker: Landing a hit on a slowed or frozen target has a chance to return the round to the magazine.
Destiny 2 Ice Breaker Weapon Lore
Here’s the full weapon lore found on the Ice Breaker exotic sniper rifle:
“Please replace these components if use causes fatal damage: HEAT SINK. MAGAZINE. OPERATOR.
The foundry is silent now. Shell casings litter the floor. They clatter away from the bootfalls of the Warlock Shayura as she weaves between the downed chassis of combat frames branded with the sigil of the Häkke foundry.
‘Security is disabled,’ Shayura says over an encrypted channel. She’s quick to cross the foundry floor, checking the disabled frames one by one as she progresses to a sealed vault door. The door’s surface is marked with a glyph unfamiliar to her. It looks like a fish hook, or perhaps an anchor. ‘Is this what we’re looking for?‘
[[Confirmed. That’s the same symbol on the weapon the Vanguard recovered from Seraph Station. Golden Age, possibly older.]]
Shayura extends one arm, wreathed in Solar fire, and manifests a searing white Dawnblade that she uses to cut through the door in a single stroke. Half of the vault door crashes to the floor and falls to the side, sizzling on a glowing hot edge. Shayura then floats into the air, drifting through the partial opening.
[[We need any records you can find. Anything where BrayTech and Häkke overlap.]]
Shayura dispatches her Ghost to scan rows of server racks containing decompiled engrams. Nearby weaponry is mounted on vault walls. Prototype firearms, alien weapons, unrecognizable technology from across Sol. A sniper rifle of Human design catches her eye; a red and gray body with some kind of thermal plating on the barrel. Her fingertips brush over the serial number stenciled on it: X-032782. It’s an Ice Breaker. She remembers when the Vanguard commissioned this design from Häkke, remembers when it was outlawed for being “dangerous and unfit for duty.” The design was later stolen and replicated.
Hefting the Ice Breaker from the wall, Shayura turns to watch her Ghost scan and download Häkke’s archives. “Find what you’re looking for?”
[[Skimming. I see some interesting details. Häkke’s Golden-Age predecessor had a terrestrial office in what was once the city of Chicago. They were involved in the development of gravity-based weapons. No BrayTech connections yet.]]
Shayura freezes. “Chicago?” The tombs below Old Chicago haunt her periphery. Every ambient noise in the derelict foundry becomes a threat. She pushes past the fear, past the panic. That isn’t now. “What does Chicago have to do with anything?”
[[I’m not sure…]] her handler on the other end of the comms says. [[But whatever it is goes back a long, long time.]]”
And that’s it for this article. What are your thoughts on this exotic weapon? Let us know in the comments below!
