Nightfalls can be one of the most challenging activities in Destiny 2 on higher difficulties. Luckily for gamers, they come with rewards to match. Each week, at least one Nightfall weapon is in rotation and can drop from Nightfall completions.
Higher difficulties have better odds, and Destiny 2 guardians brave enough to face Grandmasters will get an Adept version of whatever weapon is on tap that week. Revenant is bringing a few Grandmasters on the challenging or annoying side, including Liminality, the Corrupted, Proving Grounds, and the Lightblade—which are (or were) among the trickiest at the time of their release.
Here is the Nightfall weapon for this week in Destiny 2.
Table of contents
- Destiny 2 Nightfall weapon this week: Feb. 11 to 18
- Nightfall weapon this week: Rake Angle
- All Nightfall weapons in rotation in Heresy
- What are the Nightfalls in Episode Heresy?
- Nightfall weapons available through Focused Decoding at Commander Zavala
- Best Nightfall weapons worth farming in Destiny 2
- Nightfall weapons available through Legacy Focusing at Commander Zavala
- What are the Grandmaster Nightfall rewards in Destiny 2?
Destiny 2 Nightfall weapon this week: Feb. 11 to 18

- Weapon: Rake Angle
- Nightfall: Heist Battlegrounds: Mars
- Champions: Barrier, Unstoppable
- Threat: Solar
- Surge: Arc, Void
- Overcharge: Machine guns
- Base Modifiers: Galvanized, Martyr
- Galvanized: “Combatants have more health and are more difficult to stun.”
- Martyr: “Exploder units have more health.”
Nightfall weapon this week: Rake Angle
The new Stasis glaive appears early into the rotation in Heresy, which means you’ll have more opportunities to acquire it in the game’s third episode. Rake Angle has plenty of good rolls, too, so there’s some reason to dive in once this weapon is available.
Nearly all third-column perks are amazing for glaives, with Rimestealer working perfectly with Chill Clip on Stasis builds. If you don’t plan on using it on the dark-blue subclass, though, we recommend Replenishing Aegis, Impulse Amplifier, and Overflow, depending on your preference. I don’t think I can take Impulse Amp off any glaive that has it since I crafted my Enigma, but Overflow and Chill Clip make for a great combination due to the extra rounds in the magazine.
Chill Clip is the star of the show in the fourth column, and that’s my recommendation. Fans have been requesting it basically since glaives released in 2022’s The Witch Queen, and it’s worth picking it up. Depending on how you want to use your glaive, though, Vorpal Weapon, Unstoppable Force, and Close to Melee are great backup options.
All Nightfall weapons in rotation in Heresy
The Nightfall weapons in Revenant are:
- The Palindrome (returning as Arc)
- Lotus-Eater (Void rocket sidearm)
- The Slammer
- Wild Style
- Scintillation
- Shadow Price
- Rake Angle (Stasis glaive)
- PLUG ONE.1
What are the Nightfalls in Episode Heresy?
Here is what the Nightfall rotation will look like in Heresy:
- HyperNet Current
- Heist Battleground: Mars
- PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome
- Lake of Shadows
- PsiOps Battleground: Moon
- The Scarlet Keep
- The Insight Terminus
- Warden of Nothing
Nightfall weapons available through Focused Decoding at Commander Zavala
The Focused Decoding section at Zavala offers the possibility to focus your Engrams into gear available in the weapon pool for Nightfalls and Vanguards. These include the following:
- Nightfall weapons: All Nightfall weapons in the current pool.
- Vanguard weapons: Nameless Midnight, Positive Outlook, Luna Regolith III, Double-Edged Answer, Origin Story, and Wicked Sister (the new Strand heavy grenade launcher).
Best Nightfall weapons worth farming in Destiny 2
If you have a limited time to play, we recommend farming for these weapons:
- Rake Angle (Stasis glaive)
- Wild Style (Solar Wave-Frame grenade launcher)
- Scintillation (Strand linear fusion rifle)
- PLUG ONE.1 (reissued Arc fusion rifle)
Nightfall weapons available through Legacy Focusing at Commander Zavala
If you missed some of the old Nightfall weapons, you can spend your hard-earned Vanguard Engrams to obtain these weapons for the first time, even though they’re no longer obtainable through normal means. Older weapons like the Palindrome aren’t available through this method. The full roster includes all Nightfall weapons since season 16 (Season of the Risen), starting with the Comedian. Not all of them are relevant, so we picked the ones we like the most.
Here are some of our favorites we recommend farming if you have Vanguard Engrams to spare. We’d add Hung Jury to this list for its consistency, but the Onslaught version released in Into the Light has better perks.
- The Hothead (Rocket launcher, Arc): A great rocket launcher that’s become somewhat outclassed by other options with more meta perks but can still be respectable on its own.
- The Militia’s Birthright (Grenade launcher, Kinetic, Breech-Loading): A solid grenade launcher with access to good perks. It can be outclassed by the competition, but its accessibility is where it shines.
- Wendigo GL3 (Grenade launcher, Arc, Adaptive Frame, heavy): A potentially solid Arc heavy grenade launcher that’s gotten a glow-up thanks to the buffs to this weapon category.
- Warden’s Law (Hand cannon, Kinetic, Heavy Burst): An incredible hand cannon with great damage potential and a unique archetype.
What are the Grandmaster Nightfall rewards in Destiny 2?
Grandmaster Nightfalls are the hardest challenge in Destiny 2, but they give you some of the most coveted rewards in the game. Completing a Grandmaster Nightfall will drop an Adept version of that week’s weapon, which can use Adept mods and gain slight bonuses to other stats when masterworked.
In addition to the Adept weapon (the crown jewel of GMs), players also have a shot at obtaining Ascendant Shards and Exotic armor upon completing a GM, with a Nightfall Memento on the table.
The rewards for Grandmaster Nightfalls are:
- Adept Nightfall Weapon (Common, but guaranteed with a Platinum completion)
- Exotic Gear (Common)
- Ascendant Shards (Common)
- Nightfall Cipher (Common)
Bungie doesn’t share the exact drop rate for Nightfall weapons, so it’s tough to estimate exactly what the “common” drop rates mean. In our experience, though, completing a Grandmaster with a Platinum score has consistently yielded at least one Ascendant Shard or an Exotic armor piece.
Published: Feb 13, 2025 01:29 pm