How to get the Malfeasance Catalyst in Destiny 2

Malfeasance is one of the few older Exotics in Destiny 2 with a dedicated quest. While it can get grindy getting this weapon, Malfeasance is a fun hand cannon to use in PvE, and you can make it even better with the Catalyst.

You have grinded long to get the Malfeasance. Now, you just need to grind a little bit more to get the Catalyst. Here’s everything you need to know about the Malfeasance Catalyst in Destiny 2, including how to get it and what it does.

How to unlock the Malfeasance Catalyst in Destiny 2

Like a number of other Exotic Catalysts, the Malfeasance Catalyst can drop from ritual activities: Gambit, Vanguard Ops, and the Crucible. It’s a random drop, similar to Cloudstrike and Two-Tailed Fox Catalysts. You may get it on your first run or your 100th, but there’s no other way to obtain it and no way to boost your chances of it dropping.

After you get the Catalyst, you need to kill 700 enemies with Malfeasance. Unfortunately, the Season Pass Catalyst Boosts you unlock will not give bonus progression when you kill enemies with the Hand Cannon, so you’ll need to farm up.

The easiest way to farm kills is in the Shuro Chi encounter of the Last Wish raid. You can get a checkpoint of the encounter using a checkpoint bot or the wish wall. Alternatively, there’s always the opening section of Grasp of Avarice dungeon. Once you get all the kills, install the Catalyst in your Malfeasance to activate it.

What does the Malfeasance Catalyst do?

Malfeasance Catalyst grants the weapon 20 range and the Vorpal Weapon perk. Vorpal Weapon increases the damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with Supers active by 20 percent. This damage applies both to the Malfeasance bullet damage and its explosions caused by stacking up the slugs with the Explosive Shadow intrinsic perk.

The buff from the Catalyst makes Malfeasance perfect to run on a Hunter with Lucky Pants Exotic leg armor. It’s one of the highest-damaging hand cannons you can pair with this build, especially if you’re about to fight Taken enemies, since Malfeasance deals bonus damage to Taken thanks to its Taken Predator perk.

This combination is solid for dealing boss DPS, and a full fireteam decked out with Malfeasance can do some serious damage. Of course, it doesn’t have to be exclusive to Hunters. Other classes can have fun with this hand cannon, too, but in a more limited way to clear adds and squishier targets.