Destiny 2: How To Get Dead Messenger (& Its Catalyst)

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The Dead Messenger is one of the most unique weapons that players can get in Destiny 2, and it's a new Special Exotic Grenade Launcher introduced in The Witch Queen expansion. Dead Messenger is an energy weapon with incredible grenade velocity and reload speed, but what makes the weapon unique are its intrinsic and exotic traits. Although the grenade launcher is listed as a Void weapon, it can actually function as a Solar or Arc exotic as well.

Dead Messenger's exotic trait is called The Fundamentals, which allows players to change the grenade launcher's energy damage type by reloading. This isn't the first weapon that benefits from the Alternate Firing Action in The Witch Queen expansion, as the Grand Overture Exotic machine gun allows players to have an additional firing method through the same means. However, what separates this weapon, in particular, from other weapons with a similar alternate-firing action is its Trinary Vision intrinsic trait. When Dead Messenger's projectiles meet contact with the ground, Trinary Vision allows the grenades to release a fan of three energy waves that match the current energy type of damage.

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Dead Messenger is obtained through the Vox Obscura Exotic mission, but before players can access it they need to complete the first week of Operation Elbrius. This quest is the weekly reset quest that players have access to throughout Season of the Risen, and once the first week is completed players can speak with Empress Caiatl at the War Table in the H.E.L.M. Although the Vox Obscura quest recommends that players be at Power Level 1550 to complete, a well-coordinated fireteam can complete the mission if they've beaten the Legendary