Destiny 2: Witch Queen Weapon Crafting Will Let You Make Exotics
Weapon crafting has been something that Destiny 2 players have been asking for years, and it's finally coming in The Witch Queen expansion later this month. The most recent trailer confirmed that weapon crafting will be able to alter all aspects of Legendary weapons, but now we're finding out you can craft certain Exotic weapons too.
Both the new Osteo Striga Exotic SMG and the three class-unique Exotic Glaives are obtained from the new weapon crafting location, called the Enclave, after obtaining their Patterns. Think of Patterns like blueprints that tell you how to build something, and then building it becomes just a matter of finding the right materials.
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At the start of Witch Queen, Guardians will receive an intro quest that brings them to the Enclave and has them craft their first Glaive. Then a short tutorial shows players how to use the Enclave to craft weapons and how to find materials to make more.
The first step is finding Patterns, which are acquired through quests or earned as part of "various gameplay objectives." Once the Pattern is found, you'll need to find materials using your "Deepsight" ability. This basically tells you which weapons have "Deepsight Resonance" in order to extract materials from it.
Extracting materials from a Deepsight Resonance weapon involves using it. Once you've killed enough mooks, take it to the Enclave to extact the materials and unlock perks for crafting. By the sound of things, materials will unlock groups of similar perks and not just one perk. Note that not all weapon archetypes will be able to use every perk.
Once the weapon is crafted, it can be enhanced by investing more materials or customized by using the Enclave's Reshape
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