Guardians love a good fixed-roll gun. In Destiny 2, ritual weapons are those seasonal rewards that arrive with a set perk package, no RNG needed. They’re the descendants of Forsaken’s Pinnacle weapons, but without the unique perks that made those so wild. Still, some ritual weapons can be workhorses, while others end up as the kind of gun you toss in the Vault and forget about until Collections reminds you it exists. This list covers the lower half of the full ritual weapon ranking—numbers 14 through 5—as of the 2026 sandbox. Older entries may be sunset, but their reputations still hang around like a stubborn Ghost.
Here’s the short version of what’s coming:
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🏆 Best of the bunch: Reckless Endangerment
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🤔 Most forgettable: Komodo-4FR
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🔥 Most stylish: Cry Mutiny
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💔 Sunset heartbreak: Python and Randy’s Throwing Knife
14. Komodo-4FR
If any ritual weapon feels like it showed up to a party nobody invited it to, it’s Komodo-4FR. A Crucible-themed Linear Fusion Rifle from Season of Dawn, it could roll with Moving Target and Eye of the Storm to land easy headshots in the Crucible. But here’s the thing—why bother when plenty of Heavy weapons can one-shot a Guardian with far less effort?
In PvE, Komodo doesn’t fare much better. Its other perks, No Distractions and Box Breathing, weren’t enough to carve out a useful niche. Out of every ritual weapon released in Destiny 2’s lifespan, Komodo is easily the bottom of the barrel.
13. Buzzard
Buzzard was the Vanguard’s first Kinetic Sidearm with Osmosis, and honestly, that was its entire personality. It could break shields in endgame PvE content, but beyond that, it was painfully mediocre. Outlaw and Swashbuckler were fine as an alternative set of perks, but Breachlight released in the same season and absolutely stole the show. Buzzard quickly became the quiet kid in the back of the Vault, and most Guardians forgot it existed.
12. Edgewise
Rapid-Fire Frame Machine Guns rarely saw much love back then, and Edgewise was no exception. It came with Field Prep and Demolitionist, which made it a solid add-clear tool for grenade builds. But it never quite found its footing as more than a generic option. It got sunset in Beyond Light, and nowadays Corrective Measure from Vault of Glass fills that role better than Edgewise ever did.
11. Exit Strategy
Exit Strategy was a Gambit-themed SMG that let players run Threat Detector and Surrounded at the same time, making it a fantastic add-clearing weapon for most PvE activities and Gambit. It understood the assignment. Sadly, it’s been sunset and can’t be infused up for current content. Guardians who miss that playstyle can look for Extraordinary Rendition or Multimach CCX to scratch the same itch.
10. Python
Python remains the only Shotgun in Destiny 2 that could roll with Overflow, and that made it a monster. This Season of Dawn Gambit Shotgun could hold eight shells at once, then pair Overflow with One-Two Punch for melee builds. It packed a serious punch, rarely needed to reload, and was easily the best ritual weapon of its season. A true workhorse that still gets a wistful nod from older players.
9. Randy’s Throwing Knife
Randy’s Throwing Knife still earns nostalgic praise from PvP mains. A Rapid-Fire Frame Kinetic Scout Rifle with Rapid Hit and Kill Clip, it had a clean scope and predictable recoil, so building stacks of Rapid Hit felt like a dream. Land a kill, proc Kill Clip, and the time-to-kill dropped dramatically. It was a decent PvE option too, but sunsetting keeps it out of most modern activities. For players chasing that old three-tap feel, Contingency Plan and Servant Leader fill a similar role.
8. Cry Mutiny
Heavy Grenade Launchers haven’t been meta since auto-reloading was removed, and Cry Mutiny doesn’t change that. But what it lacks in top-tier DPS, it makes up for in style. This Solar cannonball launcher can roll Incandescent in the first column, pairing it with Swashbuckler or Vorpal Weapon for solid damage against majors. It won’t out-damage a good Rocket Launcher or Linear Fusion Rifle in endgame content, but it’s fun to shoot, and sometimes that’s enough.
7. Point of the Stag
Point of the Stag is one of the few Bows in Destiny 2 with Vorpal Weapon, Eye of the Storm, and No Distractions in its selectable columns. That sounds impressive on paper, but in practice the perks don’t fit a Bow as well as they should. Vorpal on a Bow mostly helps against Barrier Champions when the seasonal mod lines up, and Eye of the Storm requires you to be under fire. It’s not terrible—just outclassed by other options for both PvE and PvP.
6. Adored
Adored is the nod to Beloved that Crucible players remember fondly. It doesn’t have the exact Quickdraw and Snapshot Sights combo, but Killing Wind and Snapshot Sights enable a very similar playstyle. Snipers still swear by its stat package, though many have moved to 1000 Yard Stare. In PvE, its Triple Tap and Vorpal Weapon roll makes it a friendly option for newer Guardians who need a reliable Special weapon for Champions or boss damage. A jack of all trades, master of none.
5. Reckless Endangerment
Reckless Endangerment is a Lightweight Shotgun built to compete with Riiswalker, and it has one thing going for it—handling. With 68 base handling and Steady Hands after a kill, it’s one of the snappiest Kinetic Shotguns around. Add Snapshot Sights and it becomes a PvP favorite. For PvE, Perpetual Motion and Swashbuckler work, though slugs and faster-firing archetypes still edge it out in raw DPS. Still, it’s a solid pick that can hold its own.
There you have it: the lower half of the ritual weapon pile. Some of these guns were forgettable, some were genuinely good before sunsetting caught up with them, and a few are still worth using in 2026. The ranking shows that even a fixed roll can’t guarantee a weapon will age well. Ritual weapons may lack unique perks, but they still have plenty of character—sometimes good, sometimes not.