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Destiny Signature Series Strategy Guide
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Contents

  • Introduction
    • About Destiny
  • Field Manual
    • Welcome to Destiny
    • Your Character
    • Character Classes
      • TITAN
      • HUNTER
      • WARLOCK
    • Combat
    • Vehicles
    • Builds
    • Equipment
    • Customization
    • Inventory
    • Progression
    • Difficulty
    • Navigation
  • TOWER
    • About The Tower
    • A Guardian Rises
    • Overview
    • Tower Plaza – Tower Watch
    • Tower Plaza – Hall of Guardians
    • North Tower
    • Tower Hangar
    • Tower Plaza – Traveler's Walk
    • Bounties
  • EARTH
    • Overview
    • Restoration
    • The Dark Within
    • The Warmind
    • The Last Array
    • STRIKE: The Devils' Lair
    • PATROL: Patrol The Cosmodrome
  • MOON
    • Overview
    • The Dark Beyond
    • The World's Grave
    • The Sword of Crota
    • Shrine of Oryx
    • Chamber of Night
    • STRIKE: The Summoning Pits
    • PATROL: Patrol The Moon
  • VENUS
    • Overview
    • A Stranger's Call
    • Ishtar Collective
    • The Archive
    • Scourge of Winter
    • Eye of a Gate Lord
    • STRIKE: Winter's Run
    • STRIKE: The Nexus
    • RAID: Vault of Glass
    • PATROL: Patrol Venus
  • MARS
    • Overview
    • Exclusion Zone
    • The Garden's Spire
    • The Buried City
    • A Rising Tide
    • The Black Garden
    • STRIKE: Cerberus Vae II
    • STRIKE: Dust Palace
    • PATROL: Patrol the Buried City
  • Codex
    • About the Codex
    • The Fallen
    • The Hive
    • The Vex
    • The Cabal
  • Armory
    • Overview
    • Weapons
    • Weapon Stats
    • Weapon Mods
    • Mod Descriptions
    • Mod Lists
    • Weapon Tables
    • Weapon Drop Locations
    • Weapon Charts
    • Mod Stat Charts
    • Handling Charts
    • Inventory Charts
    • Magazine Charts
    • Range Charts
    • Velocity Charts
    • Reload Charts
    • Stability Charts
    • Recoil Patterns
    • Armor
    • Armor Mods
    • Exotics
  • Crucible
    • Overview
    • PvP Combat
    • Game Modes
    • General Game Mode Advice
    • MAP: Anomaly
    • MAP: Asylum
    • MAP: Bastion
    • MAP: Blind Watch
    • MAP: Burning Shrine
    • MAP: Exodus Blue (timed PlayStation exclusive)
    • MAP: Firebase Delphi
    • MAP: First Light
    • MAP: Rusted Lands
    • MAP: Shores of Time
    • MAP: Twilight Gap
  • Expansion I: The Dark Below
    • Introduction
    • Missions
      • Overview
      • Fist of Crota
      • Siege of the Warmind
      • The Wakening
      • Ritual of Sacrifice
    • Eris Morn Quests
      • Disciples of Crota
      • The Urn of Sacrifice
    • Strikes
      • STRIKE: The Undying Mind (Timed PlayStation Exclusive)
      • STRIKE: The Will of Crota
    • Eris Morn Bounties
    • Crucible Maps
      • Skyshock
      • The Cauldron
      • Pantheon
  • Trophies & Achievements
    • Overview
    • Specialization
    • Gear and Vehicles
    • Kill Enemies
    • Strikes and Raid
    • The Crucible
    • Patrol and More

Destiny Signature Series Strategy Guide › Armory

Weapon Tables

Weapon Archetypes

The archetype name tables let you tie any Rare or Legendary weapon by its name to its root archetype. This allows you to make use of the archetype stat charts, as well as the mod stat charts.

Remember, while two weapons may share the same archetype, they can and will have different stats within the ranges of that archetype. Likewise, two weapons of the exact same name have the same stats, but they can have different mods.

Important! Weapon Archetypes

These lists outline the current weapons in Destiny, and you will find more not listed here. When you find a weapon not on the list, it is still possible to determine its core archetype if you examine its stats carefully.

Use the archetype stat charts, and compare the stats of a new weapon you find to an existing weapon that you know the archetype of. Simply comparing the Rate of Fire stat alone can typically narrow the range of possibilities to two different archetypes, and examining the stats that cannot overlap will usually get you to the final archetype.

Once you have a good idea of the archetype, you can then use the mod stat charts to compare the maximum potential stat ranges based on the mods present on your new toy.

Primary Archetypes (alphabetical)

Auto Rifles

Name

Archetype

Bronzed Miyamoto-D Rapid
Cassiopeia Rapid
Deep Fix T76 Lightweight
Doctor Nope Rapid
Eclypse V/MX2 Rapid
Forcing Function Rapid
Galahad-E Balanced
Grim Citizen III Precise
Her Right Hand Balanced
Hex Caster ARC Rapid
Painted SUROS CGB-47 Precise
Problem 78F Lightweight
Sahara-AR5 Rapid
Shadow Price Precise
Shingen-E Stable
Silvered Hushwind-D Stable
SUROS ADM-50 Precise
Surrender A Precise
Unwilling Soul-09 Rapid
Vanquisher VIII Precise
Hand Cannons

Name

Archetype

A Little Voice Powerful
Equuleus Powerful
Hard Luck Mk. 52 Balanced
Hoss Mk.51 Precise
LOCK_ARETE Lightweight
Lord High Fixer Precise
Merciless Balanced
Mos Ganon V Lightweight
NIFTY_BISCUIT Balanced
Painted Big Chief Mk. 45 Powerful
Red Hand IX Balanced
Regulator Mk. 56 Powerful
Renegade Mk.55 Balanced
Silvered Maverick Mk. 41 Balanced
Sir Isaac Precise
The Chance Balanced
The Devil You Know Balanced
Venation III Balanced
Pulse Rifles

Name

Archetype

Bad Seed Down Balanced
Baryon MSc Precise
Black SUROS SWB-42 Rapid
Catena MSc Rapid
Cold Current Lightweight
Corona MSc Stable
Crackerjack.beta Precise
Dead Air 09F3 Stable
Echo 33 Stable
Fair and Square Marksman
Hydrus Lightweight
Lump Distribution Lightweight
Painted SUROS BZL-45 Precise
Payment VI Balanced
Primed Starfall MSc Balanced
Silvered Continuum MSc Balanced
Strange Suspect Balanced
Super Pox VLO Marksman
SUROS JPS-55 Rapid
The Conduit Lightweight
Scout Rifles

Name

Archetype

A.1F19X-Ryl Marksman
Acheron SR5 Precise
Bronzed Yamaduta SR4 Precise
Caelum Precise
Crusader I Precise
Crypt Dweller SR1 Lightweight
Cryptic Dragon Balanced
Foresight 3 Precise
Gladius 77 Balanced
Naraka SR5 Balanced
Primed Yamaduta S4 Balanced
Proxima Centauri II Marksman
Pulwar V/Ace Lightweight
Rainmaster V4 Balanced
Thanatos SR5 Precise
The Aries Nemesis X4 Marksman
The Calling Precise
Vesta Noblese Precise
Wyestar X9 Precise
Xibalba SR5 Rapid

Special Archetypes (alphabetical)

Fusion Rifles

Name

Archetype

77 Wizard Powerful
Andromeda Powerful
Angelic Acid Lightweight
Dämmerung FR5 Lightweight
Final Rest II Balanced
Futile Gesture Precise
Helios FR5 Rapid
LIGHT/Beware Balanced
Nox Cantor V Balanced
Nox Fury V Powerful
Painted Helios FR4 Rapid
Primed Nox Revus IV Powerful
Prism Schism Lightweight
Purifier VII Precise
Silvered Eos FR4 Rapid
Solas FR5 Rapid
Spindevil 3AA Powerful
Techeun Force Balanced
The Calming Rapid
Shotguns

Name

Archetype

Agnes III Powerful
Black Chasma Esc Lightweight
Chasma Esc Lightweight
Double Nickel Balanced
Her Eyes Precise
Hide and Seek-42 Balanced
Impulse Esc Balanced
Invisible Hand M7 Lightweight
Judgment VI Precise
LOCKJAW Precise
Sagitta Lightweight
Sidewinder Mk.53 Precise
SUROS MKB-51 Balanced
The Comedian Balanced
The Crash Balanced
Two for the Road Powerful
Vector Esc Lightweight
Sniper Rifles

Name

Archetype

Allowance V/C4 Precise
Amina-E7 Precise
Andacht 81 Precise
Avenue A Balanced
Broken Truth-LR1 Balanced
Caracas-LR5 Precise
Doom Echo XI Precise
Epitaph 2261 Balanced
FINAL BOSS Precise
Hieracon-LR5 Precise
Painted Sammuramat-C Precise
Pompeii-LR5 Lightweight
Prudence II Lightweight
Saigon-LR5 Lightweight
Scipio-E Marksman
Silvered Boudicca-D Marksman
Silvered Caracas-LR4 Precise
The Chosen Precise
The Majestic Balanced
Tomyris-E2 Marksman
Vulpecula Precise

Heavy Archetypes (alphabetical)

Machineguns

Name

Archetype

BFF 2.0 Powerful
Deviant Gravity-A Stable
Formerly Penitent Rapid
Genghis-E Rapid
Genghis-E1 Rapid
Hannibal-E Balanced
Horologium Precise
Painted Artemisia-D Precise
Prestige IV Rapid
Red River Mk. 40 Precise
Spirit of Alliance Precise
SudaZomba-3 Powerful
Tamerlane-E1 Precise
The Culling Rapid
THE SWARM Stable
Wolves’ Bane Powerful
Xerxes-E Powerful
Xerxes-E1 Powerful
Zombie Apocalypse WF47 Precise
Rocket Launchers

Name

Archetype

Admonisher III Heavy
Affentheater C/L-A Precise
Bishop RS/5 Precise
Chamberlain SA/5 Balanced
Despot SA/5 Rapid
Disruptor 5000 Balanced
Duchess RS/5 Precise
Exodus Plan RS/1 Precise
Happy Boomer Rapid
Herald SA/5 Powerful
Lacerta Powerful
Overlord SA/5 Balanced
Painted Camelot SA/4 Heavy
Primed Khan RS/4 Heavy
Steel Oracle Z-11 Heavy
Sultan SA/5 Powerful
The Cure Precise
The Dreamwaker Powerful
Unfriendly Giant Balanced
Whisper C/L-A Heavy

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