How to enhance weapons in Destiny 2

Enhancing weapon perks in Destiny 2 is something that used to be exclusive to craftable weapons back in The Witch Queen. But as of The Final Shape, every new weapon in the game is one you can either craft or enhance, and you’ll be able to enhance some beloved old weapons as well, like the BRAVE Arsenal.

In this Destiny 2 guide, I’ll walk you how to enhance weapons and provide details on what weapons you can enhance as of The Final Shape.

How to enhance weapons in Destiny 2

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When you get a weapon that can be enhanced, you’ll see a little box next to where the Masterwork sits.

For some Enhancement Cores, you can upgrade the weapon with tier 1 Enhancement. This will replace the Masterwork with an “Enhanced Intrinsic” that will boost the stat of whatever your Masterwork used to be. It’ll also give the weapon a level — which you can increase by purchasing levels or using the gun — and a Memento slot. For Raid Adept weapons, you’ll also be able to customize the barrel and mag perks at the Relic once you’ve enhanced them.

Once you hit weapon level 11, you can enhance your weapon to tier 2. This will transform the weapon’s left column perks into enhanced versions. Enhanced perks typically do the same thing as their normal counterparts, but are slightly better.

After you hit weapon level 17, you can upgrade your weapon a final time to tier 3. This will enhance the right column perks.

Destiny 2 enhanceable weapons activities list

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From The Final Shape onward, all new weapons will either be enhanceable or craftable, but there are a few old weapon types that you can also enhance. However, you won’t be able to enhance any weapon from the below activity if it doesn’t have an Origin Trait — in other words, basically anything added before The Witch Queen came out in 2022.

Here’s the list from Bungie for all legacy activities that drop enhanceable weapons:

• Vow of the Disciple raid Adepts
• Guardian Games
• King’s Fall raid Adepts
• Gambit
• Competitive Crucible
• Trials of Osiris
• Crucible
• Iron Banner
• Vanguard Ops
• Nightfalls
• Prophecy dungeon