What is the Nightfall Weapon this week in Destiny 2?

Nightfalls can be one of the most challenging activities in Destiny 2 on higher difficulties. Luckily for gamers, they come with rewards to match. Each week, at least one Nightfall weapon is in rotation and can drop from Nightfall completions.

Higher difficulties have better odds, and Destiny 2 guardians brave enough to face Grandmasters will get an Adept version of whatever weapon is on tap that week. Revenant is bringing a few Grandmasters on the challenging or annoying side, including Liminality, the Corrupted, Proving Grounds, and the Lightblade—which are (or were) among the trickiest at the time of their release.

Here is the Nightfall weapon for this week in Destiny 2.

Destiny 2 Nightfall weapon this week: March 4 to 11

• Weapon: PLUG ONE.1
• Nightfall: Heist Battlegrounds: Mars
• Champions: Barrier, Unstoppable
• Threat: Solar
• Surge: Arc, Strand
• Overcharge: Machine Guns

Nightfall weapon this week: PLUG ONE.1

The Nightfall weapon this week is PLUG ONE.1, another gun that was reissued somewhat recently. If you couldn’t grab the Palindrome roll you wanted last week (maybe because of a certain new release), prepare to wait a bit until the hand cannon comes back to the rotation.

There isn’t much of a mystery with PLUG ONE.1. Even with fusion rifles swinging big this episode thanks to Particle Reconstruction, there’s not much variance in the best perks for it. We’re aiming for Reconstruction with either Reservoir Burst, Controlled Burst, or Voltshot for PvE, but there are plenty of PvP options if you’re a fan of fusion rifles in the Crucible.

All Nightfall weapons in rotation in Heresy

The Nightfall weapons in Revenant are: 

• The Palindrome (returning as Arc)
• Lotus-Eater (Void rocket sidearm)
• The Slammer
• Wild Style
• Scintillation
• Shadow Price
• Rake Angle (Stasis glaive)
• PLUG ONE.1

What are the Nightfalls in Episode Heresy?

Here is what the Nightfall rotation will look like in Heresy:

• HyperNet Current
• Heist Battleground: Mars
• PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome
• Lake of Shadows
• PsiOps Battleground: Moon
• The Scarlet Keep
• The Insight Terminus
• Warden of Nothing

Nightfall weapons available through Focused Decoding at Commander Zavala

The Focused Decoding section at Zavala offers the possibility to focus your Engrams into gear available in the weapon pool for Nightfalls and Vanguards. These include the following:

• Nightfall weapons: All Nightfall weapons in the current pool.
• Vanguard weapons: Nameless Midnight, Positive Outlook, Luna Regolith III, Double-Edged Answer, Origin Story, Wicked Sister, and Cynosure.

Best Nightfall and Vanguard weapons worth farming in Destiny 2

If you have a limited time to play, we recommend farming for these weapons:

• The Palindrome (Arc hand cannon)—Nightfall
• Lotus-Eater (Void rocket sidearm)—Nightfall
• Rake Angle (Stasis glaive)—Nightfall
• Scintillation (Strand linear fusion rifle)—Nightfall
• PLUG ONE.1 (reissued Arc fusion rifle)—Nightfall
• Wicked Sister (Strand grenade launcher, heavy)—Vanguard
• Cynosure (Strand rocket launcher)—Vanguard

What are the Grandmaster Nightfall rewards in Destiny 2?

Grandmaster Nightfalls are the hardest challenge in Destiny 2, but they give you some of the most coveted rewards in the game. Completing a Grandmaster Nightfall will drop an Adept version of that week’s weapon, which can use Adept mods and gain slight bonuses to other stats when masterworked.

In addition to the Adept weapon (the crown jewel of GMs), players also have a shot at obtaining Ascendant Shards and Exotic armor upon completing a GM, with a Nightfall Memento on the table.

The rewards for Grandmaster Nightfalls are:

Bungie doesn’t share the exact drop rate for Nightfall weapons, so it’s tough to estimate exactly what the “common” drop rates mean. In our experience, though, completing a Grandmaster with a Platinum score has consistently yielded at least one Ascendant Shard or an Exotic armor piece.