Sturm is one of Destiny 2’s most underrated Exotics. This novel Hand Cannon overloads its magazine as players earn kills using Drang, an energy Sidearm that accompanies this weapon. When used properly, this weapon can kill powerful enemies in PvE and potentially one-shot players in PvP.
Like most Exotics in Destiny 2, you will need to earn it. Sturm must be obtained through an Exotic questline that Failsafe provides on Nessus, one of the first planets unlocked for New Light players. In this guide, we will go over how to obtain Sturm and its Catalyst through the “Relics of the Golden Age” questline.
8 Complete “My Captain”
Originally tied to the Red War campaign, “My Captain” is a quest anyone can obtain from Failsafe on Nessus. You must complete this mission to obtain Drang and start the quest to obtain Sturm.
This mission is fairly simple, requiring players to follow a harmless Harpy while defeating waves of Vex. The mission ends with a fight against a Gate Lord, a Minotaur boss with a large health pool. Save your Heavy ammo for this fight and this quest should take no more than a few minutes to complete.
7 Decrypt 5 Legendary Engrams
Completing “My Captain” should have rewarded the “Relics of a Golden Age” quest step, requiring you to decrypt a wide range of engrams.
The first objective requires you to decrypt 5 Legendary Engrams, something that is much easier to do than it sounds. Any Legendary you find on the ground counts, so running Nightfalls is a great idea. If you have thousands of Legendary Shards to burn, you can also purchase Legendary Engrams from Rahool at The Tower to bypass this step.
6 Decrypt An Exotic Engram
Like the last step, you must now find and decrypt an Exotic Engram. This was originally bugged during Forsaken when Exotics were changed to decrypt automatically, but this has since been fixed.
Now, you just need to obtain any Exotic-quality item for this step to complete. It doesn’t have to be an armor piece; Exotic Sparrows, Ghost Shells, or Catalysts all count towards this objective. If your luck is poor, you can either run Nightfalls for Exotic cosmetics or purchase a Fated Engram from Xur when he’s available from Friday to reset.
5 Defeat Fallen With Drang
This is by far the easiest step of the entire quest. The final objective of the “Relics of the Golden Age” quest step is to get 10 Fallen kills with Drang on Nessus.
Fallen can be found in various Lost Sectors and Public Events. If you want to complete this step quickly, travel to The Rift Lost Sector. It can be found on the wall adjacent to the crashed Exodus Black where players converse with Failsafe. You only need 10 kills for this part, so this objective doesn’t take long.
4 Powerful Fallen Kills
Sidearms aren’t meant for killing powerful enemies, but that is precisely what the next quest step wants you to do. You will need to kill 10 powerful Fallen enemies with Drang getting the final blow.
As before, The Rift Lost Sector in the Exodus Black area is the best way of doing this. Kill the Fallen inside and make your way to the boss. Damage him using your abilities or other weapons until they are just shy of death. Swap to Drang and finish the Captain off with a few shots. Repeat this 10 times until its complete.
3 Drang Multikills
Drang’s small magazine size and damage output make this next step somewhat difficult but not impossible. Fallen multikills are required to finish the next step.
You will need to defeat pairs of Fallen without reloading Drang for this to count. Any reloading effect such as Hunter Dodge will break this chain. Aim for the head and try to conserve shots. You don’t need all multikills to occur in one magazine, but multiple kills past the first two count as an additional multikill. For example, killing 3 Fallen at once will grant 2/10 on the quest step instead of 1/10 progress.
2 Complete New Mission
Tyra Karn will tell you that a special Servitor needs to be destroyed before you can obtain your new Exotic Hand Cannon. Start the “Relics of the Golden Age” mission on Nessus to find the Servitor and kill it.
A reprisal of the Exodus Crash Strike, this mission plays exactly the same as the Strike variant. Complete the objectives as you would normally and defeat any Fallen in your path. Towards the end of the Strike, right before you climb up the platforms to face the final boss, turn left in the dark room and you should see Kendriks-7, a Fallen Servitor with a large health bar. Defeat this enemy, return to Tyra Karn, and you will have earned the Sturm Exotic Hand Cannon.
1 Sturm Catalyst
As with most Exotic weapons in Destiny 2, most have an Exotic Catalyst that increases their power when completed. Sturm is no exception.
Any enemy on Nessus has a chance to drop Sturm’s Catalyst, so keep your eyes on the ground for an Exotic drop. The Exodus Crash Strike and Fallen Glimmer Extraction Public Event are great ways of earning it. Once you have it, kill 500 enemies with both Sturm and Drang equipped to finish the Catalyst. This Catalyst upgrades Sturm’s Range stat and dramatically improves its Handling stat to make swapping between Drang and itself much faster.
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