Destiny 2 Arbalest guide: how to unlock the new Exotic fusion rifle

The Exotic Kinetic linear fusion rifle, Arbalest, is the first of its kind in Destiny 2. Not only are there a lot of fusions, but they are always dealt with. This new Exotic breaks all those limitations for fusion rifles. You can earn it from The Revelry, a spring holiday event which runs from May until May 7. After that, the Arbalest will be able to add to the Exotic loot pool as a random drop.

Here's a rundown of the perks for Arbalest and what you'll need to do to unlock it.

Arbalest perks

Arbalest's intrinsic perk is Compounding Force. This causes Arbalest to fire physical slugs instead of energy bolts. These slugs deal with enemy shields.

Arbalest also comes with Disruption Break Kinetic damage against enemies after breaking their shields. In most cases, Disruption Break is useful for switching to your computer. In Arbalest's case, it actually buffs its own damage after taking a shield.

How to unlock Arbalest

Bungie via Polygon

For The Revelry event, Eva Levante is selling Arbalest for 300 Reveler's Essence. But Eva will not let you down Party Hard Triumph. For Party Hard, you'll need to complete seven of 10 event triumphs:

• Spring Cleaning: Clear 50 Verdant Forest branches
• Verdant Light: Competitive: Generate 200 Orbs of Light in Crucible Gold Gambit
• Verdant Light: Cooperative: Generate 200 Orbs of Light in Golden Strikes
• Verdant Light: Events: Generate 200 Orbs of Light in the Green Forest or any Black Armory forge
• Spring Hunt: Defeat at least three bumps in a single run of the Verdant Forest
• Budding Fashion: Defeat 20 bumps while wearing at least four pieces of Revelry armor
• Super Celebratory: Defeat 150 enemies with Supers
• Fireworks !: Get 100 grenade kills in Crucible, Gambit, and Strikes
• Melee Mayhem: Get 100 melee kills in Crucible, Gambit, and Strikes
• A Bountiful Spring: Complete 50 Daily and Weekly Bounties for Eva

Complete Seven Triumphs and you'll earn Hard Party. This will unlock the ability to purchase Arbalest. If you're looking for grab Arbalest as soon as possible, we recommend skipping Verdant Light: Competitive, Budding Fashion, and Bountiful Spring. Triumphs by running Strikes and Verdant Forest on repeat. Starting from scratch, it only takes a few moments to earn Arbalest.

Completing all ten Triumphs will unlock Party Harder, which earns you an exclusive emblem.

Best ways to farm Reveler's Essence

Reveler's Essence comes from most activities during The Revelry. We earned around for a single Strike, and six for a public event. But the fastest way to collect Essence seems to be running the Verdant Forest and collecting chests along the way. The chests have a random chance to give five or 15 each. For complete over 20 Branches of the Verdant Forest and killing all five bosses, we'd still earn 50 Reveler's Essence or more. Bounties from Eva also grant Essence when you complete them.

If you do not buy many Tonic gold buffs Reveler's Assortments from Eva, you'll have 300 Reveler's Essence you need for Triumphs. After you have Arbalest, you can keep earning your petrol Reveler's Assortments or refresh your Tonic buff.

Is Arbalest worth it?

Unlike Exotics that are good everywhere Ace of Spades, Arbalest is a specific tool for a specific purpose. If you try attacking an enemy without a shield, Arbalest will disappoint. There are better Kinetic Special weapons to pick from. However, Arbalest shreds through shields and then buffs itself for the rest of the enemy's health bar. This is a perfect tool for missions that have plenty of Fallen Gold Captains Hive Wizards, like Nightfalls.

Buying Arbalest from Eva is also an easy and guaranteed way to get the gun. History suggests it will be the Exotic loot pool when The Revelry ends. Even if Arbalest does not seem like you Destiny 2, it's certainly worth the time it's taking place during this event.