Destiny 2 Monument to Lost Lights: Exotics Kiosk & Costs (2024)

[toc] With the Beyond Light expansion in 2020, Bungie removed entire Planets, quests, and activities from the game.

Everything was put into the Destiny Content Vault (DCV), and as a result, several Exotic quests required to earn some of the best Exotic weapons were removed too. This has continued with The Witch Queen expansion and the removal of many more quests and activities…

Luckily, Bungie was quick to react and created a new system to earn those weapons: The Monument to Lost Lights.

List updated as of Season of the Haunted’s release (S17).

Monument to Lost Lights Exotics list: What to get

Located at the Tower, the Monument to Lost Lights is a vendor that sells all the Exotics and Pinnacle weapons that can no longer be earned elsewhere in the game due to the removal of their original quests. Costs are high, though, requiring rare resources such as Exotic ciphers and Ascendant shards.

The list below features every Exotic offered by the Exotic kiosk and includes cost per weapon and Tier ranking to help you prioritize what weapon to get next (you can also filter and sort the list):

Name	Type	Element	Rank	Excels	Requirements	Weapon ❘ Type	Tier rank	Requires	Cost
Ager's Scepter	Trace Rifle	Stasis	S › Best	PVE + PVP	Beyond Light	Ager's Scepter | Trace Rifle	Best ❘ S Excels in: PVE + PVP	Beyond Light	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Helium Filaments ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Ace of Spades	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	S › Best	PVP	Forsaken Pack	Ace of Spades | Hand Cannon	Best ❘ S Excels in: PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Etheric Spiral ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Grand Overture	Machine Gun	Arc	B › Average	PVE	Free-to-Play	Grand Overture | Machine Gun	Average ❘ B Excels in: PVE	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 200 Legendary Shards ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Eriana's Vow	Hand Cannon	Solar	B › Average	PVE	Shadowkeep	Eriana's Vow | Hand Cannon	Average ❘ B Excels in: PVE	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Helium Filaments ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Witherhoard	Grenade Launcher	Kinetic	S › Best	PVE + PVP	Shadowkeep	Witherhoard | Grenade Launcher	Best ❘ S Excels in: PVE + PVP	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Glacial Starwort ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Lorentz Driver	Linear Fusion Rifle	Void	A › Strong	PVP	Beyond Light	Lorentz Driver | Linear Fusion Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Beyond Light	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Glacial Starwort ► 1 Ascendant Shards
MIDA Multi-Tool	Scout Rifle	Kinetic	B › Average	PVP	Free-to-Play	MIDA Multi-Tool | Scout Rifle	Average ❘ B Excels in: PVP	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Traveler's Chosen	Sidearm	Kinetic	B › Average	PVE + PVP	Shadowkeep	Traveler's Chosen | Sidearm	Average ❘ B Excels in: PVE + PVP	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Jötunn	Fusion Rifle	Solar	A › Strong	PVE + PVP	Forsaken Pack	Jötunn | Fusion Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE + PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Microphasic Datalattice ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Polaris Lance	Scout Rifle	Solar	C › Weak	-	Free-to-Play	Polaris Lance | Scout Rifle	Weak ❘ C	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Spinmetal Leaves ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Bastion	Fusion Rifle	Kinetic	D › Worst	-	Shadowkeep	Bastion | Fusion Rifle	Worst ❘ D	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Etheric Spiral ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Outbreak Perfected	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	A › Strong	-	Free-to-Play	Outbreak Perfected | Pulse Rifle	Strong ❘ A	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 250 Dusklight Shard ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Thorn	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	A › Strong	PVP	Forsaken Pack	Thorn | Hand Cannon	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Le Monarque	Combat Bow	Void	A › Strong	PVP	Forsaken Pack	Le Monarque | Combat Bow	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
The Last Word	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	A › Strong	PVP	Forsaken Pack	The Last Word | Hand Cannon	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Etheric Spiral ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Sleeper Simulant	Linear Fusion Rifle	Solar	S › Best	PVE	Free-to-Play	Sleeper Simulant | Linear Fusion Rifle	Best ❘ S Excels in: PVE	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Baryon Bough ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Whisper of the Worm	Sniper Rifle	Solar	A › Strong	PVE	Free-to-Play	Whisper of the Worm | Sniper Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 250 Baryon Bough ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Sturm	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	C › Weak	-	Free-to-Play	Sturm | Hand Cannon	Weak ❘ C	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Microphasic Datalattice ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Rat King	Sidearm	Kinetic	A › Strong	-	Free-to-Play	Rat King | Sidearm	Strong ❘ A	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Helium Filaments ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Anarchy	Grenade Launcher	Arc	A › Strong	PVE	Forsaken Pack	Anarchy | Grenade Launcher	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 240 Spoils of Conquest ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Legend of Acrius	Shotgun	Arc	B › Average	-	Free-to-Play	Legend of Acrius | Shotgun	Average ❘ B	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 240 Spoils of Conquest ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Izanagi's Burden	Sniper Rifle	Kinetic	A › Strong	PVE	Forsaken Pack	Izanagi's Burden | Sniper Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 250 Spinmetal Leaves ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Duality	Shotgun	Solar	S › Best	PVP	Beyond Light	Duality | Shotgun	Best ❘ S Excels in: PVP	Beyond Light	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Glacial Starwort ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Ticuu's Divination	Combat Bow	Solar	A › Strong	PVE	Beyond Light	Ticuu's Divination | Combat Bow	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE	Beyond Light	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Microphasic Datalattice ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Ruinous Effigy						Ruinous Effigy | Exotic Trace Rifle			► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Helium Filaments ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Tarrabah	Submachine Gun	Solar	A › Strong	PVP	Forsaken Pack	Tarrabah | Submachine Gun	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 240 Spoils of Conquest ► 2 Ascendant Shards
Truth	Rocket Launcher	Void	B › Average	-	Forsaken Pack	Truth | Rocket Launcher	Average ❘ B	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Baryon Bough ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Symmetry	Scout Rifle	Arc	C › Weak	-	Shadowkeep	Symmetry | Scout Rifle	Weak ❘ C	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Baryon Bough ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Leviathan's Breath	Combat Bow	Void	B › Average	-	Shadowkeep	Leviathan's Breath | Combat Bow	Average ❘ B	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Microphasic Datalattice ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Tommy's Matchbook	Auto Rifle	Solar	A › Strong	PVP	Shadowkeep	Tommy's Matchbook | Auto Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVP	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Spinmetal Leaves ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Bad Juju	Pulse Rifle	Kinetic	A › Strong	PVE	Forsaken Pack	Bad Juju | Pulse Rifle	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Microphasic Datalattice ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Devil's Ruin	Sidearm	Solar	A › Strong	-	Shadowkeep	Devil's Ruin | Sidearm	Strong ❘ A	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Lumina	Hand Cannon	Kinetic	A › Strong	PVE + PVP	Forsaken Pack	Lumina | Hand Cannon	Strong ❘ A Excels in: PVE + PVP	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Baryon Bough ► 1 Ascendant Shards
The Fourth Horseman	Shotgun	Solar	B › Average	PVE	Shadowkeep	The Fourth Horseman | Shotgun	Average ❘ B Excels in: PVE	Shadowkeep	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Dusklight Shard ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Cryosthesia 77K	Sidearm	Stasis	B › Average	-	Beyond Light	Cryosthesia 77K | Sidearm	Average ❘ B	Beyond Light	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 100,000 Glimmer ► 150 Spinmetal Leaves ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Worldline Zero	Sword	Arc	D › Worst	-	Free-to-Play	Worldline Zero | Sword	Worst ❘ D	Free-to-Play	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 125,000 Glimmer ► 200 Glacial Starwort ► 1 Ascendant Shards
Always on Time	Vehicle	-	-	-	Forsaken Pack	Always on Time | Vehicle	-	Forsaken Pack	► 1 Exotic Cipher ► 150,000 Glimmer ► 240 Spoils of Conquest ► 2 Ascendant Shards

The Tier ranking above uses the following Tier levels:

• S Tier – Best: Highest ranking weapons in our Tier List.
• A Tier – Strong: Very strong weapons, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices.
• B Tier – Average: Decent choices that can be lethal in the hands of a skilled player.
• C Tier – Weak: The middle of the pack, somewhat mediocre.
• D Tier – Worst: Lagging behind the competition, these don’t have much to offer.

Best Exotics

These are some of the best Exotic weapons you can purchase from the Exotics archive:

• Ager’s Scepter
• Ace of Spades
• Witherhoard
• Tarrabah

Note that as a former raid exotic, Tarrabah requires Spoils of Conquest. More about costs and materials and below.

Location

The Monument to Lost Lights is located in the central area of the Tower, near the Gunsmith and right next to the Vault. Here you can see the kiosk’s exact location:

The Monument to Lost Lights in the Tower

Other Exotic kiosk items

Despite being referred to as the Exotics kiosk, the Monument to Lost Lights has more to offer.

Legendary weapons

While Exotics are the main highlights offered by the Monument to Lost Lights, this kiosk also offers Legendary weapons. To be clear, most of its Legendary weapons were sunset and are no longer viable for endgame content.

The only exception is the incredibly good shotgun, Felwinter’s Lie, which can still be purchased there.

Legendaries are offered within the “Legacy gear” section

Exotic armor

Unlike Exotic weapons, Exotic armor was not impacted by the removal of Planets and Quest last year. Therefore, you won’t find any armor at the Monument to Lost Lights.

Exotic Catalysts

As of today, every Catalyst that was removed and put into the DCV has returned to the game, albeit not as part of the Monument to Lost Lights. For more information about Exotic catalysts, this guide covers them all, including their effects, how to find them, and how to unlock them.

Costs & Materials: Buying weapons from the Exotics archive

As mentioned before, these Exotics are quite expensive. Even if you’re a veteran with maxed-out glimmer and thousands of planetary resources, these weapons still require hard-to-find resources including Ascendant Shards and Exotic ciphers.

The table above includes the exact cost for every Exotic in the kiosk, but in a nutshell, this is how you can farm all the needed materials:

Exotic Cipher

Exotic Ciphers are perhaps the hardest material to “farm” in the sense that you are limited to one cipher at a time per account. Currently, the only 2 ways to acquire a cipher are via a weekly quest offered by Xur and the Season Pass.

Xur’s quest itself is not hard, just long (E.g. doing 21 strikes…). Xur appears every weekend on Friday. You can track him using this neat site.

Ascendant Shards

Ascendant Shards are extremely sought after because they are both valuable and hard to obtain.

They are valuable because they are needed to Masterwork armor, which means you’ll need at least 7 to Masterwork a single armor set (including an Exotic). In parallel, they are tough to farm for most players as they mostly drop from Nightfalls at high difficulties or 7 wins/flawless Trials of Osiris passages.

Spoils of Conquest

This brand-new material was created entirely for the Monument to Lost Lights and is required to purchase Exotics previously locked behind Raid bosses. To earn this currency, you have to complete raid encounters. You can visit our Spoils of Conquest guide covering every source of Spoils in the game, the best farming methods, and more.

Planetary Resources

Planetary resources are not hard to find. If you put the right Ghost mod, you can go right ahead and farm them. That said, most of these weapons require 100 or more resources, which could take a while to physically collect.

Glimmer

Glimmer shouldn’t need an introduction, as it’s one of the most basic currencies in the game. Virtually everything in the game rewards glimmer, so as long as you play the game, you will earn glimmer. That said, the requirements here are steep (100,000+ glimmer per weapon).

Last Word

It is undeniable that way too many Exotic quests were removed from the game and put into the DCV. Taking into account how brilliant some of them were, it is truly a shame they were replaced by a mere vendor (namely, the exotic quests for The Whisper of the Worm and Outbreak Perfected, by far the best Exotic quests ever created by Bungie).

If you have very limited resources and can only chase 1 or 2 of the impacted weapons, I would recommend either Eriana’s Vow if you’re in need of an excellent PVE weapon or Ace of Spades if you’re interested in one of the best PVP weapons in the game.

What weapon will you buy first?

Latest changes

Things change fast in Destiny 2, especially the Meta. The weapons we call the best one day can completely change the next. All it takes are a few minor changes on Bungie’s end. For that reason, this guide will be updated at least once per season.

Changes introduced this season (S17):

The following Exotics were added to the Monument to Lost Lights:

• Grand Overture