The Last Word (Year 1)

The Last Word is an exotic hand cannon. This weapon can be received from an engram, as a reward in the Crucible, Vanguard Tiger strike, Vanguard ROC Strikes, Weekly Nightfall Strike, purchased from Xûr, and very rarely as a reward from one of the several loot chests in the Vault of Glass and Crota's End.

Effects

 * Fan Fire: The weapon can be fired quickly and continuously.

Upgrades

 * Soft Ballistics: Less recoil. Penalty to impact
 * Smart Drift Control: Predictable and controllable recoil. Penalty to range.
 * Aggressive Ballistics: More predictable recoil. Enhanced Impact. Shorter range and more recoil.
 * Hip Fire: This weapon has bonus accuracy while firing from the hip.
 * Single Point Sling: Switch weapons faster. Move quicker while aiming.
 * High Caliber Rounds: Oversize rounds built to stagger targets and leave them reeling. Their mass makes a weapon harder to handle.
 * Perfect Balance: This weapon has extremely low recoil.
 * Last Word: Bonus damage and stability. Extra precision damage when firing from the hip.
 * Upgrade Damage: Increase Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.
 * Upgrade Damage: Increase Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.
 * Upgrade Damage: Increase Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.
 * Upgrade Damage: Increase Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Trivia

 * During a Bungie podcast, The Last Word was labeled as the "yang" to its "yin" in the Destiny universe.
 * When a player readies-up this gun, such as after using their melee, throwing a grenade or switching back to this weapon, the character performs a gunspin. The animation is accompanied by a twirling sound.
 * While shooting this gun, the character pulls back on the hammer, fanning-style.
 * The weapon's in-game description attributes the quote "yours...not mine" to the renegade Hunter Shin Malphur at Dwindler's Ridge. However, the same quote is also referenced in the Grimoire card Ghost Fragment: The Dark Age 2, attributed to Jaren Ward when he kills Magistrate Loken with The Last Word.
 * On the barrel of The Last Word, there is written "Tex Mechanica", to the makers of The Last Word, it was made by Tex Mechanica.