Modifier

A modifier can alter the difficulty of a particular activity by changing aspects of the gameplay. Modifiers appear in the difficulty selection of an activity and during some rounds in the Prison of Elders.

List of Modifiers

	Modifier	Description
	Airborne	Players deal more damage while in the air.
	Berserk	Minions of the Darkness won't flinch, even after massive damage.
	Arc Burn	Arc Damage from any source is greatly increased.
	Brawler	Guardian melee damage is greatly increased.
	Catapult	Grenade recharge rate is greatly increased.
	Chaff	Player radar is disabled.
	Daybreak	Reduces cooldown of all abilities. Epic is inherent.
	Epic	Heavily shielded and highly aggressive enemies appear in great numbers.
File:Epitaph skull icon.jpg	Epitaph	Taken combatants generate blight geysers when defeated.
	Exposure	Guardian shields are increased but do not replenish.
	Fresh Troops	Some enemy squads have been fortified with additional reinforcements.
	Grounded	Players take more damage while airborne.
	Heroic	Enemies appear in greater numbers and are more aggressive.
	Juggler	No ammo drops for your equipped weapon.
	Ironclad	More enemies have shields.
	Lightswitch	Minions of the Darkness deal much more melee damage.
	Match Game	Enemy shields are resistant to all unmatched elemental damage.
	Nightfall	If all players die, the fireteam will be returned to orbit.
	Small Arms	Primary Weapon damage is favored.
	Solar Burn	Solar Damage from any source is greatly increased.
	Specialist	Secondary Weapon damage is favored.
	Trickle	Recharge of abilities is significantly reduced.
	Void Burn	Void Damage from any source is greatly increased.

Trivia

• Burn modifiers increase the damage of a particular damage type to 200%.
• Epic causes Shanks, Knights, Harpies, and Psions to have shields.
• Exposure was called Morbid in some places prior to the release of House of Wolves.
• Despite the description of Exposure, Guardian shields do regenerate, albeit at a significantly slower rate.
• Specialist and Small Arms also have the effect of reducing damage done by the other two weapon classes by 25%.
• As of Update 2.0.0, the Nightfall modifier is no longer applied to Weekly Nightfall Strikes.
• Angry was renamed to Berserk in Update 2.0.
• Daybreak reduces cooldowns to the same rate as in Mayhem Crucible playlists.