Monte Carlo (Year 1)

For the Year 2 auto rifle, see Monte Carlo (Year 2).

Monte Carlo is an exotic auto rifle. In Year 1, it was a PlayStation timed exclusive that could be obtained from Strikes, engrams, loot chests in Raids, or as a random completion reward for PlayStation users. It became available to Xbox users with the release of The Taken King.^[1] It can currently still be obtained as a random drop from Year 1 activities and legacy engrams.

SourcesEdit

Monte Carlo can be retrieved from one of the following activities/vendors:

	Crota's End
	This item can drop during the Crota's End Raid.

	Unknown
	This item can drop in situationally dependent ways.

	Vault of Glass
	This item can drop in the Vault of Glass Raid.

	Prison of Elders
	This item can drop as a Prison of Elders reward.

This item was also previously obtainable from one of the following sources:

	Crucible
	This item can drop as a Crucible match reward.

	Nightfall
	This item can drop from Nightfall activities.

	Strike
	This item can drop as a Strike reward. Exotic items can only drop from the most challenging Strike playlist.

UpgradesEdit

Monte Carlo can be upgraded with the following perks:

Column 0Edit

		Kinetic Damage
		This weapon causes kinetic damage.

		Ascend
		Increases the Attack value of this weapon to the highest available in Year 1.

Column 1Edit

		CQB Ballistics
		Greatly reduced recoil. Significant penalty to range.

		Smart Drift Control
		Predictable and controllable recoil. Penalty to range.

		Aggressive Ballistics
		More predictable recoil. Enhanced Impact. Shorter range and more recoil.

Column 2Edit

		Hip Fire
		This weapon has bonus accuracy while firing from the hip.

Column 3Edit

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 4Edit

		High Caliber Rounds
		Oversize rounds built to stagger targets and leave them reeling. Their mass makes a weapon harder to handle.

		Send It
		Increases range and accuracy. Harder to handle. Decreases carried Ammo capacity.

		Field Scout
		Increases carried Ammo capacity.

Column 5Edit

		Monte Carlo Method
		Dealing damage with this weapon reduces your melee cooldown and grants a chance to fully charge your melee ability with each kill.

Column 6Edit

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 7Edit

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

TriviaEdit

• Monte Carlo is one of three known weapons to feature a bayonet. The others are Red Death and Plan C.
• The gun is hand-crafted with a sleek look that masks "the cruel reality of its function," which is, "the efficient elegant delivery of war against any who would tarnish its legacy."^[2][3]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Shaikh, Sehran. (June 13, 2014) "Destiny: Playstation Content Are Timed Exclusive, Will Arrive On Xbox One and Xbox 360, Bad Marketing Sony". Gamepur. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
2. ↑ Shuman, Shid. (June 16, 2014) "Destiny’s PlayStation-exclusive content detailed". PlayStation.Blog. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
3. ↑  (July 2014) "Monte Carlo upgrades". Destiny Exotic Weapons. Retrieved 28 Jul. 2014.