"Cryptarchs made a crystal that starts fires? Get me one. I don't care how you do it. Go!" — Cayde-6
― In-game description
Prometheus Lens is an exotic trace rifle. It can be dismantled to generate Glimmer, Gunsmith Materials, and Legendary Shards.
Lore[]
This weapon has the following lore associated:
How's it work? Ha! The underlying principles are quite simple, really. The gun's pyreliophorite crystal—
Pyreliophorite? It's an Ionian crystal which bears some resemblance to rudimentary perovskite, which is, as you should know, a crystal with unique photovoltaic properties—
Photovoltaic? It means "regarding the conversion of light into electricity."
No, no, the gun doesn't create electricity; the gun induces an external combustion reaction. It's perovskite that—
I just explained the perovskite! If you'd stop interrupting—
Wait. I remember you. You're one of Cayde's Hunters! Get out of here! Shoo! The Cryptarchy wants nothing to do with you!
Pyreliophorite? It's an Ionian crystal which bears some resemblance to rudimentary perovskite, which is, as you should know, a crystal with unique photovoltaic properties—
Photovoltaic? It means "regarding the conversion of light into electricity."
No, no, the gun doesn't create electricity; the gun induces an external combustion reaction. It's perovskite that—
I just explained the perovskite! If you'd stop interrupting—
Wait. I remember you. You're one of Cayde's Hunters! Get out of here! Shoo! The Cryptarchy wants nothing to do with you!
Sources[]
Prometheus Lens can be retrieved from one of the following activities/vendors:
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Xûr, Agent of the Nine |
| Xûr, Agent of the Nine, sometimes sells this item and you can also get it from crucible rank ups as well as a random pinnacle gear piece from completing challenges. |
Upgrades[]
Prometheus Lens can also be upgraded with the following perks:
Column 0[]
| Prismatic Inferno | ||
| Fires a Solar trace beam and generates a damaging heat field that grows while the weapon continues to fire. |
Column 1[]
| Chambered Compensater | ||
Stable barrel attachment.
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Column 2[]
| Projection Fuse | ||
Distance optimizations.
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Column 3[]
| Flame Retraction | ||
| Kills with this weapon return a fraction of the ammo used to the magazine, extending the beam's duration. |
Column 4[]
| Composite Stock | ||
This weapon has a versatile dual-purpose stock.
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Column 5[]
| Default Ornament | ||
| Restores your weapon to its default appearance. |
| Eye of Osiris | ||
| Equip this weapon ornament to change the appearance of Prometheus Lens. Once you get an ornament, it's unlocked on all characters on your account. |
| Prism | ||
| Equip this weapon ornament to change the appearance of Prometheus Lens. Once you get an ornament, it's unlocked on all characters on your account. |
| Haetae's Judgment | ||
| Equip this weapon ornament to change the appearance of Prometheus Lens. Once you get an ornament, it's unlocked for all characters on your account. |
| Prometheus Catalyst | ||
| Upgrades this weapon to a Masterwork. It will generate Orbs on multikills and gain a tracker that displays the number of enemies defeated by using it. You can upgrade it to improve its stats and perks. |
| Upgrade Masterwork | ||
| Defeat enemies using Prometheus Lens to unlock this upgrade. |
Trivia[]
- Prometheus Lens was released with a bug that caused it to be too powerful.[1]
- In Update 1.1.1, the damage output was severely reduced until a permanent fix was released in January 2018.[2]
Gallery[]
Eye of Osiris ornament.
References[]
- ↑ , dmg04. (2017) "This Week at Bungie – 12/07/2017". Bungie. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ↑ Twitter "Bungie tweet". Retrieved December 13, 2017.
| Exotic Weapons in Destiny 2 | |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Weapons | |
| Special Weapons | Coldheart • Fighting Lion • Graviton Lance • Hard Light • Prometheus Lens • Riskrunner • Skyburner's Oath • Sunshot • Divinity |
| Power Weapons | |