The Last Word (Year 1)

For other articles called The Last Word, see The Last Word.

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"Yours…not mine." - Renegade Hunter Shin Malphur to Dredgen Yor

― In-game description

The Last Word is an exotic hand cannon. It can be purchased from Xûr, obtained as a random completion reward, from raids, or from the Prison of Elders.

Sources

The Last Word 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.

	Xur, Agent of the Nine
	Xûr, Agent of the Nine, sometimes sells this item in the Tower.

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

	Crucible
	This item can drop as a Crucible match reward.

Upgrades

The Last Word can also be upgraded with the following perks:

Column 0

		Kinetic Damage
		This weapon causes kinetic damage.

		Fan Fire
		The weapon can be fired quickly and continuously.

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

Column 1

		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.

Column 2

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

Column 3

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

Column 4

		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.

Column 5

		Last Word
		Bonus damage and stability. Extra precision damage when firing from the hip.

Column 6

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

Column 7

		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.

Trivia

• During a Bungie podcast, The Last Word was labeled as the "yang" to its "yin" in the Destiny universe.
• When a player readies The Last Word, the character twirls the gun on their finger.
• While shooting this gun, the character fans the hammer.
• "Yours…not mine" was also said by Jaren Ward to Magistrate Loken.

Gallery

References

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