Thunderlord (Year 2)

For the Year 1 machine gun, see Thunderlord (Year 1).

Thunderlord
Overview
Type	Machine Gun
Slot	Heavy
Rarity	Exotic
Manufacturer	Unnamed Titan
Minimum Level	40
Technical Specifications
280 - 400 ATTACK
Rate of Fire	66
Impact	53 - 55
Range	32 - 34
Stability	39 - 71
Reload	46 - 60
Magazine	49
Other Specifications
Zoom	15
Aim Assist	80 - 90
Recoil Direction	70 - 90
Equip Speed	60
Fire Mode	Automatic
Quality	0
Tier	6
Inventory Information
Stack	1
Transferable	True
Item Action	Dismantle
How to Obtain
Random drop?	Yes
Vendor	Xûr
Price	17 Strange Coins
API Information
Item Hash	57660787

"They rest quiet on fields afar...for this is no ending, but the eye."

― In-game description

Thunderlord is an exotic machine gun. It can be obtained as a reward from the Weekly Nightfall Strike, as an end-of-match reward from the Crucible, or from Xûr.

Sources

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

	The Taken King
	This item requires the Taken King expansion.

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

Upgrades

Thunderlord can be upgraded with the following perks:

Column 0

		Arc Damage
		This weapon causes Arc Damage.

		Infuse
		Consume a more powerful Weapon to boost the Attack value of this Weapon.

Column 1

		Accurized Ballistics
		More range and Impact. Increased recoil.

		Field Choke
		More range and Impact. Increased recoil.

		Linear Compensator
		More predictable recoil. Slight boosts to range and Impact. More recoil.

Column 2

		Feeding Frenzy
		Kills with this weapon increase reload speed for a short time.

Column 3

		Perfect Balance
		This weapon has extremely low recoil.

		Field Scout
		Increases carried Ammo capacity.

		Flared Magwell
		Reload this weapon even faster.

Column 4

		Lightning Rounds
		This weapon fires faster and more accurately the longer the trigger is held.

Trivia

• Pre-release, Thunderlord was demonstrated in Bungie's E3 2013 gameplay demo. In addition, its design and general philosophy were outlined in a brief news article on Bungie's website.
• Unlike the normal Persistence upgrade, the Lightning Rounds upgrade gives the weapon three distinct "stages" of fire rate and accuracy upgrades; the second will kick in after the trigger has been held down for a short time, and the third some time after that. The third stage can only be reached before reloading if the Field Scout upgrade has also been selected.
• This weapon has a small chance of causing enemies it kills to explode.

Gallery

Concept art of Thunderlord.

Thunderlord desktop background.

Screenshot with overlay visible.