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Destiny 2‘s Brave arsenal is complete this week with the release Blast Furnace, one of the best pulse rifles to ever hit the game. Originally released in the Season of the Forge with the rest of the Black Armory weapons, Blast Furnace was disappointingly sunset with the Beyond Light expansion. But this deadly accurate pulse rifle is back, ready to help you menace Guardians and aliens alike with lethal headshots at long ranges.
The Brave arsenal weapons, like this week’s other storied weapon, Luna’s Howl, all first require you to complete a quest to unlock them. That’ll get you a curated version of Blast Furnace, after which you can farm your preferred god rolls. Here’s what you need to know to get Blast Furnace and which rolls you should be chasing.
Table of Contents [hide]How To Unlock Blast FurnaceBlast Furnace Curated PerksBlast Furnace God RollsBlast Furnace PvP God RollBlast Furnace PvE God Roll
How To Unlock Blast Furnace
It’s the case with all the Brave arsenal weapons released in Into the Light, you can get Blast Furnace by completing quests in the Hall of Champions and taking part in the new Onslaught activity. You’ll first need to complete the Feats of Strength quest with Lord Shaxx in order to unlock the full potential of the Hall of Champions. That also means knocking out the first weapon-specific quest you can pick up from Shaxx’s right-hand bot, Arcite 99-40, called Stranger Danger.
With Feats of Strength done, you’re now able to pick up additional weapon quests from Arcite that cover all the available Brave arsenal weapons. This week unlocks the last of them, making the Blast Furnace quest available to grab immediately.
Complete Arcite’s Blast from the Past quest will unlock Blast furnace. Like the other weapon quests, it has two different means of completing it:
Rapidly defeat enemies using a pulse rifle anywhere in the system, with bonus progress for rapid final blows in Onslaught, or:Defeat Guardians and combatants using pulse rifles.
Any pulse rifle will do for these steps, although the fastest way to unlock Blast Furnace is probably doing a few rounds of Onslaught and shooting all clearing groups of weak enemies–we knocked out the precision kill requirement in about 15 waves.
Once you’ve completed the quest, you can visit the holographic statue of Lord Shaxx that’s holding the gun to “attune” it. When you attune a weapon, you’ll receive it as a random reward from Onslaught activities and Trophies of Bravery chests much more often than normal. Use attunement to farm Onslaught and chase the rolls you want the most.
You’ll also get Bungie’s curated version of Blast Furnace, which packs Kill Clip and Perpetual Motion as its perks, as well as high stability and range. Both are solid options for both PvE and PvP activities, with Kill Clip being highly effective for dropping Guardians in the Crucible.
Blast Furnace Curated Perks
Barrel: Smallbore +7 Stability, +7 RangeMagazine: Tactical Magazine +5 Stability, +10 Reload Speed, +4 Magazine sizeFirst Column: Perpetual Motion This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed when the wielder is in motion.Second Column: Kill Clip Reloading after a kill grants increased damage.Origin Perk: Indomitability Kills with this weapon provide grenade energy if you’re using a Light subclass, or melee energy if you’re using a Dark subclass
Blast Furnace God Rolls
Blast Furnace was a menace in the Crucible, and while the Brave version has new perks that make it viable in PvE as well, it’s ready to tear Guardians apart once again. The main benefit of this pulse is how hyper-accurate it can be over long ranges, allowing you to land a lot of shots easily and take down players quickly.
Blast Furnace PvP God Roll
Barrel: Arrowhead Break +10 Handling, +30 RecoilMagazine: Accurized Rounds +10 RangeFirst Perk: Headseeker Body shots landed with this weapon increase precision damage and aim assist for a short time. Body shots landed while the perk is active refresh the timer.Second Perk: Kill Clip Reloading after a kill grants increased damage.Masterwork: Stability
Stability and range are the main stats you want to focus on, but keep an eye on the recoil as well–if it feels like Blast Furnace is bucking around a lot, look for a roll that can tune up your recoil direction as well. It’s pretty easy to get Blast Furnace’s range stat up pretty high, so a Stability Masterwork can help you keep up your accuracy.
For perks, Headseeker and Kill Clip are an extremely powerful combination, especially with high stability and good recoil control, allowing you to activate Headseeker consistently. A quick reload between battles can give you a damage boost that makes it even easier to take down enemies, especially with a lot of range. There are other good options here too, though, like Zen Moment and Keep Away, which will help you become and stay more accurate.
Rapid Hit can also pair very well with other perks as an alternative to Kill Clip if you’re not feeling like you’re likely to win multiple fights in a row, and Desperate Measures gives a damage boost that’s a little easier to activate than other alternatives.
Blast Furnace PvE God Roll
Barrel: Arrowhead Break / Corkscrew Rifling Arrowhead Break: +30 Recoil, +10 HandlingCorkscrew Rifling: +5 Range, +5 Stability, +5 HandlingMagazine: Tactical Mag +4 Magazine size, +5 Stability, +10 Reload speedFirst Perk: Kinetic Tremors Sustained kinetic damage on a target creates a shockwave that damages any nearby enemies.Second Perk: Firefly / All-For-One Firefly: Precision final blows with this weapon increase reload speed and cause the target to explode, dealing Solar damage to nearby enemies.One For All: Hitting three separate targets increases damage for a moderate duration.Masterwork: Range / Reload Speed
There are quite a few potential options for Blast Furnace that make it useful in PvE, but if you’re going to chase a roll that makes the gun feel different from (most) alternatives, it should probably be Kinetic Tremors and Firefly. These two perks pair together to create area-of-effect blasts that can ravage nearby enemies. You can get this combo on Hung Jury as well, but that doesn’t make it any less fun to use here. Alternatively, One For All stands as a fun replacement for Firefly, since Kinetic Tremors makes it really easy to activate.
There are a lot of great guns in the Brave arsenal–check out our god roll guides for The Mountaintop, The Recluse, and Luna’s Howl.
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