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|class= [[Exotic]]
|type= [[Sidearm]]
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|accuracy= Moderate
|impact= Moderate
|stability= High
|handling= Good
|magazine= 15
|feed= Slide Magazine
|ammo= Bullets
|mode= Semi-Auto
|rate= 300 RPM
|damage= {{Icon|Kinetic}} Kinetic
|range= Short
|service= [[Guardian]]s
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{{quote|We are small, but we are legion.|Weapon description}}


'''Rat King''' is an Exotic {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Sidearm]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. Its main perk is '''Rat Pack''', which causes the gun's power to increase when more players with Rat King are nearby. Rat King was acquired by completing the Exotic Quest [[Rat King's Crew]], which was unlocked after completing the [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] World Quest. Nowadays, it is obtained via the Monument to Lost Lights.
'''Rat King''' is an exotic kinetic [[sidearm]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. It's main perk is '''Rat Pack''', which causes the gun's power to increase when more players with Rat King are nearby. Rat King is acquired by completing the Exotic Quest [[Rat King's Crew]], which is unlocked after completing the [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] World Quest.
 
==Lore==
{{Verbatim}}
'''WE ARE SMALL, BUT WE ARE LEGION.'''
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The stories are passed from child to child, whispered in the streets and on the playground like any good legend. "Don't ever venture beyond the wall and sight of [[the Tower]]," parents warn, citing these cautionary tales that speak of the boy's many deaths. Exposure. Hunger. Sickness. Cutthroats. Living nightmares. And on. And on. The children, however, have their own truths. To them, the boy never died. They call him the Rat King. The children believe he leads the forgotten among them out of [[Last City|the City]] on grand adventures. They say he and his misfit army saved the world. But children say many things, and the [[Vanguard]] maintains their official stance: there is no Rat King and his army never existed. That's what the elders believe. I choose to believe otherwise.
 
==Perks==
*'''Rat Pack''' - This fully automatic weapon becomes stronger when nearby allies also have it equipped. Stacks up to 6 times.
 
*'''Smallbore''' - Dual strength barrel. Increases range. Increases stability.
 
*'''Tactical Mag''' - This weapon has multiple tactical improvements. Slightly increases stability. Slightly increases reload. Slightly increases magazine size.
 
*'''Vermin''' - Reloading after a kill grants a brief period of invisibility.
 
*'''Smooth Grip''' - This weapon is slightly easier to hold and aim. Slightly increases stability. Slightly increases handling speed.
 
==Catalyst==
 
The Rat King catalyst is obtained through playlist activity rewards.
 
One of the more difficult to complete catalysts, this one requires you to experience 1000 kills with Rat Kings being used by fireteam members. This means you cannot complete this solo, you must convince other players to utilise the gun to assist you with progression.
 
*'''Infestation:''' Improved aim assist and recoil direction. Refreshes health on Vermin invisibility trigger.
 
==Ornaments==
*'''Black Plague''' - Equip this [[Weapon Ornament]] to change the appearance of Rat King.
 
*'''Catacombs''' - Equip this Weapon Ornament to change the appearance of Rat King.
 
*'''Climate Change''' - Equip this Weapon Ornament to change the appearance of Rat King.
 
==Trivia==
*Rat King is named after an apocryphal phenomenon called a [[wikipedia:Rat King|Rat King]] where several rats have their tails fused together. Mythologically it is treated as a single organism and an omen of bad luck, due to rats association with disease.
*The initial lore description is also a reference to the Book of Mark (5:9) in the Bible.
*[[Cayde-6]] refers to the legend of the rat king in his memoirs. [[Shiro-4]] would reportedly spin stories about how their deceased companion [[Lush]] had not in fact died but joined the Rat King in his world-saving quests.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Turn|The Man They Call Cayde - Turn]]''</ref>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Destiny2-RatKing-ExoticSidearm-Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Rat King.
File:Destiny2-RatKing-ExoticSidearm-Overlay.jpg|The Rat King overlay.
File:Destiny2-RatKing-ExoticSidearm-BlackPlague-Ornament.jpg|The Black Plague ornament.
File:Catacombs rat king.jpg|The Catacombs ornament.
File:Climate Change.jpg|The Climate Change ornament.
Armory_ratking_1_pin.jpg|The Rat King collectible pin released by Bungie Store.
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{1st}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{Exotic weapons|D2}}
 
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Exotic weapons]]
[[Category:Sidearms]]
[[Category:Weapon lore]]

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