Scorch Cannon

Scorch Cannon
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Fallen
Rarity class:	Relic
Weapon type:	Shoulder-Mounted Artillery
Min-max accuracy:	Perfect
Min-max impact:	Very High
Min-max stability:	Perfect
Min-max magazine:	Variable
Specifications
Feed system:	Internal Furnace
Ammunition type:	Solar Rods
Fire mode:	Semi-auto
Rate of fire:	Slow
Damage:	Solar
Effective range:	Long
Service history
In service:	House of Wolves House of Judgment Taniks' Crew Devil Splicers House of Dusk House of Salvation Vanguard
Affiliation:	Captains Vandals Guardians

"Scorch Cannons are shoulder-mounted heavy impact weapons used by the Fallen for hull-puncturing in ship-to-ship raiding parties.

The Scorch Cannon uses a compressed Solar "furnace" to focus and direct superheated rods of solar energy. Each burst is mapped to the Cannon's firing matrix, allowing the wielder to hold a fired rod's charge. Release of the firing actuator triggers detonation. The longer the actuator is held the greater the rod's explosive impact.''"

— Grimoire description

The Scorch Cannon is a Fallen relic weapon found throughout the Destiny series.

Overview

The Scorch Cannon acts as a Solar-damage rocket launcher. Holding down the trigger lets the projectile stick to surfaces and enemies, and gradually charges the explosion to become more powerful the longer the trigger is held. A sound cue allows the user to keep track of the charge of the explosion, alongside the projectile gaining an increasingly unstable aura. An unprimed explosion will kill most weaker enemies in usual content. A fully primed bomb cam even kill a shielded Major, but is usually not enough to kill an Ultra. The cannon can be found in the hands of enemies, but is often dropped by its wielders, allowing nearby Guardians to use it.

The Devil Splicers developed two variants of the Scorch Cannon, the Shock Cannon and the Null Cannon.

A number of Scorch Cannons have been acquired by Lord Shaxx, who supplies them to Guardians during Crucible games of Team Scorched, and rarely in field operations.

In-game Availability

Destiny

• Story Mission – Dropped by certain Captains towards the end of A Kell Rising and Wolves' Gambit
• Patrol – Scorch Captains that appear during a "Pack of Wolves" world event will carry one of these, and will drop it upon death. Certain Wanted Captains will also carry these. They also appear in the European Dead Zone Patrol.
• The Shadow Thief – Taniks, the Scarred carries a Scorch Cannon, and will drop it upon death.
• Prison of Elders – Available as a potential gift from Variks, the Loyal.
• The Devils' Lair – After killing a Splicer Scorch Captain, a Scorch Cannon will drop. It is the only way to bring down Sepiks Perfected's Solar shield. However, this particular model has only one round after being picked up.
• Wrath of the Machine – Splicer Scorch Captains appear during Aksis phases 1 and 2, and the Scorch Cannon they drop is the only way to take down a Scorch Servitor needed to get SIVA Charges.

Destiny 2

• Arsenal Walker Heroic Public Event – Retrieving the charges dropped by damaging the walkers and using them to destroy the shield generators in the area will unlock caches of Scorch Cannons, while triggering the Heroic version of the event - spawning a second walker.
• Oracle Engine – Available during several points of the weekly quest in the Dreaming City; one at the start, then half a dozen or so more during the final confrontation.
• A Guardian Rises – Scorch Cannons are also available by killing Dusk Captains near the Walker.
• Warden of Nothing – Available during the second wave of The Arena encounter
• Eventide Ruins – Defeating Ferkis, Salvation's Squall who roams the Patrol area of Eventide Ruins.
• Grasp of Avarice - Scorch cannons are used as a major tool within the dungeon's puzzles where they must be used within each encounter and the surrounding puzzles.
• Ketchcrash - Scorch cannons were used within the Fallen Walker encounter to break the shielding points allowing Guardians to deal damage to the unshielded Walkers.
• Excision - Lord Shaxx sends a number of Scorch cannons to support the Guardians as they battle the Cornerstones of The Witness

Gallery

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  Screenshot of the Scorch Cannon in a Guardian's hands.

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  A scorch cannon in Destiny 2.

Trivia

• A rare glitch would occur where the Scorch Cannon will hover above the players head if they were to pick up the Scorch Cannon.
• In the Oracle Engine mission, Scorch Cannons are found near the corpses of Scorn, though no living Scorn have ever been seen wielding it.
• In Destiny 2, Scorch Cannons are often dropped by enemies that actually wield Molten Welders.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • House of Wolves (First appearance)
  • Rise of Iron
• Destiny 2
  • Curse of Osiris
  • Forsaken
  • Season of the Drifter (Mentioned only)
  • Shadowkeep
  • Beyond Light
  • Season of the Splicer (Mentioned only)
  • Season of the Lost
  • Season of the Haunted
  • Season of Plunder
  • The Final Shape