Alethonym

Alethonym
Production overview
Manufacturer:	Awoken
Rarity class:	Exotic
Weapon type:	Grenade Launcher
Blast radius:	100
Min-max stability:	25
Min-max handling:	66
Min-max reload speed:	70
Min-max magazine:	1
Specifications
Ammunition type:	Primary ammo
Rate of fire:	90 RPM
Damage:	Stasis
Projectile velocity:	74
Hidden stats
Aim assistance:	69
Inventory size:	70
Zoom:	13
Recoil:	77
Airborne effectiveness:	4
Service history
In service:	Guardians
Affiliation:	Guardians Awoken

"I know your name."

— Description

Alethonym is a Exotic Stasis Grenade Launcher released in Episode: Revenant. It is obtainable through the season pass.

Perks

• Harvester Spike: This weapon fires a Harvester Spike projectile. Dealing final blows with this weapon creates a single Vestige at the target's location. Impaling more powerful combatants with the projectile creates a steady stream of Vestiges from the target.
• Countermass: This weapon is weighted for vertical recoil. Greatly controls recoil. Increases stability. Increases handling speed
• High-Velocity Rounds: This weapon's projectiles are particularly light and quick. Increases projectile speed. Increases reload speed
• Vestigial Alchemy: This weapon gains energy when you pick up Vestiges and allows you to create ammo at the projectile impact point for you and your allies. Special ammo mode unlocks at 50% energy, while Heavy ammo mode unlocks at 100% energy. To transform Vestiges into Special ammo, [Alternate Weapon Action] and cycle through all available firing modes. To transform Vestiges into Heavy ammo, [Alternate Weapon Action] and cycle firing modes a second time
• Short-Action Stock: This weapon is especially easy to grip. Greatly increases handling speed.

Catalyst

The catalyst is obtained after reaching rank 145 on the Episode: Revenant season pass. Upgrading it after defeating 500 targets will grant it the following perk:

One for All: Hitting three separate targets increases damage for a moderate duration.

Lore

"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

I KNOW YOUR NAME.

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"Oh, I've always liked this one," Petra says. She reads:

"They say Nedhi was the first to try and chart the world. Her descendants would later number among the Gensym Scribes and the Corsairs of the salt glades, but in those early days Nedhi had one reigning obsession, which was to exhort the sixth tenet of the Awoken. To know and love the cosmos, she must find and name everything within her universe.

"Nedhi held a Sanguine faith in our own crystalline and enduring perfection, and in the nobility of the observer. To record the existence of the Other must, like a mirror, reflect the Self. And so, in naming all that comprised the world she would describe how best to be Awoken.

"She gave names to flora and fauna, to tectonic forces and tidal currents. To new, immortal terrors, and to the hidden purposes of unseen actions. In the end she cultivated great fame unto herself, and visitors began to make pilgrimages. Any indescribable emotion, Nedhi could make plain for you. Your problems, your fears, your maladies—in speaking them aloud, Nedhi made them bearable. Constrained by ontology."

Eido chitters eagerly. "But this is all metaphor," she guesses.

Petra shrugs, smiling. "Hard to tell, isn't it? How can we be sure, unless someone was there to write the truth?"

Gallery

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  The Pure Saphire ornament.

Appearance

• Destiny 2: Episode: Revenant (First appearance)