Arc

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"A spark can give life...or take it."

— Grimoire.

Arc is one of several known manifestations of the Light, along with Solar and Void. It is related to electricity, and can be wielded by Guardians to generate lightning bolts and other electromagnetic phenomena. It is also one of four classes of elemental damage common to all Guardian weapons.

Overview

"Arc energy's not just electricity. Lot more finicky than that. Fission."

— Banshee-44

Many of the Golden Age technologies of Humanity possesses circuitry and generators that runs on Arc Energy, including weapons. Vex are known to have a hindrance to exposure to Arc Energy, although this would be if they weren’t attempting to harness it. Arc is even found in the weather system itself. Arc energy can be found in Dark Ether with how the Screebs and Abominations use their attacks.

Striker Titans use arc light to charge their fists with lightning to obliterate their foes with deadly close range ability known as Fist of Havoc.

Bladedancer Hunters manifest arc light to create pair of arc knives known as Arc_Blade.

Warlocks known as Stormcallers use arc light to destroy their enemies with the power of the storm known as Stormtrance.

Notable Weapons

• Thunderlord
• Riskrunner
• Worldline Zero
• The Wardcliff Coil
• Patience and Time
• Anarchy
• Cloudstrike
• Hard Light
• Borealis
• Heir Apparent
• Legend of Acrius
• Symmetry
• The Fourth Horseman
• Divinity
• The Queenbreaker
• Trinity Ghoul
• Coldheart
• D.A.R.C.I.
• The Prospector
• Dreg's Promise
• Zhalo Supercell
• Plan C
• Hereafter
• Trespasser
• Bolt-Caster

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2