Celestial Nighthawk

Celestial Nighthawk

"Starlight is your guide. No vacuum will contain you."

— Armor Description

Celestial Nighthawk is an exotic Hunter helmet added in the House of Wolves. This helmet converts the Gunslinger's Golden Gun into an all-or-nothing weapon, restricting it to a single but extremely powerful shot.

Upgrades

TIER 1

Ashes to Asset - Replenish Super energy when you kill an enemy with a grenade.

TIER 2

Inverse Shadow - Increased Super energy gained from killing minions of the Darkness.

TIER 3

Big Game - Golden Gun fires one shot, delivering 6x damage, while granting Keyhole for over-penetration.

Celestial Nighthawk

Year 2 version

Celestial Nighthawk is a revamped exotic Hunter helmet added in The Taken King expansion. This helmet converts the Gunslinger's Golden Gun into an all-or-nothing weapon, restricting it to a single but extremely powerful shot.

Year 2 upgrades

Primary Perks

- Big Game: Golden Gun fires one shot, delivering 6x damage, while granting Keyhole for over-penetration.
- Random Selection: Could be 1 of 4 perks.
- Infuse: Consume a more powerful piece of Armor to boost the Defense value of this Armor.
- Twist Fate: Changes the stats and upgrades available on this Armor.

Selectable Perk 1

- Random Selection: Could be 1 of 3 perks.
- Random Selection: Could be 1 of 2 perks.

Selectable Perk 2

- Random Selection: Could be 1 of 3 perks.
- Random Selection: Could be 1 of 3 perks.

Trivia

During development, this helmet was named "ExoTac Angel Hunter" and its description was "Built from a Golden Age combat pilot sensorium, it orients the brain during sharp maneuvers." Its main perk originally increased weapon accuracy for a short time after jumping.

List of appearances

Destiny
- House of Wolves (First appearance)
- The Taken King

References

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Exotic armor

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Destiny

v • d • e Helmets

Hunter	Achlyophage Symbiote • ATS/8 ARACHNID^(TDB) • Celestial Nighthawk^(HOW) • Graviton Forfeit^(TTK) • Knucklehead Radar • Mask of the Third Man • Skyburners Annex^(TTK)

Titan	An Insurmountable Skullfort • Empyrean Bellicose^(TTK) • Eternal Warrior^(HOW) • Helm of Inmost Light • Helm of Saint-14 • The Glasshouse^(TDB) • The Taikonaut^(TTK)

Warlock	Apotheosis Veil • Astrocyte Verse^(ROI) • Light Beyond Nemesis • Obsidian Mind^(TDB) • Skull of Dire Ahamkara • The Ram^(HOW) • THE STAG^(TTK)

v • d • e Gauntlets

Hunter	Don't Touch Me^(TDB) • Khepri's Sting^(HOW) • Sealed Ahamkara Grasps^(TTK) • Shinobu's Vow^(ROI) • Young Ahamkara's Spine

Titan	ACD/0 Feedback Fence^(HOW) • Immolation Fists^(TTK) • No Backup Plans • Ruin Wings^(TDB) • Thagomizers^(ROI)

Warlock	Claws of Ahamkara^(TDB) • Nothing Manacles^(HOW) • Ophidian Aspect^(ROI) • Sunbreakers • The Impossible Machines^(TTK)

v • d • e Chests

Hunter	ATS/8 Tarantella^(TTK) • Crest of Alpha Lupi (Hunter) • Lucky Raspberry

Titan	Crest of Alpha Lupi (Titan) • The Armamentarium • Twilight Garrison^(TTK)

Warlock	Alchemist's Raiment^(TTK) • Heart of the Praxic Fire • Purifier Robes^(HOW) • Starfire Protocol^(TDB) • Voidfang Vestments

v • d • e Boots

Hunter	Bones of Eao^(HOW) • Fr0st-EE5^(ROI) • Radiant Dance Machines^(TDB)

Titan	Dunemarchers^(ROI) • Mk. 44 Stand Asides^(TDB) • Peregrine Greaves^(HOW)

Warlock	Transversive Steps^(ROI)

v • d • e Class items

Hunter	Chaos Cloak^(TTK) • Cloak of Oblivion^(TTK) • Cloak of the Rising^(TTK) • Nightstalker Cloak^(TTK)

Titan	Mark of Oblivion^(TTK) • Mark of the Circle^(TTK) • Mark of the Executor^(TTK) • Mark of the Sunforged^(TTK)

Warlock	Circle of War^(TTK) • Light Beyond^(TTK) • Stormcaller Bond^(TTK) • The Age to Come^(TTK)

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Destiny 2

v • d • e Helmets

Hunter	Assassin's Cowl^(SK) • Blight Ranger^(TWQ) • Celestial Nighthawk • Cyrtarachne's Facade^(LF) • Foetracer • Graviton Forfeit^(CoO) • Knucklehead Radar • Mask of Bakris^(BL) • Mask of Fealty^(REV) • Wormhusk Crown^(WM)

Titan	An Insurmountable Skullfort • Cadmus Ridge Lancecap^(LF) • Eternal Warrior^(WM) • Helm of Saint-14^(CoO) • Khepri's Horn^(CoO) • Loreley Splendor Helm^(TWQ) • Mask of the Quiet One • One-Eyed Mask^(FSK) • Precious Scars^(BL)

Warlock	Apotheosis Veil^(WM) • Astrocyte Verse^(OPU) • Cenotaph Mask^(SotD) • Crown of Tempests • Dawn Chorus^(BL) • Eye of Another World • Fallen Sunstar^(SoP) • Felwinter's Helm^(SoW) • Nezarec's Sin • Skull of Dire Ahamkara • Speaker's Sight^(TFS) • The Stag^(CoO) • Verity's Brow^(WM)

v • d • e Gauntlets

Hunter	Aeon Swift^(CoO) • Athrys's Embrace^(BL) • Caliban's Hand^(HAU) • Khepri's Sting^(SoO) • Liar's Handshake^(JW) • Mechaneer's Tricksleeves • Mothkeeper's Wraps^(SotW) • Oathkeeper^(FSK) • Renewal Grasps^(TWQ) • Sealed Ahamkara Grasps^(WM) • Shards of Galanor^(FSK) • Shinobu's Vow^(CoO) • Triton Vice^(SotD) • Young Ahamkara's Spine

Titan	ACD/0 Feedback Fence • Aeon Safe^(CoO) • Ashen Wake^(WM) • Citan's Ramparts^(SoW) • Doom Fang Pauldrons • Icefall Mantle^(BL) • No Backup Plans^(SotL) • Point-Contact Cannon Brace^(SoP) • Pyrogale Gauntlets^(SotW) • Second Chance^(HAU) • Stronghold^(JW) • Synthoceps • Ursa Furiosa^(FSK) • Wishful Ignorance^(TFS) • Wormgod Caress^(WM)

Warlock	Aeon Soul^(CoO) • Ballidorse Wrathweavers^(LF) • Briarbinds^(SotW) • Claws of Ahamkara^(WM) • Contraverse Hold^(FSK) • Getaway Artist^(JW) • Karnstein Armlets • Necrotic Grip^(BL) • Nothing Manacles^(SotL) • Ophidian Aspect^(CoO) • Osmiomancy Gloves^(TWQ) • Sunbracers • Winter's Guile

v • d • e Chest Armor

Hunter	Gifted Conviction^(TFS) • Gwisin Vest^(FSK) • Gyrfalcon's Hauberk^(SoP) • Lucky Raspberry • Omnioculus^(SotC) • Ophidia Spathe^(WM) • Raiden Flux • Raiju's Harness^(SoW) • The Dragon's Shadow • The Sixth Coyote^(FSK)

Titan	Actium War Rig • Arbor Warden^(SotD) • Crest of Alpha Lupi • Cuirass of the Falling Star^(SotC) • Hallowfire Heart • Hazardous Propulsion^(TFS) • Heart of Inmost Light^(FSK) • Hoarfrost-Z^(TWQ) • Severance Enclosure^(SoD) • The Armamentarium^(WM)

Warlock	Chromatic Fire^(FSK) • Mantle of Battle Harmony^(SotC) • Mataiodoxía^(TFS) • Phoenix Protocol^(FSK) • Rime-coat Raiment^(REV) •Sanguine Alchemy^(WM) • Starfire Protocol • Stormdancer's Brace^(SK) • Vesper of Radius^(CoO) • Wings of Sacred Dawn

v • d • e Leg Armor

Hunter	Fr0st-EE5^(WM) • Gemini Jester^(CoO) • Lucky Pants • Orpheus Rig • Radiant Dance Machines^(SotL) • Speedloader Slacks^(LF) • St0mp-EE5 • Star-Eater Scales^(SotS) • The Bombardiers^(SoD)

Titan	Abeyant Leap^(LF) • Antaeus Wards^(FSK) • Blastwave Striders^(REV) • Dunemarchers • Lion Rampant • Mk. 44 Stand Asides^(CoO) • Peacekeepers • Peregrine Greaves^(OPU) • Phoenix Cradle^(SK) • The Path of Burning Steps^(SotS)

Warlock	Boots of the Assembler^(SotS) • Geomag Stabilizers^(FSK) • Lunafaction Boots • Promethium Spur^(SoD) • Rain of Fire^(HAU) • Secant Filaments^(TWQ) • Swarmers^(LF) • Transversive Steps

v • d • e Class Items

Hunter	Relativism^(TFS)

Titan	Stoicism^(TFS)

Warlock	Solipsism^(TFS)

Celestial Nighthawk

Contents

Upgrades

TIER 1

TIER 2

TIER 3

Year 2 version

Year 2 upgrades

Primary Perks

Selectable Perk 1

Selectable Perk 2

Trivia

List of appearances

References

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