Mistral Lift god rolls and how to get them in Destiny 2

Linear fusion rifles may not be the top of the meta in Destiny 2, but the Dawning’s Mistral Lift brings some powerful god rolls to anyone who wants a different option on their heavy slot.

Thanks to its three-burst fire mode and stacked perk pool, Mistral Lift can be a formidable weapon on its own. It provides a good, crit-based, ranged alternative for damage on your heavy slot, focusing more on taking down bosses or Champions than a weapon you’d normally use for add-clear.

Here are our god rolls for Mistral Lift, based on data from d2foundry.gg.

Mistral Lift PvE god roll in Destiny 2

• Barrel: Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, or Corkscrew Rifling
• Mag: Liquid Coils, Enhanced Battery, or Ionized Battery
• First perk: Envious Arsenal, Withering Gaze, or Reconstruction

  • Honorable mention: Overflow

• Second perk: Bait and Switch

  • Honorable mention: Rewind Rounds

• Don’t forget to use the Veist Stinger origin trait.

The rules for what makes a good heavy weapon are somewhat rigid in Destiny 2. For a weapon to be competitive, it has to have a few of the top-tier traits in its archetype, and Mistral Lift has those in spades.

Envious Arsenal is by far the highlight of the third column. It’s effective, fits in a damage loop, and can reload your magazine to full with minimum effort. Overflow and Reconstruction do the same thing, with the bonus of overfilling your magazine, but they’re a bit harder to control. Any of the three on its own is enough to pass the vault test, but Withering Gaze is the icing on the Dawning cookie.

Withering Gaze allows you to apply Weaken on demand by aiming down sights, which works if you (or the rest of the fireteam) don’t have a source of the powerful debuff at hand. The extra damage can be worth it, especially if you use this perk before casting your Super or using an ability. You won’t resort to it if your team has another source of Weaken, such as Tractor Cannon or a Hunter using Tether, but it’s handy to have a roll with it—especially with multiple perks being a reality.

The third column also brings heavy hitters, but the gold standard is here: Bait and Switch. It provides a strong damage boost while slotting perfectly into rotations using Envious Arsenal.

There’s an honorable mention, pending further testing: Rewind Rounds paired with Reconstruction lets you unleash your full magazine without having to reload or interrupt your rotations. Damage with Envious and Bait and Switch was still higher, but there is something special about firing forever with Mistral Lift. Pouring one out for pre-nerf Veist Stinger with Taipan-4fr.

How to get Mistral Lift in Destiny 2

Mistral Lift is available through the Dawning 2025. You have a chance of getting this linear fusion rifle after opening any event gifts or completing activities with extra Dawning Engrams as rewards. There’s no way to focus on it specifically, though, outside of your limited purchases with event tokens.

We recommend upgrading Eva Levante’s vendor inventory and masterworking your oven by baking all Dawning cookies once. Doing so lets you make more cookies, which in turn improves your odds of getting this linear fusion rifle.

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The Locked Gate arrived in ARC Raiders as part of The North Line update, and completing it will require a fair amount of coordination. You can run across it randomly during the Cold Snap update, but the conditions remain the same.

Like all map conditions, the Locked Gate isn’t available at all times. You’ll have to be lucky to find it on a map rotation. This guide will help you to complete the event successfully if you manage to start a raid while it’s available.

ARC Raiders Locked Gate event walkthrough

The Locked Gate event takes place on the Blue Gate map, but adds a custom modifier. The modifier restricts you from using any Raider Hatches and also blocks entry to the underground tunnels. All of this is part of an emergency shutdown protocol. Your job will be to find relevant security codes to open a locked gate (hence, the name).

To begin the quest, head to the Gate Control Room inside the Warehouse Complex. I have marked its location on the screenshot below, but it’s hard to miss. The Warehouse Complex is located between the central and the northern part of the Blue Gate map.

Head inside the room, and you’ll find four systems. When you try to interact with them, you’ll be asked for security codes. Finding the security codes is easy, as they will have a POI in their respective names.

If you’re trying to find the Pilgrim’s Peak code, you’ll have to head over to the location. All four POIs will be present on the Blue Gate map, but finding them can take a fair amount of time (not to mention the added dangers of ARC enemies and enemy Raiders).

Checkpoint Gate location

Once you have found all four codes, head back to the Gate Control Room. Use the four codes to unlock the central gate in the Checkpoint POI (marked on the screenshot above). You’ll find an unlocked gate, along with plenty of valuable items to loot inside. However, be highly cautious as enemy Raiders could try to ambush you for a free lot.

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