Seasonal Artifacts are coming to Destiny 2 with the launch of Shadowkeep. This season’s is the Gate Lord’s Eye and with it comes a slew of limited edition mods which you can equip.
Unfamiliar with Seasonal Artifacts? We’ve got a rundown below including what they are, how they work, and what you can unlock with them.
More Destiny 2 Shadowkeep:
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Season of the Undying Calendar Guide
- Destiny 2 Getting Seasonal Battle Passes in Year 3
- Armor 2.0 is Coming to Destiny 2 — Here’s How it Works
How to Unlock and Rank Up the Gate Lord’s Eye – Seasonal Artifact
Right now it appears as if players will unlock The Gate Lord’s Eye at Season Pass Level 7. It’s part of the free track so everyone gets access to it at that point. Assuming nothing has changed since Luke Smith’s post, it should take you about five hours to get to that point.
Once you’ve unlocked it, you’ll need some time to actually upgrade the artifact itself. The artifact has an infinite number of levels which can advance your Power Level to above 960. Artifact levels will cost more and more XP as you increase its power. There’s currently no word on how much XP you need or how long it’ll take to rank up.
Gate Lord’s Eye Mods – Seasonal Artifact Mods
Long before you hit the hard level cap you’ll unlock each of the different mod tiers. In total you’ll be able too select up to 12 artifact mods to have unlocked at any given point. Keep in mind that because of the unlock limitations, at most, you can have two of the final column mods unlocked.
Thanks to Aztecross Gaming for showing all of the mods in his YouTube video.
Column 1 General Armor Mods – Requires 0 Previous Unlocks
- Dark Glimmer (1) – Defeating Hive combatants with finishers grants extra Glimmer. Mod does not stack
- Labyrinth Miner (2) – Defeating Vex Minotaurs grants weapon parts. Mod does not stack.
- Biomonetizer (1) – Defeating Hive combatants grants extra Glimmer. Mod does not stack.
- Circuit Scavenger (1) – Defeating Vex combatants grants extra Glimmer. Mod does not stack.
- Dissection Matrix (1) – Defeating Vex Hobgoblins grants destination materials. Mod does not stack.
Column 2 Weapon Mods – Requires 1 Previous Unlocks
- Anti-Barrier Rounds (0) – Shield-piercing rounds designed to bypass combatant defenses. Strong against Barrier Champions. Usable on Auto Rifles and Submachine Guns.
- Anti-Barrier Hand Cannon (0) – Shield-piercing rounds designed to bypass combatant defenses. Strong against Barrier Champions. Usable on Hand Cannons.
- Overload Rounds (0) – Uninterrupted fire grants bullets that cause disruption, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Usable on Auto Rifles and Submachine Guns.
- Overload Arrowheads (0) – Damage by fully drawn arrows causes disruption, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champtions.
- Unstoppable Hand Cannon (0) – Aiming down sights loads a powerful explosive payload that staggers unshielded enemies. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
Column 3 Arms Armor Mods – Requires 4 Previous Unlocks
- Enhanced Hand Cannon Loader (1) – Greatly increases reload speed of Hand Cannons.
- Enhanced Submachine Gun Loader (1) – Greatly increases reload speed of Submachine Guns.
- Enhanced Bow Loader (1) – Greatly increases reload speed of Bows.
- Enhanced Fusion Rifle Loader (1) – Greatly increases reload speed of Fusion Rifles.
- Enhanced Auto Rifle Loader (1) – Greatly increases reload speed of Auto Rifles.
Column 4 Chest Armor Mods – Requires 7 Previous Unlocks
- Breach Refractor (3) – Grants grenade energy on final blows with shield-piercing weapons or when a member of your fireteam shuts down a Barrier Champion’s ability.
- Ballistic Combo (3) – Grants melee energy on final blows with shield-piercing weapons or when a member of your fireteam shuts down a Barrier Champion’s ability.
- Overload Grenades (4) – Void grenades cause disruption, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
- Disruptor Spike (3) – Improves the effects of disruption, lowering combatants’ damage output even further.
- Unstoppable Melee (3) – Arc melee abilities stagger unshielded enemy combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
Column 5 Class Item Mods – Requires 10 Previous Unlocks
- Heavy Finisher (7) – Finishers generate Heavy ammo. Requires one-half of your Super energy.
- Oppressive Darkness (6) – Causing damage with a Void grenade adds a weaken effect to enemies.
- Arc Battery (5) – Grants overshield and reduced cooldown during activation for all Arc class abilities.
- Thunder Coil (6) – Grants bonus damage for all Arc melee abilities and refunds Super energy on finisher final blows.
- From the Depths (5) – Grants bonus Void Super damage if cast while critically wounded. Lasts until the end of the Super Activation.
It’s worth noting that the Gate Lord’s Eye expires at the end of Season 9. It will take all of your power bonus and seasonal mods with it. Thankfully, artifact progress is shared across all of your characters! At the very least you won’t have to rank it up multiple times in the same season.
Throughout the next dozen days or so we’ll be bringing you a ton of Destiny 2 content related to Shadowkeep and the Season of the Undying. Year 3 of Destiny 2 starts on October 1 and there’s so much new content in the game to break down and digest.
In the meantime, check out our Destiny 2 hub which will slowly get populated with everything we know before the launch of Shadowkeep.
