Destiny 2’s Lightfall expansion has finally been released and there’s a ton of new content for players to sink their teeth into. Along with a new story, exotics, loot, endgame content, and a build crafting system, Lightfall also introduces our second Darkness subclass, Strand. Of course, one of the biggest draws is the new raid, Root of Nightmares. Taking place on the Witness’ pyramid ship, players will battle their way through hordes of Cabal enemies and battle against a rather terrifying foe.
Like all raids before it in Destiny 2, the Root of Nightmares has some sick exclusive loot for you to grab. There are a number of weapons available including a special Exotic, as well as some pretty cool-looking armor. If you’re curious which pieces of gear you can grab from which encounter, here’s a full loot table explaining the drops.
Root of Nightmares Loot Table
This is a complete infographic of all possible rewards players can obtain from completing each encounter in the Root of Nightmares raid. As a reminder, raid loot is limited to one drop per encounter, per class, per week unless it’s the weekly featured raid, in which case loot drops are uncapped and you can run it as many times as you want. Any hidden chests only reward weapons or armor pieces that you’ve obtained before.
Cataclysm - 1st Encounter
Nessa's Oblation Shotgun
Briar's Contempt Linear Fusion Rifle
Koraxis's Distress Grenade Launcher
Root of Nightmares Helm
Root of Nightmares Arms
Root of Nightmares Chest
Scission - 2nd Encounter
Nessa's Oblation Shotgun
Acasia's Dejection Trace Rifle
Mykel's Recerence Sidearm
Koraxis's Distress Grenade Launcher
Root of Nightmares Arms
Root of Nightmares Chest
Root of Nightmares Legs
Macrocosm - 3rd Encounter
Rufus's Fury Auto Rifle
Acasia's Dejection Trace Rifle
Mykel's Reverence Sidearm
Koraxis's Distress Grenade Launcher
Root of Nightmares Chest
Root of Nightmares Legs
Root of Nightmares Class Item
Nezarec - 4th Encounter
Conditional Finality Shotgun
Any Root of Nightmares Weapon
Root of Nightmares Helm
Root of Nightmares Legs
Root of Nightmares Class Item
Root of Nightmares Weapons
Root of Nightmares has an exclusive loot pool of six legendary weapons, all of which are craftable and the Conditional Finality exotic Shotgun.
Looking for god rolls? Click on the weapon names to be taken to those guides!
Weapon | Element | Type | Craftable | |
 | Conditional Finality | Stasis | Shotgun | No |
 | Nessa's Oblation | Void | Shotgun | Yes |
 | Briar's Contempt | Solar | Linear Fusion Rifle | Yes |
 | Koraxis's Distress | Strand | Grenade Launcher | Yes |
 | Acasia's Dejection | Solar | Trace Rifle | Yes |
 | Mykel's Reverence | Strand | Sidearm | Yes |
 | Rufus's Fury | Strand | Auto Rifle | Yes |
That’s about it for the Root of Nightmares loot table in Destiny 2. Don’t forget to grab the secret chests throughout the raid and activate the Deepsight chest at the end! And remember, you can use Spoils of Conquest to purchase a red bordered Deepsight drop of any weapon you’ve already acquired at the end of the raid.
