Enhanced perks

Enhanced perks are upgraded versions of some weapon perks. They appear on crafted weapons (sometimes called Resonant weapons), are the last perks to unlock, and cost more resources to reshape. Each enhanced version improves what the base perk does; for example, the enhanced Kill Clip trait (Mega Kill Clip) has a longer damage period and longer duration scaling.

How enhanced perks unlock

• Enhanced perks are only available on crafted weapons. They are the last perks to unlock while leveling a weapon.
• Per reports, a weapon's intrinsic can be enhanced at level 7, and its value increases at level 20.
• All perks and enhanced versions are available by level 16. Levels come from kills and activities with the weapon equipped, or instantly with Glimmer and Upgrade Materials.

Cost

Enhancing uses Ascendant Alloys and Enhancement Prisms. Enhancing runs through a tiered weapon mod and consumes the standard currencies, plus Spoils of Conquest for raid weapons. Reshaping an enhanced perk costs more than a normal perk, and reshaping materials are not refunded.

Visual marker

A weapon with an enhanced intrinsic and two enhanced traits gets a golden border.

Limits

• Not every perk has an enhanced version. More may be added in later seasons.
• Some Exotics can be crafted, but they do not get enhanced traits.
• Adept weapons are a separate case: they are enhanced by reshaping and spending Glimmer and Upgrade Materials.

Notes

• Perk names are as of the June 2026 perk list update.
• Enhanced perk names can vary; see Weapon perk for the perk columns they sit in.