History of Heat

Heat weapons are a weapon archetype family introduced in Destiny 2: Renegades (released December 2, 2025). Per secondary guides they fire from reserves and build up heat with each shot instead of reloading, with the player managing heat by venting or letting the weapon cool; the sources opened here describe this only briefly, so details should be checked in game.

Examples

• Voltaic Shade: an Arc Scout Rifle from the Equilibrium dungeon, listed as a "Balanced Heat" archetype (260 RPM), with perks such as Overclocked Heatsink and Tactical Heatsink.
• Other weapons labeled "Dynamic heat": the hand cannons Uncivil Discourse and Modified B-7 Pistol, the pulse rifle All or Nothing, the sidearm Compact Defender and the submachine gun M-17 "Fast Talker".

Wikipedia's Renegades article does not mention Heat weapons, so this classification comes from guide sites.