History of Nightshade

Overview

Nightshade is a Legendary Pulse Rifle that deals Strand damage. Its flavor text reads, "Three drops is all it takes."

The weapon features the Lightweight intrinsic perk, which allows the wielder to move faster while holding it. The second perk slot can roll Kill Clip, which grants increased damage for a short time after reloading following a kill.

Acquisition

Nightshade is a random reward from various Destiny 2 activities and vendors. It cannot be reacquired from Collections.

Sources include:

• Battlegrounds: Battleground: Behemoth, Battleground: Conduit, Battleground: Core, Battleground: Delve, Battleground: Foothold, and Battleground: Oracle.
• Defiant Battlegrounds: Defiant Battleground: EDZ.
• Heist Battlegrounds: Heist Battleground: Mars and Heist Battleground: Moon.
• Expeditions: Expedition: Cosmodrome, Expedition: Europa, and Expedition: Nessus.
• Strikes and Dungeons: Birthplace of the Vile, Cabal's Watch, Conductor's Keep, Exodus Crash, Fallen Bunker, Fallen S.A.B.E.R., HyperNet Current, Lake of Shadows, Liminality, Proving Grounds, Savathûn's Spire, STRANDED, The Corrupted, The Dark Priestess (activity), The Devils' Lair, The Disgraced, The Glassway, The Insight Terminus, The Inverted Spire, The Lightblade, The Scarlet Keep, The Sunless Cell, The Technocrat (activity), The Warrior (activity), and Warden of Nothing.
• Other: Quickplay, Quickplay: Master, and The Arms Dealer.