History of Cascade Point

Overview

Cascade Point is a trait on many weapons that boosts a different weapon's rate of fire. Final blows or sustained precision hits with another weapon fill a meter. Once it fills, you have about five seconds to switch to the Cascade Point weapon, which then fires faster for about 2.5 seconds (2.75 seconds in the enhanced version).

The meter per precision hit depends on the weapon type: about 50% for Sniper Rifle, Shotgun, Linear Fusion Rifle and Bow (about two hits); 17.5% for Scout Rifle, Hand Cannon and Sidearm (about six hits); and 8% for Auto Rifle, Submachine Gun, Machine Gun, Pulse Rifle and Trace Rifle (about 13 hits). Common pairing: land precision hits with a sniper, then fire a Grenade Launcher that has the perk.

Notes

Bungie disabled Cascade Point on 10 April 2024 after a bug let players swap it out for another perk and keep a permanent boost. Re-enablement is not recorded here.