Weapon crafting

Weapon crafting (called "Shaping" in game) lets you build a weapon with the perks and frame you choose, instead of relying on a random drop. It launched with The Witch Queen in 2022 and is done at the Relic in The Enclave on Mars. A crafted weapon needs a pattern, which is unlocked through Deepsight Resonance.

Deepsight and patterns

• Deepsight Resonance: some weapons can drop with Resonance, shown by a red border and a progress bar on the icon. Only drops with Resonance count toward a pattern.
• Extracting: you extract Resonance by dismantling the weapon, or by filling its Attunement Progress bar while keeping it.
• Pattern progress: most craftable weapons need 2 to 5 extractions of the same weapon (Austringer needs five). Progress is shown under Patterns & Catalysts in the Triumphs menu.
• Once complete: when a pattern is fully extracted, later copies of that weapon no longer drop with Resonance.
• Harmonizers: a Deepsight Harmonizer activates Deepsight on a weapon you hold, for one harmonizer per non-raid weapon. Raid weapons also need 15 Spoils of Conquest. Weapons from Xûr and Banshee-44 are eligible; raid vendor weapons are not.

The Relic and the Enclave

The Relic is a pyramid structure in The Enclave on Mars. Crafting unlocks early in the Witch Queen campaign, taught by crafting the Enigma. The Relic is where you shape and reshape weapons.

Shaping

You choose a frame intrinsic, a barrel perk, a magazine perk and two trait perks, and optionally a memento, then hold the Shape button to finish. Some components only unlock as the weapon levels up. See Weapon perk for what each column does.

Levels and enhancing

• Leveling: defeat enemies or finish activities with the weapon equipped. All perks and enhanced versions are available by level 16. Glimmer and Upgrade Materials can level a weapon instantly.
• Reshaping: done in the Reshape tab. It costs materials that are not refunded. The weapon must be unlocked and unequipped.
• Enhancing: at level 7 the intrinsic can be enhanced, and at level 20 its value increases. Enhanced traits cost Ascendant Alloys and Enhancement Prisms. A fully enhanced weapon gets a golden border. Details are in Enhanced perks.
• Mementos: these are optional vanity items that unlock a kill tracker at level 1, a title at level 20 and a shader at level 30. They come from activities such as Gambit, Grandmaster Nightfalls, Trials of Osiris and Festival of the Lost.
• Exotics: some Exotics can be crafted. They do not get enhanced traits or mementos.

Which activities give craftable weapons

Craftable weapons come from several sources, including raids (raid weapons can be crafted and need Spoils of Conquest to enhance), dungeons, seasonal activities and vendors. The Patterns & Catalysts triumphs show what each pattern needs.

Ascendant Alloys come from Master Rahool, the weekly campaign missions, some seasonal activities, the Master Wellspring, and Banshee-44 at reputation rank 16 or on the seasonal vendor track.

Changes to crafting (dated)

• 2022, The Witch Queen: crafting introduced, with the Relic in The Enclave.
• Lightfall (2023): Resonant Elements were removed and replaced with Glimmer. Red borders no longer appear on weapons without an unlockable pattern.
• Season 20 (2025): Deepsight no longer drops for weapons without an available pattern. Once you have Deepsight you can extract it or dismantle the weapon.
• Season 21 (exact date unclear): Deepsight can be activated on a weapon with a Deepsight Harmonizer, which speeds up pattern progress.
• Edge of Fate (July 15, 2025): Weapon tiers were released with this expansion. Armor changes are in Armor 3.0, not here.
• Monument of Triumph (June 2026): Bungie previewed a Weapon Tier Upgrading system that includes crafted weapons.
• 2026 perk list update (June 10, 2026): Perks were regrouped by benefit type and sorted A to Z. This changes how perk names are grouped, not how patterns work.