Tarantula

Tarantula — Destiny 2 Legendary Linear Fusion Rifle
Legendary Linear Fusion Rifle · Arc · Heavy
Where it drops: Source: Open Legendary engrams and earn faction rank-up packages.

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Weapon stats

Stability 37
Handling 25
Range 55
Aim Assistance 58
Ammo Generation 30
Airborne Effectiveness 6
Recoil Direction 65
Charge Time 533
Zoom 25
Magazine 6
Impact 41
Reload Speed 23

Intrinsic Traits

Precision Frame

Weapon Perks

Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Full Bore Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Arrowhead Brake Chambered Compensator Corkscrew Rifling Extended Barrel Fluted Barrel Full Bore Hammer-Forged Rifling Polygonal Rifling Smallbore Full Choke Rifled Barrel Full Choke Rifled Barrel
Accelerated Coils Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Liquid Coils Particle Repeater Projection Fuse Accelerated Coils Enhanced Battery Ionized Battery Liquid Coils Particle Repeater Projection Fuse
Feeding Frenzy Firmly Planted Moving Target Genesis Field Prep Pulse Monitor
Wellspring Snapshot Sights Kill Clip Dragonfly Rampage Box Breathing

What the Tarantula perks do

Precision Frame

Fires a long-range precision energy bolt. This weapon's recoil pattern is more predictably vertical.

Arrowhead Brake

Lightly vented barrel. • Greatly controls recoil • Increases handling speed

Chambered Compensator

Stable barrel attachment. • Increases stability • Moderately controls recoil • Slightly decreases handling speed

Corkscrew Rifling

Balanced barrel. • Slightly increases range and stability • Slightly increases handling speed

Extended Barrel

Weighty barrel extension. • Increases range • Decreases handling speed • Moderately controls recoil

Fluted Barrel

Ultra-light barrel. • Greatly increases handling speed • Slightly increases stability

Full Bore

Barrel optimized for distance. • Greatly increases range • Decreases stability • Slightly decreases handling speed

Hammer-Forged Rifling

Durable ranged barrel. • Increases range

Polygonal Rifling

Barrel optimized for recoil reduction. • Increases stability

Smallbore

Dual strength barrel. • Increases range • Increases stability

Full Choke

While Aiming Down Sights: • Decreases Shotgun Pellet Spread by 5% • Reduces Precision Multiplier by 7.6% (1.1078x🠚1.0294x)

Rifled Barrel

Ranged shotgun barrel. • Increases range • Greatly decreases handling speed

Accelerated Coils

Decreases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Enhanced Battery

Strong battery life. • Increases magazine size

Ionized Battery

Large heavy battery. • Greatly increases magazine size • Greatly decreases reload speed

Liquid Coils

Increases charge time by 40ms and damage by 2%.

Particle Repeater

Improves stability. • Increases stability

Projection Fuse

Distance optimizations. • Increases range

Feeding Frenzy

Weapon Kills grant 1 Stack of Feeding Frenzy for 3.5 seconds, increasing the Reload Speed of the weapon. Maximum of 5 Stacks. Bonuses at 1|2|3|4|5 Stacks: • 8|50|60|75|100 Reload Speed • 2.5%|10%|13%|16%|20% decreased Reload Animation Duration

Firmly Planted

While Crouched: • 30 Handling and 20 Stability • -40% Accuracy Cone Size • -17% Accuracy Cone Growth • -80% horizontal Recoil Effects are halved on Fusion Rifles (decimals are rounded up).

Moving Target

Grants the following while Aiming Down Sights (ADS): • 10 Aim Assist • 10% decreased ADS Movement Speed Penalty

Genesis

Energy Weapons are refunded 1 Ammo upon hitting matching PVE Combatant Elemental Shields. Refills magazine from reserves upon breaking a PVE Combatant, Barrier Champion, or Player Shield.

Field Prep

Grants the following while Crouched: • 50 Reload Speed • 0.8x Reload Duration Multiplier • 0.8x Ready/Stow Duration Multiplier Passively grants 20 Ammo Generation stat. (50% more than 1 Ammo Generation armor mod)

Pulse Monitor

Refills Magazine from reserves upon dropping to 30% Shield Health. Can activate while stowed. Grants 50 Handling and a 0.95x Ready/Stow Animation Duration Multiplier while at or below 30% Shield Health. Buff lingers for 1 second once the condition is no longer met.

Wellspring

On Weapon Kill: Grants 8% Ability Energy split equally amongst all uncharged abilities. Abilities with multiple charges only receive one third of the ability energy normally split to them once they have a full ability charge ready. Ability energy gained may be significantly decreased based on your selected ability's Chunk Energy Scalar. Learn more about this mechanic in our explainer blog post on the Clarity website.

Snapshot Sights

Passively decreases the ADS Animation Duration: • 50% decrease on Primary Weapons • 20% decrease on Special Weapons

Kill Clip

Finishing a reload within 3.6 seconds of a kill grants 25% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stowing the weapon removes the buff. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Dragonfly

Precision Kills cause targets to explode, dealing up to 123.89 [95.3] weapon-matching elemental damage in a 4.5-meter radius.

Rampage

Weapon Kills grant a Stack of Rampage. Maximum of 3 Stacks. Stacks expire one at a time every 4.5 seconds. Grants a 10%|21%|33.1% damage increase at 1|2|3 Stacks. Does not buff the Splash/Explosive damage elements of other perks.

Box Breathing

Aiming Down Sights for 1.5 seconds without firing grants the following for a single shot: • 10% increased Aim Assist Falloff Distance • 40% increased precision damage (35% for Scout Rifles, 30% for Heavy Ammo Sniper Rifles) Timer starts as soon as the ADS input is pressed. Unscoping immediately removes the buff. For glaives (Greasy Luck), the projectile must strike the target's critical hitbox in order to recieve the 40% [35%] damage bonus.

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