All Season Of The Deep Artifact Perks Explained

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Deep Artifact season explained

Destiny 2 Season of the Deep includes new artifacts that greatly enhance the effectiveness of Arcs, Voids, and Strands. This season’s artifacts offer some of Destiny 2’s most powerful passives to date, including the return of fan favorites like Lightning Strikes Twice and Counter Charge.

Related: Destiny 2: The Complete Guide to The Strand

New perk options give Void users access to certain Void Overshields, Strand users to unlimited Unraveling Rounds, and more. This guide covers all 25 artifact passives associated with Season of the Depths, their effects, and how to unlock them. It also outlines how the Artifact system works for new and returning players. Here are all the Artifact Perks you can get in Destiny 2’s Season of the Depths:

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This article briefly explains how each artifact perk works. We will be updating this article in the near future to provide exact values and traits for each passive.

Deep Artifact season explained

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anti-barrier auto rifle	Licensed Mods: Arc	Improved elucidation	Strand Soldier	conductive space needle
unstoppable hand cannon	Licensed Mods: Disabled	deeper origin	overcharged arsenal	shock and awe
overlord scout rifle	Licensed Mods: Strand	Unto the Bleach	protection breach	supernova
Overlord Trace Rifle	Licensed Mods: Melee Attack	electric armor	counter charge	team goals
Unstoppable Grave	technicolor siphon	Sanders Retort	amped up	lightning strikes twice

Season of the Deep Artifacts can be obtained after completing the Season Intro mission and talking to Thrawn in HELM. Once obtained, the Artifact can be accessed from the Guardian Menu.You can choose up to 12 passive bonuses anytime. Artifact respect is completely free and can be done per mod. Gaining XP will increase your Artifact Level, allowing you to activate more passives while increasing your Guardian’s Power Level for a given season.

Some mods on artifacts state that they grant overcharge to certain weapon categories. Overcharge is a buff present in endgame PvE activities that increases damage by 25%. All Champion Counters and Overcharge Armory passives grant Overcharge to their respective weapon types. This buff does not stack with Activity Surge, but does stack with the player’s buffs such as Weapon Damage perks and Weapon Surge mods found in Radiant and Leg Armor. Overcharge exists in Legendary Lost Sectors, Nightfall, Master Raids, and Master Dungeons.

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Related: Destiny 2: The Complete Guide to Weapon Crafting

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Destiny 2 Season of the Deep Artifact Column 1

anti-barrier auto rifle	Equipped Auto Rifles penetrate Barrier Champion shields. Additionally, Auto Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
unstoppable hand cannon	A short aim with the Hand Cannon loads an explosive payload to startle the Unstoppable champions. Additionally, Hand Cannons are always overcharged when their modifiers are active.
overlord scout rifle	Successive hits with the Scout Rifle stun Overlord Champions. Additionally, Scout Rifles are always overcharged when that modifier is active.
Overlord Trace Rifle	Successive hits with the Trace Rifle will stun Overlord Champions. Additionally, Trace Rifles are always overcharged when their modifiers are active.
Unstoppable Grave	Equipped glaives stagger combatants and stun Unstoppable champions. Additionally, Glaive is always overcharged when that modifier is active.

Column 1 Explanation of Benefits

anti-barrier auto rifle All Auto Rifles now deal damage to Barrier Champion shields and can stun them when broken. Anti-Barrier Counter also has an undisclosed trait that allows him to bypass the invulnerable parts of his PvE enemies that the weapon feeds on. This includes the Cabal Phalanx and its Taken variants of him, the Vex his Hydra Shield, a physical shield wielded by the Hobgoblin that actively restores HP. The Barrier Round also gives Crucible Titan his 20% damage bonus against his Barricade. Additionally, Auto Rifle counts as an Overcharge for his PvE activities in Endgame.

Overload Scout Rifles and Trace Rifles Gives both weapon types the Overload trait. Hitting the same target multiple times confuses the target, slows ability regeneration, and reduces damage output. Overlord His champion is stunned by this effect, and his standard PvE enemies are unable to use special abilities. Disruption effects are negligible in PvP and do not reduce a Guardian’s damage output.

Unstoppable Hand Cannons and Glaives Both weapon archetypes can stun Unstoppable champions. The Hand Cannon accomplishes this by aiming the sights at it for a short period of time and firing an explosive round, while the Glaive simply fires the projectile at its target. This explosive will stagger PvE enemies, but not bonus her damage.

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Destiny 2 Season of the Deep Artifact Column 2

If you unlock any of these perks, be sure to reinstall your armor mods to get your discount.

Licensed Mods: Arc	Great discounts on all Arc Armor mods.
Licensed Mods: Disabled	All Void Armor Mods are heavily discounted.
Licensed Mods: Strand	Great discounts on all Strand Armor mods.
Licensed Mods: Melee Attack	All armor mods that affect melee abilities are heavily discounted.
technicolor siphon	Unlocks additional armor mods that combine the effects of Strand Siphon and Arc Siphon.

Column 2 Explanation of Benefits

licensed mods Reduces the cost of all related mods to one Energy. For example, Authorized Mods: Arc reduces the cost of all Arc related mods by 1 point. This includes targeting mods, loaders, dexterity mods, reserve mods, scavengers, and holster mods. Hands-on, heavy-hand, impact induction, and momentum transfer are discounted in the melee variant.

technicolor siphon Adds a unique Siphon Mod to your helmet, combining Strand and Arc Siphon into one mod. Equipping a Technicolor Siphon requires 3 Energy. Stacking this mod increases the potency of orbs of power created by this mod.

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Improved elucidation	Unlocking the target increases the amount of damage dealt.
deeper origin	Greatly improves the benefits provided by the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rounds, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds origin traits.
Unto the Bleach	If you have a Void subclass equipped, killing a Void debuffed target will trigger a Void Breach.
electric armor	The Amplified buff lasts for 20 seconds when the Arc subclass is equipped.
Sanders Retort	Ark Super deals 25% more damage when cast while heavily wounded or amplified. It persists until the super ends.

Column Explanation of the three benefits

Improved elucidation Buffs the damage dealt by an unknown amount. We’ll update this section with exact numbers after we’ve tested it ourselves. Not sure if this works in PvP.

Defiant Armory Increases the potency of the Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rounds, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds origin traits. Unsated Hunger gives more energy, Nanotech Tracer Rounds deal more damage, and Noble Deeds give more powerful buffs. It is not known how Harminc Resonance will be affected by this perk. We will update this guide when we know more.

Unto the Bleach Works the same as Echo of Cessation Fragment, but works against all Void debuffs. Killing a volatile, suppressed, or weakened target causes Void Breach on the target’s corpse. Grabbing a breach restores class ability energy. Cessation has a 5 second cooldown between activations, so Unto the Breach could work as well. Both effects must stack.

electric armor Amplified buff lasts for an additional 5 seconds while in Arc subclass. Amplified normally lasts for 15 seconds, but this passive lasts for 20 seconds.

Sanders Retort Buffs all arc supers while you are crippled or amplified. If either condition is met, Arc Super deals 25% more damage. This works for both Roaming Supers and Instantcast Supers.

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Related: Destiny 2: The Complete Guide to Arc 3.0

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Destiny 2 Season of the Deep Artifact Column 4

Strand Soldier	If you have a Strand subclass equipped, earning Woven Mail also grants a Solving round to your Strand weapon.
overcharged arsenal	Weapons with Unsated Hunger, Nanotech Tracer Rounds, Harmonic Resonance, and Noble Deeds are overcharged.
protection breach	Picking up Void Breach grants Void Over Shield.
counter charge	Stunning a champion grants 1x armor charge.
amped up	Gain damage resistance while amplifying.

Explanation of the four column benefits

Strand Soldier Every time you win a Textile Mail, you are awarded a decryption round. Note that you need a Strand subclass for this passive to work, and you need a Strand weapon to benefit from Unraveling Rounds.

overcharged arsenal Grants overcharge buffs to guns introduced this season along with Neomna weapons. Overcharged weapons deal 25% more damage in his Legendary and Master tier PvE content.

protection breach Each Void Breach collected grants 10 seconds of Void Overshield. Breaches created by Void Fragments or the Unto the Breach Artifact passive can trigger this effect. Not sure if this has a cooldown.

counter charge Stunning a champion in PvE content grants a stack of Armor Charges. You can change this in Stacks on Stacks to grant two Armor Charge stacks. You can also use powerful Friends to give your allies an armor charge when you stun a champion. This is a useful tool for triggering leg armor surge mods.

amped up Grants an unknown amount of damage resistance while amplifying, stacking multiplicatively with other DR sources. Once we know the exact DR value for this effect, we will update this guide.

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Destiny 2 Season of the Deep Artifact Column 5

conductive space needle	Targets affected by Strand’s debuff take increased damage from Arc and Void abilities.
shock and awe	Arc delivers the final blow, and Amplify summons a burst of lightning that damages and shocks the target.
supernova	Picking up Void Breach causes the next Void damage source to generate a large debuff pulse.
team goals	Finishers will provide subclass keywords for allies depending on the currently equipped subclass element.
lightning strikes twice	Throwing an Ark grenade improves grenade regeneration for a short period of time. Ark kills extend the timer.

Explanation of the five column benefits

conductive space needle Targets affected by Suspend, Unravel, or Sever take more damage from Arc and Void abilities. I don’t know the exact value, but previous artifact mods like this one provided a 30% damage buff. Assuming this gives the same value.

shock and awe Similar to Thunderlord and Cloudstrike, Arc is killed while Amplified is emitting lightning. As soon as we know more about how this works, its damage, and whether this perk has a cooldown timer, we’ll update this section.

supernova Works similarly to Felwinter’s helm. Grabbing Void Breach causes the next Void Damage Source to cause an area blast that debuffs everyone tagged in the blast. The effect is that he is expected to provide a 15% weakening debuff, but could also provide 30% if it’s the same as Felwinter’s helm. I will test this and update the article when I know more.

team goals Performing a finisher buffs nearby allies. The subclass you have equipped determines the buff. Strand finishers grant woven mail, arc finishers grant amplification, and void finishers grant devour. It is unknown if those who run the finisher will receive these buffs.

lightning strikes twice Similar to how Heart of Inmost Light works, each Arc grenade thrown grants a grenade regeneration buff. This passive provides a 150% grenade regeneration boost for 5 seconds, increasing him by 3 seconds each time an arc kill lands. This buff cannot last longer than 20 seconds.

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