{"id":16223,"date":"2024-10-14T23:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T23:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/?p=16223"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:39:54","slug":"destiny-2-ice-breaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/destiny-2-ice-breaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny 2 Ice Breaker guide | How to get Ice Breaker in Destiny 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Destiny 2, Ice Breaker is an Exotic Solar sniper rifle that drops randomly from the final encounter of the Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon. There is no guaranteed drop, so you farm the final boss and raise your odds by completing dungeon triumphs. This guide covers how the drop works, what the weapon&#39;s fixed perks do, and how to earn its catalyst.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-catalyst-Destiny-2-guide.webp\" alt=\"Ice Breaker exotic weapon in Destiny 2: History and lore\" class=\"wp-image-16225\" title=\"Epiccarry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-catalyst-Destiny-2-guide.webp 1792w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-catalyst-Destiny-2-guide-770x440.webp 770w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-catalyst-Destiny-2-guide-768x439.webp 768w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-catalyst-Destiny-2-guide-1536x878.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1792px) 100vw, 1792px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"what-is-ice-breaker-in-destiny-2\">What is Ice Breaker in Destiny 2?<\/h2>\n<p>Ice Breaker is an Exotic Special-ammo Solar sniper rifle manufactured by H\u00e4kke, with the serial number X-032782. It cannot be crafted, and getting it requires The Final Shape Dungeon Key.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Detail<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Value<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Weapon type<\/strong><\/td><td>Exotic sniper rifle<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ammo<\/strong><\/td><td>Special<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Element<\/strong><\/td><td>Solar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Source<\/strong><\/td><td>Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Craftable<\/strong><\/td><td>No<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/destiny-2\/boost\/beyond-light-raid-bundle\/\" class=\"blog-info\">\n    <div class=\"blog-info-svg\">\n        \n            \n            \n        \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-text\">\n        <p class=\"main-text\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Get Boost For All Destiny 2: Raids<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"subtext\" style=\"font-size:18px\">From Crota&#8217;s End to Last With \u2014 Boost them All!<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-media\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.epiccarry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/raid-bundle-1.webp\" alt=\"Raid Bundle for Destiny 2\" title=\"Epiccarry\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<h2 id=\"destiny-2-ice-breaker-stats\">Destiny 2 Ice Breaker stats<\/h2>\n<p>Ice Breaker fires at 49 RPM and holds 10 rounds in the magazine. Its Impact is 100, Range 72, Stability 38, Handling 40, Reload Speed 0, Aim Assistance 58, Zoom 35, Recoil 64 and Airborne Effectiveness 6. Precision shots deal 2761 damage in PvE and 497 in PvP.<\/p>\n<p>Ammo generation is tied to combatant rank: one round per two Minor kills, two rounds for Elites, and three rounds for minibosses and bosses.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-sniper-rifle-Destiny-2-guide.webp\" alt=\"Ice Breaker Solar damage sniper rifle perks\" class=\"wp-image-16227\" title=\"Epiccarry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-sniper-rifle-Destiny-2-guide.webp 1456w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-sniper-rifle-Destiny-2-guide-780x437.webp 780w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-exotic-sniper-rifle-Destiny-2-guide-768x430.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"ice-breaker-lore\">Ice Breaker lore<\/h2>\n<p>Ice Breaker was a H\u00e4kke design commissioned by the Vanguard and later outlawed for being dangerous before the design was stolen and replicated. In the Destiny 2 story, the Warlock Shayura finds an Ice Breaker in a derelict H\u00e4kke foundry while her Ghost scans records, which point to a Golden Age H\u00e4kke office in what was once Chicago. The weapon first appeared in the original Destiny and returned in Destiny 2 in Episode: Revenant as a Vesper&#39;s Host drop.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/How-to-get-Ice-Breaker-in-Destiny-2.webp\" alt=\"Ice Breaker exotic catalyst Destiny 2 guide\" class=\"wp-image-16228\" title=\"Epiccarry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/How-to-get-Ice-Breaker-in-Destiny-2.webp 1456w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/How-to-get-Ice-Breaker-in-Destiny-2-780x437.webp 780w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/How-to-get-Ice-Breaker-in-Destiny-2-768x430.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-get-ice-breaker\">How to get Ice Breaker<\/h2>\n<p>As with most other dungeon exotics, Ice Breaker is a random drop from the final encounter of Vesper&#39;s Host. You need The Final Shape Dungeon Key for the dungeon to be available.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get The Final Shape Dungeon Key so you can enter Vesper&#39;s Host.<\/li>\n<li>Fight through the dungeon to the final encounter and defeat the boss.<\/li>\n<li>Ice Breaker has a chance to drop from that final encounter.<\/li>\n<li>Complete Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon triumphs to increase the drop rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/destiny-2\/boost\/onslaught-farm\/\" class=\"blog-info\">\n    <div class=\"blog-info-svg\">\n        \n            \n            \n        \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-text\">\n        <p class=\"main-text\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>ONSLAUGHT CARRY<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"subtext\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Clear all 50 waves with Onslaught Destiny 2 carry!<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-media\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.epiccarry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/destiny-2-onslaught-farm-boost.webp\" alt=\"Get Onslaught Carry\" title=\"Epiccarry\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<h2 id=\"ice-breaker-perks\">Ice Breaker perks<\/h2>\n<p>Ice Breaker comes with a fixed set of perks rather than a random roll to chase.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Perk<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Effect<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>No Backpack<\/strong><\/td><td>Final blows or assists with any other weapon or ability have a chance to create ammo for Ice Breaker; defeating powerful combatants creates multiple rounds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ice Breaker<\/strong><\/td><td>Defeating a target makes them explode, and precision final blows or shattering a frozen target trigger an ignition<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p>It also carries Corkscrew Rifling, Accurized Rounds and Composite Stock.<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/destiny-2\/\" class=\"blog-info\">\n    <div class=\"blog-info-svg\">\n        \n            \n            \n        \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-text\">\n        <p class=\"main-text\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Destiny 2 Boost &amp; Carry<\/strong><\/p>\n        <p class=\"subtext\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Achieve Greatness in Destiny 2, Get Boosted &amp; Carried!<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"blog-info-media\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/destiny-2-boost-2.webp\" alt=\"Get Destiny 2 Boost &amp; Carry\" title=\"Epiccarry\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n<h2 id=\"ice-breaker-catalyst\">Ice Breaker catalyst<\/h2>\n<p>The catalyst adds Icing-Breaker: landing a hit on a slowed or frozen target has a chance to return the round to the magazine. Earning it starts with completing the Rogue Network quest and a few steps after it, which unlock a third digit slot in the secret loot room. You then solve a column puzzle in the puzzle room found by exiting toward the final boss and following the outer wall of the ship. The last step is running Vesper&#39;s Host with Ice Breaker equipped and finding four Stasis crystals, each showing a randomized number that together form a code you enter in the secret loot room.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first crystal is just after the first encounter, in the small room at the top of the stairs.<\/li>\n<li>The second is in the nuclear maze before the second encounter, behind some boxes.<\/li>\n<li>The third is after the second encounter, just after the large drop into the jumping puzzle.<\/li>\n<li>The fourth is in the tripwire room outside the secret loot room, on the far right wall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upgrading the catalyst requires 500 kills with Ice Breaker.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"is-ice-breaker-good-in-pve-and-pvp\">Is Ice Breaker good in PvE and PvP?<\/h2>\n<p>Ice Breaker sits at B-tier for PvE and A-tier for PvP. Because it needs final blows or assists from your other weapons and abilities to make ammo, it struggles to justify a slot in PvE over alternatives. In the Crucible it carries a solid stat package, and its perks are more useful there.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-perks-Destiny-2-explained.webp\" alt=\"Vesper\u2019s Host dungeon Ice Breaker drop rate\" class=\"wp-image-16229\" title=\"Epiccarry\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-perks-Destiny-2-explained.webp 1456w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-perks-Destiny-2-explained-780x437.webp 780w, https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Ice-Breaker-perks-Destiny-2-explained-768x430.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Destiny 2, Ice Breaker is an Exotic Solar sniper rifle that drops randomly from the final encounter of the Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon. There is no guaranteed drop, so you farm the final boss and raise your odds by completing dungeon triumphs. This guide covers how the drop works, what the weapon&#39;s fixed perks do, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_kind":[120],"ppma_author":[84],"class_list":["post-16223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d2","author-friolt"],"acf":{"faq_header":"","faq_items":[{"question":"<h3>What is Ice Breaker in Destiny 2?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>It is an Exotic Special-ammo Solar sniper rifle that drops from the Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>How do I get Ice Breaker?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>It is a random drop from the final encounter of Vesper&#39;s Host, and you need The Final Shape Dungeon Key to run the dungeon.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>Can I increase my chances of getting Ice Breaker?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>Yes \u2014 completing Vesper&#39;s Host dungeon triumphs increases the drop rate.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>Does Ice Breaker regenerate ammo over time?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>No. In Destiny 2 it creates ammo from final blows or assists with other weapons and abilities, not passively over time.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>How much ammo does Ice Breaker generate?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>Ammo is based on combatant rank: one round per two Minor kills, two rounds for Elites, and three rounds for minibosses and bosses.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>What perks does Ice Breaker have?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>No Backpack creates ammo from final blows or assists with other weapons and abilities, while Ice Breaker makes kills explode and triggers an ignition on precision final blows or shattering a frozen target.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>What is the Ice Breaker catalyst?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>Icing-Breaker, which gives a chance to return the round to the magazine when you hit a slowed or frozen target.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>How many kills do I need to upgrade the Ice Breaker catalyst?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>500 kills with Ice Breaker.<\/p>"},{"question":"<h3>Is Ice Breaker good in PvP?<\/h3>","answer":"<p>It is rated A-tier for PvP, while its PvE rating is B-tier.<\/p>"}],"wpwp_short_description":"Destiny 2 Ice Breaker is a Solar sniper that drops from Vesper's Host's final encounter \u2014 here's how the drop, perks, catalyst and ammo work.","wpwp_plus_for_views":""},"authors":[{"term_id":84,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"friolt","display_name":"friolt","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LemonGramStudios.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LemonGramStudios.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16223"},{"taxonomy":"post_kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_kind?post=16223"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epiccarry.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=16223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}