Nox Sidereal IV

Charge Time

667

Impact

90

Range

30

Stability

35

Handling

39

Reload Speed

33

Magazine

6

Aim Assistance

43

Zoom

15

Recoil Direction

81

+30

Airborne Effectiveness

7

Ammo Generation

31

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Clearing groups of Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Minor adds · Add groups · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Clown CartridgeAmbitious Assassin

  Trait 2

  Reservoir Burst

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorExtended BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced Battery

  Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/74733286 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For add group clearing, use Clown Cartridge or Ambitious Assassin to overflow the battery to use with Reservoir Burst, which boosts battery capacity and provides a ×1.25 (×1.275 when enhanced) damage boost when the battery is at or above maximum capacity, triggering a ~1-2m AoE explosion on a kill. If you can get close enough to reliably land shots, with the high one-mag damage this could also be a good burst damage weapon against orange and yellow-bar enemies. The Wild Card origin trait provides the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with an enhanced Charge Time mod or with your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr, CourtProjects and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 166 Season 28 World weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Clearing groups of Minor adds in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Minor adds · Add groups · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Clown CartridgeAmbitious Assassin

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorExtended BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced Battery

  Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/74733286 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For add group clearing, use Clown Cartridge or Ambitious Assassin to overflow the battery to use with Crystalline Corpsebloom which procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a Stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced) - these are weapon-generated entities so can inherit damage buffs, and proc weapon traits like Ambitious Assassin, and subclass fragments when shattered for AoE damage. The Wild Card origin trait provides the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with with an enhanced Charge Time mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr, CourtProjects and ImpetusAlways · PvE Podcast 166 Season 28 World weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Burst DPS against Banes, Elites, Champions or Minibosses, or shorter boss DPS windows in both general at-level or better, and end-game underleveled content.

  Bosses · Burst damage · Endgame
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Clown CartridgeDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Frenzy

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeChambered CompensatorExtended BarrelPolygonal Rifling

  Battery

  Any of

  Accelerated CoilsEnhanced Battery

  Nox Sidereal IV is an aggressive fusion rifle, which are rated B-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic offering the best one-mag boss DPS post-buff 9.5.0 in December 2025, although still a bit awkward to use on some bosses. The frame intrinsic fires three bursts of four bolts each in an increasingly wider spread as per the https://www.destiny2.science/ Destiny Data Compendium. The stats are poor by comparison with its peers - hopefully when the website's back https://d2foundry.gg/w/74733286 will show how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. First priority with the barrel perk is recoil control, and then with the magazine perk look for something that helps improve battery capacity or speeds up Charge Time. For burst damage when you're close enough not to worry about landing bolts, in the first trait perk column use Clown Cartridge to overflow the battery or Demolitionist to refill the battery on grenade use once the battery's empty with Frenzy which, after being in combat for 12s - that's dealing or taking damage, boosts damage by ×1.15 for a refreshable 7.2s and boosts Handling and Reload Speed by +100. The Wild Card origin trait provides the chance of Telesto-like "Experimental Submunitions" dropping on a kill - the number depends on the enemy tier - that last up to 10.5s and explode on contact or proximity to an enemy. Of less interest is Vanguard Vindication which provides up to ×3 stacks that reduces incoming damage at max to ×0.94 for a refreshable 10s (12.5s when enhanced), on kills within 20s of using a class ability. If you're interested, "Nox Sidereal" is a compound phrase derived from Latin, meaning "night of the stars". Recommended MW: Charge Time, with an enhanced Charge Time mod or your preferred choice of mod to boost weapon stats, ammo generation, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · Renegades weapons
• PvELoad roll

  "Even though this is a good archetype this is a seriously outdated perk pool." Recommended MW: Reload.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Clown CartridgeDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Crystalline CorpsebloomReservoir Burst

  Barrel

  Any of

  Arrowhead BrakeCorkscrew RiflingFluted BarrelHammer-Forged RiflingSmallbore

  Battery

  Enhanced Battery
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Renegades

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.

• Nox Sidereal IV