Destiny 2: How to get the Cloudstrike Exotic Sniper Rifle (2024)

The Cloudstrike Exotic Sniper Rifle was introduced in Destiny 2 with the Beyond Light expansion. This expansion gave Guardians the Stasis ability, the first darkness-based subclass in the game. The Cloudstrike can be tricky to obtain, but it is probably one of the game's best snipers.

Since it's an Exotic weapon, it's bound to have a perk that makes it stand out. This article will discuss the weapon, its perks, and how Guardians can access it in Destiny 2.

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How to get the Cloudstrike in Destiny 2? (2024)

Since the weapon was introduced with the Beyond Light expansion, it's locked behind missions restricted to Europa only. Guardians who haven't purchased the expansion won't be able to get their hands on this weapon.

Empire Hunt (Image via Bungie)

To get this weapon, Guardians must complete Empire Hunts on Europa. In these Empire Hunts, Guardians should hunt down and defeat different members of Eramis' comrades. There are three different Empire Hunts in total, and these three missions have three different enemies. Here's a list of all the Empire Hunts and their respective bosses:

• The Warrior: Phylaks
• The Dark Priestess: Kridis
• The Technocrat: Praxis

All three Empire Hunts have small missions that Guardians need to complete before they can go on to face the final boss on Europa in Destiny 2. The Cloudstrike can be dropped from one of the three Empire Hunts mentioned above. Despite having different tiers of difficulties, the drop rate for the Cloudstrike remains the same for all of these missions. Therefore, any of these missions on a high difficulty is recommended in Destiny 2.

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How to unlock Empire Hunts in Destiny 2?

Variks upgrade screen in Destiny 2 (Image via Bungie)

While completing Empire Hunts is one part of the story, being able to unlock them is a different tale altogether. Guardians must finish the primary part of the Beyond Light campaign before they can start playing these missions.

Guardians will have to complete these Empire Hunts once during the campaign. Once the campaign is complete, Guardians can replay these Empire Hunts repeatedly in exchange for Herealways Pieces. This can be done by visiting Variks on Europa in Destiny 2.

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Cloudstrike curated Rolls and more

Cloudtsrike Sniper Rifle in Destiny 2 (Image via Bungie)

The Cloudstrike is an Exotic Sniper Rifle. It has an intrinsic perk known as Mortal Polarity. With this perk, whenever a Guardian hits a precision final blow, a lightning strike hits the area. It also has another perk known as Stormbringer. With this perk, whenever Guardians hit rapid precision blows, a lightning storm appears at the point of impact.

Apart from this, Cloudstrike comes with perks like Fluted Barrel, Alloy Magazine, and Hand-Laid Stock. All three perks make it more stable, and the Alloy Magazine perk increases the reload speed.

Overall, the Cloudstrike is a powerful weapon that Guardians can use in the game. Moreover, with the Arc 3.0 rework, this weapon found its place among the many Arc synergies that Guardians can work with.