Legend lost sector exotic drop rate

Legend and Master Lost Sectors can be challenging activities, especially for the average player. But no matter your skills, whether you can speedrun a Master Lost Sector or can barely complete a Legendary one, you need to make sure you bring weapons with matching elements and armor with the necessary Champions mods.

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Best Lost Sectors to farm?
Farming and drop rates
Lost Sectors in Destiny 2
Exotic armor rewards
Lost Sectors farm: Level Requirements
How often do you get exotics from legendary lost sectors?
Do Legend Lost sectors drop exotic?
What is the exotic drop rate for master lost sectors?
What exotics can drop from lost sectors?

Best Lost Sectors to farm?

It’s common knowledge that Lost Sectors were not created equal. Some are much easier and/or faster to complete than others. This is how we rank every Lost Sector on rotation this season, from easiest to farm to hardest:

Lost SectorsLocationBurnTierClear timeElemental ShieldsChampionsThe QuarryEDZ

Void

❘ S

2:40

Solar

Unstoppable

Barrier

Excavation Site XIIEDZ

Solar

❘ S

2:23

Arc

Unstoppable

Barrier

Skydock IVEDZ

Solar

❘ S

2:31

Solar

Void

Unstoppable

Barrier

Concealed VoidEuropa

Solar

❘ A

3:13

Solar

Void

Overload

Barrier

The ConfluxNessus

Solar

❘ A

3:03

Void

Unstoppable

Barrier

PerditionEuropa

Arc

❘ B

4:08

Arc

Void

Overload

Barrier

Scavenger’s DenEDZ

Solar

❘ B

3:33

Arc

Overload

Barrier

Bunker E15Europa

Void

❘ B

4:09

Void

Overload

Barrier

K1 LogisticsMoon

Void

❘ C

5:01

Arc

Solar

Overload

Barrier

K1 Crew QuartersMoon

Arc

❘ C

3:45

Solar

Overload

Barrier

K1 CommunionMoon

Solar

❘ D

4:33

Solar

Overload

Barrier

The RiftNessus

Void

Ongoing...

Solar

Void

Overload

Barrier

This table also includes all the Elemental Shields and Champions you’ll need to prepare for, in case you decide to farm a Lost Sector.

These are the different Tier levels used for our list:

S Tier – Best: Fastest Lost Sectors to farm. We absolutely recommend you farm these.
A Tier – Strong: Not the fastest, but still great Lost Sectors to farm due to their fast clear times.
B Tier – Average: Average Lost Sector to farm (passable length and difficulty).
C Tier – Weak: Poor Lost Sectors to farm, either due to their length or difficulty.
D Tier – Worst: The absolute worst Lost Sectors to farm, either due to their length or difficulty.

Farming and drop rates

Bungie doesn’t provide any official figures regarding drop rates other than their very vague “rare” or “common” indications. Luckily, some very dedicated Guardians have put in the work to run and track hundreds of Legend Lost Sectors. Reddit user LostSectorLoony ran 600+ Lost Sectors. These were his findings:

From a total of 604 Lost Sectors, he received 138 exotic drops for a total drop rate of 22.85%.

Another important finding to keep in mind is that “run time does not seem to affect drop rates.” In other words, run faster Lost Sectors when possible

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Sepulcher, a new Destiny 2 Lost Sector

How to unlock Legend & Master Lost Sectors? You’ll need to complete the normal version of the Lost Sector and reach 1510 Power Level to even see them in the Director.

Lost Sectors in Destiny 2

There are currently 37 Lost Sectors in Destiny 2. That said, only Legend/Master Lost Sectors are worth your time:

DestinationLost SectorAreaLegend/Master?NessusThe Carrion PitGlade of EchoesNoNessusConfluxThe CisternYesNessusAncient’s HauntThe TangleNoNessusRiftExodus BlackYesNessusOrreryArtifact’s EdgeNoEDZAtriumTrostlandNoEDZWidow’s WalkTrostlandNoEDZTerminus EastTrostlandNoEDZThe DrainOutskirtsNoEDZScavenger’s DenOutskirtsYesEDZWhispered FallsOutskirtsNoEDZPathfinder’s CrashFirebase HadesNoEDZExcavation Site XIIFirebase HadesYesEDZThe PitFirebase HadesNoEDZThe WeepWinding CoveNoEDZSkydock IVSunken IslesNoEDZThe QuarrySunken IslesYesEDZFlooded ChasmThe GulchNoEDZHallowed GraveThe SludgeNoEDZCavern of SoulsThe SludgeNoEDZShaft 13The SludgeNoCosmodromeExodus GardenThe DivideYesCosmodromeVeles LabyrinthForgotten ShoreYesDreaming CityBay of Drowned WishesDivalian MistsYesDreaming CityAphelion’s RestThe StrandYesDreaming CityChamber of StarlightRheasilviaYesMoonK1 LogisticsArcher’s LineYesMoonK1 CommunionAnchor of LightYesMoonK1 Crew QuartersHellmouthYesMoonK1 RevelationSorrow’s HarborYesEuropaConcealed VoidAsterion AbyssYesEuropaBunker E15Eventide RuinsYesEuropaPerditionCadmus RidgeYesThrone WorldExtractionTBCYesThrone WorldMetamorphosisTBCYesThrone WorldSepulcherTBCYes

Out of the 37 Lost Sectors in Destiny 2, only 19 offer Legend and Master versions.

Concealed Void Lost Sector featured

Legend Lost Sector, Concealed Void

Exotic armor rewards

Before these were introduced, it was nearly impossible to farm Exotic armor in Destiny 2. With so many Exotic weapons and armor pieces available, the RNG to find the armor you wanted was too severe. Legend and Master Lost Sectors finally changed that, as they limit the possible rewards to only one armor slot per day: Helm, arms, chest, legs, and class item.

The Witch Queen Exotic armor Destiny 2 featured

Equally important, these Lost Sectors are the only way to acquire the latest Exotic armor released since Beyond Light.

ArmorClassTypeRequirementsSourceReleasedRequiresExotic Perk

Fallen Sunstar Warlock Exotic

Fallen Sunstar

WarlockHelmThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 18

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Ionic traces you create move faster and grant you additional ability energy. Nearby allies also gain ability energy when you collect an ionic trace."

Gyrfalcon's Hauberk Hunter Exotic

Gyrfalcon's Hauberk

HunterChestThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 18

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Your weapons gain a bonus to damage briefly after you emerge from being invisible. When you are invisible and defeat a combatant using a finisher, you and your nearby allies gain a reserve overshield and improved class ability regen. These reserve overshields can be deployed by using a class ability."

Point-Contact Cannon Brace Titan Exotic

Point-Contact Cannon Brace

TitanArmsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 18

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Defeating targets with your Thunderclap melee restores melee energy. Targets near you when you use your Thunderclap suffer lightning strikes; being amplified increases the range of these lightning strikes."

Second Chance Titan Destiny 2 art

Second Chance

TitanArmsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 17

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Gain a second charge of your Shield Throw melee, which becomes shield-piercing and stuns Barrier Champions."

Caliban's Hand Hunter Destiny 2 art

Caliban's Hand

HunterArmsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 17

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Your Proximity Knife scorches targets it damages with its explosions, or ignites targets on a direct hit. After throwing a Proximity Knife, you gain increased melee regeneration until the knife explodes."

Rain of Fire Warlock Destiny 2 art

Rain of Fire

WarlockLegsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 17

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Air dodge reloads all of your weapons and improves the airborne effectiveness of Fusion Rifles and Linear Fusion Rifles; final blows with these weapons make you radiant."

Loreley Splendor Helm Titan Destiny 2 art

Loreley Splendor Helm

TitanHelmThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "When you have Sun Warrior, your Sunspots heal you. When you are critically wounded, create a Sunspot at your location."

Hoarfrost-Z Titan Destiny 2 art v2

Hoarfrost-Z

TitanChestThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "When using the Stasis subclass, your Barricade becomes a wall of Stasis crystals that slows nearby targets when created. Standing behind this barricade will grant you and your allies increased weapon reload speed, stability, and range."

Blight Ranger Hunter Destiny 2 art

Blight Ranger

HunterHelmThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Attacks you redirect with your Arc Staff deal massively increased damage and generate Orbs of Power for your allies."

Renewal Grasps Hunter Destiny 2 art

Renewal Grasps

HunterArmsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Your Duskfield grenades have a much larger effect radius. Allies inside the Duskfield take reduced damage and targets inside the area deal reduced damage."

Osmiomancy Gloves Warlock Destiny 2 art

Osmiomancy Gloves

WarlockArmsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Your Coldsnap grenades have an additional charge that recharges quicker on direct impact. The seeker spawned from Coldsnap grenades travels further."

Secant Filaments Warlock Destiny 2 art

Secant Filaments

WarlockLegsThe Witch QueenLost SectorsSeason 16

The Witch Queen

Exotic Perk: "Casting an empowering rift will grant you Devour. Damage dealt by you and your allies from within your empowering rift will disrupt combatants."

Nothing Manacles Destiny 2 art

Nothing Manacles

WarlockArmsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 15

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "You gain an additional Scatter Grenade charge. Enables tracking for Scatter Grenade projectiles."

No Backup Plans Destiny 2 art

No Backup Plans

TitanArmsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 15

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "When you have full melee energy, Shotgun final blows activate your Defensive Strike and consume your melee energy. Shotgun final blows also give you melee energy."

Radiant Dance Machines Destiny 2 art

Radiant Dance Machines

HunterLegsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 15

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Activating your dodge ability while near targets allows you to dodge additional times for a short period."

The Path of Burning Steps Titan Destiny 2

The Path of Burning Steps

TitanLegsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 14

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Solar final blows periodically grant you an escalating bonus to weapon damage. You are harder to slow or freeze with Stasis, and when you break out, you take no damage from doing so, creating a burst of Solar energy around yourself."

Star Eater Scales Destiny 2 art

Star-Eater Scales

HunterLegsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 14

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "You gain additional Super energy from Orbs of Power you pick up. While your Super energy is full, picking up an Orb of Power overcharges your Super, causing you to gain a burst of healing when cast and a bonus to your Super damage. At maximum overcharge, you also gain an overshield."

Boots of the Assembler Destiny 2 art

Boots of the Assembler

WarlockLegsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 14

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Standing in a healing rift creates Noble Seekers that seek out allies that are not in a rift and heal them. Noble Seekers from Empowering rift grant both you and your ally a damage bonus. Each time a Noble Seeker finds one of your allies, the duration of your rift is briefly extended."

Cuirass of the Falling Star Titan Destiny 2

Cuirass of the Falling Star

TitanChestBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 13

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Greatly increases your Thundercrash impact damage. Gain an overshield that lasts longer the farther you travel before striking a target."

Omnioculus Destiny 2 art

Omnioculus

HunterChestBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 13

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "You gain a second Smoke Bomb charge and have damage resistance while invisible. When you make an ally invisible, they gain damage resistance while invisible and you gain melee energy."

Mantle of Battle Harmony Destiny 2 art

Mantle of Battle Harmony

WarlockChestBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 13

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Takedowns with weapons that have a damage type matching your subclass element grant you Super energy. While your Super energy is full, you instead gain a temporary bonus to weapon damage of the type matching your subclass element."

Precious Scars Titan Destiny 2

Precious Scars

TitanHelmBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Final blows from weapons with a damage type matching your subclass energy create a burst of healing around you. After reviving or being revived, you gain an aura that provides overshields to you and nearby allies."

Icefall Mantle Titan Destiny 2

Icefall Mantle

TitanArmsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Replaces your Barricade ability with a personal overshield. When you activate your Barricade, you create a burst around yourself that slows combatants. While you have the overshield, you are slowed and Barricade does not recharge."

Mask of Bakris Destiny 2 art

Mask of Bakris

HunterHelmBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Replaces your Stasis subclass Dodge ability with a longer range, faster-moving Shift that partially cloaks you during use. After Shifting, your Arc weapons deal increased damage to combatants for a short time, and you deal increased damage to all slowed or frozen combatants."

Dawn Chorus Destiny 2 art

Dawn Chorus

WarlockHelmBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Your Daybreak projectiles cause targets to burn on contact and deal more damage to them. All of your burn effects last longer, and you gain a small amount of melee energy each time one of your burns damage a target."

Athrys's Embrace Destiny 2 art

Athrys's Embrace

HunterArmsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Weighted Knife gains a second bounce. Rapid precision hits with your weapons grant Weighted Knife a significant damage bonus and the ability to stun unshielded combatants for a short time."

Necrotic Grip Destiny 2 art

Necrotic Grip

WarlockArmsBeyond LightLost SectorsSeason 12

Beyond Light

Exotic Perk: "Damaging combatants envenoms them with poison that deals increasing damage over time. Defeating a poisoned combatant spreads the condition to nearby targets."

Lost Sectors farm: Level Requirements

If you’re interested in farming Legend and/or Master Lost Sectors, you need to have a proper Power Level (including your Artifact’s bonus Power):

DifficultyLegendMasterRecommended Power15801610Exotic armor (if solo)RareCommon

Needless to say, these aren’t easy and the least you should do is ensure you have a reasonable Power Level. By reasonable, we mean no less than 10 Power Levels below the recommended levels.

Hopefully, you now have everything you need to know how to best farm Lost Sectors to find exactly the type of Exotic armor you need.

How often do you get exotics from legendary lost sectors?

Every day, two Lost Sectors will be of Legend and Master difficulty, rewarding a chance at an Exotic for anyone that can solo it. Check out our Destiny 2 Lost Sectors guide if you're struggling to find any. As of The Witch Queen (February 22, 2022), the Legend and Master Lost Sectors will be the same each day.

Do Legend Lost sectors drop exotic?

Reward: Completing the daily Legend or Master Lost Sector solo has the chance to drop exotic armor. Access: Legend and Master Lost Sectors will not be visible to Guardians below 1510+ Power. Exotic Armor: Completing the daily Lost Sector solo has the chance to drop exotic armor.