Yesteryear - Legendary Pulse Rifle

Yesteryear is a Pulse Rifle Void Primary in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Pulse Rifle - Void - Primary - Adaptive Frame

Source: Complete Gambit matches and earn rank-up packages from the Drifter.

"Best way to forgive is to forget." —The Drifter

Weapon frame

Adaptive Frame

A well-rounded grip, reliable and sturdy.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact29
Range43
Stability48
Handling42
Reload Speed42
Aim Assistance59
Zoom17
Airborne Effectiveness17
Ammo Generation52
Rounds Per Minute390
Magazine35
Recoil Direction50

Available perks

Barrel or sight options

  • Arrowhead Brake
    Lightly vented barrel.
    • Greatly controls recoil
    • Increases handling speed
  • Chambered Compensator
    Stable barrel attachment.
    • Increases stability
    • Moderately controls recoil
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Corkscrew Rifling
    Balanced barrel.
    • Slightly increases range and stability
    • Slightly increases handling speed
  • Extended Barrel
    Weighty barrel extension.
    • Increases range
    • Decreases handling speed
    • Moderately controls recoil
  • Fluted Barrel
    Ultra-light barrel.
    • Greatly increases handling speed
    • Slightly increases stability
  • Full Bore
    Barrel optimized for distance.
    • Greatly increases range
    • Decreases stability
    • Slightly decreases handling speed
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
    Durable ranged barrel.
    • Increases range
  • Polygonal Rifling
    Barrel optimized for recoil reduction.
    • Increases stability
  • Smallbore
    Dual strength barrel.
    • Increases range
    • Increases stability

Magazine or battery options

  • Extended Mag
    This weapon has a greatly increased magazine size, but reloads much slower.
    • Greatly increases magazine size
    • Greatly decreases reload speed
    • Increases airborne effectiveness
  • Alloy Magazine
    Faster reload when the magazine is nearly empty.
  • Appended Mag
    This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
    • Increases magazine size
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
    Rounds cause extra damage to combatants' shields and overpenetrate targets.
    • Slightly increases range
  • High-Caliber Rounds
    Shots from this weapon knock the target back farther.
    • Slightly increases range
  • Ricochet Rounds
    Rounds ricochet off hard surfaces.
    • Increases stability
    • Slightly increases range
  • Flared Magwell
    Optimized for fast reloading.
    • Slightly increases stability
    • Greatly increases reload speed
  • Light Mag
    Improved reload and range.
    • Increases reload speed
    • Slightly increases range

Left column perks

  • Ensemble
    Improved handling and reload speed when allies are nearby.
  • Ambitious Assassin
    Overflows the magazine based on the number of rapid kills before reloading.
  • Well-Rounded
    Throwing a grenade or hitting a target with a charged melee grants a stacking bonus to weapon stability, handling, and range.

    Using a Super grants maximum stacks.
  • Subsistence
    Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
  • Steady Hands
    Kills provide improved handling for all weapons for a short duration.
  • Tunnel Vision
    Reloading after defeating a target greatly increases target acquisition and aim down sight speed for a short duration.
  • Outlaw
    Precision kills greatly decrease reload time.
  • Perpetual Motion
    This weapon gains bonus stability, handling, and reload speed while the wielder is in motion.
  • Compulsive Reloader
    Grants increased reload speed when close to full magazine.
  • Slideways
    Sliding partially reloads this weapon's magazine and temporarily boosts handling and stability.
  • Under Pressure
    Improved stability and accuracy as the magazine gets lower.
  • Heating Up
    Final blows with this weapon increase accuracy and stability while improving vertical recoil.

Right column perks

  • Golden Tricorn
    Final blows with this weapon grant bonus damage. While this buff is active, grenade or melee kills of the same damage type greatly increase its damage and duration.
  • Repulsor Brace
    Defeating a Void-debuffed target grants an overshield.
  • Eye of the Storm
    This weapon becomes more accurate and boosts handling as your health gets lower.
  • Desperado
    Reloading after a precision final blow or after rapidly defeating targets increases your rate of fire.
  • Rampage
    Kills with this weapon temporarily grant increased damage. Stacks 3x.
  • Pugilist
    Final blows with this weapon generate melee energy.
    Dealing melee damage briefly improves this weapon's handling.
  • Under-Over
    Deals bonus damage to targets with overshields. Deals a small amount of bonus damage to combatant shields.
  • Gutshot Straight
    Aiming down sights increases body shot damage, decreases target acquisition.
  • Multikill Clip
    Reloading grants increased damage based on the number of rapid final blows made beforehand.
  • Focused Fury
    Dealing a portion of the magazine as precision damage grants this weapon bonus damage. The shot count is reset whenever the weapon is reloaded or stowed.
  • Dragonfly
    Precision kills create an elemental damage explosion.
  • Wellspring
    Kills with this weapon generate ability energy. This energy is divided between your uncharged abilities.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Gun and Run
    Defeating targets builds stacks of Gun and Run for a short duration. Sprinting for a short time consumes a stack to partially reload this weapon's magazine from reserves; on Bows, this briefly improves draw speed.
  • Suros Synergy
    Reloading grants this weapon bonus handling and reduces incoming flinch for a short time.

Masterwork options