Dawn Far Off - Legendary Machine Gun

Dawn Far Off is a Machine Gun Solar Heavy in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Machine Gun - Solar - Heavy - Aggressive Frame

Source: Monument of Triumph

One shot at a time.

Weapon frame

Aggressive Frame

High damage, high recoil.

Base stats

StatValue
Impact33
Range42
Stability50
Handling39
Reload Speed38
Aim Assistance52
Zoom16
Airborne Effectiveness17
Ammo Generation35
Rounds Per Minute600
Magazine64
Recoil Direction76

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

  • Burning Ambition
    Dealing sustained damage scorches the target. Dealing damage to a scorched target inflicts scorch.
  • Light Touch
    This weapon gains reload speed, handling, and aim down sight speed when you are amplified, radiant, or have Devour.
  • Subsistence
    Defeating targets partially reloads the magazine from reserves.
  • Triple Tap
    Rapidly landing precision hits will return one round to the magazine.
  • Collective Demolition
    Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of grenade energy generation on hit. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

    Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.
  • Impromptu Ammunition
    Final blows increase ammo meter progress from all sources for a short time.
  • Attrition Orbs
    Dealing sustained damage creates an Orb of Power.

Right column perks

  • Incandescent
    Defeating a target spreads scorch to those nearby.
    More powerful combatants and opposing Guardians cause scorch in a larger radius.
  • Killing Tally
    Kills increase this weapon's damage until it is stowed or reloaded.
  • Aggregate Charge
    This weapon deals more damage for each elemental debuff applied to the target.
  • Target Lock
    Damage increases the longer this weapon remains on a target.
  • Binary Orbit
    Elemental final blows opposite this weapon increase damage for a short duration. Darkness final blows boost Arc, Solar, and Void weapons. Light final blows boost Stasis, Strand, and Kinetic weapons.
  • Redirection
    Damaging rank-and-file combatants increases damage against more powerful ones.
  • Meganeura
    Precision final blows create an elemental damage explosion that deals more damage based on the number of rapid precision hits dealt beforehand.

Origin trait or grip options

  • Dream Work
    Once per reload, assists or assisted final blows partially refill the weapon from reserves and increase reload speed for a short duration. Bows receive faster draw time.

Masterwork options