The Beacon - Legendary Fusion Rifle

The Beacon is a Fusion Rifle Solar Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Fusion Rifle - Solar - Special - Rapid-Fire Frame

Source: Guardian Games

They'll see you from space.

Deeper ammo reserves. Slightly faster reload when magazine is empty.

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

Accelerated Coils
Speeds up charge.
• Faster charge time
• Decreases impact damage
Enhanced Battery
Strong battery life.
• Increases magazine size
Ionized Battery
Large heavy battery.
• Greatly increases magazine size
• Greatly decreases reload speed
Liquid Coils
Slower-building charge for higher damage.
• Increases impact damage
• Slower charge time
Particle Repeater
Improves stability.
• Increases stability
Projection Fuse
Distance optimizations.
• Increases range

Lone Wolf
Slightly improves aim assist, aim down sights speed, and airborne effectiveness. Increases these effects when there are no nearby allies.
Overflow
Picking up Special or Heavy ammo automatically loads this weapon beyond normal capacity.
Demolitionist
Kills with this weapon generate grenade energy. Activating your grenade ability reloads this weapon from reserves.
Collective Pugilism
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of melee 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.
Rewind Rounds
When this weapon's magazine is empty, it refills from reserves based on the number of hits.
Envious Arsenal
Dealing damage with both other weapons before readying this weapon refills it from reserves.
Lead from Gold
Picking up Heavy ammo also grants ammo to this weapon.

Bait and Switch
Deal damage with all equipped weapons within a short time to give this weapon a damage boost.
Closing Time
Improves range, accuracy, and handling as the magazine gets lower.
Controlled Burst
Landing every shot in a burst grants this weapon increased damage and reduced charge time for a short duration.
Reservoir Burst
When the battery is full, your next burst deals additional damage and causes enemies to explode on death.
Burning Ambition
Dealing sustained damage scorches the target. Dealing damage to a scorched target inflicts scorch.
Successful Warm-Up
Each final blow increases charge/draw speed.
Deconstruct
Dealing sustained damage grants bonus damage against vehicles and constructs and refills ammo from reserves. Damage with Primary ammo or against constructs provides additional progress.

Constructs include barricades, turrets, Stasis crystals, and other objects created in the field.