Until Its Return - Legendary Shotgun

Until Its Return is a Shotgun Strand Special in Destiny 2. Review its base stats, perk pool, and masterwork options.

Weapon overview

Shotgun - Strand - Special - Rapid-Fire Frame

Source: Season of the Deep Activities

The day will come.

Fires full auto with deeper ammo reserves. Faster reload when weapon is empty.

Rifled Barrel
Ranged shotgun barrel.
• Increases range
• Greatly decreases handling speed
Smoothbore
Smooth shotgun barrel. Greatly increases range at the cost of more projectile spread.
Smallbore
Dual strength barrel.
• Increases range
• Increases stability
Barrel Shroud
Balanced shotgun barrel.
• Increases stability
• Increases handling speed
Corkscrew Rifling
Balanced barrel.
• Slightly increases range and stability
• Slightly increases handling speed
Full Choke
Tightened barrel. Reduces projectile spread when aiming down sights at the cost of precision damage.

Appended Mag
This weapon's magazine is built for higher capacity.
• Increases magazine size
Tactical Mag
This weapon has multiple tactical improvements.
• Slightly increases stability
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases magazine size
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
Steady Rounds
This magazine is optimized for recoil control.
• Greatly increases stability
• Slightly decreases range
• Increases airborne effectiveness
Accurized Rounds
This weapon can fire longer distances.
• Increases range
Light Mag
Improved reload and range.
• Increases reload speed
• Slightly increases range

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.
Overflow
Picking up Special or Heavy ammo automatically loads this weapon beyond normal capacity.
Ensemble
Improved handling and reload speed when allies are nearby.
Auto-Loading Holster
The holstered weapon is automatically reloaded after a short period of time.
Threat Detector
Increased reload, stability, and handling when enemies are in close proximity.
Offhand Strike
Final blows grant additional weapon range, stability, and accuracy when firing from the hip for a short duration.
Steady Hands
Kills provide improved handling for all weapons for a short duration.

Collective Action
Collecting an Elemental pickup or destroying a Tangle grants this weapon a stacking period of increased damage. Throwing a Tangle provides additional time.

Elemental pickups include [Solar]Firesprites, [Void]Void Breaches, [Arc]Ionic Traces, [Stasis]Stasis Shards, and [Strand]Strand Tangles.
Trench Barrel
After a successful melee hit, this weapon gains increased damage, handling, and reload speed for a short duration—or until three shots are fired.
Harmony
Final blows with other weapons improve this weapon's damage and performance for a short duration.
Cascade Point
Final blows or sustained precision hits with another weapon increase this weapon's rate of fire for a short duration.
Surrounded
This weapon gains bonus damage when three or more enemies are in close proximity.
Adrenaline Junkie
This weapon gains increased damage and handling from final blows with grenades or this weapon.
Vorpal Weapon
Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.

Unsated Hunger
Increased handling, reload speed, and stability when no abilities are fully charged.

Swords gain increased guard resistance and charge rate instead.