Exotic Hand Cannon

Malfeasance

Kinetic Kinetic Primary Hand Cannon Unstoppable

"Nothing kills a Guardian faster than another Guardian." —The Drifter

Malfeasance is an Exotic Hand Cannon in Destiny 2 that deals Kinetic damage from the Kinetic slot and uses primary ammo. Its signature exotic perk is Explosive Shadow. It comes with a fixed set of perks, including Taken Predator. You can get it from: An Exotic quest or challenge.

How to get Malfeasance

Malfeasance, the Kinetic hand cannon tied to Gambit, comes from the quest Darkness in the Light. It starts when you get the Seething Heart in Gambit and take it to the Drifter.

The Seething Heart: take it to the Drifter.
City of Secrets: defeat 25 Taken bosses or minibosses in the Dreaming City.
The Corrupted: complete the special version of The Corrupted strike.
Take the Depleted Weapon Core from Callum Sol’s grave to the Drifter.
Business As Usual: bank motes and win Gambit matches. Motes you drop count against you.
Lights Out: defeat Guardians in Gambit and pull off a strong invasion.
Return to the Drifter with the Dark Weapon Core to claim Malfeasance.

Catalyst

The catalyst drops from ritual activities (Vanguard, Crucible and Gambit) and needs 700 kills. It adds Vorpal Weapon to the hand cannon.

Perks

Explosive ShadowIntrinsic

Shoot tainted slugs that burrow into combatants. Stacking enough slugs causes them all to explode, stunning surviving combatants. Strong against [Stagger] Unstoppable Champions.

This version has a fixed roll: the perks above are always the same.

Exotic catalyst

Malfeasance Catalyst

Increased damage against bosses, vehicles, and Guardians with their Super active.

Base stats

Impact78

Range40

Stability80

Handling29

Reload Speed80

Aim Assistance50

Zoom14

Airborne Effectiveness53

Ammo Generation57

Rounds Per Minute180

Magazine14

Recoil Direction98

Base values from the game files, before barrels, magazines, mods and masterwork.

Overview & how to get it

Rarity: Exotic
Type: Hand Cannon
Element: Kinetic
Slot: Kinetic
Ammo: Primary
Champions: Unstoppable
Source: An Exotic quest or challenge.
Craftable: No

Lore

Malfeasance

Yes, I wrote you a note. I want you to burn this in your memory. If you're wielding this gun, I've already told you all this and more. But I want you to keep it fresh in mind. I want you to have this. You may need it. You and I have done a lot together in this system, and I hope and pray we'll get to do a lot more. It'll be a lot safer with you wearin' one of these. It's the culmination of a lot of things. Long time ago I set out to find a replacement for a weapon called Thorn. This will never be that, but to me, it's better. We built it together. And all of us, with this in hand? Even the Man with the Golden Gun should have pause. Maybe we can't out-shoot him. Maybe he can't be out-shot. But if we all take our shot together? We don't have to beat him to it. He'll die, too. Remember this. For when the day comes. —The Drifter