Wayfinder Compass & Artifact Mods for Season of the Lost

Season of the Lost is here and that means that we have a new Artifact to level to get access to this season’s artifact mods. This season’s artifact is the Wayfinder Compass which is an Awoken artifact that aids in the art of Wayfinding, or traversing the ley lines that connect the material world and the Ascendant Plane.

As with each season, Bungie curates the artifact mods to shift the overall sandbox and encourage Guardians to try new weapons and playstyles. This season is no different with this batch of exotics leaning towards Solar & Stasis subclasses as well as Fusion Rifles, Swords, and Linear Fusion Rifles.

Check out everything you need to know about the Wayfinder Compass and artifact mods in our complete guide!

Leveling Your Wayfinder’s Compass

Bungie always does a great job at coming up with powerful armor mods to shake up the game’s meta each season. However, you have to level your seasonal artifact before you can get your hands on them and that can take some time, especially if you’re a casual player.

To get your Seasonal Artifact to max level:

• Pick up all of the daily and repeatable bounties in the Tower, i.e. Vanguard, Crucible, Gambit, & Gunsmith
• Go to the H.E.L.M. and pick up the daily bounties there, i.e. Wayfinder Compass and Splicer Servitor
• Do them.

There is no faster way to level your artifact than just doing bounties. It isn’t the most enjoyable way to play the game, but bounties reward a serious amount of experience and there’s a TON that are available to players now. If the ones I listed aren’t your speed, you can go to any of the vendors below to snag their stock of bounties.

Destiny 2 Bounty Vendors:

• The Tower: Vanguard, Crucible, Gambit, Gunsmith
• The H.E.L.M.: Splicer Servitor and Wayfinder Compass
• Europa: Variks at Charon’s Crossing
• Cosmodrome: Shaw Han at his janky base
• The Moon: Eris Morn (Daily & repeatable bounties only)
• EDZ: Devrim Kay (Only 3x daily bounties)
• Nessus: Failsafe (Only 3x daily bounties)

The bounties from Petra Venj and Spider don’t award XP so if you’re grabbing bounties to level your Compass, you’ll want to pass on those two vendors.

Artifact Mods for Season of the Lost

Below is a complete list of every artifact mod that’s on the Wayfinder Compass as well as how much energy they cost and what armor piece they go on.

First Column

• Anti-barrier Auto Rifle: Auto riles you are wielding fire shield-piercing rounds and stun Barrier Champions. Auto Rifles deal bonus damage against Barrier Champions.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Overload Bow: Damage by fully drawn arrows disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability regeneration and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Unstoppable Pulse Rifle: Aiming down Pulse Rifle sights loads a high-impact burst that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Unstoppable Sidearm: Aiming down sights with any Sidearm you are wielding loads a powerful explosive payload that stuns unshielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Disrupting Blade: Landing consecutive hits with any Sword you are wielding disrupts combatants, stunning them, delaying ability energy regeneration and lowering combatant damage output.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 6x energy.

Second Column

The artifact mods in this column require you to have purchased at least 1 mod in the first column.

• Hands on: Gain bonus Super energy on melee kills.
  • Helmet armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Shotgun Dexterity: Faster ready and stow speed for shotguns.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Sword Scavenger: Swords get larger bonus reserves when you pick up ammo. (Equipping additional copies of this mod provides no benefit.)
  • Leg armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Fusion Rifle Loader: Increased reload speed of Fusion Rifles.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Linear Fusion Rifle Targeting: Improved target acquisition, accuracy, and aim-down-sights speed for Linear Fusion Rifles.
  • Helmet armor mod that costs 1x energy.

Third Column

The artifact mods in this column require you to have purchased at least 4 mods in the previous first and/or second columns.

• Auto Rifle Loader: Increased reload speed of auto rifles.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Shotgun Ammo Finder: Increases your chance of finding ammo while you have a shotgun equipped.
  • Helmet armor mod that costs 1x energy.
• Passive Guard: Receive less damage from combatants that are close to you while you are wielding a sword.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 6x energy.
• Fusion Scavenger: Fusion Rifles and Linear Fusion Rifles get bonus reserves when picking up ammo used by that fusion / linear fusion rifle.
  • Leg armor mod that costs 3x energy.
• Sidearm Dexterity: Faster ready and stow speed for Sidearms.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 1x energy.

Fourth Column

The artifact mods in this column require you to have purchased at least 7 mods in the previous first, second, and/or third columns.

• Unstoppable Fusion Rifles: Aiming down Fusion Rifle and Linear Fusion Rifle sights loads a high-impact burst that stuns shielded combatants. Strong against Unstoppable Champions.
  • Arms armor mod that costs 6x energy.
• Withering Heat: Causing damage with a Solar ability weapons Champions for a short duration.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 6x energy.
• Resonance Siphon: Gain Stasis ability energy whenever you or a member of your Fireteam stuns a Champion.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 2x energy.
• Thermoclastic Strike: Solar and Stasis melees disrupt combatants, stunning them, delaying ability regeneration, and lowering combatant damage output. Strong against Overload Champions. Refresh your melee ability whenever you or a member of your fireteam stuns and Overload Champion.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 3x energy.
• Fire and Ice: Defeating a Champion spawns a random array of Solar and Stasis Wells.
  • Armor mod that costs 1x energy.

Fifth Column

The artifact mods in this column require you to have purchased at least 10 mods in the previous first, second, third, and/or fourth columns.

• Well of Potency: Picking up a matching elemental well grants you Super energy.
  • Armor mod that costs 5x energy.
• Pyretic Embrace: Casting a Solar Super restores you to full health and shields.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 4x energy.
• Thermoclastic Booming: Defeating a combatant with a Solar or Stasis melee creates an Orb of Power.
  • Armor mod that costs 2x energy.
• Focusing Lens: Your Light abilities do bonus damage to combatants affected by Stasis.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 3x energy.
• Particle Deconstruction: Dealing damage to a combatant with a Fusion Rifle or Linear Fusion Rifle grants bonus damage with a Fusion Rifle or Linear Fusion Rifle against that combatant for a short duration. This effect stacks up to 5 times.
  • Class item armor mod that costs 7x energy.