The Whisper of the Worm is a unique Exotic with a selection of customizable perks. In this guide, I’ll show you what that means and how to unlock all Whisper of the Worm craftable perks in Destiny 2.
How to get craftable perks for the Whisper of the Worm
You can earn craftable Perks by completing specific missions within The Whisper quest. These missions unlock each week, and we’ll have guides to help you through them so you can get every Whisper of the Worm perk. The first is available right away from Eris Morn. She will give you the Whispers of the Taken questline when you collect the Rifle from her, which gives the Field Prep intrinsic upon completion.
Best Whisper of the Worm perks
We will update this section of the guide when the craftable perks are available, as they may completely change how the weapon is built. Your building options are quite limited when you first get the Whisper of the Worm, but it’s still a great weapon as it has the White Nail Intrinsic Trait. This grants the weapon higher base damage than usual and free reloads if you quickly land three precision hits.
How to craft weapons in Destiny 2
If you’re a new or returning player, let me explain how to craft weapons and change perks on your new Whisper of the Worm. Weapon crafting is done at the Enclave in Savathun’s Throne World on the Star Map. Keep in mind that you can’t access the Enclave until you’ve beaten the first mission of the Witch Queen DLC.
If you interact with the Relic structure underground, you’ll see the crafting menu (pictured above). If you select Shape, you can build any weapon available to you. You can also choose their perks, although some will be available only after you level up the weapon through general use. You can also increase weapon levels in their Perk Menu, which costs Glimmer and Enhancement Cores. Some guns are craftable right away, but most require Weapon Patterns.
If you find a weapon with a red border, you can extract the Pattern from it. When you have five patterns from the same gun, you can craft it. Exotics, like the Whisper of the Worm are unique and only require a single Pattern to be extracted (pictured above).
You can also Reshape, which lets you change perks on weapons you’ve previously shaped. You can do this as many times as you like, so feel free to experiment.
Crafting is intuitive once you get the hang of it and offers some welcome depth to weapon building. Some of the strongest weapons in the game are craftable, so it’s worth collecting every pattern you find.
