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How to Get Microcosm in Destiny 2: The Exotic Heavy Trace Rifle Quest

Updated 2026-11-11 · 5 min read · by LFCarry PRO team

Microcosm is the Exotic heavy trace rifle of The Final Shape, and Micah-10 hands it out at the end of her Convalescence quests in the Pale Heart. Here is every step, the 3 missions of the last step, the rifle’s perks and its catalyst.

How to Get Microcosm in Destiny 2 (Exotic Heavy Trace Rifle)

How to get Microcosm

You get Microcosm by finishing Convalescence: Budding, the last of 4 Convalescence quests from Micah-10 in the Pale Heart. Micah-10 offers them after The Final Shape campaign, once the Destined Heroes quest has taken you through Queens, Part 1.

  1. Finish The Final Shape campaign.
  2. Start Destined Heroes and complete Queens, Part 1, where you meet Micah-10.
  3. Complete Convalescence: Rootbound.
  4. Complete Convalescence: Underbrush.
  5. Complete Convalescence: Greenery.
  6. Complete Convalescence: Budding to receive Microcosm.

Microcosm, unlocked for you

A PRO finishes Micah-10’s Convalescence quests on your account.

The Convalescence steps

Rootbound has you find a missing, injured Ghost and bring it back to Micah-10 in the Arbor of Light. Underbrush asks for 2 Flickering Blessings, a kind of Traveler’s Blessing that drops from chests in the Pale Heart. You equip 1 of them and report back to Micah-10. Greenery has you open Overthrow chests, then clear a Cyst deep in the Pale Heart.

Budding holds 3 campaign missions in Cooperative Focus mode: Ascent, Dissent and Iconoclasm. Cooperative Focus is made for a fireteam, so bring friends.

Convalescence: Budding and its 3 missions. Aztecross walks through the Microcosm quest. It opens at 0:47 on Convalescence: Budding, then plays Ascent, Dissent and Iconoclasm. Aztecross · Watch on YouTube ↗

What Microcosm does

Microcosm is a fully automatic Exotic trace rifle that uses Heavy ammo, deals Kinetic damage and fires at 1000 rounds per minute. Its intrinsic, Paracausal Beam, fires a beam of Kinetic light with massive bonus damage to shields.

Its Exotic trait, Paracausal Imbuement, turns final blows into Super energy, and the rifle gains bonus damage once your Super expires. The Strand trace rifle from Ghosts of the Deep has its own Navigator catalyst guide.

See Destiny 2 services →Exotic quests, catalysts and raid gear are all on the Destiny 2 page.

The Microcosm catalyst

The catalyst adds 2 perks. Thresh makes kills with the rifle generate a small amount of Super energy.

Stopping Power lets the Kinetic beam stagger combatants more easily and adds target acquisition and damage against low-health targets. Every other Exotic upgrade is in our Destiny 2 exotic catalysts guide.

Let a Pro finish the quest

Our Microcosm boost has a Pro finish the whole quest on your account, or only the Convalescence steps you still need. The Final Shape campaign, the 1st part of Destined Heroes and the catalyst with its masterwork are add-ons.

Your order starts within 1 to 2 hours, Express completion and a stream are options, and we guarantee your account’s safety for every step of the quest.

From the source

Bungie (Destiny 2 manifest 245114.26.10.13)Official

“Microcosm item and perk definitions: Paracausal Beam, Paracausal Imbuement, Thresh, Stopping Power (names and icons).”

FAQ

Finish Convalescence: Budding, the last of Micah-10’s 4 Convalescence quests in the Pale Heart. The quests open after The Final Shape campaign and Queens, Part 1.

Ask in chat →Tell LFCarry which step you are on. A PRO replies in chat and can finish the rest of the quest for you.

What changed
  • New page: how to get Microcosm, every Convalescence step, the 3 Budding missions, the rifle’s perks and its catalyst.
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