What Refurbished A499 Is
light.gg (scraped Aug 29, 2026) classifies it as Legendary / Power / Sniper Rifle, flavor “Get to higher ground.” Intrinsic: Disruption Weapon [Shield-Piercing] — “Fires a single heavy-hitting round. Disintegrates targets on impact. Strong against Barrier Champions.” Stats on that page: Impact 100, Range 71, Stability 27, Handling 25, Reload Speed 11, reload time 3.84s, 72 RPM, magazine 1, airborne effectiveness 90. Origin trait on both Blueberries and light.gg: Air-Cooled Core.
Blueberries (Briar, published May 31, 2026, modified Aug 4, 2026) call it the only legendary Heavy sniper of the archetype and print their own damage line: 2,362 per shot at 72 RPM, “basic DPS sits at 2,834.” That number is Blueberries’, dated Aug 4, 2026. light.gg does not publish a damage-per-shot on the scrape we have — we do not invent a second one.
This is the largest uncovered gun query on our Search Console this window: refurbished a499 alone is 1,779 impressions / 1 click / pos 7.2 (2026-08-01 to 2026-08-28). Those clicks currently land on the shop farm page, not a guide.
How to Get It (Two Sources, Same Neighbourhood)
Blueberries (Aug 4, 2026): drops from the Renegades campaign and throughout Renegades activities. You can also obtain it from the Fallen faction in the Lawless Frontier by gaining Rank 2 reputation.
light.gg (Aug 29, 2026): “Purchasable from 31 vendors, including Lawless Frontier Gear.” Related-vendor list is almost entirely Lawless Frontier Gear engrams (including Spider subvendors). Alternate version line: S28 — Renegades / Lawless.
Those are the same neighbourhood (Lawless Frontier / Renegades), not two farms we average. Bungie Help’s 9.7.0 guide still lists The Lawless Frontier as a live destination after June 9, 2026. We do not have a dated official drop table that names a percentage — missing-evidence on drop rate.
Our /d2/refurbished-a499-farm page exists and is type=editor (slider). We do not print that floor. There is no live type=basic SKU for this gun as of August 29, 2026 — so this page has free chat CTAs only.
Perk Columns — Blueberries Rec vs light.gg Popularity
Blueberries (Aug 4, 2026) list the columns:
- Perk 1: No Distractions, Moving Target, Lone Wolf, Snapshot Sights, Outlaw, Gutshot Straight, Bewildering Burst.
- Perk 2: Ambitious Assassin, Auto-Loading Holster, Aggregate Charge, Box Breathing, Ancillary Ordinance, Mulligan, Envious Assassin.
light.gg’s random-roll playground (same names, scraped Aug 29, 2026) matches those columns. Popularity on light.gg is a equipped-copy count, not a DPS sim:
| Blueberries PvE rec (Aug 4, 2026) | light.gg most-equipped (Aug 29, 2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barrel | Arrowhead Brake | Arrowhead Brake 19.6% (then Corkscrew 15.7%, Fluted 15.0%) |
| Magazine | Flared Magwell | Flared Magwell 35.9% (Accurized 31.1%) |
| Perk 1 | Snapshot Sights | Snapshot Sights 31.6% |
| Perk 2 | Aggregate Charge | Aggregate Charge 40.6% |
| Masterwork | Handling (Reload if you only hold-fire) | Reload Speed 28.9%, Range 24.0%, Handling 23.9% |
Most popular combo on light.gg: Snapshot Sights + Aggregate Charge at 18.68% of rolls (411.7K+ copies in the trait-combo sample). That agrees with Blueberries’ PvE pick. It is still not a letter we print as ours.
Blueberries’ PvP rec (same date): Fluted Barrel, Steady Rounds, Snapshot (or Lone Wolf), Mulligan, Handling masterwork. They rate the gun S-tier PvE / B-tier PvP on their own scale. We repeat that as Blueberries’, dated Aug 4, 2026 — we do not add a third letter.
Where the Two Pages Disagree
Magazine: Blueberries PvE wants Flared Magwell; a light.gg user review (Miz15, posted ~9 months before the scrape, Season 29 filter available) prefers Steady Rounds for airborne effectiveness and calls Accurized the popular second pick. light.gg equipped share still leads on Flared (35.9%). We print all three; we do not pick a winner.
Masterwork: Blueberries split Handling vs Reload depending on swap-DPS vs hold-fire. light.gg equipped share leads on Reload Speed (28.9%). That is a real disagreement. If you swap, follow Blueberries’ Handling line; if you hold the trigger, the equipped majority and Blueberries’ hold-fire note agree on reload.
Season tag: light.gg’s alternate-version line says S28 Renegades / Lawless; the review filter on the same page includes Season 29. Blueberries’ update checkbox says Monument of Triumph. We do not collapse those into one season number.
Sources
Consolidated August 29, 2026 from:
- Blueberries — Refurbished A499 God Rolls & How to get it, Briar, published May 31, 2026, modified Aug 4, 2026. Farm path; perk columns; PvE/PvP recs; 2,362 / shot claim; S/B letters (theirs).
- light.gg — Refurbished A499, item
3661051060, scraped Aug 29, 2026. Archetype, stats, vendor list, perk playground, popularity shares, Snapshot+Aggregate 18.68%. - Bungie Help — Update 9.7.0. Lawless Frontier remains a live destination after June 9, 2026.
Drop rate % = missing-evidence. Live LFCarry farm SKU is editor — not printed. No type=basic A499 SKU on Aug 29, 2026.