Top 10 Exotic Arms from Festival of the Lost 2023 That Still Slap in 2026

Festival of the Lost's Hocus Focusing for Eerie Engrams gave us these top 10 Destiny 2 Exotic Arms, still menacing in 2026.

Way back in 2023, the Festival of the Lost brought us something scarier than papier-mâché Hive heads: the Hocus Focusing system for Eerie Engrams. I remember cackling like a mad scientist as I fed the creepy little engrams to Eva Levante, who was clearly running a dark confectionery cartel. Fast forward to 2026, and while some Exotics have been nudged, nerfed, or left behind like a soggy corn candy, these ten Exotic Arms remain the phantoms you actually want haunting your inventory. They’ve held up like a vampire in a basement coffin—ageless, efficient, and ready to suck the life out of anything in their path.

Focusing an Eerie Engram for an Exotic Arm piece cost one engram and 2500 Candy back then. If you owned the necessary expansion, the slot machine of darkness could spit out one of 34 different arms across all classes. The system was a bit like digging through a mountain of goblin-sized socks hoping for a golden glove, but when it worked, it was pure, concentrated serotonin.

Let’s count down the ten best Exotic Arms from that spooky season, because in 2026, they still turn Guardians into absolute menaces.

10. Renewal Grasps – The Extroverted Snowball

For Hunters who like their Duskfield Grenades to behave like a blizzard on espresso, Renewal Grasps are the choice. The Depths of Duskfield perk expands the grenade’s radius, gives allies a damage reduction hug, and debuffs enemies as if they’ve just been told their favourite shader is being sunset. In 2026, Stasis Hunter still struggles to find loving Exotics, and Renewal Grasps remains the loyal companion that whispers, “It’s okay, let’s make them regret touching the controller.”

9. Necrotic Grip – The Contagious Handshake

Necrotic Grip is the Warlock version of putting a “kick me” sign on a Thrall, except when you do kick it, the poison spreads like office gossip. Pair it with Weapons of Sorrow—Thorn, Osteo Striga, or the Necrochasm—and you become a walking biohazard. The poison-on-melee effect is a cascading nightmare for mobs; it’s like dominoes made of plague. Even in 2026, with several balance passes, the Grasp of the Devourer still delivers a cascade of toxic green numbers that will make any Osteo Striga main weep with nostalgia.

8. Shinobu’s Vow – The Skip Grenade Cult Leader

Skip Grenades on their own hit about as hard as a pillow fight, but Shinobu’s Vow turns them into heat-seeking piranhas with a grudge. The New Tricks perk gives you an extra charge and returns energy on damage, creating an infinite feedback loop of bouncing death. Even today, when you see a Hunter lobbing a swarm of glowing bees down a Crucible lane, you know they’ve dedicated their life to the Skip. I respect that, even if I’m often on the receiving end.

7. Ophidian Aspects – The Slick-Handed Cobra

Ophidian Aspects are the neutral-game royalty that makes every gun feel like it’s been lubed with arcane butter. Cobra Totemic grants +35 Reload Speed, +35 Handling, and +10 Airborne Effectiveness to all weapons, all the time. It’s the Exotic equivalent of having perfect Wi-Fi: you don’t notice it until it’s gone, and then you feel like you’re moving through molasses. In the Crucible of 2026, these gauntlets still adorn a majority of Warlock arms because speed never goes out of style.

6. Liar’s Handshake – The Punching Parlor Trick

Liar’s Handshake is the melee-fixated Hunter’s best friend, turning every slap fight into a one-punch clinic. Cross Counter triggers when you’re hit by a melee or use an Arc melee ability, supercharging your next fist. Pair it with an Arcstrider build and you become a whirling dervish of electric punches that heal and destroy. Even after some tweaks to Arc verbs in recent years, the sheer satisfaction of counter-punching a Barrier Champion into the next dimension hasn’t dulled.

5. Caliban’s Hand – The Proximity Firestarter

When Solar 3.0 dropped, Caliban’s Hand made Gunslingers the pyromaniacs of the Destiny universe. Roast ‘Em turns your Proximity Knife into a Scorch-spreading, Ignition-triggering party favor. The loop is so crisp it feels like popping bubble wrap: throw knife, explosion, melee energy refund, repeat. In 2026, while the meta has shifted, this Exotic still ignites entire Lost Sectors faster than you can say “Sunshot who?”

4. Osmiomancy Gloves – The Cold Caller’s Dream

Stasis Warlocks have a limited wardrobe, but Osmiomancy Gloves are the well-tailored tuxedo among off-brand sweaters. Fervid Coldsnap grants an additional Coldsnap grenade charge that recharges faster on direct impact, and the seeker travels further. The result? A battlefield littered with Bleak Watcher turrets like ice-blue gargoyles spitting at anything that moves. Even with the slow-nerf pendulum swinging back and forth, Osmiomancy remains the keystone of crowd control in 2026 endgame.

3. Synthoceps – The Elbow Rocket Boosters

Synthoceps are the Exotic that asks, “Why use a gun when your fists are made of thunder?” Biotic Enhancements provides a massive melee damage boost and extended range when you’re surrounded. In PvE, that’s a 200% increase, turning your Titan into a living wrecking ball. In PvP, a 100% boost means shoulder charges go from mild inconvenience to sudden deletion. It’s like strapping rocket boosters to your elbows and deciding diplomacy is overrated. Three years later, punching things with Synthoceps still beats most loadouts.

2. Sunbracers – The Infinite Solar Grenade Generator

When Starfire Protocol took a well-deserved nap, Sunbracers rose from the ashes like a phoenix made of miniature suns. Helium Spirals increases Solar Grenade duration, and a Solar melee kill gives you unlimited grenade energy for five glorious seconds. That’s enough time to paint any room in napalm, turning it into a living molten lava cake. In 2026, the timed release of throw-after-throw remains one of the most potent ad-clear and area denial tools in the game. It’s a hot mess—in the best way.

1. Contraverse Hold – The All-You-Can-Eat Grenade Buffet

Capping the list is the Void Warlock’s perpetual motion machine: Contraverse Hold. Chaotic Exchanger gives you 20% damage resistance while charging a Void grenade and returns grenade energy on hit—up to a 2000% regeneration rate for 1.75 seconds. Chugging an overcharged Vortex grenade and getting almost all of it back feels like tapping into a bottomless coffee dispenser at 3 AM. Even in 2026, with the addition of new Void aspects and mods, Contraverse Hold remains the gold standard for ability loops. It turns every Warlock into a purple-magic-bolt slinging maniac, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Every Festival of the Lost since 2023 has brought new loot, but those Eerie Engrams from three years ago still hold some of the most reliable Exotic Arms in Destiny 2. If you focused them wisely back then, your vault is a museum of certified bangers. If not, well, here’s hoping Banshee-44 gets a spooky stock rotation soon.