How to unlock No Time to Explain in Destiny 2 Beyond Light: exotic guide

Andrew Highton
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Destiny 2’s Beyond Light is another content-rich bundle of weapons, skins, missions, and action. Our Destiny 2 Beyond Light No Time to Explain guide details precisely how players will be able to get their hands on this extremely rare weapon. 

One of the most exciting aspects of any new expansion pack is the toy chest full of new goodies to play with. Beyond Light has already signaled Destiny’s intentions with its roadmap & Season of the Hunt content on the way.

An interesting piece of content being added to the Destiny 2 armory is the No Time to Explain pulse rifle. It’s based on a popular weapon from the original Destiny game and it’s quite an exclusive gun to own.

Find out how to obtain it with our Destiny 2 Beyond Light No Time to Explain guide.

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But we will explain how you can get your hands on it.

Beyond Light

The year 4 expansion for Destiny takes players to the icy tundra of Europa. Its inclusion will be greeted with the removal of less popular locations and items in the game. As well as the Deep Stone Crypt Raid, player’s power levels can be increased further, and Season of the Hunt content will also be added too.

No Time to Explain pulse rifle

Based on the “The Stranger’s Rifle” from the original Destiny, the weapon itself is a solid pulse rifle with a slower rate of fire. The gun has some major perks that make it extremely desirable.

  • The weapon refunds precision shots back to the player
  • It creates a temporal orb that hovers around your vicinity

How to obtain it

no time to explain requirements in destiny 2 beyond light
You’ll need to throw yourself, and your money, to get your hands on it.

This nostalgic treasure seems to be locked behind a couple of different special editions of the Beyond Light expansion.

Players will have to purchase either the Destiny 2 Beyond Light Digital Deluxe Edition ($69.99) or Stand Edition + Season Pass ($49.99). Obviously, due to the weapon’s historic nature, Bungie wants this gun to feel special and limited in that regard.

There’s no indication as to whether or not the gun will receive a more inclusive window of attainability further down the road.

With these editions in hand, you’ll need to play through the whole campaign and take out Eramus. Then, talk to the Exo Stranger to get the weapon and a new mission titled Soon. Finish that mission and you’ll get the No Time To Explain exotic catalyst. The catalyst has the Full Auto Trigger System trait, so holding down the fire trigger will shoot it at full auto.

No Time to Explain gun in Destiny 2 Beyond Light
This fantastic new exotic will turn you into a rifle-toting space wizard.

In addition to this, No Time to Explain also has more amazing features.

Rewind Again

  • With these intrinsic traits, players’ precision shots and shots that are slowed or frozen by Stasis are returned to the magazine
  • There’s also an ultra-light Fluted Barrel and Accurized Rounds for greater shot distance.
  • Time Slip opens a portal after 10 stacks of Rewind Again, shooting bullets from an alternate timeline of the ongoing events in-game.

Weapons and gear trailer

The weapon was first made public in the Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Weapons and gear trailer.

To see the weapon, and others, in action then check out the video below.

Timestamp at 0:15.

Bungie‘s Destiny 2 Beyond Light is now available for players to sink their teeth into.

About The Author

Andrew Highton is a former Games Writer for Dexerto. He has a Creative Writing degree from Liverpool John Moores University and has previously written for games websites such as Twinfinite and Keengamer. With 13,000+ PlayStation Trophies to his name, Andrew is a fan of a huge variety of video games, his favourites being God of War and Metal Gear Solid. Contact him at andrew.highton@dexerto.com, on Twitter @AndyHighton8 or at www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-highton.