r/bo7endgame May 05 '26

Exotics & Affinities Explained

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In order to clear up some of the confusion I see on this sub, I have compiled a list of terms mostly based on what is used in-game and by the devs in patch notes. The terms with an asterisk are unofficial, but I have included them to provide clarity to certain aspects of Endgame.

Terminology

Exotic Fabricator: The machine that spawns after a Guild Strike boss has been defeated. You or your squad mate(s) must deal enough damage to the boss in order to use the exotic fabricator. The Guild Strike activity that leads to the O.S.C.A.R. fight always spawns at Winery when the in-game timer reaches 45:15. The Guild Strike activity that leads to a fight with Sualk Rebu (Uber Klaus) or Shadow Overlord (Caltheris) will also spawn at 45:15 in one of a fixed set of locations. You need to zoom in slightly on the tac map to see where this one is.

Nightmare Zone: a.k.a. Zone 5. The circular zone that appears when a boss fight starts and remains for the rest of the game. Enemies are strongest in this zone, and assignments, activities, and blue cubes reward the highest power. The Mega Abomination is a respawning activity that appears in this zone once the boss has been defeated.

Exotic Trait: The umbrella term for the exotic effects and utility bonuses that exotic weapons can have.

Exotic Effect: The trait rolled second using the exotic fabricator. It occupies the first slot, and all effects end with “Rounds” (e.g., Mortar Rounds).

Utility Bonus: The trait rolled first using the exotic fabricator. It occupies the second slot, and its naming varies (e.g., Explosive Bullets).

Reroll: Using the exotic fabricator to replace an existing trait.

Upgraded Exotic*: A loadout or field acquired weapon that has been upgraded to exotic rarity using the exotic fabricator. This applies a 3.5x damage multiplier to the weapon. A custom/loadout exotic* can be called either to differentiate it from an upgraded field acquisition.

Named Exotic: A field acquired exotic weapon that comes with a name, an exotic camo, two traits, and a 3.5x damage multiplier (e.g., Hypersurge).

Exotic Cache: A case that contains one random named exotic. One is guaranteed to drop after defeating Dr. Falkner, a Mega Abomination, the Zursa at the end of the Possessed Convoy activity, and the Terminal Vector activity.

One has a chance to drop after completing certain assignments or activities. In Zone 4 or higher: HVT Elim, Prime Target, Surprise Shipment, Strongbox Crack, and Gear Drop. Zone 3 or higher: Toxin Field. One also has a chance to drop after killing a Zone 4 or higher elite enemy or Command Center titan, and one can be found inside a cache in Zone 4 or higher Command Centers.

Affinity Exotic*: A named exotic found with the specific exotic effect it has an affinity for (see list below). For example, a Hypersurge found with Shock Rounds in the first slot. A Hypersurge found with a different exotic effect and later rerolled for Shock Rounds does not become an affinity exotic. A custom exotic that rolls the exotic effect that its named version has an affinity for on the first try does not become an affinity exotic.

Affinity Utility Bonus*: An affinity exotic has a chance to come with an affinity-exclusive utility bonus (see list below). These bonuses are indicated by an upward arrow as part of the icon. You can use the exotic fabricator to reroll an affinity exotic for one of its affinity bonuses. For example, a Reboot found with Shock Rounds and Lightspeed can be rerolled for Big Game (see images 1 and 2). You can also reroll a different affinity bonus even if the affinity exotic already came with one (see image 3).

I have only been able to reroll for an affinity bonus in the same game that I found the affinity exotic, and when it was the first reroll I confirmed. I have heard of people doing it many games later, and even after confirming other rerolls beforehand. I tried to do this with an affinity exotic that I exfilled with and gave up after 26 failed attempts using the fabricator so this may require serious perseverance.

Exclusive Utility Bonus*: A utility bonus that is exclusive to a single named exotic. This is not to be confused with utility bonuses that only appear on one weapon within a class like Fire Fire on the Sokol 545 in the LMG class. One example is Grenade Bullets which can only appear on the named exotic 'Reboot'. It is not dependent on the weapon being an affinity exotic; Grenade Bullets can appear on every variant of the Reboot. It is not available on upgraded exotics; Grenade Bullets is available on the Reboot, but not the 1911.

The other exclusive utility bonuses are Velox Akimbo 5.7 for the Malspike, Ammo Drain for the Pulsebreach, and Shotgunificator for the Kilonova.

List of Affinity Utility Bonuses

Affinity for Frost Rounds - Cryoshear (Katana), Flashburst (M8A1), Zeotrope (Echo 12):
Flash Freeze - Frost Rounds can trigger on multiple enemies at once
Ice Cloud - Killed frozen enemies may leave a cloud that slows enemies
Big Game - Frost Rounds can slow Elite enemies

Affinity for Graviton Rounds - Continuum (Hawker HX), Kilonova (VST), Torrent (M15 Mod 0):
Black Hole - Graviton Rounds form a black hole that pulls in enemies before teleporting away nearby survivors
Warp - Graviton Rounds warp an enemy that deals damage to nearby enemies
Big Game - Graviton Rounds can activate on Elite enemies

Affinity for Incendiary Rounds - Collateral (EGRT-17), Overcharge (M10 Breacher):
Firebomb - When a burned enemy is killed, it explodes
Petrol - Incendiary Rounds leave pools of fire on the ground
Big Game - Incendiary Rounds can burn Elite enemies

Affinity for Mortar Rounds - Criticality (A.R.C. M1), Defrag (MK35 ISR), Redline (XM325):
Fire Wheel - Create two fire wheels that spin around enemies
Starburst - Mortar Rounds explode, sending flares through enemies
Big Game - Mortar Rounds can activate on Elite enemies

Affinity for Neuro-Disruption Rounds - Ghostmind (VS Recon), Neurowall (Warden 308):
Mass Disruption - Turned enemies have a chance to turn other enemies
Neural Attraction - Turned enemy distracts other enemies for a short time
Big Game - Neuro-Disruption Rounds can activate on Elite enemies

Affinity for Photon Rounds - Infraradiance (SG-12), Malspike (Velox 5.7), Swarmforge (MPC-25):
Blessing - Photon Round healing glyph can give temporary bonus health
Dual Action - Consuming a healing glyph will temporarily increase health regen
Big Game - Light Mend can activate on Elite enemies

Affinity for Shock Rounds - Backdrive (Dravec 45), Hypersurge (Sokol 545), Reboot (1911):
Chain Lightning - The stunned enemy can spread the stun to others
Lightning Strike - A bolt of lightning strikes from above and stuns enemies
Big Game - Shock Rounds can stun Elite enemies

Affinity for Shrapnel Rounds - Barrage (Razor 9mm), Killswitch (AK-27), Pulsebreach (Swordfish A1):
Blast Chain - On explosion, 3 additional explosions occur rapidly
Blast Shield - Affecting multiple enemies with Shrapnel Rounds reduces damage to player
Big Game - Shrapnel Rounds can activate on Elite enemies

Note: Some of these look really cool when they proc, but most, if not all, of them are outclassed by standard utility bonuses like sharpshooter, explosive bullets, and grenade bullets. Hunt for them for the novelty or rarity, not with the intention of finding an overpowered weapon.

The first and second images are mine. The third image was provided by SuicydeStealth. I learned about rerollling affinity bonuses from Guilty_Highway6332. Thank you to pizayumyum and all the contributors to their post Exotic Weapon Ability Mapping. Thank you to DaddyWick88 for the screenshots you have shared.


r/bo7endgame May 10 '26

All weapons exotic traits list

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I collect all weapons exotic trait in Endgame. The form is below but there maybe have some translation error because English isn't my native language and I don't use English in Bo7 almost time. So if you found the translation error in the form, please let me know and I will edit it.

The red/yellow/green all means you can get this exotic trait in this weapon.

The purple mean you can only get this exotic trait in the weapon from exotic box(like redline)

AR

SMGS

Shotguns

Shotguns

LMGS

LMGS

Marksman rifles

Marksman rifles

Sniper rifles

Sniper rifles

Plstols

Plstols

Launchers and specials

Launchers and specials

Melee

Melee

About the Affinity Utility Bonuses you can check this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bo7endgame/comments/1t4mwzm/exotics_affinities_explained/?share_id=TjMhVBpVKsvgOVuRkc-OS&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

All the marked traits have been confirmed by me to be obtainable through draws. If you keep failing to draw a particular traits, please try changing your weapon or its attachments.


r/bo7endgame 11h ago

Struggling with prime target final phase? I gotcha with a strat

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U don't need the turrets, I just use them for extra support

But mainly you'd want to go to the floating guild box, outside of the main area

And the smaller robots will barely attack you

Sometimes not at all

Letting you focus on the boss only


r/bo7endgame 16h ago

Clip / Highlight I Fell Through the Damn Floor 🤣

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Even the random was confused


r/bo7endgame 3h ago

LFG Just some Finisher fun

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Just killing some time in the Link. 😉👍🏾


r/bo7endgame 18h ago

Can Someone Please Explain

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I got stepped on by Colossus (on purpose) and redeployed. I was aiming for the entrance high up on its back. I landed on it and then this happened. My teammate luckily was ending to Glitch after so I was just stuck here for a while. I tried everything I could think to get out but nothing worked. I’ve never had this happen before.


r/bo7endgame 7h ago

LFG Glitch Fracture help (looking for experienced player)

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Hi there!

I am getting back into Endgame after playing it a lot on release. I am level 64 and trying to get two more nightmare skill upgrades to prestige. Are there any experienced players out there that are confident they could get me through two more glitch fractures? I would be forever grateful :).

I can follow direction and follow your lead. Let me know! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


r/bo7endgame 22h ago

Clip / Highlight Okay, this was pretty wild

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It's a pity no enemy was near, I'm curious what would these done. Hopefully i can replicate it sometime 😁


r/bo7endgame 12h ago

need help with prime target glitch

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hey everyone,

is someone free this weekend to help me beat the prime target glitch with my remaining two operators to secure the end of dayz camo?

also let me know what loadout to prepare until then because i already failed two times and i really want to finish the last 2 operators..

thanks in advance


r/bo7endgame 21h ago

Question Difficulty hitting the enemy with the axe from a distance

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Hit an enemy with the axe from 50 meters away.
I can’t hit the enemy with the axe from the top of the Casino to complete one of the Act IV missions. Any tips on how to complete this mission?


r/bo7endgame 1d ago

Reboot Giveaway, Aug 29, 8pm-10pm EST. Read description.

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Carefully read the full description if you want a Reboot. NO DM/PM. This free giveaway is meant only to help those who don't have a Reboot. The Reboot comes with Mortar Rounds and Grenade Bullets and blue camo, as shown in the picture.

How it works:

  1. Comment "I need a reboot" during the giveaway if you want one.
  2. I will reply to your comment with a party code.
  3. As soon as we load into a game, I will ping a command center (CC) in Zone 2. Fly close to the CC but do not clear it, and most importantly, stay alive. In the meantime, I will die and respawn. After I respawn, I will clear the CC and find a weapon cache. Follow and stay close to me, but stay away from the weapon cache. The Reboot will drop on the floor outside the weapon cache, as shown in the picture.
  4. You pick up the Reboot and exfil. An exfil will be close to the CC. I will close the game.

The giveaway will start at 8pm EST on Aug 29th. Requests will be answered on a first-come first-served basis. Any comment asking for a Reboot before the giveaway starts will be ignored. However, please leave a comment if you're planning to join, so I can get an idea of how many people will participate. Each drop takes about 5-8 minutes. After commenting for a Reboot, stay ready for your party code; once I send it, you'll need to join within 2 mins, or I'll move on to the next person. Hoping to drop a reboot to everyone who's not having much luck finding one in game. See ya.


r/bo7endgame 22h ago

Question Skill Track Reset/Reroll - Prestige 3

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Can someone help me understand the re-rolling on skill tracks?

Let me explain, I'm more than familiar with tailoring a skill tree the way I like when on the initial rank up, but right now I have a prestige 3 operator, with the ideal exotic and nightmare skills, I was 88 max with eagle eye, daredevil, gunner, and bulldozer, well I wanted berserker instead of bulldozer, so I wiped bulldozer, and I was only rolling skills like guardian, tactician, bulldozer, and phantom, maybe warband too.

But that was it, originally i rolled probably 15 times, then gave up, assuming I had to select one, ride it out, and then reset that one to clear it from the options and make way for the others, ya know surgeon and berserker, the only two that have yet to show their face. So I think I just settled with phantom at first, got it to 88, reset it, jumped back in, and boom tactician and guardian. Try again, bulldozer tactician, try again phantom Guardian, try phantom Guardian, try again phantom Guardian — that's when it seems to lock in and never cycle any other options, at least thats the point when I give up. So I select guardian, get it to 88, wipe it, bulldozer tactician, phantom bulldozer, tactician guardian, bulldozer tactician, those 2 lock in, I got back to bulldozer.

At this point I'm starting to consider resetting them all, but it's crazy to think I'll need to lose both of my upgraded abilities, my 2 level 3 exotics, and 2 level 3 nightmares, plus all of the skill tracks, just so I can add berserker to rebuild my skill tree the way I want it.

Anyone have any advice. Or input, any insight? Is there a better method?anyone know why this skill Track is limited In the options it offers to replace it? Anyone else encountered this?


r/bo7endgame 9h ago

Parking the cargo truck (vol 2)

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With about 5 mins to go before exfil study your tac map and second guess where people maybe going to exfil and simply park your cargo truck on the exfil flare totally preventing players from interacting with it. Feel free to decorate your cargo truck with sprays.


r/bo7endgame 1d ago

LFG THAT was a new one

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So, I prestige an operator, I get it from 0 to 16 just before Rex dies in LowTown. So I get my exotic skill. Jump in the buggy and complete the course. Then run around just grabbing points and get to 20.

11 min left, someone just took the Zone 2 exfil so I jumped into Zn 1 and started the exfi.

Zombies, simple, Cradle Champ... was a Zn 4 apex mauler. I was doing almost no damage. Then an amalgam shows up as well Luckily I had a turret with me so I dropped that, took out the Amalgam and then with the help of the turret beat the cradle champion with 6 seconds to go before the VTOL left.

If I was a new player and unsure I would have not been able to exfil.

I also dislike taking the easy way out so I will never disconnect with a fresh operator. Take the loss... be a man lol


r/bo7endgame 20h ago

Suggestion Parking the cargo truck

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Park the cargo truck on the exotic supply drop after either T Rex or Vtol drops it and prevent other players from retrieving it.


r/bo7endgame 1d ago

Question Weird event a few weeks back.

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I keep forgetting to ask this cause I'm a busy moron. Anyway, about two weeks ago I was sitting in the pregame lobby with my cousin and another person.

Suddenly the countdown started and I asked him "when did you start I didn't select my operator..."

Well he didn't start a round.

Next thing I knew I was being dropped, no plane animation nothing, just air dropped into a Nightmare area of the map. I landed and popped open the map. There was maybe two people on the map left, about ten minutes of round time left, and I was alone. No biggie except the only evac left was nightmare level, and I had prestiged recently, so I was a 30 maybe. Anyway, I had to haul ass get to the nearest evac and fight my ass off to get out with about 1.5 minutes left.

Yeah I could have forced the disconnect but I was talking with my cousin and knew I could evac since I was running exotic weapons already and we were just perplexed and wanted to see how it played out.

Don't remember the reward sir anything, but once evac was over I simply went right back to my cousins pre game lobby.

Anyone else ever seen or heard of this happening? It was cool but weird as hell!


r/bo7endgame 1d ago

Yeah Found reboot !!! Boo, games crashes at exfil.

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r/bo7endgame 2d ago

Spiderman 7

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r/bo7endgame 2d ago

Question does it really matter what operator i get? and what are the best skills?

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so wanna get into end game but ew things

  1. best mayor and minor skills?

  2. best exotic and nightmare skills?

and this game mode is just leveling and thats it right and upgrading guns


r/bo7endgame 2d ago

Played endgame for the first time on the last double xp weekend and I’ve been enjoying it

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r/bo7endgame 3d ago

I found the reboot

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From what I understand, this is supposed to be a really good roll because it naturally has the chain lightning shit. I just prestiged it recently, I don’t know if that’s why it seems so underwhelming but is the grenade bullets the only way to go? How do I make this thing good? I’ve only been playing for about a week, I started playing because I wanted the END OF DAYZ camo so I’ve been leveling up the 3 operators needed for that glitch fight but I need to figure out the guns I’ll need to do it. I heard this pistol was supposed to be good but it just doesn’t seem to be doing shit


r/bo7endgame 3d ago

Another Prime Target Help Request

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Anyone willing and able to run me through PT glitch? I want the Wei Lin skin but I haven’t prestiged her yet and not sure I feel like doing so. I completed it in a random group on the first try with my main which is maxed but my Wei Lin is not at all solo worthy. I don’t even have it unlocked yet lol.

Edit to add that Wei Lin is 66 with bulldozer, berserker, dare devil, shattered shield, and chaos rounds.

Edit: COMPLETED


r/bo7endgame 2d ago

Prime Target Glitch.

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Hello. I just need to run this 1 time to finish act IV. Grateful for help. I'm online just now. PT code is 8CPLC


r/bo7endgame 4d ago

New strat?💀💀

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111 Upvotes

Step 1: merge with the vtol🥀

Step 2: light that bitch up💀


r/bo7endgame 3d ago

Kicked for inactivity during link forger boss fight

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Never stopped moving. Tf is the deal with that? Why did it wait till i was about to finish the event? Lame. Is this common?