Gnawing Hunger

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Gnawing Hunger is a 600 RPM “Adaptive Frame” Energy Auto Rifle first introduced in Season 6. It has been reissued in Season 11, meaning it will be capable of going up to the Season 14 power level cap. Adaptives were buffed Season 10 and slightly nerfed afterwards, yet remain strong.

PvP Thoughts#

For grins, check out ZkMushroom using the generally agreed-upon “God roll” roll with Tap the Trigger, Kill Clip and a Stability Masterwork.

• “Is there a bug with this gun or is it just really good? I feel like I’m killing too fast right now… like a little bit too fast. I don’t get it."
• “This… it feels better than Summoner and SUROS. I can’t believe there’s a weapon like this in the game and I didn’t know about it. I’ve never seen something like this."
• “Dude what is this TTK? I don’t get it! This TTK is a little too fast Bungie."

I hopped in to the Tribute Hall and ran several Recoil pattern tests with various Barrels, Magazines, Perks and Masterworks (Arrowhead, Steady Rounds, Tap the Trigger, etc.). At base Stability and Recoil (on console at least), it’s pretty hard to control.

There are two ways to get Gnawing Hunger to hone in for you:

1. Tap the Trigger: The most noticeable difference in bullet concentration comes from TtT. If you want a laser beam, you want TtT. That being said, if you only get TtT and no other Stability or Recoil perks, it’s not nearly as easy to control as it could be.
2. Arrowhead + Counterbalance: This combo absolutely works as well. I was able to cluster rounds around small targets just fine, without TtT. If you don’t get Zen Moment or Tap the Trigger in the third column, but you do get Arrowhead Brake in the first column, you might find it totally capable, especially if you’re on PC.

What you really want is to slam all these perks together for maximum Stability and minimal Recoil, and that’s what we’re going to break down below.

For reference, there’s a great post about Zen Moment, and ultimately why it’s featured in these rolls.

PvE Thoughts#

Gnawing Hunger’s final column is pretty much nothing but damage-boosting perks! They’re from the old perk pool, so you can file this away under “oldie but goodie”. I still regularly use mine (Minotaur shields anyone?) and it has over 5,700 kills on it.

🧟‍♂️ Drifter Hangry (pvp)#

Going for as much Recoil and Stability improvement as we can get. Kill Clip is phenomenal on the Gnawing Hunger, bumping your optimal TTK from 8c1b/0.80s to 6c1b/0.60s.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Tap the Trigger, Zen Moment
  • Perks 2: Kill Clip
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag

🍖 Drifter Starving (pvp)#

Same as the above, expanding acceptable damage bonuses to Rampage and Multikill Clip. They don’t provide as much of a damage boost as Kill Clip does but they’re still a nice post-kill boost.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds
  • Perks 1: Tap the Trigger, Zen Moment
  • Perks 2: Rampage, Multikill Clip
  • Masterworks: Stability MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Arrowhead Brake, Chambered Compensator, Polygonal Rifling, Smallbore, Fluted Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Steady Rounds, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag

💦 Bullet Hose (pve)#

As much Range as we can get from everywhere we can get it. We’re combining Subsistence with Swashbuckler or Rampage because those two (versus the two kill clips) can be refreshed/extended without reloading.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Subsistence
  • Perks 2: Swashbuckler, Rampage
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Extended Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds, Alloy Magazine, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag

🍴 Eating Away (pve)#

Remember to slide while reloading after kills for a damage bonus. Bit of a playstyle change, but worth experimenting for the benefits.

• Collector’s Edition Roll
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds
  • Perks 1: Field Prep
  • Perks 2: Kill Clip, Multikill Clip
  • Masterworks: Range MW
• Extended Perks (referred to with a ‘+’ below)
  • Barrels: Hammer-Forged Rifling, Smallbore, Extended Barrel, Corkscrew Rifling
  • Magazines: Accurized Rounds, Alloy Magazine, Flared Magwell, Tactical Mag