where to farm for new ikelos smg
The best place to farm the new IKELOS SMG is generally Operation: Seraph Shield / Warmind-node-focused Seraph content , with the weapon also showing up through Banshee-style rotating/vendor sources depending on the current game state. Recent writeups still point to Seraph-era farming and node/chest loops as the most direct route for IKELOS weapon drops, with some guides also noting vendor or crafting-related paths for newer availability windows.
Fastest farm route
- Operation: Seraph Shield is the main repeatable activity many guides point to for farming IKELOS drops.
- Warmind Nodes / Override Frequency caches on Europa, the Moon, and Seraph Station are another source for random IKELOS weapon drops.
- Heist Battlegrounds help you build the materials needed for those cache opens and chest farming loops.
What to do first
- Run Heist Battlegrounds or other playlist activities to build up the currency/materials used for IKELOS farming.
- Open Seraph chests and warmind-style caches whenever you can.
- If available in the current rotation, check Banshee and other focusing/vendor paths for direct drops or craft progress.
If you want the shortest answer
Farm Operation: Seraph Shield first, then use Warmind Nodes / Seraph chest loops for extra rolls. If your version of the game currently supports it, vendor/focus paths can be the cleanup route when you’re missing one last roll.
Note on “new” IKELOS
Some newer coverage is a little messy because Destiny 2’s loot sources change over time, so “new IKELOS SMG” can mean either the refreshed IKELOS_SMG_V1.0.3 or a newer successor people compare to it. In practice, that usually means the farm is still centered on Seraph-era sources , not random world drops.
TL;DR: Farm Seraph Shield and Warmind/Seraph node caches first; use vendor/focusing sources as backup.