Key Takeaways
- Xur brings new legendary and exotic gear, including Hawkmoon, for Destiny 2 players at a permanent residence in The Tower Bazaar area.
- Exotic weapons include Sweet Business, Sunshot, Two-Tailed Fox, and a new Hawkmoon roll.
- For exotic armor this week, Xur has Wormhusk Crown for Hunters, Stormdancer's Brace for Warlocks, and Mk. 44 Stand Asides for Titans.
Xur has returned again to Destiny 2, complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. With the arrival of the weekly reset, Destiny 2 is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a small in-game event. During the celebrations, players can earn a special new set of armor, and its ornaments, based on designs from the original game. A new Title and Triumphs are also available to chase, allowing players to unlock the Legend title.
Alongside the anniversary event news, Bungie also revealed its plans for next year when Codename: Frontiers launches in Destiny 2 over the summer. While Bungie is still working on a lot of the content and designs, players now know that Codename Frontiers includes 2 medium-sized expansions (think Shadowkeep rather than The Final Shape), 4 free major updates, along with 4 reward passes to go along with them. In addition, Bungie is planning to overhaul various parts of the game, including the Director, in an attempt to make the game more approachable and easier to find certain content quicker.
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In the meantime, it's time to talk about the weekend merchant Xur, who has brought a brand-new inventory of exotics and legendary gear for Destiny 2 players. Follow this guide for his current weekend location, news on his exotic cipher quest, as well as a review of all the exotic and legendary gear he's brought for the weekend of September 13, 2024.
Where is Xur?
Xur has now taken up permanent residence in the Bazaar area inside The Tower, so there's no more hunting when the weekend comes around.
Since the Bazaar is located between both fast travel points, players can pick either one to load into. Head into the area where Ikora and Hawthorne are and look for the Ramen Shop towards the back wall. While facing the shop, the alley is to the right, where Xur is standing.
Destiny 2 Class Armor and Exotic Cipher
Xur's role continues to offer the usual weekly quests, exotics, and legendary gear. Not only are these quests required to purchase a second fated engram, but they're necessary to acquire legacy exotic gear from the Tower kiosk. Players can earn a new cipher by completing strikes and winning crucible or gambit matches. Gain bonus points for playing with clan mates or finishing more challenging activities.
Xur's Exotic Armor
Stormdancer's Brace - Warlock chest armor
Exotic Perk:
- Ascending Amplitude - Each target you defeat with Stormtrance increases the damage you deal with it and refunds Super energy when Stormtrance ends
Once again, Warlocks get the lowest rolled exotic. As such, this is a hard item to recommend, even though it's a solid PvE item used to increase the damage of Stormtrance and refund energy.
Stat Values (61 Total):
- Mobility +6
- Resilience +10
- Recovery +16
- Discipline +16
- Intellect +11
- Strength +2
Wormhusk Crown - Hunter helmet
Exotic Perk:
- Burning Souls - Dodging gives a small health and shield bump.
Wormhusk remains a popular choice for many Hunters thanks to its ability to keep players alive. However, this one may be a tough sell as the roll on it is a bit lower than many would like and probably won't be replacing any versions currently unlocked. Still, for those who don't yet have it at all, it's worth a pickup regardless.
Stat Values (63 Total):
- Mobility +15
- Resilience +9
- Recovery +8
- Discipline +10
- Intellect +10
- Strength +11
Mk. 44 Stand Asides - Titan leg armor
Exotic Perk:
- Seriously, Watch Out - Grants an overshield when you're sprinting at full health with Seismic Strike, Hammer Strike, or Shield Bash equipped and charged. Hits with these abilities recharge a portion of your melee energy.
Once again, the highest total roll belongs to Titans this week. Unfortunately, the roll is stuck on an exotic that is okay and certainly not a must-have compared to some of the other options readily available. In addition, the mobility stat is unbelievably high this week, making this one an easy pass.
Stat Values (66 total):
- Mobility +26
- Resilience +3
- Recovery +6
- Discipline +19
- Intellect +10
- Strength +2
Xur Inventory Items
Year 7 in Destiny 2 has upgraded Xur's inventory, adding a true rank progression system, rewards, as well as focusing options. Xur also has more than just weapons and armor as well, including:
- Wardcliff Coil Catalyst
- Bad Juju Catalyst
- Stoicism/Solipsism/Essentialism Exotic Class Items OR Exotic Cipher
- Exotic Engram
- Enhancement Prism
- Glimmer
- Nightfall Cipher (Adept)
- Enhancement Core
- Strange Gift (Random Item for 1 Strange Coin)
Xur's Exotic Weapons
Year 7's Xur revamp has also added the ability to offer multiple exotic weapons in one visit. Here is what Xur has this weekend:
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Hawkmoon - Hand Cannon
- Paracausal Shot - Final blows and precision hits with Hawkmoon grant stacks of Paracausal Charge. The final round in the magazine deals bonus damage based on the number of stacks. Stowing Hawkmoon on the final round removes this bonus.
- Extended Barrel
- Alloy Magazine
- Moving Target
- Smooth Grip
Sweet Business - Auto Rifle
- Payday - Larger magazine. Increased accuracy when firing from the hip. Picking up Special or Heavy ammo immediately reloads this weapon.
- Business Time - Sustained fire boosts range and rate of fire.
- Polygonal Rifling
- Armor-Piercing Rounds
- Composite Stock
Sunshot - Hand Cannon
- Sunburn - This weapon fires explosive rounds and highlights targets that take damage from Sunshot.
- Sun Blast - Targets defeated with Sunshot explode in Solar energy, scorching other nearby targets.
- Chambered Compensator
- Accurized Rounds
- Textured Grip
Two-Tailed Fox - Rocket Launcher
- Twintails - Shoots two rockets, one Void and one Solar, that can track onto the same target.
- Play with Your Prey - The Void rocket suppresses enemies. The Solar rocket causes damage over time.
- Confined Launch
- High-Velocity Rounds
- Composite Stock
Xur's Destiny 2 Legendary Armor Set and Weapons
Xur's Set of Legendary Armor and Weapons. All gear costs 50 Legendary Shards and 1000 Glimmer.
- Friction Fire (Kinetic Submachine Gun)
- The Deicide (Energy Shotgun)
- Death Adder (Energy Submachine Gun)
- Stochastic Variable (Energy Submachine Gun)
- Hoosegow (Heavy Rocket Laucher)
- Blast Battue (Heavy Rocket Laucher)
- Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity's Edge (Heavy Sword)
- Strange Weapon Engram
- Simulator Armor Set
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Systems
- Top Critic Rating:84/100 Critics Recommend:88%
- Platform(s)
- PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One , PC , Stadia
- Released
- August 28, 2017
- Developer(s)
- Bungie
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- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer , Online Co-Op
- Engine
- Tiger Engine
- ESRB
- T For TEEN for Blood, Language, and Violence
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- 1-6 (Co-Op)
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- Steam Deck Compatibility
- no
- X|S Optimized
- YES
- Cross Save
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