Feature
by Mike Futter on May 22, 2015 at 02:23 AM

Happy Xursday, everyone! Before we start, don't bother going to the Tower. Xur is on vacation in the darkest corner of the galaxy. Even Agents of the Nine want to check out the reef.

Before you get too excited, all of Xur's gear for this week comes from already existing content. No House of Wolves exotics are on offer. It's not going to be that easy.

Location: Xur is in The Reef. Head right from the spawn point, across the bridge, and look for the doorway that is well lit. He's tucked in a corner there.

The Last Word (exotic hand cannon) - 23 strange coins

  • Kinetic Damage, Fan Fire (Can be fired continuously)
  • Attack: 334/365
  • Hip Fire (bonus accuracy while firing from the hip)
  • Last Word (bonus damage and stability and extra precision damage when firing from the hip) 
No Backup Plans (Titan arms) - 13 strange coins
  • Defense: 369/402
  • Light: 36/42
  • Strength: 106/111
  • Special Weapon Loader (Increases the reload speed of all special weapons)
  • Rain Blows (Increased melee speed)
  • Improved Disintegrate (Increases the duration of Force Barrier)

Radiant Dance Machines (Hunter legs - The Dark Below) - 13 strange coins

  • Defense: 328/357
  • Light: 36/42
  • Strength: 136/144
  • Heavy Weapon Ammo (Increases the amount of heavy weapon ammo you can carry)
  • The Dance (You move more quickly while aiming your weapon.)

Starfire Protocol (Warlock chest armor, The Dark Below) - 13 strange coins

  • Defense: 492/536
  • Light: 36/42
  • Intellect: 166/175
  • Fusion Rifle Ammo (increase capacity)
  • Heavy Weapon Ammo (increase capacity)
  • Starfire Protocol (gain an extra fusion grenade)

As usual, he also has exotic shards (seven strange coins), the Urn of Sacrifice and bounty items (one strange coin), Sparrow upgrades (twenty-three strange coins), and telemetry for auto rifles, sniper rifles, and machine guns (one strange coin), and heavy ammo synth packs. Exotic helmet engrams will set you back 23 motes of light.

Note that Xur no longer carries upgrades, as the new "ascending" process for bringing your weapons to peak power is much improved. You won't need (correction: as much) glimmer, and you'll need the relevant materials and an exotic shard. For some gear, you'll need "etheric light" for the ascending process. Xur will now exchange strange coins for motes of light.