Xur Exotic Armor, Weapon, and Recommendations for September 20

Key Takeaways

• Xur is back in the Tower Bazaar this weekend with an all new selection of exotic and legendary gear to purchase.
• This weekend has Prometheum Spur for Warlocks, Gwisin Vest for Hunters, and Mask of the Quiet One for Titans.
• For exotic weapons, players can pick up the Vigilance Wing, Lord of Wolves, Black Talon, a new Hawkmoon roll, and the Gjallarhorn.

Xur has returned again to Destiny 2, complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. As players continue to take part in Destiny 2‘s 10 year anniversary event, eyes have quickly shifted to next month, as Episode: Revenant is scheduled to launch. While Bungie has continued to keep the details for Episode 2 largely under wraps, players will be seeing the return of Fikrul The Fanatic alongside his Scorn, setting off more trouble as he came in contact with one of the fallen echoes.

In recent weeks, Bungie has continued to reveal new Destiny 2 gameplay related details for Episode: Revenant, confirming various changes to mechanics and the overall sandbox environment. One of the bigger changes this week happens to be for Titan players, as Bungie is making a number of tweaks and buffs to the class to ensure they really take on that Tank role in the group. In addition to buffs to melee and other subclass abilities, the Titan Barricade, Unbreakable shield, and Sentinel Shield’s guard are gaining the ability to taunt enemies, pulling aggro away from teammates.

For now, the weekend merchant Xur has returned with a 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 20, 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

Promethium Spur – Warlock leg armor

Exotic Perk:

• Embers of Light – Daybreak final blows create a healing and empowering Rift at the target’s location. While a Solar Super is equipped, Solar weapon final blows grant Rift energy; standing in a Rift increases this energy. Final blows while in a Rift consume class ability energy to create a healing and empowering Rift at the target’s location.

A Rift heavy exotic, Promethium Spur also has the lowest stat values this week, even if everything is pretty uniform across the board. It’s a hard one to recommend as there are much better options currently available.

Stat Values (63 Total):

• Mobility +10
• Resilience +12
• Recovery +10
• Discipline +10
• Intellect +12
• Strength +9

Gwisin Vest – Hunter chest armor

Exotic Perk:

• Roving Assassin – Each Spectral Blades kill you make before going into stealth will restore more of your Super energy.

This is a hard exotic to recommend as Spectral Blades isn’t in the best state these days. However, Bungie is planning to buff roaming supers in Episode Revenant, so it’s possible Spectral Blades becomes viable again, giving this armor more viability than it has now. The roll is pretty solid, so it may be worth picking up and stashing for the time being.

Stat Values (66 Total):

• Mobility +8
• Resilience +21
• Recovery +6
• Discipline +2
• Intellect +20
• Strength +9

Mask of the Quiet One – Titan helmet

Exotic Perk:

• Dreaded Visage – Grants ability energy when you’re damaged. When critically wounded, regain maximum health on kills.

The best roll this week is for Titan players and, better yet, the mobility is right where it should be. As such, this is a decent pickup this week, especially with a potential rework arriving sooner or later.

Stat Values (69 total):

• Mobility +2
• Resilience +27
• Recovery +6
• Discipline +6
• Intellect +16
• Strength +12

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:

• Polaris Lance Catalyst
• Le Monarque Catalyst
• Exotic Cipher
• Exotic Engram
• Enhancement Prism
• Glimmer
• Gambit Engram
• 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:

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
• Surplus
• Heavy Grip

Vigilance Wing – Pulse Rifle

• Harsh Truths – This weapon fires a 5-round burst. When a nearby ally is killed, gain health regeneration and increased movement speed.
• Last Stand – Improved weapon performance and greatly increased recovery when its wielder is the last living member of a fireteam.
• Corkscrew Rifling
• Alloy Magazine
• Composite Stock

Lord of Wolves – Shotgun

• Shrapnel Launcher – Fires a powerful short-range burst of Solar damage.
• Release The Wolves – Hold Reload to change fire mode. Greatly increases rate of fire and shoots in full auto.
• Chambered Compensator
• Extended Mag
• Composite Stock

Black Talon – Heavy Sword

• Crow’s Wings – [Heavy Attack] : Fire a heavy projectile attack. Heavy attacks are stronger with full energy.
• Tireless Blade – Sword ammo granted for every other powered sword kill.
• Tempered Edge
• Heavy Guard

Gjallarhorn – Heavy Rocket Launcher

• Wolfpack Rounds – Rounds fired split into tracking cluster missiles upon detonation.
• Pack Hunter – Gain increased handling and reload speed when standing near allies. Firing this weapon also grants Wolfpack Rounds to nearby allies wielding non-Exotic Rocket Launchers.
• Volatile Launch
• Alloy Casing
• Short-Action 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.

• Legal Action II (Kinetic Pulse Rifle)
• Spare Rations (Kinetic Hand Cannon)
• Wishbringer (Energy Shotgun)
• Seventh Seraph CQC-12 (Energy Shotgun)
• Temptation’s Hook (Heavy Sword)
• Berenger’s Memory (Heavy Grenade Laucher)
• Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity’s Edge (Heavy Sword)
• Strange Weapon Engram
• Sovereign Armor Set