Happy Xursday, everyone! We’re coming up on the release of House of Wolves, which means these weekly updates should become a bit more interesting.
This week, Xur is carrying a heavy weapon that has been requested quite a lot. No, it’s not Gjallarhorn. Sorry.
Location: Xur is in Tower North. Head left from the spawn point, past Eris Morn, and down the hallway. Once you’re in the courtyard, look to the right in front of the large, circular door.
Thunderlord (exotic machine gun) – 17 strange coins
- Arc Damage
- Attack: 302/331
- Feeding Frenzy (Kills with this weapon increase reload speed for a short time)
- Lightning Rounds (This weapon fires faster and more accurately the longer the trigger is held.)
Ruin WIngs (Titan arms, The Dark Below) – 13 strange coins
- Defense: 333/366
- Light: 30/36
- Strength: 95/102
- Special Weapon Loader (Increases the reload speed of all special weapons)
- Impact Induction (Causing damage with a melee reduces your grenade cooldown)
- Seeds of Ruin (Heavy ammo drops more often, and contains more ammo in each drop)
ATS/8 Arachnid (Hunter helmet – The Dark Below) – 13 strange coins
- Defense: 407/447
- Light: 30/36
- Discipline: 57/61
- Strength: 63/68
- Light the Blade (Causing damage with a grenade reduces your melee cooldown)
- Ashes to Asset (Replenishes super energy when you kill an enemy with a grenade)
- Arachnid Sensorium (Your Golden Gun zooms in for accuracy when aimed)
Obsidian Mind (Warlock helmet, The Dark Below) – 13 strange coins
- Defense: 407/447
- Light: 30/36
- Intellect: 65/70
- Strength: 54/58
- Energy Projection (Increase grenade throw distance)
- Inverse Shadow (Killing enemies charges super energy)
- Insatiable (Nova Bomb kills reduce the cooldown of your next Nova Bomb)
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 pulse rifles, fusion rifles, and rocket launchers (one strange coin), and heavy ammo synth packs. Exotic helmet engrams will set you back 23 motes of light.
This week’s upgrade list includes the following:
- Mask of the Third Man (Hunter helmet)
- Lucky Raspberry (Hunter chest)
- An Insurmountable Skullfort (Titan helmet)
- Crest of Alpha Lupi (Titan chest)
- Skull of Dire Ahamkara (Warlock helmet)
- Apotheosis Veil (Warlock helmet)
- Bad Juju (pulse rifle)
- Thorn (hand cannon)
- Plan C (fusion rifle)
- Ice Breaker (sniper rifle)
- Gjallarhorn (rocket launcher)
- Truth (rocket launcher)