Important takeaways
- Xur is back in Destiny 2 with new exotic and legendary gear for a limited time, permanently located in the Bazaar area.
- For armor this week, Xur has Stronghold, Foetracer, and Ophidian Aspect.
- Alongside a new Hawkmoon scroll, Xur's weapons include Hard Light, Arbalest and The Colony.
Xur has returned to Destiny 2complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. The frustrating weighting of weapon perks has finally been eliminated with this week's update, putting an end to an issue where certain scrolls just wouldn't release. As a way of saying thanks to the community, Bungie has a few things planned for players, including double drops with Vesper's Host and free god rolls for everyone Destiny 2 player.
As for Episode Revenant, Bungie also announced a new one Destiny 2 developer livestream on November 12th. Similar to what the developer did with Episode: Echoes, players can get an early look at what's to come in Act 2, including stories, all new weapons and loot, as well as a deep dive into upcoming activity as well. Additionally, for those watching on Twitch, there is an opportunity to unlock a special engram.

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Destiny 2 is getting new update for November 2024
Bungie releases update 8.1.0.4 for Destiny 2, which fixes various issues including the frustrating weapon perk issue, while also making changes to the Crucible.
Meanwhile, Weekend Trader Xur is back with a new stock of exotics and legendary gear too Destiny 2 player. Follow this guide for his current weekend location, news on his exotic cypher mission, as well as a review of all the exotic and legendary gear he's brought with him for the weekend of November 8, 2024.
Where is Xur?
Xur has now taken up permanent residence in the Bazaar area inside The Tower, so there will be no more hunting come the weekend.
Since the bazaar is located between both fast travel points, players can choose either one to load into. Enter the area where Ikora and Hawthorne are and look for the Ramen Shop against the back wall. While facing the shop, the alley is on the right, where Xur stands.
Destiny 2 Class Armor and Exotic Cipher
Xur's role continues to offer the usual weekly quests, exotic items, and legendary gear. These quests are not only required to purchase a second Destiny engram, but they are also necessary to obtain legacy exotic equipment from the Tower kiosk. Players can earn a new cipher by completing strikes and winning crucible or gambit matches. Get bonus points for playing with clanmates or completing more challenging activities.
Xur's Exotic Armor
Ophidian Aspect – Warlock Gauntlets
Exotic benefit:
- Cobra Totemic – Weapon ready and reloads very quickly. Gives a slight advantage to the airborne effectiveness stat of all weapons.
This won't be an exotic for everyone, as the perks are pretty uninspired compared to some of the newer additions to the game. However, it is really good at what it does and can be a good companion for activities like the Crucible where weapon preparation and reload speed can be the difference between living or seeing the loading screen.
Statistical values (66 in total):
- Mobility +7
- Resilience +6
- Recovery +21
- Discipline +2
- Intellect +23
- Strength +7
Foetracer – Hunter helmet
Exotic benefit:
- Relentless Tracker – Damaging a powerful Combatant or Guardian with an ability temporarily increases weapon damage of the same type. Defeating the marked target with damage matching the element creates an elemental pickup.
While technically the lowest exotic, this is also the only one really worth investing in this week, especially for Crucible hunter players.
Statistical values (65 in total):
- Mobility +20
- Resilience +7
- Recovery +6
- Discipline +6
- Intellect +6
- Strength +20
Stronghold – Titan gloves
Exotic benefit:
- Clenched Fist – Maximizes guard stats on equipped swords. You take reduced damage while blocking with a sword. Quickly damaging targets after blocking shots with a sword grants recovery for a duration determined by the number of shots blocked.
This is a sword that is only exotic so it can be completely ignored otherwise. It also has high mobility, which is not a good stat for Titans, so buyer beware.
Statistical values (66 in total):
- Mobility +16
- Resilience +8
- Recovery +12
- Discipline +10
- Intellect +6
- Strength +14
Xur inventory items
Year 7 in Destiny 2 has upgraded Xur's inventory, added a true rank progression system, rewards, and focus options. Xur also has more than just weapons and armor, including:
- Sunshot Catalyst – Recommended!
- The traveller's catalyst of choice
- The Xurfboard (Skimmer Board vehicle)
Essentialism/Stoicism/Solipsism ORExotic cipher- Exotic Engram
- Ascendant alloy
- Gleam
- Enhancement Core
- Nightfall Cipher (Adept)
- Strange Gift (Random Item for 1 Strange Coin)
Xur's exotic weapon
Year 7's Xur revamp has also added the ability to offer multiple exotic weapons in one visit. Here's what Xur has this weekend:
Hawkmoon – Hand Cannon
- Paracausal Shot – Final blows and precision hits with Hawkmoon grant stacks of Paracausal Charge. The last round in the magazine deals bonus damage based on the number of stacks. Stowing Hawkmoon in the last turn removes this bonus.
- Polygonal rifling
- Alloy Magazine
- Snapshot Sights
- Heavy grip
Arbalest – Linear Fusion Rifle
- Compounding Force – Fires slugs that deal massive damage to combatant shields. Strong against Barrier Champions.
- Disruption Break – Breaking an enemy's shield with this weapon makes them more vulnerable to kinetic damage for a short period.
- Extended barrel
- Projection protection
- Composite layer
Hard Light – Auto Rifle
- Fleeting Light – shots fired from this weapon have reduced damage, overpenetrate targets, and ricochet off hard surfaces. Projectile damage increases after bounce.
- The Fundamentals – Holding reload changes this weapon's damage type, cycling between Solar, Arc and Void. Gives different stats based on your chosen damage type.
- Polygonal rifling
- Alloy Magazine
- Composite layer
The Colony – Grenade Launcher
- Insectoid Robot Grenades – This weapon's grenades are insectoid robots that hunt targets and explode near them. Consumes tougher combatants to create additional robots.
- Serve The Colony – Insectoid robot grenades quickly refill the magazine from reserves while the colony is unequipped.
- Linear compensator
- High speed rounds
- Composite layer
Xur's Destiny 2 Legendary Armor Set and Weapons
Xur's set of legendary armor and weapons. All equipment costs 50 Legendary Shards and 1000 Glimmer.
- No Delay (Kinetic Shotgun)
- A Distant Pull (Kinetic Sniper Rifle)
- Cartesian Coordinate (Energy Fusion Rifle)
- First In Last Out (Energy Shotgun)
- Interference VI (Heavy Grenade Launcher)
- Falling Guillotine (Heavy Sword)
- Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity's Edge (Heavy Sword)
- Strange Weapon Engram
- Holdfast armor set