Xur has returned again to Destiny 2, complete with new exotic and legendary gear for players to check out for a limited time. Change is upon Destiny 2 as longtime Bungie CEO Pete Parsons announced his retirement from the company. In his place will be a 15-year Bungie veteran, Justin Truman, who has worn many hats at the company, from being an engineer, designer, to General Manager for Destiny 2 as well as Chief Development Officer.
In addition to studio changes, Bungie also revealed upcoming changes to Destiny 2 alongside the Ash & Iron update in September. While the studio previously teased buffs for Destiny 2's Warlock class, this recent blog post was a bit more controversial with planned changes to the Portal, including nerfs to the Solo Ops playlist where drops will be lower in power to encourage players to engage more with Fireteam and Pinnacle Ops.
Destiny 2 Weekly Reset: New Activities, Challenges, and Rewards
The weekly reset for Destiny 2 is live and here are all of the new details including activity rotations, seasonal challenges, and much more.
For now, the weekend merchant Xur is back with a new inventory of 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 August 15, 2025.
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
Starting with the Edge of Fate expansion, Xur's role in the Tower has expanded a bit. While Xur no longer carries legendary armor, the merchant has increased his exotic offering by selling two pieces of gear for each class each week. Xur's new Destiny 2 inventory can still be found at the Tower Bazaar.
Xur's Exotic Armor
Cenotaph Mask - Warlock helmet
Exotic Perk:
-
High Priority
- Steadily reloads a portion of your equipped Trace Rifle's magazine from reserves. Damaging a vehicle, boss, or Champion with a Trace Rifle marks them as the target. When an ally defeats the marked target, Special ammo is generated for you and Heavy ammo for your allies.
Stat Values (60 Total):
- Health +0
- Melee +0
- Grenade +29
- Super +20
- Class +11
- Weapons +0
Claws of Ahamkara - Warlock gauntlets
Exotic Perk:
-
The Whispers
- Gain an additional melee charge. Powered melee final blows spawn an Orb of Power.
Stat Values (60 Total):
- Health +12
- Melee +0
- Grenade +30
- Super +18
- Class +0
- Weapons +0
The Sixth Coyote - Hunter chest armor
Exotic Perk:
-
Double Dodge
- Gain a second dodge charge. Shortly after dodging, your next weapon final blow spawns an Orb of Power.
Stat Values (60 Total):
- Health +12
- Melee +0
- Grenade +30
- Super +18
- Class +0
- Weapons +0
Blight Ranger - Hunter helmet
Exotic Perk:
-
Voltaic Mirror
- Guarding with your Arc Staff does not consume extra Super energy. Cancel Arc Staff early, temporarily increasing Arc weapon damage and creating a blinding burst. Reflected attacks increase the damage of the burst, extend your Super, and deal additional damage.
Stat Values (60 Total):
- Health +11
- Melee +19
- Grenade +0
- Super +30
- Class +0
- Weapons +0
Ashen Wake - Titan gauntlets
Exotic Perk:
-
Bring the Heat
- Fusion Grenades gain increased throw speed, explode on impact, and stun Unstoppable Champions. Final blows with Fusion Grenades grant grenade energy.
Stat Values (62 total):
- Health +0
- Melee +19
- Grenade +13
- Super +30
- Class +0
- Weapons +0
Blastwave Striders - Titan leg armor
Exotic Perk:
- Blastwave Striders - Gain resistance to your explosives. Defeat targets to charge this armor. Once charged, slide or deal explosive self-damage to rocket jump backward and blast deadly shrapnel projectiles that spawn Stasis crystals on impact. Charged rocket jumps grant Frost Armor.
Stat Values (60 Total):
- Health +0
- Melee +0
- Grenade +29
- Super +20
- Class +11
- Weapons +0
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:
- Sunshot Catalyst
- Tractor Cannon Catalyst
- Essentialism/Stoicism/Solipsism OR Exotic Cipher
- Exotic Engram
- Ascendant Alloy
- Glimmer
- Enhancement Core
- Raid Banner (7 for 11 Strange Coins)
- Favor of the Nine
- Strange Gift (Random Item for 1 Strange Coin)
Exotic Ciphers
- Xenology - Complete activities in the Portal with a performance grade B or higher. Additional progress is awarded for better performance grades, activities with a longer average duration, and for succeeding with clanmates.
Xur's Exotic Weapons
Here is what Xur has this weekend for exotic weapons:
.jpg?q=49&fit=crop&w=500&dpr=2)
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.
-
Arrowhead Brake
-
Alloy Magazine
- Eye of the Storm
-
Polymer Grip
Cerberus+1 - Auto Rifle
-
Four-Headed Dog
- Shoots erratic bullets from all gun barrels at the same time.
-
Spread Shot Package
- Aiming this weapon reduces the spread of its projectiles.
-
Fluted Barrel
-
Rifled Barrel
-
Full Bore
Hard Light - Auto Rifle
-
Volatile Light
- Rounds fired from this weapon have reduced damage falloff, overpenetrate targets, and ricochet off hard surfaces. Projectile damage increases after bounce.
-
The Fundamentals
- Hold reload to change this weapon's damage type, cycling between Void, Arc, and Solar. Grants this weapon temporarily increased damage when you apply or gain an elemental buff or debuff that matches this weapon's damage type.
-
Polygonal Rifling
-
Alloy Magazine
-
Composite Stock
The Colony - Grenade Launcher
-
Insectoid Robot Grenades
- This weapon's grenades are insectoid robots that chase targets and explode close to them. Consumes tougher combatants to create additional robots.
-
Serve the Colony
- Insectoid robot grenades quickly repopulate the magazine from reserves while the Colony is unequipped.
-
Linear Compensator
-
High-Velocity Rounds
-
Composite Stock
Xur's Destiny 2 Legendary Weapons
Xur's Set of Legendary Weapons. All weapons cost 17 Strange Coins.
- Duty Bound (Kinetic Auto Rifle)
- Locus Locutus (Kinetic Sniper Rifle)
- Cold Denial (Kinetic Pulse Rifle)
- Forbearance (Energy Grenade Launcher)
- Brass Attacks (Energy Sidearm)
- Timelines' Vertex (Energy Fusion Rifle)
- Sailspy Pitchglass (Heavy Linear Fusion Rifle)
- The Slammer (Adept Heavy Sword)
- Faith-Keeper (Heavy Rocket Launcher)
- Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity's Edge (Heavy Sword)
- Strange Weapon Engram (7 Strange Coins)
WHERE TO PLAY
Play Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate. Guardians will track a mysterious signal to a location at the edge of the solar system, where they will uncover a truth that redefines their future.
The Future Is Now - A new adventure and the start of a new saga in Destiny 2. World tiers allow Guardians to select the level of difficulty that is right for them and reap the rewards that come with victory. Higher tiers offer more challenge, additional narrative threads, new secrets to uncover, and more powerful gear to collect.
Destination Abilities - Push the limit of your Guardian’s capabilities and unlock the mysteries of Kepler with new destination abilities, powered by the mysterious Anomaly. New Foes - Two new enemy combatants have entered the fray. Cut down swarming masses of Vex drones known as Kobolds, and face diabolical hovering Fallen Corsairs, each intent on standing in the way of your success.
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Engine
- Tiger Engine
- Franchise
- Destiny
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
