This Weekend in Destiny 2 – Xûr and Trials (Week 4)

This week, Xûr is hanging out on the Winding Cove on the EDZ. Trials of Osiris is live on Javelin-4 with the Adept Igneous Hammer Hand Cannon as the Flawless weapon. Check out Xur’s loot and the latest Destiny 2 news below.

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Xûr, Agent of the Nine

A peddler of strange curios, Xûr’s motives are not his own. He bows to his distant masters, the nine.

Departs: Tuesday, Sept 19 @ 10 AM PDT

Where is Xûr?

Exotic Armor

23 Legendary Shards

Exotic Weapon

23 Legendary Shards

Exotic Weapons (Random Roll)

125,000 Glimmer, 200 Legendary Shards, 1 Exotic Cipher, 1 Ascendant Shard

Legendary Weapons

50 Legendary Shards + 1,000 Glimmer

Name	Type	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Iota Draconis	Energy Fusion Rifle	Chambered Compensator // Extended Barrel	Enhanced Battery // Liquid Coils	Ensemble	Harmony
Interference VI	Heavy Grenade Launcher	Confined Launch // Linear Compensator	Spike Grenades // High-Velocity Rounds	Grave Robber	Swashbuckler
Hoosegow	Heavy Rocket Launcher	Confined Launch // Quick Launch	High-Velocity Rounds // Impact Casing	Underdog	Quickdraw
Tears of Contrition	Kinetic Scout Rifle	Extended Barrel // Smallbore	Accurized Rounds // Flared Magwell	Triple Tap	Explosive Payload
Seventh Seraph SI-2	Energy Sidearm	Corkscrew Rifling // Full Bore	Steady Rounds // Flared Magwell	Hip-Fire Grip	Elemental Capacitor
Extraordinary Rendition	Kinetic Submachine Gun	Chambered Compensator // Polygonal Rifling	Extended Mag // Steady Rounds	Firmly Planted	One for All
Hollow Denial	Energy Trace Rifle	Corkscrew Rifling // Hammer-Forged Rifling	Projection Fuse // Tactical Battery	Lead from Gold	Repulsor Brace

Legendary Armor

50 Legendary Shards + 1,000 Glimmer

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Xûr’s Loot and Location this Week in Destiny 2

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Trials of Osiris

Compete in an event version of Elimination. Earn as many round and match wins on a ticket as you can.

Access: Lightfall

Ends: Tuesday, Sept 19 @ 10 AM PDT

Access: Lightfall

Flawless Reward

View more details on our Trials of Osiris page.

Destiny 2: Trials of Osiris – Weekly Map and Loot

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TWiD Highlights

Check out the full “This week in Destiny” on the Bungie website.

Goodbye Legendary Shards

Starting with The Last Shape Legendary Shards are being completely removed. Here are the new costs coming in new Season 23 to prepare for this change:

Here you can see the new costs: 

“Starting in Season 23, non-Adept focusing will cost ritual engrams and Glimmer only. Focusing Adept weapons will still require seven wins in Trials Passages or Nightfall Ciphers.”

Item Type	Engram	Glimmer	Misc
New Ritual Weapons	1	0
Standard Ritual Pool Weapons	3	5000
Standard Ritual Pool Armor	3	5000
Legacy Weapons	5	15,000
Legacy Armor	5	15,000
Iron Banner Weapons	5	25,000
Nightfall Weapons	5	25,000
Adept Nightfall Weapons	1	50,000	10 Nightfall Ciphers
Trials Weapons	5	25,000
Adept Trials Weapons	1	50,000	7-Win Trials Passage

Dismantle Rewards

Gear Type	Rarity	Glimmer Reward	Secondary Reward	Secondary Reward Drop Chance	Gunsmith Reputation
General	Rare	75
Armor	Legendary	1000	Enhancement Core	25%	10
Armor	Exotic	2000	Enhancement Core	60%	20
Ghosts	Legendary	1000
Ghosts	Exotic	1500
Weapons	Legendary	1000	Enhancement Core	25%	10
Weapons	Exotic	2000	Enhancement Core	60%	20

Note: Actual values and drop chances are subject to change prior to launch. 

Ships and Sparrows will no longer have a cost, doing this will remove their dismantle rewards. 

Improvements for Essence Drops

Improvements to Essence drops are coming for next week with Update 7.2.0.4.

• First weekly clear grants two Essences: one for Crota and one for completing encounters
• Repeat full clears offer extra guaranteed Essences.
• Increased random Essence drop rate on repeated clears.
• One run has a chance to grant all Necrochasm quest and catalyst Essences.

Raid Challenges & Master Difficulty

Weekly raid challenges (one per week) and Master difficulty for Crota’s End raid release next week.

• Complete weekly challenges for extra rewards.
• Master difficulty offers increased challenge, stat-focused armor drops, and Adept weapons with improved perks.

Adept weapons work on a knockout system – you’ll get one per encounter until you have them all.

Checkmate

Checkmate arrives next week for a six-week period. These variants cycle every two weeks:

• ⚔️ Checkmate Control
• ⚔️ Checkmate Survival
• ⚔️ Checkmate Rumble

Note: Checkmate is not a game mode, but a modifier to some game modes.

Tribute Game Mode

Sandbox Changes

Coming later in Season 22

• Antaeus Wards: Now, using your full class ability energy to reflect damage depletes it. This change aims to shorten the Exotic’s duration and limit compatibility with Juggernaut’s shield.

• Young Ahamkara’s Spine: Less impact on grenade uptime: grants energy on final blows, not damage.

Season 23

• Submachine Guns: We will globally increase the recoil on SMGs to make it a more significant tradeoff when choosing between range and stability.
• Sniper Rifles: A body shot nerf will be implemented in the Crucible, with more details coming soon. However, Sniper Rifles will receive a damage buff in PvE to balance this change.
• Fusion Rifles: We will reduce the Kickstart damage bonus, and there will be a more noticeable damage drop-off at longer ranges.
• Airborne Effectiveness: The airborne accuracy of Sniper Rifles and Slug Shotguns will be enhanced to match the pre-Airborne Effectiveness (AE) Icarus performance at their base values.
• Peregrine Greaves
  • Now provide bonus shoulder charge damage when airborne briefly to maintain the Exotic’s visibility requirement.
  • In PvE, these now deal extra damage and replenish your melee charge when used against Champions, Tormentors, and mini-bosses.
• Synthoceps
  • Removed lunge range, added better weapon handling and faster reloads when surrounded.
  • Also, partially reversing the Glaive melee damage reduction.
• Plus more Exotic armor updates in Season 23.

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Until next time.

♡ Kyber