Destiny 2: Xur Exotic Armor, Weapon, and Recommendations for September 12

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Xur makes a return once more in Destiny 2, bringing along fresh exotic and legendary equipment for players to explore, only for a brief duration. This past week has seen a rollercoaster of emotions among many enthusiasts due to the weekly reset. Bungie unveiled additional information regarding the upcoming Destiny 2 expansion called Renegades, a project that incorporates elements inspired by Star Wars, courtesy of a collaboration with LucasFilm Games.

Despite generating a lot of anticipation, the latest Ash & Iron expansion for Destiny 2 seems to have disappointed many players. The new Territories: Reclaim activity was marred by bugs and other technical problems, while concerns about the power leveling system persisted. Bungie has announced plans to rectify these issues with a forthcoming update due next week, but the community’s frustration continues.

Currently, the enigmatic vendor Xur has returned to offer fresh items for Destiny 2 enthusiasts. Check out this guide to discover his whereabouts over the weekend, learn about the status of his exotic cipher quest, and get a review of all the exotic and legendary loot he’s brought for the weekend of September 12, 2025.

Where is Xur?

Instead of searching across the solar system for Xur, he’s set up a permanent shop within The Tower’s Bazaar, making it easier for you to find him whenever you need.

The Bazaar is sandwiched between the two fast travel spots, giving players the flexibility to choose either one to teleport into. Once you’ve arrived in the vicinity of Ikora and Hawthorne, simply search for the Ramen Shop at the back. With the shop facing you, head to the right-hand side, and you’ll find Xur standing there.

Destiny 2 Class Armor

Beginning with the Edge of Fate expansion, Xur’s duties in the Tower have grown a bit. Nowadays, instead of selling legendary armor, Xur offers more exotic gear – specifically, two items for each class every week. You can continue to find Xur’s new assortment at the Tower Bazaar in Destiny 2.

Xur’s Exotic Armor

Transversive Steps – Warlock leg armor

Exotic Perk:

  • – Sprint speed increased. After a short time sprinting, your currently equipped weapon is automatically reloaded.

Stat Values (62 Total):

  • Health +0
  • Melee +19
  • Grenade +0
  • Super +30
  • Class +0
  • Weapons +13

Fallen Sunstar – Warlock helmet

Exotic Perk:

  • – Ionic traces you create move faster and grant you additional ability energy. Nearby allies also gain ability energy when you collect an ionic trace.

Stat Values (62 Total):

  • Health +20
  • Melee +30
  • Grenade +0
  • Super +12
  • Class +0
  • Weapons +0

Celestial Nighthawk – Hunter helmet

Exotic Perk:

  • – Precision final blows reduce the cooldown of your Super. Modifies Golden Gun to fire a single, high-damage shot. Targets defeated by that shot give you Super energy and explode.

Stat Values (61 Total):

  • Health +30
  • Melee +0
  • Grenade +0
  • Super +13
  • Class +18
  • Weapons +0

Caliban’s Hand – Hunter gauntlets

Exotic Perk:

  • – Your Proximity Knife scorches targets it damages with its explosions, or ignites targets on final blow. After throwing a Proximity Knife, you gain increased melee regeneration until the knife explodes.

Stat Values (61 Total):

  • Health +19
  • Melee +30
  • Grenade +12
  • Super +0
  • Class +0
  • Weapons +0

Hallowfire Heart – Titan chest armor

Exotic Perk:

  • – Solar final blows while standing in a Sunspot create a Sunspot. Greatly improves recharge rate of your melee and grenade while your Solar Super is charged. Provides a small benefit to the airborne effectiveness stat of all weapons.

Stat Values (60 total):

  • Health +13
  • Melee +0
  • Grenade +0
  • Super +0
  • Class +29
  • Weapons +18

The Path of Burning Steps – Titan leg armor

Exotic Perk:

  • – Increase the damage of Solar weapons and Solar Ignitions based on the amount of Roaring Flames stacks you have. You are harder to suspend, slow, or freeze, and when you break out, you take no damage from doing so, creating a burst of Solar energy around yourself.

Stat Values (61 Total):

  • Health +19
  • Melee +29
  • Grenade +0
  • Super +0
  • Class +0
  • Weapons +13

Xur Inventory Items

In Destiny 2’s Year 7, Xur’s stock has been enhanced significantly, introducing a genuine rank-based advancement system, incentives, and customization options. Now, Xur offers more than just weaponry and armor; his inventory includes additional items such as:

  • Merciless Catalyst
  • Hard Light Catalyst
  • Essentialism/Stoicism/Solipsism OR Exotic Cipher
  • Exotic Engram
  • Enhancement Prism
  • Glimmer
  • Enhancement Core
  • Deepsight Harmonizer
  • 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:

Hawkmoon – Hand Cannon

  • – 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.
  • Opening Shot

Crimson – Hand Cannon

  • – This weapon fires a 3-round burst.
  • – Kills with this weapon heal the wielder. Precision kills also refill the magazine.

Fighting Lion – Grenade Launcher

  • – Grenade projectiles will bounce off surfaces. Fire; release to detonate.
  • – Direct hits do increased damage to combatant shields and cause a volatile detonation. Dealing damage increases reload speed. Rapid final blows against grenade-damaged combatants refill the magazine.

The Prospector – Grenade Launcher

  • – Grenades spawn cluster bombs upon detonation. Defeating targets creates Arc explosions.
  • – Holding down the trigger will fire this weapon at full auto.
  • Volatile Launch

Xur’s Destiny 2 Legendary Weapons

Xur’s Set of Legendary Weapons. All weapons cost 17 Strange Coins.

  • Vulpecula (Kinetic Hand Cannon)
  • Midnight Coup (Kinetic Hand Cannon)
  • Spare Rations (Kinetic Hand Cannon)
  • Deadpan Delivery (Energy Shotgun)
  • The Palindrome (Energy Hand Cannon)
  • Aberrant Action (Adept Energy Sidearm)
  • The Slammer (Heavy Sword)
  • Unwavering Duty (Heavy Machine Gun)
  • Negative Space (Heavy Sword)
  • Crown-Splitter/Quickfang/Eternity’s Edge (Heavy Sword)
  • Strange Weapon Engram (7 Strange Coins)

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2025-09-12 21:15