Destiny's in-game character, Xur Agent of the Nine, will be back in the reckoning during the 13 -15 February weekend. As is already known to players, Xur appears only during the weekends.
Xur is the merchant within the Tower, who comes with new exotic weapons, armours and other rare goods for players who have saved Strange Coins and/or Motes of Light.
As is already known, he is found only in the weekends starting from 9 am on Friday to 9 am Sunday.
Note: Can be found standing in Tower Hangar, all the way at the back of the lounge.
Ever since the launch of Dark Below DLC in December 2014, Xur brings with him a combination of both new and upgraded items for players willing to shell out their Strange Coins. Though not all the items that Xur has are likely to be game changers, it might be helpful in some way or the other.
Below are the items in Xur's inventory that will be available this weekend (iDigitalTimes):
Helm of Inmost Light
- Class: Titan
- Defense: 407 / 447
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 97 / 104
- Reduce melee cooldown when you pick up an Orb
- Provides Death from Above and Headstrong for Fist of Havoc
- Increased melee attack speed
Crest of Alpha Lupi
- Class: Hunter
- Defense: 444 / 488
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 133 / 143
- Revive teammates faster. Spawn more orbs.
- Carry more ammo for Special Weapons
- Carry more ammo for Hand Cannon
Light Beyond Nemesis
- Class: Warlock
- Defense: 407 / 447
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 107 / 114
- Revive teammates faster. Spawn more orbs.
- Increased melee attack speed
- Replenish health when you pick up an Orb
Ice Breaker
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 6
- Ice Breaker's victims spontaneously combust, dealing damage to others nearby.
- Missing a shot has a chance to return ammo directly to the magazine
Exotic Shard
Upgrades:
Knucklehead Radar
- Class: Hunter
- Defense: 407 / 447
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 101 / 108
- Grenade hits restore melee energy
- More Super energy from non-Guardian kills
- Radar remains visible while aiming Primary Weapons
Crest of Alpha Lupi
- Class: Hunter
- Defense: 444 / 488
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 148 / 159
- Revive teammates faster. Spawn more orbs.
- Carry more ammo for Special Weapons
- Carry more ammo for Hand Cannon
Helm of Inmost Light
- Class: Titan
- Defense: 407 / 447
- Light: 30 / 36
- Strength: 113 / 121
- Reduce melee countdown when you pick up an Orb
- Provides Death from Above and Headstrong for Fist of Havoc
- Increased melee attack speed
Crest of Alpha Lupi
- Class: Titan
- Defense: 444 / 488
- Light: 30 / 36
- Intellect: 121 / 129
- Revive teammates faster. Spawn more orbs.
- Carry more ammo for Special Weapons
- Carry more ammo for Auto Rifles
Apotheosis Veil
- Class: Warlock
- Defense: 407 / 447
- Light: 30 / 36
- Discipline: 100 / 108
- Melee hits replenish Grenade energy
- Replenish health when you pick up an Orb
- Activating your Super regenerates your health
Sunbreakers
- Class: Warlock
- Defense: 333 / 366
- Light: 30 / 36
- Intellect: 77 / 83
- Revive teammates faster. Spawn more orbs.
- Carry more ammo for Special Weapons
- Carry more ammo for Hand Cannon
The Last Word
- Type: Hand Cannon
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 8
- Bonus damage and stability. Extra precision damage when firing from the hip.
- This weapon has bonus accuracy while firing from the hip
Ice Breaker
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 6
- Ice Breaker's victims spontaneously combust, dealing damage to others nearby
- Missing a shot has a chance to return ammo directly to the magazine
Patience And Time
- Type: Sniper Rifle
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 4
- You gain active camouflage while aiming down the sights
- Radar stays active while aiming down this weapon's sights
Super Good Advice
- Type: Machine Gun
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 58
- Almost all shots that miss their target will return to your magazine
- Kills with this weapon grant bonus damage for a short time
Gjallarhorn
- Type: Rocket Launcher
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 2
- Rounds fired from this weapon split into tracking cluster missiles upon detonation
- Shells fired from this weapon track their targets
Truth
- Type: Rocket Launcher
- Attack: 302 / 331
- Magazine: 2
- Rounds fired from this weapon seek their targets aggressively
- Rockets from this weapon will detonate early based on proximity to targets
February Update Features Revealed
Bungie revealed its plans for the upcoming February update 1.1.1 for Destiny in its Bungie Weekly Update. Bungie said it is trying to keep it's promised rollout date "before the end of February."
Bungie is currently working on to include a new UI feature - Reputation Panel in 1.1.1 update.
David Candland, design lead for User Interface Team at Bungie said, "We've created a way for you to see your faction reputations and weekly marks without having to run from vendor to vendor in the Tower. Now this information is never more than two clicks away!"
"We've known we've wanted this feature since we donned our first piece of faction class gear, and the community has too. It was a no-brainer," he added.
Bungie had previously promised that the update 1.1.1 will include Heavy Ammo bug fix and weapon tuning.
The 1.1.1 update will also include the following weapon tweaks for Destiny:
- Auto-rifles, designed for close to medium-range combat, are getting a nerf, seeing a base damage reduction by 2.5% in addition to a reduction in effective range.
- Pulse rifles, which are among Destiny's least-used weapons, will be getting a DPS buff of up to 8.7%.
- Hand-cannons, or pistols, are designed for medium range and will be seeing a loss in effective range and initial accuracy.
- Fusion rifles will see a wider blast radius making them slightly easier to use, but their starting ammunition will be reduced so players will have to hunt for secondary weapon ammo.
