Hello Guardians!
It's almost Friday again, which means that Xur is about to arrive. But, like many other things in Destiny, Xur was not immune to changes brought about by the launching of The Taken King. Since Bungie has tied many of the Exotics in TTK to various Quest lines, the list of things that Xur could possibly sell is quite small. So, Xur's inventory will now be handled drastically different.
Each week, Xur will no sell an Exotic Weapon OR an Exotic Engram, which can decrypt into any TTK Exotic armor piece. He'll also be selling a Legacy Engram, which will decrypt into Year 1 Exotics, with a high bias towards Exotics you don't already own, so you can complete your collection more quickly.
So, before Xur comes for the first time in Year 2, let's take a look back at Year 1 to see some of Xur's milestones. Let's also take a look at what Exotic items Xur seemed to like the most!
Xur's First Visit
The first time that Xur popped up in the Tower with his face full of tentacles, nobody really new what to expect. Xur was undoubtedly the first place that many players saw Exotics in-game for the first time. So what did he bring those Guardians who were brave enough to approach Xur the first weekend of Destiny?
For Hunters, Xur sold the Mask of the Third Man exotic helmet. Both Warlocks and Titans could buy gauntlets, Sunbreakers and No Backup Plans, respectively.
And Xur's first choice of weapon? The infamous Red Death. Xur would sell this again a few weeks later, which brought about the infamous few weeks where it seemed like literally everyone was using Red Death in the Crucible!
Hunter Exotics
In Year 1, Xur was generally pretty good to Hunters. The two Exotic armor pieces that he sold the most for Hunters were Achlyophage Symbiote and Crest of Alpha Lupi, which he sold eight times each. Both of these are top tier Exotics, so there's not much to complain about. For the other items, this is how the distribution worked out:
ATS/8 ARACHNID - 3
Celestial Nighthawk - 2
Don't Touch Me - 5
Khepri's Sting - 2
Knucklehead Radar - 5
Lucky Raspberry - 5
Mask of the Third Man - 5
Radiant Dance Machines* - 4
Young Ahamkara's Spine - 5
The Exotic that Xur sold the least for Hunters was Bones of Eao, which he only sold one time. This is a House of Wolves Exotic, so it wasn't in the loot table until May, but the fact that it has only been sold once since then makes it quite rare.
Warlock Exotics
Many Warlocks undoubtedly have a love-hate relationship with Xur, who seem to have gotten shortchanged perhaps more than any other class. The most common item ever sold by Xur is Voidfang Vestments, which was sold a record 10 times. In a period of 10 weeks, Xur sold this chest piece seven times, with streaks where he sold it twice and even three times back to back. As if that wasn't bad enough, Starfire Protocol was sold nine times, making it the second-most-sold item in Xur's inventory.
Nothing Manacles and Purifier Robes were both sold one time each. Like with the Hunter, these are House of Wolves Exotics and weren't available until May. However, despite being sold once each, these are not the least sold Warlock items. The infamous helmet The Ram was never sold by Xur and is the only exotic in the game (besides the ones that have a standard way of obtaining them) that has earned that distinction.
Overall stats:
Apotheosis Veil - 6
Claws of Ahamkara - 4
Heart of Praxic Fire - 3
Light Beyond Nemesis - 5
Nothing Manacles - 1
Obsidian Mind - 5
Purifier Robes - 1
Skull of Dire Ahamkara - 2
Starfire Protocol - 9
Sunbreakers - 7
The Ram - 0
Voidfang Vestments - 10
Titan Exotics
Titan's probably have the most evenly-distributed list of Exotics in terms of how many times each was sold. The Armamentarium was the most sold Exotic at eight total, with Helm of Inmost Light close behind with seven. The rarest Titan armor piece was ACD/0 Feedback Fence, which again, was from the House of Wolves expansion.
Overall stats:
ACD/0 Feedback Fence - 1
An Insurmountable Skullfort - 5
Crest of Alpha Lupi - 4
Eternal Warrior** - 3
Helm of Inmost Light - 7
Helm of Saint-14 - 4
MK. 44 Stand Asides* - 6
No Backup Plans - 5
Peregrine Greaves** - 2
Ruin Wings* - 5
The Armamentarium - 8
The Glasshouse* - 3
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