In Destiny, Xur is the man around whom everything revolves. On Friday, January 16th, he appears in the Tower with a selection of exotic weapons and armor, the really good stuff.

Xur has become so popular and important that he has achieved a sort of “internet fame” that others wish to benefit from. There is an account on Twitter pretending to be a “key Bungie employee.” All week, he tweets only about being in “extremely important” meetings discussing what good Xur would have on Friday.

“Hmm! Let’s give them Icebreaker! I want Icebreaker, but my colleagues are for Red Death. What do you think?”

“Oh, I don’t want to say anything. I just came from a meeting, and I can only tell you, save strange coins!”

Just to be clear: People like that do not work at Bungie; they just want followers and attention.

We also receive messages asking if we would already reveal what Xur has on offer (You can tell me, please! I’m a good boy!). And why we always wait until the very last moment before we reveal it…

It is impossible to predict exactly what Xur has in Destiny.

Everything about Xur, the Agent of the Nine, on January 16th, 17th, and 18th in Destiny

When does Xur come to the Tower and when does he leave?

Xur arrives at the Tower on Friday, January 16th, at 10:00 AM German time. Xur leaves the Tower again on Sunday, January 18th, also at 10:00 AM.

Where is Xur? What is his location?

Xur is located by the vendors of the Crucible.

What’s up with the numbers on the exotic armors?

Exotic armors have varying high values for Strength, Intellect, and Discipline – even if they are otherwise the same item. This is referred to as a “roll.” The higher it is, the better it is. There is no data yet on where the limits for the “new” light-level 36 items lie; we dealt with the old limits in this article.

What does Xur have for Warlocks, Titans, Hunters in Destiny this week?

Xur has this week the exotic sniper rifle Icebreaker for 17 strange coins on offer. The Icebreaker is currently considered the second strongest PvE weapon in Destiny, while it is much less sought after in PvP. The special twist: The weapon regenerates its ammunition automatically, but cannot be reloaded for that. It is the ideal sniper to find a position, take six shots, and switch to another weapon. Especially in the previous raids and in Nightfall strikes with the solar damage modifier, the Icebreaker has been and is in demand. And Guardians are willing to do strange things to get it.

For Hunters, Xur has the exotic Achylophage Symbiote available for 13 strange coins. With 104/112 Discipline.

For Titans, he has the exotic DLC helm The Glasshouse (Glass House) available. He wants 13 strange coins for it. The helm has a value of 113/122 in Intellect, which is a very strong roll. The Glasshouse has never been offered by Xur before.

Warlocks can buy the exotic DLC helm Obsidian Mind (Obisidan Mind) for 13 strange coins from him this week. He has that for the first time as well. The helm has two values: 49/53 in Intellect, and 50/54 in Strength.

Xur is not selling an Engram this week. His selection is considered the best in the last months.

Which exotic weapons and armors can Xur upgrade this week?

We deal with upgrading exotic items in Destiny through Xur in this article. He can basically upgrade everything except the Vex Mythoclast. Upgraded new weapons deal 14.5% more damage than their old version.

For the exotic weapons, he offers upgrades for the following guns:

• The pulse rifle Bad Karma
• The hand cannon The Last Word
• The arc fusion rifle Plan C
• The solar fusion rifle Infinity
• The arc machine gun Thunderlord
• The solar rocket launcher Gjallarhorn

For the exotic armors, the following items can be upgraded this week:

• The chest armor Lucky Raspberry of the Hunters, with impressive 154/166 Intellect
• The Achylophage Symbiote, a Hunter helm, with 95/103 Discipline
• The Mark of Alpha Lupi, a Titan chest, this time with 127/133 Intellect
• No Plan B, gloves for Titans, with rather poor 77/83 Strength
• Light behind Nemesis, a Warlock helm with 101/109 Strength
• Skull of the terrible Ahamkara, another Warlock helm with 108/118 Intellect

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In Destiny, the hard mode of the raid Crota’s End starts on January 21 in the evening. Four new legendary weapons, the exotic auto rifle Necrochasm, a shader, and a ship will be up for grabs. Well, there will also be some surprises. Bungie has learned from experience.

We predicted it yesterday: The Weekly Update on the night from Thursday to Friday only had one topic at Bungie: The hard mode of the raid Crota’s End will open.

The hard mode is said to be tougher than last time

A patch is supposed to come as early as Tuesday to prepare the raid. The next update, therefore, is patch 1.1.0.4.

On Wednesday evening, German time, around 7 PM, the “hard mode” of the new raid in Destiny will open. This is an unusual time. It is also expected to be a manual start. Delays may occur.

Bungie warns: They have learned some new tricks to make the raid more challenging. There will be fewer opportunities for raiders to heal themselves, and the enemies will be tougher. The new baseline level is now light level 33.

The hard mode in Destiny in practice

The hard mode in Destiny is an opportunity for Guardians at the top of the food chain to test their skills and gear against “even tougher” enemies.

In practice, it works like this: Guardians who only do the “hard mode” will receive loot “twice” from each boss, once for a “normal” kill and then for the “hard” kill. For example, there are known screenshots of Atheon, the final boss, where someone immediately got two exotic weapons.

The hard mode in Destiny is already a challenge in itself because Guardians deal significantly reduced damage with an unfavorable light level difference to the target.

What loot is available?

The main part of the loot consists of the four new primary weapons with elemental damage, which can drop from the final boss Crota:

• The hand cannon Word of Crota, Void damage
• The pulse rifle Oversoul Edict, Arc damage
• The scout rifle Fang of Ir Yût, Arc damage
• The auto rifle Abyss Defiant, Solar damage

They reach a value of 300/331 and are particularly sought after for the weekly nightfall strike and other activities. Each of the four weapons also has a bonus against certain enemies in Crota’s End. We have already introduced the weapons in more detail in this article.

The highlight of the raid will be the exotic auto rifle Necrochasm. It is the next evolution of the “white rifle” Husk of the Pit, which can then become the Eidolon Ally .

Crota now drops an item that turns the auto rifle into the exotic Necrochasm: The Crux of Crota.
In the image, the Necrochasm deals Arc damage, but unlike the Vex Mythoclast, it has no “strange” damage value, but remains at 331. Whether it can ultimately take the place of the Vex Mythoclast as the “new king weapon in Destiny” will remain to be seen.

What else is there in the Destiny raid?

There will be a new shader with the beautiful name Glowhoo. And a new spaceship will also drop, probably from Crota: Bane of the Dark Gods is the gem that also serves as a model for the cover image.

Fame and recognition are also up for grabs. Bungie has announced that they will elevate the first raiders to a virtual podium.

And speaking of Bane of the Dark Gods, on Friday, January 16, Xur will be back: Destiny: Offer and position of Xur, the Agent of the Nine, on January 16.

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In Destiny there are new versions of exotic weapons since the expansion “Darkness Awaits” that go up to a damage value of 331. How much more damage does the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn deal in the test?

The rocket launcher Gjallarhorn is the most coveted weapon in Destiny. A YouTuber has looked into how much more damage the new version (with 331 base damage) does compared to an old version that was not yet with Xur, which has 300 base damage. Both weapons in the test are “fully upgraded.”

The Gjallarhorn is a special case among exotic weapons because it not only deals damage with the main rocket, but also with the 8 mini-rockets around it (the Wolfpack Rounds, also known as cluster rockets). But there are no surprises here, they also deal the increased damage.

The test was conducted when the Guardian was at light level 31, targeting 30 enemies. The light level should therefore have no influence on the calculation.

The “old” version of the Gjallarhorn deals 908 damage points upon impact. The 8 rockets deal 267 damage each. This results in a total damage of 2882.

The “new” version of the Gjallarhorn deals 1039 damage points upon impact. The 8 rockets deal 306 damage each. This results in a total damage of 3299.

The result of the test confirms the trend shown by other exotic weapons as well: compared to the old exotic weapon, the damage of the new one increases by 14.5%. This is certainly noticeable.

Numbers are often a tricky matter in Destiny because Bungie doesn’t want to provide players with too much information here. But at least the question of upgrading seems to be clarified: Yes, upgrading exotic weapons in Destiny is worthwhile in every case.

We deal with upgrading exotic weapons at Xur in this article.

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In Destiny, this week’s event Iron Banner is active, and this month, in January, it is really worth participating in the Iron Banner again. The reason is three items that we will present in this article.

This is now the fourth active Iron Banner – Iron Banner 4.0, or probably more accurately: Iron Banner 2.3.

We present it in our guide. We tell you why it is particularly worthwhile this month and how you can get the items.

Why this month’s Iron Banner is worth it

There are three items to earn that are particularly worth highlighting.

Light Value 36 Gloves

On top of that, if you reach rank 4 in this Iron Banner, you will receive a pair of legendary gloves. They have a light value of 36. You can reach the maximum light level with them.

The particularly great thing about them: They can be upgraded with Ascendant Shards. Not with Radiant Shards. With these legendary gloves and an exotic armor piece, you only need “only” two raid armor pieces and 42 Radiant Shards to reach level 32.

Sniper Rifle Efrideet’s Spear

The sniper rifle Efrideet’s Spear can be obtained as random rewards from Iron Banner matches. The sniper rifle has the same base stats as Black Spindle and this thing is considered an absolute killer: very slow, incredibly powerful, a real punch.

The special thing about Efrideet’s Spear is: you can get all “random” sniper abilities with it. This also means: Arc damage or Solar damage or certain killer perks on the sniper rifle like Field Scout (increases magazine size), Spray and Play (faster reload when the magazine is empty), or Firefly (Solar explosion after precision kills).

And for a reroll, you don’t have to find Efrideet’s Spear every time, but you can always take the same weapon. Because through a special offer, you can reshuffle “Iron Banner” weapons. It costs 2 Light Shards.

With enough Light Shards, you can keep reshuffling until you have the sniper rifle of your dreams. Especially for the weekly Nightfall strike, a sniper rifle that can deal Void damage would be an excellent choice. Then the old Praedyth’s Revenge can finally retire.

The Hand Cannon Timur’s Lash

The hand cannon Timur’s Lash is basically great for the same reasons as Efrideet’s Spear. It is a hand cannon with fantastic base stats, extremely high impact (hit power). The problem with the weapon is usually the small magazine.

But with the perk “Field Scout,” you can eliminate this disadvantage. If it is on the weapon, that is. So you should reshuffle with Light Shards until you have an “ideal” roll.

You can acquire Timur’s Lash in this Iron Banner when you reach the highest rank, rank 5. Then it is available for a considerable sum.

You might want to farm Glimmer beforehand: Destiny Guide: How to farm Glimmer currently, for example, for the new weapons from the Iron Banner

Tips for Rerolling

The best method is probably to get two rolls of the weapons and always reroll the weaker one until it is better than the other. Then continue with that one.

Besides these items, there are also: The rocket launcher Radegast’s Wrath (at rank 4), a legendary chest with light value 33 (at rank 3), and the legendary auto rifle Silimar’s Wrath (as a random reward).

The entire offer from Lord Saladin is presented to you by the guys from Ziro.TV in this video:

How do I get Reputation?

Rank 5 in the Iron Banner is not as far away as it seems at first glance.

The following tips are important:

• Buy the emblem, class item, or shader at the respective reputation levels. They provide a 10% bonus, stack together, and increase the reputation by 30%.
• Accept as many Iron Banner bounties as possible and work on completing them simultaneously.
• If you win, everything is great; you get 50 reputation.
• If you lose, don’t despair; you get a coin that you can convert into 40 reputation if you win next time. It’s only important not to lose 5 times in a row. Because you can only collect 5 coins. If you are really losing constantly, play more defensively, stay in groups, guard your control points, don’t run around recklessly, and blame others even more intensely for your failure.

The bonus “Hardened” lasts 12 hours and grants a reputation bonus. You can request it multiple times as often as you want. The reputation bonus gets stronger each day, a day in Destiny starts at 10 a.m. German time and ends at 9:59 a.m. the next day:

• On the first day, Tuesday, January 13, the reputation bonus is 10%.
• On the second day, Wednesday, January 14, 15%
• On the third day, Thursday, January 15, 25%
• On the fourth day, Friday, January 16, (blessed be Xur) 40%
• On the fifth day, Saturday, January 17, 60%
• On the sixth day, Sunday, January 18, 100%
• On the seventh day, Monday, January 19, 150%

This means: If you only have time for the Iron Banner late in the week, you need significantly fewer wins or losses than if you are out and about now.

For rank 1, you need 100 reputation, for rank 2 an additional 1200 reputation, and for each subsequent rank an additional 2400 reputation.

You need around 140 rounds without bonuses to reach reputation level 5 and to acquire Timur’s Lash. However, with all bonus items, buffs, and everything else, it is significantly less.

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