Destiny 2 Xur location and items, Feb. 15-18

If you played Destiny, you may be familiar with Xur, the weekly Exotic item merchant. In Destiny 2, he’s back, and he now appears all over the map. This week, he’s in the EDZ. You can find Xur hanging out on a bluff in the Winding Cove.

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Xur’s inventory this week consists of the following:

• Sunshot, exotic hand cannon: 29 Legendary Shards
• Lucky Raspberry, Hunter chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Actium War Rig, Titan chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Skull of Dire Ahamkara, Warlock helmet: 23 Legendary Shards
• Isochronal Engram: 97 Legendary Shards

Xur’s inventory caps out at 631 if you’re at 650 power. He also offers specific rolls on each armor piece each week, giving out different perks for the same pieces. We’ve highlighted any great rolls below.

Sunshot

Sunshot is an exotic hand cannon that does Solar damage. It’s also one of the exotics you can choose on Io while playing through the campaign. Sunshot’s first exotic perk is Sunburn, which causes the weapon to fire explosive rounds and highlight enemies that take damage. Its secondary perk, Sun Blast, causes enemies killed by Sunshot to explode.

Sunshot is one of the best exotics in the game. Not only is it fairly useful in some raid scenarios like the Gauntlet, but it’s also just fun to use. You may not do great if you want this to be your main PvP gun, but you’ll still have fun while using it. If you don’t have one, get yourself a Sunshot this week.

Lucky Raspberry

The Hunter exotic this week is Lucky Raspberry. The main perk here is Probability Matrix, which enhances your Arc Bolt grenade, giving it a chance to reset after dealing damage and causing it to chain more effectively. The cooldown is also reset on a full chain. It’s hard to recommend this chest for either PvP or PvE activities.

This week’s roll:

Slot 1: Unflinching bow aim, unflinching fusion rifle aim, unflinching kinetic aim

Slot 2: Scout rifle reserves, special ammo finder

This roll is fine — although unflinching kinetic is universally useful. Unfortunately, this exotic just isn’t that useful. Arcstrider is the least popular Hunter subclass at the moment, and isn’t as useful as the other two options in PvE or PvP. But if you love Arcstrider, pick this up for when it eventually gets buffed.

Actium War Rig

The Actium War Rig is an extremely powerful Titan chest piece. Its exotic perk, Auto-loading Link, will constantly reload your auto rifles as you fire them. If you’re a fan of auto rifles — especially ones with larger than average magazines — this is an incredible exotic. When pairing Actium War Rig with the Sweet Business exotic auto rifle, the clip will refill with 10 rounds every few seconds, allowing the minigun to truly feel unique. If you ever use auto rifles, this chest piece is an absolute must-have.

This week’s roll:

Slot 1: Unflinching bow aim, unflinching fusion rifle aim, unflinching kinetic aim

Slot 2: Scout rifle reserves, special ammo finder

This is a great roll of a great exotic. Unflinching kinetic aim is a perfect pairing for many of the excellent kinetic auto rifles. Scout rifles also pair well with auto rifles, and special ammo finder is always useful. If you are a Titan and have any interest in auto rifles, this is a roll you should pick up.

The Skull of Dire Ahamkara

The Skull of Dire Ahamkara is the Warlock helmet on offer this week. It’s a pretty situational exotic, but it can be devastating when used properly. Its exotic perk, Actual Grandeur, causes you to take very low damage while casting Nova Bomb — and your Nova Bomb kills grant Super Energy instantly.

If you can accurately place your Nova Bomb in a large group of enemies — in PvE or even PvP — you will refund quite a bit of super energy. If you like playing Voidwalker at all, this is a solid helmet.

This week’s roll:

Slot 1: Fusion rifle targeting, hand cannon targeting, hands-on (melee kills grant Super energy)

Slot 2: Sniper rifle reserves, machine gun reserves

Nova Bomb just got buffed, and hand cannon targeting is a great perk for most players. Machine guns are also very potent at the moment. This is the perfect moment for this roll, so pick it up and use it while it’s hot.