Where Is Xur Today? (May 5-9) – Destiny 2 Exotic Items And Xur Location Guide

With Season of the Deep arriving in a few weeks, now is a great time to stock up on a few fresh rolls of Exotic and Legendary gear through Xur, everyone’s favorite arms dealer in Destiny 2. As usual, the enigmatic merchant has set up shop in one of his three favorite locations, and he’s brought plenty of gear with him. Here’s where you can find Xur this weekend and what the Agent of the Nine has for sale.

This week you can find Xur on Nessus, in the Watcher’s Grave area. For his weapon, Xur is offering The Queenbreaker. Hunters can pick up the Ophidia Spathe chest armor; Titans can grab the Eternal Warrior helmet; and for Warlocks, Xur has Phoenix Protocol chest armor.

Xur Location

Head to Nessus and use the Watcher’s Grave transmat zone to find Xur this week. When you arrive, hop on your sparrow and head north toward the exit of the area. Look for a big tree with pink moss on the right side of the area. Climb up onto its big, flat branch, where you can reach Xur.

Xur Exotic and Legendary Items

• Exotic Engram – 97 Legendary Shards
• The Queenbreaker – 29 Legendary Shards
• Ophidia Spathe – 23 Legendary Shards
• Eternal Warrior – 23 Legendary Shards
• Phoenix Protocol – 23 Legendary Shards
• Hawkmoon – 200 Legendary Shards, 125,000 Glimmer, 1 Ascendant Shard, 1 Exotic Cipher
• Dead Man’s Tale – 200 Legendary Shards, 125,000 Glimmer, 1 Ascendant Shard, 1 Exotic Cipher
• Xenology quest – Free
• Legendary weapons and armor – 50 Legendary Shards, 1,000 Glimmer

Xur also offers the Xenology quest every week, which requires you to complete 21 strikes or Crucible matches so that you can earn an Exotic Cipher. These are normally used to buy old Exotics from a kiosk in the Tower, but next season, you’ll be able to spend them at Master Rahool to get the Exotics that you want. The cap on Exotic Ciphers will also be increasing, as you’ll be able to hold up to five up them at a time.

Xur is present every weekend in Destiny 2, starting with the daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET each Friday. His exact location is always a mystery when he first arrives, as he is not listed on the map, and for novice players, he can be easy to miss. However, there are a set number of locations where he takes up residence, including the Tower Hangar area, on Nessus in Watcher’s Grave, and in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ.

Exotic Armor

Ophidia Spathe

A useful Exotic for the Hunter who enjoys hurling blades, Ophidia Spathe allows you to have two knives per charge. That’s moderately useful, but with the current Armor Mod system, you can easily recharge your melee ability. This Exotic is hard to recommend for PvP or Gambit as well, as it has incredibly poor Resilience stats. It does make up for this with high Mobility, Recovery, and Strength stats, but using this armor could turn you into a glass cannon.

• Mobility: 15
• Resilience: 2
• Recovery: 17
• Discipline: 2
• Intellect: 13
• Strength: 16
• Total: 65

Eternal Warrior

Eternal Warrior arrives at an interesting time for Titans, as their Fists of Havoc Super is about to be buffed with more damaging effects and increased Resilience. The Exotic’s Resolute perk grants an overshield when activating Fists of Havoc, but with terrible Resilience stats, it doesn’t triple down on that beefy buff. Still, you’ll get some great Intellect, Strength, and Mobility from this helmet if you want to gamble on the Overshield and Season 21’s Super upgrade being enough to keep you and your electrified fists alive.

• Mobility: 16
• Resilience: 4
• Recovery: 10
• Discipline: 6
• Intellect: 13
• Strength: 12
• Total: 61

Phoenix Protocol

Not to be confused with Starfire Protocol, the best Exotic for grenade-spamming Warlocks, Phoenix Protocol is all about quickly charging up energy to pop your Well of Radiance Super. Get enough kills while inside of it, and you’ll up to half your Super energy back once the healing and empowering field is depleted. With the right build, you can speed up the process, turning your Warlock into a mobile medic who’ll be very handy in high-level encounters. This Exotic has decent Resilience and Recovery stats, a high Mobility number, and an excellent Intellect stat to really help speed up Super energy recovery.

• Mobility: 15
• Resilience: 8
• Recovery: 11
• Discipline: 8
• Intellect: 23
• Strength: 2
• Total: 67

Exotic Weapons

The Queenbreaker

The Queenbreaker has been offered several times through Xur’s shop over the last couple of months, and while linear fusion rifles are less dominant in Destiny 2’s current meta, it’s still a solid weapon to have if you’re playing long-distance support. Wire Rifle allows for a long-range precision Arc bolt attack that can chain to nearby enemies and blind targets on impact, making this a useful tool for tough boss encounters that are littered with cannon fodder targets.

Dead Man’s Tale

This week’s Dead Man’s Tale roll has Killing Wind, which grants increased mobility, weapon range, and handling after landing a final blow. It’s not a very popular trait with DMT, as you’ll usually want Vorpal Weapon in this slot.

Hawkmoon

For the paracausal hand cannon, Xur is offering a version with a Hip-Fire Grip perk. That increases accuracy, stability, and precision hit targeting when firing from the hip and is generally one of the least popular traits on the gun, with Opening Shot or Killing Wind being preferable rolls.

Legendary Armor

Legendary Weapons