Future 2’s Xur made his weekly return to the Tower on August 23, peddling new wares that Prismatic customers must take full benefit of.
Unique class objects, beforehand solely obtainable from Pale Coronary heart actions and The Closing Form’s Twin Future mission, can now be bought with out restrict from the Agent of the 9 and value 41 Unusual Cash every.
The forex is capped at 99 in Guardians’ stock, which means you should buy two at a time (with change leftover) earlier than needing to earn extra for subsequent rolls, which aren’t mounted. Unusual Cash are awarded from most content material, however the quantity awarded varies. A few of these, equivalent to Gambit and Crucible, provide worse returns on funding than others.
Whereas Xur now presents essentially the most environment friendly technique of Unique class merchandise farming, these are the perfect actions to grind, damaged down by base amount and the utmost potential, requiring three stacks of Xur’s Favor.
Finest Unusual Coin sources
Exercise
Unusual Cash (Base)
Unusual Cash (Xur’s Favor x3)
Vanguard Ops (Strikes)
4
7
Onslaught (10 waves)
2
2
Onslaught – Regular (10 waves)
2
2
Onslaught – Regular (20 waves)
3
3
Onslaught – Regular (30 waves)
4
7
Onslaught – Regular (40 waves)
5
8
Onslaught – Regular (50 waves)
6
9
Onslaught – Regular (full clear)
20
29
Dusk – Superior
5
8
Dusk – Skilled
8
11
Dusk – Grasp
9
12
Dusk – Grandmaster
10
13
Gambit (win)
3
6
Gambit (loss)
2
2
Crucible (win)
3
6
Crucible (loss)
2
2
At first look, a full 50-wave run of Onslaught stands out because the go-to choice to grind, however that’s not essentially all the time the case.
Vanguard Ops and, by extension, manually selecting a quick Strike equivalent to Inverted Spire, Warden of Nothing, or Satan’s Lair from the Vacation spot menu is a good different. Every completion with three stacks of Xur’s Favor will grant seven Unusual Cash. These are faster, simpler, and require much less time funding than Onslaught.
Likewise, Nightfalls on weekly resets the place the featured Strike is any of the above, have the potential to be sooner. Effectivity will rely in your loadout, nonetheless, so it’s price testing our guides for the perfect PvE weapons and builds.
It’s additionally price noting that you simply’re not required to get the Platinum reward from a Dusk for the complete Unusual Coin payout, so it’s potential to skip Champions when you’re not looking for Adept weapons on the identical time.
Bungie plans to introduce Unique class merchandise attunement in a future Future 2 replace. However, for now, that is the perfect technique of getting your fingers on a desired roll.
