Where Is Xur Today? (November 11-15) – Destiny 2 Exotic Items And Xur Location Guide


Destiny 2‘s favorite Agent of the Nine, Xur, is back for another weekend of arms dealing in the Solar system. As usual, he has plenty of great Exotics, legendary-class gear, and some legacy items to help you complete your arsenal. Here’s where to find Xur and what he’s selling.

This week you can find Xur on Nessus, in the Watcher’s Grave. For his weapon, Xur is offering Telesto. Hunters can pick up the Knucklehead Radar helmet, Titans can grab the Khepri’s Sting helmet, and for Warlocks, Xur has the Starfire Protocol armor.

Xur Location

Xur's location on Nessus.
Xur’s location on Nessus.

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
  • Telesto – 29 legendary shards
  • Khepri’s Sting – 23 legendary shards
  • Knucklehead Radar – 23 legendary shards
  • Starfire 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

Exotic Weapons

Telesto (Fusion rifle)

Everything is looking Telesto this week.
Everything is looking Telesto this week.

Telesto has been in the spotlight all week, and now, the new and improved version has even managed to infiltrate Xur’s inventory. Unlike the original version of Telesto that fired several sticky rounds which would detonate shortly after impact, this upgraded edition of the fusion rifle fires a spread of projectiles that will unleash an extra payload after they explode, adding some double-impact flavor to this classic weapon.

Dead Man’s Tale (Kinetic scout rifle)

  • Chambered Compensator
  • Flared Magwell
  • Moving Target
  • Composite Stock

Even though Dead Man’s Tale is billed as a hip-firing cowboy fantasy, the perks on offer this week are all about precision damage. Increased stability and fast reloading makes for some great options, and with Moving Target being the key feature this week, you’ll be able to land hits against even the most agile of foes. It’s not the best roll overall, but compared to previous weeks, this version of DMT can be formidable in the right situation.

Hawkmoon (Kinetic hand cannon)

  • Arrowhead Brake
  • Alloy Magazine
  • Snapshot Sights
  • Heavy Grip

Hawkmoon’s perks this week tie into its key selling feature, Paracausal Shot. A combination of great recoil control with Arrowhead Brake and Heavy Grip is combined with Snapshot Sights and Alloy Magazine to form a very good roll here, with those features essentially translating into a gun that can lead big critical hit damage and reload very quickly after you’ve fired that all-important final shot.

Legendary Weapons

Survivor’s Epitaph (Kinetic hand cannon)

  • Extended Barrel
  • Fluted Barrel
  • Alloy Magazine
  • Flared Magwell
  • Quickdraw
  • Subsistence
  • Osmosis
  • One for All

Shattered Cipher (Heavy machine gun)

  • Full Bore
  • Polygonal Rifling
  • Tactical Mag
  • Alloy Magazine
  • Heating Up
  • Surrounded

Jian 7 Rifle (Energy pulse rifle)

  • SRO-52 Ocular
  • SPO-26 Front
  • Alloy Magazine
  • Appended Mag
  • Firmly Planted
  • Dragonfly

Stars in Shadow (Energy pulse rifle)

  • Arrowhead Brake
  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Appended Mag
  • Alloy Magazine
  • Field Prep
  • Pulse Monitor
  • Kill Clip
  • Thresh

Gridskipper (Energy pulse rifle)

  • Arrowhead Brake
  • Smallbore
  • Extended Mag
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
  • Heating Up
  • Thresh

Sojourner’s Tale (Energy shotgun)

  • Hammer-Forged Rifling
  • Smallbore
  • Extended Mag
  • Steady Rounds
  • Tunnel Vision
  • Opening Shot

Punching Out (Energy sidearm)

  • Full Bore
  • Smallbore
  • Appended Mag
  • Armor-Piercing Rounds
  • Surplus // Encore
  • High-Impact Reserves
  • Wellspring

Legendary Armor

Titan

The Shelter in Place gauntlets

  • Mobility: 6
  • Resilience: 12
  • Recovery: 10
  • Discipline: 7
  • Intellect: 18
  • Strength: 7
  • Total: 60

The Shelter in Place chest armor

  • Mobility: 2
  • Resilience: 22
  • Recovery: 6
  • Discipline: 12
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 16
  • Total: 60

The Shelter in Place helmet

  • Mobility: 10
  • Resilience: 12
  • Recovery: 6
  • Discipline: 10
  • Intellect: 12
  • Strength: 10
  • Total: 60

The Shelter in Place leg armor

  • Mobility: 15
  • Resilience: 14
  • Recovery: 2
  • Discipline: 15
  • Intellect: 10
  • Strength: 6
  • Total: 62

Mark of Shelter

Hunter

The Took Offense gauntlets

  • Mobility: 12
  • Resilience: 9
  • Recovery: 11
  • Discipline: 24
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 2
  • Total: 60

The Took Offense chest armor

  • Mobility: 2
  • Resilience: 19
  • Recovery: 9
  • Discipline: 16
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 12
  • Total: 60

The Took Offense helmet

  • Mobility: 6
  • Resilience: 19
  • Recovery: 6
  • Discipline: 13
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 18
  • Total: 64

The Took Offense leg armor

  • Mobility: 13
  • Resilience: 2
  • Recovery: 16
  • Discipline: 8
  • Intellect: 12
  • Strength: 13
  • Total: 64

The Took Offense cloak

Warlock

Xenos Vale IV gauntlets

  • Mobility: 11
  • Resilience: 9
  • Recovery: 10
  • Discipline: 9
  • Intellect: 8
  • Strength: 14
  • Total: 61

Xenos Vale IV chest armor

  • Mobility: 16
  • Resilience: 6
  • Recovery: 10
  • Discipline: 2
  • Intellect: 16
  • Strength: 13
  • Total: 63

Xenos Vale IV helmet

  • Mobility: 19
  • Resilience: 7
  • Recovery: 2
  • Discipline: 6
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 22
  • Total: 58

Xenos Vale IV leg armor

  • Mobility: 8
  • Resilience: 13
  • Recovery: 10
  • Discipline: 11
  • Intellect: 2
  • Strength: 19
  • Total: 63

Xenos Vale Bond

Exotic Armor

Knucklehead Radar (Hunter helmet)

At least it looks cool.
At least it looks cool.

This classic Hunter helmet hasn’t been seen much in Destiny 2 lately, due in part to Season of Plunder’s rework of the Arc subclass resulting in punch-happy Guardians running around Lost Sectors. Knucklehead Radar is a great Exotic for Hunters wanting more situational awareness, making it useful for PvP activities, but don’t expect to get much utility in PvE with this gear.

  • Mobility: 3
  • Resilience: 21
  • Recovery: 7
  • Discipline: 2
  • Intellect: 12
  • Strength: 17
  • Total: 62

Khepri’s Horn (Titan helmet)

The best defense is an explosive barrier.
The best defense is an explosive barrier.

For any Titan who couldn’t get Loreley Splendor before it was nerfed, Khepri’s Horn was the next best thing for Solar 3.0 warriors. Solar damage kills will recharge your barricade, and each time you pop that subclass ability, it’ll activate with explosive force. Pair this Exotic with a great Solar weapon such as Sunshot, and you’ll be able to deal both defensive and offensive damage easily.

  • Mobility: 14
  • Resilience: 7
  • Recovery: 13
  • Discipline: 12
  • Intellect: 16
  • Strength: 2
  • Total: 64

Starfire Protocol (Warlock chest armor)

Do you like grenades? Because this is how you get all the grenades.
Do you like grenades? Because this is how you get all the grenades.

The Exotic chest armor that has made Solar Warlocks a menace to the forces of the Darkness, Starfire Protocol works wonders with the right build. Equip this and an empowering Rift, and once the Radiant buff is active you’ll be an almost-unstoppable warrior who can lob an endless supply of powerful grenades while healing from any damage thrown at you.

  • Mobility: 6
  • Resilience: 26
  • Recovery: 4
  • Discipline: 13
  • Intellect: 8
  • Strength: 10
  • Total: 67

Xur is present every weekend in Destiny 2, starting with the daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on Friday. Bungie doesn’t mark Xur’s location on the in-game map, so it can be easy to miss him if you’re not aware he exists. He only comes to specific locations, of which now there are only three: the Tower Hangar area, on Nessus in Watcher’s Grave, and in the Winding Cove area of the EDZ.

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How to get Egg Memos in Sonic Frontiers


Egg Memos are one of Sonic Frontiers’ more mysterious collectibles, but to those fans of the series who like a bit of blue hedgehog lore, these may well be a must-have. If you’ve visited Big the Cat’s Cyber Space fishing spot, you may have spied an Egg Memo in his shop and wondered if there was any value in forking over all your fishing tokens to get it.

Here I’ll explain how to collect all 24 Egg Memos in the game, what they’re for, and perhaps the biggest mystery of all: how to look at them in the game’s confusing menu system.

How to get every Egg Memo 

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You can find the first Fishing Spot on the far west of Kronos Island (Image credit: Sega)


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Krafton sets its sights on The Ascent studio Neon Giant



PUBG parent company Krafton is looking to add another studio to its stable: Neon Giant, developer of the excellent cyberpunk action-RPG The Ascent (opens in new tab).

Word of the acquisition came by way of a bland statement in Krafton’s Q3 financial report (opens in new tab), which also revealed—in just about the most general sense possible—what the studio is up to for its next game. 



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The 8BitDo Ultimate Is Even Better Than The Switch Pro Controller


Third-party controller manufacturer 8BitDo has released no shortage of great controllers for Nintendo Switch and other platforms, but many of them fall into the category of “situational” options–controllers that are ideal for certain games and genres. The 8BitDo Ultimate Bluetooth Switch controller is a different beast. Not only does it have superb ergonomics, pro-style features, and customization galore, but it also comes with a charging stand and can connect via Bluetooth or 2.4GHz.

The robust feature set makes the 8BitDo Ultimate the priciest traditional gamepad from the manufacturer yet at $70. Yet, that’s the same price as Nintendo’s official Pro controller. For the first time since the Switch launched five years ago, there’s a controller for docked mode that surpasses the Pro controller. If you’re looking for a new Switch controller, the 8BitDo Ultimate is the one to buy.

One of the obvious reasons why the 8BitDo Ultimate is an excellent alternative to the Switch Pro controller is its form factor and button layout. The Ultimate has the same general layout with offset sticks and ergonomic handles. Prior to the Ultimate, 8BitDo’s premium Switch controllers (such as the Pro 2) had aligned joysticks like PlayStation controllers. The Pro 2 was and still is great for many types of games, but its form factor made it excel particularly with retro games. The Ultimate is slightly more compact than Nintendo’s Pro controller, though it still feels natural to use, even as someone who has spent five years with the Pro controller. That said, if you have large hands, it may take some getting used to or feel a bit cramped compared to the Pro controller or even an Xbox controller.

The 8BitDo Ultimate comes with a charging dock.
The 8BitDo Ultimate comes with a charging dock.

The face buttons have a dome design that make them feel almost exactly like Xbox controller inputs. Meanwhile, the shoulder buttons and triggers aren’t as wide as the ones on the Pro controller, but they are chunkier. Beyond just extending the triggers back further, they have a longer pull distance, which makes them better suited for first-person shooters.

The Ultimate also has two rear buttons that are located across the curves of the handles on the back. My middle fingers rest perfectly on the buttons without having to alter my grip at all. If you haven’t used an 8BitDo controller with rear buttons before, they are low profile, so they really are buttons rather than triggers.

The joysticks use Hall Effect sensors, which mean that internal components do not rub together as you move the sticks. Instead, it uses a magnetic signal to register inputs. The Hall Effect sticks on the Ultimate have a tighter feel than the sticks on the Pro controller. It’s also important to note that Hall Effect technology eliminates the possibility for dreaded stick drift.

Two remappable buttons are located on the back of the controller.
Two remappable buttons are located on the back of the controller.

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Even if the controller’s main perks were simply better sticks and back buttons, it’d still be worth a look over the Pro controller. But where the Ultimate truly excels is with customization. 8BitDo has a proprietary app called Ultimate Software, which can be installed on iOS, Android, and PC. The app syncs up with the controller via Bluetooth and allows you to adjust settings on the fly. On a basic level, you can use the app to remap inputs and create profiles (up to three). You can also adjust stick tension, trigger sensitivity, rumble intensity, and set up macros. As mentioned already, the Ultimate has triggers with a longer pull distance and tighter sticks, so fine-tuning tension/sensitivity works exceedingly well and really allows you to personalize the experience to your liking.

The controller charging stand feels like an added bonus to an already wonderful controller. It matches the controller–either white or black–and has a USB-C port on the back. It connects to the USB port on your Switch or PC via the included cable. On the bottom of the stand, there’s a compartment that stows the 2.4GHz adapter. You have the option to connect the controller via Bluetooth or 2.4GHz wireless. The Bluetooth setting was very stable for me, with no noticeable input lag, but the option is there.

You’re probably wondering if you’d be missing any of the quirks of Nintendo’s controllers by going with a third-party controller? Yes, but only a couple of small things. The Ultimate has rumble, but it doesn’t have Nintendo’s “HD rumble.” That said, you can adjust the vibration intensity, so it’s good on this front. The Ultimate does have motion controls, too, in case you are partial to waving your Pro controller around. What it doesn’t have, however, is NFC support for Amiibo figures. That’s probably not a dealbreaker, but no third-party Switch controllers have this feature.

You can customize settings on the fly with the Ultimate Software
You can customize settings on the fly with the Ultimate Software

Though I’ve almost solely talked about the Ultimate as a Switch controller due to it surpassing the (awesome) Pro controller, it’s also fully compatible with PC. Of course, PC players have more options already, including Xbox and DualSense controllers, but the Ultimate is an excellent controller for PC players, too.

On that note, it’s worth mentioning that 8BitDo created two versions of the new Ultimate controller. The $70 edition is compatible with Switch and PC. There’s also a budget-friendly $50 version that solely offers 2.4GHz wireless and is compatible with PC, Raspberry Pi, and Android. Functionally the same controller, those who want it for PC should probably opt for the cheaper version–unless you plan on grabbing a Switch at some point. Plus, this version also offers a Pastel Pink color option and the face buttons are labeled like an Xbox controller, not a Switch controller. The only main difference outside of compatibility is that the Switch controller can last for 22 hours, whereas the 2.4GHz-only model runs for 15 hours between charges.

Regardless of which model you go with you, you’re getting a well-made controller with unique customization features that put it at the top of its class, especially at this price point. 8BitDo has been the best third-party controller manufacturer for years, and the Ultimate controller is just the latest example of that.

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Trials Of Osiris Rewards This Week In Destiny 2 (November 11-15)



Destiny 2‘s weekend PvP mode, Trials of Osiris, is now live. If you’re looking for some of the most high-level multiplayer action in the game, or you just want to have some fun in the 3v3 format mode, you can grab a Trials pass from Saint-14 in the Tower, get your best kit ready, and take a chance at winning a perfect run that will reward you with a coveted weapon when you’re done. Here’s where you’ll play Trials of Osiris this weekend and what weapons you can earn for going flawless.

Map: Cauldron

  • Reputation Rank 4: Upgrade Module x 2
  • Reputation Rank 7: Enhancement Prism x 3
  • Reputation Rank 10: Trials Weapon (Changes for each rank reset)
  • Reputation Rank 13: Upgrade Module x 2
  • Reputation Rank 16: Trials Weapon (Changes for each rank reset)
  • Flawless Reward: The Inquisitor (Adept)

Trials weapons now carry the Alacrity Origin Trait. It gives you increased aim assist, reload speed, stability, and range on your Trials guns when you’re the last living member of a fireteam or running solo. You can also choose to swap to the Crucible Origin trait, One Quiet Moment, which greatly enhances your gun’s reload speed when you reload while out of combat.

As always, Trials becomes available from Friday’s daily reset at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET until the weekly reset at the same time the following Tuesday. During that time, you can also pay a visit to Xur to see what Exotics he’s selling. Make sure to pay a visit to Saint-14 in the Tower to pick up a Trials card, which will dictate certain bonuses (such as whether you get bonus rewards at certain milestones or if a loss will be forgiven).

Trials of Osiris is a weekend PvP mode that runs from the daily reset on Friday until the weekly reset on Tuesday, giving you four days to take part. Your goal in the Trials is for you and the other two players in your fireteam to achieve a “Flawless” run, in which you win seven matches without losing any.

Go Flawless and you’ll earn a trip to the Lighthouse and receive some special rewards, including the new Adept weapons. These have additional stat bonuses, making them among the most coveted items you can get your hands on.

Thanks to a bunch of changes to Trials this year, though, the mode is a little easier to get into than it has been. The Trials of Osiris now features matchmaking, so you can jump into matches even if you don’t have a full squad of three players to take it on. Your Trials Passage–the card you purchase from Saint-14 that grants you access to the mode and tracks your wins–now does not track your losses–so you can keep playing and earning rewards even if you lose out on a Flawless run. Bungie has also adjusted Trials so that you earn rewards based on the number of rounds, rather than matches, you’ve won during your session, and added a reputation system that’s similar to the Crucible and Gambit, making it easier to earn some of the Trials of Osiris’s unique loot.

Finally, you’ll earn Trials Engrams for participating in the mode, which you can cash in with Saint-14 during the weekend you receive them. You can tune those engrams to yield specific pieces of loot, or take your chances with random drops that will expand what’s available in your loot pool. So even if you’re just jumping into Trials alone, there are plenty of ways you can earn great new gear.

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NZXT Streaming Plus BLD Kit


The NZXT Streaming Plus BLD Kit (opens in new tab) isn’t your typical off-the-shelf gaming PC. You end up with an absolute monster of a machine, have no fear, but it isn’t quite as straightforward as most gaming systems. There are pluses and negatives to NZXT’s way of thinking here, and indeed NZXT offers more traditional builds for would-be buyers, but this doesn’t feel too much for most PC gamers to handle.

As the name suggests, this is a full PC kit instead of a pure pre-built. Everything you need for a fully functioning machine is here, but unlike most machines, you’ve actually got to piece this together yourself. In many ways, it’s akin to building a PC completely from scratch yourself, something that plenty of PC gamers do, but NZXT has taken the hard work out of the component selection. This means you won’t come unstuck mid-build because a cable is too short, you don’t have enough cooling, or because your graphics card simply won’t fit. 



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After two days of April Fools’, you can’t pay $8 to impersonate Nintendo on Twitter anymore (at least for now)



Upon taking control of Twitter, Elon Musk, a guy you may have heard of, made some interesting changes to how the platform works, specifically when it comes to making sure people are who they say they are. I’m going to try and outline what those changes are, and the effects they’ve already had.

It’s very easy to lie on the internet, and sometimes that can be really funny. At other times it’s a form of harassment or even political sabotage. Twitter introduced the “verified” badge several years ago in order for public officials, celebrities, and media outlets to denote their official accounts on the platform.



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2022’s wildest mod might be for a SNES game



We’re hearing a lot about the downsides of social media at the moment, but one of the upsides is that you can find and follow interesting figures in any given field. One of these is Dylan Cuthbert, who’s had a remarkable career as a programming genius, and was basically brought in-house by Nintendo as a teenager as part of the exceptional Argonaut Software team.

This bunch and Cuthbert would go on to work on some key Nintendo products including the classic Star Fox which, thanks to the “Super FX” chip that Argonaut also designed (why don’t they name stuff like this anymore), was a polygonal 3D shooter that at the time seemed visually remarkable. I’d argue the aesthetic still holds up.



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Build Redux ‘Good’


Build Redux sets out to make buying a new gaming PC a much easier affair than normal. The traditional frustrations of wading through nonsense names trying to work out whether they’ll handle your game of choice will be familiar to any PC gamer. This system builder offers three main gaming PCs to choose from and each one can be configured slightly further by throwing a bit more cash at the system if you do want to dig into the details. 

You can also select which games you want to play, and it’ll recommend a system for you. There isn’t an exhaustive list of games to pick from here, but enough to give you an idea of what the overall performance might be. 



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Surprise! West of Loathing’s developer made a new stick-figure RPG, and it’s out now



It seems weird to work on something for five whole years and never breathe a word about it to anyone, but that’s exactly what Asymmetric Publications has done. The developers of long-running online RPG The Kingdom of Loathing (opens in new tab) and singleplayer comedy western RPG West of Loathing have been writing, coding, drawing stick figures, and saying absolutely nothing about it for half a decade. No teasers, no press releases, not even a name.

Until today! Asymmetric’s secret new game has a name: Shadows Over Loathing. And not only has it just been announced, but it’s actually just been released. Shadows Over Loathing is out on Steam. You can play it right now (opens in new tab). Surprise!



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