How to Get Exotic Cipher in Destiny 2 - ProGameTalk (2024)

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Who is the Exotic Cipher vendor? ›

Xur is the only other way to earn a Destiny 2 Exotic Cipher. This vendor is available in the system over the weekends. Whenever you visit him, don't forget to collect the Xenology weekly quest.

Once you have claimed your Exotic Cipher, you can use it to purchase an exotic weapon or armor piece from Xur. Exotic weapons and armor pieces are some of the most powerful items in Destiny 2, so they can be a valuable addition to your arsenal.

Xûr on the other hand has only two weapons that require a Cipher: Hawkmoon (an Exotic hand cannon), and Dead Man's Tale (an Exotic scout rifle), the reason Xûr carries these two, is because they are some of the few Exotic weapons to have variable perks. Each week, the specific roll on the perks changes.

The most common source is the Season Pass, providing a total of three Exotic Ciphers to those who complete the entire pass. Once you've earned those, you'll be able to earn one Exotic Cipher each week through Xur's Xenology quest.

Xûr, Agent of the Nine, is an Exotic Weapons and Armor merchant in Destiny 2. He can be found on the Flashpoint Planet and will be marked on the map starting at the Friday Reset (9AM UTC) and staying until weekly reset on Tuesday (9AM UTC). This week, Xûr is carrying: Exotic Weapon: Prometheus Lens (Trace Rifle)

What are Exotic Ciphers? Exotic Ciphers are a rare currency that allows you to purchase Exotic weapons and armor from various sources in the game. You can currently only hold one at a time, but that will increase to five in Season 21 (Season of the Deep).

Yes, he does! Xur consistently sells Exotic and Legendary armor and weapons with random rolls from now on. The main currencies you need are Strange Coins, which he used in Destiny 1. Keep in mind that Xur's locations and items change weekly, meaning he always comes back to a new place with new items in his bag.

As soon as you get your hands on an Exotic Cipher, head over to the Monument to Lost Lights that's located next to the vault terminals in the Tower. Here, you can turn in their Exotic Cipher (along with some other mandatory materials) in exchange for exotic weapons.

Step Three: Head to the Vex Incursion Zone (you can find the current zone by looking at the Neomuna map in your Director) and defeat Vex to gather Cipher Quibits. You need to gather a total of 40 Cipher Qubits. Once you have them all, locate five Cloud Accretion resourse nodes to extract data about Rohan.

Three (3) Forsaken Ciphers can be found in the Forsaken section of the Monument of Lost Lights Exotic Archive in the Tower. They can be used to purchase any Forsaken Exotic weapon in the Archive. If all Exotic weapons have been purchased, the Ciphers can be turned in for an Ascendant Shard.

Will forsaken be free? ›

I was pretty stunned when instead of making the Forsaken DLC free after three years, Bungie content vaulted the campaign and continues selling the remaining scraps as a “Forsaken Pack” to this day.

Upon the release of The Witch Queen expansion in February 2022, Forsaken's campaign and the Tangled Shore destination were removed from the game as part of a developer initiative called the "Destiny Content Vault". Ahead of its removal, Forsaken's campaign was made free-to-play in December 2021.

So there are your two options. You can farm the mission for a guaranteed drop, but this will always require a second person and comms. Or you can farm chests from the zone, from Lost Sectors or from Overthrow.

What are Exotic Ciphers? Exotic Ciphers are a rare currency that allows you to purchase Exotic weapons and armor from various sources in the game. You can currently only hold one at a time, but that will increase to five in Season 21 (Season of the Deep).