Skull of Dire Ahamkara

"Reality is the finest flesh, oh bearer mine. And are you not...hungry?"

— Armor Description

Skull of Dire Ahamkara
Specifications
Name:	Skull of Dire Ahamkara
Type:	Helmet
Rarity:	Exotic
Class:	Warlock
Minimum level:	20
Defense rating:	311/447
Light:	21/36
Availability
Loot drop?:	Y
Vendor:	Xur
Price:	13 Strange Coins (23 Legendary Shards in D2)

Skull of Dire Ahamkara is an exotic Warlock helmet in Destiny and Destiny 2. Its Destiny 2 iteration now uses the same perk of Destiny 1's Obsidian Mind.

Upgrades

TIER 1

• Energy Projection - Increases grenade throw distance

TIER 2

• Upgrade Defense

TIER 3

• Quintessence Transfer - Replenishes Super energy when you kill an enemy with a grenade

TIER 4

• Delusions of Grandeur - You take reduced damage while using your Nova Bomb. Your siphon abilities are also improved

TIER 5

• Upgrade Defense

TIER 6

• Upgrade Defense
• Upgrade Defense

Perks

Actual Granduer

Intrisic - Provides addtional damage resistance during Nova Bomb. Nova Bomb kills grant Super energy.

Lore

"And my vanquisher will read that book, seeking the weapon, and they will come to understand me, where I have been and where I was going."The following is a verbatim transcription of an official document for archival reasons. As the original content is transcribed word-for-word, any possible discrepancies and/or errors are included.

"REALITY IS THE FINEST FLESH, OH BEARER MINE. AND ARE YOU NOT...HUNGRY?"

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"O BEARER MINE."

What kind of talking skull would address its host that way? A stiff, stuck-up old fossil, not me. Ahamkara: the illusion that one's ego depends on an object, or an idea, or a body. Some people say you should have no ahamkara. Some people say you need to have the right ahamkara. All I know is that YOU are not an illusion. Understand? This world around you, the people you meet—they're a little thin, right? Cardboard and drywall. Cheap theater. Come on, try it out! Say: "I am more real than this." Feels good, doesn't it? "I am the only real person here." Isn't it like their insults and their bullets just went a little... soft?

I came to find you, only you, because you're special. You're from somewhere real. And together we can burn our way back there. Can't we, o player mine?

Trivia

• The lore entry for this exotic armor piece seems to be alluding to Ahamkara being aware they are in a video game. Going so far as to ask the player to help them escape and enter the real world.

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
• The Hidden Dossier (Indirect mention)