Editing Xûr, Agent of the Nine

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{{Quote|I have a clear purpose. I cannot explain it. Forgive me.|Xûr}}
'''Xûr, Agent of the Nine'''<ref name = "Xur"/> is a vendor who sells [[Rarity#Exotic|extremely rare goods]] in exchange for [[Strange Coin]]s in ''[[Destiny]]'', and in exchange for Legendary Shards in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. In ''Destiny'', he only appears from Friday to Sunday, while in ''Destiny 2'' he appears from Friday to the weekly reset on Tuesdays.<ref>'''[[Grimoire]]''': ''[[Grimoire:Allies#Agent of the IX|Agent of the IX]]''</ref><ref name = "Xur">[http://destinynews.net/xur-agent-nine/ '''Destiny News.net''' - ''Xûr, Agent of the Nine'']</ref> In ''Destiny'', Xûr appears randomly at one of six locations in the [[Tower]] or one location in the [[Vestian Outpost]]. In ''Destiny 2'', his location varies every week, appearing in one of three places: at the [[Watcher's Grave]] on [[Nessus]], the [[Tower (Destiny 2)#Hangar|Hangar]] in the [[Tower (Destiny 2)|New Tower]], or at the [[Winding Cove]] in the [[European Dead Zone]].

==Overview==
Xûr's coming and going depends on the planetary alignments, as he hails from the [[Jovians]], a place beyond even [[The Reef]], past the asteroid belt, which the [[Guardian]]s have yet to adequately explore. He is subservient to [[Nine|the Nine]], the enigmatic rulers of the Jovians.

Xûr claims that his will is not his own, and that he is in complete servitude to [[Nine|The Nine]]. It is important to note that he is not one of them.

==Biography==
Xûr first appeared in the Tower after the end of the [[Great Ahamkara Hunt]]. [[Cryptarch]] [[Lavinia Garcia Umr Tawil]] speculated that the Nine had previously made use of the [[Ahamkara]] for their paracausal abilities, and had sent Xûr to interact with the Guardians for similar reasons.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Dust#The_Bone|The Bone]]''</ref>

Xûr was once confronted by the former Guardian [[Orin]], who was sent by [[Mara Sov]] to investigate the Nine's role in the disappearance of [[Sjur Eido]]. Xûr asked Orin to "forgive [[The Nine|them]]" while she crushed his windpipe and further interrogated him. After being freed from Orin's grasp, he reached into his robes to reveal a silver jar. Misinterpreting Xûr's actions as a sign of hostility, Orin struck the Agent in the chest with her war hammer, sending him flying, and breaking his spine. Xûr survived, but he acquired a permanently hunched posture due to the blow.<ref>''Bungie (2019/3/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ecdysis#Debt|Debt]]''</ref>

It is possible that Xûr, along with [[The Nine]], were responsible for releasing [[Skolas, Kell of Kells|Skolas]] from his prison after he was given to them.<ref>'''[[Grimoire]]''': ''[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_&_Mysteries#Mystery:_The_Fate_of_Skolas|Mystery: The Fate of Skolas]]''</ref>

Most recently, Xûr has been "employed" by [[Starhorse]], a paracausal being appearing as a celestial horse, as the host of the "game show", [[Dares of Eternity]].

==Wares in Destiny==
:''See also: [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine/Inventory History]]''

===Year One Inventory===
Every week, the available stock is chosen at random, but occasionally he will sell one item more than once every few weeks.

*Exotic Armor (one for each class) - 13 [[Strange Coin]]s
*Exotic Weapon - 23 Strange Coins (Primaries) or seventeen Strange Coins (Specials/Heavies)
*Exotic Shard - 7 Strange Coins
*Exotic Armor [[Engram]] - 23 [[Motes of Light]]
*Re-roll stats for Exotic gear - 1 Exotic shard, and 250 [[Glimmer]]
*Sparrow Drive Upgrade - 23 Strange Coins
*Weapon Telemetry - 1 Strange Coin
*5 Heavy Ammo Synthesis - 1 Strange Coin

If the player is working on an Exotic Weapon [[Bounty]] or [[Quest]], they may need to purchase a specific item from Xûr for one Strange Coin. Such items include:

*Darkness Infused Weapon Frame—[[Toland's Legacy]]
*Golden Age Ammunition Module—[[A Voice in the Wilderness]]
*Urn of Sacrifice—[[Urn of Sacrifice]]

===Year Two Inventory===
Every week, the available stock is chosen at random. Note that Xûr will not sell both an Exotic weapon and a Legacy Engram during the same visit, only one or the other.

*Exotic Armor (one for each class) -  1 Strange Coins
*Exotic Weapon - 2 Strange Coins (all weapon types)
*Legacy Weapon Engram - 3 Strange Coins
*Legacy Armor Engram - 29 Strange Coins
*Exotic Armor Engram - 19 Strange Coins
*Sparrow Drive Upgrade - 23 Strange Coins
*3 Heavy Ammo Synthesis - 1 Strange Coin
*5 [[Three of Coins]] - 7 Strange Coins
*3 [[Glass Needles]] - 3 Strange Coins, 3 Motes of Light, 1 Exotic Shard
*1 Mote of Light - 2 Strange Coins

===Year Three Inventory===
Every week, the available stock is chosen at random, but some items may be accidentally featured more than once during a certain timespan. Note that Xûr will not sell both an Exotic weapon and a Legacy Engram during the same visit, only one or the other. Legacy Engrams only contain Year 1 weapons or armor, but if a player receives a weapon that they don't have in Year 3, that same weapon will become available in its current iteration in the [[Exotic]] kiosks in the [[Tower]].

*Exotic Armor (one for each class) - 13 Strange Coins
*Exotic Weapon - 23 Strange Coins (all weapon types)
*Legacy Weapon Engram - 31 Strange Coins
*Legacy Armor Engram - 29 Strange Coins
*Exotic Armor Engram - 19 Strange Coins
*[[Ornaments|Weapon Ornaments]] (two total) - 30 Strange Coins and 25 Silver Dust
*Weapon Bundle (one Exotic Weapon plus an associated Weapon Ornament) (two total) - 30 Strange Coins and 25 Silver Dust
*Sparrow Drive Upgrade - 23 Strange Coins
*3 Heavy Ammo Synthesis - 1 Strange Coin
*10 Heavy Ammo Synthesis - 3 Strange Coins
*5 [[Three of Coins]] - 7 Strange Coins
*1 [[Glass Needles]] - 3 Strange Coins
*1 Mote of Light - 2 Strange Coins

==Wares in Destiny 2==
Before [[Forsaken]], Xûr appeared either in a predefined spot within the that week's chosen [[Flashpoint]] [[Destination]], or else in the [[Tower (Destiny 2)|Tower]], if a DLC Destination was selected. Since then, he still appears in one of his predefined spots, which is randomly selected among all base ''[[Destiny 2]]'' [[Destination]]s. As of [[Beyond Light]], this location is limited to the Tower, the [[European Dead Zone]], and [[Nessus]].

Instead of [[Strange Coin|Strange Coins]], he accepts [[Legendary Shard|Legendary Shards]]. Each week, his available stock of Exotics is randomized, and includes one random armor piece for each class, a random weapon, a special 'fated' or 'isochronal' exotic engram that is guaranteed to decrypt into an as-yet undiscovered '''non-quest''' armor ''or'' weapon, and assorted other items. If all suitable exotic armor and weapons have been discovered, a new roll of armor for the player's current class is decrypted instead.

In [[Season of the Lost]], Xûr began to offer a selection of Legendary weapons introduced in previous seasons, including older [[Trials of Osiris]] and [[Nightfall]] weapons, in addition to a random set of vaulted armor. As of [[The Witch Queen]], he will also sell one random roll each of vaulted exotic weapons that feature them. His entire current inventory can be found [https://www.light.gg/db/vendors/2190858386/x%C3%BBr/ here].

===Former Wares===
*Fated/Isochronal Engram (one per weekend per account) - 97 Legendary Shards
*[[Three of Coins]] - 31 Legendary Shards
*[[Five of Swords]] - 9  Legendary Shards
*[[Invitations of the Nine]] - 9 Legendary shards

===Current Wares===
*[[Exotic]] Armor (one piece per class) - 23 Legendary Shards
*Exotic Weapon - 29 Legendary Shards
*Exotic Engram (one per weekend per account) - 97 Legendary Shards
**An additional Exotic Engram can be purchased on the same weekend for an [[Exotic Cipher]]
*[[Xenology]] Exotic quest - grants an Exotic Cipher on completion
*Legendary Weapons - 50 Legendary Shards and 1,000 Glimmer
*Vaulted Legendary Armor - 50 Legendary Shards and 1,000 Glimmer
*Vaulted Exotic Weapons with random perks - 200 Legendary Shards, 125,000 Glimmer, 1 Exotic Cipher, and 1 [[Ascendant Shard]]
**Currently, only [[Hawkmoon]] is purchasable.

===Dares of Eternity===
Upon the release of the ''[[30th Anniversary Pack]]'', Xûr also appears during the whole week as the vendor for [[Dares of Eternity]], located in his [[Xûr's Treasure Hoard|Treasure Hoard]] in [[Unknown Space|Eternity]]. From there, he offers reputation-based rewards, [[Bounties]], and the quest for [[Forerunner]]. He also provides the bonus cosmetic items unlocked for owners of the Anniversary Pack and displays the quest for [[Gjallarhorn]] for non-owners.

==Quotes==
===''Destiny''===
* "''So lonely here''."
* "''I am only an Agent. [[The Nine]] rule beyond the Jovians''."
* "''I cannot explain what the Nine are. They are... very large. I cannot explain. The fault is mine, not yours''."
* "''I think it is very possible that I am here to help you''."
* "''Each mote of dust tells a story of ancient [[Earth]]''."
* "''I think the cells of this body are dying''."
* "''I do not entirely control my movements''."
* "''Some of the cells in this body began on this world, how strange to return''."
* "''There are no birds where I came from. The things that fly... are like shadows''."
* "''I understood my mission when the Nine put it in me, but now I cannot articulate it''."
* "''This is but one end''."
* "''These inner worlds are very strange''."
* "''My movements are to a significant degree dependent on planetary alignments''."
* "''I feel a great many consciousnesses impinging on mine, and all of them so small and lonely''."
* "''Bodies come and go but the cells remember. And if they forget, the Nine remember it for us''."
* "''My function here is to trade, I know this''."
* "''I have told you what I can''."
* "''If I am here, it is the Nine who sent me''."
* "''I may be here''."
* "''May we speak''?"
* "''So much [[Light]] here, I suppose I feel pain''."
* "''Please''."
* "''Beyond even the outer worlds, the true deep begins''."
* "''My movements are not predictable, even to me''!"
* "''We saw the colony fail, not knowing what we saw''."
* "''My will is not my own''."
* "''I am an Agent of the Nine''."
* "''I hope to be here again''."
* "''Goodbye''."
* "''It is very possible that the Nine intend to help humanity''."
* "''It is my will to speak to you''."
* "''An end will come. We will be there''."
* "''The [[Awoken]] did not have a choice. We did''."
* "''Similar...''"
* "''This is the Nine''."
* "''Speak with me''."
* "''I may be here when you return''."
* "''I do not know what the Nine want with you''."
* "''There is something inside me that wishes to connect''."
* "''The Nine show you these''."
* "''An end will come. We will be here''."
* "''For organic life to exist it requires constant adaptation''."
* "''[[Guardian]]''!"
* "''The Nine wish to speak to you''."
* "''Do not be alarmed, I have no reason to cause you harm''."
* "''But it was the Nine who gave us purpose, and it was the Nine who keep us whole''."
* "''We came up from the dust, and burrowed into flesh for warmth, and became... something new''."
* "''I have information. I do not know yet if it's you it is for''."
* "''The pull of the outer worlds is so faint here. The sun is so heavy''."
* "''Your [[Traveler]] has a dark mirror''."
* "You ''are the one I was sent to find''!"
* "''When my mission here is done, the Nine will send for me''."
* "''I am merely a trash collector for the Nine''."
* "''I came for the Light, perhaps. To'' understand ''the Light''." <ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
* "''You must stop eating salted popcorn''."

===''Destiny 2''===
*''"The heliosheath is not the only door into the system.''"
*''"You have fought everything else that entered this realm. Will you fight a planet?.''"
*''"The dust has commingled, the [[Nine]] is forever changed.''"
*''"There is a door in the woods. It is opening.''"
*''"Do not be afraid. The Nine wish to be kind to you.''"
*''"Do not fear me. That is not why I am here.''"
*''"Do not be alarmed. I know no reason to cause you harm.''"
*''"The Nine's eye is still watching.''"
*''"You will not find the Nine that way, but they will find you.''"
*''"If you are here, it means the Nine are not done with you yet.''"
*''"The Nine see your valour.''"
*''"Do not go looking for the Nine. They will come to you.''"
*''"They want to know about you. It is an honour.''"
*''"I am here for a reason. I just… cannot remember it.''"
*''"I bring a message from the Nine.''"
*''"I have a message for you from the Nine, but I forget it.''"
*''"I do mean to explain, but every time I try, I lose the thread.''"
*''"One day, you will understand, [[Warlock]].''"
*''"I have explained it the best that I can.''"
*''"I am trying to give you answers, Warlock. Believe me.''"
*''"What happens when every cell is dead?.''"
*''"You made the adaptations necessary to further organic life.''"
*''"Your cells can be more than cells.''"
*''"It is my fate to help you. This I know.''"
*''"I think you have terrible need of my gifts.''"
*''"These are from the Nine.''"
*''"The Nine show you these.''"
*''"I bring gifts of the Nine. Gifts you sorely need.''"
*''"Perhaps this is why the Nine sent me here.''"
*''"I come bearing help.''"
*''"My will is not my own. Is yours?''"
*''"Yours is a lonely existence.''"
*''"Is it your will to return?''"
*''"To do what you say, is to speak in a language of pure meaning.''"
*''"You face the strongest enemies in the system, and you still live? Interesting.''"
*''"I returned to the [[Tower]] to find it empty.''"
*''"The [[Traveler]]'s song echoes on.''"
*''"I may be here when you return.''"
*''"Whatever happened would have been the will of the Nine and therefore right, but...I am glad you have won.''"
*''"I hope to be here again.''"
*''"I cannot promise I will be here when you return… if you return.''"
*''"It was the Nine's—now it is yours.''"<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/708y1a/x%C3%BBrs_lines_ive_caught_and_found_interesting/dn1cn3d/ '''reddit''' - ''dobby_rams comments on Xur's lines I've caught and found interesting'']</ref>

==Trivia==
*The Emissary states that Xûr is a prototype. 
*Xûr has sold the famous [[exotic]] [[Rocket Launcher]] [[Gjallarhorn]] on two occasions in Year 1 of [[Destiny]]. The first was during the second week he was available to purchase from. However, many people didn't buy it due to either a lack of knowledge or lack of [[Strange Coin|Strange Coins]].
*There was once a bug in Xûr's code that caused him to not sell Three of Coins for a few weeks during [[Rise of Iron]].
*There is a fan theory that Xûr's presence in the [[Tower]] may not be beneficial, despite him outfitting [[Guardian|Guardians]] with [[Exotic]] wares. Some fans believe that Xûr is in the [[Tower]] to gather intelligence for his [[The Nine|superiors]].
*Before ''Destiny 2'' patch 2.0.0, a symbol for Xûr was displayed in the area he was present in. This has now been removed and makes it harder for players to find him.
*The reason for Xûr's odd posture and voice is explained in the [[Lore:Ecdysis|Ecdysis]] lore book, wherein [[Orin]] finds him in a sublunar cavern and "crushes his windpipe" before hitting him with her war hammer, which warped his spine, so that "he will never stand straight again."
*Xûr received a slight visual update following the release of ''Destiny 2'', with the symbol of [[The Nine]] now visible on the torso of his robes, which are also now less baggy.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Xur.jpg|Xûr's face
File:Xur Agent of the Nine.png|Xûr in his Interact HUD in ''Destiny 1''.
File:Tower Symbol.png|A symbol of the Nine that appears in the Tower when Xûr is present.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''

==References==
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