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

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)