Destiny 2: Where Is Xur Today? Location and Exotic Items for February 18

Everyone's favorite snake-faced nomadic Santa, Xûr, is now live in Destiny 2 for the weekend until next week's reset. If you're looking to get your some shiny new Exotic armor or weapons for your Guardian, look no further.

Each week, Xûr has a random assortment of Exotic armor, one for each Guardian class, as well as a random Exotic Weapon and an Exotic Engram available for purchase. In addition to his Exotic wares, he's got a random collection of Legendary weapons and armor to deck out your Guardians.

We've rounded up all the info on Xûr for the week including where to find Xûr, which Exotic weapons and armor are available, as well as which Legendary weapons you should pick up, either for PvE or PvP.

Where Is Xûr Today?

Xûr can be found at Winding Cove in the EDZ on February 18 through February 21. To reach him, travel to the landing point at Winding Cove. When you arrive, make for the rock cliffs at the far end of the cove and look for a cave winding up to a platform next to some Fallen. There you'll find the cloaked weirdo we all adore.

What's Xûr Selling Today?

Xûr's got some interesting pieces this week. Nothing that's necessarily a "must-have," but still a good weapon that may see some play in The Witch Queen and decent pieces of armor with spiky stats if you're lacking in certain areas.

Exotic Engram

Trinity Ghoul - Exotic Bow

Graviton Forfeit - Exotic Hunter Chest

  • 17 Mobility
  • 2 Resilience
  • 11 Recovery
  • 6 Discipline
  • 14 Intellect
  • 10 Strength
  • Total: 60

Citan's Ramparts - Exotic Titan Helmet

  • 7 Mobility
  • 15 Resilience
  • 7 Recovery
  • 2 Discipline
  • 2 Intellect
  • 24 Strength
  • Total: 57

Astrocyte Verse - Exotic Warlock Gauntlets

  • 14 Mobility
  • 16 Resilience
  • 3 Recovery
  • 13 Discipline
  • 2 Intellect
  • 18 Strength
  • Total: 66

Trinity Ghoul is an awesome bow that's perfect for clearing a ton of minor adds due to its Lightning Rod perk which causes arc damage to zap anyone nearby when you score a precision kill. This could be very useful in the upcoming Witch Queen campaign where we'll be fighting lots of swarming Hive enemies (like Thralls for example).

Aside from that, Xûr's Exotic armor isn't anything to write home about this week. The only standout stat is the high Strength roll on the Titan's Citan Ramparts for those dim Titan's among us who just want to punch things like mad. Unfortunately the rest of the stats on that roll are subpar as all get out so might not be worth the trouble of picking it up.

Legendary Weapons

Xûr's Legendary weapon offerings this week

Enigma's Draw - Sidearm

  • Tactic SAS/Target SAS
  • Alloy Magazine/Flared Magwell
  • Full Auto Trigger System
  • Rapid Hit
  • Handling Masterwork

Seventh Seraph Officer Revolver - Hand Cannon

  • Fluted Barrel/Full Bore
  • Tactical Mag/Extended Mag
  • Pulse Monitor
  • Timed Payload
  • Reload Speed Masterwork

Nature of the Beast - Hand Cannon

  • Steadyhand HCS/Crossfire HCS
  • Tactical Mag/Steady Rounds
  • Quickdraw
  • Dragonfly
  • Handling Masterwork

Wishbringer - Shotgun

  • Smoothbore/Smallbore
  • Tactical Mag/Steady Rounds
  • Field Prep
  • Moving Target
  • Range Masterwork

Long Shadow - Sniper Rifle

  • ATB Long Range/ATA Scout
  • Accurized Rounds/Appended Mag
  • Hip-Fire Grip
  • Triple Tap
  • Range Masterwork

Interference VI - Grenade Launcher

  • Volatile Launch/Smart Drift Control
  • Thermoplastic Grenades/Mini Frags
  • Field Prep
  • Swashbuckler
  • Velocity Masterwork

Stars in Shadow - Pulse Rifle

  • Fluted Barrel/Smallbore
  • Appended Mag/Tactical Mag
  • Field Prep
  • Moving Target
  • Range Masterwork

The Seventh Seraph Officer Revolver roll could be good for taking down Champions due to the Timed Payload perk since it's a 180 hand cannon. Aside from that there isn't much to be excited about this week in the legendary weapons category.

Warlock Legendary Armor

For Warlocks, Xûr is selling the Lost Pacific set which includes:

Xûr's Legendary armor for Warlocks this week.

Ankaa Seeker IV Gauntlets

  • 15 Mobility
  • 9 Resilience
  • 6 Recovery
  • 18 Discipline
  • 9 Intellect
  • 6 Strength
  • Total: 63

Ankaa Seeker IV Chest Armor

  • 2 Mobility
  • 22 Resilience
  • 6 Recovery
  • 9 Discipline
  • 13 Intellect
  • 7 Strength
  • Total: 59

Ankaa Seeker IV Helmet

  • 10 Mobility
  • 20 Resilience
  • 2 Recovery
  • 10 Discipline
  • 12 Intellect
  • 7 Strength
  • Total: 61

Ankaa Seeker IV Leg Armor

  • 2 Mobility
  • 6 Resilience
  • 23 Recovery
  • 6 Discipline
  • 12 Intellect
  • 14 Strength
  • Total: 63

Binary Phoenix Bond

A couple of spiky rolls for Warlocks this week in Recovery and Resilience, but not rolls overall that are particularly impressive unless you're working towards a specific build.

Titan Legendary Armor

For Titans, Xûr is selling the Phoenix Strife Type 0 set which includes:

Phoenix Strife Type 0 Gauntlets

  • 2 Mobility
  • 10 Resilience
  • 17 Recovery
  • 14 Discipline
  • 10 Intellect
  • 6 Strength
  • Total: 59

Phoenix Strife Type 0 Chest Armor

  • 15 Mobility
  • 2 Resilience
  • 14 Recovery
  • 17 Discipline
  • 9 Intellect
  • 2 Strength
  • Total: 59

Phoenix Strife Type 0 Helmet

  • 16 Mobility
  • 12 Resilience
  • 2 Recovery
  • 9 Discipline
  • 2 Intellect
  • 21 Strength
  • Total: 62

Phoenix Strife Type 0 Leg Armor

  • 10 Mobility
  • 14 Resilience
  • 6 Recovery
  • 7 Discipline
  • 21 Intellect
  • 2 Strength
  • Total: 60

Binary Phoenix Mark

Nothing of note for Titan's this week, but if you need some universal ornaments, grab 'em while they're hot.

Hunter Legendary Armor

For Hunters, Xûr is selling the Lost Pacific set which includes:

Xur's Legendary armor for Hunter's this week.

Swordflight 4.1 Fauntlets

  • 19 Mobility
  • 2 Resilience
  • 11 Recovery
  • 17 Discipline
  • 2 Intellect
  • 10 Strength
  • Total: 61

Swordflight 4.1 Chest Armor

  • 2 Mobility
  • 6 Resilience
  • 23 Recovery
  • 7 Discipline
  • 18 Intellect
  • 7 Strength
  • Total: 63

Swordflight 4.1 Helmet

  • 7 Mobility
  • 15 Resilience
  • 9 Recovery
  • 6 Discipline
  • 20 Intellect
  • 6 Strength
  • Total: 63

Swordflight 4.1 Leg Armor

  • 14 Mobility
  • 2 Resilience
  • 16 Recovery
  • 2 Discipline
  • 20 Intellect
  • 12 Strength
  • Total: 66

Binary Phoenix Cloak

Hunters lucked out this week with a few high-stat roles with focus in Intellect and Recovery -- what more could an aspiring Light Ninja ask for?

That's a wrap on Xûr for this week, Guardians! We're just a few days away from the launch of The Witch Queen! For more on Destiny, check out some of the new weapons and gear coming to The Witch Queen and read about how Sony's purchase of Bungie fits into its larger plans.

Travis Northup is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @TieGuyTravis and read his games coverage here.

Jurassic World Dominion LEGO Sets Announced

Jurassic World Dominion has inspired seven new LEGO sets and a DUPLO set, featuring fan-favorite characters such as Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, and Dr. Ian Malcolm.

The LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development have unveiled a new batch of Jurassic World sets inspired by the upcoming theatrical release Jurassic World Dominion, which will stomp its way into theaters this June, with the associated LEGO sets coming just ahead of that on April 17 on LEGO.com, in LEGO Retail Stores and at major retailers worldwide.

As you can see from the images in our gallery above, the seven new LEGO sets continue to build out the portfolio of the Jurassic World film franchise by offering fans a chance to dive into their very own prehistoric world. These boxes house the largest assortment of dinosaurs that have ever been seen before in brick form, including everything from a T. rex to a Pteranodon.

The sets range from $19.99 to $79.99 each, with the DUPLO Dinosaur Nursery, Jurassic World Pteranodon Chase, and Atrociraptor Dinosaur Bike Chase falling into the lower price bracket. Next up from that is the Jurassic World Blue & Beta Velociraptor Capture, priced at $29.99, while the T. rex Dinosaur Breakout and Quetzalcoatlus Plane Ambush come in at $49.99.

The T. rex and Atrociraptor Dinosaur Breakout is the largest and most expensive one of the lot at $79.99. For that, the set includes 461 pieces to build a market with an enclosure for the T. rex and a big rig truck with a cage to transport the Atrociraptor, together with Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, Rainn Delacourt and Soyona Santos minifigures to animate the adventure.

Jurassic World Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow, releases on June 10, nearly two months after the LEGO sets hit shelves. The film will apparently conclude both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World trilogies, with a story that takes place four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom at a time when dinosaurs live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Jurassic World Dominion LEGO Sets Announced

Jurassic World Dominion has inspired seven new LEGO sets and a DUPLO set, featuring fan-favorite characters such as Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, and Dr. Ian Malcolm.

The LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development have unveiled a new batch of Jurassic World sets inspired by the upcoming theatrical release Jurassic World Dominion, which will stomp its way into theaters this June, with the associated LEGO sets coming just ahead of that on April 17 on LEGO.com, in LEGO Retail Stores and at major retailers worldwide.

As you can see from the images in our gallery above, the seven new LEGO sets continue to build out the portfolio of the Jurassic World film franchise by offering fans a chance to dive into their very own prehistoric world. These boxes house the largest assortment of dinosaurs that have ever been seen before in brick form, including everything from a T. rex to a Pteranodon.

The sets range from $19.99 to $79.99 each, with the DUPLO Dinosaur Nursery, Jurassic World Pteranodon Chase, and Atrociraptor Dinosaur Bike Chase falling into the lower price bracket. Next up from that is the Jurassic World Blue & Beta Velociraptor Capture, priced at $29.99, while the T. rex Dinosaur Breakout and Quetzalcoatlus Plane Ambush come in at $49.99.

The T. rex and Atrociraptor Dinosaur Breakout is the largest and most expensive one of the lot at $79.99. For that, the set includes 461 pieces to build a market with an enclosure for the T. rex and a big rig truck with a cage to transport the Atrociraptor, together with Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, Rainn Delacourt and Soyona Santos minifigures to animate the adventure.

Jurassic World Dominion, directed by Colin Trevorrow, releases on June 10, nearly two months after the LEGO sets hit shelves. The film will apparently conclude both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World trilogies, with a story that takes place four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom at a time when dinosaurs live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Your Halo Infinite Multiplayer Rank Is Going To Be Recalculated, and It Will Probably Be Lower

343 Industries has announced that it will reset player ranks in Halo Infinite as part of a new update to ranked matchmaking. The mid-season rank reset will likely lower most players by one rank in order to counterbalance a system that has so far been "overly generous".

Explaining the system in a new post on Halo Waypoint, community manager John Junyszek said, "Since we saw that the [Competitive Skill Ranking] system was being overly generous since launch, these changes are being rolled out to help bring things closer in line to where they should be. This period led to a full tier inflation of ranks and, as a result, most players should expect to be placed a full tier lower (Diamond players will find themselves in Platinum, Platinum players will find themselves in Gold, etc.) after this rank reset."

"Please keep in mind that this is not due to an error in the new system, but an error in the old one," he added.

The new update is planned to be deployed on February 22, so expect your ranking to change on Tuesday.

"We believe that these targeted changes will help improve the ranked experience for players of all skills by providing more accurate, balanced, and fair matches," concluded Junyszek. He also noted that this is "only the beginning" and that more updates will be applied in response to player feedback and live game data.

For more on Halo Infinite, check out the devs reacting to a speedrun of the campaign, plus the reasons behind the lag issues multiplayer has suffered from.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Your Halo Infinite Multiplayer Rank Is Going To Be Recalculated, and It Will Probably Be Lower

343 Industries has announced that it will reset player ranks in Halo Infinite as part of a new update to ranked matchmaking. The mid-season rank reset will likely lower most players by one rank in order to counterbalance a system that has so far been "overly generous".

Explaining the system in a new post on Halo Waypoint, community manager John Junyszek said, "Since we saw that the [Competitive Skill Ranking] system was being overly generous since launch, these changes are being rolled out to help bring things closer in line to where they should be. This period led to a full tier inflation of ranks and, as a result, most players should expect to be placed a full tier lower (Diamond players will find themselves in Platinum, Platinum players will find themselves in Gold, etc.) after this rank reset."

"Please keep in mind that this is not due to an error in the new system, but an error in the old one," he added.

The new update is planned to be deployed on February 22, so expect your ranking to change on Tuesday.

"We believe that these targeted changes will help improve the ranked experience for players of all skills by providing more accurate, balanced, and fair matches," concluded Junyszek. He also noted that this is "only the beginning" and that more updates will be applied in response to player feedback and live game data.

For more on Halo Infinite, check out the devs reacting to a speedrun of the campaign, plus the reasons behind the lag issues multiplayer has suffered from.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Loads So Fast the Devs Had To Make It Slower so You Can Read the Tips

Horizon Forbidden West loads so fast on the PS5's SSD that developer Guerrilla Games actually had to deliberately slow them down in order to provide players enough time to read the loading screen tool tips.

In a conversation with Engadget, Forbidden West's game director Mathijs de Jonge spoke of the incredibly fast load times the PlayStation 5 is capable of, and how that compared to the Horizon Zero Dawn experience on PS4.

“In Horizon Zero Dawn, we called it fast travel, but it could take maybe a minute to actually load,” de Jonge said.

“With the PS5, it’s maybe four or five seconds, it loads so quickly that players can’t even read the hints.

“We had to add a very simple feature where it hangs on the loading screen for enough time so you can actually read at least one hint while it loads.”

If you're playing Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, you'll notice that you have to tap X to move on past the loading screen, so you definitely have as much time as you need to read those gameplay tips. (Update: you can actually turn this off in the settings menu so the game loads right away without the need to press X. Just look for the option for 'Stand By Screen Mode'.)

Personally, I'd rather the game loaded instantly - gameplay tips on loading screens were put there to add something valuable to a moment where you can't do anything else, and made sense in an era when load times were much longer. If we can simply get on with the game then we don't need those tips, especially since Horizon Forbidden West provides plenty of tips in-game.

This isn't the first time a Sony studio has done this. Incredibly, Ghost of Tsushima also slowed down its load times to allow gameplay tips to be read, and that was running on the PS4's old-school mechanical hard drive.

For more on Horizon Forbidden West, check out our review and our rundown of how long the campaign takes to complete. We've also collected together the 12 biggest changes from the original game, too.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Horizon Forbidden West on PS5 Loads So Fast the Devs Had To Make It Slower so You Can Read the Tips

Horizon Forbidden West loads so fast on the PS5's SSD that developer Guerrilla Games actually had to deliberately slow them down in order to provide players enough time to read the loading screen tool tips.

In a conversation with Engadget, Forbidden West's game director Mathijs de Jonge spoke of the incredibly fast load times the PlayStation 5 is capable of, and how that compared to the Horizon Zero Dawn experience on PS4.

“In Horizon Zero Dawn, we called it fast travel, but it could take maybe a minute to actually load,” de Jonge said.

“With the PS5, it’s maybe four or five seconds, it loads so quickly that players can’t even read the hints.

“We had to add a very simple feature where it hangs on the loading screen for enough time so you can actually read at least one hint while it loads.”

If you're playing Horizon Forbidden West on PS5, you'll notice that you have to tap X to move on past the loading screen, so you definitely have as much time as you need to read those gameplay tips. (Update: you can actually turn this off in the settings menu so the game loads right away without the need to press X. Just look for the option for 'Stand By Screen Mode'.)

Personally, I'd rather the game loaded instantly - gameplay tips on loading screens were put there to add something valuable to a moment where you can't do anything else, and made sense in an era when load times were much longer. If we can simply get on with the game then we don't need those tips, especially since Horizon Forbidden West provides plenty of tips in-game.

This isn't the first time a Sony studio has done this. Incredibly, Ghost of Tsushima also slowed down its load times to allow gameplay tips to be read, and that was running on the PS4's old-school mechanical hard drive.

For more on Horizon Forbidden West, check out our review and our rundown of how long the campaign takes to complete. We've also collected together the 12 biggest changes from the original game, too.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Loki Season 2 Episodes Will Be Directed by Horror Duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Marvel has reportedly tapped Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead to "co-direct a majority of the episodes" of Loki Season 2, which will once again be led by Tom Hiddleston.

According to Deadline, Marvel was "so impressed" with the directing duo from their past collaborations on the likes of The Twilight Zone and Archive 81 that the studio first enlisted Benson and Moorhead to direct a couple of episodes of Moon Knight, which bows on Disney+ in March, before extending a further invitation to helm multiple episodes of Loki Season 2.

It was revealed last year that Loki director and executive producer Kate Herron had decided to step away from the upcoming season, while Hiddleston and Michael Waldron, who wrote and served as showrunner on the first season, were both returning as executive producers on the next installment, with Eric Martin on board to pen all six episodes of the MCU series.

Season 2 plot details are being kept entirely under wraps for now, with the first season having left a trail of unanswered questions in its wake. Owen Wilson recently confirmed that he'll be reprising his role as Agent Mobius on the series alongside Hiddleston's God of Mischief and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Renslayer. Wilson also mentioned that filming will start "pretty soon."

Loki Season 2 was announced during a mid-credits scene last season, which featured a close-up of TVA paperwork, including a file stamped with the words "Loki will return for Season 2." It was the first of Marvel's Disney+ series to announce a second season, with WandaVision unlikely to return, but The Falcon and the Winter Soldier billed as an ongoing series.

While there's no release date for Loki Season 2 yet, it may be that there's a lot of other Marvel shows to come first – Disney+ already has Ms. Marvel, Secret Invasion, and more on its slate.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Loki Season 2 Episodes Will Be Directed by Horror Duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead

Marvel has reportedly tapped Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead to "co-direct a majority of the episodes" of Loki Season 2, which will once again be led by Tom Hiddleston.

According to Deadline, Marvel was "so impressed" with the directing duo from their past collaborations on the likes of The Twilight Zone and Archive 81 that the studio first enlisted Benson and Moorhead to direct a couple of episodes of Moon Knight, which bows on Disney+ in March, before extending a further invitation to helm multiple episodes of Loki Season 2.

It was revealed last year that Loki director and executive producer Kate Herron had decided to step away from the upcoming season, while Hiddleston and Michael Waldron, who wrote and served as showrunner on the first season, were both returning as executive producers on the next installment, with Eric Martin on board to pen all six episodes of the MCU series.

Season 2 plot details are being kept entirely under wraps for now, with the first season having left a trail of unanswered questions in its wake. Owen Wilson recently confirmed that he'll be reprising his role as Agent Mobius on the series alongside Hiddleston's God of Mischief and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's Renslayer. Wilson also mentioned that filming will start "pretty soon."

Loki Season 2 was announced during a mid-credits scene last season, which featured a close-up of TVA paperwork, including a file stamped with the words "Loki will return for Season 2." It was the first of Marvel's Disney+ series to announce a second season, with WandaVision unlikely to return, but The Falcon and the Winter Soldier billed as an ongoing series.

While there's no release date for Loki Season 2 yet, it may be that there's a lot of other Marvel shows to come first – Disney+ already has Ms. Marvel, Secret Invasion, and more on its slate.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Endgame Is the ‘Final’ Avengers Movie Says Marvel Boss

The Marvel Cinematic Universe may have already seen its last Avengers movie.

During the most recent episode of Marvel Studios: Assembled, Marvel boss Kevin Feige explained that Avengers: Endgame is the ‘final’ Avengers movie.

“Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is now past their tenth anniversary,” he explained. “And with the release of the final Avengers movie, we've finally completed a 22-movie Infinity Saga.”

Of course, the Avengers weren’t in great shape when we last saw them.

By the end of Endgame, we lost both Iron Man and Black Widow, while the Hulk was severely injured in an attempt to undo Thanos’ snap. Even Captain America has left his old life as a superhero behind.

And while the unsnappenning did bring back some Marvel favorites such as Doctor Strange and Spider-Man, it’s left the team feeling leaderless and without its heavy-hitters.

Does that mean the Avengers are done?

Not likely – instead, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see Doctor Strange step up to lead the rag-tag band of Avengers in the wake of the team’s losses. After all, the upcoming Marvel movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness does seem to connect to a lot of different Marvel properties. And the former Sorcerer Supreme could well end up rallying the troops.

Whether or not they stand together as ‘The Avengers’ is another matter entirely. After all, the comic book versions of our favorite superheroes often shift allegiances across several superhero teams. Not to mention, Marvel may choose to focus on team-ups across solo films rather than big event movies such as The Avengers.

Avengers: Infinity War was the culmination of the Infinity Saga which began back in 2008 with Iron Man. Bringing together every superhero across the MCU to take on Thanos and his forces, it was the climactic epic battle we had all hoped for.

And it brought us many fan-pleasing moments.

What’s next for the MCU? We’ll have to wait and see. But with the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel about to tear open the multiverse, the possibilities are almost endless.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.