If you missed out on the Guardian Games Skimmer, you’ll be thrilled to hear about the Xûrfboard Skimmer that’s just been introduced inDestiny 2’s Season 25,Revenant. The first Skimmer was only earnable during the Guardians Games event in March of this year, and many players missed out on their chance to earn this limited-time vehicle.Now, even players that don’t feel like shelling out money for Silver can ride the space waves on the game’s brand-new Skimmer, the Xûrfboard.
Skimmers are a new class of vehicle that take the same loadout slot as your Sparrow; they provide limited gameplay enhancements, but essentially allow Guardians to quickly traverse their environments without the need for shatter-skating or well-skating techniques.While there’s nothing wrong with Sparrows, Skimmers provide a fresh take on the traditional Destiny format for vehicles.Players itching for something new can get the Xûrfboard now, as soon as its mysterious vendor makes his appearance.
How To Get The Xûrfboard
You’ll Need To Wait Until Xûr Arrives To The Tower
As the name suggests, the new Skimmer is being distributed by our lovely curio dealer and servant of The Nine, Xûr.He’ll arrive at his spot in the Tower at 12PM EST on Fridays each week, then depart at 12PM EST at reset on the following Tuesday.Xûr’s arrival this week, at the time of writing, coincides with the release of one of the first ofmany activity updateswe’ve seen sinceThe Final Shape’s release; the new dungeon, Vesper’s Host.
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All you need to do to grab this new Skimmer is talk to Xûr after his arrival at the Tower in week two of the season. To give you time to save up some Strange Coins, Xûr won’t offer the Xûrfboard until 12 PM EST on Friday, October 18th.You’ll need 97 Strange Coins to purchase the Xûrfboard,which is quite a few, as you only get four or five out of typical playlist activity completion. While the cost for the Skimmer is a little high, there arenumerous ways you can earn Strange Coinswhile enjoyingDestiny 2’s new seasonal content.
Best Way To Farm Strange Coins
You Have A Few Options, But For Farming, Speed Is Key
There are many ways to get Strange Coins, with the most coins being awarded from Gambit and Crucible wins. Unfortunately, you can’t guarantee a win in PvP, so grinding them out quickly doesn’t really work. Fortunately, Strikes award Strange Coins whether or not you’re in a playlist, so you can pick and choose which to speedrun.
I’ve found thatthe best Strike to run on repeat is The Devil’s Lair, which can be pared down to a quick seven minutes or soand will award you the same number of Strange Coins for your efforts.Crow, on YouTube, can run it at the world record pace of 3:45, but you don’t have to do it quite that fast for it to be an effective farm.
You’d think that running Nightfalls would net you more Strange Coins, but this is only the case on Expert mode and higher, making it time-inefficient for farming.
If you get tired of running the Strike on repeat, you can hop into some other ones to shake it up.When it comes down to it, the true cost of farming is your attention span, so don’t burn yourself out.The Strange Coins farm isn’t as simple asthe Silver Leaves farmyou might have used during the Solstice event, but it shouldn’t take too long to earn enough to get your new Skimmer.
The Xûrfboard will be around for the foreseeable future ofDestiny 2,so if you don’t grab it during week two, no sweat; Xûr will be back with more curios and quests in the coming weeks.
