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The Life Exotic achievement in Destiny

The Life Exotic

Obtain and equip a piece of Exotic gear.

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How to unlock the The Life Exotic achievement

  • Triple G AndyTriple G Andy
    16 Sep 2014 18 Sep 2014 22 Sep 2014
    The only surefire way to obtain exotic gear is from Xur, Agent of the Nine. This NPC appears in the tower from Friday to Sunday 9:00am PST. He will sell you exotic gear for Strange coins, and an engram for Mote's of Lite.

    The armour (such as helmets, gauntlets etc) will cost you 13 strange coins. These are sold as ready to use pieces.

    The exotic weapon (which you'll need to upgrade for the 'Packing Heat' achievement) will cost 23 strange coins.

    You can also buy an Exotic Armour engram for 23 Mote's of Light. I have heard reports that this engram always makes exotic gear, but is not guaranteed to be the same class (I.e. hunter, titan, warlock) as your character.
    If buying this engram, buy it at your own risk.

    The best way to earn Strange coins is by doing weekly Heroic Strikes. They are as follows:

    Lvl 22 Strike earns 3 coins,
    Lvl 26 Strike earns 6 coins.
    Lvl 28 Strike earns 9 coins.

    (That's 9 total. You can do each for 3 a piece or do the lvl 28 strike for all 9 at once).

    You can also gain coins by chance by:

    Decrypting rare/legendary engrams with the Cryptarch.

    Looting chests.

    Playing crucible matches.

    Playing a one Public event a day and earn a Gold rank.
    (This is also do-able across multiple characters each day, so if you have more than one character do one event a day with each one).

    Mote's of Light can be earned by leveling up after you reach lvl 20, 1 for each lvl up.

    Again there are also possible mote's found by chance as follows:

    Decrypting rare/legendary engrams with the Cryptarch.

    Looting chests.

    Playing crucible matches.

    Daily Public Events (Gold tier rewards).

    Killing Major & Ultra (Yellow Health Bar) enemies.

    Hope this is useful guys!

    EDIT 1: Another way to earn exotic weapons/armour is by finding exotic bounties. The specifics of obtaining these bounties is still a bit murky, but some people have reported finding them after doing 25 strike missions.
    * Cheers to xTGE for the info toast

    Some of the bounties you can select and how to accomplish their goals are as follows in these links:

    http://gameguidecentral.com/destiny-exotic-bounty-guides/

    http://destinynews.net/guides-exotic-bounties/

    DISCLAIMER: Weapons, armour and other items are subject to change with each new appearance of Xur, Agent of the Nine. Please remember the value of cost/items available may be subject to change due to the nature of this game/NPC.

    Also; for those having trouble unlocking glitchy achievement do this:

    Press the Menu button RB over to settings, highlight Log Out and choose Switch Profile (not Change Character). This will take you back to the game start screen, and once you press A, it will ask you to choose your Xbox Live profile.

    Choose your profile and then choose your character from the character select screen. Any achievements that should have been unlocked will then unlock.

    *Cheers to FLEEBS & ludo10109 for the info
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    Triple G AndyNeither do I :p
    Posted by Triple G Andy on 11 Mar 15 at 20:05
    HolyHalfDead
    Xur spawns at 9am PST, not UTC.
    http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2gu7qx/xur_a...
    Posted by CTM AudiRS6 on 19 Sep 14 at 23:08
    You are wrong and so is reddit, Xûr has always spawned at Friday 9am UTC.

    The game has changed quite a bit since the solution was written:

    Strange Coin
    - Weekly Heroic Strike (Level 26 = 3, Level 30 = 6, Level 32 = 9)
    - Weekly Nightfall Strike (random chance of 9-11)
    - The Crucible (random chance)
    - Decoherent Engrams (random chance)
    - Loot Chest (random chance)
    - First Gold Public Event of the day, collect from Postmaster (random chance)
    - Prison of Elders chest (random chance)

    Mote of Light
    - Purchase from Xûr for 2 Strange Coins
    - Exchange 2 Ascendant Shard at The Speaker
    - Exchange 2 Radiant Shard at The Speaker
    - Earning XP after level 20
    - The Crucible (random chance)
    - First Gold Public Event of the day, collect from Postmaster (random chance)
    - Decoherent Engrams (random chance)
    - Loot Chest (random chance)
    - House of Wolves Daily Heroic Story (Level 32 = 2)
    - Dismantle House of Wolves Legenday Weapon (1)
    - Prison of Elders chests (random chance)
    - Trials of Osiris (Bronze Tier = 3, Silver Tier = 3, Gold Tier = 2)
    Posted by HolyHalfDead on 25 Jun 15 at 03:07
    beastman ruleshow does this change with the taken king?
    Posted by beastman rules on 27 Sep 15 at 22:40
    HellsDelightI got one Exotic Item from the Taken King DLC (or from a gift from Bungie) but the Achievo didn't pop up for me :(
    Posted by HellsDelight on 10 Jan 16 at 16:14
    HellsDelightNice, I just followed the instruction to sign out and sign in from this other Achievement Guide and it finally popped up :)
    DestinyFully WeaponizedThe Fully Weaponized achievement in Destiny worth 42 pointsFully upgrade a Legendary weapon.
    Posted by HellsDelight on 10 Jan 16 at 16:48
    x SATELE SHAN x5-6 achievements popped up for me at the same time after I used the sign out/sign trick. So thank you for your guide. My positive feedback, of course ;)
    Posted by x SATELE SHAN x on 28 Jan 16 at 23:41
    SapphiremoonieWow, I just got 5 achievements doing the sign out/sign in trick. Thanks so so much!!!
    Posted by Sapphiremoonie on 15 May 17 at 22:51
    Bandicoot V3I just started this again, i have all DLC, when i was in tower i went to post master and got the mote for level 25, i hit 25 and got the sunbreakers mark, equipped it and bam achievemnt
    Posted by Bandicoot V3 on 10 Jul 17 at 13:33
    Mrxknown JGIt just popped for me last night when my connection to the Destiny servers kept dropping. I don't even have any exotic gear/weapons. So I don't know what happened. I was disappointed as I thought I might have unlocked something.
    Posted by Mrxknown JG on 05 Jun 21 at 15:51
    JohnnieMonkeyCan you even get this without the expansion? All the gear I can buy is level 40, but I seem to be capped at level 34 so I can't equip anything.

    Edit: I bought an engram (29 strange coins) that decoded for a level 20 Hunter. I had to build a Hunter, but once I could equip, achievement unlocked.
    Posted by JohnnieMonkey on 05 Aug 22 at 22:27
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