Strange Coin

"This unusual coin is warm to the touch and vibrates gently in your hand."

— In-game description

A Strange Coin

Strange Coins are items used to purchase powerful loot from Xûr in Destiny. They later returned in Destiny 2's 30th Anniversary Pack, where they were used to purchase special bounties and other rewards from Starhorse. Beginning in The Final Shape, Strange Coins were removed from the Dares of Eternity economy with Starhorse's bounties now costing Glimmer and are once again used to purchase wares from Xûr. Spending Strange Coins increases reputation with Xûr, and allows the user to obtain a Favor of the Nine which grants a buff called Strange Favor, granting a chance to earn a bonus Strange Coin from any Strange Coin drop. Strange Favor can stack up to 3 times labeled Strange, Stranger, and Strangest Favor, respectively and lasts 11 days unless another Favor of the Nine is picked up.

How to Obtain

Strange Coins can be obtained through a variety of methods:

• Destiny 1:
  • Complete the Scourge of Winter Story mission for the first time (once per character)
  • Complete Public Events (random chance)
  • Complete Strikes (random chance)
  • Complete the Nightfall Strike (random chance, once per character, set of twelve)
  • Complete matches in the Crucible (random chance)
  • Dropped from loot chests (random chance)
  • Rewarded from Decoherent (Blue) Engrams and greater (random chance beginning at Level 18)
  • Opening the 4th Golden Chest on Mars (once per character)
  • Getting Reputation Packages from leveling up your rank (always gives you 4)
  • Complete Prison of Elders (random chance)
  • Completing patrols for long enough will give you a chance to get a secret patrol that gives you three random mystery tasks. This patrol awards Strange Coins.

• Destiny 2:
  • Complete ritual activites, Onslaught, Iron Banner, and Trials of Osiris

Trivia

• In Destiny 2, the veteran dialogue for a particular Ghost scan interaction in Watcher's Grave on Nessus has the player's Ghost remark that the Vex artifact being scanned resembles a large version of a Strange Coin.

Gallery

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  Grimoire Card of a Strange Coin

List of appearances

• Destiny (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
  • Forsaken (Mentioned only)
  • Season of the Drifter (Mentioned only)
  • 30th Anniversary Pack
  • The Final Shape
  • Reclamation (Mentioned only)
• The Hidden Dossier