The Zen Meteor is an exotic sniper rifle exclusive to those who are playing Destiny on the PS4 or PS3. If you’re playing on Xbox One, unfortunately you will not be able to get the Zen Meteor at this time, although it could always get added in the future.

Unlike the previous exotic exclusives, the Zen Meteor does not have a quest or requirements that you need to complete in order to get it, it’s acquired by the same means as any other random exotic. Yes, you will have to play the lottery and hope that it comes up in a drop, or is received as a reward for a strike, raid, PvP game mode.

Fortunately, there are things you can do to increase your odds of landing exotic engrams which in turn will increase your odds of receiving the Zen Meteor.

Other Drops

Any other activity that rewards players with a random Exotic at the end has a chance of it being the Zen Meteor. These activities include your heroic and nightfall weekly strikes, crucible matches, turning in a full card in trials of osiris, the challenge of the elders, and of course the King’s Fall raid on hard mode.

There’s a lot there to choose from so if you’re into PvP focus on the crucible and trials of osiris modes. If you’re a fan of PvE you can take on the raid after you’ve completed the weekly strikes, and then head to the challenge of the elders.

No matter what activity you choose, you should be sure to have some three of coins on you and active at all times.

Three of Coins Drops

The three of coins is by far the most useful tool for farming exotics. It works anywhere that you’ll be fighting an elite level boss. If you’ve never used a three of coins, when activated it provides a chance for an exotic to drop off of the next boss level enemy you kill, or crucible match you complete.

Each match you complete/ boss you kill will use up the activated charge whether you get an exotic or not, so remember to go into your inventory after each match/ boss to get a charge up for the next one.

Bosses at the end of strikes, all the bosses during raids, and bosses during events all have a chance of activating the three of coins for an exotic drop. Any type of crucible match once completed will activate the three of coins, possibly rewarding you with an exotic.

You can purchase 5 charges of the three of coins from Xur when he’s in the tower/ reef Friday to Sunday for 7 strange coins. There is also a chance you will receive a three of coins for completing your weekly heroic/ nightfall strikes.

When the three of coins does give an exotic it will be a random one, so it may take you a while and many charges before you land the Zen Meteor.


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Last Updated: Apr 19, 2016

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A man of many hats, Greg divides his precious gaming time between competitive games like League of Legends and Dota 2 and Action/ Adventure Games like GTA, and Destiny. At Ten Ton Hammer he specializes in making guides for new and veteran players alike.

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