🛒 SHD INTEL REPORT — VENDOR RESET

🛒 SHD INTEL REPORT – WEEKLY VENDOR RESET

 Reset Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

 Status: Active

 Vendors Reset Every Tuesday @ 03:30 EST

 Cassie Opens Wednesdays — See Resources Below

📝 Intro:

This week’s Vendor Reset delivers a small but high-impact lineup. While several locations offer average or “rainbow” rolls, there are clear must-buys for LMG, skill, hybrid, and tank builds, along with strong pickups for new and returning agents working on Expertise.

🧩 FEATURED ITEMS THIS WEEK

Dark Winter (SMG) — Perfect Killer (Countdown Vendor)

Petrov Chest Piece — Weapon Damage / Crit Chance / Crit Damage / Obliterate (Clan Vendor)

Mechanical Animal (AR) — Future Perfection (White House)

Harmony Rifle — Perfectly In Sync (DZ West)

Liquid Engineer Backpack — Perfect Bloodsucker (DZ South)

🏬 VENDOR LOCATIONS & NOTABLES

 Countdown Vendor

Dark Winter (DZ Exclusive SMG) — Perfect Killer
▸ Recommended recalibration: Magazine Size → Damage to Target Out of Cover

Firm Handshake Gloves — Weapon Damage, Headshot Damage, Named Status Effect

Born Great — Available this week, but not highly rated
ℹ️ Firm Handshake and Born Great will also be available at Cassie Mendoza for regular credits.

 Haven – Marco & Roy

 Marco:

CMMG Banshee SMG — Damage to Target Out of Cover

Crit Hit Damage & Crit Hit Chance Mods (not maxed; excellent placeholders for new or hardcore agents)

 Roy:

Bellstone Backpack — Armor Regen & Health

Bellstone Knees — Hazard Protection

5.11 Mask — Armor & Hazard Protection
✔️ Very specific tank / Iron Horse use cases

 White House Vendor

Mechanical Animal (Named AR) — Future Perfection
▸ Recommended recalibration: Crit Chance → DTTOOC

Habsburg Chest — Armor, Hazard Protection, Weapon Handling (niche Big Horn option)

 Clan Vendor

Petrov Chest Piece (TOP PICK)
Weapon Damage • Crit Chance • Crit Damage • Obliterate
⭐ One of the best vendor chest pieces seen in a long time — usable as-is

Proxy Backpack (Named) — Armor, Hazard Protection, Armor Regen (Perfectly Tamper Proof)

Negotiator’s Dilemma Chest — Weapon Damage & Skill Haste
▸ Consider recalibrating Skill Haste to a Crit stat

Rigger Gloves — Skill Damage

Hot Shot Backpack — Headshot Damage

China Light Mask — Status Effect & Headshot Damage

Crit Hit Damage Mod — Useful pickup for newer players

 Theatre Settlement

Surge Rifle — Perfect Spike

Thorn Shotgun — Perfect Brazen (solid if rolled to DTTOOC)

Other items are low priority

 Campus Settlement

Palisade Mask — Armor on Kill (can be rolled to double crit)

Commando — Perfectly Naked

G28 — Poor roll this week
❌ Mods here are not recommended

 Castle Settlement

Empress Holster — Skill Damage & Skill Haste / Hazard Protection

Urban Lookout Mask — Weapon Handling & Headshot Damage

Designated Hitter — Available, but generally not worth picking up

 Dark Zone Vendors

 DC West:

Harmony Rifle — Perfectly In Sync (excellent for skill builds; add DTTOOC)

New Reliable LMG — Perfectly Optimized (swap Accuracy to Crit Chance or ROF)

 DC South:

Liquid Engineer Backpack — Armor Regen & Perfect Bloodsucker
▸ Only worth buying for specific tank builds

 DC East:

New Reliable LMG — Strong weapon, but not advised to spend DZ credits

Other items are low priority

 Brooklyn Bridge Settlement Vendor

Custom L86 A2 (LMG) — Damage to Armor & Flatline (low mag size; easy pass)

The Prophet (Pistol) — Perfect Determined (perfect version currently weaker than standard)

5.11 Holster — Max Armor, Skill Damage, Armor Regen

Crit Hit Chance Mod (4.6%) — Good for newer players

 Danny Weaver

🧰 CACHES AVAILABLE

1 × Exotic Cache

2 × Named Item Caches

5 × Field Proficiency Caches

4 × Crafting Material Caches

✔️ Recommended for Expertise leveling and filling collection gaps.

🧠 SHD TACTICAL NOTES

Strong week for LMG, skill, hybrid, and tank builds

Many DZ items are better farmed in Countdown

Excellent opportunity to buy items for Expertise donations

New agents should prioritize crit mods and named items

📌 SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

 Top Picks:

Dark Winter (Countdown Vendor)

Petrov Chest Piece (Clan Vendor)

Mechanical Animal (White House)

Harmony Rifle (DZ West)

 Special Mentions:

Firm Handshake Gloves

Liquid Engineer Backpack

CMMG Banshee (Haven – Marco)

Danny Weaver Exotic & Named Caches