📄VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

🛒 VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Reset Date: July 21, 2026

Status: Active ✅

Vendors Reset Every Tuesday @ 03:30 EST

Cassie Opens Wednesdays — See Resources Below

📝 INTRO:

This week’s vendor reset is much stronger than last week’s, with several excellent named weapons and gear pieces available across multiple vendors. The biggest standouts are The Orbit, Test Subject, The Closer, and The Brain Rifle with its new Perfect Head Scratcher talent. Between the vendor stock and the launch of the Dust Storm Event, this is definitely a week worth making a full vendor run.

🧩 FEATURED ITEMS THIS WEEK

🔶 The Brain Rifle (Haven) — Features the new Perfect Head Scratcher talent. Buy multiple copies for Expertise if you don’t plan on using it.

🔶 The Orbit (DZ South) — PvP favorite featuring Perfect Finisher. Roll the third attribute to Damage to Targets Out of Cover.

🔶 The Closer (Countdown Vendor) — Perfect Spotter chest that can easily become a double-crit armor build piece.

🔶 Test Subject (Clan Vendor) — One of the strongest named weapons for skill and hybrid builds thanks to Perfectly In Sync.

🔶 Carnage (Campus Settlement) — Named Negev featuring Perfect Sadist. Roll Crit Chance to Damage to Armor for maximum performance.

🏬 VENDOR LOCATIONS & NOTABLES

🔹 COUNTDOWN VENDOR

🔥 The Closer — Perfect Spotter with Armor and Crit Damage. Roll Crit Chance to create an outstanding DPS armor chest.

✅ The Trader — Perfect Back and Forth. Great secondary weapon for quick weapon swapping.

✅ Good Times — Perfect Fast Hands with excellent reload speed. A fun and effective LMG for sustained fire.

🔹 HAVEN — MARCO & ROY

Marco:

✅ Brain Rifle — Comes with the new Perfect Head Scratcher talent. Even if you don’t intend to use it, it’s worth purchasing for Expertise donations.

✅ M1A CQB — Determined talent already equipped. Roll Health Damage to Damage to Targets Out of Cover for an excellent rifle.

Roy:

Urban Lookout Gloves — Can be recalibrated into a double-crit pair for DPS builds.

Overall, Roy’s inventory is average, but the gloves are worth a look.

🔹 WHITE HOUSE VENDOR

✅ Mechanical Animal — Excellent hybrid and skill build assault rifle with Future Perfection.

Royal Works Chest — Weapon Handling, Headshot Damage and Crit Damage. Great foundation for a Spotter build using the Lexington.

🔹 CLAN VENDOR

🔥 Test Subject — One of the best named ARs for skill builds. Perfectly In Sync remains one of the strongest hybrid talents.

✅ Classic M1A — Already comes with max Damage to Targets Out of Cover. Simply reroll the talent to your preference.

Habsburg Guard Kneepads — Strong base for headshot or regeneration builds.

Badger Tough Gloves — Easy to convert into a double-crit setup.

🔹 THEATER SETTLEMENT

✅ Fenris Gloves — Excellent double-crit potential after recalibration.

Other inventory this week is fairly average.

🔹 CAMPUS SETTLEMENT

🔥 Carnage — Named Negev with Perfect Sadist. Roll Crit Chance to Damage to Armor for best results.

R&K Mask — Nice skill build piece featuring Skill Tier, Repair Skills and Skill Haste.

🔹 CASTLE SETTLEMENT

✅ New Reliable — Named RPK with Perfectly Optimized and max Headshot Damage.

Royal Works Holster — Complements this week’s Royal Works pieces for a 3-piece build.

🔹 DARK ZONE VENDORS

DC West:

🔥 Baker’s Dozen — Named Classic M1A with Damage to Targets Out of Cover.

Reconstructed Cache — Back this week! Excellent source of legacy seasonal blueprints and named items.

Also available: Exotic Component Cache, Named Item Cache, Materials.

DC South:

🔥 The Orbit — One of the week’s best purchases. Perfect Finisher remains a PvP favorite.

Prototype Core Cache also available.

DC East:

✅ The Darkness — Named Marksman Rifle featuring Perfect Eyeless.

Strong pickup for sniper enthusiasts.

🔹 BROOKLYN BRIDGE SETTLEMENT VENDOR

✅ Hiligard Mask — Excellent Armor Regeneration and Headshot Damage combination for regeneration builds.

All Mods Available — Includes a useful 6% Seeker Mine Healing Mod for Survivalist players.

💰 DON’T FORGET DANNY WEAVER!

The hidden vendor is stocked as usual and sells caches for textiles:

1 × Exotic Cache

2 × Named Item Caches

5 × Field Proficiency Caches

Always worth a visit! 🧭🟧

🆕 ESCALATION REQUISITION VENDOR

Located beside the Countdown Vendor at the Base of Operations.

🔹 Random Prototype Cache — 5 Tokens

🔹 Prototype Holster Cache — 10 Tokens

🔹 Prototype Shotgun Cache — 10 Tokens

⚠️ Daily cache categories rotate every 24 hours.

🧠 SHD TACTICAL NOTES

• The Dust Storm Event is now live in Lower Manhattan and is the top activity this week. Collect 20 Dust Storm Keys to unlock the Lexington along with several exclusive rewards.

• Prioritize The Orbit, Test Subject, The Closer, and Mechanical Animal if you’re expanding your named weapon collection.

• Multiple Royal Works pieces are available this week, making it a great opportunity to experiment with a 3-piece Spotter build focused on Crit Damage and Magazine Size.

📌 SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

Top Picks 🔥

✅ Test Subject (Clan Vendor)

✅ The Closer (Countdown Vendor)

✅ The Orbit (DZ South)

✅ Mechanical Animal (White House)

Special Mentions

⭐ Carnage

⭐ Baker’s Dozen

⭐ Brain Rifle (Perfect Head Scratcher)