📄 VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

🛒 VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026

Reset Date: August 25, 2026

Status: Active ✅

Vendors Reset Every Tuesday @ 03:30 EST

Cassie Opens Wednesdays — See Resources Below

📝 INTRO:

This week’s vendor reset is a very strong preparation week, with rare Yaahl Gear, several excellent named items, and multiple pieces worth stashing ahead of upcoming gear reworks. The Yaahl Gear Gloves, The Virginia, The Spot-On, and The Backbone are the biggest highlights, making a full vendor run well worth your time.

🧩 FEATURED ITEMS THIS WEEK

🔶 Yaahl Gear Gloves — Clan Vendor — Rare Yaahl pieces that can be bought and dismantled for valuable Yaahl crafting materials. 🔥

🔶 The Virginia — DZ West — Named 1886 with Perfect Boomerang and Damage to Armor; excellent pickup for rifle builds. 🔥

🔶 The Backbone — Countdown Vendor — Named Lingmo backpack with Perfectly Unstoppable Force, Crit Damage and Headshot Damage. 🔥

🔶 The Spot-On — Campus — Named Urban Lookout holster with 38% Accuracy and max Headshot Damage. 🔥

🔶 Grupo Mask — Haven / Roy Benitez — Excellent Crit Damage roll that can be recalibrated toward a powerful double-crit piece.

🏬 VENDOR LOCATIONS & NOTABLES

🔹 COUNTDOWN VENDOR

🔥 The Backbone — Named Lingmo backpack with Perfectly Unstoppable Force, Crit Damage and Headshot Damage. Consider rolling Headshot Damage to Crit Chance, or changing the core depending on your build.

✅ The Darkness — Named Marksman Rifle with Perfect Eyeless. Swap Speed can be recalibrated to Damage to Targets Out of Cover.

✅ The Grudge — Named Banshee SMG with Perfect Vindictive and Damage to Targets Out of Cover.

⚠️ Countdown items cost 75 Countdown Credits each.

🔹 HAVEN — MARCO & ROY

Marco:

🔥 Habsburg Guard Holster — Crit Damage and Headshot Damage make this a strong starting piece for a red Habsburg build.

✅ 11% Protection from Elites Mod — Not the maximum possible roll, but worth buying with regular credits as a backup rather than spending DZ Resources on the identical mod.

Roy:

🔥 Grupo Mask — Excellent Crit Damage roll and a strong candidate for recalibration toward Crit Chance.

✅ MP5 SMG — Comes with Damage to Targets Out of Cover and is usable if you need a solid SMG.

Overall, Roy’s Grupo Mask is the standout, while the rest of his inventory is fairly average.

🔹 WHITE HOUSE VENDOR

⚠️ Grown Great — Named SMG with Perfect Stabilize, but not considered a priority pickup this week.

✅ Fenris Chest Piece — Weapon Damage, Headshot Damage, Hazard Protection and Glass Cannon. Potentially useful for an AR/headshot build.

The remainder of the White House inventory is fairly average.

🔹 CLAN VENDOR

🔥 Yaahl Gear Gloves — The biggest reason to visit the Clan Vendor. Buy as many as your E-Credits allow and dismantle them for Yaahl Gear Synthetic crafting materials.

✅ Hard Wired Backpack — Skill Tier and Skill Damage make this a useful build/library piece.

✅ Refractor Chest Piece — Skill Tier and Skill Haste.

✅ Exuro Knee Pads — Skill Tier and Skill Damage.

⭐ Military MK46 — Damage to Armor with the Ignited talent. A worthwhile LMG if you want the weapon and can recalibrate the talent.

🔹 THEATRE SETTLEMENT

🔥 Fenris Gloves — Max Crit Damage with Headshot Damage. Recalibrate Headshot Damage to Crit Chance for a strong double-crit piece.

✅ The Calibbre — Named shotgun with a Perfect talent; another copy is available here.

⚠️ Other inventory is fairly average this week.

🔹 CAMPUS SETTLEMENT

🔥 The Spot-On — Named Urban Lookout holster with 38% Accuracy and max Headshot Damage. Excellent pickup, particularly if you want to prepare for future changes.

✅ Big Show — Named LMG with Perfect Thunder Strike and Crit Chance.

✅ SOCOM MK20 SSR — Max Headshot Damage and Thunder Strike.

The Campus is one of the better settlement vendors this week.

🔹 CASTLE SETTLEMENT

🔥 The Forge — Named Richter & Kaiser holster with 50% Shield Health. Excellent for shield builds, and prototyping can increase its unique attribute.

✅ Black Market M60 E6 — Killer talent with Swap Speed. Recalibrate Swap Speed if you want to keep Killer.

⚠️ Legus/Lengu Gear — Rolls are not exceptional, but pieces may be worth stashing because of upcoming brand changes.

🔹 DARK ZONE VENDORS

DC West

🔥 The Virginia — Named 1886 with Perfect Boomerang and Damage to Armor. Recalibrate to Damage to Targets Out of Cover if preferred.

✅ 11% Protection from Elites Mod — Available here, but buy the identical mod from Marco using regular credits instead.

Also available: Exotic-type Caches and Reconstructed Caches for named blueprints.

DC South

⚠️ The Swap Chain — Named MP7 with Perfect Unwavering. Not a priority purchase this week.

✅ Prototype Caches — Worth checking if you’re actively building your Prototype collection.

Also available: Exotic Cache.

DC East

⭐ Claws Out — Named Wyvern holster with unique Melee Damage and Pistol Damage attributes. Interesting for shield/melee builds.

⚠️ Other inventory is largely skippable unless you need a specific item.

🔹 BROOKLYN BRIDGE SETTLEMENT VENDOR

⚠️ Lengu Knee Pads — Available with useful attributes, but not an essential purchase this week.

⚠️ Overall Brooklyn inventory is fairly average.

All Mods Available — Nothing stands out as a must-buy this week.

💰 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 Rifle Cache — 10 Tokens

⚠️ Daily cache categories rotate every 24 hours.

Check this vendor regularly if you’re targeting specific Prototype gear.

🧠 SHD TACTICAL NOTES

🔥 1. FARM YAahl MATERIALS

The Yaahl Gloves at the Clan Vendor are the biggest opportunity this week.

Don’t buy them because the rolls are amazing.

Buy them because you can dismantle them.

Build your Yaahl material stockpile now so you can craft the specific pieces you actually want later.

🛠️ 2. DON’T DISMANTLE EVERYTHING

Upcoming gear reworks mean some pieces that look average today could become valuable later.

Pay particular attention to:

Yaahl → Crafting materials

Lingmo → The Backbone

Grupo → Roy’s high-stat mask

Habsburg → Haven holster

5.11 → White House backpack

Legus → Pieces worth holding for future testing

🎯 3. SAVE THE GOOD BASE ROLLS

A mediocre talent can be changed.

A bad attribute can be recalibrated.

But excellent base rolls are worth keeping.

If a piece has a combination of high attributes that will work with upcoming changes, stash it before dismantling.

📌 SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

Top Picks: 🔥

✅ Yaahl Gear Gloves — Clan Vendor

✅ The Virginia — DZ West

✅ The Backbone — Countdown Vendor

✅ The Spot-On — Campus

✅ Grupo Mask — Haven — Roy Benitez

Special Mentions:

⭐ The Forge — Castle

⭐ Military MK46 — Clan Vendor

⭐ Fenris Gloves — Theater

🧭 THE DIVISION DISPATCH VERDICT

This is a preparation week.

The Yaahl Gloves alone make the Clan Vendor worth visiting, while The Virginia, The Backbone and The Spot-On give veteran Agents several worthwhile pickups.

With major gear changes approaching, don’t just ask “Is this good today?”

Ask:

“Could this be valuable after the rework?”

Stock smart. Farm smart. Prepare for what’s coming.