📄 VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

🛒 VENDOR RESET – SHD INTEL REPORT

📅 Tuesday, October 20, 2026

🔄 Reset Date: October 20, 2026

🟢 Status: Active ✅

⏰ Vendors Reset Every Tuesday @ 03:30 EST

🎟️ Cassie Opens Wednesdays — See Resources Below

Morning, Agents!

This week’s vendor reset brings several worthwhile pickups across Washington D.C., New York, Brooklyn, and the Dark Zone. The main highlights include Memento, Fox’s Prayer, The Matador, Benefactor, Baker’s Dozen, Everlasting Gaze, and The Darkness.

The Expertise Surge is also a major opportunity this week, with double Exotic Components and upgrade materials reported during the event. Check your available projects, event activities, and vendor inventories to make the most of your farming time.

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🔥 FEATURED ITEMS THIS WEEK

🥇 MEMENTO — PROMETHEUS / CONFLICT VENDOR

Exotic Backpack

Enemies drop trophies when killed.

Trophies provide short-term and long-term buffs.

A strong option for solo PvE and open-world builds.

🔥 SHD Recommendation: A high-priority pickup for agents who don’t already own it. Memento’s trophy-based bonuses make it a versatile choice for a range of builds.

Vendor currency: Check the displayed cost before purchasing.

🥈 FOX’S PRAYER — PROMETHEUS TERMINAL

Named Overlord Armaments Knee Pads

Damage to Targets Out of Cover (DTOC).

Weapon-damage core.

Useful for weapon-focused builds.

🔥 SHD Recommendation: A strong option for weapon-damage setups. Additional copies can be useful if you want different core or attribute combinations.

🥉 THE MATADOR — DZ SOUTH

Named Walker, Harris & Co. Backpack

Perfect Adrenaline Rush.

Weapon Damage.

Crit Chance or Repair Skills, depending on the listed roll.

🔧 Suggested recalibration: Repair Skills ➜ Crit Damage, if your item has Repair Skills.

A strong option for bonus-armour builds and close-range engagements.

🎯 EVERLASTING GAZE — DZ WEST

Named Rifle

Perfect Perpetuation.

Optimal Range listed in the supplied inventory.

A useful option for status-effect builds.

🎯 THE DARKNESS — DZ EAST

Named Marksman Rifle

Perfect Eyeless.

Damage to Armor listed in the supplied inventory.

Worth checking for marksman players and agents collecting named weapons.

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🏛️ VENDOR LOCATIONS & NOTABLES

🏠 WHITE HOUSE

Lightning Rod — Named Pistol

Perfect Salvage.

Max Damage to Armor.

SOCOM Mk16 — Assault Rifle

Damage to Targets Out of Cover.

Additional reported inventory

Empress International Backpack — Adrenaline Rush.

🎟️ COUNTDOWN REQUISITION VENDOR

Benefactor Chest Piece

Perfect Empathic Resolve.

Skill Haste.

Skill Damage.

🔧 Suggested recalibration: Skill Damage ➜ Repair Skills for a healer/support setup.

Baker’s Dozen

Named Classic M1A.

Perfect Lucky Shot.

Damage to Armor listed.

Commando

Named SVD Marksman Rifle.

Perfectly Naked.

💰 Reported cost: 75 Countdown credits per item.

📌 Cassie reminder: The supplied roundup says these items may also appear at Cassie Mendoza for regular credits after her Wednesday opening.

🏴 CLAN VENDOR

Brain Break

Named rifle.

Perfect Headscratcher.

Other notables

Virtuoso Knee Pads.

Virtuoso Backpack.

Ember Engine Mask.

🏕️ SETTLEMENT VENDORS

🎭 THEATER — GREASE

Named Shin Monkey Knee Pads

Skill Tier.

Status Effects.

Skill Damage.

🔧 Suggested recalibration: Skill Damage ➜ Skill Haste, if suitable for your build.

🏫 CAMPUS — SALVO

Named Unit Alloys Holster

Rate of Fire.

Weapon Handling.

🏰 CASTLE — THE CRICKET

Named GR9 LMG

Perfect Precision Strike.

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☣️ DARK ZONE VENDORS

⚠️ DZ resources required

🔹 DZ SOUTH

The Matador

Perfect Adrenaline Rush.

Weapon Damage.

Crit Chance or Repair Skills, depending on the listed roll.

Also reported:

Exotic Caches.

Prototype Caches.

🔹 DZ WEST

Everlasting Gaze

Perfect Perpetuation.

Optimal Range listed.

Also reported:

Exotic Caches.

Reconstructed Caches.

🔹 DZ EAST

The Darkness

Perfect Eyeless.

Damage to Armor listed.

Walker, Harris & Co. Holster

Crit Damage.

Armor Regen.

Also reported:

Exotic Recalibration Caches.

Exotic Optimization Caches.

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🗽 HAVEN & BROOKLYN

🔹 HAVEN — ROY BENITEZ

M249 B LMG

Damage to Armor.

🔧 Suggested recalibration: Change the talent to Frenzy if suitable for your build.

🔹 HAVEN — PUBLIC SPACE

Airaldi Knee Pads

Weapon Damage.

Headshot Damage.

Weapon Handling.

🔹 BROOKLYN BRIDGE SETTLEMENT

UIC-15 Mod 2 Rifle

Flatline.

Optimal Range listed in the supplied inventory.

🔧 Suggested recalibration: Optimal Range ➜ DTOC, if that attribute is present and suits your build.

Additional reported item

11% Protection from Elites gear mod.

Brooklyn vendor access requires the Brooklyn DLC.

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⚡ SPECIAL EVENT — EXPERTISE SURGE

The supplied event roundup reports double upgrade materials and Exotic Components during the active event.

Reported bonuses

Exotic Component Caches: 8 components instead of 4.

Deconstructing an Exotic weapon: 2 components instead of 1.

How to make the most of it

Complete weekly projects that award Exotic Caches.

Finish available Manhunt scouting missions.

Farm available Red Moon event activities and rewards.

Deconstruct unwanted Exotic duplicates during the bonus period.

Check your saved Red Moon keys and available gear caches before spending them.

Use the event period to build up the materials you need for future Expertise upgrades.

🧠 SHD TACTICAL NOTES

⚡ First priority: Visit the Prometheus/Conflict vendor for the featured Memento and Fox’s Prayer items.

🎒 Support builds: Benefactor is worth considering for a healer or Future Initiative support setup.

☣️ DZ agents: The Matador, Everlasting Gaze, and The Darkness are the main named-item targets.

🔧 Expertise Surge: Make use of the reported Exotic Component bonus while it is active.

🎯 Escalation farmers: Choose missions based on the targeted loot you need.

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📋 SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

🥇 Memento — Prometheus/Conflict vendor

🥈 Fox’s Prayer — Prometheus Terminal

🥉 Benefactor — Countdown Vendor

🎒 The Matador — DZ South

🎯 Everlasting Gaze — DZ West

🎯 The Darkness — DZ East

⚡ Expertise Surge — Double Exotic Components and upgrade materials