Universal Remote (Year 1)

For the Year 2 shotgun, see Universal Remote (Year 2).

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To the untrained eye, this beast is a junker. To the trained eye however, this junker... is a beast.

― In-game description

Universal Remote is an exotic shotgun that is equipped in the Primary slot. It can be earned as a reward for completing Crucible matches, Strikes in the Strike playlists, as a random drop for completing the Prison of Elders, in an engram, in loot chests inside the Vault of Glass, or purchased from Xûr for 17 Strange Coins.

Sources

Universal Remote can be retrieved from one of the following activities/vendors:

	Crota's End
	This item can drop during the Crota's End Raid.

	Unknown
	This item can drop in situationally dependent ways.

	Vault of Glass
	This item can drop in the Vault of Glass Raid.

	Xur, Agent of the Nine
	Xûr, Agent of the Nine, sometimes sells this item in the Tower.

	Prison of Elders
	This item can drop as a Prison of Elders reward.

	Nightfall
	This item can drop from Nightfall activities.

	Strike
	This item can drop as a Strike reward. Exotic items can only drop from the most challenging Strike playlist.

	Crucible
	This item can drop as a Crucible match reward.

Upgrades

Universal Remote can be upgraded with the following perks:

Column 0

		Kinetic Damage
		This weapon causes kinetic damage.

		Ascend
		Increases the Attack value of this weapon to the highest available in Year 1.

Column 1

		Smooth Ballistics
		Increased recoil. Boost to range.

		Soft Ballistics
		Less recoil. Penalty to Impact.

		CQB Ballistics
		Greatly reduced recoil. Significant penalty to range.

Column 2

		Crowd Control
		Kills with this weapon grant bonus damage for a short time.

Column 3

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 4

		Hammer Forged
		Improved range and accuracy.

		Lightweight
		When held, this weapon grants +2 character Agility.

		Snapshot
		Aiming this weapon is incredibly fast.

Column 5

		Universal Remote
		Range and precision damage increases greatly while aiming down the sights.

Column 6

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

Column 7

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

		Upgrade Damage
		Increases Attack Power, allowing this weapon to cause more damage.

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