History of Illicit Invader Plate

Overview

The Illicit Invader Plate is a Legendary Titan Chest Armor in the Armor category. Its flavor text reads: "Violence. Your heart beats with violence."

It carries the Invader +1 intrinsic. Invader is the offensive role in Gambit Prime: its pieces assassinate enemies to delay them. Its intrinsic perk unlocks Gambit Prime set perks when multiple pieces from the set are equipped. Gambit Prime armor has three ranks, Illicit, Outlawed and Notorious, and each piece adds role points (one for Illicit, two for Outlawed, three for Notorious).

Other Invader pieces in the set: Illicit Invader Hood, Illicit Invader Mark, Illicit Invader Mask, Illicit Invader Robes, Illicit Invader Strides, Illicit Invader Vest, all part of Gambit Prime armor.

Acquisition

Bungie's item data lists Xûr as the source. Earlier guides describe Gambit Prime armor as earned through The Reckoning: a Weak Synthesizer turns a Synth into a Mote, which is banked at the start of The Reckoning, and each completed run unlocks one random piece of that role. The Reckoning was vaulted with Beyond Light on November 10, 2020. Other guides describe the rank route instead: complete Gambit Prime matches and increase your rank. The sources disagree on the method. It cannot be reacquired from Collections.