History of Illicit Reaper Gauntlets

Overview

The Illicit Reaper Gauntlets is a Legendary Titan Gauntlets in the Armor category. Its flavor text reads: "Let them come. You will wield the scythe that culls them all."

It carries the Reaper +1 intrinsic. Reaper is the mote role in Gambit Prime: its pieces create motes for the team. Equipping multiple pieces from the set unlocks its set perks. 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 Reaper pieces in the set: Illicit Reaper Bond, Illicit Reaper Boots, Illicit Reaper Cloak, Illicit Reaper Gloves, Illicit Reaper Greaves, Illicit Reaper Grips, 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.