Destiny 2: Iron Banner

Availability: June 7 and July 12 at Reset (10 AM PDT)

Access: Free-to-Play

Modes: Normal and Freelance

• Normal 6v6
• Freelance: 6v6 with solo fireteams

Power Level Advantages: Disabled

Heavy Ammo Crates: Shared

Rank Boost

Players can increase their reputation gains by completing the following:

• Completing Challenges (x4)
• Iron Banner armor (5 pieces)
• Iron Banner emblem

Iron Banner Ranks

Rank #	Rank name	Total Points	Points to next rank
1	Guardian I	0 – 49	50
2	Guardian II	50 – 124	75
3	Guardian III	125 – 249	125
4	Brave I	250 – 499	250
5	Brave II	500 – 949	450
6	Brave III	950 – 1549	600
7	Heroic I	1550 – 1924	375
8	Heroic II	1925 – 2524	600
9	Heroic III	2525 – 3349	825
10	Fabled I	3350 – 3874	525
11	Fabled II	3875 – 4649	775
12	Fabled III	4650 – 5699	1050
13	Mythic I	5700 – 6449	750
14	Mythic II	6450 – 7524	1075
15	Mythic III	7525 – 8999	1475
16	Legend	9000 – 10000

Cost: x1 Iron Engram, 20,000 Glimmer, 100 Legendary Shards

• Iron Forerunner Armor
  • Hunter: Arms, Chest, Helmet, Legs
  • Titan: Arms, Chest, Helmet, Legs
  • Warlock: Arms, Chest, Helmet, Legs
• The Wizened Rebuke Fusion Rifle
• The Hero’s Burden Submachine Gun
• Razor’s Edge Sword
• Frontier’s Cry Hand Cannon
• Peacebond Sidearm
• Forge’s Pledge Pulse Rifle
• Riiswalker Shotgun
• Archon’s Thunder Machine Gun

Complete the following Triumphs to earn the Iron Lord title.

Triumph	Description	Number Required
Jolder’s Victory	Win Iron Banner matches	100
Gunnora’s Seal	Acquire Iron Banner armor	15
Orimund’s Taste	Acquire Iron Banner weapons	15
Orewing’s Spirit	Earn points by completing objectives	300
Frostmire’s Will	Complete Iron Banner challenges	12
Crimil’s Dedication	Reset Iron Banner Rank	2
Jorum’s Howl	Complete matches wearing Iron Banner gear	160

News from Bungie.net

Here’s the full breakdown that we previously shared:  

• A Spark appears in the center of the map a few seconds after a match starts or a point is scored and can be picked up by interacting with it for a couple seconds. The Spark itself is a buff that allows full weapon and ability usage aside from Super.  
• For the first five seconds after picking up the Spark, or for a few seconds after taking damage, both teams receive a waypoint for the Spark holder. After that, the waypoint only remains for the Spark holder’s own team—marking the Spark holder for your teammates is important!  
• If you die while carrying the Spark, it drops to the ground where you died (or nearby if the spot is not navigable).  
• If you hold onto the Spark too long, it detonates.  
• Team resurrections are enabled in Rift, so make sure and help your teammates in the middle of a push, or if you are playing defense.  
• There are no points for kills, just for Spark dunks, so playing the objective is key.  
• When Rift is in Iron Banner, the Hunt is on when your team has the Spark. When the music intensifies, it’s time to score!  
• There are several ways to extend matches past the time limit:  
  • Continuation: At end of regulation time, If the current Spark holder could change the outcome of the match—either the game is tied, or if the current Spark holder is down one point—the match continues until the current Spark holder drops the Spark or scores.  
  • Sudden Death Multispark: If there is a tie after time is up, the game enters a 90-second overtime where three sparks spawn in midfield. Who will be the first to score? Chaos reigns.   
  • After the sudden-death timer is up, Sparks stop dropping on death, and any Sparks on the ground are removed. As soon as the last Spark is eliminated without a score, the match ends in a tie. 

Regarding reputation changes:   

• Play matches with each match earning more towards Iron Banner reputation.   
• Win matches to earn a small bonus based on your current Iron Banner rank.   
• Wear Iron Banner armor (or just as ornaments on your own non-Iron Banner gear) and equip Iron Banner weapons to max out your gear multiplier at 200%.   
• Five total pieces must be equipped, though please remember this includes Iron Banner armor and Iron Banner ornaments.   
• Complete the Iron Banner challenges to tack on 100% to your challenge multiplier for the rest of the week.   
• Use an Iron Banner emblem for an additional 10% emblem multiplier. 
  • There is a reported issue with certain emblems, the team is actively investigating.    

Daily Challenges:  

We’ve seen some confusion over the daily challenges that can be found when hovering over the Iron Banner node, so we wanted to resurface what was previously shared about this mechanic for anyone that may have missed it. As noted in the previous TWAB, “For the first four days of each Iron Banner week, Guardians will unlock a new daily challenge, one for each day. These challenges unlock each day whether you complete them or not, so if you log in on Friday, you can do them all in succession if you want to. Rewards will also stack reputation bonuses for the remainder of the week alongside a Pinnacle Iron Engram. The weekly bounties that typically award Pinnacles have been deprecated appropriately to balance out this change to Iron Banner.” These work similarly to weekly challenges and can be found in the node for Iron Banner Rift.  

At the end of the day, we’re going to be keeping an eye on feedback. It’s an odd spot to be in, where you can see the community in its polarity and its entirety. There are so many opposing viewpoints and wants and sometimes those can contradict each other in a way that can be a confounding puzzle. A fun puzzle, absolutely, but tricky. One small move can make or break an experience, but we will never stop listening and expanding the Destiny 2 experience.  

Before diving into what’s next for Solar, we just wanted to say thank you to everyone that shared their feedback, their joy, and their desires with us as we constantly evolve this space-faring experience. Right now, the team is hard at work on investigating known issues such as the Spark sometimes disappearing, progress trackers for the new title, and that pesky loop trap that some are encountering when taking on an enemy team. While we continue digging into every facet of these reported instances, we wanted to give a heads up on what’s happening behind the scenes and drop the Bungie Help resource for those looking for updates going forward. Stay tuned! 

The info below is from this Bungie article.

Summary:

• Power level is disabled (does not apply to Trials).
• Rift will be the game mode for Iron Banner events.
• Tokens will be removed and will be replaced by a similar ranking system to Crucible/Shaxx.
• Saladin is getting a full focusing implementation. Players will be able to convert Iron Engrams into any current Iron Banner weapons or armor set that have been earned previously, for a cost with in-game materials.
• New Daily Challenges
• New “Iron Lord” Seal & Title
• Brand New Introductory Quest

Iron Banner will arrive two different times in Season 17, those times are:

• Week 2: May 31
• Week 8: July 12

Here is how the revamped Iron Banner reputation will work:  

• Play matches with each match earning more towards Iron Banner reputation.  
• Win matches to earn a small bonus based on your current Iron Banner rank.  
• Wear Iron Banner armor (or just as ornaments on your own non-Iron Banner gear) and equip Iron Banner weapons to max out your gear multiplier at 200%.  
  • Five total pieces must be equipped, though please remember this includes Iron Banner armor and Iron Banner ornaments.  
• Complete the daily Iron Banner challenges to tack on 100% to your challenge multiplier for the rest of the week.  
  • Yes, this means for each challenge.  
• Use an Iron Banner emblem for an additional 10% emblem multiplier.  

All modifiers will be listed on the launch screen, seen below:  

Daily challenges: For the first four days of each Iron Banner week, Guardians will unlock a new daily challenge. These challenges unlock each day whether you complete them or not, so if you log in on Friday, you can do them all in succession if you want to. Rewards will also stack reputation bonuses for the remainder of the week alongside a Pinnacle Iron Engram. The weekly bounties that typically award Pinnacles have been deprecated appropriately to balance out this change.  

Becoming an Iron Lord: With these new Iron Banner reworkings, a new Seal and title will also be available to earn. To set expectations for this new Seal and title, Iron Lord hopefuls can expect to spend around 15 to 20 hours to unlock this flair. Some of the more hardcore players could unlock this in one week if focused, but Bungie expects most players to need a second week – maybe even a second Season. Intrepid Iron Lords will be able to gild the title in Season 18. 

Becoming a Young Wolf: For anyone that may be scratching their head at some of these changes, Lord Saladin will offer a brand-new quest that will introduce all of these features and demonstrate how they work. You only have to run through it once per account, but with this reset Bungie wanted everyone to get the same introduction, even Iron Banner veterans will need to do this. In fact, you’ll need to start this quest to even access the Iron Banner node.  

To even out this change and to welcome the new quest, we will no longer be producing the Seasonal Iron Banner quest.

Rift is back: Rift is a game mode that Destiny veterans may remember, but for those that may be new to what this is, here’s what you need to know. Rift is an objective-based Crucible mode that plays more like a game of soccer or rugby than it does Clash. Teams of Guardians will attempt to take the Spark from the middle of the map into the base of the enemy team and dunk it into the enemy Rift. One dunk equals one point, the first to make it to five points or to have the upper hand by the 10-minute mark wins.  

• A Spark appears in the center of the map a few seconds after a match starts or a point is scored and can be picked up by interacting with it for a couple seconds. The Spark itself is a buff that allows full weapon and ability usage aside from Super. 
• For the first five seconds after picking up the Spark, or for a few seconds after taking damage, both teams receive a waypoint for the Spark holder. After that, the waypoint only remains for the Spark holder’s own team—marking the Spark holder for your teammates is important! 
• If you die while carrying the Spark, it drops to the ground where you died (or nearby if the spot is not navigable). 
• If you hold onto the Spark too long, it detonates. 
• Team resurrections are enabled in Rift, so make sure and help your teammates in the middle of a push, or if you are playing defense. 
• There are no points for kills, just for Spark dunks, so playing the objective is key.  
• When Rift is in Iron Banner, the Hunt is on when your team has the Spark. When the music intensifies, it’s time to score! 
• There are several ways to extend matches past the time limit: 
  • Continuation: At end of regulation time, If the current Spark holder could change the outcome of the match—either the game is tied, or if the current Spark holder is down one point—the match continues until the current Spark holder drops the Spark or scores. 
  • Sudden Death Multispark: If there is a tie after time is up, the game enters a 90-second overtime where three sparks spawn in midfield. Who will be the first to score? Chaos reigns.  
  • After the sudden-death timer is up, Sparks stop dropping on death, and any Sparks on the ground are removed. As soon as the last Spark is eliminated without a score, the match ends in a tie. 

New Crucible Map

Disjunction will be available on day-one of Season 17 for all 6v6, 3v3, and Free -for -All modes in Crucible, as well as in Iron Banner. The map is called Disjunction and is a symmetric map with a base on either end, three lanes with plenty of crossovers, and large backfields. It takes place in the swampy Pyramid area of Savathûn’s Throne World, so expect lots of many-butted horses, transparent brown glass, and art deco designs.  

Other Crucible changes

Season 17 is also bringing back Zone Control to Crucible. Zone Control, for anyone that might not be familiar, is a 6v6 mode like Control, only that Guardians don’t get any points for kills. This is intentional, because sometimes matching with random players can result in disjointed team play that can obscure objective focus. To keep all eyes on the objective, players will get points every 15 seconds for every zone that is in their control – so it is very much more diving into a defensive area control game that will allow players to highlight various skill and abilities, rather than just focusing on landing that headshot.  

• Each waypoint has a timer that shows when points are being awarded in addition to which team currently owns it.  
• Because this is a team effort mode, solo capping takes 22.5 seconds versus having a full fireteam playing together can cap a zone in 7.5 seconds. “Stronger together” isn’t just said because we like Saladin’s voice actor.  
• Cap all zones and dramatic music will intensify. Spooky. 

Crucible Labs: Zone Control

Zone Control will be launched via a new Crucible Labs node starting in Week 5 (June 21) and will be available until the end of the Season with the exception of when Iron Banner is live.

In addition to what’s new, we are also making some tuning changes to various existing Crucible modes: 

Control 

• Team gains 1 point per participant when capturing a zone, rather than 1 flat point. 
• This is how it was in Destiny 1. 

Elimination 

• Time limit is lowered to 90 seconds to match Trials of Osiris. 

Mayhem 

• Points for Super kills increased to 3 (previously 2).  
• Increased score target to 200 (previously 150). 
• Decreased time limit to 7 minutes (previously 8). 

Rumble 

• Increased time limit to 10 minutes (was 8). 

Showdown 

• Increased round score targets to 15 (was 10). 

There are just a few more things. Still with me? Good. Onto Gambit.  

Ritual Reputation Streak balancing: Speaking of streaks, Bungie has been listening to your feedback on the activity streak system that has been used for the last two Seasons and we’ve made a few adjustments for the Seasons ahead. 

The activity streak now takes the sum of streak values across the four reputations (Crucible/Gambit/strikes/Dares) and adjusts them to a maximum of 5 total. If you complete a match that would bring the sum of these over 5, it subtracts a point from the streak of every ritual besides the one you just played. Most importantly, entering any non-ritual activity has no effect. 

An example: 

• You play 5 Crucible matches. You have an activity streak value of Crucible: 5. 
• You play a Gambit match. You now have Gambit: 1, Crucible: 4. 
• You play 2 more Gambit matches. You now have Gambit: 3, Crucible: 2. 
• You play 1 strike. You now have Vanguard: 1, Gambit: 2, Crucible: 1. 
• You play another strike. You now have Vanguard: 2, Gambit: 2, Crucible: 1. 

Source: This Week at Bungie – May 12, 2022