Destiny 2: Iron Banner

Schedule this Season:

  • Eruption: June 20
  • Fortress: July 11

“There will come a day when the Tower falls again. Our ability to hold territory is paramount.” —Lord Saladin Capture zones to increase points for every kill.

Returns: May 30 at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM UTC

Ends: June 6 at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT / 5 PM UTC

Details

Access: Free-to-Play

Fireteam: 6v6 Teams

Matchmaking: Enabled

Mode: Changed from Control to Eruption due to an issue.

  • To win, rack up points by defeating your opponents. You gain more points and a boost of energy at each final blow while on a streak of 2 or more.
  • Streak: The number of opponents you defeat in a single life. Streaks are broken into 2 tiers called Surging and Primed that award you increasingly more points and energy at each final blow. But beware: once you become Primed, you need to keep quickly defeating your opponents or you’ll erupt!
  • The Hunt: This activates for your team when you or your teammate is Primed by reaching a streak of 5 or more. At the start of The Hunt, the whole team gets a boost of energy. It ends when your team has no more players Primed.

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

Weekly Challenge

  • Challenge: Complete Iron Banner matches as either Strand, Solar, or Void subclasses (1 of 4).
    • Reward: Pinnacle Gear and Iron Banner Rank Boost
  • Weekly: Complete matches in any Crucible playlists (3 total).
    • Reward: Pinnacle Gear

Reminder

Weapon removed in Season 21

  • The Wizened Rebuke
  • The Hero’s Burden

Weapons added in Season 21:

  • Pressurized Precision Strand Fusion Rifle (New weapon)
  • Swarm of the Raven – Void Rapid-Fire Heavy Grenade Launcher

New Emblem: Brazen Wolf

Rank Up Rewards

RANK UP

Powerful Gear

Engram

RANK 4 

Pressurized Precision

Kinetic Fusion Rifle (Strand)

NEW

RANK 7

Swarm of the Raven

Heavy Grenade Launcher (Void)

RETURNING WEAPON

RANK 13

Dark Decider

Energy Auto Rifle (Arc)

RANK 10

Bite of the Fox

Kinetic Sniper Rifle

RANK 16

Brazen Wolf

Emblem

RANK RESET

Ascendant Shard

Reset Rank, allowing you to earn additional Rank rewards.

You will also receive an Ascendant Shard.

Game Modes

Mode: Classic Control

Capture the zones and defeat your opponents for points. The team with the most points wins.

  • Zone Advantage: The state when your team owns 2 zones. Your team gains +2 points for every Guardian you defeat while in this state.
  • Power Play: The state when your team owns all 3 zones. Your team gains +3 points for every Guardian you defeat while in this state.
  • Capture Participant: You gain an additional +1 point for each player that participated in the zone capture.

Mode: Eruption

To win, rack up points by defeating your opponents. You gain more points and a boost of energy at each final blow while on a streak of 2 or more.

  • Streak: The number of opponents you defeat in a single life. Streaks are broken into 2 tiers called Surging and Primed that award you increasingly more points and energy at each final blow. But beware: once you become Primed, you need to keep quickly defeating your opponents or you’ll erupt!
  • The Hunt: This activates for your team when you or your teammate is Primed by reaching a streak of 5 or more. At the start of The Hunt, the whole team gets a boost of energy. It ends when your team has no more players Primed.

Mode: Fortress

To win, score more points that your opponent by capturing and defending the zones. The Hunt activates twice per match.

  • Zones: Gain 2 points for each zone your team controls at each time interval.
  • Zone Advantage: The state when your team controls 2 zones. Your team gains 4 points at each time interval.
  • Power Play: The state when your team controls all 3 zones. Your team gains 6 points at each time interval.
  • The Hunt: Occurs twice per match. Caiatl sends a high-value zone via Drop Pod. This zone is quick to capture and awards a large number of points over a shorter period of time.
Rank Boost and Ranks Chart

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 nameTotal PointsPoints to next rank
1Guardian I0 – 4950
2Guardian II50 – 12475
3Guardian III125 – 249125
4Brave I250 – 499250
5Brave II500 – 949450
6Brave III950 – 1549600
7Heroic I1550 – 1924375
8Heroic II1925 – 2524600
9Heroic III2525 – 3349825
10Fabled I3350 – 3874525
11Fabled II3875 – 4649775
12Fabled III4650 – 56991050
13Mythic I5700 – 6449750
14Mythic II6450 – 75241075
15Mythic III7525 – 89991475
16Legend9000 – 10000
Update Log

Hotfix 6.3.0.7

  • Increased Iron Banner Rank gains. 
  • Doubled multipliers from wearing Iron Banner gear. 
  • Halved the multipliers for completing challenges. 
  • Significantly increased the multiplier for wearing an Iron Banner emblem. 

Iron Banner Loot

To view all of Lord Saladin’s items and quests in the database, check out light.gg.

Armor

Iron Companion suits

Iron Companion
Mask

Hunter Helmet

Iron Companion

Hood

Warlock Helmet

Iron Companion 
Helm

Titan Helmet

Iron Companion
Sleeves

Hunter Arms

Iron Companion

Gloves

Warlock Arms

Iron Companion

Gauntlets

Titan Arms

Iron Companion
Vest

Hunter Chest Armor

Iron Companion

Vestments

Warlock Arms

Iron Companion

Plate

Titan Chest Armor

Iron Companion
Boots

Hunter Legs

Iron Companion

Boots

Warlock Legs

Iron Companion

Greaves

Titan Legs

Weapons

Bite of the Fox Sniper Rifle and Jorum’s Claw Pulse Rifle have the Iron Banner origin trait and new perk combinations.

Weapons Returning:

Weapons Staying:

  • Allied Demand Sidearm 
  • Roar of the Bear Rocket Launcher 
  • The Wizened Rebuke Fusion Rifle 
  • The Hero’s Burden Submachine Gun 
  • Frontier’s Cry Hand Cannon 
  • Razor’s Edge Sword 

Removed from the Loot Pool:

  • Forge’s Pledge Pulse Rifle 
  • Riiswalker Shotgun 

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Weapon

Bite of the Fox

Sniper Rifle (Kinetic)

Joum's Claw

 Energy Pulse Rifle (Solar)

Gunnora's Axe

Energy Slug Shotgun (Arc)

Dark Decider

Energy Shotgun (Arc)

Roar of the Bear

Heavy Rocket Launcher (Solar)

Allied Demand

Kinect Sidearm

The Wizened Rebuke

Energy Fusion Rifle (Arc)

The Hero's Burden

Energy Submachine Gun (Void)

Other Items

Legacy Items

This section is being updated, new tables with images will be posted soon.

Weapons

NameType
Occluded FinalitySniper Rifle (Arc)
RiiswalkerShotgun
Archon’s ThunderMachine Gun
PeacebondSidearm (Stasis)
Forge’s PledgePulse Rifle (Solar)
Frontier’s CryHand Cannon (Solar)
Razor’s EdgeSword (Void)

Legacy Armor I

Iron of Remembrance suit

Legacy Armor II

Iron Fellowship suit

Legacy Armor III

Iron Truage suit

Legacy Armor IV

Iron Will suit

Legacy Armor IV

Iron Forerunner suit


To learn more about Iron Banner and how it works, check out Bungie’s Iron Banner guide.

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