Iron Banner returns to Destiny 2 for its first event in the new Season of the Splicer. Lord Saladin brings two completely new weapons, two reissued weapons, and his usual selection of pinnacle gear bounties and armor for Destiny 2 players to chase down.
This Iron Banner event will run from May 18 to 25, but Bungie’s Season of Splicer roadmap says that more Iron Banner events will occur again and start on June 8 and 29. Two brand new weapons will be making their first appearances in Season of the Splicer’s Iron Banner events. The Riiswalker Shotgun and Archon’s Thunder Machine Gun can both roll with some of the exclusive Iron Banner perks. Both weapons also sport a uniquely Fallen aesthetic to match the new alliance between Eliksni and Guardians in Season of the Splicer.
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Two older Iron Banner weapons, Finite Impactor and Occluded Finality, have also been reissued for this season with new perk rolls including those Iron Banner perks too. The Hand Cannon and Sniper Rifles can both roll with Iron Reach which massively increases range at the cost of an even larger penalty to stability. All the Iron Banner perks were slightly improved this season but plenty of other weapon perks were nerfed and adjusted.
There will also be a new seasonal quest which will reward players with the four Season of the Splicer weapons, as well as reissued Iron Truage armor for each step they complete. Progress for this quest lasts for the entire season, so Destiny 2 players can complete it across several Iron Banner events during Season of the Splicer.
Some Splicer Seasonal Challenges may require players to complete certain objectives within Iron Banner. Players should make sure they play whenever the event is live and complete any challenges as soon as possible to avoid missing out on completing the challenges.
Lord Saladin will be back in his usual spot in the Tower above Banshee-44’s gunsmith workshop. Destiny 2 players will be able to buy four bounties, each awarding pinnacle gear upon completion, Players can also exchange 20 Iron Banner Tokens for a piece of Iron Banner gear. Each bounty also awards 50 tokens, and more tokens are awarded to players at the end of Iron Banner matches, with wins awarding more tokens.
For any new Destiny 2 players, Iron Banner is a week-long Crucible event that has its own unique gear and brings in Iron Banner Control. This game mode has a few extra rules in place including Guardian power level advantages which means a player’s overall power level has a direct impact on how much damage they deal and receive to other players. However, Iron Banner Power Levels only count gear and do not include any additional power gained from the seasonal artifact which is the Paradrome Cube for this season.
Destiny 2 players can party up and work together to try and dominate, while solo players can queue into the Freelance Iron Banner playlist which matches only solo players together. Something for newcomers to note, though, is that, since the Beyond Light expansion, Stasis subclasses have been putting a huge dampener on the Destiny 2 Crucible experience, even after the latest round of PvP-focused Stasis adjustments.
Destiny 2 is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S