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Overview

See also: Iron Banner Vendor

Iron Banner is a PvP Event that appears in The Crucible for 1 week at a time. In Iron Banner matches, the level and gear of the players are NOT normalized, players with higher levels and better weapons and armor will have the advantage in Iron Banner.

Iron Banner events consist of 6v6 Control, Clash, Rift and Supremacy mode matches. Your reputation rank with the Iron Banner will reset after each week long event. Each event will feature different IB Weapons and Armor for sale by Iron Banner Vendor.

• Player's Attack and Defense stats and their Light scores do matter in Iron Banner.

Rise of Iron Changes

• Lady Efrideet is the new Iron Banner Vendor. You need to complete a short quest from Lord Saladin to unlock her.

• First Iron Banner in RoI will be Supremacy.

• Tempered Buff is removed.

• Alt character Buff and Class Armor/Shader/Emblem Buff are inactive.

• Reputation required to reach Rank 5 is dramatically reduced.

• Players no longer need to wear Iron Banner gear to earn additional reputation.

• IB Bounties are reworked to remove certain objectives such as the need to get first in a match. Bounties will also reward Weapons and Armor when turned in.

Participate

• Players can access the Iron Banner under its specific playlist nodes. One of the nodes can be found in the Director at the bottom left of the screen and the other under Crucible.

• When available, Iron Banner runs from Tuesdays at 2:00 AM PST / 5:00 AM EST / 9:00 AM UTC through weekly reset. For future availability, follow the Bungie Weekly Updates for announcements.

• Iron Banner requires a level 40 character. The minimum recommended Light is 230.

Iron Banner Reputation

Players can earn Iron Banner Reputation by winning Iron Banner matches and completing Iron Banner Bounties. Each bounty earns the player 750 reputation points. Player also earn 250 reputation points for winning a Iron Banner match and 0 points (but 1 Medallion of Iron) for a loss. Medallion of Iron converts to 150 points each upon the next win. Players can have up to 5 Medallions at a time.

As the player's Iron Banner Reputation increases, they will be able to purchase Iron Banner Weapons and Armor from the Iron Banner Vendor.

Currently Inactive

• Iron Banner Shaders, Emblems and Class Armor give a stacking 10% buff to reputation gain each. Players can gain 30% more rep by equipping all 3 items.
• Each of the equipable item buffs provide the same 10% reputation increase (i.e. the Million Million shader unlocked at IB Rank 1 provides the same buff as Goldspiral shader unlocked at Rank 5)

With Shader, Emblem and Class Armor items equipped, players can earn 30% buff to reputation gains, providing 15 additional reputation points per game win, 12 per loss (on turning in medallions), and 37 for each completed bounty.

• Iron Banner gear and equipables are able to be kept and used outside the Iron Banner. Players are advised to save their Iron Banner shaders/emblem/class items for use during future Iron Banner events to begin with an increased reputation buff.

Ranks and Rewards

Medallion of Iron

While winners of Iron Banner matches will earn Iron Banner Reputation. The losers of the matches will gain a Medallion of Iron. Players can carry up to 5 Medallions. Each Medallion converts into 150 additional reputation points upon the player's next victory in the Iron Banner. In essence the rep from each loss is equivalent to 60% of a victory.

Alternate Characters

If players have multiple characters competing in the Iron Banner event, each additional character played can earn increased reputation gains. These increased reputation gains will be earned once the first character has reached Rank 2 and the alternate character reaches Rank 1 and will be awarded until the rank of the alternate character matches the rank of the character with the highest Iron Banner reputation rank. 

Weapon Rewards

See also: Iron Banner Weapons

Primary Weapons can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor at rank 5. Special and Heavy Weapons can be purchased from IB Vendor at rank 4 or higher. Each weapon cost 25 Legendary Marks. They can also drop from Iron Banner matches at any rank.

Armor Rewards

See also: Iron Banner Armor

Iron Saga Armor drop after Iron Banner matches at any rank. They can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor at rank 3 and higher. Each piece cost 25 Legendary Marks. Note that Year 3 versions of Old Iron Banner Armor (Year 1 and 2) are dropped after matches and decrypted from Dusty Iron Engrams.

Iron Saga Armor

Titan Armor

Hunter Armor

Warlock Armor

Old Iron Banner Armor

Titan Armor

Hunter Armor

Warlock Armor

Artifact Rewards

See also: Iron Banner Artifacts

In Year 3, Iron Banner Artifacts can be acquired by completing Iron Banner Bounties.

Ghost Shell Rewards

Emblem Rewards

See also: Iron Banner Emblems

In Year 3, Iron Banner Emblems can be acquired by completing Iron Banner Bounties.

Shader Rewards

See also: Iron Banner Shaders

In Year 3, Iron Banner Shaders can be acquired by completing Iron Banner Bounties.

Ship and Sparrow Rewards

S-40 Iron Revelry - Sparrow

Birth of History - Ship - Randomly dropped in Iron Banner matches.

Hebridean Thoughtcrime - Ship - Randomly dropped in Iron Banner if the player is Rank 3 or higher with the faction.

Iron Banner Bounties

See also: Iron Banner Bounties

In Iron Banner, Lady Efrideet offers 4 Weekly Bounties. Each bounty gives 5000 EXP, 750 IB rep, Iron Banner Weapon or Armor not featured by the vendor and a chance for a Iron Banner Artifact, Shader or Emblem.

Weekly

Old Mechanics

Tempered Buff

Note that the Tempered Buff mechanic was removed after the release of Rise of Iron expansion.

In Year 2, Tempered Buff is applied automatically. The buff increases the player's Iron Banner reputation earned. The reputation bonus depends on the day of the week. The further into the week the more reputation players will gain from the buff.

Old Gear

Old Weapons

Year 2 Iron Banner Weapons

Primary Weapons are dropped after Iron Banner matches at rank 3 and higher, they can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor at rank 4 and higher. Special and Heavy Weapons are dropped after IB matches at rank 4 and higher, they can be purchased from IB Vendor at rank 5. Each weapon cost 90 Legendary Marks.

House of Wolves

See also: Iron Banner Weapons

Year 1 Iron Banner Weapons became unobtainable after the release of The Taken King.

Each weapon can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor for 7000 Glimmer. Primary Weapons require Rank 5 while Special and Heavy Weapons require Rank 4.

• Weapons (only from the previous Iron Banner) have a chance to drop at the end of IB matches after you've reached Rank 3 with IB.

Note that you will not obtain any Ascendant Energy from dismantling Iron Banner Weapons.

The Dark Below

Became unavailable after HoW.

Old Armor

Year 2 Iron Banner Armor

Armor and Class Items drop after Iron Banner matches at ranks 2 and 3 or higher. They can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor at rank 3 and 4 or higher. Each piece cost 40 Legendary Marks.

Note that Iron Camelot Gear are only available to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 players.

Titan Armor

Hunter Armor

Warlock Armor

Ghost Shells

Iron Shell

House of Wolves

See also: Iron Banner Weapons

Year 1 Iron Banner Weapons became unobtainable after the release of The Taken King.

Each weapon can be purchased from Iron Banner Vendor for 7000 Glimmer. Primary Weapons require Rank 5 while Special and Heavy Weapons require Rank 4.

• Weapons (only from the previous Iron Banner) have a chance to drop at the end of IB matches after you've reached Rank 3 with IB.

Note that you will not obtain any Ascendant Energy from dismantling Iron Banner Weapons.

The Dark Below

Became unavailable after HoW.

Old Class Armor

Players can purchase Class Armor from Iron Banner Vendor for 4500 Glimmer each if they are at least Rank 4 with Iron Banner. By having a Class Armor equipped, the player will increase ANY Iron Banner reputation gain by 10% (for a IB win, or turning in a IB bounty).

Titan Mark: Jolder's Iron Sash, Silimar's Iron Sash (HoW)

Hunter Cloak: Mantle of Gheleon, Mantle of Perun (HoW)

Warlock Bond: Skorri's Iron Bond, Felwinter's Iron Bond (HoW)

Iron Banner Armor Set Images

Year 2

Year 1