This Week in Destiny - 4/16/2026

This week in Destiny, Lord Saladin makes his triumphant return to the Tower courtyard to host Iron Banner. Guardians are battling for glory in this special Crucible tournament featuring our Control and Eruption modes. Also, we have our second round of Guardian Games Community Challenge selections for the Golden Age emblem!

• Iron Banner is Live
• Community Challenge: Going for Guardian Games Gold Final Picks
• Update 9.5.6.2 Patch Notes
• This Weekend's Rotating Modes in Destiny

Forge your legend in fire, Guardians!

Iron Banner has Returned

"The strongest Guardians will rise above the weak-willed to the Iron Banner. Are you up to the challenge?"

The dais braziers are lit and Lord Saladin awaits bold heroes to put their bravery and their skills to the ultimate test. Iron Banner has returned this week, pitting Guardians against each other in competitions to complete challenges and earn special rewards.

This event features two 6v6 modes to prove your mettle: capture and hold zones to hunt foes in Control or score killstreaks to earn score multipliers in Eruption. Victory in either will earn you more than bragging rights: these activities will award you Event Tokens, Iron Banner Engrams, and Event Rank XP.

Increase your Event Rank to unlock new rewards including the Reghusk's Pledge Auto Rifle, the Pack Howl emblem, and the aptly-named Iron Bananer shader. Also, two returning Iron Banner rewards, the Action Item Trace Rifle and the Micromort Rocket Launcher, now feature hot (literally) new holofoil variants.

Will you take on Saladin's challenge? Pick up his Testament of Strength quest in the Tower or Quest tab to begin your fight for glory!

Before we move to the next topic, we wanted to address some chatter and feedback we've been seeing around the community:

1. While this limited-time event ends April 21, Iron Banner will return again this June with a new armor set and tiered weapons as rewards for Guardians to earn.
2. We've seen feedback on how Auto Rifle drops can feel rare. While there will be no changes for this Iron Banner, expect more Iron Banner themed loot drops in June thanks to the added rewards noted above.
3. Many players have been asking about Finite Impactor. This is planned to return in June as well!
4. Finally, we've been tracking an issue where Iron Banner Ornaments are not contributing to the score bonus when wearing a full set of Iron Banner gear. Currently, players are required to wear Iron Banner armor pieces, not just Ornaments, for this bonus. We have a fix planned for a future event.

Expect more information on the above when the next tournament nears!

Going for Guardian Games Gold: Week 2 Results

Congratulations, Warlocks, on your Guardian Games 2026 win! The team has selected a second set of Going for Guardian Games Gold submissions that highlight the spirit of the event.

Don't Steal Medals from Other Classes by Zur_09

Guardian Games Cards by KainLonginus

Joining Shaxx to Show What Titans are Really Made Of by qipisme

Representing the Best of the Best by Rumi_Posting

Gold Remembers but Power Evolves by iVRK0

Deploying the Beast by VeeJettta

Thank you to everyone for sharing your golden Guardian Games moments! We'll be rewarding our selections shared in this and last week's TWID with the Golden Age emblem. As a reminder, emblems are distributed manually and should be expected to arrive within 30 days.

Update 9.5.6.2 Patch Notes

Beyond kicking off our Iron Banner event, Update 9.5.6.2 also introduced a set of bug fixes. Unopenable Lawless Vouchers can now be opened, those affected Lawless Vouchers will now award seasonal gear as intended, Guardian Games class items now correctly appear in Collections, and the Urban Clash Pathfinder objective in The Pale Heart can now be completed as expected.

Check out the full patch notes for Update 9.5.6.2.

Active and Upcoming Activities in Destiny

Ongoing to April 21

• Iron Banner
  • Our signature PvP event is back! Lord Saladin has taken over the Tower courtyard to offer challenges, track your reputation, and reward the victorious with resplendent rewards.
• Legacy Crucible
  • Checkmate Mix
  • Scorched
• Crucible Ops
  • Rumble
  • Iron Banner (Eruption & Control)
• Grandmaster Vanguard Alert
  • Exodus Crash

April 24 to April 28

• Trials of Osiris
  • Trials returns next weekend after Iron Banner concludes and will feature the Meltdown map with the Corundum Hammer Hand Cannon as the main reward!

Player Support Report

Known Issues List | Help Forums | Destiny 2 Team Bluesky

Recent Known Issues List

• The Triple Laureate hand cannon is missing firing audio.

• Players who still have the legacy Anomalous Object quest cannot complete it.
  • This quest does not block progress through the New Light experience and does not have associated rewards, and can safely be abandoned.
• The Veiled Haunting Sleeves ornament can come into player's view when using certain weapons.
• Actively being in transcendence will prevent Spirit of Galanor from refunding Super energy.
• Tempest Strike cannot be used while a Renegade Ability Jammer is active.

For a more comprehensive, targeted list, please view our Destiny 2 Known Issues and Vital Information article.

And It Spins!

Not only is this 1:1 cardboard replica of the Crimson Hand Cannon a beauty, the chamber rotates thanks to "a fair bit of hot glue and a toothpick".

Cardboard and Foam Crimson Replica with Rotating Chamber by LemonadeMP4_

"Fight Forever, Guardian!"

Defeating 20 opposing Guardians in a single life is no small feat. To quote Shaxx, "Relax, Guardian. You're scaring them."

Got a "We ran out of medals" while messing with the Praxic Blade in Supremacy by B O

As we close out this TWID, we'd like to thank you for your time in the Iron Banner this week. Your input on rewards and frequency has already helped us shape what's to come in June. We're excited for the next run! Now get out there and show Lord Saladin that you're worthy of the new Iron Bananer shader, emblem, and holofoils!

Also, Zavala has Mint Retrograde this week.

Destiny 2 Community Team