The Iron Banner in Season 7 of Destiny 2 is the most grind-heavy in a long time. Especially when you are playing without a dedicated team, earning the new armor can become torturous. However, there is a way to shorten the grind a bit. We will show you how.
This is now different in the Iron Banner: With Season 7, quite a bit has changed in the Iron Banner. The most noticeable change concerns the way to earn the new Iron Banner armor from the Season of Opulence.
Where they were previously linked to bounties, which made them available for direct purchase from Lord Saladin upon completion, now you really have to sweat for the new gear.
If you want to dress like an Iron Lord in Season 7, Destiny 2 sends you on a quest – the Power Test. Each of the five steps rewards you with a Powerful reward in the form of a specific armor piece. You receive a complete Iron Banner armor set as part of the quest.
What is it about the long grind in the Iron Banner? The individual steps are often very grind-heavy and can become a real torture, especially for solo players without a fixed team. Many Guardians are particularly annoyed by the last step.
Moreover, there is no other way to obtain the respective armor pieces until you have unlocked them through the quest. Only after that do they randomly drop from Reputation-boosting packages at Lord Saladin and after Iron Banner matches.
Fortunately, clever Guardians have discovered a method to shorten the most annoying and time-consuming step of the entire quest, which many Guardians are likely still struggling with.
How can the armor quest be shortened? Specifically, it concerns the fifth and final step of the new Iron Banner quest series – Eigensinn. There, you need to earn a certain number of points by completing Iron Banner matches. Winning streaks grant more points.
This is how you cut corners in the Iron Banner quest of Season 7: To shorten the fifth step, you need the smallest winning streak, which is two consecutive wins. Only then can you save time.
If you achieve two consecutive wins, you basically do not need to complete any more matches and can progress thanks to a bug.
To do this, exit the Iron Banner after two consecutive wins. Now there are the following methods:
- Start the Iron Banner matchmaking. As soon as 1/12 is displayed in the lower right corner, cancel the matchmaking. This will automatically grant you additional progress. Make sure to cancel in time, or else you risk ending up in a match and possibly losing your streak. Repeat this until you have gained enough progress.
- Fly to the Tower. Once you select the Towers and begin the flight, and the 3-second timer ends, log out so that you return to the character selection screen. Log back in and fly to the Tower. Once you arrive there, you should have gained additional percentage. Repeat this until you have made enough progress.
- Some players report an even simpler method. It may suffice to just fly to different locations in the Destiny 2 world after a winning streak. Some Guardians say this has already contributed to progress. So just fly from planet to planet until you have made enough progress.
If you want to successfully master this step – whether regularly or with a shortcut – you should hurry. Because you only have until the Weekly Reset at 19:00 on June 25 to do so. After that, the quest continues with the next Iron Banner of Season 7. And Bungie may have already fixed the bug that makes this shortcut possible by then.
Why are many annoyed by this step? In itself, this quest step sounds straightforward. The problem is: The Iron Banner is unpredictable without a stable team.
Sometimes, you can stomp the opposing team with a good squad in just a few minutes. Other times you may battle through a challenging game for the entire duration. And sometimes, you are saved by the mercy rule after just a few deaths with bad randoms.
But whether it’s over in a few moments or you’re sweating for 10 minutes – there is 2% progress per match. Only winning streaks bring more. If you’re unlucky, this step can take a whopping 50 Iron Banner matches at worst – all this for each character separately. Because progress does not count account-wide.
Some Guardians jokingly mentioned that you would almost have to take a vacation if you wanted to complete the quest on one character by the end of the one-week PvP event as a solo player with limited playtime.
Do you think Bungie has gone overboard with this step or possibly the entire Iron Banner quest’s grind? Or did you breeze through this task?
