In Destiny, two players have kept track of the rewards available for matches in the Crucible and Iron Banner. How many Engrams, legendary ships, weapons, and Exotics have they earned from 700 matches?
Some of you might remember our article about the loot in the Roc Strikes. Two players living together completed hundreds of these Roc Strikes in two intense sessions and recorded the loot they received. This is a delicate topic in Destiny: there are no official numbers available, and one can only estimate based on experience how much the activities yield.
The two players are back and have spent more than 90 hours playing through 500 Crucible matches and 200 Iron Banner matches. They meticulously tracked their loot. This means that for the Crucible, they analyzed 1000 loot drops, and for the Iron Banner, 400.
With this data, some questions could be answered, such as:
- Are there more Exotics in the Iron Banner compared to the Crucible?
- How often do the random Iron Banner weapons drop?
- Is it worth playing PvP compared to the normal Strikes?
- How many Strange Coins and Light particles are there in the Crucible?
Crucible Loot: For 1000 Matches – Is it worth it?
- Rare blue armor Engrams: 328 – one every three games
- Rare blue weapon Engrams: 258 – one every four games
- Legendary purple armor Engrams: 9 – approximately one every 111 games
- Legendary purple weapon Engrams: 5 – one every 200 matches
- Exotic weapons: 2 – one every 500 matches
- Light particles: 32 – statistically one every 31 matches
- Strange Coins: 38 – about one every 26 matches
They did not count legendary ships here.
Iron Banner Loot: For 400 Matches – How often do the random Iron Banner weapons drop?
- Rare blue armor Engrams: 116 – about every 3.5 games
- Rare blue weapon Engrams: 100 – one every four games
- Legendary purple armor Engrams: none
- Legendary purple weapon Engrams: 10 (including Iron Banner weapons), approximately every 40 games
- Exotic weapons: 1 (every 400 matches)
- Legendary ships: 6 – one every 67 matches
- Light particles: 9 – one every 44 matches
- Strange Coins: 8 – one every 50 matches
Looking at the statistics, there seems to be no noticeably increased chance of getting exotic weapons in the Iron Banner, as some have suspected. The chance of getting Iron Banner weapons is also relatively low. It should be noted: Even though there are 400 matches, statistically speaking, that is still “relatively few matches” – especially regarding the extremely rare items. Therefore, the numbers are not set in stone.
Overall, the loot yield from the PvP mode is quite low, making the Roc Strikes more worthwhile. Meanwhile, the Iron Banner brings the actual profit through the purchasable reputation rewards. In the “normal” Crucible, players can still collect tokens, to regularly purchase a legendary weapon.
