Destiny 2’s Iron Banner is back, and it features exclusive weapons and armor, anew game mode, and improvements to its rewards systems. Plus, on top of four Pinnacle rewards, Iron Banner also offers an armor set featuring an intrinsic perk and other rank bonuses.
This guide covers every Iron Banner armor set in Destiny 2, including the returning Iron Symmachy set.
Iron Banner schedule
Iron Banner returns to Destiny 2 for the fourth time this season, today, April 2, 2024. It will be available to all players until April 9, 2024.
- Iron Banner starts on Tuesday, April 2, 2014, at 10 AM PDT
- Iron Banner ends on Tuesday, April 9, 2014, at 10 AM PDT
Iron Banner armor in Season 23: Iron Symmachy
This season, Iron Banner features the returning Iron Symmachy set.
Iron Banner Symmachy armor sets, Destiny 2
This marks yet another season with no new Iron Banner armor sets. But to be fair, after an entire year of getting the same armor, its refreshing to see something “new”, especially as the Iron Symmachy sets haven’t been featured in years.
Return of Year 1 Iron Banner Ornaments
More interestingly, this is the first time since Year 1 of Destiny 2 (2017!) that Guardians can finally farm the Iron Pledge and Iron Truage “Named Lords” ornaments:
| Armor Set | Released | Titan Preview | Hunter Preview | Warlock Preview | Source | Obtainable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Pledge Ornament Iron Banner | Season 02 | Iron Banner | No | |||
| Iron Truage Named Lords Ornament Iron Banner | Season 01 | Iron Banner | No |
You can acquire these Year 1 Iron Banner Ornaments by focusing them at Lord Saladin’s in exchange for 3 Iron Engrams and 10,000 Glimmer per armor piece. Be aware that you’ll need to spend Synthweave to use these as ornaments (which is a shame for those who actually earned the ornaments back in 2017).
Destiny 2 Iron Banner Armor Collection
| Armor Set | Released | Titan Preview | Hunter Preview | Warlock Preview | Source | Obtainable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Companion Iron Banner | Season 19 | Iron Banner | Yes | |||
| Iron Forerunner Iron Banner | Season 15 | Iron Banner | Yes | |||
| Iron Will Iron Banner Focusing | Season 08 |  |  |  | Iron Banner Focusing | Yes |
| Iron Symmachy Iron Banner | Season 06 |  |  |  | Iron Banner | No |
| Iron Fellowship Iron Banner Focusing | Season 05 |  |  |  | Iron Banner Focusing | Yes |
| Iron Remembrance Iron Banner Focusing | Season 04 |  |  |  | Iron Banner Focusing | Yes |
| Iron Pledge Ornament Iron Banner | Season 02 | Iron Banner | No | |||
| Iron Truage Iron Banner Focusing | Season 01 |  |  |  | Iron Banner Focusing | Yes |
| Iron Truage Named Lords Ornament Iron Banner | Season 01 | Iron Banner | No |
An exclusive Iron Banner Exotic perk
Every armor piece of the Companion set comes with the following perk: Iron Lord’s Pride
Grants a chance to receive an Enhancement Prism as a reward at the end of Iron Banner matches. Each piece of armor you are wearing with this perk on it increases the chance of receiving an Enhancement Prism, to a maximum of 4 items.
Iron Banner is definitely looking up, with new weapons, armor, and exclusive armor perks.
60+ stat armor
Of all the sources of high-stat armor in the game, Iron Banner is one of the most reliable. Looking at all the Iron Banner armor pieces I have accumulated this past year, many had 62+ base stats. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s still better than most of the armor you’ll find elsewhere. More importantly, armor pieces with more than 62+ base stat points are quite common. This is all but one example:
Prime engrams can also drop 60+ stat armor pieces, but you cannot farm Prime engrams as directly as you can farm Iron Banner gear.
How to farm it: Iron Banner Challenges
Completing the four Daily Challenges is an excellent way to add the new weapons and armor set to the loot table, allowing you to farm them more easily. For that reason, I definitely recommend you complete them before the end of the week.
To farm Iron Banner armor as quickly as possible, you’ll have to save materials to focus Iron Banner engrams:
Destiny 2 Iron Banner armor sets
Iron Banner armor generally comes with high-stat armor, but even if the sets you collected weren’t impressive stats-wise, they could still be useful now that Transmog is a thing.
These are all the Iron Banner armor sets that have been offered since the release of Shadowkeep in 2019:
| Season | Armor Set |
| Season 23 | Iron Symmachy |
| Season 22 | Iron Companion |
| Season 21 | Iron Companion |
| Season 20 | Iron Companion |
| Season 19 | Iron Companion |
| Season 18 | Iron Forerunner |
| Season 17 | Iron Forerunner |
| Season 16 | Iron Forerunner |
| Season 15 | Iron Forerunner |
| Season 14 | Iron Truage |
| Season 13 | Iron Truage |
| Season 12 | Iron Will |
| Season 11 | Iron Fellowship |
| Season 10 | Iron Remembrance |
| Season 9 | Iron Truage |
| Season 8 | Iron Will |
As you can see, the situation of having the same old armor sets every season was becoming harder to swallow, especially when some excellent Iron Banner sets from Destiny 1 could be easily recycled instead. But now that the Iron Companion set is here, the frustration around this mode is diminishing.
In case you’re curious, these are all the Iron Banner armor sets (2.0 versions) available in Destiny 2:
Iron Truage: 2.0 version reprised for Seasons 9 and 13:
Iron Remembrance: 2.0 version reprised for Season 10:
Iron Fellowship: 2.0 version reprised for Season 11:
Iron Will: 2.0 version reprised for Seasons 8 and 12:
Iron Forerunner for Seasons 15, 16, 17, 18:
Iron Companion for Seasons 19, 20, 21, and 22:
Before you go…
If you’re looking for more great-looking yet accessible armor sets, seasonal armor, such as Guardian Games ornaments, is a great place to start.
Ric Molina
I've been covering gaming since 2012, and some of my work has been featured by large brands, including MSN.com, Forbes, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more. I've been obsessed with Destiny 2 (and now Diablo 4) for years now, and I hope to provide new and returning players with the guides and resources I wish I had when I first started.
