Destiny 2 offers a thrilling gameplay experience with a strong emphasis on achievements. Developers strive to create engaging ways to celebrate players' significant accomplishments within the game, often rewarding them with unique items and accolades. This concept is exemplified in the annual Solstice of Heroes event, now simply known as Solstice, where Bungie celebrates its Guardians in a grand fashion. Each year, this event introduces exciting new features, including weapons, armor, and game modes, allowing players to showcase their finest acquisitions from the past year. With the Solstice event now underway, Bungie has prepared some unexpected surprises to keep fans entertained, promising a truly enjoyable experience for gamers. Destiny 2 is renowned for its successful seasonal updates, challenging players to push their limits and earn exclusive rewards such as weapons and skins. The highly anticipated Solstice event stands out among these annual festivities, offering unique game modes and valuable loot set in the iconic Last City. In its 2023 iteration, Bungie has increased the intensity by introducing more formidable enemies and enhanced difficulty, providing Destiny 2 players with a truly challenging experience to test their skills. Guardians can look forward to a month-long grind that promises to deliver both excitement and enjoyment.
Solstice of Heroes 2023 Brings New Buffs and Challenges
Eva Levante will host Solstice 2023, inviting players to join the Bonfire Bash and earn and enhance Solstice armor pieces. Taking place in the European Aerial Zone, gamers must conquer challenges in the Bonfire Bash mode to acquire Silver Leaves, Silver Ash, and Kindling as currency. These valuable resources enable Guardians to advance through the event's tiers and obtain the coveted glow of the Solstice armor. In Destiny 2, completing challenges will reward players with Silver Leaves.
Silver Ash: Completing the Bonfire Bash event converts Silver Leaves into Silver Ash.
Kindling: Completing Solstice Event quests gives Kindling rewards.
In Destiny 2, each subclass traditionally receives a distinctive and eye-catching glow during the Solstice event. To acquire this effect, players must upgrade their armor pieces multiple times, making it a grind-centered process. However, there is an alternative option available. Guardians have the opportunity to purchase the Solstice 2023 transmog style from the Eververse Store using Bright Dust or Silver, allowing them to skip the entire process.
The Solstice event in Destiny 2 attracts a large number of participants, not just because of the cosmetic glow it offers. The Bonfire Bash challenge is also highly regarded as one of the best ways to obtain gear in the game. Players can continuously earn Solstice armor, which allows them to reroll their armor stats. Each piece of armor can undergo three upgrades, and gamers can use Kindling to enhance the stat roll potential, while Silver Ash enables them to reroll the armor stats, providing greater customization options.
Armor upgrades in Solstice have always posed a challenge, but Bungie is now providing players with buffs to help them navigate the heightened difficulty of the 2023 Bonfire Bash event. These buffs, known as Firebound and Flare, also apply to Vanguard Ops playlists.
Firebound: When in proximity to a fireteam member, players will experience enhanced Recovery and Super generation abilities.
Flare: When opponents are swiftly defeated, the battlefield is engulfed in waves of paracausal fire, inflicting damage on nearby enemies.
In addition to the latest buffs, Bungie is introducing a brand-new rocket launcher called Strand to its annual event. This weapon marks the first of its kind in Destiny 2's Strand category. Considering the formidable power of Strand builds in endgame scenarios, players are eagerly anticipating a significant impact from this addition. The Solstice 2023 officially began on July 18, 2023, and is projected to last for four weeks. The alluring prizes available are simply too irresistible for Guardians to ignore.
Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.