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THE CRUCIBLE

PLAYER VS PLAYER ACTIVITY

Endgame Activity

THE CRUCIBLE

PLAYER VS PLAYER ACTIVITY

Endgame Activity

Enter the Crucible

Lord Shaxx created the Crucible to test and enhance the skills of Guardians.
It is a Player vs Player environment where you will face other Guardians in an arena.
The Crucible has several game modes all with specific objectives and rules.

Quick Lore − Lord Shaxx

During the Dark Age, Shaxx was a Warlord with his own territory. Unlike many Warlords, however, Shaxx worked to protect the civilians within his care, which included cooperating with the Lords of Iron. While he worked with the Iron Lords, Shaxx never officially joined. Lord Saladin also served as Shaxx’s mentor for a time.

Shaxx was one of the key figures in the Battle of Twilight Gap. Shaxx ignored Saladin’s orders to retreat, instead of leading his fireteam on a final push on the Wall; this provided the momentum needed to reclaim the city. Shaxx’s actions during the Battle strained his relationship with Saladin.

In recent times, Lord Shaxx created the Crucible, an activity designed to train Guardians to become better warriors. He is assisted in his duties by Arcite 99-40, the Crucible Quartermaster. Lord Shaxx also serves as the announcer in the Crucible, with the exception of the monthly Iron Banner tournament, which is hosted by Lord Saladin Forge and Trials of Osiris, which Saint-XIV hosts.

Information extracted from Destinypedia and Ishtar Collective. To view lore entries from Ishtar Collective, click here.

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Getting Started

Season 23 Updates

There have been several updates made to regular Crucible and Competitive.
Click the links below to view the source article.
- These articles are sourced from Bungie.net.
This Week in Destiny: Nov 9, 2023 > Updates to Rewards, Matchmaking, Playlists and Modes, including Competitive and the introduction to Competitive Focusing

Latest Updates from March 5, 2024 update (graphic courtesy of Destiny Tracker and Blueberries.gg):

For anything Crucible related, you will want to speak with Lord Shaxx in the Tower Courtyard.
He offers Daily Bounties for Guardians to complete that provide XP alongside a reward reputation system that provides rewards as you continue to participate in Crucible activities.
When you’re ready to get started, access the Crucible Director node and choose your game mode of preference.
- All game modes except Private Matches have matchmaking enabled.

Crucible Ranks (formerly Valor)

Guardians can earn Seasonal Crucible Ranks by participating in certain Crucible activities.
These ranks make exclusive items available at Lord Shaxx and are account-wide.
Players have until the end of the current Season to earn Crucible ranks, after which they will be reset.
Crucible ranks are earned by playing any Crucible activity.
More points are earned upon winning a match, but all match completions will positively accumulate rank progression.
Play multiple games to gain an activity streak, which will provide additional reputation gains and bonus rewards.

When you reach your maximum rank, you an visit Lord Shaxx to reset your rank to start earning additional rewards! You will first need to claim all rewards before resetting can be done.

Engram Focusing

As of Season 19, Lord Shaxx offers the ability for players to focus Crucible weapons and armour.
Crucible Engrams will be a virtual currency and live exclusively on the Rank progress bar on Lord Shaxx.
You can focus the Crucible Engram directly into either Crucible armour or weapons.
Brand-new Crucible weapons are only available as drops during their introductory Season and are then available for focusing on the following Season.
Players can focus Legacy Gear, even if they haven’t yet obtained it, for a higher cost.

Legacy Focusing

Weapons & Armour Availability

Armour Sets Available for Legacy Focusing:
- Swordfight 4.1
- Phoenix Strife Type 0
- Ankaa Seeker IV
- Wing Contender
- Wing Discipline
- Wing Theorem
- Cinder Pinion

Crucible Gear Focusing Cost

THIS IS UPDATING IN SEASON 23. STAY TUNED.

If a player has NOT acquired a piece of Crucible gear previously:
- 5 Crucible Engrams
- 10,000 Glimmer
If a player has acquired a piece of Crucible gear previously:
- 1 Crucible Engram
- 25 Legendary Shards
- 5,000 Glimmer

Game Modes

6v6 Unranked

Unranked 6v6 Playlist: Overview

Description: A semi-casual playlist that rotates between different variations of Control.
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes connection, latency, then adds in loose Skill-Based Matchmaking.
Notes: When Iron Banner is active, this mode is disabled.

Game Modes

The following game modes can be found in this playlist.
Rotation details can be accessed on the right-hand side of this panel.
- To view all other live activity details, visit the Destiny 2 Dashboard, which is updated weekly!

TEAM SCORCHED + CLASH
CRUCIBLE ROTATION

Control

Objective: A standard mode for Control where the goal of the game is to capture and hold zones while eliminating the other team players. The more zones captured, the more points per kill.

Checkmate Control

Objective: A variation of Control with emphasis on gunplay. The Time to Kill (TTK) is increased, meaning it takes more shots to eliminate opposing Guardians, and your abilities take longer to regenerate.

Sparrow Control

Objective: A variation of control where Guardians can use Sparrows. When this game mode is featured, expect to see a higher frequency of larger maps.

Momentum: Control

Objective: Instant Respawns, No Radar, and reduced health. Be quick to the draw, and make your shots count!

6v6 Quickplay

6v6 Quickplay Playlist: Overview

Description: A casual playlist that rotates through various game modes each week.
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes connection and latency. No SBMM.
Notes: This playlist is always active.

Game Modes

The following game modes can be found in this playlist.
Rotation details can be accessed on the right-hand side of this panel.
- To view all other live activity details, visit the Destiny 2 Dashboard, which is updated weekly!

TEAM SCORCHED + CLASH
CRUCIBLE ROTATION

Zone Control

Objective: Similar to Control, except kills do not contribute toward your team score. Earn more points over time per zone captured. Zones take longer to capture.

Mayhem

Objective: Ability regeneration has been boosted. Get out there and throw some grenades. Or your super? Or anything! It’s MAYHEM!

Clash

Objective: No objectives – simply eliminate opposing Guardians. Work as a team to be as effective as possible! Final score determined by number of kills your team has.

Rift

Objective: The goal of this game mode is to collect energy that spawns at a random location on the map and detonate it in the opposing teams ‘Rift.’

Team Scorched

Objective: Everyone gets a Scorch Cannon. You literally have nothing but a Scorch Cannon… Go forth and blow your enemies up!

3v3 Ranked

3v3 Ranked: Competitive Division

Description: A ranked playlist to improve their Competitive Division rank, that contains a random game mode such as Survival and Countdown.
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes rank for matchmaking, but if rank and skill are widely different, it will blend the two.
- Example: An Adept-skill player who is at Platinum rank will be playing with other Platinum-ranked players. However, if an Adept-skill player is playing down at Silver rank, they may be placed in Gold-rank or low Platinum-rank games
Notes: Competitive Division uses a ladder-based system with seven divisions, each with three sub-divisions.

Additional Information: Select the collapsed sections to learn more!

Placement Series

At the start of the Season, you will begin a “placement series” during which you will not gain any Division Rating for the first seven games.
After the seventh game, you complete the placement series and are placed into a division based on Skill:
- For Season 19, the highest you can be placed is in Gold III; in future Seasons, you will be placed closer to your previous Competitive Division.

Division Rating

As you continue to compete in the Competitive Division, your Division Rating is adjusted based on four major factors:
- Match outcome: Whether you win or lose.
- Division inflation/deflation: How far above or below your division is compared to your Skill.
- Match performance: How well you performed on a match-to-match basis.
- Player-to-lobby Skill delta: How your Skill compares to everyone else in the match.
As you earn and lose Division Rating:
- If you gain enough Rating to move up between subdivisions (ex., from Gold II to Gold I), you automatically enter the next subdivision.
  - NOTE: Same goes for moving down subdivisions!
- Once adept or higher:
  - If you gain enough rating to move up a division, you enter a promotion series, where you must win two out of three games to be promoted to the next division.
  - Similarly, if you lose enough rating to move down a division, you enter a relegation series, where you must win two out of three games to remain in your current division.
Upon reaching gold tier or higher, your Division Rating is subject to decay on a weekly basis; i.e., you will lose your Division Rating if you haven’t played enough matches recently.

Competitive Division Rewards

Competitive Division has several rewards that players can earn.
- Players who advance their rank can earn a special transmat effect and emblems.
- Unique weapons will be occasionally added to this playlist. See the Loot Pool for more information.
Reputation Bonuses
- Your current division gives you a multiplier on all Crucible ranks (reputation) earned in Destiny, letting you earn more Crucible engrams, resets, and extra perks on weapons much faster.
  - Copper and Bronze – 1.0x
  - Silver – 1.1x
  - Gold – 1.2x
  - Platinum – 1.3x
  - Adept – 1.4x
  - Ascendant – 1.5x

Competitive Artifice Armour

As of March 5, 2024, Artifice Armor can now be acquired in Competitive Crucible.
This high-stat armor will be obtainable as a reward from a new third tier on the Competitive Division weekly challenge. After completion of the weekly challenge, Artifice Armor will continue to have a chance to drop on further victories. These Artifice Armor pieces are giving the Year-1 Crucible gear a new lease on life.
The following will have a chance to drop as Artifice Armor from Competitive Crucible.

Class	Slot	Name
Hunter	Arms	Swordflight 4.1
Hunter	Chest	Swordflight 4.1
Hunter	Class	Binary Phoenix Cloak
Hunter	Head	Swordflight 4.1
Hunter	Legs	Swordflight 4.1
Titan	Arms	Phoenix Strife Type 0
Titan	Chest	Phoenix Strife Type 0
Titan	Class	Binary Phoenix Mark
Titan	Head	Phoenix Strife Type 0
Titan	Legs	Phoenix Strife Type 0
Warlock	Arms	Ankaa Seeker IV
Warlock	Chest	Ankaa Seeker IV
Warlock	Class	Binary Phoenix Bond
Warlock	Head	Ankaa Seeker IV
Warlock	Legs	Ankaa Seeker IV

Competitive Focusing

Starting in Season 23, all retired Competitive rewards will be available to focus from Shaxx’s Legacy Crucible focusing menu.
You will only be able to focus them once you have completed your placement matches.
- Unlike other focusing options, you will be limited to a number of weekly focuses based on the highest rank you have achieved so far this Season:
  - Untested: 0 Weekly Focuses available
  - Copper: 1 Weekly Focuses available
  - Bronze: 2 Weekly Focuses available
  - Silver: 3 Weekly Focuses available
  - Gold: 4 Weekly Focuses available
  - Platinum: 5 Weekly Focuses available
  - Adept: 6 Weekly Focuses available
  - Ascendant: 7 Weekly Focuses available
- This cap on how many you may focus can be changed mid-week, but only if you rank up.
  - Every week, to keep focusing you’re also going to have to finish your weekly matches.
Since Guardians are already committing themselves to regular engagement in Competitive play, the going rate for focusing these weapons will be 3 Crucible engrams and 25,000 Glimmer.

Survival

Objective: Survival is a round-based mode that has a shared-pool of 6 respawns for each team, which are used up whenever a player dies.

Countdown

Objective: The base version of Countdown is played in a series of rounds where two teams take turns alternating between attacking and defending sites. When you’re attacking, the goal is to plant and detonate a bomb. When defending, you must protect your site. The first team to win 6 rounds wins.

Countdown Rush

Objective: A variant of Countdown where players have to detonate or defuse both bombs on a map before a round ends (90 Seconds). Respawns and revives are enabled and are unlimited. The first team to win 5 rounds wins the game. Should the game go to 4-4, a sudden death elimination round will occur.

3v3 Quickplay

Description: This mode is a casual playlist containing several 3v3 modes.
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes connection and latency.
Notes: When Trials of Osiris is active, this mode is disabled.

Game Modes

Showdown

Objective: Eliminate as many opposing Guardians within the time limit to win each round, best 3 out of 5.

Elimination

Objective: This mode involves a round-based match structure where each team of 3 have one life, but can be revived. The first team to kill the entire other team wins the round, and the first team to win five rounds wins the match.

Clash

Objective: Like 6v6 clash, the goal is to eliminate the opposing team.

Free For All

Description: This mode is where you match up against 5 other players – it’s just you versus the world!
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes connection and latency.
Notes: This mode is permanent. You cannot play with a fireteam in this mode.

Game Modes

Rumble

Objective: Six Guardians face each other – no one is there to help you! Keep an eye on your radar at all times!

Special Events

What Reoccurring Events are featured in Destiny 2's PvP?

Occasionally, PvP events will occur throughout the season.
- These limited-time events will replace core game modes when they are active:
  - Trials of Osiris 3v3
    - When Trials is active, it replaces the 3v3 Quickplay Playlist.
    - Trials of Osiris uses Ticket-Based matchmaking (TBMM) and the Flawless pool.
    - To learn more, visit the Trials of Osiris page.
  - Iron Banner
    - When Iron Banner is active, it replaces the 6v6 Unranked Playlist.
    - Iron Banner uses loose skill-based matchmaking.
    - To learn more, visit the Iron Banner page.
- Each event has it’s own pinnacle rewards and loot pools.

Game Modes

Iron Banner

This is a 6v6 activity. Iron Banner is a competitive PvP event that will typically occur twice a season. Held by Valus Forge (Lord Saladin), complete daily challenges and dive into the Iron Banner, which takes traditional game modes and adjusts them in a new and fun way. Earn exclusive loot from the event, including Armour, Weapons, Shaders, Emblems and other vanity items such as Ships and Ghosts! Click the icon above to learn more.

Trials of Osiris

This is a 3v3 activity. Two fireteams of 3 face each other in an elimination-style match with the objective to achieve a Flawless Run, a seven-game win streak. Going “flawless” will grant passage to the Simulated Lighthouse, a location dedicated to the winners of the event that will reward Pinnacle Loot, Ascendant Materials, and Adept Weapons/Mods. This activity is active every Friday through Tuesday. Click the icon above to learn more.

Crucible Labs & Private Lobby

Crucible Labs

Description: Crucible Labs allows Bungie to test experimental or in-development game modes by allowing players to experience and test new game modes first-hand
Matchmaking Type: Prioritizes connection, latency, and skill for (loose skill-based) matchmaking.
Notes:
- Labs has a stacking +25% Reputation Booster, so you’ll earn bonus ranks when playing in this game mode!
- Labs can feature a 3v3 or 6v6 mode, and the rotation varies − check Bungie’s TWID posts on Bungie.net to learn when Lab variants become available!

Private Matches

Description: Private Matches (aka Private Lobby) allows you and other fireteam members (up to 12) to play against each other for fun!
Matchmaking Type: No matchmaking.
Notes:
- All live game types and maps are available to choose from.
- You can also modify the rules such as score, spawn rate, and more!

Icons created by Tom Chapman.

Crucible Seal

As of Season 19, players can earn new Triumphs and a new title to chase.
Players will be required to play a variety of Crucible Game Modes, including the new Competitive Division.
Each Season, players will be able to gild the new seal as well!