Guardian Games 2023

Guardian Games 2023

Guardian Games 2023 is the Guardian Games Live Event for Year 6, taking place during the Season of Defiance. It will last from May 2, 2023 to May 23, 2023.

Overview

Eva Levante is the event vendor. She can be found across from the landing zone in the Tower. She will give players the Best in Class introductory quest and a Guardian Games Class Item that will allow them to earn Medallions while wearing it. Completing the quest will give players the Medallion Case.

Contender Cards and Platinum Cards are now bounties rather than quests. They can be purchased from Eva using Glimmer. Only one PvE Contender or Platinum Card can be held at a time, and only one PvP/Gambit Contender or Platinum Card can be held at a time. Completing Cards will reward Medallions, as well as progress for the player's class in the daily Guardian Games competition.

There are three unique activities available during the event, which can be accessed from the Tower map in the Director:

• Guardian Games: Recreational Playlist functions like the Vanguard Ops playlist, with randomly chosen strikes;
• Guardian Games: Competitive Playlist functions like a Hero-difficulty Nightfall, with one strike available each week;
• The Supremacy Crucible game mode has returned with an option to match with players of the same class.

The strike playlists have Vanguard Medals that can be earned by performing specific actions (e.g. getting a streak of kills with a weapon or element type). Medals give additional points, increasing the score earned when the activity is completed.

Medallions are earned from completing Cards and activities. They can be deposited into the podium in the Tower to earn various rewards, including two exclusive Legendary weapons: The Title (Submachine Gun) and Taraxippos (Scout Rifle).

There are two additional quests, Shoot to Score from Commander Zavala and Vying for Supremacy from Lord Shaxx, that allow players to light the torch platforms behind the podium. The player must reach specific score tiers (from Bronze to Platinum) in each quest's respective activity. Lighting the torches can give various rewards, including fully Masterworked drops of the event weapons, as well as a glow effect on the player's Class Item. This resets at the start of each week of the event.

The Top of Class and Competitive Catalyst quests also return, allowing players to obtain the Heir Apparent Exotic Machine Gun and its catalyst.

During the event, completing activities will grant more leveling progress than usual to equipped crafted weapons.

Event Card

The Event Card can be accessed from the Quests tab in the Director next to the Seasonal Challenges. It can also be found on Eva Levante's vendor screen, or through the Tower icon on the Destinations map in the Director.

Event Challenges

Main page: Event Challenges

Event Challenges can be completed to earn various rewards, including weapons, cosmetic items, Masterwork materials, and Event Tickets. Event Tickets can only be used on the upgraded Event Card, and expire when the event ends.

Upgraded Event Card

Players can spend Silver to upgrade their Event Card, unlocking access to several cosmetic items. This immediately grants the Guardian Games Event Pack, which contains the following items:

• File:Championship dance icon1.jpg Championship Dance (Exotic Emote);
• File:Barnstormer icon1.jpg Barnstormer (Exotic Sparrow);
• File:Coronal bloom icon1.jpg Coronal Bloom (Legendary Shader).

Upgrading the Event Card also allows players to use the Event Tickets earned from Event Challenges to purchase the following exclusive rewards:

• File:Gridiron shell icon1.jpg Gridiron Shell (Exotic Ghost Shell) — 7;
• File:Darts icon1.jpg Darts (Legendary Emote) — 5;
• File:Colorful motes effects icon1.jpg Colorful Motes Effects (Legendary Transmat Effect) — 3;
• Medal Collector Projection (Legendary Ghost Projection) — 1.

Champ Triumph Seal

Main page: Champ Seal

Completing all 16 Event Challenges will complete the Guardian Games Triumph Seal, unlocking the Champ title. Four additional Triumphs must be completed to gild the title. Gilding resets annually.

Reveler Triumph Seal

Main page: Reveler Seal

Completing 16 Event Challenges during Guardian Games events will complete the associated Triumph for the Reveler Triumph Seal. Completing all four Triumphs will unlock the title of the same name.

The 2023 Guardian Games event marks the first opportunity to unlock this title, available to players who earned the Triumphs from Solstice 2022, Festival of the Lost 2022, and The Dawning 2022.

Event Content

Weapons

• Heir Apparent — Exotic Machine Gun
• Taraxippos — Legendary Scout Rifle
• The Title — Legendary Submachine Gun

Armor

• Lion's Reign Mark — Legendary Titan Mark
• Phoenix's Ascent Bond — Legendary Warlock Bond
• Serpent's Glory Mantle — Legendary Hunter Cloak

Ghost Shells

• Gridiron Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Padded Armor Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell
• Tug-of-War Shell — Exotic Ghost Shell

Ships

• Stygian Courser — Exotic Ship
• Victor's Palanquin — Exotic Ship

Sparrows

• Barnstormer — Exotic Sparrow
• Luminous Paragon — Exotic Sparrow
• Shadow Box — Exotic Sparrow
• Triple Bogey — Exotic Sparrow

Finishers

• Give 'Em the Chair — Legendary Finisher

Emotes

• Championship Dance — Exotic Emote
• Curling Shuffle — Exotic Multiplayer Emote
• Gladiator Blows — Exotic Multiplayer Emote
• Darts — Legendary Emote
• Weightlifter — Legendary Emote
• Free Throw — Rare Emote

Shaders

• Burnished Acclaim — Legendary Shader
• Coronal Bloom — Legendary Shader

Ghost Projections

• Medal Collector Projection — Legendary Ghost Projection
• Pumping Iron Projection — Legendary Ghost Projection

Transmat Effects

• Colorful Motes Effects — Legendary Transmat Effect

Armor Ornaments

• Aspiring Challenger Set — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament Set
  • Aspiring Challenger Mask — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament
  • Aspiring Challenger Grips — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament
  • Aspiring Challenger Vest — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament
  • Aspiring Challenger Strides — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament
  • Aspiring Challenger Cloak — Legendary Hunter Universal Ornament
• Enduring Conqueror Set — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament Set
  • Enduring Conqueror Helmet — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament
  • Enduring Conqueror Gauntlets — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament
  • Enduring Conqueror Plate — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament
  • Enduring Conqueror Greaves — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament
  • Enduring Conqueror Mark — Legendary Titan Universal Ornament
• Resolute Champion Set — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament Set
  • Resolute Champion Hood — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament
  • Resolute Champion Gloves — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament
  • Resolute Champion Robes — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament
  • Resolute Champion Boots — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament
  • Resolute Champion Bond — Legendary Warlock Universal Ornament

Quests

• Best in Class
• Competitive Catalyst
• Master Class — Weekly Challenge
• Medallion Case — Quest Item
• Shoot to Score
• Top of Class
• Vying for Supremacy