Solstice
Solstice (formerly known as Solstice of Heroes) is a Live Event in Destiny 2.
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[hide]Overview
The Solstice is a summer event focused on a special armor set. Eva Levante returns to the Tower to offer Solstice bounties, she can be found in the Courtyard near the Statue of Heroes.
All participants receive a Rare set of armor. By completing specified objectives players upgrade their armor first to Legendary quality, and then make it glow. The player has to wear an armor piece to progress its objectives. The next set can be obtained by interacting with the Statue of Heroes while wearing the current set with all objectives completed. White armor glow can be unlocked by upgrading the armor, and elemental glows can be bought in the Eververse. Starting from the Season of Arrivals, Eververse sells Universal Armor Ornament sets, one for each class, and they glow with the element of the player's equipped subclass.
As the player completes their armor sets, they unlock Armor Accelerators from Eva Levante, which increase the progress made towards future Solstice armor objectives.
Each day features an element: Arc, Solar, Void or Stasis. Players get a corresponding buff, which can be checked on the character inspection screen, and enemies in the EAZ take more damage from the daily featured element. Defeating enemies with weapons or abilities of any element makes them drop corresponding orbs. They all can be collected by running over them, but orbs of the daily element give players the Elemental Charge buff. Once a player gains 30 stacks of Elemental Charge, they become Empowered with the featured element for 30 seconds. When Prism is the daily focus, the player charges the element of their equipped subclass.
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A special three-player matchmade activity can be accessed from the Tower: the European Aerial Zone, the only source of Solstice Packages, which have to be opened with Solstice Key Fragments and contain Rare and Legendary gear. The EAZ is a floating island that is occupied by the Hive, Fallen or Cabal. Taken enemies spawn occasionally, the major Prismatic one drops an empowerment orb when defeated, which immediately gives Empowerment to the player that runs over it. Shiny yellow crystals also randomly spawn around the EAZ, they can be broken with any weapon and drop orbs of the featured element.
The EAZ activity consists of three stages, the first and the last ones are on a time limit. First, players have to hunt down and kill as many minibosses as they can. When the time expires, a boss spawns in the area, and after it is defeated and its reward chest is looted, several chests spawn in the EAZ as the final stage. The number of chests depends on the amount of the minibosses killed. They are marked on the HUD when they spawn, and only one player has to open a chest for the team to get its contents. The activity ends once all chests are looted or when players run out of time.
List of Events
- Solstice of Heroes 2018 (Warmind)[1]
- Solstice of Heroes 2019 (Season of Opulence)[2]
- Solstice of Heroes 2020 (Season of Arrivals)[3][4]
- Solstice of Heroes 2021 (Season of the Splicer)[5]
- Solstice 2022 (Season of the Haunted)[6]
- Solstice 2023 (Season of the Deep)[7]
- Solstice 2024 (Episode: Echoes)
Armor Objectives
2021
Renewed
Titan | Warlock | Hunter | |||
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Solstice Helm | EAZ run completed 200 elemental orbs 20 finishers |
Solstice Hood | EAZ run completed 200 elemental orbs 20 finishers |
Solstice Mask | EAZ run completed 200 elemental orbs 20 finishers |
Solstice Gauntlets | 1 Playlist activity 10 Solstice packages opened 200 Hive defeated |
Solstice Gloves | 1 Playlist activity 10 Solstice packages opened 200 Cabal defeated |
Solstice Grasps | 1 Playlist activity 10 Solstice packages opened 200 Fallen defeated |
Solstice Plate | 2 Public Events 50 Arc or Stasis orbs in playlists 30 Guardians defeated |
Solstice Robes | 2 Public Events 50 Void or Stasis orbs in playlists 30 Guardians defeated |
Solstice Vest | 2 Public Events 50 Solar or Stasis orbs in playlists 30 Guardians defeated |
Solstice Greaves | 1 Patrol 50 Orbs of Power collected 50 Super kills |
Solstice Boots | 1 Patrol 50 Orbs of Power collected 50 Super kills |
Solstice Strides | 1 Patrol 50 Orbs of Power collected 50 Super kills |
Solstice Mark | 3 Lost Sectors 100 precision kills 200 Solar orbs in free roam |
Solstice Bond | 3 Lost Sectors 100 precision kills 200 Arc orbs in free roam |
Solstice Cloak | 3 Lost Sectors 100 precision kills 100 Void orbs in free roam |
Majestic
Titan | Warlock | Hunter | |||
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Sunstead Helm | 5 EAZ minibosses in 1 run 500 elemental orbs 100 multikills |
Celestine Hood | 5 EAZ minibosses in 1 run 500 elemental orbs 100 multikills |
Illuminus Mask | 5 EAZ minibosses in 1 run 500 elemental orbs 100 multikills |
Sunstead Gauntlets | 100 Altars of Sorrow or Overrides 20 elemental empowerments 200 Solar weapon kills |
Celestine Gloves | 100 Altars of Sorrow or Overrides 20 elemental empowerments 200 Arc weapon kills |
Illuminus Grasps | 100 Altars of Sorrow or Overrides 20 elemental empowerments 200 Void weapon kills |
Sunstead Plate | 100 Blind Wells or Wrathborn Hunts 50 Solstice key fragments 100 Arc grenade kills |
Celestine Robes | 100 Blind Wells or Wrathborn Hunts 50 Solstice key fragments 100 Void grenade kills |
Illuminus Vest | 100 Blind Wells or Wrathborn Hunts 50 Solstice key fragments 100 Solar grenade kills |
Sunstead Greaves | 100 Public Events on Europa or Battlegrounds 100 Void or Stasis orbs in playlists 50 Void melee kills |
Celestine Boots | 100 Public Events on Europa or Battlegrounds 100 Solar or Stasis orbs in playlists 50 Solar melee kills |
Illuminus Strides | 100 Public Events on Europa or Battlegrounds 100 Arc or Stasis orbs in playlists 50 Arc melee kills |
Sunstead Mark | 3 Survival/Trials matches or Nightfalls 50 Arc orbs in EAZ 50 powerful Hive kills |
Celestine Bond | 3 Survival/Trials matches or Nightfalls 50 Void orbs in EAZ 50 powerful Fallen kills |
Illuminus Cloak | 3 Survival/Trials matches or Nightfalls 50 Solar orbs in EAZ 50 powerful Cabal kills |
Magnificent
Titan | Warlock | Hunter | Objective |
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Sunstead Helm | Celestine Hood | Illuminus Mask | Nightfall: The Ordeal on Master or Grandmaster difficulty |
Sunstead Gauntlets | Celestine Gloves | Illuminus Grasps | Any raid |
Sunstead Plate | Celestine Robes | Illuminus Vest | Any dungeon |
Sunstead Greaves | Celestine Boots | Illuminus Strides | 15 Guardians in Survival/Trials or Champion kills |
Sunstead Mark | Celestine Bond | Illuminus Cloak | 3 Legend or Master Lost Sectors |
2020
References
- Jump up ↑ "Solstice of Heroes" Bungie, posted by Destiny Dev Team, 17 Jul. 2018, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/47017. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "Solstice of Heroes 2019" Bungie, posted by Destiny Dev Team, 24 Jul. 2019, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/48006. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "This Week at Bungie – 8/06/20" Bungie, posted by Cozmo_BNG, 6 Aug. 2020, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/49425. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "This Week at Bungie – 8/13/2020" Bungie, posted by A_dmg04, 13 Aug. 2020, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/49449. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "This Week at Bungie – 7/01/2021" Bungie, posted by A_dmg04, 1 Jul. 2021, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/50450. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "This Week at Bungie – 7/14/2022" Bungie, posted by Cozmo_BNG, 14 Jul. 2022, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/51580. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.
- Jump up ↑ "This Week In Destiny - 07/20/2023" Bungie, posted by Br1, 20 Jul. 2023, https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/twid_07_20_23. Accessed 24 Dec. 2023.