Destiny 2’s annual Guardian Games occasion has returned as soon as once more for 2025, coinciding with the launch of Heresy Act 2. It brings with it some extremely important adjustments to the occasion’s format. Whereas the essential concept of the occasion stays intact. Every Guardian class competes for factors and the category with essentially the most factors will get a devoted statue within the Tower space for the subsequent year–the greatest change is the addition of a model new mode to play. This is what’s new and what gamers can earn alongside the best way, together with the brand new weapon, numerous Exotics you may earn, new armor ornaments, a boss-rush mode known as Rushdown, and far more.
How one can earn medallions in Guardian Games 2025
Very similar to earlier years in Guardian Games, the occasion begins by talking to Eva Levante within the Tower hub and getting the Contender Card to earn medallions. After finishing the brief preliminary quest from Eva known as “Finest In Class,” gamers might want to put on a novel Guardian Games class merchandise on their character to earn medallions for the occasion finishing quests and bounties from Eva Levante, challenges from the Contender Card, doing Crucible matches, or finishing runs of Rushdown whereas sporting a Guardian Games class merchandise.
The Contender Card accommodates further challenges divided up into three tiers of problem from Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. Diamond medallions are, as you’d count on, essentially the most priceless of the bunch, a lot so that you will be restricted to incomes solely two per week of the occasion.
Rushdown Mode
New to Guardian Games is the Rushdown mode, a particular PvE gauntlet problem the place gamers will face highly effective enemies from earlier moments in Destiny 2’s previous. Bosses from Destiny 2’s campaigns, seasonal story content material, and Unique missions will all be included within the rotation of enemies to be fought.
As gamers take down bosses, the issue will progressively improve with harm taken going up and different results. The complete run is on a time restrict with 5 bosses per run to take down. As gamers defeat bosses, time shall be added again to the timer till both it runs out or the fifth boss is downed.
Finishing at the least three bosses in a run of Rushdown is assured to drop a weapon from the loot pool. A full loot desk breakdown shall be coming as soon as we all know extra concerning the occasion.
Guardian Games 2025 rewards
Skimmer
Gamers that missed out on the particular Hoverboard pores and skin, the Allstar Vector Skimmer, shall be fairly happy to know that it is again for Guardian Games 2025. There are restricted alternatives to earn a skimmer–a snowboard-style substitute on your sparrow that lets you grind by way of the air–so you need to remember to make the most of this opportunity. Throughout Guardian Games, you may have entry to 1, however so as to maintain it after the occasion ends, you may want to finish a quest known as Drop In.
New hint rifle and returning weapons
The most recent piece of loot this 12 months is an Arc hint rifle known as Keraunios. There are various glorious selections on the Episode Heresy artifact that may additional improve this weapon’s energy, so be certain to seize it from Rushdown, bounty completions, or performing some Crucible matches.
Returning weapons additionally embrace the Taraxippos scout rifle, The Title submachine gun, and the Hullabaloo heavy grenade launcher. Any of those weapons will drop alongside the brand new hint rifle as typical loot.
Guardian Games armor ornaments
The entire earlier armor units shall be obtainable from the Eververse store for Silver or Brilliant Mud, however there may be additionally a brand new set of armor for every class for this 12 months. Persevering with the Olympian theme, these new units are adorned with tons of gold accents and Roman styled adornments. Each the brand new and returning armor are armor ornaments, permitting you to use their look to non-Unique armor items.