The Basics of Solstice of Heroes 2019
Each day during the event period is based on either Solar, Arc or Void energy. Elemental kills offer Orbs that help you complete objectives that upgrade your armor along the way. It’s possible to create these Orbs, and collecting 30 that match the daily element offers one of three special buffs.
Solar: Guardians emit a burning wave of energy that damages anything around them. Void: Crouch while empowered to become invisible and gain Truesight plus enhanced ability regeneration. Arc: Guardians move with enhanced speed and deal greater melee and Sword damage.
Combat Meditations
These elemental buffs will come in handy during the Combat Meditations portion of the event. Go see Eva at a new area called the European Aerial Zone to start a three-player, matchmade, PvE activity that sounds similar to a Forge or the Haunted Forest.
Players fight Fallen, Hive and Cabal for a specific amount of time until a boss appears. Defeat the boss then scour the area for Chests. The number of Chests available to you correlates to how many adds you killed in round one. Chests contain Solstice Packages which can be opened with Solstice Key Fragments. To get Key Fragments, perform any activity during the event.
Chests contain:
Rare and Legendary gearEnhancement CoresMaterialsAdditional Armor (after earning the Legendary Solstice Armor)
Collect all three Legendary Armor Sets to get this Sparrow.
How to Start the Solstice of Heroes Quest
Visit Eva Levante at the Tower near the Statue of Heroes. She’ll guide you to the European Aerial Zone. Finish one run through to get the Drained Armor. Meditate with it then start the armor grind.
Upgrading your Armor
In Solstice of Heroes, Armor comes in three varieties: Drained, Renewed, and Majestic. Getting to each tier requires completing specific objectives for each class. Those objectives are listed below.
Drained Armor
Titan
Meditation runs, precision final blows and defeating Hive. Loot Meditation Chests, complete Solstice bounties and get Arc kills in Meditations. Complete adventures, get Solar Orbs on Strikes and defeat Guardians in Crucible or Gambit. Complete Public Events on Nessus, collect Void Orbs in Crucible or Gambit and unlock Solstice Packages. Complete Playlist Strikes, collect Elemental Orbs and complete Crucible or Gambit matches.
Hunter
Meditation runs, precision final blows and defeating Fallen. Complete Playlist Strikes, collect Solar Orbs and Unlock Solstice Packages. Loot Meditation Chests, collect Elemental Orbs, get Solar kills in Meditations. Complete Public Events on Nessus, complete Solstice Bounties and defeat players in Gambit or Crucible. Complete adventures, collect Arc orbs in Strikes and complete Crucible or Gambit matches.
Warlock
Meditation runs, precision final blows and defeating Cabal. Complete Playlist Strikes, collect Elemental Orbs and defeat players in Gambit or Crucible. Complete Adventures, collect Arc Orbs in Crucible or Gambit and unlock Solstice Packages. Loot Meditation Chests, collect Solar Orbs in Strikes and get Void kills in Meditations. Complete Public Events on Nessus, complete Solstice bounties and complete Crucible or Gambit matches.
Renewed Armor
Titan
Complete Gambit matches, collect Elemental Orbs using a matching subclass and defeat Guardians in Crucible or Gambit with Arc weapons as a team. Complete Heroic Public Events, complete Daily or Weekly Challenges and defeat Meditation mini-bosses. Get kills in a Strike Playlist with a matching subclass day, loot Meditation Chests and defeat Fallen using a subclass that matches the Day. Complete Bounties, collect Void Orbs in a Strike and defeat enemies with Solar melee attacks. Complete patrols on Io, Collect Elemental Orbs during Meditations and defeat enemies with Solar weapons.
Hunter
Complete Bounties, loot Meditation chests and defeat enemies with Arc weapons. Complete Heroic Public Events, collect Arc Orbs in a Strike and defeat Cabal using a subclass that matches the Day. Complete Gambit matches, Collect Elemental Orbs using a matching subclass and defeat combatants with Void grenades. Complete Daily or Weekly Challenges, defeat enemies in Strike playlists using a subclass that matches the day and defeat Guardians in Gambit or Crucible with Void weapons as a team. Complete Patrols in the EDZ, collect Elemental Orbs in Meditations and defeat Meditation bosses.
Warlock
Defeat enemies in Strike Playlist using a subclass that matches the Day, collect Elemental Orbs in Meditations and defeat Meditation bosses. Complete Bounties, collect Elemental Orbs using a matching subclass and kill opposing Guardians as a team using Solar weapons in Gambit or Crucible. Complete Gambut matches, complete Daily or Weekly Challenges and defeat combatants with Void weapons. Complete Heroic Public Events, Collect Solar Orbs in a Strike and defeat Hive using a subclass that matches the Day. Complete Patrols on Titan, loot Meditation Chests and land Arc Super Final Blows in Crucible or Gambit.
Masterworking Majestic
All Classes
Complete a Prestige Nightfall at 20,000 or better. Complete Playlist Strikes with clanmates. Complete the dungeon “Shattered Throne” in the Dreaming City with a fireteam of two players or fewer. Reset your Season 7 Valor ranking in the Crucible. Defeat challenging combatants throughout the system.
Thankfully, all Solstic Armor will support Armor 2.0 features when Destiny 2 Shadowkeep launches in September. That means mods empower the armor independently of its aesthetic, and there are more stats for Guardians to carefully tune the gear just how they like it. For many players, then, Solstice Armor can act as the gateway to the new system. That’s all we know about Solstice of Heroes for now.
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