Destiny 2’s Solstice event is back for 2023, bringing a new set of challenges, rewards, and activities for Guardians to enjoy. The event runs from July 18 to August 8 and is free for all players. Here’s everything you need to know about the Solstice event and how to upgrade your Sunlit armor.
How to Start the Solstice Event?
Head to the Tower and talk to Eva Levante to start the Solstice event. She’ll give you a full set of Candescent armor (rare/blue) and a Celebrating Solstice quest. This quest will introduce you to the basics of the event, such as the Bonfire Bash activity, the Silver Leaves and Silver Ash currencies, and the Kindling system.
The Celebrating Solstice quest steps are as follows:
- Equip a full set of Candescent armor
- Speak with Eva Levante and collect the Silver Leaves
- Complete a Bonfire Bash activity in EAZ and collect 20 Silver Ash
- Speak with Eva Levante
- Open the Solstice Event Card and claim Event Challenges
- Add Kindling to a piece of Candescent armor
How to Upgrade Your Sunlight Armor?
The main goal of the Solstice event is to upgrade your Sunlit armor, which is the legendary/purple version of the Candescent armor. It would be best if you collected Silver Leaves, Silver Ash, and Kindling to do this.
Silver Leaves are used to purchase bounties from Eva Levante, which reward Silver Ash upon completion. Silver Ash is used to stoke the flames in the Bonfire Bash activity, increasing your score and rewarding more loot. Kindling is used to add glows and stats to your Sunlit armor pieces.
You can earn Kindling by completing Event Challenges, specific tasks related to the Solstice event. There are 19 Event Challenges, 18 rewarding either +1 or +2 Kindling. You’ll need six Kindling to fully upgrade an individual piece of armor (except for the class item, which has no upgrades).
You’ll need 24 Kindling to upgrade all four pieces of armor fully. The best part is that once you upgrade a piece of armor on one character, it will be upgraded for all characters on your account. You can reroll your Sunlit armor stats anytime by spending more Silver Ash.
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Fend off party-crashing enemies.
Keep the bonfire roaring.
Celebrate the bonds that will build a better tomorrow.
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— Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) July 18, 2023
How to Play Bonfire Bash Activity?
The Bonfire Bash activity is a three-player matchmade activity that takes place on the EAZ (European Aerial Zone), a variant of the EDZ with more verticality. The activity has two phases: Ignition and Bosses.
In the Ignition phase, you must defeat enemies and collect their Ignition Carries, orbs that drop from them. You’ll then need to deposit these orbs at one of the bonfires around the map. Each bonfire has a different color and effect: red increases damage, blue increases mobility, and green increases ability regeneration.
Depositing orbs also stoke the flames, which increases your score multiplier. In the Bosses phase, you’ll need to defeat three bosses that spawn randomly around the map.
Each boss has a different element and mechanic: Solar bosses have shields that can only be broken by Solar weapons or abilities, Arc bosses have drones that protect them from damage, and Void bosses have crystals that heal them when destroyed. Defeating bosses also drop chests that contain loot.
After defeating all three bosses, you’ll have a limited time to open as many chests as possible. You can find chests by following their icons on your HUD or using a Solstice Key Fragment, which reveals their locations. Opening chests rewards you with Solstice Packages, which contain various items such as gear, materials, or cosmetics.
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What Are the Rewards for the Solstice Event?
The main rewards for the Solstice event are the Sunlit armor set and it glows, which can be customized with different colors and effects. The Sunlit armor set has high stats and can be rerolled with Silver Ash. The glows can be added with Kindling and change depending on your subclass element.
Besides the armor set, there are also two exclusive weapons that you can earn from the Solstice event: the Firestorm shotgun and the Solaris hand cannon. Both weapons have unique perk combinations that make them viable for PvE and PvP.
The Firestorm shotgun is a kinetic slug shotgun that can roll with perks such as Full Auto Trigger System, Frenzy, Vorpal Weapon, or One-Two Punch. The Solaris hand cannon is an energy explosive rounds hand cannon that can roll with perks such as Outlaw, Rampage, Dragonfly, or Multikill Clip.