Destiny 2 Iron Banner Schedule: Next Dates & Rewards

No — Iron Banner is OFF as of Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (17:00 UTC weekly reset). The last cycle ran Tuesday, August 25 – Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (Bonus Focus Pool 1, Control and Tribute) and closed at that reset.

Kyber's Sept 1 weekly overview lists Iron Banner as not active. The Trials page independently lists Trials live this weekend (Friday, September 4 through Tuesday, September 8), which only happens after Banner closes.

Next projected Iron Banner: September 22 – September 29, 2026 (Tuesday reset → Tuesday reset), listed as Bonus Focus Pool 2 on Kyber's Corner. That matches the one-week-every-four-weeks cadence from the August 25 start. Trials is unavailable for that IB weekend, then returns the following Friday.

• Last — August 25 – September 1, 2026 · Bonus Pool 1 · Ended
• Next — September 22 – September 29, 2026 · Bonus Pool 2 · Projection
• Following — October 20 – October 27, 2026 · Bonus Pool 1 · Projection from the same cadence

When September 22 opens, Bonus Focus Pool 2 raises drop odds on these weapons (per Kyber's Corner):

• Multimach CCX — kinetic SMG staple
• Point of the Stag — Arc combat bow
• Roar of the Bear — Solar rocket
• Occluded Finality — Arc sniper
• Finite Impactor — Arc hand cannon
• Lethal Abundance / Pressurized Precision — Strand auto / fusion
• Iron Battalion armor — 2pc Primary Honing / 4pc Supercyclical

Modes last cycle were Control and Tribute. Match completions earn Iron Banner Ciphers for Saladin focusing.

The August 25 return was Bonus Focus Pool 1 week (verified via Kyber weekly reset + Iron Banner schedule):

• Iron Battalion — armor set with Primary Honing (2pc) and Supercyclical (4pc)
• Bonus Focus Pool 1 — Felwinter's Lie, Crimil's Dagger, The Forward Path, The Time-Worn Spire, The Wizened Rebuke, Gunnora's Axe, Reghusk's Pledge
• Modes — Control and Tribute; Trials dark for the IB weekend

Blueberries' Iron Banner schedule page still describes the April 14 return and is not a live calendar for this cycle.

Since the Monument of Triumph / June 2026 return, Iron Banner runs on a fixed rotation: one full week every four weeks, Tuesday reset to Tuesday reset. While live:

• Lord Saladin, Event Home, and Event Card are available to all Guardians
• Trials of Osiris is unavailable for that weekend window
• Bonus Focus Pools alternate each IB week (Pool 1 → Pool 2 → Pool 1…)
• Rewards, Cipher focusing, and rank progress are IB-exclusive for that week

When the week ends, Trials resumes the following Friday and Iron Banner focusing closes until the next cycle.

IB is dark this week — if you still want endgame Crucible loot, book an LFCarry Trials Flawless carry while the Lighthouse is open through Tuesday, September 8, or wait for the September 22 Banner and chase Pool 2 / Iron Battalion with a PRO fireteam.