Crucible

Crucible
Overview
Type:	Military
Affiliation:	The Last City

The Crucible is a player vs. player game mode in Destiny. Items bought or earned in other parts of the game can be used in the Crucible, whereas purchasing items for playing in the crucible can be used in the rest of the game. The Crucible will randomly reward players after matches, while players can also purchase weapons from the Crucible Quartermaster and Armor and Shaders from Lord Shaxx and Lord Saladin. Faction vendors will also sell Crucible gear branded with their faction logos, but require faction reputation as well.

All maps are completely separate and unique from explorable locations in the game. Each map will feature nearly all game modes on them. Players start out with ammo for their primary weapon, and a small amount for their special weapon; throughout each map, there are multiple chests of special ammo, and Heavy ammo chests appear in the middle of the match that replenish more slowly than special ammo chests. Anyone who opens a chest gains heavy ammo for themselves, and any teammates that are close by.

Level advantages are normally disabled in the Crucible in order to have an even playing field. The two exceptions to this are the Iron Banner and the Trials of Osiris, where level advantages are enabled. This means that having high-level gear matters in these events. Also, Crucible bounties can be completed in Iron Banner matches, whereas Iron Banner bounties must be completed in Iron Banner matches. In addition to standard Crucible bounties, every week Lord Shaxx has a set of weekly bounties that are more difficult to complete. Completing every single one will reward a Nightfall-tier reward (namely, a legendary or exotic piece of gear).

The "Mercy Rule" will be implemented with the release of The Taken King. This allows matches to end early when one team is without any chance of winning. When the rule is enacted, no more players may join the match, and the game clock is reset to 10 seconds. After those 10 seconds, the match will end normally. All players will receive their end of match rewards and return to matchmaking. Bungie will update the rule's identification function over time.

List of modes

Permanent Playlists

• Clash
• Control
• Rift
• Rumble
• Skirmish

Rotating Playlists

• Combined Arms
• Doubles Skirmish
• Elimination
• Inferno Clash
• Inferno Control
• Inferno Rumble
• Inferno Skirmish
• Mayhem Clash
• Mayhem Rumble
• Salvage
• Zone Control

Special Events

• Iron Banner
• Trials of Osiris
  • Sparrow Racing League
  • The Festival of the Lost
  • Crimson Days

List of maps

Map	Location	Expansion	Playstation Exclusive
The Burning Shrine	Fields of Glass, Mercury	Base Game	No
Twilight Gap	City Perimeter, Earth	Base Game	No
Rusted Lands	Eastern Flood Zone, Earth	Base Game	No
First Light	Mare Cognitum, Moon	Base Game	No
The Anomaly	Mare Cognitum, Moon	Base Game	No
Shores of Time	Maat Mons, Venus	Base Game	No
Asylum	Ishtar Sink, Venus	Base Game	No
Firebase Delphi	Eos Chasma, Mars	Base Game	No
Bastion	Meridian Bay, Mars	Base Game	No
Blind Watch	Meridian Bay, Mars	Base Game	No
Exodus Blue	Cosmodrome, Earth	Base Game	Until September 2015
Skyshock	Old Russia, Earth	The Dark Below	No
The Cauldron	Ocean of Storms, Moon	The Dark Below	No
Pantheon	Black Garden, Mars	The Dark Below	No
Thieves' Den	Ishtar Sink, Venus	House of Wolves	No
Widow's Court	European Dead Zone, Earth	House of Wolves	No
Black Shield	Firebase Thuria, Phobos	House of Wolves	No
The Timekeeper	Meridian Bay, Mars	House of Wolves	Until September 2015
Bannerfall	The Last City, Earth	The Taken King	No
Cathedral of Dusk	Dreadnaught, Saturn	The Taken King	No
Crossroads	The Lost Oasis, Mars	The Taken King	No
The Dungeons	Dreadnaught, Saturn	The Taken King	No
Frontier	City Perimeter, Earth	The Taken King	No
The Drifter	Foundling's Gyre, The Reef	The Taken King	No
Memento	European Dead Zone, Earth	The Taken King	No
Vertigo	Caloris Basin, Mercury	The Taken King	No
Sector 618	Cosmodrome Wall, Earth	The Taken King	Until September 2016