Battlegrounds (activity format)

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Battlegrounds are a three-player arena matchmaking activity format, similar to strikes, that were first introduced with the original Battlegrounds activity, released in Season of the Chosen. Each battleground activity follows certain story elements and objectives relevant to the season it was released with.

Battleground activities

Featured in Vanguard Ops

• Battlegrounds, the original activity, introduced in Season of the Chosen.
• PsiOps Battlegrounds, introduced in Season of the Risen.
• Heist Battlegrounds, introduced in Season of the Seraph.
• Defiant Battlegrounds, introduced in Season of Defiance.

Seasonal Activity

• Battleground: Echoes, introduced in Episode: Echoes.

List of Battlegrounds

There are currently 16 playable Battlegrounds (compared to the 20 playable or reworked Strikes, with another 9 Vaulted), with each seasonal set having added an additional 3, except for the original set of Battlegrounds introduced in Season of the Chosen, which launched with 4:

Battleground	Season/Episode	Location	Bosses
Battleground: Behemoth	Season of the Chosen	Arcadian Valley, Nessus	Keymaster Colossus Commander Dracus
Battleground: Hailstone		Rathmore Chaos, Europa	Supreme Centurion Honorchasing Colossus Basilius the Golem
Battleground: Foothold		Cosmodrome, Earth	Honorchasing Colossus Monstrosity Ogre Val Ma'rag
Battleground: Oracle		Arcadian Valley, Nessus	Colossus Integrator Hydra Ixel, the Far-Reaching
PsiOps Battleground: EDZ	Season of the Risen	European Dead Zone, Earth	Ir Valoch, Lucent Stalker Mor'ak, Lightstealer
PsiOps Battleground: Cosmodrome		Cosmodrome, Earth	Ir Akraht, Light Harvester Uul'nath, Lightcleanser
PsiOps Battleground: Moon		Scarlet Keep, Moon	Korosek, Thronebringer
Heist Battleground: Moon	Season of the Seraph	Ocean of Storms, Moon	Warmonger Knight Demented Abomination Once-Phyris, the Exhumed Tether
Heist Battleground: Europa		Rathmore Chaos, Europa	Once-Ezriks, Retainer to Xivu Arath Ogre F'shor, Cryptolith Keeper Hyun't, Cryptolith Keeper Oltiir, Cryptolith Keeper Warwatcher, Eye of Xivu Arath
Heist Battleground: Mars		Hellas Basin, Mars	Warmonger Knight Ogre Darkblade Kelgorath, Risen from Bones
Defiant Battleground: EDZ	Season of Defiance	European Dead Zone, Earth	Warden Vincu'us, Shadow Legion Bracus Viguln, Shadow Legion Exomida, Taken of the Witness
Defiant Battleground: Cosmodrome		Cosmodrome, Earth	Bracus Da'rulg, Taken of the Witness Guul'moh, Taken of the Witness Zatocc, Devoted to the Witness
Defiant Battleground: Orbital Prison		Orbital Prison Ship, Earth's Thermosphere	Bracus Kravaum, Shadow Legion
Battleground: Delve	Episode: Echoes (Act II)	Arcadian Valley, Nessus	Kalliks, Baron of House Dusk Hypolydron, Captive Mind
Battleground: Conduit			Kamarian, Radial Overseer
Battleground: Core			Antioptes, Hypogean Sentinel

Number of Battlegrounds by Location

Destination	Total
Nessus	5
Cosmodrome	3
European Dead Zone	2
Moon
Europa
Mars	1
Orbital Prison Ship

List of Appearances

• Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen (First appearance)
  • Season of the Risen
  • Season of the Seraph
  • Season of Defiance
  • Episode: Echoes