History of Medal

Overview

Medals are awards shown during Crucible, Gambit and Strike activities for achieving specific goals, such as killing enemies with a Super, reviving allies or keeping an unbroken killstreak. They have no bearing on gameplay beyond showing the awarded player the feat. Examples: Blood for Blood and Double Down (Crucible), Army of One and Half-Banked (Gambit).

Categories

In Destiny 1, medals were grouped into ability, game type, spree, win, special-kill and multi-kill medals, and Strike scoring used a separate Bronze, Silver and Gold tier system. The Destiny 2 medal lists have changed since then. Medals also count toward many Triumphs, for example Multi-Medaler.

Not to be confused with

• The Guardian Games Medallion currency, whose Bronze to Diamond tiers are also sometimes called medals.
• Pantheon (the boss rush), where defeating enemies and earning medals raises the fireteam score.