With the addition of Iceborne we recieved the Guardian Armor and Early Weapon Upgrade Materials Pack as limited release redeemables to the game. These items are only available to redeem until October 3, 2019 ( http:/​/​www.​imgur.​com/​gallery/​qgzYjMQ ). Therefore, these items have been included in the DLC tag for all Any% categories.

The DLC rules will be updated to follow these changes.

So how exactly does Iceborn affect the Vanilla boards if runners have players have Iceborn but want to do vanilla content? what are the restrictions? does this board become obsolete to them in that case?

If you play the game/do a run, IL or RTA, on Iceborne, then you submit to the Icenorne leaderboard. If you play on base/vanilla, then submit to the original board.

Vanilla does not get Clutch Claw, Master Rank equipment, and some other mechanics, so Vanilla and Iceborne have separate leaderboards for all run categories.

Edit: Didnt answer part of your question. The vanilla board will not become obselete since there may still be runners playing on vanilla, but a new patch category will be included, Iceborne 10.x (or somwthing like that), to denote the run was submitted on the Iceborne patch in Vanilla.

So basically I Can't do Vanilla if I have Iceborne then as my last thing to get clarified? I just want to be sure of these changes and such should I even think about hoping back into doing runs in general.

You can still do the base content with the Iceborne expansion. You just have to submit it to the Iceborne leaderboards. For ILs, you have access to Master Rank armor and the clutch claw, a distinct advantage over Vanilla.

All the the same quests from Vanilla and the new optionals from Iceborne will be available to submit to on the Iceborne leaderboards. Does that make sense?