Mechanics · checked for release 10210
Ironmen and subscription cards
Ironmen can buy, redeem and benefit from Subscription, Skill and Combat cards from the Subscription vendor.
Yes, ironmen can use Subscription cards, and Skill and Combat cards too. Standard ironmen, Hardcore ironmen and fallen Hardcore ironmen are treated exactly like regular characters for the 
Subscription card: they can buy one, redeem it and get its XP bonus. The same goes for the 
Skill card and 
Combat card bought from the vendor.
Buying a card
The Void Subscription Vendor sells the card for 100,000 coins. Ironmen buy it there through a purchase the vendor allows for this one card.
Redeeming it
Right-click the card and choose Redeem. Each card adds 7 days of subscription, counted from now or from the end of the subscription you already have, whichever is later, so a second card never wastes time.
If the character is linked to a portal account, the subscription belongs to the account and covers all of its linked characters. Otherwise it belongs to that character alone.
The bonus
While the subscription runs, your combat XP rate gets +1 and your skilling XP rate +1. The bonus is added to your rate, not multiplied: see XP rates and bonuses.
Skill and Combat cards
The Void Subscription Vendor also sells the Skill card and Combat card for 1,000,000 coins each. An ironman can buy them there with their own coins, redeem them and get their XP bonus, just like a regular character. See Cards and subscriptions for what each card does.
What ironmen still cannot use
- Ironmen get Skill and Combat cards only from the vendor: not by trade, the Auction House, crackers, the Event Chest or the Void Circuit Keeper.
- Ironmen cannot take part in shared player events or receive those events' rewards.
Other account states
The subscription exception covers regular characters and the three ironman states above. A character in any other state cannot buy or redeem a card and gets no bonus.