In Destiny 2 there are hints that Darkness might soon reach the Dreaming City from Forsaken. Is the fight against the Arch-Enemy going to the next round there?
What is happening right now in Destiny 2? Currently, some Guardians are still spending their time with the content of the new “Beyond Light” expansion. Additionally, Season 12 is underway, the season of the hunt.
In the expansion, Guardians are active on the moon Europa and have acquired a power of Darkness in the form of Stasis, which they now use to defend the Light. As part of the season, the Guardians encounter an old enemy who has now become an ally and attempt to prevent the formation of a corrupted Hive army.
However, overall, the Guardians face the Darkness, our main enemy. It is drawing nearer and has even absorbed some locations in the game. They have disappeared from the game and have rotated into the so-called Destiny Content Vault.
Now there are some indications that Darkness might soon reach the Dreaming City, an area from the still paid Forsaken expansion, and we could fight our Arch-Enemy there next.
Fight against the Arch-Enemy soon in the Dreaming City?
What hints have been found? On one hand, a kind of miasma was found a while ago in an Ascendant Realm in the Dreaming City that was not accessible through regular means.
Some players believe this mysterious formation is Darkness or rather a possible new enemy race of Darkness. And indeed, there is considerable evidence supporting this, including earlier concept art or lore entries from the game itself.
Some consider it possible and quite likely that this find could soon play an active role.
The Destiny YouTuber Jarv goes into detail about this find:
On the other hand, there is another hint pointing to the imminent arrival of Darkness in the Dreaming City.
Currently, Darkness can only be found directly on Europa, but in a cutscene for Season 12, a Crux of Darkness can clearly be seen in the home of the Awoken – namely, the Dreaming City. These monoliths were previously only found in locations reached by the fleet of Darkness with their Pyramid ships. They were visible during Season 11 in special contact events on Io or Titan.
Currently, these formations are nowhere to be found in the Dreaming City. However, since they were discovered in the footage for Season 12, some believe that we might encounter them in the final weeks of Season 12, and that this development will serve as a transition to the new Season 13.
Additionally, unused dialogue lines of our Ghost have been discovered in the data of Destiny 2, which suggest some further events during Season 12. These also revolve around the surprising find of a Crux of Darkness outside of Europa and mention that Darkness is spreading beyond Europa.
Jarv has also made a detailed video about it, which you can watch here:
To sum up: Many are now convinced that Darkness will indeed reach the Dreaming City by the end of Season 12 and that our fight against Darkness will soon focus there.
This is also supported by the fact that Bungie will soon make some weapons and armor pieces from the arsenal of the Dreaming City relevant again and bring them to the current power level. There are many indications that this location will gain more significance in the near future.
Could the Dreaming City soon disappear? All locations that Darkness has previously reached with its ships were “swallowed” some time later, rotating out of the game into the content vault. Since the new Europa from Beyond Light has just been introduced into the game, we can expect that this location will remain with us for a while.
But what about the Dreaming City? After all, this area is already over 2 years old.
Currently, there are no signs that the Dreaming City could land in the content vault. On the contrary: Bungie plans to soon update parts of the associated equipment to the latest standards, and Destiny head Luke Smith stated in an interview some time ago that DLC locations must be free for a year before they can disappear into the vault. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the Dreaming City, which is part of the paid Forsaken DLC.
What do you think? Will Destiny 2 soon continue at one of its coolest locations? Would that make you happy?
