Highlights
- The Pale Heart, a new destination in Destiny 2’s Final Shape DLC, is the world within the Traveler created by its own consciousness.
- Players will explore familiar locations from past Destiny games within the shifting landscape of the Pale Heart as they fight against the Witness.
- The Final Shape will see Guardians facing the Witness inside the Pale Heart, and should answer long-standing questions about the Traveler.
A new trailer for Destiny 2‘s upcoming Final Shape DLC shares a little more information about the mysterious Pale Heart destination that players will get to explore for themselves once the expansion drops in just a couple of months. This wondrous new place within the Destiny 2 universe appears to be the world within the Traveler itself, and while previous trailers, gameplay previews, and developer documentaries have given fans a little insight into what this realm is and what to expect from it, plenty of unanswered questions yet remain.
Fans got their first glimpse at this new destination when it was shown during The Final Shape‘s reveal trailer, though mention of the Traveler’s “Pale Heart” has been made long before the destination’s reveal. Guardians watched the Witness travel through the gateway to this mysterious domain at the end of Destiny 2‘s previous Lightfall campaign, and while the Vanguard’s efforts to follow have so far proven fruitless, the game’s most recent Season of the Wish tasks players with striking a bargain with the Ahamkara, Riven, in the hopes of this paracausal wish-granting dragon allowing them to discover a method of safely pursuing the Witness.
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Destiny 2‘s Pale Heart is perplexing, to say the least, though Bungie have explained that this new destination exists as a world within the Traveler that has been created by its own consciousness. A new trailer for the expansion gives fans a slightly better look at the destination, with the returning Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 telling Guardians about his own experiences in this place and how it’s being corrupted by the presence of the Witness and its forces of Darkness. This elusive being has technically been the primary antagonist throughout the entire history of the Destiny series, and Guardians must fight their way through the Pale Heart before the Witness is able to enact the Final Shape there.
Destiny 2’s Pale Heart Will See Players Retracing the Steps of a Decade-Long Journey
The creators of Destiny 2 have described the Pale Heart as a shifting landscape that reacts to the presence of the beings within it, and based on what players have seen from previews so far, the Pale Heart manifests the memories of the many locations Guardians have visited over the past decade. While these are somewhat vague, altered variations of such locations, players will nonetheless find themselves revisiting familiar places as they traverse the Pale Heart, including the original Tower that veteran players called home back in the first Destiny.
Getting to see what’s essentially the inside of the Traveler is a big deal. Even after nearly a decade of Destiny, some of the most fundamental questions regarding the Traveler remain unanswered, and players have been imagining what the inside of it really looks like since the original game came out. Still, one way or another, Guardians will finish their long fight against the Witness once The Final Shape releases on June 4.
Destiny 2
Bungie’s Destiny 2 is an online FPS that blends single-player and multiplayer content. Constantly evolving, the shooter has established a strong following since its 2017 debut.
