A new saga ofDestiny 2is ready to kick off in just a few months withThe Edge of Fateexpansion, Bungie announced today.
This new “Fates Saga” of the franchise kicks off with the new DLC and will deal directly with The Nine, a behind the scenes entity of incredibly powerful beings that have been around before the Traveler, and will now take center stage after being teased through the lore for years.
Hunt down the source of our invitation to Kepler and redefine our future.Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate // July 21, 2025🪐https://t.co/Bay3d6aYEopic.twitter.com/xX9T9880Fu
In today’s stream, Bungie described The Nine as their own beings and not a hive mind, meaning there are nine different entities with different wants and needs. As extradimensional beings, it appears they are bigger, more powerful, and potentially more problematic than even The Witness.
In the short reveal forThe Edge of Fate,it teased “an invitation to a location and a moment in time.” This location is Kepler, a new area at the edge of the solar system for players to play in and explore, which Bungie described as “a Metroidvania sort of experience.” The expansion will also introduce World Tiers for the first time, with higher difficulties in the locale, similar to the system in a game likeDiablo 4.
Another gameplay feature teased by Bungie is something called Matterspark, which will allow Guardians to morph into a lightning ball and fly around, dealing damage and traveling through areas in new ways.
This new post-Witness andFinal ShapeD2story will be told through multiple expansions, includingThe Edge of Fate.Later in 2025,Renegadeswill be the second expansion coming this winter. In 2026,Shattered CycleandThe Alchemistwill be up next, meaning that the next few years ofD2will continue the franchise in big ways.
Bungie says that two new expansions a year (smaller scale, “slightly bigger thanRise of Iron“) as opposed to one big DLC likeThe Final ShapeorThe Witch Queenwill be the new norm moving forward. But it begins in-game inD2today with Rite of the Nine, a prequel to the DLC featuring The Emissary and new ways to play existing Dungeons.
Rite of the Nine begins today, available for all players. Challenge three dungeons over the coming weeks with unique modes:Explorer💠 Matchmaking available💠 No darkness zonesEternity🏰 Additional mechanics🏰 Bane combatantsUltimatum💀 Contest difficulty💀 Adept…pic.twitter.com/R8ooK1G02j
Destiny 2: The Edge of Fatelaunches in just over two months on July 15.
