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{{Article quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>}}
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'''Earth''' is the homeworld of the [[human]] species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the [[Sol System]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Mars|Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mercury#Mercury|Mercury]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref> It is also a living consciousness, and one of the [[Nine]].
{{Quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
 
'''Earth''' is the homeworld of the [[human]] species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the [[Sol System]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Mars|Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mercury#Mercury|Mercury]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Quote|Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home|Grimoire description.}}
{{Quote|Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home|Grimoire description.}}
In the wake of the [[Collapse]], most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[Last City]], which was built beneath the [[Traveler]]'s protective aura.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#The_City|The City]]''</ref>
In the wake of the [[Collapse]], most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[Last City]], which was built beneath the [[Traveler]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#The_City|The City]]''</ref>
Earth is continuously threatened by various [[Enemies|alien species]] who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's [[Light]], the [[Guardians]] fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref>
Earth is continuously threatened by various [[Enemies|alien species]] who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's [[Light]], the [[Guardian]]s fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref>


==History==
{{Expand-section}}
In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>
In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>


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==Locations==
==Locations==
===Americas===
{{Col-begin}}
*[[Brazilian Dead Zone]]
{{Col-2}}
**[[Brasília]]
===Africa===
*[[Caracas]]
*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Gulf of Mexico]]
*[[Mombasa Ruins]]
*[[North American Empire]] {{C|defunct political body}}
*[[Saharan Contested Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Red Moon Phantom Armor]]''</ref>
**[[Appalachian Dead Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/4179002916-mechanik-11 Mechanik 1.1 leg armor]''</ref>
 
**[[Manhattan Nuclear Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [[Xander 99-40]] dialogue and [[Cayde-6]] PA announcement in the [[Tower]]''</ref>
===Asia===
**[[Old Chicago]]
*[[Beijing University]]
**[[New Whulge]]
*[[The Himalayas]]
*[[Ontario]]
*[[Lhasa]]
*[[Panama Ravine]]
*[[Mumbai Push]]
*[[Sinaloan Ruins]]
*[[Old Bangkok]]
*[[Taipei]]
*[[Nur-Sultan]]


===Europe===
===Europe===
*[[European Aerial Zone]]
*[[European Dead Zone]] {{C|Destination}}
*[[European Dead Zone]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[The Dead Cliffs]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[European Aerial Zone]]
**[[Emerald Coast]] {{C|[[Gambit]] map}}
**[[The Farm]]
**[[The Farm]]
**[[Firebase Hades]]
***[[Excavation Site XII]]
***[[Legion's Anchor]]
***[[Pathfinder's Crash]]
***[[The Pit]]
**[[The Fortress]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[The Gulch]]
***[[Flooded Chasm]]
***[[The Tunnels]]
****[[Smidur's Cavern]]
**[[Legion's Gulch]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Memento]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Outskirts]]
***[[The Drain]]
***[[Scavenger's Den]]
***[[Sojourner's Camp]]
****[[Niobe Labs]]
***[[Whispered Falls]]
**[[Quarantine Sector 236]]
***[[Blackened Forest]]
**[[The Sludge]]
***[[The Dark Forest]]
***[[Hallowed Grove]]
****[[Hallowed Rift]]
***[[Shaft 13]]
***[[Seraph Bunker|Seraph Bunker: EDZ]]
**[[Sunken Isles]]
***[[Echion Hold]]
****[[Echion Control]]
****[[Firebase Airfield]]
***[[The Quarry]]
***[[Skydock IV]]
**[[Trostland]]
**[[Trostland]]
***[[Atrium]]
***[[Maevic Square]]
****[[Hangman's Pass]]
****[[The Reservoir]]
***[[Salt Mines]]
***[[Terminus East]]
***[[Widow's Walk]]
**[[Widow's Court]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Winding Cove]]
***[[The Weep]]
*[[Old Russia]] {{C|Destination}}
*[[Old Russia]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[Cosmodrome]]
**[[Cosmodrome]]
***[[The Breach]]
****[[Gateway]]
****[[Splicership Menkis-Syn]]
***[[The Divide]]
****[[Exodus Garden 2A]]
***[[Exodus Blue]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
***[[Forgotten Shore]]
****[[The Grottos]]
*****[[The Mine]]
******[[Bunker RAS-2]]
******[[Bunker WAR-4]]
******[[Seraphim Vault]]
****[[Veles Labyrinth]]
***[[Mothyards]]
***[[Rocketyard]]
****[[King's Watch]]
****[[Refinery]]
*****[[The Blast]]
*****[[The Devils' Lair (location)|The Devils' Lair]]
*****[[Devil's Spire]]
***[[Skyshock]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
***[[Skywatch]]
****[[Jovian Complex]]
****[[Lunar Complex]]
****[[Terrestrial Complex]]
***[[The Steppes]]
****[[Dock 13]]
**[[Cosmodrome Wall]]
***[[Sector 618]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Plaguelands]]
**[[Plaguelands]]
***[[The Archon's Keep]]
**[[Coyote]]
****[[The Warrens]]
*****[[Site 6]]
***[[Bunker Triglav]]
****[[Cyclone 141G]]
****[[Splicer Battery]]
***[[Doomed Sea]]
***[[Forgotten Pass]]
***[[Foundry 113]]
****[[Splicer's Den]]
****[[Apex]]
****[[Server Farm]]
*****[[Perfection Complex]]
***[[Giant's Husk]]
***[[Haakon Precipice]] {{C|[[Sparrow Racing League]] map}}
***[[Lords' Watch]]
*[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
*[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
**[[Rusted Lands]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
*[[Felwinter Peak]]
*[[Felwinter Peak]]
**[[Iron Temple]]
**[[Iron Temple]]
**[[Vostok Observatory]]
**[[Vostok Observatory]]
***[[Vostok]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
*[[London]]
*[[London|London Ruins]]


===Asia===
===North America===
*[[Beijing University]]
*[[Gulf of Mexico]]
*[[The Himalayas]]
*[[North American Empire]] {{C|defunct political body}}
*[[Lhasa]]
**[[Appalachian Dead Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/4179002916-mechanik-11 Mechanik 1.1 leg armor]''</ref>
*[[Mumbai Push]]
**[[Manhattan Nuclear Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [[Xander 99-40]] dialogue and [[Cayde-6]] PA announcement in the [[Tower]]''</ref>
*[[Old Bangkok]]
**[[Old Chicago]]
*[[Taipei]]
**[[New Whulge]]
*[[Ontario]]
*[[Panama Ravine]]
*[[Sinaloan Ruins]]
 
{{Col-2}}


===Africa===
===South America===
*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Brazilian Dead Zone]]
*[[Mombasa Ruins]]
**[[Brasília]]
*[[Saharan Contested Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Red Moon Phantom Armor]]''</ref>
*[[Caracas]]


===Oceania===
===Oceania===
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*[[Sydney]]
*[[Sydney]]


===Unknown===
===Unknown Regions===
*[[The Last City]]
*[[The Last City]]
**[[Anchor District]]
**[[Anchor District]]
**[[Bannerfall]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Bannerfall]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Botza District]]
**[[Botza District]]
***[[Botza Underground]]
***[[Vault Ebisu]]
***[[Botza Ruins]]
**[[The Core]]
**[[The Core]]
**[[Midtown]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Midtown]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
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**[[Ridgeback District]]
**[[Ridgeback District]]
**[[The Tower]]
**[[The Tower]]
***[[Courtyard]]
****[[Bazaar]]
*****[[Annex]]
****[[Hangar]]
***[[Tower Plaza]]
****[[Tower Hangar]]
****[[Tower Watch]]
****[[Passage]]
****[[Ventilation]]
****[[Vault (location)|Vault]]
****[[Tower Ruins]]
**[[City Perimeter|Last City Perimeter]]
***[[Frontier]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
***[[Twilight Gap]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[H.E.L.M.]]
**[[H.E.L.M.]]
*[[City Perimeter|Last City Perimeter]]
**[[Frontier]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Twilight Gap]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
***[[Nkechi's Cut]]
****[[Archimedes Annex]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Palamon]]
*[[Palamon]]
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*[[Eaton]]
*[[Eaton]]
*[[Durga]]
*[[Durga]]
{{Col-end}}


==Trivia==
==Gallery==
*Earth's continents were backwards in the [[Director]] between the releases of ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', and ''[[Beyond Light]]''.
<gallery perrow=3>
*The Lore tab for the [[Chromatic Fire]] implies that the continent of Antarctica may no longer exist, or that is believed to be a myth.
File:Destiny Earth surface.jpg|Earth's surface
File:Destiny the last city on earth.jpg|The Last City
File:Destiny 24.jpg|Cosmodrome, Old Russia


==Gallery==
File:Mumbai push.jpg|Mumbai, India
<gallery>
File:Old Chicago desktop.jpg|Old Chicago, USA
File:Destiny Earth surface.jpg|Earth's surface as it appears on Bungie.net
File:Old Chicago desktop.jpg|The ruins of Old Chicago, USA.
File:Destiny-art12.jpg|The Traveler over the Last City.
File:Destiny the last city on earth.jpg|The Last City.
File:Mumbai push.jpg|The ruins of Mumbai, India.
File:Destiny 24.jpg|An old Russian Cosmodrome.
File:Cosmodrome pano.jpg|The Cosmodrome.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*In the [[Director]]s of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and ''[[Shadowkeep]]'', Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of  Greenland and Canada in [[:File:DirectorShadowkeep.jpg|this image]].
*The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the [[Chromatic Fire]] lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]''
**''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]''
**''[[Season of the Forge]]''
**''[[Joker's Wild]]''
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]''
**''[[Season of Opulence]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]''
**''[[Season of the Undying]]''
**''[[Season of Dawn]]''
**''[[Season of Dawn]]''
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]''
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]''
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]''
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]''
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]''
**''[[Season of the Chosen]]''
**''[[Season of the Splicer]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
**''[[30th Anniversary Pack]]
**''[[The Witch Queen]]''
**''[[Season of the Risen]]''
**''[[Season of the Haunted]]''
**''[[Season of Plunder]]''
**''[[Season of the Seraph]]''
**''[[Lightfall]]''
**''[[Season of Defiance]]''
**''[[Season of the Deep]]''
**''[[Season of the Witch]]''


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 01:08, October 30, 2023

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Earth
Earth1.jpg
Astrographical

Star, position:

Sol, III

Satellites(s):

Luna

Physical

Diameter:

12,742 km

Gravity:

1.0 G (9.8 m/s2)

Length of day:

23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds

Orbital period:

365.2425 days

Atmosphere:

.9 atm (N2, O2)

Surface temperature:

-18° C to 38° C

Societal

Population:

Fallen
Hive
Taken
Cabal
Human

 

"The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken."[1]

Earth is the homeworld of the human species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the Sol System.[2][3][4][5]

Overview

"Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home"
— Grimoire description.

In the wake of the Collapse, most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the Last City, which was built beneath the Traveler.[6] Earth is continuously threatened by various alien species who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's Light, the Guardians fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.[7]

In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.[8]

Areas of the planet were occupied by the Red Legion during the Red War.

Locations

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

Oceania

Unknown Regions

Gallery

  • Earth's surface

    Earth's surface

  • The Last City

    The Last City

  • Cosmodrome, Old Russia

    Cosmodrome, Old Russia

  • Mumbai, India

    Mumbai, India

  • Old Chicago, USA

    Old Chicago, USA

Trivia

  • In the Directors of Forsaken and Shadowkeep, Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of Greenland and Canada in this image.
  • The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the Chromatic Fire lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard
  2. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Mars
  3. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Venus
  4. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Mercury
  5. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Jupiter
  6. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: The City
  7. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Guardians
  8. ^ Bungie (2016/9/20), Destiny: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2
  9. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Red Moon Phantom Armor
  10. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny 2, Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: Mechanik 1.1 leg armor
  11. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny, Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: Xander 99-40 dialogue and Cayde-6 PA announcement in the Tower

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