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{{Article quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the Awoken of the Reef.}}
{{Title|The Dreaming City}}
{{Location infobox
{{Location infobox
|name = The Dreaming City
|name = The Dreaming City
|image = [[File:Dreamingcity.png|360px]]
|image = [[File:Dreamingcity.png|300px]]
|location = [[Reef|The Reef]]/[[Ascendant Realm]]
|location = [[The Reef]]/[[Ascendant Realm]]
|factions = [[Savathûn's Brood]] <br> [[Sol Divisive]] {{c|''[[Season of the Wish]]''}} <br> [[Wrathborn]] {{c|''[[Season of the Hunt]]''}} <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]]
|hostile races = [[Scorn]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Hive]] <br>[[Ahamkara]] (formerly)
|hostile races = [[Scorn]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Ahamkara]] {{c|formerly}}
|accessibility =  
|accessibility = Complete [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]
|landing zones = [[Divalian Mists]]
|landing zones = [[Divalian Mists]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|Your [[Traveler]] terraformed your planets. But the Awoken terraformed the Dreaming City. It is our creation. It is a reflection of our people - not a false gift from a skittish god.|Shuro Chi, Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, View}}
{{Quote|Your [[Traveler]] terraformed your planets. But the Awoken terraformed the [[Dreaming City]]. It is our creation. It is a reflection of our people - not a false gift from a skittish god.|Shuro Chi, Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, View}}


The '''Dreaming City''' is a [[Destination]] introduced in ''[[Forsaken]]'', featuring many endgame activities, such as the [[Last Wish]] [[Raid]], [[The Shattered Throne]] [[Dungeon]] and [[Blind Well]] horde activity.<ref name = "NewExpansion">[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/destiny-2s-next-expansion-is-changing-a-lot/ '''Kotaku''' - ''Destiny 2's Next Expansion Is Changing A Lot'']</ref> It is the most sacred location of the Reefborn [[Awoken]], and is where they study and meditate on greater paracausal powers through dreaming.<ref name = "ReallyDead">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-15-destiny-2-why-bungie-killed-cayde '''Eurogamer''' - ''Bungie says Destiny 2 expansion Forsaken really does kill Cayde for good'']</ref> It served as the prison of the last known Ahamkara, [[Riven]], before becoming cursed upon her death. It now serves as the backdrop for an endless battle between the [[Awoken]] with their [[Guardian]] allies and the [[Taken]], [[Hive]], and [[Scorn]]. [[Petra Venj]] is the world vendor for the city. Previously, to access the city, Guardians had to complete the campaign of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and embark on a long and difficult questline.
The '''Dreaming City''' is a [[destination]] in ''[[Forsaken]]'', featuring many endgame activities, such as the [[Last Wish]] raid and the [[Blind Well]] horde activity.<ref name = "NewExpansion">[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/destiny-2s-next-expansion-is-changing-a-lot/ '''Kotaku''' - ''Destiny 2's Next Expansion Is Changing A Lot'']</ref> It is the most sacred location of the Reefborn [[Awoken]], and is where they study and meditate on greater paracausal powers through dreaming.<ref name = "ReallyDead">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-15-destiny-2-why-bungie-killed-cayde '''Eurogamer''' - ''Bungie says Destiny 2 expansion Forsaken really does kill Cayde for good'']</ref> It served as the prison of the last known Ahamkara, [[Riven]], before becoming cursed upon her death. It now serves as the backdrop for an endless battle between the [[Awoken]] with their [[Guardian]] allies and the [[Taken]], [[Hive]], and [[Scorn]]. [[Petra Venj]] is the world vendor for the city. To access the city, Guardians must complete the campaign of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and embark on a long and difficult questline.


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]].}}
{{Quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]].}}
The Dreaming City is the Reefborn [[Awoken]]'s most significant stronghold. It was created by [[Mara Sov]] after her departure from the [[Distributary]] as her personal realm, with the aid of the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]]'s wish-magic and the [[Techeun]] Coven Mother [[Illyn]].
The Dreaming City is the Reefborn [[Awoken]]'s most significant stronghold. It was created by [[Mara Sov]] after her departure from the [[Distributary]] as her personal realm. At one point, Prince [[Uldren Sov]] brought Mara a baby [[Ahamkara]] named [[Riven]]; whose assistance was proven essential in the City's construction with its wish-magic. The Dreaming City was built by Mara Sov and Techneun [[Illyn]], the Coven Mother; this artifical world was nothing but bare rocks when they started.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, View</ref>


The Dreaming City is built upon a flat disk, constructed from the remains of at least one unknown rocky celestial body. Its upper surface contains a "silver sea", water from which continually spills off the edge of the disk and is reclaimed by a stabilization ring that also holds the City in place. The entire city is a closed ecosystem, with water being recycled by hydrocapture systems within the bedrock<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Cliffs</ref>.  
The Dreaming City is built upon a flat disk, constructed from the remains of at least one unknown rocky celestial body. Its upper surface contains a "silver sea", water from which continually spills off the edge of the disk and is reclaimed by a stabilization ring that also holds the City in place. The entire city is a closed ecosystem, with water being recycled by hydrocapture systems within the bedrock<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Cliffs</ref>.  


A massive ring-shaped structure can be seen in the sky of the Dreaming City, along with what appears to be a gravitational singularity directly overhead. The ring is a portal that controls access to the Dreaming City from the [[Tangled Shore]], and utilizes some form of cloaking technology to seal the Dreaming City off from the outside world<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Gardens of Esila, Bridge</ref>. The nature of the singularity is unknown, but [[Arach Jalaal]] speculated that it could be the singularity that leads to the Distributary, the Awoken's original homeland.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/the-hidden-dossier?</ref>
A massive ring-shaped structure can be seen in the sky of the Dreaming City, along with what appears to be a black hole directly overhead. The ring is a portal that controls access to the Dreaming City from the [[Tangled Shore]], and utilizes some form of cloaking technology to seal the Dreaming City off from the outside world<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Gardens of Esila, Bridge</ref>.


The City is named after a group of unknown entities known as the [[Dreaming]], who are connected in some way with the will of the Awoken people as a whole<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Spine of Keres, Cave</ref>.
The City is named after a group of unknown entities known as the [[Dreaming]], who are connected in some way with the will of the Awoken people as a whole<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Spine of Keres, Cave</ref>.  


==History==
==History==
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As the curse continued to blight the Dreaming City for three weeks, Petra was able to identify the true source of the city's Taken curse: [[Dûl Incaru]], a daughter of the Witch-Queen and the mastermind behind her mother's scheme to access the [[Distributary]] using the Awoken secrets found within the City, commanding the curse from Mara's desecrated throne-world of [[Eleusinia]]. With the curse now at its peak, the [[Techeun]]s used the [[Blind Well]] (which was kept charged with [[Light]] by the Guardians) and open a rift into Eleusinia, where the Guardians could confront the Witch and her [[Darkblade]] bodyguards.
As the curse continued to blight the Dreaming City for three weeks, Petra was able to identify the true source of the city's Taken curse: [[Dûl Incaru]], a daughter of the Witch-Queen and the mastermind behind her mother's scheme to access the [[Distributary]] using the Awoken secrets found within the City, commanding the curse from Mara's desecrated throne-world of [[Eleusinia]]. With the curse now at its peak, the [[Techeun]]s used the [[Blind Well]] (which was kept charged with [[Light]] by the Guardians) and open a rift into Eleusinia, where the Guardians could confront the Witch and her [[Darkblade]] bodyguards.


However, upon the death of Dûl Incaru, the Dreaming City reverted back to the state just after Riven's death, when the curse was first unleashed. The curse then spread in the same manner it had previously, with it being revealed that the curse trapped the Dreaming City within a time loop that resets upon Dûl Incaru's defeat. Through messages left by an unknown sender, it is revealed that the loop was made possible through the wish Riven granted upon her "death", and modeled upon Vex simulations overseen by the Taken Vex Mind [[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]]. With the curse looping every three weeks, there is currently no known way to permanently rid the city of the curse despite the efforts of both [[Rasputin]] and [[Osiris]]. Following every reset, the Guardian made reports to Mara Sov using the Oracle Engine, occasionally visiting her personally within her new throne world.
However, upon the death of Dûl Incaru, the Dreaming City reverted back to the state it was in when the curse was first unleashed. The curse then spread in the same manner it had previously, with it being revealed that the curse trapped the Dreaming City within a time loop that resets the events of Riven's death and Dûl Incaru's defeat. Through messages left by an unknown sender, it is revealed that the loop was made possible through the wish Riven granted upon her "death", and modeled upon Vex simulations overseen by the Taken Vex Mind [[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]]. While the curse looping every three weeks, there is currently no way to permanently rid the city of the curse despite the efforts of both [[Rasputin]] and [[Osiris]]. Following every reset, the Guardian made reports to Mara Sov using the Oracle Engine, occasionally visiting her personally within her new throne world.


===Season of the Hunt===
===Season of the Hunt===
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===Taking Back the Dreaming City===
===Taking Back the Dreaming City===
After the [[Expunge: Delphi|destruction]] of [[Quria, Blade Transform]] and the [[Override: Last City|Vex invasion]] of the Last City, the [[Vanguard]] [[Cocoon|tracked]] the lightless [[Warlock]] [[Osiris]] to the Dreaming City, where he was revealed to have been impersonated by [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] since he lost his [[Light]]. Encased in a crystal formed by Mara Sov, the Witch Queen had struck a deal with the returned Awoken Queen, who agreed to rid the Hive God of her [[Savathûn's Worm|Worm]] in exchange for getting Osiris back, with the intention of killing her as she came out of the crystal.  
After the [[Expunge: Delphi|destruction]] of [[Quria, Blade Transform]] and the [[Override: Last City|Vex invasion]] of the Last City, the [[Vanguard]] [[Cocoon|tracked]] the lightless [[Warlock]] [[Osiris]] to the Dreaming City, where he was revealed to have been impersonated by [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] since he lost his [[Light]]. Encased in a crystal of [[Stasis]], the Witch Queen had struck a deal with the returned Queen Mara Sov, who agreed to rid the Hive God of her [[Savathûn's Worm|Worm]] in exchange for getting Osiris back, with the intention of killing her as she came out of the crystal.  


In the following months, the Queen would enlist the help of Guardians to protect the [[Blind Well]] from [[Scorn]] and [[Taken]] forces under the command of [[Xivu Arath, God of War]], to establish an [[Astral Alignment]] in preparation of this ritual, as well as the recovery of her Techeun Coven from [[Shattered Realm: Forest of Echoes|the]] [[Shattered Realm: Debris of Dreams|Shattered]] [[Shattered Realm: Ruins of Wrath|Realms]] of the [[Ascendant Plane]]. For this, [[Mara Sov's Chambers]] were connected to the [[H.E.L.M.]] via portal, allowing the [[Vanguard]] to easily coordinate with the Awoken.
In the following months, the Queen would enlist the help of Guardians to protect the [[Blind Well]] from [[Scorn]] and [[Taken]] forces under the command of [[Xivu Arath, God of War]], to establish an [[Astral Alignment]] in preparation of this ritual, as well as the recovery of her Techeun Coven from [[Shattered Realm: Forest of Echoes|the]] [[Shattered Realm: Debris of Dreams|Shattered]] [[Shattered Realm: Ruins of Wrath|Realms]] of the [[Ascendant Plane]]. For this, [[Mara Sov's Chambers]] were connected to the [[H.E.L.M.]] via portal, allowing the [[Vanguard]] to easily coordinate with the Awoken.


Eventually, the alignment would complete, and the [[Exorcism]] would take place as [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] began its final assault. The Guardians protected the Awoken Queen from this onslaught, and she completed the exorcism, hoping to have a clear shot at a weakened Savathûn after its end. However, The Witch Queen had prepared a contingent spell that had her switch places with [[Osiris]] as her worm was removed, returning the [[Warlock]] as promised, albeit comatose.
Eventually, the alignment would complete, and the [[Exorcism]] would take place as [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] began its final assault. The Guardians protected the Awoken Queen from this onslaught, and she completed the exorcism, hoping to have a clear shot at a weakened Savathûn after its end. The Witch Queen had however prepared a contingent spell that had her switch places with [[Osiris]] as her worm was removed, returning the [[Warlock]] as promised, albeit comatose.
 
===Finding Riven's Whim===
After the Guardian recovers one of Riven's eggs from the [[The Imbaru Engine|Imbaru Engine]] inside [[Court of Savathûn|Savathûn's Throne World]] and discovers a solution to bypass the portal into the Pale Heart created by [[The Witness|the Witness]], they return to the Keep of Voices. The Witness sends in the [[Sol Divisive]], a [[Vex]] collective loyal to it, to invade the Dreaming City and hamper their attempt to bypass the portal. They visit Riven's corpse and recover a tooth to allow the Techeuns to conjure her spirit along with the heart they extracted after her physical form was destroyed. Riven's spirit rises but refuses grant the 15th wish unless the remaining eggs are recovered from [[Riven's Lair|her lair]]. Despite the threat of having the Ahamkara terrorize the system again, Queen Mara agrees to Riven's bargian.
 
Once the Guardian finds that the first egg is missing from its physical location, Petra proposes that eggs can be found inside the Ley Lines using the similar method to how they rescued the Techeuns from Xivu Arath's forces. They would recover more eggs as Osiris updates them on how [[The Veil|the Veil]] can be used to replicate the Witness's link to it using their Ghost. They begin to use Mara's [[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]] to track the remaining eggs more efficiently once they obtain the Starlight Lodestone to guide it. As they recover more eggs, the Sol Divisive responds by deploying [[Oracle]]s throughout the Dreaming City and creating an Axis Mind capable of simulating the Techeuns. As the Guardian arrives too late to recover egg, they learn that egg has been transported into the [[Black Garden]]. They recover the egg from the Black Garden along with a Bow crafted by [[Taranis]], the Ahamkara that produced the clutch with Riven.
 
The Guardians cleanse a corrupted egg, then reactivate the Oracle Engine to recover the final egg. Once all of the eggs are recovered, Crow shares his plans with the Guardian, Mara, and Osiris: he volunteers to be the first Guardian to enter the Pale Heart via the Ley Lines since the 15th wish only allows one individual to enter it. The Guardian returns to the [[Wall of Wishes]] and enters the 15th and final wish. The final wish causes Riven to meet the same fate as Taranis before her, but allows Crow to enter the Ley Lines so Osiris can replicate the link with the Veil and allow [[The Coalition|the Coalition]] to enter the Pale Heart and finally confront the Witness before it can enact the [[Final Shape]].
 
==Activities==
===Story missions===
*[[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]
*[[Corsair Down]]
*[[Vengeance]]
*[[Broken Courier]]
*[[The Oracle Engine]]
*[[Dark Monastery]]
*[[Cocoon]]
*[[Exorcism]]
===Dungeons===
*[[The Shattered Throne]]
===Raid===
*[[Last Wish]]
===Strikes===
*[[The Corrupted]]
*[[Warden of Nothing]] (after the release of [[The Witch Queen]])
===Offensives===
*[[Astral Alignment]]


==Locations==
==Locations==
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**[[Bay of Drowned Wishes]] {{C|[[Lost Sector]]}}
**[[Bay of Drowned Wishes]] {{C|[[Lost Sector]]}}
***[[Agonarch Abyss]]
***[[Agonarch Abyss]]
*[[Spine of Keres]]
**[[Queen's Court]]
**[[Shattered Ruins]]
**[[Tower of Opened Eyes]]
**[[Tower of Opened Eyes]]
***[[The First Spire]]
***[[The First Spire]]
****[[Keep of Voices]]
****[[Keep of Voices]]
****[[Hall of Two Souls]]
****[[Hall of Two Souls]]
*****[[Queenswalk]]
*****[[The Queenswalk]]
*[[Spine of Keres]]
**[[Queen's Court]]
**[[Shattered Ruins]]
*[[Font of Starlight]]
*[[Font of Starlight]]
**[[The Confluence]]
**[[The Confluence]]
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**[[Ley Line, Vesta]]
**[[Ley Line, Vesta]]
**[[Ley Line, Ceres]]
**[[Ley Line, Ceres]]
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*[[Rheasilvia]]
*[[Rheasilvia]]
**[[Chamber of Starlight]] {{C|[[Lost Sector]]}}
**[[Chamber of Starlight]] {{C|[[Lost Sector]]}}
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**[[Gardens of Esila]]
**[[Gardens of Esila]]
***[[Forfeit Shrine]]
***[[Forfeit Shrine]]
{{Col-2}}
*[[Mara Sov's Chambers]]
*[[Mara Sov's Chambers]]
*[[Caliburn Gatehouse]]
*[[Caliburn Gatehouse]]
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*[[Cathedral of Scars]] {{C|[[Gambit]] map}}
*[[Cathedral of Scars]] {{C|[[Gambit]] map}}
*[[The Citadel (map)|The Citadel]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
*[[The Citadel (map)|The Citadel]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
*[[Riven's Lair]]
**[[The Crossing]]
**[[Sensorium (location)|Sensorium]]
**[[Observatory]]
**[[First Steps]]
**[[Fetid Conduit]]
**[[Splintered Geode]]
**[[The Pavilion]]
**[[Lararium]]
**[[Lyceum]]
**[[Cell of the Sycophant]]
**[[Garden of Plenty]]
**[[Gnashing Chamber]]
**[[Reaver's Orison]]
**[[Temple of the Queen's Wrath]]
**[[Astral Cloister]]
**[[Caliginous Expanse]]
**[[Chamber of Wishes]]
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-end}}
==Activities==
===Story missions===
*[[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]
*[[Corsair Down]]
*[[Vengeance]]
*[[Broken Courier]]
*[[The Oracle Engine]]
*[[Dark Monastery]]
*[[Cocoon]]
*[[Exorcism]]
===Dungeons===
*[[The Shattered Throne]]
===Raid===
*[[Last Wish]]
===Strikes===
*[[The Corrupted]]
*[[Warden of Nothing]] (after the release of [[The Witch Queen]])
===Adventures===
*''N/A''
===Offensives===
*[[Astral Alignment]]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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*The city was originally going to be a standard location, initially explored through story missions, then finally unlock access to the expansion's raid. In November 2017, this was changed to being a location that players could explore in its entirety at will, with the raid unlocked immediately alongside the location.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-22-destiny-2-forsakens-dreaming-city-was-originally-very-different '''Eurogamer''' - ''Destiny 2 Forsaken's Dreaming City was originally very different'']</ref>
*The city was originally going to be a standard location, initially explored through story missions, then finally unlock access to the expansion's raid. In November 2017, this was changed to being a location that players could explore in its entirety at will, with the raid unlocked immediately alongside the location.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-22-destiny-2-forsakens-dreaming-city-was-originally-very-different '''Eurogamer''' - ''Destiny 2 Forsaken's Dreaming City was originally very different'']</ref>
*An album of changes to the Dreaming City across the three-week cycle can be found [https://imgur.com/a/U3CvlXm here].
*An album of changes to the Dreaming City across the three-week cycle can be found [https://imgur.com/a/U3CvlXm here].
*With the launch of ''The Witch Queen'' expansion, as the Warden of Nothing is moved to the Dreaming City, it becomes the second area to feature at least one of all enemy races, with the Scorn, Hive and Taken being in the regular area, and the [[Cabal]], [[Vex]] and one [[Fallen]] (the Mad Warden) in the aforementioned strike.
**It is also the only such area still in the game, as the Tangled Shore was removed with the same update.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]''
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
**''[[Season of the Wish]]''
*''[[Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==

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