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The '''Infinite Forest''' is a location accessible through a gateway in the [[Fields of Glass]], [[Mercury]]. It is a [[Vex]] virtual realm within the [[Nexus]] that are infinite Realistic simulations of the universe which the [[Vex]] plan their actions out in reality. The Vex hollowed out Mercury's core and in its place built the mechanism that generates the Forest.<ref name="Livestream">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkMilBjjHRw YouTube: 'Curse of Osiris' - New Stories to Tell Archive]</ref> It was overseen by [[Panoptes, Infinite Mind]] until its destruction. Simulated versions of [[Dendron, Root Mind]] created by Osiris have attempted to take control of the Forest, but have been destroyed by [[The Guardian]] before they could assume the role.

The initial area of the Infinite Forest, the interior of Mercury's core, contains four tower-like structures with gateways, three of which lead to different time periods within different simulations, and one that leads back to Mercury's surface. The sleek, futuristic tower to the left of the entrance leads to the distant past where Mercury is a lush jungle; the tower directly across the entrance, which is comprised of conventional Vex architecture, leads to iterations of the present; and the crumbling, darkened tower to the right of the entrance leads to the far future, where the Sun is long dead, along with all life and the Vex have spread everywhere.<ref name="Livestream"/> As Guardians move toward the main towers, they encounter simulated [[Cabal]], [[Fallen]], and [[Hive]], as well as [[Vex]], and must defeat the disguised units called "Daemons" to generate new pathways and advance, these pathways change randomly everytime one enters the forest. And just like on [[Nessus]], Time moves differently between inside the Infinite Forest and outside, when exiting the forest is when you just entered. The one enemy race that does not appear in simulations are the [[Taken]].<ref name="IF Tour">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYQA6m2v1lg YouTube: Destiny 2 Curse of Osiris Live Stream: Infinite Forest Gameplay]</ref>

Within the actual simulations of the past, present, and future, Guardians will continue to encounter simulated enemies from the other races. For example, in one of the infinite variations of reality being analyzed, the far future where the Vex have triumphed over everything may also contain Fallen survivors.<ref name="IF Tour"/> The Forest can even simulate realities where the Infinite Forest did not even exist.

The [[Simulation Bloom]]s and [[Simulation Seeds]] are physical matter that can be found in and outside of the Forest (which the latter is matter that makes up the Forest itself), even the Blooms that were part of the Forest can slit off into their own self contained realities.

 

The construction of the Infinite Forest engine began during the Golden Age, while Mercury was still a garden world and the Vex had only recently arrived. The algorithm used to generate the Forest was housed within the [[Gardener's Spire]], overseen by [[Dendron, Root Mind]]. [[Panoptes, Infinite Mind]] was tasked with managing and interpreting the Infinite Forest's simulations to inform the Vex's strategies in the "real" universe.

While the City celebrated the [[Festival of the Lost]] in the year after the [[Red War]], the Infinite Forest began exhibiting strange behavior, with the primary simulation area within Mercury's core becoming darkened and inhabited by simulated entities known as "Nightmares". Later, A part of the Forest started to exhibits an environment of lush, greenery during the [[Revelry Event]].