The Final Shape

This article is about the upcoming conclusion of The Light and Darkness Saga. For the goal of The Witness, see Final Shape.

The Final Shape
Developer(s):	Bungie
Publisher(s):	Bungie
Platform(s):	Xbox One Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Steam Xbox App Epic Games Store
Release date(s):	June 4th, 2024
Genre(s):	Action role-playing First-person shooter
Rating(s):	ESRB: Teen (T) for Blood, Language, and Violence PEGI: 16+

"After all we've seen... all we've lost... this fight might be our last. So I'm asking you one last time... to rise."

— The Ghost

The Final Shape is the eighth expansion of Destiny 2 and twelfth expansion of the Destiny franchise. The Final Shape is described as the final content pack for The Light and Darkness Saga where all events up until then will come to a head.

Description

"The Final Shape looms—a nightmarish calcification of reality into the Witness's twisted design. Embark on a perilous journey into the heart of the Traveler, rally the Vanguard, and end the War of Light and Darkness." - DLC page description.

Features

• New Missions and Quests
• Legendary Campaign Difficulty
• New Destination
• New Exotic Weapons and Gear
• The Pathfinder is introduced in ritual activities and the Pale Heart destination. It allows players to complete objectives from one tier to the next, ending in a reward engram at the end. Once the reward engram is claimed, or when the weekly reset occurs, a new Pathfinder card is provided.
• Rahool and Suraya Hawthorne now have reputation tracks. Once the reputation rank resets at Rahool for the first time, Tier 3 focusing becomes available.
• Players can now slot Artifice mods into Exotic armor once the armor is masterworked and they pay an Exotic Cipher
• Beginning in The Final Shape, Legendary Shards have been deprecated.

Guardian Subclasses & Changes

• Prismatic: A new element capable of combining Light and Darkness energy together to mix and match abilities across different damage types that eventually fills up a meter below your Super meter. Void, Solar, and Arc damage fills up the Light meter; Stasis and Strand damage fills up the Darkness meter; and Kinetic damage fills up both meters. Once both meters are full, players can activate Transcendence, which grants damage resistance, bonus weapon damage, and a grenade that utilizes both Light and Darkness damage type based on the class.
• Added the following Supers, aspects, and fragmemts for existing subclasses: Whisper of Chill and Whisper of Reversal for Stasis, Storm's Edge and Ascension for Arcstriders, Twilight Arsenal and Unbreakable for Sentinels, and Song of Flame and Hellion for Dawnblades.

Loot

• New Armor
• New Weapons
• New Exotics
• New Cosmetics
• New Weapon Perks

Locations

• The Pale Heart

Vanguard

• New Strike

Raid

• Salvation's Edge: Calling all Guardians. The time has come to confront the Witness.

Accompanying Episodes

• Episode: Echoes - Episode 1
• Episode: Revenant - Episode 2
• Episode: Heresy - Episode 3

Appearances

Characters Guardians, Residents of the Last City, and their Allies Cayde-6 Crow Empress Caiatl Ikora Rey Ophiuchus Mara Sov Micah-10 (First appearance) Mithrax, Kell of Light The Ghost The Guardian Zavala Other Characters Savathûn, the Witch Queen The Traveler The Witness Species Ahamkara Awoken Cabal Eliksni Exo Ghost Grim (First appearance) Hive Human Husk (First appearance) Psion Scorn Subjugator (First appearance) Taken Tormentor Vex Organizations The Dread Shadow Legion Vanguard Locations The Pale Heart

Events Vehicles, equipment, and technology Black Fleet Crux of Darkness Pyramid Spike Tech Pack Weapons and armor Auto Rifle Origin Story Khvostov 7G-0X No Hesitation (First appearance) Balance of Power (First appearance) Essentialism (First appearance) Combat Bow Hush Fusion Rifle Axial Lacuna (First appearance) Tessellation (First appearance) Gifted Conviction (First appearance) Hand Cannon Better Devils Bold Endings (First appearance) Crimil's Dagger Something New Hazardous Propulsion (First appearance) Machine Gun Pro Memoria (First appearance) Mataiodoxía (First appearance) Pulse Rifle Red Death Reformed Shotgun Someday (First appearance) Sidearm The Call (First appearance) Sniper Rifle Embraced Identity (First appearance) Still Hunt (First appearance) Solipsism (First appearance) Speaker's Sight (First appearance) Stoicism (First appearance) Sword Ergo Sum (First appearance) False Idols (First appearance) Trace Rifle Microcosm (First appearance) Wishful Ignorance (First appearance) Miscellaneous Arc Final Shape Prismatic (First appearance) Solar Stasis Strand The Veil Tree of Silver Wings Void

Marketing

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Teaser Trailer

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Reveal Trailer

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Cayde-6 Returns

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | The Pale Heart of the Traveler Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Twilight Arsenal Preview - New Titan Super

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Storm's Edge Preview - New Hunter Super

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Song of Flame Preview - New Warlock Super

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Journey into The Traveler Trailer

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Prismatic Warlock Developer Playtest Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Prismatic Hunter Developer Playtest Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Prismatic Titan Developer Playtest Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Khvostov Exotic Auto Rifle Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Microcosm Exotic Trace Rifle Preview

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Still Hunt Exotic Sniper Rifle Preview

Mataiodoxia Warlock Exotic Chest Armor Preview

Gifted Conviction Hunter Exotic Chest Armor Preview

Hazardous Propulsion Titan Exotic Chest Armor Preview

Destiny 2 ViDoc | Becoming Legend - Part 1: Confronting Oblivion

Destiny 2 ViDoc | Becoming Legend - Part 2: Shaping the Magic

Destiny 2: The Final Shape | Launch Trailer

Promotional Images

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Supers

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  Twilight Arsenal: Titan - Blades honed by the Void cut through the air. Lift them from the feet of your felled foes and continue the attack.

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  Storm's Edge: Hunter - Dagger in hand, become the Arc flashing in the darkness; the edge of the storm your enemies cannot outrun.

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  Song of Flame: Warlock - Unleash your inner phoenix with every attack. Buff your weapons, allies, and harness the living Solar flame.

References

Preceded by Lightfall

The Final Shape

Succeeded by TBA