Destiny 2 Shows New Traveler Destination Coming in Final Shape DLC

A new trailer for Destiny 2's upcoming Final Shape DLC shares a little more information about the mysterious Pale Heart destination that players will get to explore for themselves once the expansion drops in just a couple of months. This wondrous new place within the Destiny 2 universe appears to be the world within the Traveler itself, and while previous trailers, gameplay previews, and developer documentaries have given fans a little insight into what this realm is and what to expect from it, plenty of unanswered questions yet remain.

Fans got their first glimpse at this new destination when it was shown during The Final Shape's reveal trailer, though mention of the Traveler's «Pale Heart» has been made long before the destination's reveal. Guardians watched the Witness travel through the gateway to this mysterious domain at the end of Destiny 2's previous Lightfall campaign, and while the Vanguard's efforts to follow have so far proven fruitless, the game's most recent Season of the Wish tasks players with striking a bargain with the Ahamkara, Riven, in the hopes of this paracausal wish-granting dragon allowing them to discover a method of safely pursuing the Witness.

Destiny 2's Pale Heart is perplexing, to say the least, though Bungie have explained that this new destination exists as a world within the Traveler that has been created by its own consciousness. A new trailer for the expansion gives fans a slightly better look at the destination, with the returning Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 telling Guardians about his own experiences in this place and how it's being corrupted by the presence of the Witness and its forces of Darkness. This elusive being has technically been the primary antagonist throughout the entire history of the Destiny series, and Guardians must fight their way through the Pale Heart before the Witness is able to enact the Final Shape there.

The creators of Destiny 2 have described the Pale Heart as a shifting landscape that reacts to the