The Taken King (Expansion)

The Taken King is a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pack for Destiny. It was released on September 15, 2015. The Dark Below and House of Wolves are required to play.

Digital Download
The digital download edition of The Taken King can be purchased for $39.99 and is intended for players who already own Destiny, The Dark Below, and House of Wolves. This edition includes:


 * The Taken King
 * Year 1 VIP Rewards
 * Exclusive Sparrow
 * Exclusive shader
 * Founder's Fortune emblem

Legendary Edition
The Legendary Edition can be purchased for $59.99 and includes:


 * The Taken King
 * Destiny
 * Expansion I: The Dark Below
 * Expansion II: House of Wolves

Collector's Edition
The Collector's Edition can be purchased for $79.99 and includes:
 * The Taken King
 * Destiny
 * Expansion I: The Dark Below
 * Expansion II: House of Wolves
 * Collector's Edition Steelbook Case
 * Weapons Pack
 * Collector's Edition Digital Content:
 * Three class-specific emotes
 * Three armor shaders
 * Three exotic class items with XP bonuses
 * Cayde-6's intel cache:
 * Modified Treasure Island book with intro letter from Cayde-6
 * Cayde-6's Personal Notes and Illustrations
 * Collection of Relics and Artifacts
 * Strange Coin replica

Digital Collection's Edition
The Digital Collector's Edition can be purchased for $79.99 and includes:


 * The Taken King
 * Destiny
 * Expansion I: The Dark Below
 * Expansion II: House of Wolves
 * Weapons Pack
 * Collector's Edition Digital Content:
 * Three class-specific emotes
 * Three armor shaders
 * Three exotic class items with XP bonuses

Pre-order Bonuses

 * Suros Arsenal Package

Before The Taken King
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Securing a Beachhead
The Vanguard has discovered Oryx's Dreadnaught in orbit of Saturn, and has analyzed its super weapon. Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 directs the Guardian to one of the dead Colony Ships in Old Russia, Exodus Blue, where he had previously hidden a stealth drive that could get Guardians past the super weapon into the Dreadnaught to face Oryx. Upon touching down in the Blast, just outside of the Fallen House of Devils' lair in the shadow of Exodus Blue, the  Guardian discovers that the Taken have attacked Earth and are fighting the Fallen. The Guardian enters the Exodus Blue and accesses a service elevator to reach a platform. The Guardian then extends a bridge to the other spire of the Exodus Blue. After crossing the bridge, the Guardian fights past Fallen and Taken to the top, where they recover the stealth drive. However, a force of Taken warps in, led by an Echo of Oryx. The Guardian defeats the Echo and returns to the Tower.

With the stealth drive equipped, the Guardian approaches the Dreadnaught in Eris Morn's jumpship, remaining undetected by the super weapon. However, the drive unexpectedly malfunctions, and the Dreadnaught locks onto the jumpship and fires the superweapon. The jumpship is destroyed, but the Guardian manages to warp out onto the Dreadnaught just in time. They hunt down three energy links throughout the gargantuan Dreadnaught, each fiercely guarded by Taken. When every link is destroyed, the super weapon shuts down for good. The Guardian then finds a Skyburner gunship rammed into the Dreadnaught's hull, where the Cabal are locked in a fight with Hive and Taken forces. The Guardian establishes a transmat zone and takes down a Goliath tank, aided by Cayde-6, who pulls the Guardian out.

Hunting Oryx
In order to find Oryx, the Guardians break into the crashed Cabal gunship, the Dantalion Exodus VI, and steals information that the Cabal have secured on Oryx. They learn of a portal called a Rupture that leads to Oryx's throne room. Tracking a scout team dispatched to the Rupture, the Guardians take out another Echo of Oryx and learn that the Rupture can only be traveled by those with Ascendant status.

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Locations

 * Dreadnaught
 * Phobos

Story Missions

 * The Coming War
 * Cayde's Stash
 * The Dreadnaught
 * Enemy of My Enemy
 * Lost to Light
 * The Promethean Code
 * Last Rites
 * Regicide

Questlines

 * Blighted Worlds
 * The Court of Oryx
 * The Road to King's Fall
 * The Taken King
 * The Taken War: Earth
 * The Taken War: Venus
 * The Taken War: Mars
 * The Wolves of Mars
 * Unsealed Paradox
 * Crucible Questlines
 * Trials of Osiris Questlines

Strikes

 * Fallen S.A.B.E.R.
 * Shield Brothers
 * The Sunless Cell
 * Echo Chamber

Raids

 * King's Fall

Crucible Maps

 * Ghost Ship
 * Memento
 * Vertigo
 * Bannerfall
 * Exile
 * Crossroads
 * Frontier
 * Sector 618

Crucible Playlists

 * Mayhem
 * Rift
 * Zone Control

Subclasses

 * Nightstalker (Hunter)
 * Stormcaller (Warlock)
 * Sunbreaker (Titan)

Trivia

 * Specially-marked cans of Red Bull come with a code that can be redeemed for one Focused Light and access to an exclusive quest in The Taken King. Codes can be redeemed here.