The Edge of Fate is the title for the 9th expansion of Destiny 2 and 13th expansion of the Destiny franchise. The Edge of Fate is described as the 1st content pack for the Fate Saga where the end of the expansion serves as the catalyst for the 2nd arc of the franchise and has an emphasis on The Nine. It was released on July 15th, 2025.
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Destinations[]
Kepler - Kepler is a planetoid within the Oort Cloud that has been affected by the presence of dark matter as well as a strange singularity. It is home to the Aion Initiative, the House of Exile, and the Nessian Schism. Players will use dark matter abilities like Matterspark and Mattermorph, as well as the Relocator to solve puzzles and uncover secrets within Kepler.
Gear Tiering & Armor 3.0[]
Armor will be released with Armor Archetypes which will determine the primary stats within the player’s build. As part of Armor 3.0, these stats will be changed into another stat when the expansion launches.
- Mobility -> Weapons
- Resilience -> Health
- Recovery -> Class
- Strength -> Melee
- Discipline -> Grenade
- Intellect -> Super
In addition, non-Exotic Armor pieces will obtain set bonuses when players equip 2 to 4 armor pieces within that set. The stats within the armor are affected by the Gear Tiering system also being launched within the expansion with Tier 5 armor pieces having 75 stat points.
The weapons are also affected by the Gear Tiering system when the expansion. Tier 1 weapons have base traits whereas Tier 5 weapons will have access to a Holofoil-like cosmetic and a kill effect in addition to the weapon traits being enhanced. These rewards earned by playing through higher difficulty content.
The Portal[]
Players will be able to select the activity they want to play, including the Kepler destination, Solo Ops, Pinnacle Ops, Crucible Ops and more. Within the system, players are able to choose the modifiers that affect the rewards that they will earn at the end of the activity. Though Raids and Gambit will not launch with the Portal, they will be later be introduced. These modifiers can include the Banes that the combatants will spawn with and the difficulty of the activity. Solo Ops is an activity made for solo players; Crucible Ops allows players to choose a PvP activity they want to play; Fireteam Ops allows up to 3 players to play PvE activities from past seasons and expansions as well as strikes; and finally, Pinnacle Ops includes content that takes longer than most activities like Exotic missions.
Raid[]
Major Updates[]
Major Updates serve as the seasonal update that will be released every 3 months. Reward tracks will have up to 110 tiers without having to wait for the next act to drop. These Major Updates will launch within the Edge of Fate expansion and each Reward Pass will cost 1,000 Silver.
- Reclamation
- Ash & Iron