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{{Article quote|[[Oryx]]'s Dreadnaught is far more than just a ship.}}
{{Tabbed infobox
|title1 = Vehicle
|content1 =
{{Vehicle infobox
|image = [[File:Dreadnaught2.jpg|300px]]
|manufacturer = [[Oryx, the Taken King]]<ref name="XLI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>
|model = Capital ship
|hull = Segmented [[Worm]] corpse<ref name="XLI"/>
|armament = *2 paracausal cannons<ref name="War"/>
*Interdimensional rifts<ref name="Dreadnaught">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive Arsenal|Hive Arsenal]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive Arsenal#Dreadnaught|Dreadnaught]]''</ref>
|crew = Potentially millions of [[Hive]]
|complement = [[Tombship]]s <br> [[Seeder Ship|Seeder]]s <br> [[Taken]]
|othersystems = *Portals<ref name="Enemy"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|DNT-HOS-2]]''</ref>
*2 [[Blight]]-powered spires<ref name="TheDread">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Dreadnaught]]''</ref>
*Predator genetics<ref name="Dungeon">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#The Dungeons|The Dungeons]]''</ref>
*Bio-energetics<ref name="Dungeon"/>
*Spell-towers<ref name="Cell">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Sunless Cell]]''</ref>
*Statues<ref name="Enemy">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Enemy of My Enemy]]''</ref>
*Arcane faster-than-light systems<ref name="Ir Halak">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak, Deathsinger]]''</ref><ref name="Ir Anuk">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk, Deathsinger]]''</ref>
|firstuse =
|role = Flagship<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal|Cabal]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Cabal#Ghost Fragment: Cabal 3|Ghost Fragment: Cabal 3]]''</ref>
|affiliation = [[Blood of Oryx]]
}}
|title2 = Location
|content2 =
{{Location infobox
|image = [[File:Grimoire The Dreadnaught.jpg|300px]]
|location = Rings of [[Saturn]]<br>[[Ascendant Realm]] {{c|formerly}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Hauberk / Plate / Tabard|Reverie Dawn Hauberk / Plate / Tabard]]''</ref> 
|factions= [[Blood of Oryx]] <br> [[Skyburners]] <br> [[The Silent Brood]] <br> [[The Dread]] {{c|''[[Episode: Heresy]]''}} <br> [[Dire Taken]] {{c|''Episode: Heresy''}}
|hostile races = [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Cabal]]
|accessibility = Complete [[Dread Patrol]]
|landing zones = [[Hull Breach]]
}} }}
The '''Dreadnaught''' (also spelled '''Dreadnought'''<ref name="Smile">'''Bungie (2018/8/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]], [[Lore:Truth to Power#Will you smile?|Will you smile?]]''</ref><ref name="Swords and Lanterns">'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Sororicide|Sororicide]], [[Lore:Sororicide#VIII—Savathûn—Swords and Lanterns|VIII—Savathûn—Swords and Lanterns]]''</ref>) is a massive [[Hive]] spaceship, which serves as a mobile [[Ascendant Realm|Throne World]] for [[Oryx, the Taken King]], who came to the [[Sol System]] to enact his revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for killing his [[Crota, Son of Oryx|son]]. Initially accompanied by an escort of lesser [[Hive warship]]s and the smaller [[tombship]]s, the Dreadnaught entered [[Saturn]]'s orbit after being [[Battle of Saturn|stalled]] by the [[Awoken]], and would remain there for the rest of the [[Taken War]].<ref name="TTK">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]''</ref>

It is a [[Destination]] added in ''[[The Taken King]]'' and serves as the expansion's main setting. 

==History==
===Ancient history===
{{quote|My throne world is vulnerable. I am going to move it." <br> "Where?" <br> "Into a mighty dreadnaught. I shall keep my glorious mind cosmos inside a titanic warship.|[[Oryx]] and [[Kagoor]]<ref name="XL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref>}}
According to an analysis by [[Ghost]], the Dreadnaught may pre-date the formation of the [[Earth]], making it at least 4.54 billion years old.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|DNT-TRN-5]]''</ref><ref group="note">It should be noted that Ghost may have been dating Akka's corpse instead, as the Worm gods have mentioned they were imprisoned upon [[Fundament]] by the [[Traveler]] and the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] for millions of years, and that they self-describe themselves as massive creatures symbiotic with thousands of living beings. If this is the case then the true age of the Dreadnaught, and by extension Oryx himself, is in doubt.</ref>

Auryx first created his nascent throne world after [[Savathûn]] betrayed and slew him during the [[Hive-Ammonite war]].<ref name="XVII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> The [[Worm|Worm Gods]] instructed him in its creation. Auryx later grew his throne world to maturity before the extermination of the [[Qugu]] and the invasion of the [[Ecumene]].<ref name="XXI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXI: an incision|XXI: an incision]]''</ref><ref name="XXII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXII: The High War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref>

Oryx fought the entirety of the [[Golden Amputation]] from within his throne world, "''pac[ing] ten times''" as his forces decimated both the [[Taishibethi]] armed forces and [[Taishibeth]] itself. On the sixth and seventh paces Oryx Took the [[Tai Emperor Raven]], transformed her into the Perfect Raven, and used her to finish the extinction of the Tai sun ravens.<ref name="XXX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXX: a golden amputation|XXX: a golden amputation]]''</ref> After this war he "left" his throne to go commune with the Deep.<ref name="XXXI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXI: battle made waves|XXXI: battle made waves]]''</ref> During his absence his two sisters attempted to cut him off from his tribute and his throne, but he fought his way back in and decided to create children to further expand his strength.<ref name="XXXV">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXV: This Love Is War|XXXV: This Love Is War]]''</ref><ref name="XXXVI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVI: Eater of Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref> One of his daughters, [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]], wrote out eleven axioms describing her family's throne worlds, including Oryx's.<ref name="XXXVII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVII: shapes : points|XXXVII: shapes : points]]''</ref>

He decided to construct the Dreadnaught to house his throne world from beyond the [[Ascendant Realm]] after a [[Vex]] incursion accidentally caused by his son, Crota, demonstrated its vulnerability.<ref name="XXXVIII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVIII: The partition of death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref><ref name="XXXIX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIX: open your eye : go into it|XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]]''</ref> In doing so, he evaded an ambush from [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]].<ref name="XL"/> He carved it from a piece of Akka, slain during the [[Hive-Ecumene war]],<ref name="XXVIII">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> and crafted armor for it using the Hammer of Xivu Arath and the Scalpel of Savathûn, both stolen. Finally, he everted his world into the ship's interior in an act that required a verse from the Tablets of Ruin and the combined efforts of his entire [[Court of Oryx|Court]]. Once it was completed, his first act with it was to attack the [[Nicha Thought-ship]] and the [[Harmonious Flotilla Invincible]] that defended it.<ref name="XLI"/> While the Flotilla was easily destroyed by the Dreadnaught's death impulse weapon, the Thought-ship proved to be a trap set by [[Quria, Blade Transform]], who launched a second invasion of Oryx's throne but was quickly defeated.<ref name="XL"/>

The Dreadnaught was present during the [[Hive-Harmony war]], but there are no records of it engaging the [[Harmony]] in battle.<ref name="XLVI">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVI: The Gift Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref>

===The Taken War===
{{Quote|The Dreadnaught is a blighted hollow gouged into our universe.|Eris Morn<ref name="DHM">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [[Darkhollow#Darkhollow Mask|Darkhollow Mask]]''</ref>}}
When Crota was killed by Guardians in [[Crota's End|revenge]] for the [[Great Disaster]],<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Crota's End]]''</ref> Oryx was wroth with fury. Setting everything he had planned aside, he brought his fleet to the Solar system to exact retribution upon the Guardians—specifically [[the Guardian|the one]] who struck the killing blow. When he arrived at the Solar system, in the vicinity of Saturn, Oryx and his ships were met by the Awoken. After a fierce battle, he ended it by obliterating both sides.<ref name="War">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Coming War]]''</ref> Without a fleet to continue his crusade Oryx turned his attention to the Martian [[Cabal]], who were already aware of him,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Phobos|PHO-FBK-6]]''</ref> and halved their forces to build his Taken army.<ref name="War"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Phobos|PHO-FBK-8]]''</ref>

The Cabal uncharacteristically sent out a distress call from [[Phobos]], which was answered by none other than Crota's killer, who barely escaped with their life when Oryx discovered them. Back on the Dreadnaught Oryx and his lieutenant, [[Ecthar, Sword of Oryx]] conversed about his captives.<ref name="War"/> Later, the Guardian approached in [[Eris Morn]]'s [[jumpship]] equipped with modified stealth tech, attempting to infiltrate the Dreadnaught; unfortunately, the cloak fell away and the Dreadnaught detected them anyway. Nonetheless, as their ship was destroyed, the Guardian entered the Dreadnaught. After disabling its superweapons and encountering an entrenched Cabal force,<ref name="TheDread"/> the Guardian tracked a Cabal [[Primus Ta'aun|Commander]] and his men to an active rupture portal; after the Cabal were destroyed, along with attacking Thrall, the Guardian unsuccessfully tried to enter the portal, and then departed, denying Oryx his vengeance a little longer.<ref name="Enemy"/>

Returning again, this time armed with Crota's vestige, the Guardian entered the rupture portal into Oryx's sanctum and faced him directly. After a pitched battle, Oryx was nearly beaten and he was forced to retreat into the Ascendant Plane using his Taken powers, abandoning his position to recuperate from his injuries. Eris Morn later approached the left behind [[Willbreaker]] and retrieved a crystal to construct a weapon, seemingly following a plan she and Mara Sov had created earlier.<ref name="Regicide">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Regicide]]''</ref> This crystal was incorporated into [[Raze-Lighter|one]] [[Bolt-Caster|of]] [[Dark-Drinker|the]] three swords Shaxx constructed for the Guardian's usage, purified of its Darkness.{{Citation needed}}

Guardians later began mapping the Dreadnaught to patrol and keep in check the Hive and Taken, and discovered the Court of Oryx in the process.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Dread Patrol]]''</ref> At the urging of Eris and the Vanguard,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Court of Oryx]]''</ref> they challenged the Court and slew them all.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Court of Oryx]]''</ref> [[Shaxx]]'s [[Redjacks]] also secured a training ground aboard the ship at this time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#Cathedral of Dusk|Cathedral of Dusk]]''</ref> In addition, following [[Dead Orbit]]'s report, Guardians stopped a Cabal team from destroying the Dreadnaught core,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Shield Brothers]]''</ref> and later on, a distress signal from within the Dantalion Exodus VI.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Outbound Signal]]''</ref> Alak-Hul, a Darkblade present during the first failed attempt on Oryx's life, is located and murdered in the ship's depths;<ref name="Cell"/> a Hive ritual to infuse an Ogre with Taken power is stopped as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Summoner's Circle]]''</ref> Finally, a Guardian [[Raid]] team, led by Crota's killer, used the rupture to penetrated deeper into the Dreadnaught and slew the remainder of the Ascendant Hive including Oryx's daughters. They were met again by Oryx in his fully Ascendant form, only to triumph and slay the Taken King once and for all.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[King's Fall]]''</ref>

Without Oryx and his family, the Dreadnaught remains in orbit about Saturn. Malok, Oryx's nephew, attempted to seize control but was driven away to the [[Moon]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[April Update]] - [[Pretender to the Throne]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[April Update]] - [[Blighted Chalice]]''</ref>

===The Red War===
The Dreadnaught remained present in Saturn's rings during the [[Red War]]. Its circle of destruction can be seen from the Saturnian moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]''</ref>

Years before the [[Black Fleet]] arrived within the Solar System, the [[Fallen]] [[House of Kings]] led a salvage operation on the Dreadnaught to steal "Hive magic," from it. They were successful but were slain by the Vex as they sought what they had claimed on the Dreadnaught for themselves. They were able to simulate the salvage through candies, masks, and weapons.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/a-cunning-mask A Cunning Mask]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/a-masked-treasure A Masked Treasure]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/apocryphal-accomplice Apocryphal Accomplice]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/a-smiling-mask A Smiling Mask]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/masks-upon-masks Masks Upon Masks]''</ref>

===Arrival of the Black Fleet===
The Dreadnaught remained even when Titan vanished into the void following the Black Fleet's arrival.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/13)''', ''[[Weblore]]:[[Weblore:Season of the Hunt|Season of the Hunt]] -  [[Weblore:Season of the Hunt#Immolant Pt. 1|Immolant Pt. 1]]''</ref> Osiris later investigated the Dreadnaught's dying internal communication logs to hunt for information concerning Xivu Arath.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Vanguard Transmissions]]''</ref><ref name="Immolant2">'''Bungie (2020/11/16)''', ''[[Weblore]]:[[Weblore:Season of the Hunt|Season of the Hunt]] - [[Weblore:Season of the Hunt#Immolant Pt. 2|Immolant Pt. 2]]''</ref> Notably, the gap created by the Dantalion Exodus VI has not been repaired although Cayde's transmat zone has ceased operation.<ref name="Immolant2"/>

===Skirmish of Titan===
Shortly after the reappearance of Titan, and failing to Take [[Ahsa]], Xivu Arath upon the Dreadnaught would commune with [[The Witness|the Witness]]. It expressed its disappointment in the God of War's failure, but would tell her to prepare for the battle against the [[Vanguard]] and [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2023/6/27)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Purpose|Purpose]], [[Lore:Purpose#VI. Conviction|VI. Conviction]]''</ref>

===Clash of the Hive Gods===
During Eris Morn's ascension to Hive godhood, it was discovered through the [[Deck of Whispers]] that Xivu Arath believed the Dreadnaught was "''unassailable''" but Savathûn gently derided her youngest sister's belief, knowing that Oryx knew his own limits as a result of following the Sword Logic.<ref name="Swords and Lanterns"/> Eris also reflected upon how each constructed "throne world" was a reflection of its creator's own mind, calling the Dreadnaught "''a worm-husk of bone''" and an inadvertent creation of Oryx's upon his first "true death"<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - Item Description: [[The Eremite#Lore|The Eremite]]''</ref> at the hands of Savathûn.<ref name="XVII"/>

===Reawakening===
Following the destruction of the [[The Witness|Witness]] within the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]] of the [[The Traveler|Traveler]], several paracausal objects known as [[Echo (object)|Echoes]] emerged from the portal on the Traveler's surface and made their way across the Sol System. One of these Echoes impacted the Dreadnaught, after which forces of the Taken began to strip and feast on its organic covering.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Espial]]''</ref> The ship's hull also began to grow massive tentacle-like structures, seemingly made of viscous translucent fluid and Taken Blight, and strange floating eyes with slitted cat-like pupils began to appear throughout the vessel.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Espial]]''</ref>

==Design==
===Hull and physical characteristics===
The Dreadnaught's hull is carved out of a segment from the corpse of the [[Worm]] god [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]],<ref name="XLI"/> whom Oryx had previously slain in order to learn the power to Take.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> Oryx turned the High War "inside out" by tying it into the structure of the Dreadnaught.<ref name="XLI"/> In effect, his throne world has become the Dreadnaught and vice versa, becoming physically mobile and thus more difficult to attack.<ref name="XLI"/><ref name="DHM"/> 

Its design is a consistent rectangular hexahedron along its length, while the ends curve inward like an inverted pyramid. Four main spines protrude from the bow; numerous lesser spines protrude outward from both bow and aft. The Dreadnaught also generates its own gravitic field.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] -  [[The Taken War: Petra]]: [[The Taken War: Petra#Step 4|Step 4]]''</ref>

===Propulsion===
The Dreadnaught is equipped with one gigantic engine, likely powered by [[Solar]] energy.<ref name="Prologue">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQymFddoo9I YouTube: Official Destiny: The Taken King Prologue Cinematic]</ref> It is capable of maneuvering in a manner impossible for conventional spacecraft because of its paracausal origins.<ref>[http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/lost-to-light '''Ishtar Collective''' - ''Lost to Light'']</ref>

For faster-than-light travel: the twin daughters of Oryx stand at the bow and aft of the vessel respectively; Ir Halak cuts open the fabric of reality with her "blades", likely special systems after the manner of the superweapon, allowing the ship to slide through; behind her Ir Anûk takes these fragments and threads of torn space and reweaves them together, infusing it with dark magics.<ref name="XXI"/><ref name="Ir Halak"/><ref name="Ir Anuk"/> This peculiar method of transportation was adopted from Xivu Arath's dimensional slicing, or the ability to make "wounds", to travel between points in space. 

===Armament===
One of the Dreadnaught's most notable features is a massive parabolic twin-mounted dish built into its side nearest the aft, which is the emitter for a paracausal superweapon capable of decimating fleets<ref name="XL"/> and even destroying a portion of Saturn's rings.<ref name="War"/> As the weapon charges, energy travels laterally along the Dreadnaught's waist from each end until it reaches the dish, where it is collected and released in a devastating spherical pulse that expands outward from the ship, destroying or severely damaging anything in its path.<ref name="War"/><ref name="Prologue"/> Designed by [[Ir Halak]] and [[Ir Anûk]], the weapon draws on Oryx's power to briefly evert the influence of his throne world within the Dreadnaught out into the surrounding physical space.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> This is essentially the same principle as an [[Oversoul]] death impulse. When deployed against the Awoken, it was described as testing individual molecular bonds with the sword logic and finding them "inessential", causing spontaneous fission.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Tyrannocide V|Tyrannocide V]]''</ref> The blast radius created by the weapon is approximately fifteen thousand kilometers in diameter.{{Citation needed}}

Apart from this weapon, the Dreadnaught is also capable of remotely generating "eversive breach events," creating interdimensional rifts either to Take nearby organisms or to attack a given area with a short-lived stream of energy,<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> and can wreck havoc with the mind.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/><ref group="note">The {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Noosphere Noosphere]}} is the sphere of human thought; thus, ''noopathic'' literally means "mind disease".</ref> Furthermore, it continuously emitted exotic radiation in the form of sterile neutrinos, phaetons, mass growl, gravity waves, and axions,<ref group = "note">Sterile neutrinos, phaetons (or dark photons), and axions are all hypothetical particles proposed in connection to dark matter.</ref> with significant spikes in this radiation being correlated with the breach events taking place across the Solar system at the onset of the [[Taken War]]<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> when active.

==Interior==
Containing the entirety of Oryx's throne world, the inside of the Dreadnaught is vast and dangerous.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/dreadnaught-veteran Dreadnaught Veteran]''</ref> Reports indicate the ship is host to numerous biomes hostile to all life except the Hive<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/dreadnaught-reconnaissance Dreadnaught Reconnaissance]''</ref> and [[Worms]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|DNT-TRN-2]]''</ref> [[Hadium]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hadium-flake Hadium Flake]''</ref> and [[Wormspore]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/wormspore Wormspore]''</ref> litter the ground in many areas, including beautiful orbs called [[sootpearl]]s buried inside the rot.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/sootpearl Sootpearl]''</ref> Sacrificial stones entombed with the souls of lesser Hive dot the place in strange nooks and crannies<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|DNT-TRN-1]]''</ref> while prisons to torture the Hive's captives are found deeper inside.<ref name="Cell"/>

===Locations===
*[[Hull Breach]] {{C|Public Space}}
**[[Dantalion Exodus VI]]
***[[The Bridge]]
***[[The Narthex]]
*[[Mausoleum]] {{C|Public Space}}
**[[The Founts]]
***[[The Asylum]]
***[[The Hanging Crypts]]
*[[Hall of Souls]] {{C|Public Space}}
**[[Trenchway]]
***[[Altar of Oryx]]
***[[Invasion Bay]]
**[[The Crux]]
***[[Portico]]
***[[Basilica]]
***[[Golgoroth's Cellar]]
***[[Transept]]
***[[Threshold]]
*[[Cathedral of Dusk]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
*[[The Dungeons]] {{C|Crucible map}}

===Secret chests===
There are a number of chests hidden within the Dreadnaught that can only be opened with Keys. Players cannot hold any more than one Key at a time.

To obtain the Keys, one needs to kill Hive in the Hull Breach area until one drops the [[Wormsinger Rune]]. Use the Rune on a console inside one of the side rooms in the Hull Breach area to summon a Hive [[Ogre]] champion. Killing the Ogre drops a [[Wormfeeder Rune]]; killing fifty more enemies turns the rune into one of nine keys which are used to open any of the chests below:

{| class="wikitable"
! '''Flavor text'''
! '''Key'''
|-
| "''Near the breach where foes invade, nestled with worms in a cave''." || Requires Key of Eir.
|-
| "''Near the breach but down below, where only heroes dare to go''." || Requires Key of Ur.
|-
| "''Not the breach, but on the path where lords and princes feed their wrath.''" || Requires Key of Xol.
|-
| "''In the Mausoleum find the key where maggots lurk blind''." || Requires Key of Maggots.
|-
| "''Along the Mausoleum walk, toward the Breach where invaders dock''." || Requires Key of Wyrding.
|-
| "''In the Mausoleum, 'tween a path the living have not seen''." || Requires Key of the Spawn.
|-
| "''In a cave near the Court, "along the road where maggots pave''." || Requires Key of Akka.
|-
| "''In an area near the Court, where debts are paid, on the ledge where faith is laid''." || Requires Key of Yuul.
|-
| "''In the Court of Oryx and just below, where but the bravest dare to go''." || Requires Key of Gnashing Teeth.
|}

==Activities==
The Dreadnaught is a massive destination with its own [[Patrol]] mode and other activities. The Dreadnaught includes many Raid-like secret locations and puzzles that players can revisit and solve to earn special rewards. Players will not only have to find a way inside the Dreadnaught in story missions, but also plant the beacons to be used later in patrol. Though it is a Hive ship, it is defended primarily by Oryx's personal army of [[Taken]]; in addition, a [[Cabal]] strike force has breached the interior and can be encountered engaging both the Hive and Taken.<ref name="TTK"/>

===[[Patrol]]===
*[[Court of Oryx]]
*[[#Secret Chests|Secret Chests]]

===[[Story|Story missions]]===
*[[The Dreadnaught]]
*[[Enemy of My Enemy]]
*[[Regicide]]
*[[Outbound Signal]]
*[[Dread Patrol]] {{C|[[Quest]] only}}
*[[Summoner's Circle]]

===[[Strike]]s===
*[[Shield Brothers]]
*[[The Sunless Cell]]

===[[Raid]]===
*[[King's Fall]]

===[[Crucible]]===
*[[Cathedral of Dusk]]
*[[The Dungeons]]

==Notes==
<references group="note"/>

==Trivia==
*The term ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreadnought Dreadnought]'' means "one that fears nothing", derived from [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread dread] and [https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/nought nought]. Destiny uses the lesser-known spelling variant of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dreadnaught Dreadnaught], which means the same thing.
*The anniversary of the Dreadnaught's completion, called Eversion Day, is the only known Hive holiday. It is celebrated only by Oryx's broods, who do so by turning things inside out.<ref name="XLI"/>
*Fan theories abound as to the actual size of the Dreadnaught. Fans used known data about Saturn's rings and the size of recently investigated comet {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko]}} (based on the comet from the initial trailer cinematic<ref name="Prologue"/>) to estimate that the Dreadnaught is approximately between 3444 to 3500 kilometers (2140.002 to 2174.799 miles) long.<ref name="math">'''reddit''': ''[https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3o43ky/a_mathematical_analysis_of_the_dreadnaughts_size/ A mathematical analysis of the Dreadnaught's size.]''</ref> To put that in perspective, that is equivalent to the width of the continental United States, or the size of Earth's {{Plain|[http://www.space.com/18135-how-big-is-the-moon.html Moon]}},<ref name="BigDread">'''YouTube''': ''[https://youtu.be/DAbFWg9uVfc How Big is The Dreadnaught? (Thats No Moon!)]''</ref> making it one of the largest ships to appear in science fiction, surpassing even the 160 kilometer {{Plain|[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Death_Star_II Death Star II]}} of ''{{Plain|[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Star Wars]}}'' or the 385 kilometer [[halopedia:High Charity|High Charity]] of ''[[halopedia:Halo universe|Halo]]''. This might not be the intended size of the Dreadnaught however, as the ship appears much smaller in relation to Saturn's rings when seen from [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] in Destiny 2; and in The Coming War cinematic, where the Dreadnaught is shown in profile alongside the much smaller Ketches.
*Parts of the [[Court of Savathûn (Io)|Court of Savathûn]] appear to be a melding of [[Io]] and regions within the Dreadnaught.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Interference]]''</ref> Similarly, part of the opening of [[Transmigration]] features parts of the Dreadnaught within the [[The Threshold|Threshold]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Transmigration]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Dreadnaught}}
<gallery>
File:Dreadnaught2.jpg|The Dreadnaught and its fleet moments before the Awoken attacked.
File:Battle on Saturn.jpg|Concept Art of the battle between Awoken fleet and the Dreadnaught
File:Destiny-Concept-HiveDreadnaught.jpg|Dreadnaught Concept Art
File:Saturn orbit screen.png|The Dreadnaught Ring.
File:Dreadnaught Ring.jpg|Dreadnaught Ring seen from Titan.
File:Dreadnaught concept art inside.jpg|Concept art of the inside of the ship.
File:Dreadnaught exterior hull.jpg|Trenchway
File:Dreadnaught interior atrium.jpg|The Founts
File:Dreadnaught The Hanging Crypts.jpg|The Hanging Crypts
File:Mausoleum1.png|The Mausoleum
File:Destiny TK Golgoroth's Cellar.jpg|Golgoroth's Cellar
File:The Asylum.jpg|The Asylum
File:Dreadnaught - Umbral Causeway.jpg|Court of Oryx
File:Dreadnaught Cabal ship breach.jpg|Hull Breach
File:Dreadnaught concept art outside.jpg|Concept art of the outside of the ship.
File:MainGun.jpg|The Dreadnaught's main weapon firing.
File:blast_zone.jpg|The energy pulse from the Dreadnaught's main weapon destroying everything in its path, including a pair of smaller Hive ships that were caught in its radius.
File:Dreadnaught1.png|The Dreadnaught and its fleet approaching Saturn
File:Destiny-TTK-HiveDreadnaught-Render-01.jpg|A Render of the Dreadnaught
File:Destiny-TTK-HiveDreadnaught-Weapon-Render.jpg|Render of the Dreadnaught's main cannon.
File:Dreadnaught-map.png|The Director map of the Dreadnaught in Destiny. 
File:Episode-Heresy.jpg|The Dreadnaught under the occupation of [[Taken]] and [[The Dread]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[April Update]]''
**''[[The Dawning (Rise of Iron)|The Dawning]]''
**''[[Age of Triumph]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Plunder]]'' {{Nc}}
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Into the Light]]'' {{Nc}}
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Heresy]]''

==References==
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