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{{quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.|In-game description}}
{{Planet infobox
{{Planet
|image=[[File:Grimoire Earth.jpg|300px|]]
|image=[[File:Destiny Earth surface.jpg|300px|]]
|star, position= [[Sol]], III  
|name= Earth
|star, position= [[Sol System|Sol]], III  
|moon(s)= [[Luna]]
|moon(s)= [[Luna]]
|satellite(s)= Many
|diameter= 12,742 km
|gravity= 1.0 G (9.8 m/s<sup>2</sup>)
|gravity= 1.0 G (9.8 m/s<sup>2</sup>)
|diameter= 12,742 km
|daylength= 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds
|daylength= 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds
|yearlength= 365.2425 days
|yearlength= 365.2425 days
|atmosphere= .9 atm (N<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>2</sub>)
|atmosphere= .9 atm (N<sub>2</sub>, O<sub>2</sub>)  
|surface temperature= -18&deg; C to 38&deg; C
|temperature= -18&deg; C to 38&deg; C  
|population=  
|demonym=
*[[Golden Age]]: Billions
|species=
*Post-Collapse: Unknown
|population= [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Cabal]] <br> [[Human]]ity <br> [[Lightbearer]]
|societal approximation=
|government=[[Last City]]
|government=  
}}
}}
{{Quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>
'''Earth''' is the homeworld of the [[human]] species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the [[Sol System]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Mars|Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mercury#Mercury|Mercury]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref> It is also a living consciousness, and one of the [[Nine]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
'''Earth''' is the third planet in the [[Solar System]], and the largest terrestrial planet. Earth is also the native homeworld of [[Human|humanity]]. Most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[City]], which was built within the [[Traveler]]'s protective aura.
{{Quote|Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home|Grimoire description.}}
In the wake of the [[Collapse]], most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[Last City]], which was built beneath [[The Traveler|the Traveler]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The City#The City|The City]]''</ref>
Earth is continuously threatened by various [[Enemies|alien species]] who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's [[Light]], the [[Guardian]]s fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref>


Earth is continuously under attack by various [[Enemies|alien species]]. With the help of the Traveler and its mystical powers, the [[Guardians]] protect humanity's homeworld and strive to recover its conquered areas.
In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>
==History==
 
At the time before the Traveler, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded. <ref>[[Grimoire/Places/Mars]]</ref>
Areas of the planet were occupied by the [[Red Legion]] during the [[Red War]].


==Locations==
==Locations==
===Americas===
{{Col-begin}}
*[[Brasília]]
{{Col-2}}
*[[Caracas]]
===Africa===
*[[North American Empire]]<sup>(defunct political body)</sup>
*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Old Chicago]]
*[[Mombasa Ruins]]
*[[Saharan Contested Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Red Moon Phantom Armor]]''</ref>


===Eurasia===
===Asia===
*[[European Dead Zone]]
*[[Beijing University]]
**[[London]]
*[[The Himalayas]]
**[[Widow's Court]]
*[[Lhasa]]
**[[Memento]]<sup>(Crucible map)</sup>
*[[Mumbai Push]]
*[[Mumbai Push]]
*[[Old Russia]]
*[[Old Bangkok]]
**[[Cosmodrome]]<sup>(Destination)</sup>
*[[Taipei]]
***[[Bunker RAS-2]]
*[[Nur-Sultan]]
***[[Bunker WAR-4]]
*[[Tibet]]
***[[Devil's Spire]]
 
***[[Dock 13]]
===Europe===
***[[Exodus Blue]]<sup>(Crucible map)</sup>
*[[European Dead Zone]] {{C|Destination}}
***[[Forgotten Shore]]
**[[European Aerial Zone]]
***[[Gateway]]
**[[The Farm]]
***[[Jovian Complex]]
**[[Trostland]]
***[[King's Watch]]
**[[Memento]] {{c|[[Crucible]] map}}
***[[Lunar Complex]]
**[[Legion's Gulch]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Mothyards]]
**[[Widow's Court]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Refinery]]
**[[Emerald Coast]] {{c|[[Gambit]] map}}
***[[Rocketyard]]
*[[Old Russia]] {{C|Destination}}
***[[Seraphim Vault]]
**[[Cosmodrome]]
***[[Sector 618]]<sup>(Crucible map)</sup>
***[[Skyshock]]<sup>(Crucible map)</sup>
***[[Skywatch]]
***[[Splicership Menkis-Syn]]
***[[Terrestrial Complex]]
***[[The Blast]]
***[[The Breach]]
***[[The Devils' Lair (location)|The Devils' Lair]]
***[[The Divide]]
***[[The Grottos]]
***[[The Mine]]
***[[The Steppes]]
**[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
***[[Rusted Lands]]<sup>(Crucible map)</sup>
**[[Plaguelands]]
**[[Plaguelands]]
***[[Apex]]
**[[Coyote]]
***[[Archon's Forge]]
**[[Exodus Blue]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Bunker Triglav]]
**[[Sector 618]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Cyclone 141G]]
**[[Skyshock]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Doomed Sea]]
*[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
***[[Felwinter Peak]]
**[[Rusted Lands]]
***[[Foundry 113]]
*[[Felwinter Peak]]
***[[Iron Temple]]
**[[Iron Temple]]
***[[Forgotten Pass]]
**[[Vostok Observatory]]
***[[Giant's Husk]]
**[[Vostok]] {{c|Crucible map}}
***[[Lords' Watch]]
*[[London]]
***[[Perfection Complex]]
*[[Neu Turbach]]
***[[Server Farm]]
 
***[[Site 6]]
===North America===
***[[Splicer Battery]]
*[[Gulf of Mexico]]
***[[Splicer's Den]]
*[[North American Empire]] {{C|defunct political body}}
***[[The Archon's Keep]]
**[[Appalachian Dead Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/4179002916-mechanik-11 Mechanik 1.1 leg armor]''</ref>
***[[The Warrens]]
**[[Manhattan Nuclear Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Xander 99-40]] dialogue and [[Cayde-6]] PA announcement in the [[Tower]]''</ref>
***[[Vostok Observatory]]
**[[Old Chicago]]
*[[Tibet]]
**[[New Whulge]]
*[[Ontario]]
*[[Panama Ravine]]
*[[Sinaloan Ruins]]
 
{{Col-2}}
 
===South America===
*[[Brazilian Dead Zone]]
**[[Brasília]]
*[[Caracas]]


=== Africa ===
===Oceania===
*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Hawkesbury Sea]]
*[[Sydney]]


===Unknown===
===Unknown Regions===
*[[The Last City]]
*[[Last City]]
**[[Core District]]
**[[Anchor District]]
**[[Military District]]
**[[Bannerfall]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Botza District]]
**[[The Core]]
**[[Eliksni Quarter]]
**[[Midtown]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Peregrine District]]
**[[Ridgeback District]]
**[[Tower]]
**[[Tower]]
**[[City Perimeter]]
**[[H.E.L.M.]]
***[[Twilight Gap]]<sup>([[Crucible]] map)</sup>
*[[City Perimeter|Last City Perimeter]]
**[[Frontier]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Twilight Gap (Crucible)|Twilight Gap]] {{C|Crucible map}}
***[[Nkechi's Cut]]
****[[Archimedes Annex]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Palamon]]
*[[Palamon]]
*[[Dwindler's Ridge]]
*[[Coyote]]
*[[Velor]]
*[[Eaton]]
*[[Durga]]
*[[Nazino Island]]
{{Col-end}}
==Non-canon appearances==
===Rising Timeline===
{{Main|Earth/Rising}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Old Chicago desktop.jpg|The ruins of Old Chicago.
File:Destiny Earth surface.jpg|Earth's surface
File:Destiny-art12.jpg|The Traveler over the City.
File:Destiny the last city on earth.jpg|The Last City
File:Destiny the last city on earth.jpg|The City.
File:Destiny 24.jpg|Cosmodrome, Old Russia
File:Mumbai push.jpg|Mumbai Push.
 
File:Destiny 24.jpg|Old Russia.
File:Mumbai push.jpg|Mumbai, India
File:Cosmodrome pano.jpg|The Cosmodrome.
File:Old Chicago desktop.jpg|Old Chicago, USA
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*In the [[Director]]s of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and ''[[Shadowkeep]]'', Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of  Greenland and Canada in [[:File:DirectorShadowkeep.jpg|this image]].
*The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the [[Chromatic Fire]] lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[The Law Of The Jungle]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The Law Of The Jungle]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny]]''
*''[[Destiny]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny: Fall of Osiris]]''
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]''
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Solar System}}
{{Sol System}}
[[Category:Earth|*]]
[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Locations]]

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Earth
Grimoire Earth.jpg
Astrographical

Star, position:

Sol, III

Satellites(s):

Luna

Physical

Diameter:

12,742 km

Gravity:

1.0 G (9.8 m/s2)

Length of day:

23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds

Orbital period:

365.2425 days

Atmosphere:

.9 atm (N2, O2)

Surface temperature:

-18° C to 38° C

Societal

Population:

Fallen
Hive
Taken
Cabal
Humanity
Lightbearer

Government:

Last City

 

"The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken."[1]

Earth is the homeworld of the human species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the Sol System.[2][3][4][5] It is also a living consciousness, and one of the Nine.

Overview[edit]

"Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home"
— Grimoire description.

In the wake of the Collapse, most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the Last City, which was built beneath the Traveler.[6] Earth is continuously threatened by various alien species who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's Light, the Guardians fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.[7]

In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.[8]

Areas of the planet were occupied by the Red Legion during the Red War.

Locations[edit]

Africa[edit]

Asia[edit]

Europe[edit]

North America[edit]

South America[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Unknown Regions[edit]

Non-canon appearances[edit]

Rising Timeline[edit]

Main article: Earth/Rising

Gallery[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • In the Directors of Forsaken and Shadowkeep, Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of Greenland and Canada in this image.
  • The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the Chromatic Fire lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.

List of appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny
  2. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Mars
  3. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Venus
  4. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Mercury
  5. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Jupiter
  6. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: The City
  7. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Guardians
  8. ^ Bungie (2016/9/20), Destiny, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2
  9. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Red Moon Phantom Armor
  10. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny 2, Mechanik 1.1 leg armor
  11. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny, Xander 99-40 dialogue and Cayde-6 PA announcement in the Tower