Lightfall

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Lightfall
Developer(s):	Bungie
Publisher(s):	Bungie
Platform(s):	Xbox One Xbox Series X/S PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Steam Xbox App Epic Games Store
Release date(s):	February 28th, 2023
Genre(s):	Action role-playing First-person shooter
Rating(s):	ESRB: Teen (T) for Blood, Language, and Violence PEGI: 16+

"Because only in the end are we free."

— The Witness

Lightfall is the seventh expansion of Destiny 2 and eleventh expansion of the Destiny franchise.

Description

• "The Witness has arrived, threatening the City, the Traveler, and all of Sol. Aided by its newest Disciple, Emperor Calus, the Witness aims to bring about a second collapse. Race Emperor Calus to the edge of the Solar System. Learn the ways of the Cloud Striders, wield Strand, a new power of the Darkness, and bring an end to Calus's reign." - Upon hovering over the Lightfall DLC icon in the director.
• "Our end begins. Prevent the apocalypse by racing emperor Calus to the edge of the solar system. Master Strand, a new power of the Darkness, and discover a secret neon metropolis on Neptune." - Upon clicking DLC in the directory.
• In a Neptunian city under siege, find strength in your fellow Guardians as the ends to all things approaches—the Witness is here. arm yourself with new rewards and unlock new Dark powers to triumph in Lightfall's unforgettable Legendary mode. - Lightfall DLC page brief summary of campaign in respective stores.
• Harness Darkness and pluck at the threads of reality with this new subclass. Flow through the city with newfound speed as you grapple from building to building. Every class can tap into this new element, but it's up to you to create the perfect build. - Lightfall DLC page, brief summary of the new subclass "Strand" on respective stores.
• Travel to Neptune and discover a metropolis unlike any you've explored in Destiny 2. Meet the Cloud Striders, join the fight against the Shadow Legion, and prevent devastation in the technologically advanced secret city of Neomuna. - Lightfall DLC page brief summary of Neptune's city in respective stores.

Features

• New Missions and Quests
• Legendary Campaign Difficulty
• New Destination
• New Exotic Weapons and Gear
• Confront an Ancient Danger in an All New Raid - Root of Nightmares
• All New Subclass
• And More

Guardian subclasses & changes

• Strand: The second Darkness subclass, after Stasis in Beyond Light. This element allows Guardians to control the strings of life from the Weave. You can grapple on things and in thin air through the grenade button, summon creatures that will fight for you called threadlings, create tangles, etc. Warlock - "Broodweaver" (Needlestorm), Titan - "Berserker" (Bladefury), Hunter - "Threadrunner" (Silkstrike).
• Void and Solar: Guardians are able to create Void Breaches and Firesprites respectively through specific fragments.
• Added the following fragmemts for existing subclasses: Spark of Instinct and Spark of Hope for Arc, Echo of Cessation and Echo of Vigilance for Void, and Ember of Mercy and Ember of Resolve for Solar.
• Different subclass verbs can stun a specific type of Champion:
  • Barrier: Radiant, Volatile Rounds, and Unraveling Rounds.
  • Overload: Slow, Jolt, and Suppression.
  • Unstoppable: Ignition, Shatter, Blind, and Suspend.

Loot

• New Armor
• New Weapons
• New Exotics
• New Cosmetics
• New Weapon Perks

Locations

• Neptune
  • Neomuna

Missions

• New Campaign

Vanguard

• New Strikes
• Lake of Shadows and The Arms Dealer strikes have their encounters and enemy density changed, with The Inverted Spire and Exodus Crash getting the same treatment later in the year.
• PsiOps Battlegrounds from Season of the Risen and Heist Battlegrounds from Season of the Seraph are now integrated into Vanguard Ops playlist.
• Battlegrounds are now a part of Nightfall strikes, beginning with the Mars Heist Battlegrounds.
• Adept difficulty and Match Game modifier are both removed in all PvE activities including Nightfall.
• Vanguard Ops has a scoring system and upon reaching 30,000 points in either Vanguard Ops or Nightfall, score multiplier increases up to 7x upon reaching 200,000 points.

Raid

• Root of Nightmares: Ferried from an unknown time and place, a haunting presence has been detected. We must now confront the ancient threat growing at our doorstep.

Dungeon

• TBD

Crucible

• Meltdown returns in Season of the Deep.
• Citadel returns in Season 23.
• A new map located in the Vex Domain, launching in Season 22.
• Countdown launching in Lightfall.

Gambit

• TBD

Lost Sectors

• Thrilladrome - An arcade Lost Sector located in Neomuna.
• Hydroponics Delta - A food production facility Lost Lector located in Neomuna.
• Gilded Precept - A secret wing of the Typhon Imperator in Neomuna.

Accompanying seasons

• Season of Defiance - Season 20
• Season of the Deep - Season 21
• TBA - Season 22
• TBA - Season 23

Appearances

Characters Guardians, Residents of the Last City, and their Allies Arief Murib (First mentioned) Bluejay (First mentioned) Briar (First mentioned) Briar, Acolyte of Nezarec (First mentioned) Carlo Sanchez (First mentioned) Chioma Esi (Mentioned only) Crow Derecho (First mentioned) Elsie Bray Ikora Rey Jisu Calerondo (First appearance) Kestrel (First mentioned) Maelstrom (First mentioned) Mara Sov Maya Sundaresh (Mentioned only) Mykel (First mentioned) Nessa, Acolyte of Nezarec (First mentioned) Nimbus (First appearance) Osiris Quinn Laghari (First appearance) Rohan (First appearance) Rufus, Acolyte of Nezarec (First mentioned) Sam Moleyn (First appearance) Stargazer (First mentioned) Strider (First mentioned) The Guardian Tse Jingye (First appearance) Tramotane (First mentioned) Viragni "Sid" D'Sydney (First appearance) Zavala The Cabal Acasia, Acolyte of Nezarec (First mentioned) Bracus Zahn Emperor Calus Empress Caiatl Garaask, Undying Inferno (First appearance) Gha'ram (First appearance) Kar'uul, Indomitable Champion (First appearance) Ludus, Array Foreguard (First appearance) Sizmic, the Net-Desecrator (First appearance) Testu'udo, Array Bulwark (First appearance) Trask (First appearance) Val Bho'kaurl (First appearance) Valus Dravusk, Shadow Legion (First appearance) Valus Gathurn (First appearance) Valus Tharum, Gladiatorial Overseer (First appearance) Valus Pra'um (First appearance) Vraxus, Shadow Legion Saboteur (First appearance) Vul'ourn, Shadow Legion Supply Master (First appearance) Zo'aurc, Explicator of Planets (First appearance) The Eliksni Koraxis, Acolyte of Nezarec (First mentioned) The Hive Savathûn, the Witch Queen (Mentioned only) The Taken Gamogg, Unchained Wrath (First appearance) Gor'ath Gath (First appearance) Parthenios, Drifting Mind (First appearance) The Vex Adytum, Inviolable Mind (First appearance) Aesop (Mentioned only) Agon, Strategic Hydra (First appearance) Conceptual Mind (First appearance) Calixte, System Ward Finality (First appearance) Haliekron, Nexus Overlord (First appearance) Inquisitor Mind (First appearance) Ioneion, System Control Flow (First appearance) Minotaur Accompli (First appearance) Minotaur Harpax (First appearance) Obstructive Mind (First appearance) Protometon, Nexial Hijacker (First appearance) Other characters Kavauust, Reverent of the Witness (First appearance) Nezarec, Final God of Pain (First appearance) Soteria (Mentioned only) The Traveler The Witness Toniq, Imprint of Nezarec (First appearance) Species Cabal Humanity Neomuni (First appearance) Pouka (First appearance) Psion Taken Tormentor (First appearance) Vex Organizations Acolytes of Nezarec (First mentioned) Cloud Striders (First appearance) Disciples of the Witness Imperial Cabal Ishtar Collective (Mentioned only) Shadow Legion (First appearance) Sol Collective Sol Divisive The Coalition Locations Black Garden Earth Mars (Mentioned only) Neptune (First appearance) Low Neptune Orbit (First appearance) Neomuna (First appearance) Ahimsa Park (First appearance) Gilded Precept (First appearance) Límíng Harbor (First appearance) Maya's Retreat Radiosonde (First appearance) Thrilladrome (First appearance) Strider's Gate (First appearance) Hall of Heroes (First appearance) Pouka Pond (First appearance) Zephyr Concourse (First appearance) Esi Terminal (First appearance) Hydroponics Delta (First appearance) Irkalla Complex (First appearance) Veil Containment (First appearance) Thalassa (First mentioned) Triton (First mentioned) Titan (Mentioned only) Vex Domain

Events Vehicles, equipment, and technology Black Fleet Typhon Imperator Cabal Carrier Asteroth Rex II Vual Gaudium Cabal Warship CloudArk (First mentioned) Crux of Darkness Drake Tank Drop Pod Ghost shells Astrologic Shell (First appearance) Clean Lines Shell (First appearance) Decadent Shell (First appearance) Guardian's Angel Shell (First appearance) Kit Shell (First appearance) Mark II Shell (First appearance) Sweeper Shell (First appearance) Tech Witch Shell (First appearance) Goliath Tank Pyramid Goliath Harvester Jumpship Assembly Stinger (First appearance) Foremost Vimana (First appearance) Gilded Prowler (First appearance) Slipstream i.3 (First appearance) SynthOwl (First appearance) Tropopause (First appearance) Vestian Hawk (First appearance) Radial Mast (First appearance) Scorpius Sparrow Argent Turbo (First appearance) Assembly Rider (First appearance) Common Nobility (First appearance) Inside Line (First appearance) Lucid Dream (First appearance) Proto.Type-A (First appearance) Serpent's Reach (First appearance) Sweeper Simulant (First appearance) Vice Cruiser (First appearance) The Veil (First appearance) Thresher VexNet (Mentioned only) Untested Ishtar Weapon (First appearance) Weapons and armor Abeyant Leap (First appearance) Auto Rifle Coronach-22 (First appearance) Perpetualis (First appearance) Rufus's Fury (First appearance) Quicksilver Storm Ballidorse Wrathweavers (First appearance) Cadmus Ridge Lancecap (First appearance) Combat Bow Raconteur (First appearance) Verglas Curve (First appearance) Cyrtarachne's Façade (First appearance) Fusion Rifle Iterative Loop (First appearance) Royal Executioner (First appearance) Glaive Ecliptic Distaff (First appearance) Vexcalibur (First appearance) Winterbite (First appearance) Grenade Launcher Dimensional Hypotrochoid (First appearance) Harsh Language Koraxis's Distress (First appearance) Marsilion-C (First appearance) Prodigal Return (First appearance) Regnant (First appearance) Hand Cannon Round Robin (First appearance) Trust Linear Fusion Rifle Briar's Contempt (First appearance) Machine Gun Circular Logic (First appearance) Deterministic Chaos (First appearance) Pulse Rifle Autumn Wind Battle Scar Phyllotactic Spiral (First appearance) Scout Rifle Nameless Midnight Shotgun Basso Ostinato (First appearance) Conditional Finality (First appearance) Hand in Hand Imperial Decree Nessa's Oblation (First appearance) Sidearm Buzzard Final Warning (First appearance) Mykel's Reverence (First appearance) Senuna SI6 (First appearance) Sniper Rifle Irukandji (First appearance) Volta Bracket (First appearance) Speedloader Slacks (First appearance) Submachine Gun Synchronic Roulette (First appearance) The Immortal (First appearance) Suit of Agony (First appearance) Suit of Detestation (First appearance) Suit of Trepidation (First appearance) Swarmers (First appearance) Sword Caretaker (First appearance) Death's Razor Goldtusk Nasreddin Throne-Cleaver Thunderhead Suit (First appearance) Trace Rifle Acasia's Dejection (First appearance) Unyielding Favor Suit (First appearance) Miscellanea Arc Solar Stasis Strand (First appearance) Void

Trivia

• Lightfall is the seventh expansion to be published by Bungie.
• The title in French and Spanish is Eclipse, and in Brazilian Portuguese is Sombra ("Shadow").
• Lightfall was originally the final content pack for the Dark vs Light story of Destiny, however, Bungie realized around the time of delaying The Witch Queen that they needed one more chapter to complete what is now referred to as "The Light and Darkness Saga."
• It was originally supposed to launch in 2022; however, its release date was later pushed to 2023.
• Lightfall's tagline is "Our End Begins".

• Lightfall is the second campaign to mainly feature Cabal as its antagonists, the first being Red War

Timeline

Preceded by The Witch Queen

Lightfall

Succeeded by The Final Shape