Social

Social is a game mode of Destiny. Designated social spaces are non-combat areas where a player may interact with other players. While at a social space, the player camera changes to a third person view. There are currently four accessible social spaces in the game, each with a different set of features available to the player: the Tower, the Vestian Outpost, The Lighthouse, and the Iron Temple.

Social spaces

• Tower
  • Accessibility: Complete A Guardian Rises
  • Player Capacity: 16
  • Features:
    • Manage inventory using the Vault
    • Decrypt or purchase Engrams from the Cryptarch
    • Retrieve lost items from the Postmaster
    • Receive new quests from various vendors
    • Buy Emblems, Shaders, Jumpships, Sparrows, Weapons, and Armor from various vendors
    • Buy rare items from Xûr, Agent of the Nine
    • Pledge to Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, or New Monarchy
    • Salvage 4 Dead Ghosts
  • Vendors
    • Hall of Guardians
      • Arcite 99-40 (Crucible Quartermaster)
      • Eris Morn (Crota's Bane)
      • Cayde-6 (Hunter Vanguard)
      • Commander Zavala (Titan Vanguard)
      • Ikora Rey (Warlock Vanguard)
      • Lord Shaxx (Crucible Handler)
    • Tower Plaza
      • Banshee-44 (Gunsmith)
      • Kadi 55-30 (Postmaster)
      • Master Rahool (Cryptarch)
      • Tess Everis (Eververse Trading Company)
      • Xander 99-40 (Bounty Tracker)
    • Tower North
      • Eva Levante (Guardian Outfitter)
      • Executor Hideo (Representative of New Monarchy)
      • The Speaker (Voice of the Traveler)
    • Tower Hanger
      • Amanda Holliday (Shipwright)
      • Arach Jalaal (Representative of Dead Orbit)
      • Lakshmi-2 (Representative of the Future War Cult)
      • Roni 55-30 (Vanguard Quartermaster)
    • Traveler's Walk
      • Lord Saladin (Iron Banner Handler) (formerly)
    • Other
      • Xûr, Agent of the Nine (sells rare gear on the weekends)
  • Areas
    • Tower Plaza
    • Hall of Guardians
    • Tower North
    • Tower Hanger
    • Traveler's Walk

• Vestian Outpost
  • Accessibility: Reach level 20
  • Player Capacity: 9
  • Features:
    • Manage inventory using the Vault
    • Decrypt or purchase Engrams from the Cryptarch
    • Retrieve lost items from the Postmaster
    • Receive new quests from various vendors
    • Buy Emblems, Shaders, Weapons, and Armor from various vendors
    • Buy rare items from Xûr, Agent of the Nine
    • Purchase Trials Passages for Trials of Osiris from Brother Vance
    • Salvage 3 Dead Ghosts
  • Vendors
    • Petra Venj (Queen's Wrath)
    • Variks, The Loyal (House of Judgment)
    • Brother Vance (Representative of Osiris)
    • Master Ives (Cryptarch)
    • Berg 99-40 (Bounty Tracker)
    • Sentha 55-30 (Postmaster)
    • Xûr, Agent of the Nine (Sells rare gear on the weekends)

• The Lighthouse
  • Accessibility: Earn a flawless victory (9-0) on a single Trials Passage in Trials of Osiris
  • Player Capacity: 3
  • Features:
    • Receive Trials of Osiris flawless victory rewards from chest

• Iron Temple
  • Accessibility: Complete The Walls Come Down
  • Player Capacity: 16
  • Features:
    • Manage inventory using the Vault
    • Decrypt or purchase Engrams from the Cryptarch
    • Retrieve lost items from the Postmaster
    • Receive new quests from various vendors
    • Buy Emblems, Shaders, and Armor from various vendors
    • Attune Iron Lord Artifacts
    • Salvage 1 Dead Ghost and 2 Dormant SIVA Clusters
  • Vendors
    • Lord Saladin (Iron Lord)
    • Shiro-4 (Vanguard Scout)
    • Tyra Karn (Cryptarch)
    • Gabi 55-30 (Postmaster)
    • Micha 99-40 (Bounty Tracker)
    • Lady Efrideet (Iron Banner Handler)

Trivia

• While in a social space, players can change which of their three equipped weapons are displayed on their Guardian using the same button that swaps weapons in combat.