The Edge of Fate is the newest Destiny campaign, and is a new era of Destiny 2 with lots of interesting developments both in mechanics and lore. Taking place on the world of Kepler, The Edge of Fate is filled with mysteries and new places to explore and discover using the destination abilities like Matterspark, Relocator, and Mattermorph.
This is our full guide to the expansion, with a walkthrough for every story quest and everything you might want to know about The Edge of Fate. Buckle up, as it looks like this is going to be a campaign with depth and lots of different ways you can navigate.
Campaign Information
The Edge of Fate campaign, released on 14/07/2025, is the newest installation in the story of Destiny 2. Explore the world of Kepler and find out the secrets of the Nine, as you begin to unravel this new era.
Difficulties
- Brave: Normal difficulty, with normal enemies and combat.
- Legendary: A -20 Power delta, with more aggressive enemies.
If you want to partake in The Desert Perpetual Contest Raid, it's heavily recommended to complete The Edge of Fate on Legendary.
Campaign Walkthrough
Prologue
1. Complete The Invitation
Follow the invitation. Travel to Kepler and uncover the nature of the mysterious signal emanating from this drifting rim-world.
For this step, you need to complete the first mission of the Campaign: The Invitation. This mission introduces you to the world of Kepler, its mechanics, and the character Lodi.
Read our guide to find out how to complete this mission thoroughly.
2. Integrate the Strangelet Capsule at the Altar of Relativity
Once you've completed the initial mission, the Invitation, head to the Altar of Relativity in Kepler's first region; Caldera. Interact with it.
3. Return power to the altar systems
With this, you need to go to two power banks in the area of Caldera and interact with them to charge them. The location of the first will be marked on your map, and when you arrive at them they'll read 'Perform Rite of Ignition'. This will trigger a voice line.
Once you've done this, head to the second one (now marked on the map) and do the same.
4. Restart the Altar of Relativity
Head back to the Altar of Relativity, and you'll see an interact that says 'Perform Rite of Maintenace'. Goa head and interact to activate the Altar.
5. Integrate the Strangelet Capsule
Once you've done this, you'll need to still integrate the strangelet capsule you found in the introductory mission.
Interact with it to put the capsule into the altar and activate the room around you. You'll see a voice line from II of the IX.
6. Inspect the Altar of Relativity
Once you've done this, you can inspect the Altar of Relativity, and then obtain The Edge of Fate's actual campaign quest.
Campaign
1. Meet Rebecca, Dean of the Aionians
After claiming the quest, go down to the front of the staircase up to the altar to meet and interact with Dean Rebecca.
2. Draw out the Barricade Mind to obtain the Acceleron it guards
Once you've done this, head to the objective marker and start killing Vex to draw out the Barricade Mind.
You'll need to pick up 15 motes from the Vex you kill and dunk them in the pillar in the middle of the room (where the quest marker is).
Eventually, you'll spawn in the Barricade Mind, which is a Vex Hydra. Kill it.
Open the chest near the pillar to receive your rewards and advance your quest.
3. Access the terminal to acquire the translation cipher "Rosetta"
There is a terminal near the motes pillar. Go up to it and activate it to acquire Rosetta.
4. Return to Dean Rebecca with the Rosetta
Go back to Dean Rebecca now you have the Rosetta, and interact with her.
5. Access the Aionian's telemetry buoys to locate the disruptive signals
Now, you have to go and interact with three terminals to retrieve telemetry and locate Orin.
Follow the objective marker to an orange tower, and interact with it to trigger a conversation between The Drifter and Orin. Once you've done this, do the same for the next one, and the one after that, both of which will be a waypoint on your map and able to be tracked one after the other.
6. Meet with Orin
You'll need to go and talk to Orin. She's marked on the map, in the south of Caldera.
Go to the objective marker to meet her.
7. Access the Altar of Relativity
Head back to the Altar in the middle of Caldera, and interact with it.
8. Visit the Altar of Relativity to begin tracking strangelet capsules in the Central Academy and Exile's Accord.
There will be two quests in the Altar of Relativity, under 'Campaign'. Pick both of them up to advance to the next step.
9 - 17. Recover strangelet capsules across Kepler and return them to the Altar of Relativity
Complete both of the Central Academy Strangelet and Exile's Accord Strangelet quests to progress this to the next step. You will end up advancing the main quest forward during this time, as completing one of these quests will add additional steps.
After each one of these quests, you'll have to go back and integrate the capsule at the Altar in Caldera. The first time around, there will be switches around Caldera to activate like in Step 3 of the prologue, and there will be voice lines between.
Here are our guides on both of these quests:
18 - 20. Recover the Strangelet Capsule in the Outer Steppes
After completing both previous quests, you'll need to head back to the Altar of Relativity and claim your next quest, The Outer Steppes Strangelet. Complete this quest to advance to the next step.
Here is our guide to this quest:
Once you've completed the quest, head back to the Altar to integrate the Outer Steppes Strangelet Capsule.
21. Meet with Lodi and Ikora
Head down the stairs to meet with Lodi and Ikora to Learn the Truth.
22 - 23. Complete the Gorge Strangelet Quest
Next, complete the Gorge Strangelet Quest to obtain the final Strangelet capsule. This will be the final Strangelet capsule that you need to complete all four to progress the campaign forward, and from there on out you'll be completing missions to finish the campaign.
24. Speak with Orin in the Assimilated Easement
Once you've done this, you'll need to go and speak to Orin in The Gorge. She'll speak with you about her experiences escaping from the Nine. After this, you'll be granted access to your next mission.
25. Complete the mission "Criticality" and save the Aionian Settlement from Obliteration
Before you're able to integrate your last Strangelet Capsule, you'll need to head back to the Reactor and save Kepler from it's sudden demise. The Criticality Mission can be found in the Outer Steppes, and you'll need to complete this to progress forward.
Here is our guide on this mission:
26. Integrate the final Strangelet Capsule at the Altar of Relativity
Once you've completed the mission, return back to the Caldera and integrate your last Strangelet Capsule into the Altar of Relativity.
27. Meet with Lodi and Orin and become Weaponized
Afterwards, head downstairs for an important meeting with Lodi, Orin and The Nine.
28. Complete mission "The Message"
Once you have officially become the Weapon, you'll be tasked with tracking down the missing member of the Nine, III. The Message is the final mission in the Edge of Fate questline, in which you'll tackle both the Choral Vex and the House of Exile Eliksni to solve the mysteries of Kepler, Eliminate The Archon for good, track down The Conductor, and hear the fated Message.
To unlock this mission, head towards the Altar of Relativity, and continue past it towards the back.
After a second, a door will begin to open, and you'll be able to drop inside to access the mission.
To find out how to solve The Message mission, read our guide here:
29. Meet with Lodi and your fireteam
Once you've completed The Message, you'll enter back into Kepler, and unlock the third Matterspark upgrade; Matterspark III. With this, you'll be able to enter Matterspark from anywhere in Kepler by accessing your ghost, replacing your Sparrow.
Head back to the Caldera. Walk down the stairs to have an important discussion with your fireteam.
30-31. Meet with Lodi in the Caldera
Head underneath to find Lodi, dressed in his new Emissary fashion, for a final heartfelt talk.
This is the last step in The Edge of Fate campaign, but it is not the end of the story. You'll have plenty of side-quests around the map to complete for a more in-depth story dive; a new Exotic Hand Cannon to grab ahold of, alongside all of it's perks and intrinsics hidden around Kepler; and the option to replay missions of the campaign on Fabled and Mythic difficulty, with extra hidden Strangelet Capsules around Kepler to find and retrieve.
If you need help completing the side quests around Kepler, read our guides for more information:
To learn how to retrieve the new Exotic Hand Cannon 'Graviton Spike', read our guide here:
