Complete Destiny 2 The Final Shape guide to help you stop the end of the universe

Nov. 8, 2023

Learn about the most important things to do in Destiny 2 The Final Shape

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Using this Destiny 2 The Final Shape guide, you’ll unlock new Exotic weapons, Prismatic powers, and more, helping you easily overcome the Witness. The campaign itself is reasonably straightforward, though it’s not without a few challenging missions and boss encounters, but once you’re done, you’re spat out into an endgame experience full of quests, activities, missions, and plenty of amazing loot and upgrades – as is standard forDestiny 2. Especially with the end of the universe approaching thanks to the Witness, it can be quite a lot to take in, and you definitely won’t want to miss any of it as you plunder the Pale Heart, so here’s everything you need to know when playing Destiny 2 The Final Shape.

Destiny 2 The Final Shape review

This expansion is an excellent addition to one of the best FPS games of the decade, providing a great payoff forBungie’s flagship title. In ourDestiny 2: The Final Shape review, we said: " Even with some classic endgame grinding repetitiveness, it’s an incredibly well-executed expansion that nicely rounds off a decade-long journey, making it Destiny 2’s best."

You can play Destiny 2: The Final Shape on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam and theEpic GamesStore).

The Final Shape campaign is tough in places, especially on Legendary difficulty, and the last mission –Destiny 2 Iconoclasm– is a great example, so make sure you know exactly it works for a smooth completion of the climactic lead up to the endgame.

After that, you’ll be swiftly introduced toMicah-10 in Destiny 2and her Ghost hunting missions, namely the repeatableDestiny 2 Alone in the Darkquest. As you carry on into the endgame and reach certain quests, you’ll also need to know howDestiny 2 Cooperative Focusmode works for the last few campaign missions. To round out the entire story of The Final Shape, you’ll then have to complete the 12-playerDestiny 2 Excisionactivity, which you can also complete on Grandmaster difficulty if you’re up for the challenge and bonus loot.

The Pale Heart is a massive, linear location that houses the entire campaign for Destiny 2 The Final Shape, but it still has plenty of secrets and items that you must gather or collect to help in other quests and pursuits:

There are 21Destiny 2 Prismatic Fragmentsto get in The Final Shape. You’ll have six of them right off the bat, but the other 15 need to be found in the Pale Heart. Some are hidden away in missions, some are locked behind completed memories, and some are unlocked by solving puzzles like these ones:

The Final Shape adds several highly unique Exotics to Destiny 2, from the game’s first Exotic Class items to a special sword with random Exotic perk rolls. All of these are obtained through Exotic quests unlocked after completing the campaign of The Final Shape, each requiring you to complete various other missions and objectives which are also linked in this guide. Here are all the Exotics from The Final Shape:

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