Kepler

Kepler is the primary destination of The Edge of Fate expansion (released July 15, 2025): a small rocky planetoid in the Oort Cloud, about 1.7 light years from the Sol System, with a breathable atmosphere and saturated with dark matter. A gravitational singularity there is revered by the Aionians as the "Holy Anomaly".

Access

Complete the mission "The Invitation".

Regions

Landing zones: Caldera, Aionian Campus, The Stacks, Curtilage Divide and Assimilated Easement; also The Singularity, Central Academy, Exile's Accord, Outer Steppes and The Gorge. Kepler is a non-linear, Metroidvania-inspired exploration area rather than a conventional patrol zone.

Abilities

Story progress unlocks dark-matter powers that open new areas: Matterspark (Arc ball form), Matterweave (Strand object manipulation), the Relocator Cannon (Void teleportation) and Rosetta (translating Aionian script to open doors).

Vendors and NPCs

Lodi (Dr. Louis Yero), a human guide NPC. Maya Sundaresh commands the Nessian Schism Vex there.

Activities

14 story missions, the 3 player activity The Sieve and the raid The Desert Perpetual. The raid launched July 19, 2025 in the Nine's Unknown Space, with a 48 hour Contest Mode; an epic-difficulty version followed September 27.

Lore

The AION Initiative found Kepler before the Golden Age; after the Collapse isolated colonists, the Aionians, kept studying it. House of Exile Fallen made peaceful contact but were corrupted by dark-matter-tainted Ether; Archon Levaszk claimed to hear "The Giver", really the Nine member III. Maya Sundaresh killed III with the Echo of Command.