Mars

Mars is the fourth planet and a long-running destination in Destiny 2. Once the Golden Age metropolis of Freehold, it is now a dust-storm-swept desert dotted with Golden Age ruins.

Overview

Mars appeared in the Warmind expansion (8 May 2018), with Rasputin and the Hunter Ana Bray as primary NPCs, and in the Forsaken era. Its Hellas Basin is a different region from Destiny 1's Mars.

History and availability

In the story, the Witness moved Mars, Io, Titan and Mercury out of the playspace at the end of Season of Arrivals (2020). Mars was moved into the Destiny Content Vault with Destiny 2: Beyond Light on 10 November 2020. It returned more than a year after its disappearance, covered in temporal rifts showing its Golden Age state. On 21 September 2026 Bungie announced that vaulted destinations will be restored, with no date or season given.

Regions

• Hellas Basin - frozen Warmind-era destination; home to the Braytech Futurescape and Rasputin's core.
• Meridian Bay - the main destination: Freehold, the Rubicon Wastes, the Scablands and the Valley of the Kings.
• The Buried City - sub-region within Freehold, with Freehold Station and Tharsis Junction.
• The Enclave - established by Ikora Rey's Hidden to investigate the Relic left by the Black Fleet.
• Ares Spire - Golden Age Seraph complex, featured in Season of the Seraph.
• Tharsis Expanse - the Renegades-era outpost region.

Vendors and NPCs

Ana Bray (Warmind era), Ikora Rey at the Enclave.

Activities

Strikes, Lost Sectors (Ma'adim Subterrane, Core Terminus), Crucible maps (Blind Watch, Bastion, Skyline), Gambit locations, Escalation Protocol (Warmind), the Spire of the Watcher dungeon and the Mars Heist Battleground.

Lore

Mars was the Golden Age's Freehold; the Collapse reduced it to wasteland and the Cabal, Hive and Vex have all fought over it. Rasputin, the Warmind, controlled orbital weapons from Mars.