History of The Dreaming City

The Dreaming City is a long-hidden stronghold sacred to the Awoken of the Reef, and the home of Mara Sov's court. It was introduced in the Forsaken expansion (2018).

Overview

The city is a disk-shaped, Awoken-built stronghold with a silver sea and a stabilization ring, built partly on the asteroid Vesta. Its main vendor is Petra Venj, while Mara Sov guides Guardians from her chambers. After the death of Riven in the Last Wish raid, a Taken curse from Savathûn trapped the city in a three-week time loop.

How to get there

Complete the Forsaken campaign and the post-campaign mission Awakening that opens the destination, then travel to it from orbit. The neighbouring The Tangled Shore was removed from the game with the Destiny Content Vault in February 2022, after The Witch Queen released; the Dreaming City remained playable.

Regions

• Divalian Mists (landing zone)
• Spine of Keres
• Font of Starlight
• Rheasilvia

Vendors and NPCs

• Petra Venj, primary vendor and quest giver
• Mara Sov, the Awoken Queen

Activities

• The Blind Well: a horde-style public activity where Guardians spend charges of Light to summon Scorn, Hive or Taken waves across escalating tiers.
• Ascendant Challenges: weekly rotating challenges with one life each, granting Dreaming City gear and the Starlight Shell needed for the Cursebreaker title.
• Competitive and PvP maps: the Crucible map The Citadel and the Gambit map Cathedral of Scars.
• Last Wish raid: the Keep of Voices and the fight against the Taken Riven.
• The Shattered Throne dungeon (September 28, 2018).
• The three-week curse cycle (weak, medium, strong) changes which enemies and chests appear and whether Mara's throne room can be entered.
• Later seasonal content: Wrathborn Hunts, Astral Alignment and Riven's Lair.

Notable loot

Reverie Dawn armor, Last Wish raid weapons, Shattered Throne gear and Awoken-themed cosmetics.

Lore

Built as Mara Sov's personal realm, the city was shaped using the wish-magic of the Ahamkara Riven. After Riven's death the curse created by Savathûn locked the city into a repeating three-week loop. Later story involves recovering Riven's eggs, which relates to access to The Pale Heart.

History

Introduced with Forsaken on September 4, 2018. The city was originally sealed during the Taken War, and a ring-shaped portal controlling access from the Tangled Shore cloaks it. Recent seasons involved recovering Riven's eggs and preparing for access to the Pale Heart.

Accounts of some seasonal details differ.