The recent E3 Gameplay Experience Trailer featured a map with some familiar and not-so familiar locations in Destiny. Specifically, more light has been shed on “The Reef” location as well as the playable locations on Venus.
Venus
Earth
The Tower
Moon
Mars
The Reef
The Reef looks to be spaceship wasteland and debris field located in the asteroid belt.
The Reef also has a ruling Queen who some believe to be this woman pictured at 6:27 in the experience trailer.
The Queen of the Reef
With some Fallen and an Awoken by her side, it has been confirmed that Guardians can take up bounties from the Queen of the Reef.
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Other Locations (yet to be shown)
Saturn’s Rings (Derelict Cassini)
Europa: Jupiter’s moon
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Venus Map Locations
The experience trailer also gifted us with a more detailed map of Venus locations. Having pushed the humans back to Earth, the Vex have taken control and are roaming Venus’ landscapes and cityscapes.
Below I have tried to match various screenshots and artwork to their most probable Venus locations. Some of this is merely speculation, but are there any locations I missed?
The Cinders?
With boiling hot liquids spewing out of the surface, this could be the location known as “The Cinders”, pictured in this concept art.
Winter’s Lair
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The Terminus?
The sign on the wall reads “Off-World Transit”. This leads me to believe that this is an abandoned terminal, once used to transport humans to and from Venus.
Endless Steps?
Seen at 5:50 in the Experience trailer, I believe these disappearing steps could be the “greatest challenge” Pete Parson’s was referring to, in order to get access to the Glass Vault.
Ember Caves
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The Citadel
Academy
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Headlands?
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Waking Ruins
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The Shattered Coast
Possibly seen at 4:00 in the experience trailer