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59 free Destiny trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
53 free Destiny trivia questions with answers. Destiny launched in 2014 as the biggest new-franchise debut in history, and spent a decade being loved, mocked and grinded in roughly equal measure. This quiz covers the original: the shared-world shooter idea, Guardians and Ghosts, the three classes and their supers, the Traveler and the Darkness, the Vex, Hive, Fallen and Cabal, the Vault of Glass, the Loot Cave, Peter Dinklage's wizard from the Moon, and the composer Bungie fired. Then Destiny 2: the Red War and Ghaul, Cayde-6's death in Forsaken, Stasis on Europa, Savathûn's Throne World, Neomuna, the Witness and the Pale Heart, Prismatic, the 12-player Excision, and the run of events from Sony's $3.6 billion purchase to the last expansion and the end of live-service updates in 2026. It suits Day One players, lapsed Guardians and anyone still arguing about the vault. Every answer was checked against the Wikipedia articles on Destiny, Destiny 2, its expansions, Bungie and the voice cast, and each question shows the sentence that supports it once you answer. Free, no signup.
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Q 01Which studio developed Destiny?
Bungie
Bungie, the studio that created Halo, developed Destiny as its first new franchise after handing the Halo series to 343 Industries.
Q 02On what date was Destiny released worldwide?
9 September 2014
Destiny launched worldwide on 9 September 2014, shipping simultaneously on last- and current-generation Xbox and Sony consoles after a July public beta.
Q 03Destiny was the first game in the developer's ten-year agreement with which publisher?
Activision
Activision published Destiny under a ten-year agreement signed with the developer in April 2010; the partnership ended early when the two split in January 2019.
Q 04How much did Destiny take at retail in its first five days?
Over $325 million
Over $325 million: the publisher reported that worldwide sell-through for Destiny's first five days, calling it the biggest launch of a new franchise up to that point.
Q 05The developer prefers not to call Destiny an MMO. What term does it use?
Shared-world shooter
Players are only matched with, and can only talk to, those the game pairs them with.
Q 06What are the player characters in Destiny called?
Guardians
Guardians are Destiny's player characters: long-dead warriors resurrected to defend humanity, each choosing one of three classes.
Q 07Which white spherical being hovers above the Tower in Destiny?
The Traveler
The Traveler is the vast white sphere whose arrival ushered in humanity's Golden Age; it fell silent above the city after the Collapse.
Q 08What is the name of the small flying AI companion that resurrects your Guardian?
Ghost
Ghost is the small floating AI that revives its player after death; each one bonds with a single partner and can bring them back again and again.
Q 09Which actor originally voiced Ghost, before being replaced in 2015?
Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage voiced the player's floating AI companion in the original release; his flat, widely mocked delivery led the studio to re-record the role with Nolan North the following year.
Q 10Which line from the alpha drew heavy criticism of Ghost's original voice performance?
'That wizard came from the Moon'
'That wizard came from the Moon' was the alpha line whose deadpan delivery became a meme; the developer removed it from the final game before later re-recording all of the companion's dialogue.
Q 11Who voices the Speaker in the original Destiny?
Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy voiced the Speaker, the masked Tower figure who delivers the opening narration, in the original game; Lennie James played Lord Shaxx and Peter Stormare Arach Jalaal.
Q 12Which of these is NOT one of Destiny's three Guardian classes?
Ranger
Ranger is not a Destiny class: the three are Titan (armoured frontline), Hunter (agile scout) and Warlock (space magician).
Q 13Which three species can a Guardian be?
Human, Awoken and Exo
Human, Awoken and Exo are the three playable races; the choice is purely cosmetic, with Exo being human minds housed in machine bodies.
Q 21The Hive gods Oryx and Xivu Arath and their sister were originally three siblings of which race?
The Krill of Fundament
The Krill of Fundament: the three sisters were short-lived Krill on the gas giant Fundament who dove into its depths, found the Worm gods and took their bargain.
Q 22Which 2015 expansion began Destiny's Year Two and added a third subclass to every class?
The Taken King
The Taken King launched Destiny's Year Two in September 2015, adding a third subclass per class and the Dreadnaught, Oryx's Hive ship hidden in Saturn's rings.
Q 23Which expansion introduced the technological plague SIVA and the Devil Splicers?
Rise of Iron
Q 14Which of these supers belongs to the Hunter class in Destiny?
Golden Gun
Golden Gun is the Hunter Gunslinger's super, a flaming hand cannon with three shots; Nova Bomb belongs to Warlocks, Fist of Havoc and Hammer of Sol to Titans.
Q 15Which Titan subclass in the original Destiny has the Ward of Dawn bubble as its super?
Defender
Destiny 2 replaced Defender with Sentinel but kept the bubble as an option.
Q 16How many players make up a raid team in Destiny?
Six
Six players form a raid fireteam in Destiny, double the three-player strike team; the series' first raid opened a week after launch.
Q 17Which was the first Destiny raid, set on Venus and ending with the boss Atheon?
Vault of Glass
Vault of Glass, opened a week after launch on Venus, ends with Atheon, Time's Conflux, who flings players into the past or future.
Q 18Which alien race are semi-organic androids that run endless simulations and manipulate time?
The Vex
The Vex are machines animated by radiolarian fluid that run endless simulations and bend time; they long ago converted Mercury into a single planet-spanning machine.
Q 19The Fallen, insectoid nomadic pirates, are also known by what name?
Eliksni
Eliksni is the Fallen's own name for themselves; they are organised into Houses, each led by a Kell, and once revered the Great Machine that abandoned them.
Q 20Which race is a military empire of gigantic amphibians dug in on Mars?
The Cabal
The Cabal are a military-industrial empire of massive amphibian-like soldiers who fortified Mars; their legionaries fight in heavy pressurised armour with ballistic shields and jump packs.
Rise of Iron, released in September 2016, introduced the SIVA nanotech plague and the Devil Splicers, added the Plaguelands on Earth and the Wrath of the Machine raid.
Q 24Where was most of Destiny's lore stored, readable only outside the game?
Grimoire cards online
Grimoire cards online held most of the lore: unlocked in play, they could be read only on the developer's website or app, a choice widely criticised.
Q 25Which periodic PvP event lets players earn top loot and rotates modes like Control and Clash?
Iron Banner
Iron Banner is the recurring week-long Crucible event run by Lord Saladin, rotating modes such as Control and Clash; Trials of Osiris instead uses a single elimination-style format.
Q 26What was the name of the exploit spot where enemies respawned fast enough to farm gear after launch?
The Loot Cave
The Loot Cave was a Cosmodrome cave whose endlessly respawning Hive were farmed for engrams; the developer patched it within weeks of launch and later left an in-game tribute.
Q 27Which long-time composer did Destiny's developer fire in April 2014 over an E3 trailer dispute?
Martin O'Donnell
Martin O'Donnell, who scored the Halo series, was dismissed 'without cause' that April and later won a court case against the studio over unpaid wages and stock.
Q 28Which former Beatle collaborated on Destiny's symphonic suite Music of the Spheres?
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney co-wrote the eight-movement suite Music of the Spheres with the game's composers and recorded the tie-in single 'Hope for the Future', which plays over the game's end credits.
Q 29Around how many players took part in Destiny's public beta in July 2014?
4.6 million
4.6 million: the developer counted 4,638,937 players in the July 2014 beta, then the largest beta for a new console franchise, a month after a limited alpha.
Q 30Which award did Destiny win at the 2015 British Academy Games Awards?
Best Game
Best Game: Destiny took the top prize at the 11th British Academy Games Awards in March 2015, a widely debated result given its lukewarm critical reception.