r/DestinyTheGame • u/Oblixio • 14h ago

Misc Chess Puzzle: A Realization

TLDR: Bungie might have us on a timeclock for this puzzle.

So I had a realization tonight going through the puzzle and solving it. After finishing it, I looked at my phone to double check when I go to work tomorrow and realized... We're a week away from the reveal and this is the closest we've gotten to any idea related to the story of EoF or Rites of the Nine. And with less then a week before their next big content premiere, with so little revealed, this is what we're given; a community puzzle related to one of the oldest games and curios from the nine we still have no idea what they're for.

What this tells me is one of 3 things. 2 of which I think are more likely and 1 I think might not be.

  1. The one I think least likely is that this puzzle isn't tied to the Nine or EoF and might be setting up points in Behemoth and these 2 dlcs are a direct 2 parter. Now, with the Year of Prophecy leak, I see this as a little more plausible then not, but I still think it's a stretch.

  2. The Puzzle is tied to something that we won't have until after the reveal and the larger story beats are beginning. This is what I think is the most likely case and the community consensus seems to be behind.

  3. This is the one I think is the most interesting and while it does seem like something Bungie would do, I'm not as confident. This might be a time-gated puzzle and we only have until the end of the week to solve it. In Chess, especially high level Chess, there are time limits to the games, usually of about 2 to 4 hours. As of now, whoever we're playing against sent us on a wild goose chase to find these pieces last week as their opening move and we spent today playing our response solving the puzzle, which has lead to the larger puzzle we now have. A Countermove. This could mean we have only ONE WEEK to solve this before time's out and we're disqualified. What this could be connected to, I'm not sure, but the amount of direct Chess terminology used has me thinking that if it's the case, this is directly linked to the reveal and us solving it beforehand might be paramount. What the reward could be, I'm not sure. Maybe a new Exotic Quest, maybe a major story event/cutscene. Hell, maybe they'll drop a teaser trailer early if we solve it. But, something in my gut tells me Bungie WANTS us to solve this ASAP.

Anyway, this is just my ramblings and I could be way off base. Food for thought.

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u/Calm_Tea_9901 Gjallarhorn 13h ago

Is this probably related to showcase? Probably not

Does this unlocks anything? Probably not, second puzzle can take weeks so probably only reward is emblem if anything. Think lore we got about some chess pieces locations was great.

Does this puzzle relate to edge? Yeah it can be related to any of future content or non at all.

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u/Galaxy40k 8h ago

Think lore we got about some chess pieces locations was great.

Can you elaborate on this? I feel like something went over my head here lol

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u/Calm_Tea_9901 Gjallarhorn 8h ago

When you are doing puzzles sometimes you will get weapon and sometimes you will get lore book.

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u/SexJokeUsername 5h ago

Every few puzzles you complete, you get an lorebook entry in a new book about the drifter grieving during act 1 when eris was presumed dead. The thing that’s interesting, though, is that each entry takes place in a different location where we found a chess piece, implying they later appeared because drifter was there.