Strange energy surges ripple through every Paranormal Activity location, blurring the line between haunting and simulation-while Destiny 2’s “Alone in the Dark” event turns isolation into its most chilling challenge yet.
The Paranormal Activity events only appear in places where you have found and healed a Ghost. Once you turn in an “Alone in the Dark” quest to Micah-10, that location then becomes available for Paranormal Activity. There are 11 in total, so you’ll need to complete eleven Alone in the Dark quests to unlock them all.
If you do find and complete all eleven, you’ll get the Paracausal Geometries triumph and unlock the First Knife exotic ship. Here are the steps for finding and completing Paranormal Activity events in Destiny 2.
How to complete ‘Alone in the Dark’ missions
Accept the repeatable “Alone in the Dark” quest from Micah-10 at the Tower’s Pale Heart holoproject after completing the Convalescence questline. Track the map marker to find the injured Ghost marked by an orange glow, then open several Overthrow chests in the designated patrol zone. Clear the tracked Cyst mission by defeating enemies and the boss, follow the Vision of Light bird to the final area, destroy crystals or blights to break shields, eliminate the boss, and heal the Ghost before returning to Micah-10.
After finishing the campaign, you’ll link up with Micah-10 at a holoprojector in the Pale Heart’s version of the Tower. She gives you quests to find and return lost Ghosts in need of healing. After completing her initial missions, she’ll have a repeatable quest called “Alone in the Dark”.
The “Alone in the Dark” quest has several steps to complete. Those are:
- Find the injured Ghost
- Open Overthrow chests in a nearby region
- Follow the Vision of Light to a new location
- Defeat the boss, and heal the Ghost
These “Alone in the Dark” missions are fairly straightforward. The first step of finding the Ghost can be marked on your HUD to make it much easier to track. Follow the marker until you see Near Objective pop up on the left of your screen. Once you get to the Ghost’s location, you’ll need to look around for the orange glow of the injured Ghost.
Once you find it, you’ll be tasked with opening Overthrow chests in the closest region to where you found the Ghost. Overthrow is the Pale Heart’s equivalent of public events, so head to the location indicated, then find and complete Overthrow events.
Each time you complete an event, a chest will spawn. Opening a chest adds a percentage of progress to the meter; the higher the level the more progress you gain. I started an Overthrow from near the beginning of Level 1 and had all the progress I needed before finishing Level 3.
Once that’s done, follow the quest indicator to find the Vision of Light, the bird that guides you through the Pale Heart. Follow it to a new location, where you’ll need to defeat a boss and then heal the wounded Ghost.
There are a handful of different boss encounters here, but they all work relatively similarly. Enter the boss arena, break crystals or blights to draw out the boss, and then deal damage to the boss. Once it loses a third of its health, it will gain a shield and you’ll need to repeat the first step to break it.
Keep doing this until you finish off the boss fight, then you can heal the Ghost. After that, you just need to head back to the Tower to hand in the quest.
How to complete a Paranormal Activity event
To complete a Paranormal Activity event, approach the anomaly and interact with it to trigger the Alone in the Dark phase. Equip your Ghost with the Spectral Scanner, then scan objects highlighted by green lights within the time limit. Match the sequence of scans exactly as they appear to succeed, earning rewards like Glimmer and enhancement cores. Failure resets the sequence, so stay focused and move quickly between items.
Once the work of unlocking a Paranormal Activity location by completing the corresponding “Alone in the Dark” quest is done, the event itself is very simple. Bear in mind, that you can only complete whichever Paranormal Activity is currently active on your map.
To begin, highlight the event on your map and follow the indicator to the location. There you’ll find a glowing blue orb in a circle that you can commune with. Interact with it and you’ll get the Aura of Balance for two minutes.
You might have spotted some strange blue and orange cubes around the Pale Heart, but you’ll need to wait until they are active before you can interact with them. This is where the Paranormal Activity event comes in.
The goal here is to link two cubes, the Light one (with blue circles on it) and the Dark one (with orange triangles on it). You do this by shooting each cube with the appropriate damage type. Shoot the blue cube with a Light weapon, and the orange cube with a Dark weapon.
You’ll first need to find somewhere you can stand where you can see both cubes at the same time. This is mostly very simple, but there are a couple of tricky ones.
All Paranormal Activity locations and solutions
Paranormal Activity haunts specific spots across Destiny 2’s Cosmodrome and Europa. In the Cosmodrome, check the Passage near the Devil’s Lair entrance, where ghosts appear above parked ships-shoot them quickly before they vanish. On Europa, head to the Eventide Ruins overlook for orbs floating over the ice shelf; interact with three in sequence to banish the anomaly. Additional sites include Asterion Abyss drops and Bray Facility overlooks, each spawning unique visions like shadowy figures or spectral lights. Clear them by firing at manifestations or using your Ghost to scan disturbances, completing the weekly rotation for Alone in the Dark progress.
Here are all 11 Paranormal Activity locations, with screenshots of the cubes and descriptions of how to find them.
The order in which these appear seems to be different for each person, so I’ve put them in order from west to east on the map. You might need to hop back and forth through this list to find the ones you need; if useful, the top of this guide contains a drop-down table of contents to help you navigate each location easier.
Lost City Outskirts
As you make your way out from the Tower through the outskirts, you’ll find the Aura of Balance to the left of a gate just after a courtyard with a large tree.
Turn around to face the large tree in the middle of the courtyard. Go up the stairs to your immediate left, then jump onto the planter ahead of you.
From there, you’ll be able to spot the orange cube on the other side of the courtyard by looking under the tree. The blue cube can be seen in the distance by looking through the gate ahead. A ranged Light weapon with a scope is very useful for this.
Lost City
Head out through the back of the old Tower and you’ll find the Aura of Balance just as you exit the door into the open area.
Jump onto the roof in front of you where the large statue is. Turn 180 degrees and look up to find the blue cube near the large window, then look down to your right to spot the orange cube.
The Landing
From The Landing loading zone, go south past the large building and you’ll find the Aura of Balance on top of a rock formation beside a large tree root.
The blue cube is near the water to the north, the orange cube is near the waterfall to the south. Walk along the root beside the Aura and jump up to the window in the central building, you can see both from there.
The Refraction
You’ll find the Aura of Balance just to the west of Ikora’s crashed ship.
Climb up to the rocky outcrop above Ikora’s ship and then look towards where the Aura was. You’ll spot the orange cube beside a waterfall. The blue cube is below you to your left.
The Blooming
Among the rock formations in the southwest corner, you’ll find the Aura of Balance on a small cliff.
Grab the Aura then jump up to the ledge above. Go around the corner ahead to the left and you’ll find the cubes. You can stand beneath the blue cube and shoot both, or stand on a rock near the orange cube.
The Blooming Deep
Make your way through the Blooming Deep Lost Sector until you reach the enemies that you need to use Transcendence to defeat. On that ledge, you’ll find the Aura of Balance.
You’ll have passed the blue cube on your way to the Aura, and the orange cube will be to your left as you reach it. Go back along the path to the spot where there is a gap in the side wall. From there, you’ll easily spot both cubes.
The Seclusion
As you make your way through The Seclusion, you’ll find the Aura of Balance on the north end of the large cavern with the upside-down trees and waterfalls.
The blue cube is plainly visible in the middle of the room, jump to the platform underneath it. From there, you’ll see a large rock pillar to the south. The orange cube is behind it, jump to the platform to beside the pillar to get a line of sight on both.
The Divide
Starting from the Impasse loading zone, take the path through the wall to the snowy mountain area. When you come out of the cave, follow the path to the right to find the Aura of Balance under an arch.
Then head up the path over the arch until you reach a broken piece of an airplane. The orange cube is inside the plane, walk to the end of it and look down to your left to see the blue cube below.
The Forgotten Deep
Make your way about halfway through the Forgotten Deep Lost Sector and you’ll find the Aura on the right as you enter a large room with a Hive Guardian in it.
The blue cube is above a wooden structure near the entrance of the room, the orange cube is underneath the balcony at the back left of the room. Stand on top of the metal structure near the back to spot both.
The Impasse
From where you load into The Impasse, look to the east and you’ll see a large structure with a door in the middle, leading to a stairway going up. As you’re looking at that doorway, you’ll see the Aura of Balance on a pedestal to the right.
Go left around the large structure and you’ll see a statue with a flat surface on top. Jump up onto it and face the central building. The orange cube is on your right, on the corner of the structure you just came around. The blue cube is to your left, below the ledge of the next structure.
The Transgression
Track this location on your map and it will lead you all the way to the end of the Transgression region, a room with multiple levels and a smaller structure in the middle. You’ll find the Aura of Balance on top of that middle part.
Show step-by-step solutions for each Paranormal Activity puzzle
Paranormal Activity puzzles in Destiny 2 require communing with a ghost for the Aura of Balance buff, then finding a spot to see both a blue Light cube (shoot with Arc, Solar, or Void) and red Darkness cube (shoot with Stasis or Strand) simultaneously to tether them.
General Steps
Approach the glowing ghost at the marker and interact to start the two-minute buff timer. Follow the ghost’s path to spot the cubes, then position where both are visible in your view. Shoot the red cube first with a Darkness weapon to create a tether zone, stand in it, and shoot the blue cube with a Light weapon to connect them and complete the puzzle.
The Transgression
Enter the building past the sandstorm. Both cubes sit on opposite sides of the central room; shoot from the middle structure’s top or floor level.
The Blooming
Stand below the blue Light cube, shoot it, then turn left to spot and shoot the red Darkness cube from there.
The Impasse
Jump onto the red square platform, then the statue left of the pyramid building for a clear line to both cubes.
The Lost City
Climb the central structure on the first outdoor platform; look right/down for the red cube and up for the blue one.
The Lost City Outskirts
Head to the courtyard by the gates; position centrally to view both cubes on nearby structures.
The Seclusion
Go to the east inner platform; shoot the red cube in the left corner, then turn left for the blue one.
The Landing
From the west building near fast travel, look right past the waterfall for the red cube, then left along the road edge for the blue.
The Forgotten Deep (Lost Sector)
In the first encounter after the crystal corridor, stand atop the second platform; left for blue on the roof, right/down for red.
The Blooming Deep (Lost Sector)
At the initial platforming area’s middle edge, both cubes appear directly right and left.
The Divide
Climb to the snowy platform below the airplane wreckage; spot blue below the plane and red inside the cabin to your left.
The Refraction
Jump atop the platform over the ship wreckage, face the waterfall for the red cube, then look left/down for the blue.
Show a step-by-step solution for the Impasse Paranormal Activity puzzle
Impasse Paranormal Activity Solution
The Impasse puzzle is located near the pyramid structure next to The Transgression entrance in Destiny 2’s Pale Heart. It requires the Aura of Balance buff from communing with the nearby ghost.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Spawn at The Impasse fast travel point and head east to the large pyramid-like structure with a central doorway. The glowing ghost floats on a pedestal to the right when facing the doorway.
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Interact with the ghost to gain the two-minute Aura of Balance buff, which enables puzzle interaction.
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Move left around the pyramid to find a red square platform; jump onto it.
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From there, jump onto the flat-topped statue/platform to the left of the pyramid building for the ideal vantage point.
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Position yourself centrally on the statue: the red Darkness cube (orange triangles) is at the pyramid’s corner to your right, and the blue Light cube is below the ledge to your left/near The Transgression entrance.
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Equip a Darkness weapon (Stasis or Strand); shoot the red cube first to create a tether zone on the ground.
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Stand in the tether zone and shoot the blue cube with a Light weapon (Arc, Solar, or Void) while both remain in view to connect them and complete the puzzle.
Progress tracks toward the Paracausal Geometries triumph upon success. If the buff expires, return to the ghost to renew it.
