What We Know About the Kingdom of Night

This is a comprehensive list of details we know about the Kingdom of Night.

  • The Kingdom of Night is a general name for the area of the planet that’s shrouded in darkness due to a huge accident that caused the planet to become tidally locked. This occurred sometime in 26XX, before the start of NieR Gestalt / Replicant. This dark area is generally known encompass the area of North and South America. [Source] [Source]
  • The first mention of the “Kingdom of Night” was in the timeline printed in the NieR:Automata Strategy Guide that was originally released on April 28, 2017. It was later referenced in the YoRHa Boys stage play when the mutinous YoRHa units planned to find “freedom” from Command there. This is because the Bunker is stationed above the Kingdom of Day to manage the YoRHa missions to combat the machines. [Source]
  • Accord was created in the Kingdom of Night sometime along with the so-called “Dragon” weapons to fight in the war against the aliens in 6230. Since then she has been working to prevent the “Fall Down” collapse of ALL timelines. [Source]
  • Events that happened in the Kingdom of Night may be directly related to the temporal anomaly that occurred in 856, relocating the Cathedral City, dragons, magic, and the Flower. [Source]
  • The Dragon weapons deployed against the aliens in the Kingdom of Night were fighting puppet like beings that targeted the dragons’ wings as their weak point. [Source]

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