The Infinity Stones

A Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Reality Stone

Abilities

The Reality Stone grants its wielder absolute control over reality itself. It can only be wielded by beings of sufficient power and inside beings of no powers, but it will inevitably kill them, as witnessed with Jane Foster in 2013's Thor: The Dark World. The Reality Stone's power is so great that it is capable of affecting reality on a universal scale, as the Dark Elf known as Malekith would have been able to use the Stone to cover the whole universe in darkness (Thor: The Dark World, 2013).

History

The Reality Stone has only made an appearance in 2 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Appearances in the MCU

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

The film begins with Jane Foster, an astrophysicist introduced in 2011's Thor, being transported to an unknown realm in which the Reality Stone was contained for thousands of years. However, it absorbs itself into Jane's body and Thor bring her to Asgard for safe removal. Malekith, a determined warrior from an ancient race known as the Dark Elves, intends to use the Reality Stone and its universal scale of power to turn the Universe into darkness. Malekith gains possession of the Stone, but is killed by his ship falling onto him, and Thor sends the Reality Stone (in a container) with Asgardian soldiers to Knowhere, where The Collector will keep it in his collection.

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Though the scene is not fully depicted in Infinity War, the Reality Stone is intercepted by Thanos on the planet Knowhere, and he then continues on his quest for the rest of the Infinity Stones.