Everything To Know About Marvel’S Infinity Stones Before You See Avengers: Endgame

Warning:This post contains spoilers for all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

So what’s an Infinity Stone, again?
Infinity Stones are really powerful gems that, when united, can be used to destroy people, planets, solar systems and whatever beyond😁

How many Infinity Stones are there?

There are six Infinity Stones: The Space Stone the Reality Stone , the Power Stone, the Mind Stone , the Time Stoneand the Soul Stone.

Where did the Infinity Stones come from?

The Collector explains inGuardians of the Galaxy, six singularities existed before the creation of the Universe. The Big Bang transformed those entities into six separate Infinity Stones.

Where have I seen the Infinity Stones before?

This can get confusing because many of these stones have two different names.

Here’s a rundown of all the Infinity Stone names and what movies they’ve popped up in.

The Space Stone (The Tesseract)

The Space Stone gives the user power over space. Anyone holding the Space Stone can create a portal from one part of the universe to another. In the Marvel films, the Space Stone is hidden inside a blue cube called the Tesseract.

The Mind Stone (Loki’s scepter)

The Mind Stone allows the user to control the minds of others. We first see it as a blue orb in Loki’s scepter in 2012’sThe Avengers. Whenever Loki touches someone with the scepter, he can control what they do. Thanos gives the Mind Stone to Loki, which placesa lotof faith in Loki. Weird decision, Thanos.

The Reality Stone (Aether)

The Reality Stone grants the user power to manipulate matter. InThor: The Dark Worldthe villain Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) wants to use this red liquid stuff called Aether to turn matter into dark matter because he’s evil…and do you really need a better reason? It turns out that the Aether is a manifestation of the Reality Stone.

At the end of the movie, two Asgardians give the Reality Stone to The Collector because apparently they can’t keep the Space Stone and Reality Stone in the same room in Asgard.

The Power Stone

The Power Stone bestows upon its holder a lot of energy—the sort of energy that you could use to destroy an entire planet. Star Lord accidentally discovers the stone inGuardians of the Galaxy. Ronan steals it from him and threatens to wipe out an entire race.

But here’s the tricky thing about Infinity Stones: You can’t hold them in your hand for long without dying. Starlord steals the stone back from Ronan and almost dies when holding it. (All the Guardians join hands, and together they can manage its power.)

The Time Stone (Eye of Agomoto)

The Time Stone grants its owner the power to re-wind or fast-forward time. Stephen Strange discovers it in the Eye of Agomoto pendant in the library of Kamar-Taj, where he trains in the mystic arts in Doctor Strange.He uses the stone at the end of the film to trap the villain Dormammu in a time loop so that Dormammu can’t destroy the Earth.

The Soul Stone

InInfinity War, Thanos travels with Gamora to the planet Vormir, where the Soul Stone is kept. Therethey encounter Red skull, the villain from the first Captain America movie, who has been doomed to guard but not use the Soul Stone after trying to handle the Space Stone himself. Red Skull tells Thanos that he needs to sacrifice something he loves to attain the gem, and Thanos kills Gamora.

Why are all these stones in some sort of container?

You can’t hold an Infinity Stone for very long without dying. Just look at what happened to Red Skull. That’s why the Time Stone is in a necklace, the Mind Stone in a scepter, the Space Stone in the Tesseract, etc. Thanos needs to wear a special golden glove to hold all the stones.

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