Infinity Stones

<h2 id="film-chronology">Film chronology</h2>
The Stones, with the exception of the Soul Stone, made their debuts in films leading up to <a href="/facts/Avengers%3a_Infinity_War/6bKcxyKk">Avengers: Infinity War</a> (2018). 
The Space Stone, the first Stone to appear, was featured in a <a href="/facts/Mid-credits_and_post-credits_scenes_in_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe/zc4uJree">post-credit scene</a> for <a href="/facts/Thor_(film)/65gsQJHP">Thor</a> (2011), housed within the Tesseract. The Stone / Tesseract established its significance in the MCU through the antecedent films, <a href="/facts/Captain_America%3a_The_First_Avenger/pDrCClNK">Captain America: The First Avenger</a> (2011) and <a href="/facts/The_Avengers_(2012_film)/vHHn6jey">The Avengers</a> (2012). In The First Avenger, the <a href="/facts/Red_Skull_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Red Skull</a> used the power of the Stone to power <a href="/facts/Hydra_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Hydra</a>'s weaponry during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. In The Avengers, <a href="/facts/Loki_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/hHu3hBNh">Loki</a> was sent to Earth by <a href="/facts/Thanos_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9u2AJoRC">Thanos</a> to get the Stone from <a href="/facts/S.H.I.E.L.D._(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> The Space Stone did not make another appearance until <a href="/facts/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_Phase_Three/mv2AeJGJ">Phase Three</a>, when it made a minor appearance in <a href="/facts/Thor%3a_Ragnarok/DxlllftF">Thor: Ragnarok</a> (2017) and played a major role in <a href="/facts/Captain_Marvel_(film)/tWp52YCW">Captain Marvel</a> (2019) when it was revealed that the Stone gave <a href="/facts/Carol_Danvers_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/YVw68ojd">Carol Danvers</a> her powers. 
The Mind Stone first showed up in The Avengers, housed in a <a href="/facts/Loki%2527s_scepter/bPK6yzxq">scepter</a> given to Loki in his efforts to get the Space Stone from Earth. The Stone returned within the scepter in <a href="/facts/Avengers%3a_Age_of_Ultron/9VaVYuEt">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a> (2015) where it was being used on human test subjects. The Mind Stone was eventually used to give <a href="/facts/Vision_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/2aayECmf">Vision</a> life.
<a href="/facts/Thor%3a_The_Dark_World/HkvkvoTg">Thor: The Dark World</a> (2013) introduced the Reality Stone in its liquid form known as the Aether. It temporarily infected <a href="/facts/Jane_Foster_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Jane Foster</a> before it was given to <a href="/facts/Collector_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">The Collector</a> to keep it separate from the Space Stone. 
The Power and Time Stones made their debuts in <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film)/j2nyzCue">Guardians of the Galaxy</a> (2014) and <a href="/facts/Doctor_Strange_(2016_film)/UB5AdYvR">Doctor Strange</a> (2016) respectively. <a href="/facts/Ronan_the_Accuser_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Ronan the Accuser</a> seeks out the Power Stone for Thanos, but he is defeated by the <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>, who entrust the Stone with the <a href="/facts/Nova_Corps_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Nova Corps</a>. <a href="/facts/Stephen_Strange_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/TmmrXmfx">Stephen Strange</a> finds the Eye of Agamotto, which houses the Time Stone, and uses it to save Earth from the demon, <a href="/facts/Dormammu_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Dormammu</a>. 
The Soul Stone was the last Stone to make an appearance, first showing up in Infinity War when Thanos collects the Stone on <a href="/facts/Vormir_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Vormir</a> after sacrificing <a href="/facts/Gamora_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/RBfSbqB5">Gamora</a>.

<h2 id="fictional-history">Fictional history</h2>
The stories of the Stones in the MCU take place in the <a href="/facts/Earth-616_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/SEYPQSY9">Earth-616</a> universe.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> The fictional information below includes events that happened with the Stones from more than one Earth-616 timeline, as well as events that happened with them in multiple other <a href="/facts/Multiverse_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">universes</a>.

List of Infinity Stones<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Ability</th><th>Color</th><th>Gauntlet location</th><th>Container</th><th>First appearance</th></tr><tr><th>Space Stone</th><td>Create portals to teleport; telekinesis<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a></td><td>Blue</td><td>Middle finger</td><td><a href="/facts/Tesseract_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/LFXRG5kD">Tesseract</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Thor_(film)/65gsQJHP">Thor</a></td></tr><tr><th>Mind Stone</th><td>Control minds, enhance the user's intelligence, and create new life<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a></td><td>Yellow</td><td>Back of hand</td><td><a href="/facts/Loki%2527s_scepter/bPK6yzxq">Loki's scepter</a> (initially)<a href="/facts/Vision_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/2aayECmf">Vision</a>'s forehead</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Avengers_(2012_film)/vHHn6jey">The Avengers</a></td></tr><tr><th>Reality Stone</th><td>Alter reality<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a></td><td>Red</td><td>Ring finger</td><td>Aether</td><td><a href="/facts/Thor%3a_The_Dark_World/HkvkvoTg">Thor: The Dark World</a></td></tr><tr><th>Power Stone</th><td>Manipulate energy; increased strength<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a></td><td>Purple</td><td>Index finger</td><td>Orb</td><td><a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2014_film)/j2nyzCue">Guardians of the Galaxy</a></td></tr><tr><th>Time Stone</th><td>Control and manipulate time<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a></td><td>Green</td><td>Thumb</td><td><a href="/facts/Eye_of_Agamotto/pDddGnaf">Eye of Agamotto</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Doctor_Strange_(2016_film)/UB5AdYvR">Doctor Strange</a></td></tr><tr><th>Soul Stone</th><td>Manipulate the soul of a person<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a></td><td>Orange</td><td>Little finger</td><td>—</td><td><a href="/facts/Avengers%3a_Infinity_War/6bKcxyKk">Avengers: Infinity War</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Creation</h3>
In 2014, the <a href="/facts/Collector_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Collector</a> explains that the Infinity Stones are the remnants of six <a href="/facts/Initial_singularity/2P4eM8L1">singularities</a> that existed before the <a href="/facts/Big_Bang/I5T1vTnv">Big Bang</a>, which were compressed into Stones by cosmic entities after the universe began and which were dispersed throughout the cosmos.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> Four years later, it is further explained by <a href="/facts/Wong_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Wong</a> and <a href="/facts/Stephen_Strange_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/TmmrXmfx">Stephen Strange</a> that each Infinity Stone embodies and controls an essential aspect of existence.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a>

<h3>Events before Infinity War</h3>
<h4>Space Stone</h4>
At some point, the Tesseract, which contains the Space Stone, came into the possession of <a href="/facts/Odin_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Odin</a>, who hid it on Earth in the Norwegian village of <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25B8nsberg/KTqV3uuk">Tønsberg</a>, whose inhabitants were <a href="/facts/Asgard/NI3VUImh">Asgardian</a> worshippers. In 1942, <a href="/facts/Red_Skull_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Johann Schmidt</a> steals the Tesseract from a church in Tønsberg and uses it to power <a href="/facts/Hydra_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Hydra</a>'s weaponry during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a>. During <a href="/facts/Steve_Rogers_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/HIzuwUNr">Steve Rogers</a>'s final fight against Schmidt in 1943,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> the Tesseract transports the latter to the planet <a href="/facts/Vormir_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Vormir</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> Afterwards, the Tesseract falls into the Arctic Ocean, where it is later recovered by <a href="/facts/Howard_Stark_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Howard Stark</a> and taken to a <a href="/facts/S.H.I.E.L.D._(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> secret base.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>
In 1989, Dr. <a href="/facts/Wendy_Lawson_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/J4YFgHmK">Wendy Lawson</a>, working with S.H.I.E.L.D., unsuccessfully tries to use the Tesseract to unlock light-speed travel to help the <a href="/facts/Skrulls_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9vrLFVbu">Skrulls</a> find a new home. However, her experiments result in <a href="/facts/Carol_Danvers_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/YVw68ojd">Carol Danvers</a> being granted superhuman strength, flight, and the ability to generate energy blasts. In 1995, Danvers eventually recovers the Tesseract and returns the object to S.H.I.E.L.D., but it is temporarily swallowed by a <a href="/facts/Flerken_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9vrLFVbu">Flerken</a> named <a href="/facts/Goose_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Goose</a>, who later vomits it out on <a href="/facts/Nick_Fury_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bBg0EBvD">Nick Fury</a>'s desk.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
In 2011, Fury shows the Tesseract to Dr. <a href="/facts/Erik_Selvig/MhmxfQR7">Erik Selvig</a> and recruits him to work with it. In 2012, the Tesseract suddenly opens a portal allowing for <a href="/facts/Loki_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/hHu3hBNh">Loki</a> to come through.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a> Loki steals the Tesseract and later opens a <a href="/facts/Wormhole/VtlJwany">wormhole</a>, using it to transport the <a href="/facts/Chitauri_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9vrLFVbu">Chitauri</a> army to <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> in an attempt to conquer Earth. After the <a href="/facts/Avengers_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5W42ozbv">Avengers</a> repel the invasion, Thor returns the Tesseract to <a href="/facts/Asgard_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Asgard</a> for safekeeping in Odin's vault, and it is used to repair the <a href="/facts/Bifrost_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Bifrost</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a> In 2018, Loki takes the Tesseract from the vault during <a href="/facts/Ragnar%25C3%25B6k/GNCs5WrP">Ragnarok</a> before escaping.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a>

<h4>Mind Stone</h4>
The Stone is originally housed in a <a href="/facts/Loki%2527s_scepter/bPK6yzxq">scepter</a> in the possession <a href="/facts/Thanos_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9u2AJoRC">Thanos</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Other_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">the Other</a>, and is lent to Loki in 2012 to help locate the Tesseract and conquer Earth with its ability to control people's minds and project energy blasts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a> After Loki's defeat, the scepter is handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D., after which it falls into the hands of secret Hydra leader Baron <a href="/facts/Wolfgang_von_Strucker_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Wolfgang von Strucker</a>, who use it to experiment on people, including siblings <a href="/facts/Pietro_Maximoff_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Pietro</a> and <a href="/facts/Wanda_Maximoff_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/j4c9hVUN">Wanda Maximoff</a>, who are the only surviving subjects of Strucker's experiments.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a> Von Strucker's experiments cause Pietro to gain superhuman abilities and amplify Wanda's powers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a> In 2015, Strucker's base is attacked by the Avengers, who take back the scepter. The Avengers discover that it contains the Mind Stone, which itself contains an artificial intelligence that grants sentience to the computer program Ultron, who steals the scepter and removes the Stone to create a newly upgraded body. The Avengers steal the Mind Stone–infused body from Ultron and upload the A.I. <a href="/facts/J.A.R.V.I.S./4I6Wh8kp">J.A.R.V.I.S.</a> into it, giving birth to the android <a href="/facts/Vision_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/2aayECmf">Vision</a>, after which the Mind Stone is embedded in Vision's forehead.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a>

<h4>Reality Stone</h4>
Eons ago, <a href="/facts/Malekith_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Malekith</a> attempts to use the Reality Stone, appearing in its fluid-like weapon state called the Aether, to destroy the <a href="/facts/Nine_Realms_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Nine Realms</a>. His plan was to return the universe to its pre-Big Bang state, only to be thwarted by <a href="/facts/Bor_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5QApCdK6">Bor</a>, who had it hidden on Earth. In 2013, <a href="/facts/Jane_Foster_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Jane Foster</a> becomes infected by the Aether after coming across its resting place, though Malekith later draws it out of her. After Malekith is defeated by <a href="/facts/Thor_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/8n2QYXzu">Thor</a>, <a href="/facts/Sif_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Sif</a> and <a href="/facts/Volstagg_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Volstagg</a>, they seal the Aether in a lantern-like container and entrust it to the Collector on the planet <a href="/facts/Knowhere_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Knowhere</a> to keep it separate from the Tesseract, as the three of them consider it unwise to have multiple Infinity Stones close to each other.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a> The Aether, once bonded to a host, can turn anything into dark matter as well as suck the life force out of humans and other mortals. The Aether can also disrupt the laws of physics and repel threats if it senses any.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a>

<h4>Power Stone</h4>
Housed in the Orb hidden in a secret temple on the abandoned planet <a href="/facts/Morag_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Morag</a>, the Power Stone is capable of increasing the user's strength and destroying entire civilizations with a single blast. However, the Stone is too much for most mortal beings to physically handle because its power will destroy them on contact.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a> In 2014, <a href="/facts/Ronan_the_Accuser_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Ronan the Accuser</a> seeks the Orb for Thanos, but <a href="/facts/Peter_Quill_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/xwK10Gux">Peter Quill</a> finds and steals the Orb from Morag's resting spot before <a href="/facts/Korath_the_Pursuer_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Korath</a> can. Ronan eventually steals it from the Guardians. After learning about the Power Stone, however, Ronan betrays Thanos and tries to use its destructive power to destroy the planet <a href="/facts/Xandar_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Xandar</a>. During the battle to protect Xandar, by sharing the burden of the Power Stone's energy, the Guardians are able to use it to kill Ronan. It is later revealed that Peter Quill's half-Celestial physiology allowed him to withstand the Stone's power on his own for a brief time before the other Guardians joined him. They seal the Power Stone in a new Orb and entrust it to the <a href="/facts/Nova_Corps_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Nova Corps</a> on Xandar for safekeeping.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a>

<h4>Time Stone</h4>
In 2016, Dr. <a href="/facts/Stephen_Strange_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/TmmrXmfx">Stephen Strange</a> finds the Eye of Agamotto, which houses the Time Stone, and learns how to use it to save the Earth from <a href="/facts/Dormammu_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Dormammu</a> by trapping him in a <a href="/facts/Time_loop/VzdmGx40">time loop</a> until the demon abandons his plans for Earth. Strange returns the Eye of Agamotto to the Masters of the Mystic Arts' secret compound <a href="/facts/Kamar-Taj_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Kamar-Taj</a> in Kathmandu, Nepal, but soon begins wearing it again.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40">40</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41">41</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42">42</a>

<h4>Soul Stone</h4>
An object that has the ability to manipulate the soul and essence of a person,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43">43</a> control life and death, and contains a pocket dimension called the <a href="/facts/Soul_World_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Soul World</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44">44</a> At some time in the past, Thanos tasks <a href="/facts/Gamora_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/RBfSbqB5">Gamora</a> to find the Soul Stone, as there is little record of its existence compared to the other Infinity Stones. Gamora finds a map leading to where it was hidden: in a shrine on the planet Vormir, but chooses to destroy the map and not tell Thanos, only telling Nebula of it and swearing her to secrecy, unaware that Thanos wasn't fooled by their lies.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45">45</a>

<h3>The Blip</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/The_Blip/ftReQ0Qc">The Blip</a>
Thanos begins his quest to collect all six Stones by decimating Xandar to obtain the Power Stone. He then tracks down the Space Stone and intercepts the Asgardian ship on its way to Earth after the destruction of Asgard.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46">46</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47">47</a> Thanos kills half of the occupants and threatens to kill Thor as well, but Loki gives up the Tesseract to save his brother's life. Thanos proceeds to crush the Tesseract to acquire the Space Stone. He tells <a href="/facts/Children_of_Thanos_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">his children</a> to acquire the two Stones on Earth. He then uses the Power Stone to destroy the ship as he teleports his children and himself away with the Space Stone.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48">48</a>
Thanos' four children split up, with two looking to collect the Time Stone from Doctor Strange and the other two going after Vision for the Mind Stone. In New York, <a href="/facts/Ebony_Maw_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Ebony Maw</a> and <a href="/facts/Cull_Obsidian_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/J4YFgHmK">Cull Obsidian</a> attempt to steal the Time Stone from Strange, but are foiled by Tony Stark, Peter Parker, and Wong. Strange is teleported up to Maw's ship with Stark and Parker sneaking on board. In Edinburgh, Vision is injured by <a href="/facts/Proxima_Midnight_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Proxima Midnight</a> and <a href="/facts/Corvus_Glaive_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Corvus Glaive</a> in their attempts to get the Stone from his head. After the pair are defeated (with the help of Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, and Natasha Romanoff), Vision is taken to Wakanda to have the Stone removed by <a href="/facts/Shuri_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Shuri</a>, in the hope that Vision would be able to live without it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49">49</a>
While his children are on Earth, Thanos acquires the Aether from the Collector on <a href="/facts/Knowhere_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Knowhere</a> and turns it back into the Reality Stone, allowing for him to repel the <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>'s attacks by turning <a href="/facts/Drax_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/CYfvRurl">Drax</a> to rocks, <a href="/facts/Mantis_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Mantis</a> into ribbon strips, and causing Peter Quill's gun to shoot bubbles. Thanos then teleports <a href="/facts/Gamora_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/RBfSbqB5">Gamora</a> and himself back to his ship, where he is keeping a captured <a href="/facts/Nebula_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/UxshUIaP">Nebula</a>. He uses the Power Stone to torture her in front of Gamora, forcing Gamora to agree to take him to Vormir to find the Soul Stone. On Vormir, they encounter the Stone keeper, the Red Skull. Thanos reluctantly sacrifices Gamora to fulfill the requirements to obtain the Soul Stone once the Red Skull explains to them that the Stone requires the sacrifice of a loved one to earn it.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50">50</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51">51</a>
Maw gets sucked out of an airlock and his ship takes Stark, Strange, and Parker to <a href="/facts/Titan_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Titan</a>, Thanos' home planet, where they run into Quill, Drax, and Mantis. Before Thanos arrives, Strange uses the Time Stone to look into future timelines and view millions of possible outcomes of their conflict, learning of only one future in which they win. Thanos arrives expecting Maw, and fights the Avengers and Guardians using the Stones. He defeats them all, leading Strange to surrender the Time Stone to prevent Thanos from killing Stark to ensure the winning future comes to pass.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52">52</a>

Thanos' remaining children arrive in Wakanda where Shuri is unable to complete the removal of the Mind Stone from Vision's head before she is attacked by Glaive. Thanos arrives looking to get the Stone himself, using some of the Stones against the Avengers and Wakandans trying to fight him off. As a result of the Stone still being in Vision's head, Wanda is forced to destroy Vision and the Stone to try to prevent Thanos from getting it, only for Thanos to use the Time Stone to repair them both and collect the latter. Thanos uses all of the Stones to initiate <a href="/facts/The_Blip/ftReQ0Qc">the Blip</a>, where he is briefly transported into the Soul World and encounters a vision of a young Gamora.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53">53</a> He then teleports away with the Space Stone to the <a href="/facts/Planet_0259-S/bPK6yzxq">Garden</a>. Thanos uses the Stones to destroy them to prevent further use in the future.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54">54</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55">55</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56">56</a>

<h3>Time heist</h3>
After <a href="/facts/Scott_Lang_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/CJF40eHp">Scott Lang</a> is freed from the <a href="/facts/Quantum_Realm/bPK6yzxq">Quantum Realm</a> five years after the Blip,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57">57</a> he goes to the Avengers Compound and brings up the idea of a <a href="/facts/Time_Heist_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5W42ozbv">time heist</a> using the Quantum Realm to collect each Stone from different points in time as changing the past does not change the future and instead creates alternate timelines. The surviving Avengers split up into teams to each focus on one Stone.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58">58</a>
Rogers, Stark, Lang, and Banner travel to an alternate 2012, where the Space, Mind, and Time Stones are all located. Stark and Lang attempt to steal the 2012 Tesseract, but the 2012 Hulk accidentally knocks Stark down and the 2012 Tesseract is taken by the 2012 Loki, who uses it to open a wormhole and escape. Rogers retrieves the scepter containing the 2012 Mind Stone, using it to render his 2012 self unconscious after he mistook him for a disguised Loki. Banner convinces the <a href="/facts/Ancient_One_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Ancient One</a> to relinquish that timeline's Time Stone, promising to return it after they are done using it to ensure that the alternate timelines will survive. After failing to retrieve the 2012 Space Stone, Stark and Rogers travel to an alternate 1970 and take the 1970 Tesseract from <a href="/facts/Camp_Lehigh/bPK6yzxq">Camp Lehigh, New Jersey</a> and use a stolen briefcase to smuggle it out.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59">59</a>
Thor and <a href="/facts/Rocket_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/ImQzepQP">Rocket</a> travel back to Asgard in an alternate 2013 to extract the 2013 Aether from the 2013 Jane Foster. <a href="/facts/James_Rhodes_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/3ysUP8xu">James Rhodes</a> and <a href="/facts/Nebula_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/UxshUIaP">Nebula</a> travel back to Morag in an alternate 2014, subduing the 2014 Peter Quill before taking the 2014 Power Stone in its Orb. Romanoff and <a href="/facts/Clint_Barton_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/coAKPTmr">Clint Barton</a> travel to Vormir in an alternate 2014, where each attempts to sacrifice themselves to allow the other to return with the Stone, ultimately ending with Romanoff sacrificing herself.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60">60</a>
All of the Stones are brought back to the present day and removed from their containers while the 2013 Aether is turned into its solid state. Stark creates a <a href="/facts/Nano_Gauntlet/bPK6yzxq">Nano Gauntlet</a> to house the Stones, which Banner uses to undo the Blip. An alternate 2014 Thanos, having been alerted by their actions due to Nebula's cybernetic systems connecting with her 2014 self, brings his army to the future, destroying the compound and intending to use the Stones to destroy and recreate the universe out of revenge for the Blip being undone. In the ensuing battle, Stark sacrifices himself to disintegrate Thanos and his army with the Stones in the Nano Gauntlet. After Stark's funeral, Rogers returns all of the past Stones to the points in time that they were collected from.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61">61</a>

<h4>Aftermath</h4>
Three weeks after Thanos' snap is undone, a still grieving Wanda Maximoff uses her connection with the Mind Stone to reanimate a fake Vision. Later on, <a href="/facts/Agatha_Harkness_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Agatha Harkness</a> shows Maximoff various points in her past, including the moment of Hydra's experimentation with the Stone on her. Maximoff learns that the exposure to the Stone tapped into and amplifyed her innate magic, as well as giving her a prophetic vision of her as the Scarlet Witch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62">62</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63">63</a>

<h3>Alternate versions</h3>
Other versions of the Stones are depicted in the alternate realities of the MCU multiverse.

<h4>Loki</h4>
An alternate 2012 Loki, who escaped during the Avengers' attempt to collect all the Infinity Stones to undo Thanos' actions,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64">64</a> has the alternate 2012 Tesseract confiscated by the <a href="/facts/Time_Variance_Authority_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Time Variance Authority</a> (TVA). Later, Loki tries to retrieve the Tesseract only to find that it is powerless in the TVA, along with all the other Stones, in which the TVA has captured dozens of each from other timelines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65">65</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66">66</a> The Stones are used as paperweights in the TVA, as such the <a href="/facts/He_Who_Remains_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/tKh9kAwG">founder</a> of the TVA and his several <a href="/facts/Kang_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/tKh9kAwG">Kang the Conqueror</a> <a href="/facts/Kang_the_Conqueror/VLABGeY0">variants</a> are more powerful than the Stones.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67">67</a>

<h4>What If...?</h4>

In an <a href="/facts/What_If..._Captain_Carter_Were_the_First_Avenger%253F/9wkV5cmE">alternate version of World War II</a>, Howard Stark uses the confiscated Tesseract as the power source for the <a href="/facts/Hydra_Stomper/HIzuwUNr">Hydra Stomper</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68">68</a> In <a href="/facts/What_If..._T%2527Challa_Became_a_Star-Lord%253F/kFGMSCu4">another universe</a>, <a href="/facts/T%2527Challa_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/GoGdd6b2">T'Challa</a>, rather than Peter Quill, finds the Power Stone on Morag.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:69" href="#fn:69">69</a> In <a href="/facts/What_If..._Doctor_Strange_Lost_His_Heart_Instead_of_His_Hands%253F/h9GmJwgD">an alternate version of 2016</a>, Stephen Strange attempts to use the Time Stone to prevent the death of <a href="/facts/Christine_Palmer_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Christine Palmer</a>, only to find her death is an absolute point in his universe, meaning no matter what he does, she's destined to die, despite his countless attempts to avert the scenario. It becomes the only Stone left in existence in his universe due to his subsequent actions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:70" href="#fn:70">70</a>
As <a href="/facts/What_If..._Zombies%253F!/KxKuwDw2">one universe suffers from a quantum zombie outbreak</a>, Vision discovers that his Mind Stone can be used to cure the infected. However, it is unable to cure the infected Maximoff, due to her powers coming from the Stone, prompting Vision to initially try and feed other survivors to Maximoff to keep her calm until he can properly cure her.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:71" href="#fn:71">71</a> When other heroes find him, Vision accepts that his actions are wrong and he gives the Stone to the surviving heroes to take to Wakanda, sacrificing himself out of guilt. However, a zombified Thanos arrives in Wakanda, possessing the other five Infinity Stones in his Gauntlet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:72" href="#fn:72">72</a>
In another scenario, Thanos once again arrives on Earth with five Stones, only to discover that <a href="/facts/What_If..._Ultron_Won%253F/17nXXBp4">the Avengers lost to Ultron</a>, who is in possession of Vision's vibranium body and the Mind Stone. Ultron kills Thanos and takes the Stones for himself, using them to conquer and destroy his universe. When this task is complete, Ultron attains a higher level of consciousness and uses the Stones to travel into other dimensions and duel <a href="/facts/Watcher_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/J4YFgHmK">the Watcher</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:73" href="#fn:73">73</a> To stop Infinity Ultron expanding into other universes, the Watcher assembles the <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Multiverse/5aWGSgKh">Guardians of the Multiverse</a>, a team of heroes from various alternate realities, including Strange Supreme, and gifts them a weapon to destroy the Stones called the Infinity Crusher. When the Crusher fails due to it being designed to only work for the Stones in its respective universe, the heroes kill Ultron by uploading <a href="/facts/Arnim_Zola_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Arnim Zola</a>'s analog consciousness into his body. The Stones are nearly taken by <a href="/facts/Killmonger_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Killmonger</a>, but he is stopped by Zola, who tries to take the Stones for himself. Strange Supreme and the Watcher imprison them along with the Stones in a pocket dimension, frozen outside of time so that neither they nor the Stones from Ultron's universe can be a threat anymore.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:74" href="#fn:74">74</a>
In <a href="/facts/Kahhori/tKh9kAwG">Kahhori</a>'s universe, the Tesseract crashes into a lake in pre-colonial America after surviving Ragnarok and breaks, releasing unmitigated Space Stone energy into the lake's waters. As a result, a portal opens to another dimension called the Sky World, granting the inhabitants of that world incredible powers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:75" href="#fn:75">75</a> After getting transported into a dying universe in the year 1602, Captain Carter, with the help of Tony Stark, discovers a device powered by the Time Stone that had been caused when Steve Rogers, while fighting Thanos during the Battle of Wakanda, accidentally hit the Time Stone with one of his shields. Using Stark's device and the Time Stone, Carter and Rogers are able to set things right, returning Rogers to his own time and ending the temporal anomaly that was tearing apart the world.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:76" href="#fn:76">76</a> Among Doctor Strange Supreme's prisoners that are released by Captain Carter is a Thanos with a completed Infinity Gauntlet. However, having been freed by Carter, Killmonger (who won the battle against Zola) disintegrates Thanos with his own set of Infinity Stones. Kahhori is able to use her Tesseract-granted powers to separate Killmonger from his Infinity Armor and teleport him away, allowing Carter to take the Infinity Stones for herself. Carter is able to wield the Infinity Stones against Strange alongside Hela's crown and the weapons of some of the freed prisoners. By punching Strange with the Infinity Stones, Carter manages to bring him back to his senses temporarily.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:77" href="#fn:77">77</a>
In the last two episodes of season three, another set of Infinity Stones is seen wielded by an alternate version of Infinity Ultron, who had succeeded in destroying all life in his universe, but was left with no purpose. Carter requests for his help to rescue the Watcher before she is captured by the Eminence. Kahhori, Byrdie, and Storm later do the same, and Infinity Ultron agrees to help rescue Carter and the Watcher. During the battle against the Eminence, Incarnate, and Executioner, he sacrifices himself to allow the others to escape.

<h4>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness</h4>
On <a href="/facts/Earth-838/SEYPQSY9">Earth-838</a>, the <a href="/facts/Illuminati_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Illuminati</a> fight against Thanos on Titan who was in possession of five Infinity Stones. They kill him, leaving the gauntlet and the Stones in their responsibility.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:78" href="#fn:78">78</a>

<h4>Deadpool & Wolverine</h4>
Two variants of the Reality and Time Stones are shown to be embedded in a sling ring Cassandra Nova had taken from an unidentified variant of Stephen Strange. This allows her to open a portal from the Void to Earth-10005 and allow Deadpool and Wolverine to return to it. She later uses it to send the Deadpool Corps to that timeline to keep them from reaching her.

<h2 id="infinity-gauntlet">Infinity Gauntlet</h2>

The Infinity Gauntlet is a left handed metal <a href="/facts/Gauntlet_(glove)/Qg1rwrvB">Gauntlet</a> used to house the six Stones. A right-handed Gauntlet appears in <a href="/facts/Thor_(film)/65gsQJHP">Thor</a> (2011), where it's stored in Odin's vault,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:79" href="#fn:79">79</a> though this one was later revealed to be a fake by <a href="/facts/Hela_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Hela</a> in Thor: Ragnarok.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:80" href="#fn:80">80</a> The mid-credits scene of <a href="/facts/Avengers%3a_Age_of_Ultron/9VaVYuEt">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a> (2015) revealed Thanos had acquired a left-handed Infinity Gauntlet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:81" href="#fn:81">81</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:82" href="#fn:82">82</a> In Infinity War, it is revealed <a href="/facts/Thanos_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/9u2AJoRC">Thanos</a> invaded <a href="/facts/Nidavellir_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Nidavellir</a> and forced <a href="/facts/Eitri_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Eitri</a> to create the Infinity Gauntlet by threatening to kill his people, though he did so anyway once it was completed, as well as removing Eitri's hands to prevent his making of anything else.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:83" href="#fn:83">83</a> After obtaining all six Infinity Stones, Thanos snaps his fingers in the Gauntlet and erases half of all life in the universe.
In Endgame, the Gauntlet is revealed to be burnt and permanently bound to Thanos' swollen arm. After Thor kills Thanos, the charred damaged Gauntlet is left abandoned on the Garden planet. Five years later, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Rocket use <a href="/facts/Nanotechnology/Co4FFNfY">nanotechnology</a> to create a right-handed Nano Gauntlet to use the alternate universe versions of the Infinity Stones. Banner in his "<a href="/facts/Smart_Hulk/ps9xWE7Y">Smart Hulk</a>" form, due to being the most immune to the gamma radiation that the Infinity Stones' combined powers emit, uses the Nano Gauntlet to reverse the Blip. However, the strain of channeling the combined powers still causes him considerable pain and leaves him with a crippled right arm. During the battle at the Avengers Compound, an alternate variant of Thanos from 2014 attempts to use the Nano Gauntlet. Although he successfully acquires it, Stark magnetically removes the Stones from the Nano Gauntlet and, wielding a makeshift Gauntlet formed within his armor, uses them to erase Thanos, his army, and the Nano Gauntlet. 
The original Gauntlet appears in flashback sequences from Infinity War in <a href="/facts/WandaVision/p0cA1G8F">WandaVision</a> (2021). 
Alternate versions of the Infinity Gauntlet made brief appearances in <a href="/facts/What_If...%253F_(TV_series)/G5GhmXG6">What If...?</a>, first in the fifth episode, when a zombified Thanos shows up in <a href="/facts/Wakanda_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Wakanda</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:84" href="#fn:84">84</a>: 27:51–27:59  and the eighth episode when Thanos arrives on Earth but is swiftly killed by <a href="/facts/Ultron_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Ultron</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:85" href="#fn:85">85</a>: 6:20–6:30  The Gauntlet returns in a small capacity during the <a href="/facts/What_If...%253F_season_2/MwfngnI5">second season</a> of What If...?, appearing in the last two episodes. In the <a href="/facts/What_If..._the_Avengers_Assembled_in_1602%253F/MwfngnI5">season's penultimate episode</a>, Steve Rogers unwillingly strikes the Time Stone while fighting Thanos and in the <a href="/facts/What_If..._Strange_Supreme_Intervened%253F/MwfngnI5">final episode</a> where the Gauntlet is used by another version of Thanos, who is then killed by Killmonger.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:86" href="#fn:86">86</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:87" href="#fn:87">87</a> A Gauntlet appears in a flashback sequence in <a href="/facts/Doctor_Strange_in_the_Multiverse_of_Madness/sxbnIFS6">Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness</a> (2022) after Thanos is killed on <a href="/facts/Titan_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/bPK6yzxq">Titan</a> by the <a href="/facts/Illuminati_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/5aWGSgKh">Illuminati</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:88" href="#fn:88">88</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:89" href="#fn:89">89</a>

<h2 id="background-and-development">Background and development</h2>

The Infinity Stones played a big role in the <a href="/facts/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe/hHxMRNbp">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>'s <a href="/facts/Infinity_Saga/tEhe0NFS">Infinity Saga</a>, but they were not the original story plan. Despite the Space Stone being introduced in Thor, and the Mind Stone and Thanos debuting in The Avengers, there were no official plans until at least 2012 to make the Stones the <a href="/facts/MacGuffin/lM19ucdF">MacGuffins</a> of the Saga. <a href="/facts/James_Gunn/KuTEmM98">James Gunn</a> revealed that it wasn't until after he completed his first draft for <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2014_film)/j2nyzCue">Guardians of the Galaxy</a> (2014) that <a href="/facts/Marvel_Studios/1sz7HYQo">Marvel Studios</a> decided to put a bigger focus on the Stones moving forward.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:90" href="#fn:90">90</a> Gunn revealed during the press tour for <a href="/facts/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._3/EPvL8dGb">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</a> (2023) that he wrote the scene introducing the Stones' backstory in an hour and a half starting with the <a href="/facts/Power_Stone_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/LFXRG5kD">Power Stone</a> being in possession of the Collector at the time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:91" href="#fn:91">91</a> The Power Stone's color had to be changed from red like it is in the comics, to purple in the middle of development on Guardians of the Galaxy because Marvel decided that the Aether was going to be the Reality Stone.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:92" href="#fn:92">92</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:93" href="#fn:93">93</a>

<h2 id="differences-from-the-comics">Differences from the comics</h2>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Infinity_Gems/pARRepoB">Infinity Gems</a>
In the comics, Thanos is motivated to retrieve and use the <a href="/facts/Infinity_Gems/pARRepoB">Infinity Gems</a> to impress <a href="/facts/Death_(Marvel_Comics)/8LABc2Xp">Lady Death</a> as she believed that the universe was overpopulated and headed for mass extinction. In the films, there is no mention of Lady Death, and Thanos wishes to reduce the population to avoid a repeat of his experience on Titan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:94" href="#fn:94">94</a> Thanos retrieved each gem from a being who held it at the time. The <a href="/facts/In-Betweener/bk2wjS48">In-Betweener</a> had the Soul Gem, the <a href="/facts/Champion_of_the_Universe/wQSSS8eQ">Champion of the Universe</a> had the Power Gem, the <a href="/facts/Gardener_(comics)/FKgsYkBP">Gardener</a> had the Time Gem, the <a href="/facts/Collector_(comics)/xel3hIyw">Collector</a> had the Reality Gem, the <a href="/facts/Runner_(comics)/FKgsYkBP">Runner</a> had the Space Gem, and the <a href="/facts/Grandmaster_(Marvel_Comics)/CmSkWUzU">Grandmaster</a> had the Mind Gem. Furthermore, nobody else was even aware of Thanos, therefore no one attempted to stop him.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:95" href="#fn:95">95</a>
In the comics, the gems had other rules, and simply being in possession of one wasn't good enough. Each gem was powered by mastering a primordial force characterized by one of the other gems. For example, mastering the Power Gem was dependent on the user's mastery of the mind, while mastery of the soul correlated with the power of the Mind Gem.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:96" href="#fn:96">96</a> The colors of the stones were originally different in the comics. They were purple for Space, yellow for Reality, red for Power, blue for Mind, orange for Time, and green for Soul.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:97" href="#fn:97">97</a> The stone colors were updated in the <a href="/facts/Marvel_Legacy/7GlcyKgX">Marvel Legacy</a> series to match the film versions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:98" href="#fn:98">98</a> In the MCU, the Time Stone is housed in the Eye of Agamotto and the Space Stone is housed in the Tesseract. However, the Marvel Comics versions of these two stones have no connections to these relics.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:99" href="#fn:99">99</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:100" href="#fn:100">100</a>

<h2 id="reception-and-popular-culture">Reception and popular culture</h2>
The existence of the Infinity Stones in the MCU has been described as the "one driving force that unifies all the robot-alien-hero fighting" by <a href="/facts/The_Verge/GNkdYcJe">The Verge</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:101" href="#fn:101">101</a> The use of the Infinity Stones as a plot device led to fan speculation as to the location of as-yet undiscovered Stones, and the possible appearance of additional Stones. One theory popular with fans was that words describing the nature or location of the Stones spelled out the name "THANOS", and that the as-yet undiscovered Soul Stone was somehow associated with the character <a href="/facts/Heimdall_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)/drvsD6K0">Heimdall</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:102" href="#fn:102">102</a> Another theory proposed prior to the release of Endgame was that it would involve a seventh Infinity Stone corresponding to an additional Infinity Gem from the comics, the Ego Stone.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:103" href="#fn:103">103</a>
Charles Pulliam-Moore of <a href="/facts/Gizmodo/2ec4gNKW">Gizmodo</a> thought that the Soul Stone was the least interesting Stone because unlike the others, it was never given a chance to show why it can be formidable on its own like the other Stones had a chance to do in previous MCU films. However, during the Infinity War directors commentary, they confirmed that the Stone has some of the elements of its comic counterpart including "conjuring the spiritual representations of the dead on another plane of existence".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:104" href="#fn:104">104</a>
At <a href="/facts/San_Diego_Comic-Con/J3aquzW0">San Diego Comic-Con</a> in 2022, Marvel and East Continental Gems announced the Infinity Collection of Gemstones, a set of six Gem stones representing each Stone and displayed in an Infinity Gauntlet created by Gentle Giant Ltd. All six gems combined are over 150 <a href="/facts/Carat_(mass)/d2jIjtSs">carats</a> and valued at <a href="/facts/USD/naEEDUhC">USD</a>$25 million. Each Stone is represented by different gems: The Time Stone is a Colombian <a href="/facts/Emerald/pr52yTAD">emerald</a> nearing 23 carats, the Space Stone is a <a href="/facts/Sapphire/C11GJAmm">sapphire</a> from Madagascar, with over 30 carats, the Reality Stone is a natural <a href="/facts/Ruby/faGnqzW8">ruby</a> from Mozambique, Africa with over 15 carats, the Power Stone is a natural <a href="/facts/Amethyst/CWCPKKrk">amethyst</a> with more than 35 carats, the Soul Stone is <a href="/facts/Spessartite/1ygzzdF4">spessartite</a>, exceeding 35 carats, and the Mind Stone is a cut yellow <a href="/facts/Diamond/IBUdnd1y">diamond</a>, that's close to 35 carats.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:105" href="#fn:105">105</a> After Infinity War released in theaters, <a href="/facts/Hot_Toys/DEyATqbg">Hot Toys</a> unveiled a 1:1 scale Infinity Gauntlet with the Stones capable of lighting up with the use of embedded LED lights.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:106" href="#fn:106">106</a> <a href="/facts/Lego/NW95SLjY">Lego</a> also released their own Infinity Gauntlet set in 2021 to celebrate the Infinity Saga.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:107" href="#fn:107">107</a>
The Snap and the Blip entered the popular lexicon as a metaphor for the idea of unilaterally bringing into being one's desired goals through one's force of will alone. In a November 30, 2023, article for <a href="/facts/SFGate/HV7h1xrr">SFGate</a>, columnist Drew Magary reacted to the conduct of billionaire entrepreneur and <a href="/facts/Twitter/VWwDNGUm">Twitter</a> owner <a href="/facts/Elon_Musk/GFgcp9Im">Elon Musk</a>, who contended that large advertisers who left Twitter after Musk had praised a tweet espousing the <a href="/facts/Great_Replacement/uvuDIpID">Great Replacement</a> theory as "the actual truth" would be to blame if their exodus bankrupted that company, rather than Musk himself. When <a href="/facts/New_York_Times/T9marWVX">New York Times</a> contributor Andrew Ross Sorkin stated that those advertisers would likely dispute this, Musk replied, "Tell it to Earth." Taking a critical view of this position, Magary, wrote:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:108" href="#fn:108">108</a>

<blockquote>"But Musk, who told Sorkin that he believed data to be more valuable than gold, remains committed to the idea that owning X means owning the chief information exchange for all of this planet's 8 billion citizens. He thinks he can Thanos Snap wars and recessions into being merely by posting a recycled Pepe the Frog meme from 2016 on there. There is no reasoning with someone who is so megalomaniacal and so, SO stupid."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:109" href="#fn:109">109</a></blockquote>
<h2 id="scientific-analysis-and-accuracy">Scientific analysis and accuracy</h2>
A 2018 article in Extreme Mechanics Letters proposed that Thanos would have needed "a minimum grip strength of over 40,000 tons, which is approximately 750,000 times that of a typical man", to break the Tesseract depicted in the film, presuming that the object was an "all-carbon nano-tesseract or hypercube projected into 3D space".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:110" href="#fn:110">110</a> A study published in 2020 focused on the ability to control matter as Thanos does while using the Stones. The researchers found that on a <a href="/facts/Macroscopic_scale/NLwPDtLe">macroscopic level</a>, someone would need a large amount of energy to control matter, similarly to the Stones. However, <a href="/facts/Microscopic_scale/EHg18xvy">microscopicly</a> scientists can mimic Thanos' control of matter at the <a href="/facts/Colloid/9EVucqND">colloidal</a> level. The researchers were able to make billions of colloidal particles with changeable responsiveness, patchiness, shapes, and sizes by manipulating them using triggers, including temperature, pH, and light.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:111" href="#fn:111">111</a>

<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:mcu:Infinity_Stones">Infinity Stones</a> on <a href="https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:mcu">Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki</a>, an external <a href="/facts/Wiki/uCKCEzqb">wiki</a></li>
<li><a href="https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:marvel:Infinity_Stones#Earth-199999">Infinity Stones</a> on <a href="https://community.fandom.com/wiki/w:c:marvel">Marvel Database</a>, a <a href="/facts/Marvel_Comics/aze3GojA">Marvel Comics</a> <a href="/facts/Wiki/uCKCEzqb">wiki</a></li></ul>

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