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Halo Infinite’s latest Operation: Anvil is available today (through July 30) and brings a new, free 20-tier Operation Pass, new game mode Big Team Battle: Sentry Defense, a new community created Big Team Battle map, a slate of items in The Exchange, and more. 

Operation: Anvil is based on Anvil Station – the top-secret location where the UNSC and their alien allies from the Arbiter’s Swords of Sanghelios, worked together to test experimental prototypes, including new Spartan armor variants.  

With this latest Operation, players can acquire the new Sangheili-themed ASSAILER armor, a new emblem, and additional Spartan Points to spend in The Exchange. Players with also be able to jump into multiplayer action with BTB: Sentry Defense. In addition, a new symmetrical community-created Big Team Battle map – Command – has been added to the regular rotation of BTB maps. 

In the new Big Team Battle mode, Sentry Defense, each team has one sentry that must be protected while attempting to take down that of the opposition. The match starts with each team having 2,000 points. As damage is dealt to a sentry, the score drops and when a team hits 0 points it’s game over. 

ANVIL: A BRIEF HISTORY

What is Anvil all about? Well, listen close—this stuff is your history, after all!

Some of you may remember Season 5 of Halo: The Master Chief Collection back in early 2021, which was also themed around Anvil.

Anvil Station is home to a multispecies partnership between the UNSC and their alien allies from the Arbiter’s Swords of Sanghelios. While wounds from the Covenant War are still fresh for many, there are also emerging generations of both species for whom the war will be but a memory.

On Anvil Station, humans and Sangheili work together to test experimental prototypes, including new Spartan armor variants.

OPERATION PASS

From July 2-30, Operation: Anvil will be active and you’ll be able to acquire the new Sangheili-themed ASSAILER armor, a new emblem, and additional Spartan Points to spend in The Exchange.

For those wondering: ASSAILER takes inspiration from two particular Sangheili helmets in Halo Infinite. The horn is derived from the Enforcer and the mouthguard from the infiltration harness of the Special Operations Elite.

Progress your Operation Pass with Match XP and Challenge completions. Additional premium options for the Operation Pass include:

• 500 credits will make the Operation Pass durable (it will not expire), offers bonus XP during the Operation’s live window, an extra Challenge slot while your pass is equipped, and comes with an exclusive customization item.
• 2,000 credits instantly unlocks all 20 tiers of the Operation Pass at purchase and includes the exclusive bonus customization item.

Securing either of the above will include the Smash and Grab weapon model for the M41 SPNKr and the Rent Seeker weapon coating.

BTB: SENTRY DEFENSE

A new Big Team Battle mode has arrived in Halo Infinite. Introducing BTB: Sentry Defense!

Adjutant Resolution, one of Zeta Halo’s submonitors who you met and fought in Halo Infinite’s campaign, has decided to jump into some multiplayer action. Two of them—simply known as “sentries” in this context—are on each team; your objective is to protect your sentries and destroy the enemy’s.

Each team has 2,000 points. As damage is dealt to your sentries, the available score drops, and if you reach 0 it’s game over. Each map will have at least one Repair Field that spawns in a neutral location—in addition to providing health regeneration for your fellow Spartans and vehicles, it’ll also repair your sentries.

BTB: Sentry Defense will be playable on:

• Fragmentation
• Highpower
• Deadlock
• Oasis
• Scarr
• Command

Command is a new symmetrical BTB map created by our amazing community cartographers and will also be added to the regular rotation of BTB maps.

With visuals that evoke the Avery J. Johnson Academy we’ve all grown familiar with on the map Live Fire, Command boasts a mix of winding roads for vehicular action along with multi-level structures where you can secure the high ground. You may get some Rat’s Nest vibes from Halo 3 in places.

WAYPOINT CHRONICLE

Coming later this month, a new Waypoint Chronicle will explore “a day in the life” aboard Anvil Station from the perspective of its multispecies personnel.

As always, this Waypoint Chronicle will be published here on Halo Waypoint, but will also be available as a free PDF and as an audiobook on YouTube. Stay tuned!

March 3, 2560. The human and Sangheili crew of Anvil Station mark the seventh anniversary of the Covenant War’s end as they weigh past burdens with hope for the future.

GIFTS FOR YOU!

Simply log into Halo Infinite and you will automatically unlock some rewards themed around Disability Pride Month and Juneteenth.

July marks the arrival of Disability Pride Month. Disability takes many forms, and whether a person's disability is visible or not, Halo is a universe where anyone can be a hero—we celebrate every Spartan as they are.

Jump into Halo Infinite this month and you will unlock the Disability Pride Month armor coating, visor, and emblem.

Juneteenth commemorates a historic day of freedom, liberty, and humanity, celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans on June 19, 1865. This celebration reminds us that we must unite to fight injustice and oppression in the name of making a better future.

In case you missed it: From June 18 through July 18, logging into Halo Infinite will award you the Juneteenth 2024 emblem.

THE EXCHANGE

The Exchange has been refreshed with a new slate of items! As before, none of the previous items are going away, so you won’t be missing out on anything if you haven’t been able to acquire certain items from the past. As a note: with this refresh of The Exchange, previous offerings do not appear in The Exchange itself but can now be obtained through Halo Infinite's customization menus.

Items added to The Exchange this Operation include:

• “Iratus Unleashed” – Emblem (Alpha Pack)
• “Foundation Celebration” – Emblem (NEW)
• “Eddy the Eagle” – Emblem (NEW)
• “Ritual Dagger” – Emblem (NEW)
• “Pocket Nuke” – Emblem (NEW)
• “Sentry Team Five” – Emblem (NEW)
• “Barbed Wire” – Backdrop (NEW)
• “Lone Wolf” – Backdrop (Tactical Ops)
• “MOD-P CBRN” – Helmet Attachment (Alpha Pack)
• “HUL-I/BNR/DEWSPRING” – Helmet Attachment (Ultimate Reward)
• “Vapor Eagle” – Hip Gear (Ultimate Reward)
• “AAP/GRANIT” – Chest Gear (Ultimate Reward)
• “Quillhawk” – Helmet Attachment (Alpha Pack)
• “Athena’s Mirror” – Visor (Alpha Pack)
• “TACSTAR Model 2490” – Wrist Gear (Alpha Pack)
• “Wolf Fang” – Chest Gear (Ultimate Reward)
• “Trapmaster’s Map” – Armor FX (Alpha Pack)
• “Morrigan” – Helmet (Alpha Pack)
• “UA/CMA SN5 Type 11” – Shoulder Pads (Alpha Pack)
• “Olive Rad” – Weapon Coating (Ultimate Reward)
• “Captain’s pride” – Stance (Yappening)
• “Sapphire Grey” – Armor Coating (Alpha Pack)
• “Tawney Prairie” – Armor Coating (Ultimate Reward)
• “Fire Gunmetal” – Weapon Coating (Alpha Pack)
• “New Dynasty” – Armor Coating (NEW)
• “Grey Avarice” – Armor Coating (NEW)
• “Assailer Vambrace” – Wrist Gear (NEW)

SHOP

Head to Halo Infinite’s Shop and you will find this Operation’s new bundle available now, which contains the following items:

CUTTHROAT BUSINESS

• Cutthroat helmet
• Evil Eye helmet attachment
• Cutthroat Pauldrons shoulder pads
• Skirmisher Plate chest attachment
• Piratical Lockbox hip attachment
• Spinewatch wrist attachment
• Eayn Geode armor coating
• Negotiator helmet
• Epsilon Eyes helmet attachment
• Thieving Pauldrons shoulder pads
• Code Enforcer chest attachment
• Motive Boosterpack hip attachment
• Seeker-Tracker Markerlight wrist attachment
• Hunting Pads kneepads
• Wealth Transfer armor coating
• Acquisitive Reach weapon model for VK78 Commando
• Year of the Jackal weapon coating
• Eminent Privateer Mythic FX

FIELD MODIFICATIONS

• Ökonom helmet
• TAC/Gregor shoulders
• Maka Macrobionics hip attachment

That’s a wrap for us here, folks. It’s time to jump into Halo Infinite and experience Operation: Anvil—get yourselves over to BTB: Sentry Defense and start working through that Operation Pass. And stay tuned for the upcoming Waypoint Chronicle for a peek into a day in the life aboard Anvil Station.

Key Features:

• Campaign: When all hope is lost and humanity's fate hangs in the balance, the Master Chief is ready to confront the most ruthless foe he's ever faced. Begin anew and step inside the armor of humanity's greatest hero to experience an epic adventure and finally explore the scale of the Halo ring itself.
• Multiplayer: Halo's legendary multiplayer combat returns, reimagined and evolving over time with seasonal updates, new modes and maps, and community focused content. Create endless combat possibilities by mixing and matching a rich variety of on-map weapons and equipment to experience unique multiplayer gameplay that's unlike anything but Halo. And for the first time, Halo multiplayer goes free to play inviting millions of gamers across Xbox and PC to join the fight.
• Cross-Platform Gaming: Halo Infinite provides an amazing experience across the Xbox One and newer family of consoles as well as PC with stunning graphics and world-class cross-platform play. And, on Xbox Series X as well as supported PCs, enjoy enhanced features like up to 120FPS and greatly reduced load times creating seamless gameplay that usher in the next generation of gaming.

Halo Infinite is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Store / Steam).