Welcome to Anvil, Spartan. Let’s get to know your new operation.
A new 20-tier Operation Pass, an exciting new Big Team Battle mode, an update to The Exchange, an upcoming Waypoint Chronicle, and much more await you!
ANVIL: A BRIEF HISTORY
What is Anvil about? Well, listen carefully: these elements are part of your story, after all!
Anvil Station is home to a multi-species partnership between the UNSC and their alien allies the Arbiter’s Swords of Sanghelios. While the wounds of the Covenant War are still fresh for many, there are also emerging generations of both species for whom the war will be nothing more than a memory.
On Anvil Station, humans and Sangheili work together to test experimental prototypes, including new variants of Spartan armor.
Some of you may remember season 5 of Halo: The Master Chief Collection early 2021, which was also focused around Anvil.
OPERATION PASS
From July 2 to July 30, Operation: Anvil will be active and you will 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 is inspired by two particular Sangheili helmets. Halo InfiniteThe horn is derived from the Enforcer and the mouthguard from the elite Special Operations Infiltration Harness.
Level up your Operation Pass by earning experience points and completing challenges. Additional premium options for the Operation Pass include:
- 500 Credits will make the Operation Pass sustainable (it will not expire), provide bonus XP during the Operation live window, an additional challenge slot while your pass is equipped, and come with an exclusive customization item.
- 2,000 Credits will instantly unlock all 20 tiers of the Operation Pass upon purchase and includes the exclusive bonus customization item.
Securing either of the above will include the Smash and Grab weapon template for the M41 SPNKr and the Rent Seeker weapon skin.
BTB: SENTINEL DEFENSE
A new Big Team Battle mode has arrived in Halo InfiniteIntroducing BTB: Sentry Defense!
Warrant Officer Resolution, one of the Zeta Halo Sub-Monitors you met and fought Halo InfiniteThe campaign of , has decided to embark on a multiplayer action. Two of them, simply called “sentinels” in this context, are part of each team; your objective is to protect your sentinels and destroy those of the enemy.
Each team has 2,000 points. As your Sentinels take damage, the available score decreases and if you reach 0, the game is over. Each map will have at least one Repair Field that will spawn in a neutral location. In addition to regenerating the health of your fellow Spartans and vehicles, it will also repair your Sentinels.
BTB: Sentry Defense will be playable on:
- Fragmentation
- High power
- Dead end
- Oasis
- Scar
- Order
ORDER
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Command is a new symmetrical BTB map created by our amazing community mappers and will also be added to the regular rotation of BTB maps.
With visuals that evoke the Avery J. Johnson Academy we all know from the Live Fire map, Command features a mix of winding roads for vehicular action as well as multi-level structures where you can secure high ground. You might be feeling some Rat’s Nest vibes from Halo 3 in places.
WAYPOINT CHRONICLE
Coming later this month, a new Waypoint column will explore “a day in the life” aboard Anvil Station from the perspective of its multi-species personnel.
As always, this Waypoint column will be published here on Halo Waypoint, but will also be available as a free PDF and audiobook on YouTube. Stay tuned!
March 3, 2560. The Human and Sangheili crew of Anvil Station celebrate the seventh anniversary of the end of the Covenant War as they weigh the burdens of the past with hope for the future.
GIFTS FOR YOU !
Just log in to Halo Infinite and you’ll automatically unlock Disability Pride Month and Juneteenth themed rewards.
July marks the arrival of Disability Pride Month. Disability comes in many forms, and whether a person’s disability is visible or not, Halo It’s a universe where everyone can be a hero: we celebrate every Spartan as they are.
Jump in Halo Infinite this month and you’ll unlock the Disability Pride Month armor skin, 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 come together to fight injustice and oppression for a better future.
In case you missed it: From June 18 to July 18, tune in to Halo Infinite will award you the Juneteenth 2024 emblem.
THE EXCHANGE
The Exchange has been refreshed with a new list of items! As before, none of the previous items will disappear, so you won’t miss out if you missed out on certain items in the past.
Items added to The Exchange during this operation include:
- “Iratus Unleashed” – Emblem (Alpha Pack)
- “Celebration of the Foundation” – 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 Mount (Alpha Pack)
- “HUL-I/BNR/DEWSPRING” – Helmet Mount (Ultimate Reward)
- “Vapor Eagle” – Hip Gear (Ultimate Reward)
- “AAP/GRANITE” – Chest Equipment (Ultimate Reward)
- “Quillhawk” – Helmet Accessory (Alpha Pack)
- “Mirror of Athena” – Visor (Alpha Pack)
- “TACSTAR Model 2490” – Safety Bracelet (Alpha Pack)
- “Wolf Fang” – Equipment Box (Ultimate Reward)
- “Trap Master Card” – Armor Effects (Alpha Pack)
- “Morrigan” – Helmet (Alpha Pack)
- “UA/CMA SN5 Type 11” – Shoulder Pads (Alpha Pack)
- “Olive Rad” – Weapon Skin (Ultimate Reward)
- “Captain’s Pride” – Stance (Yappening)
- “Sapphire Gray” – Armored Coating (Alpha Pack)
- “Tawney Prairie” – Armor Coating (Ultimate Reward)
- “Fire Gunmetal” – Weapon Skin (Alpha Pack)
- “New Dynasty” – Armor Plating (NEW)
- “Grey Avarice” – Armor Coating (NEW)
- “Assailer Vambrace” – Wrist Gear (NEW)
SHOP
Head toward Halo InfiniteIn the ‘s store you will find the new pack of this operation available now, which contains the following items:
- Cut-throat helmet
- Evil Eye Helmet Accessory
- Cutthroat Pauldrons
- Chest attachment plate for rifleman
- Hip Attachment for Piratical Lockbox
- Spinewatch Wrist Support
- Eayn Geode Armor Coating
- Negotiator’s helmet
- Epsilon Eyes Helmet Mount
- Thief’s Shoulder Pads
- Code Enforcer Chest Attachment
- Motive Boosterpack Hip Attachment
- Seeker-Tracker Marker Wrist Attachment
- Hunting Pads Knee Pads
- Wealth Transfer Armor Coating
- Scoped Weapon Model for VK78 Commando
- Year of the Jackal Weapon Coating
- Eminent Corsair Mythical Special Effects
- Economist’s helmet
- TAC/Gregor Shoulders
- Maka Macrobionics Hip Attachment
That’s it for us here, folks. Time to take action. Halo Infinite and check out Operation: Anvil: Head over to BTB: Sentry Defense and start working on that Operation Pass. And stay tuned for the next Waypoint Chronicle for a look at a day in the life aboard Anvil Station.