Anvil Operation Launch

Welcome to Anvil, Spartan. Let’s get you acquainted with your new Operation.

A new 20-tier Operation Pass, an exciting new Big Team Battle mode, a refresh of The Exchange, an upcoming Waypoint Chronicle, and more await!

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

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.

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

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:

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

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:

COMMAND
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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.

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.