That’s right. Everyone’s favorite linear Capture the Flag (CTF) mode with random weapons has arrived in Halo Infinite!
Husky History
First introduced to Halo matchmaking in Halo 4, Husky Raid quickly became a fan favorite. The concept was simple: there’s a narrow corridor, everyone has random weapons and limited cover, and you’ve got to get the enemy’s flag. The chaotic and fervent push to get to the opposite side to merely pull the flag proved to be half the battle… followed by the fight back down the corridor of doom and the push to bring the flag home to score.
In short, it’s CTF with the intensity and chaos turned up to eleven – weapons are random, attrition is high, and the battle for the flags is fierce.
Husky Raid returned in Halo 5 with a plethora of incredible community-made maps and a slew of REQ weapon variants to make the corridors go boom, which solidified its place as one of the all-time great Halo modes – something that, much like Infection in Halo 2, was born from the sheer creative might of the community. And now, Husky Raid has made its way to Halo Infinite.
Let’s take a look at where you’ll be doing battle!
Thank you to all the Forgers who helped bring this playlist to life and used our 343ask-HuskyRaid tag so we could find the content. For even more versions and experiences, don’t forget to check out the Content Browser.
You know the drill. Prepare for chaos!
Containment
Containment protocol initiated.
Halo Infinite's next Event, Containment, runs from August 29 through September 12.
Earn new HAZMAT customization by completing your free 10-tier Event Pass in the playlist of your choice!
Grab the Latchpoint Bundle from the Shop and you'll acquire the following items for your HAZMAT armor:
SERKET helmet
LATCHPOINT shoulder pads
Sunfire coating for all armors
Tech Savvy stance
Halfmask weapon charm
Secure these items and go make a latchkey discovery!
Inclined to look like a legend.
Complete all of your Weekly Challenges and the Ultimate Challenge to earn this week’s Ultimate Reward – the Yoroi Mesa Inclined coating..
A new Ultimate Reward will become available every week, so be sure to keep an eye on your Challenges and take advantage of these free rewards.
Forge Features
Happy Friday! If you don’t have weekend plans that are set in stone, check out this week’s Forge creations.
How else will you be able to take a break in a quaint village to touch some digital grass, enjoy a leisurely trip through a museum, explore a fan-favorite Halo 4 map remade in Halo Infinite, and then play some cat-and-mouse?
Are you tired, Spartan? Pull up a seat by the fire, have a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa, and relax for a bit.
Susurra
Credits: Dr nominoe, bullet2thehead9 Bookmark: Susurra
As you tour the museum, be sure to channel those dulcet tones of yours and keep your voice at a whisper.
Perdition
Credits: Cousin Tim, I Crush All Bookmark: Perdition
This remake of a fan-favorite Halo 4 BTB map had us feeling right at home.
Stellar
Credits: CANADIAN ECHO, Minister Muffin Bookmark: Stellar
Let the games of cat and mouse begin… Wind your way from the bottom to the top as you hunt down your opponents.
Community Creations
Last time we saw VidGamesPete, we looked at scripting and lists. After our recent August update, he is back with another scripting and lists tutorial… but this time make the lists large.
That’s a wrap for this week’s edition. Don’t forget that we’re on the hunt for seasonal-themed maps, so be sure to tag your creations so we can easily find them. If you’ve got a great Halo-ween theme idea, or a winter wonderland, or anything else that is seasonal, we want to see them!
Complete all of your Weekly Challenges and the Ultimate Challenge to earn this week’s Ultimate Reward – the Lightbike weapon charm.
A new Ultimate Reward will become available every week, so be sure to keep an eye on your Challenges and take advantage of these free rewards.
Ready to prove that you've got the photon groove?
Head to the Shop and pick up the Photon Groove bundle, which includes:
Photon Groove mythic effect set
Lightspike Gauntlets armor effect
Lightspike Pauldrons armor effect
Square Dance coating for all customizable weapons
With this new outfit, they'll be hanging your picture in the photon Louvre.
Halo: Outcasts, the latest novel from acclaimed author Troy Denning, is out now!
To celebrate the release of the novel, players can acquire the Swords of Sanghelios-themed Arbiter's Guard armor coating for all armors for free until August 22.
Outcasts sees the return of Arbiter Thel 'Vadam as he and Spartan Olympia Vale seek to claim an ancient rumored artifact on the hostile world of Netherop which could be the key to ending the oppressive rule of Cortana.
Head to the Shop and claim your bundle for 0 credits today!
Halo: Outcasts, the latest novel from acclaimed author Troy Denning, is out now!
To celebrate the release of the novel, players can acquire the Swords of Sanghelios-themed Arbiter's Guard armor coating for all armors for free until August 22.
Outcasts sees the return of Arbiter Thel 'Vadam as he and Spartan Olympia Vale seek to claim an ancient rumored artifact on the hostile world of Netherop which could be the key to ending the oppressive rule of Cortana.
Head to the Shop and claim your bundle for 0 credits today!
Don't shoot my plums.
Complete all of your Weekly Challenges and the Ultimate Challenge to earn this week’s Ultimate Reward – the Plumfire S7 sniper rifle coating.
A new Ultimate Reward will become available every week, so be sure to keep an eye on your Challenges and take advantage of these free rewards.
You've got the BRXX Lightfire, which means it's the enemy team's bedtime, and you plan to tuck them in... under six feet of dirt!
Secure the BRXX Lightfire bundle today for the following:
BRXX LIGHTFIRE weapon model
TORCHBEARER MARK VII helmet
UTIL/EmerSound Mark I shoulder pads
UA/Type DH MARK VII knee pads
Powerup Sights weapon coating for all weapons
Pacific Pitch armor coating for all armors
Horizons Beyond emblem
Radio Edit kill effect
Walk faster to the Shop and blind others with your cyber-style today!
Since its release, Season 4: Infection has been winning over hearts and Iratus has been taking over minds. Although the reception of Season 4 has been great, there’s still plenty to do and we haven’t slowed down or lost sight of that fact.
To help illustrate that point, let’s take a look at some of the additions, improvements, and bug fixes landing next week with the upcoming August Update!
Dredge
Our newest map, Dredge, is entering Halo Infinite’s lineup next week! With inspiration directly from Halo: Reach’s popular map Countdown, this forged homage is sure to make a lasting impression. When diving into the map for the first time, players can expect a new take on the scenery and refreshed gameplay flow.
Starting next Wednesday, August 9, you’ll be able to play Dredge all day long in the Dredge 24/7 playlist!
Community Requests
You asked. We answered.
In addition to a new multiplayer map, the Halo Infinite team has really been focusing their efforts on top community requests. Let’s take a look at the feedback topics they went after!
Improved Pelican Vehicle Drops
After cracking open the code for Pelican vehicle deliveries in Big Team Battle (BTB), we found a few different systems that used specific markers that worked together to deliver vehicles. While predictable, the outcome was not quite the same as the consistent, symmetrical vehicle drops that Halo fans typically prefer.
To bring the Pelican deliveries closer in line with those expectations, we’ve improved the system to deliver the same vehicles on both sides of the map in the same wave.
Please note: due to different Pelican flight paths, there may be a difference in the exact timings of delivery.
BTB Fireteam Improvements
In another effort to improve the BTB experience, the team also tackled a common piece of community feedback around intro cameras. Now, Big Team Battle matches will prioritize placing the members of your Fireteam in your in-game squad of four players. That means during the intro camera sequences at the start of each game, the line up shot with four Spartans will also prioritize showing members of your Fireteam.
Extermination
There are not many feelings that can match the rewarding sensation of taking down an entire enemy team and hearing Jeff Steitzer say, “Extermination.”
With the introduction of the Elimination and Attrition game modes in Halo Infinite, there was a desire to help make that medal moment even more special by attributing it to Overkills that helped end a round. However, many of you expressed that this made it feel too tucked away and asked for it to return to all game modes – and that request was heard loud and clear.
We’re happy to say that with the launch of the August Update, the Extermination medal will be available in all multiplayer modes. We look forward to you all sharing clips of your favorite clean sweeps online!
Death Cam Improvements
While this topic was a bit more niche, we saw the posts and comments asking for improvements in this area and the team was happy to jump on it.
Our reasoning for going with static death cams was to help ensure a fair environment in which a team only gathered information that was earned. However, we heard the feedback around the static death cams and we went after it for this update.
Starting next week, after you’ve fallen in combat, you’ll be able to rotate your death cam to look around while spectating teammates – much like in previous titles. We expect this extra bit of freedom will encourage even better teamwork and improve communication while players wait to respawn.
Additionally, to help make sure you can spectate your teammate’s even faster, we’ve increased the speed at which you can cycle through players on your death cam. Now, with this additional layer of player agency, you should always be able to help a teammate in need.
Reactive Water Plane
Season 4 brought the first appearance of a placeable and scalable water object in Forge – the static water plane. Being a static object, it didn’t react to gameplay interactions such as footsteps, bullets, or explosions and was more applicable for map aesthetics. It was a big step forward for Forge, but we knew that having a reactive water plane would be the next big leap.
Next week, you’ll be able to take that leap with the addition of a scalable water plane in Forge. This new water object will react to players, vehicles, and projectiles just like it would on any of our dev maps!
Forge QoL Updates & Bug Fixes
In addition to the introduction of the reactive water plane, Forge will also get some extra love and polish in this update. A quality-of-life (QoL) update for our Forge menu folders means that creators will be able to expand and collapse all the folders in that section with a single action. Beyond that, the team went after numerous community-reported issues for the August Update.
The full list of those bug fixes will be available on the Halo Support team’s Patch Notes at aka.ms/HaloInfiniteUpdate and will go live with the update’s launch next week.
Much like all our updates, the focus of the August Update was to continue addressing top community requests across the board. In addition to the few topics we've covered above, we’ll have even more fixes for top community reported issues such as Personal AI voice resetting, bringing slide back to parity with its Season 3 behavior, multiple Observer and Theater bugs, and stability improvements for all platforms.
As a reminder, the full list of fixes – with additional context – will be available on Halo Support’s Patch Notes page (aka.ms/HaloInfiniteUpdate) when the update launches next week.
While we know there will always be plenty more to go after, we’re excited to release this one and share these improvements with you. Thank you for your continued support and constructive feedback as we continue to update Halo Infinite!
Forge Features
It’s that time again for a new issue of Forge Features.
We’ve got a new opportunity for you to get your maps into matchmaking and a round-up of some of the latest and greatest 343 Recommended maps. Let’s get right into it!
We are looking for Forgers to submit maps themed around the seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Maybe you’ve got a Halloween-themed map in-mind for some horrifying haunted house hostilities, or perhaps a snowy wonderland where grenades may be exchanged for some explosive Holiday cheer…
How Do I Get My Map Noticed?
Once your map is in a state you’re happy with, you need to publish it and tag it with the relevant “343ask” tag, which are:
343ask-Autumn
343ask-Winter
343ask-Summer
343ask-Spring
If your map is one we’d like to move forwards with, we will reach out to the gamertag listed as the author of the map and continue further dialogue on Discord.
We can’t wait to see you flex those creative muscles and show us what you’ve been cooking!
Speaking of which, let’s take a look at some new map recommendations…
It’s Halo 3’s Longshore as you remember it, but with some multi-layered expansion as there are now a couple of ships docked around the borders of the map which provide additional space for you to move around.
Tight corridors in a dark and moody indoor environment will lead to lots of jump-scare moments as you see an enemy pop out from around an unexpected corner. Bring spare pants.
Infinity from Halo: CE, lovingly recreated with Halo Infinite’s Forerunner palette. Try not to fall.
That plays us out for this issue of Forge Features. Bookmark some cool new maps, get a customs night set up with your friends (or just hop into the Custom Games Browser), and see what cool season-themed maps you can build that just might find their way into matchmaking in the future!
