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{{Multiplayer Map Infobox

|image=[[File:Relic.jpg|300px]]

|terrain=Island, [[Forerunner]] Memorial

|weapons=*[[BR55 Battle Rifle|Battle Rifle]]

|vehicles=*[[Type-32 Rapid Assault Vehicle|Ghost]]

|power-ups=None

|gametypes=*[[Slayer]]

|playernumber=6-16

<center>{{Article Quote|[[Covenant]] scripture dictates that structures of this type are memorials to [[Forerunners]] who fell in battle against the [[Flood]].}}</center>

'''Relic''' is a [[multiplayer]] map in ''[[Halo 2]]''. It is part of the [[Maptacular Pack]].

The map is set on a large island on [[Installation 05]]. It possesses a vast, castle-like [[Forerunner]] structure centered on the island. Some consider it to be a counterpart of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''<NOWIKI/>'s campaign level [[The Silent Cartographer (Level)|The Silent Cartographer]]. It also resembles a smaller version of [[Halo PC]]'s [[Death Island]]. Due to its design, it is best played using one [[CTF|flag]]/[[CTF|bomb CTF]]/[[Assault]] variants.

The map itself features the [[Sniper Rifle]] and [[Beam Rifle]], as well as the [[Deployable Lookout Tower]]s used by [[Jackals]].

There is a two-way [[Teleporter]] that can be activated from inside the basement of the building, though the inside Teleporter can be used prior to its activation by jumping, firing a [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher|rocket]] at it, and landing on it -- or, more simply, by [[Crouch Jumping|crouch jumping]].

There is also a [[Covenant]] Deployable Lookout Tower, with a Beam Rifle lying at its base. This tower can be toppled using explosive weapons or certain vehicles, such as the [[Gauss Warthog]]. Despite this, the tower can be an amazingly helpful weapon for such a large map.

There is also a [[Sniper Rifle]] located near the back of the [[Albatross|UNSC Albatross]]. Two more fantastic weapons are the [[Energy Sword]] and the Shotgun, both of which are located near the center locale of the map, under the Forerunner building. The Rocket Launcher is located by some broken walls on the far side of the island. Control over these weapons generally translates into control over the outcome of the game.

It is, oddly enough, one of the few maps in which the flags in a CTF game mode are not on opposite ends of the map or in any symmetrical pattern. This makes for unusual gameplay.

*Relic's design was based somewhat on the first multiplayer map design for ''Halo''. In this way, it is literally a relic.

*A player who is connection host can use a Rocket Launcher, an [[Overshield]], a black barricade, and a trick similar to the [[Banshee Launch]] Wingtip Method to reach the top of the tower, which is an excellent sniping location.

*Avoid using the [[Energy Sword]] to attack someone who has positioned themselves behind the Teleporter (when active) inside the structure; doing so will launch you outside of the map and to your death.

*This map is used as the main setting for the [[machinima]] ''Gameplay May Change During Online Play''. It has also been used as the main setting for the machinima ''Lost: Halostyle'' and, more notably, in ''[[Red vs Blue]]''.

*There is an Albatross dropship on the west edge of the island. Another dropship appears in ''Halo 3''<nowiki/>'s [[Sandtrap (Level)|Sandtrap]].

*The map originally featured five [[Orbital Insertion Pod]]s located across the map from the crashed Albatross, but they were presumably cut; they cannot be found without modding tools. An energy barrier (most likely anti-vehicle) was also cut from the map, but not removed from the map's files.

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File:Relic profile.jpg|A view of the island

File:Relic map.gif|An overview of Relic

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