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'''Forge Island''' is a ''[[Halo 4]]'' multiplayer map intended for use as a [[Forge/Halo 4|Forge]] canvas. The map was released as free [[downloadable content]] for ''Halo 4'' originally scheduled for release on April 11, [[2013]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/free-halo-4-forge-map-coming-april-11 |Site= Halo Waypoint|Page=Free Halo 4 Forge Map Coming April 11|D=24|M=4|Y=2021}}

Forge Island passed certification earlier than expected and was made available for download for free on March 29, 2013. {{Ref/Site|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012142842/https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/welcome-to-forge-island |Site= Halo Waypoint|Page=Welcome to Forge Island|D=24|M=4|Y=2021}} Forge Island consists of three flat islands, nicknamed the "Great Anvils".

Forge Island is set in a peninsula to the southwest of [[Requiem]]'s smallest continent, referred to by {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} science teams as the "Great Anvils". The geological data gathered from this area is used by Infinity Science's Forge group to help set up custom [[War Games]] scenarios, gaining the designation '''War Games Map_Set/: 230-1'''.  

This is the first [[Forge/Halo 4|Forge]] canvas on ''Halo 4'' that allows players to go and Forge on sea-level, and also provides the largest space available; If the width of the largest island was '1', you could go away from the middle of the map by about 6-10 units.  

Forge Island includes three flat islands with green grass along with pale brown patches of dirt. Apart from the very edges of the islands, the entire top is flat. It also featured all new pieces, being the first ''Halo'' map to feature a green screen piece, flat, natural stone walls and place-able trees. Also, several pieces that on other maps belonged to other object groups were moved to 'Buildings' — these pieces were more cumbersome for rendering and dynamic lighting and as such, in "Buildings", less of them could be placed.  

The Forge Island-exclusive Forge items are the same as the ones in ''[[Ravine]]''. The map features a [[Wikipedia:Chroma key|green screen]] in its new unique palette, obviously intended for [[machinima]] purposes. Many objects that had once been in separate pallets, such as the "Walkway Large" or the "Window Coliseum" have now been moved to the "Buildings" pallet. This is due to how these objects are just as laborious to performance as the other "Building" pieces. As a result of this, the object limit for the "Buildings" pallet has increased from 12 to 20.