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{{Article Quote|Overlooking one of Halo’s impressive relay complexes, this idyllic cliffside once served as a UNSC staging area.}}
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'''Ridgeline''' is a [[multiplayer]] map included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and the [[Anniversary Map Pack]] for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. It is a remake of ''[[Timberland]]'' from [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|the PC port of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'']], with several alterations to map layout.
'''Ridgeline''' is a [[multiplayer]] map included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and the [[Anniversary Map Pack]] for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. It is a remake of ''[[Timberland]]'' from [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|the PC port of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'']], with several alterations to map layout.



Revision as of 18:50, September 15, 2022

Ridgeline
Promotional image for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Anniversary Map Pack featuring the multiplayer map Ridgeline. From the Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary press kit.
Map overview

Game:

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary/Halo Reach

Map file name (?):

cex_timberland

Lore information

Location:

Installation 04[1][2]

Gameplay overview

Terrain:

Forest

Recommended number of players:

8-16

Recommended gametype(s):

 
Overlooking one of Halo’s impressive relay complexes, this idyllic cliffside once served as a UNSC staging area.

Ridgeline is a multiplayer map included in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Anniversary Map Pack for Halo: Reach. It is a remake of Timberland from the PC port of Halo: Combat Evolved, with several alterations to map layout.

Universe and lore

The map is set in a former UNSC staging area on a cliff overlooking an enormous Forerunner relay complex. Toward the end of the conflict on Installation 04, the Marine resistance in the area was wiped out by Covenant forces.[1][2]

Overview

Layout

Callouts

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's heads-up display during gameplay:

  • Upper Red Base
  • Lower Red Base
  • Outer Red Base
  • Red Foothill
  • Overlook
  • Red Encampment
  • South Ridge
  • River
  • Upper Blue Base
  • Lower Blue Base
  • Outer Blue Base
  • Blue Foothill
  • Waterfall Path
  • Blue Encampment
  • North Ridge

Trivia

  • Ridgeline is the first map in the Halo franchise to include trees as a Forge item.[3] The forgable trees for this map are called "Tree, Dead"
  • Despite being set on Installation 04, the planet in the map's sky appears to be an earthlike world with visible continents and oceans, as opposed to the gas giant Threshold.

Gallery

Sources