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{{Status|Gameplay}}

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|image=[[File:H2 Waterworks Banshees.jpg|300px]]

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|location= Unknown{{Ref/Generic|[[#Production notes|See production notes]]}}

|playernumber=6-16

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{{Article quote | While the [[Forerunners]] excelled at mimicking natural beauty, the machinery in this cavern exemplifies their true genius.}}

This huge map was found mostly in the [[Big Team Battle]] playlist, and is a symmetrical area with bases on either side. This map is built mainly for games of 8 versus 8 [[Assault]] and [[Capture the Flag]]. There are several stalactites hanging from the ceiling which can be brought down by shooting them repeatedly. However, if they are shot with an explosive, it will fragment and not be able to damage anything. If they hit an opposing vehicle or enemy, it is an instant kill. It is similar in many ways to the cavern parts of the [[campaign]] level, [[Uprising (Level)|Uprising]]. If you are killed by the large piston in the center, you will be killed by [[The Guardians]], although, on some occasions, the game says that you committed suicide.

===Layout===

The bases have a total of three floors. The first floor has a window, some crates, and a [[BR55 battle rifle|Battle Rifle]], [[Type-25 plasma pistol|plasma pistol]], [[M7 SMG|SMG]], and a [[M6C magnum|magnum]]. The second floor is unprotected but with more ammo, with a [[Type-33 needler|needler]], [[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle|sniper rifle]], [[M9 fragmentation grenade|frag grenades]], SMG, battle rifle, and a [[M247 machine gun|machine gun]] in a little protective alcove that is good for suppressing enemies. A ramp leads to the "hangar bay" that has a [[Type-26 Banshee|Banshee]], a battle rifle, and a one way [[teleporter]]. In the front, there is a small parking lot that has a [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]], [[Karo'etba-pattern Ghost|Ghost]], and (usually) a tank of some sort. This is the same for both bases.

The teleporters lead to a personal bridge for each team, that has a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]], an SMG, and a plasma pistol with a [[Vostu-pattern carbine|carbine]]. Both these bridges lead to the same place, but they are all pretty vulnerable to snipers and gunners.

Both these bridges end up in the same place-the bases and the piston. This place has the [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]], a sniper rifle, a [[Type-25 Brute Shot|Brute Shot]], a battle rifle, rocket launcher, and more. This piston also has the central bridge that connects the bases to one another.

*Red Bridge

According to the original Halo 2 design document for the map, Waterworks was set in a "Forerunner drainage system inside a large natural cavern on Delta Halo with sewer bunkers and natural stream runoff to a reservoir". It was also said to utilize tunnels and long sloping pipes for its environment.{{Ref/Generic|[[:File:H2 Waterworks DesignDoc.jpg|Waterworks design document]]}}

*Waterworks, along with [[Headlong (Level)|Headlong]], are the only maps in ''[[Halo 2]]'' multiplayer that feature a ladder.

*You can shoot down the stalactites on the ceiling of the level. They will kill a player beneath them, but you must have excellent timing.

*Like on the ''[[Halo 3]]'' map [[The Pit (Level)|The Pit]], maniacal laughing can sometimes be heard.

*Another good sniping position is on top of the base. Simply take the Banshee on top of the base and keep it there, so you may easily refresh your ammo. That provides an advantage over the other sniping area near the piston. Nevertheless, they must both be reached via Banshee.

File:H2B_Waterworks.jpg|Original loadout picture of Waterworks in the Halo 2 Beta.

File:H2_Waterworks_Scorpion.jpg|A Spartan hijacking a Scorpion tank on Waterworks.

File:H2_Waterworks_Banshee.jpg|A Banshee battle on Waterworks.