Forge Island

Forge Island
Map overview
Game:	Halo 4
Map file name (?):	forge_island
Lore information
Map designation (?):	War Games Map_Set/: 230-1
Location:	"Great Anvils", near Apex, Requiem
Gameplay overview
Terrain:	Three flat islands
Recommended number of players:	4-16
Recommended gametype(s):	Capture the Flag Dominion Flood Team Slayer Ricochet

Forge Island is a Halo 4 multiplayer map intended for use as a Forge canvas. The map was released as free downloadable content for Halo 4 originally scheduled for release on April 11, 2013.

Forge Island passed certification earlier than expected and was made available for download for free on March 29, 2013. Forge Island consists of three flat islands, nicknamed the "Great Anvils".

Universe and lore

Main article: Great Anvils

Forge Island is set in a peninsula to the southwest of Requiem's smallest continent, referred to by UNSC 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.

Overview

Layout

This is the first 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.

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  Forge Island Loading Screen.

Forge

The Forge Island-exclusive Forge items are the same as the ones in Ravine. The map features a 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.

Trivia

Glitches

Main article: Glitches

• By placing a two-way teleporter inside the islands, you can enter a 'cave' inside the island, which is also a fully forgeable (albeit probably not intended) area. The rocky spikes protruding upwards from the sea (Visible better when in the 'cave') are also fully hollow.

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• In the shadow of the 2nd island, if you place a respawn point down into it, you'll actually spawn underwater. Go upwards until you get outside the soft kill boundary, and you can then forge underwater. Make sure to place a two-way teleporter above the surface, so you can teleport back and forth to learn how big this forgeable underwater area is, remember if you go too high up the hard kill boundary will kill you.

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Gallery

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  All 3 Islands.

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  A map created on one of the Great Anvils.

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  A hud of the Broadsword looking at one of the 3 Islands.

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  A Pelican flying above the 1st Island, looking at the 2nd Island.

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  Out of bounds on Forge Island, the 3 islands can be seen at the bottom.