Warzone

A game of Warzone in progress on the map Escape from ARC

Warzone is a multiplayer gametype introduced in Halo 5: Guardians.

Overview

Warzone will feature large-scale combat with two teams of 12 Spartans facing off against each other on large maps populated by AI-controlled Covenant and Promethean enemies, including named boss units that occasionally appear on the battlefield. A team achieves victory by attaining 1000 points, which are gained by killing both enemy players and AI enemies, or by capturing all three bases on the map and destroying the enemy team's core, located in their base. In the beginning of a match both teams are dropped to their respective bases via Pelican and have to clear the base of AI enemies. A contingent of AI-controlled Marines aligned with either team is also stationed in each base. There are armories and garages on the map that can be captured by the players to give access to superior weapons and vehicles, respectively, and are part of the game's new Requisition system.

The Requisitions available to the players are determined by their energy level, which is accrued over the course of the game, as well as the REQ cards they have purchased or earned by leveling up their Spartan Rank. The requisition packs allow players to respawn with a certain weapon or in a vehicle of their choosing, with a higher energy level providing access to more powerful items (although the player must also possess the REQ card for that item). Warzone is the only multiplayer mode in the game allowing the use of non-cosmetic Requisitions.

Another variant of the game mode is a Base Assault attack/defense scenario without AI enemies. In this variation, one team is tasked with defending each base on a map and the other team attempting to capture the base and push the other team back. The defending team must hold the base until a set time limit runs out. As the attacking team manages to capture each base, they force the defending team back and extend the timer until they assault the defenders' home base and must destroy their core.

Six maps will support Warzone at launch while another six will be available as DLC.

The mode is tied to the Halo series fiction as a type of War Games Spartan training simulation. It features opening and closing cutscenes and Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer in the place of the Arena multiplayer announcer. Some of the maps built for Warzone have been said to be four times larger than those in prior Halo games.

Warzone Promethean and Covenant enemies' difficulty is heroic, but due to the great amount of players, their health and AI are improved, making them stronger than the standard Heroic ones.

Features

Maps

• Escape from ARC
• March on Stormbreak
• Raid on Apex 7

Boss units

Covenant

• Baron 'Sraom
• Elder Mgalekgolo
• Re'gish Wamik
• Remnant Mgalekgolo
• Sangheili General
• Sangheili Patrol Leader
• Sangheili Ranger Commander

Promethean

• Soldier Captain
• Soldier Enforcer
• Knight Marshal
• Knight Strategos
• Master Intex

REQ Station

Loadouts Assault Rifles MA5D assault rifle Longshot Assault Rifle with Recoil Compensator Recon Assault Rifle with Energy Bayonet Magnum M6H2 magnum Pistol that will function similarly to Halo CE's M6D magnum Battle Rifles BR85HB battle rifle Sentinel Battle Rifle with Laser Targeter SMGs Unidentified variant Projection SMG with Long Barrel DMRs M395 DMR Recon DMR with Silencer Power Weapons Suppressors Z-130 Suppressor Boltshot Z-110 Boltshot Carbines Type-51 carbine Storm Rifles Type-55 storm rifle Shotguns M45 shotgun Kelly's Shotgun Energy Swords Type-1 energy sword Needlers Type-33 needler Plasma Casters Type-58 Plasma Caster Plasma Pistols Type-25 plasma pistol SAWs M739 SAW Hydra Launchers Hydra MLRS Rocket Launchers Unidentified rocket launcher Airburst Variant Sniper Rifles SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle Linda's Sniper Rifle Spartan Lasers M6 Spartan Laser

Vehicles Warthogs M12 Warthog LRV Ghosts Type-32 Ghost Banshees Type-26 Banshee Mantises HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis Phaetons Phaeton Wraiths Type-26 Wraith Mongooses M274 Mongoose Wargoose

Notes

• While the Splinter Turret and the Z-390 incineration cannon can be used in Warzone, as of development they cannot be selected from a REQ Terminal, and has to be taken from fallen Prometheans.

Gallery

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  An early version of Warzone called Alamo.

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  The beginning of a match.

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  A Spartan engaging a Knight Marshal on Escape from ARC.

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  A REQ terminal

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  Power weapons in the REQ terminal.

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  Power weapons in the REQ terminal. Note how there are more listed. This may be because the player has unlocked more REQ cards, and thus the deck appears expanded.

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  Vehicles in the REQ terminal.

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  Concept art of a power core room in Warzone.

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  A team's core.

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  The end of a match.

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  REQ cards the player can earn.