Rumble Pit

"A mix of Slayer and other Free For All games. Go it alone, or join as a group and throw down against each other."

— In-game description for Halo 3's social Rumble Pit playlist

Rumble Pit is a Halo 2 and Halo 3 playlist based around "free-for-all" action. It is one of the trickiest and most prestigious matchmaking playlists. Playing Slayer in many variants (though most often it's regular Slayer).

• This playlist is unranked, meaning you are matched against people whose skill level varies and guests can play.

It allows up to 8 players in Halo 2, 8 players in Halo 3, and rotates through a selection of maps and gametypes, most notably the "slayer", (Including variants like swords, and shotguns) "fiesta" rules.

The Rumble Pit matchmaking playlist was ranked in Halo 2 on Xbox Live from its release (in 2004) until early 2007, and is now unranked in Halo 3. Halo 3's ranked version of Rumble Pit is called Lone Wolves.

Halo 2 Rules and Maps

Bungie changes the exact list of maps and rules periodically; the list as of 5/26/06 is:

Map	Gametype
Ascension	Snipers
	Slayer
Beaver Creek	Slayer
Burial Mounds	Rifles
Colossus	Rifles
	Snipers
Elongation	Slayer
Foundation	Slayer
Gemini	Slayer
Ivory Tower	Slayer
Lockout	Snipers
	Slayer
Midship	Slayer
Relic	Snipers
Sanctuary	Slayer
Terminal	Rifles
	Snipers
Turf	Slayer
Warlock	Slayer

Halo 3

Maps played in Rumble Pit

Note: All maps have equal chance of being selected

• Construct
• Guardian
• Isolation
• Narrows
• Snowbound (FFA) - Default layout tweaked for Free For All.
• The Pit
• Foundry – Not Required. Part of the Heroic Map Pack.
• Blackout – Not Required. Part of the Legendary Map Pack.

Gametypes played in Rumble Pit

• Slayer (39% chance of being selected) - 25 kills to win. Assault Rifle starts, no secondary weapons. 12 minute match time limit.
• Hammerzeit (11%) - Slayer, 15 kills to win. Gravity Hammer spawns, no secondary weapons. Player traits: Cannot pick up weapons, cannot drive vehicles. Map traits: No vehicles or weapons on the map. 12 minute match time limit.
• Swords (11%) - Slayer, 25 kills to win. Energy Sword spawns, no secondary weapons. Player traits: Cannot pick up weapons, cannot drive vehicles. Map traits: No vehicles or weapons on the map. 12 minute match time limit.
• Juggernaut (9%) - Kill the Juggernaut to become the Juggernaut. Juggernaut earns points for kills (10 points to win). Juggernaut traits: 2x Overshield, 50% Shield Recharge Rate, 125% Damage. 12 minute match time limit.
• Oddball (9%) - Hold the skull to earn points (50 points to win). 12 minute match time limit.
• Crazy King (8%) - Stand in the hill to gain points (100 points to win). Hill traits: Moving Hill (30 second intervals), sequenced moving order. 12 minute match time limit.
• Ninjaball (6%) Hold the skull to earn points (100 points to win). Ball carrier traits: 90% Damage Resistance, 50% Shield Recharge Rate, 150% Walking Speed, 50% Personal Gravity, Passenger only in vehicles. 12 minute match time limit.
• Mosh Pit (6%) - Stand in the hill to gain points (100 points to win). Hill traits: Stationary Hill. Player in hill traits: 150% Damage Resistance, 200% Shield Recharge Rate, 25% Shield Vampirism. 12 minute match time limit.

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Tips and Tricks

A Rumble Pit is evenly comparable to a Lone Wolves match, save that it is not ranked but social. A good stratagem to work with on any given Free-for-All match is to step back, watch, wait, and charge. To bluntly hurtle towards foes is a guaranteed lose. For example if it is a Guardian Slayer match, you can primarily see hordes of Spartans and Elites having at it in the main arena in the center. Grab a Battle Rifle and a handful of grenades, hurl them in the arena and pick off your rivals.

Close-combat is always ill-advised in a Rumble Pit as it can help the leaders get easy points with better weaponry.