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Season 05: Reckoning
Season 05: Reckoning clean key art

Start date:

October 17, 2023[1]

End date:

January 30, 2024

Number of tiers:

50

Total unlock cost:

Pass purchase cost:

  • 1,000 cR (Premium Battle Pass)
  • 2,800 cR (Premium Pass Bundle)

Includes content for:

Halo Infinite

 

Season 05: Reckoning[2] is a fifth and final season of Halo Infinite, which launched on October 17, 2023.[1]

On January 19, 2024, it was announced Reckoning would be the last season released under the "Season" nomenclature.[3]

Narrative

Ancillary materials

Season Content

Sampling of the Season 05: Reckoning Battle Pass
A preview of some of the customization items featured in Season 05.

General overview

  • 50-tier Battle pass
  • New armors
  • New weapon model for the CQS48 Bulldog, M392 Bandit, M41D SPNKr, MA40 assault rifle, and SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle
  • New sandbox items:
    • M392 Bandit EVO, which is the new default starting weapon in Ranked modes.
    • Repair Field
  • New multiplayer maps
  • New multiplayer modes:
  • Events evolved into "Operations", with two being featured in Season 5:
  • Various quality of life improvements
    • Cross-core helmets
    • Custom Game Browser improvements
    • Earnable XP in Custom Games
    • Forge updates[4]
      • Forge AI toolkit: Normal enemies, High Value Targets, and Campaign Bosses
      • Two Forge canvases: Barrage and Permafrost
      • New Banished and Winter objects
      • Forge objects collision toggle
      • Global Material Swatches for Forge Objects
      • Light Generation, Local Light, Reflection Volume, and PC Control Improvements
      • Massless Children PreFab property
      • Scalable Blocker Objects
      • Skull nodes
    • Menu improvements
    • Ranked improvements: Demotion Protection, changes on Ranked Extraction, and Penalty changes for Uneven Ranked Matches
    • Several coatings from past seasons updated to be multi-core (94 Armor Coatings, 45 Weapon Coatings, and 24 Vehicle Coatings)
    • Store updates
    • Ultimate Challenge Rewards bundled instead of rewarding individual customization items
    • Updated Career Rank rewards: reaching the "Hero" ranks unlocks the Infinite Mark VI Armor Kit

Content overview

XP Boosts, Challenge Swaps, and Credits

  • XP Boosts
  • Challenge Swaps
  • 1,000 Credits

General Customization

  • 9 Nameplates: Bonecrusher, Feline Spooky, Ghoulie Grunts, Ghoulish Glee, Ghotic Grunt, Green EOD, Pumpkin Trouble, Reaper Grunt, Revenant of Reach
  • 9 Armor/Vehicle/Weapon Emblems: Bonecrusher, Feline Spooky, Ghoulie Grunts, Ghoulish Glee, Ghotic Grunt, Green EOD, Pumpkin Trouble, Reaper Grunt, Revenant of Reach
  • 8 Armor Coatings: Blood Resonance, Corrupter, Devil Tiger, Pumpkin Lord, Pumpkin Spice, Sanguine Bond, Shadow Drift, Tarnished Olympus
  • 4 Weapon Coatings: Blood Resonance, Blighted Steel, Shaded Showdown, Tipping Point
  • 2 Vehicle Coatings: Border Knight, Glorious Destiny
  • 6 Weapon Charms: Crimson Scythe, Haunted Halloween, Ghoulish Gourd, Ghoulish Grunt, Mini Magnum, Sword and Key
  • 1 Armor Effect: Cruel Tread
  • 4 Visors: Calavera Epsilon, Grey Mist, Hazard Stripes, Hex Pumpkins
  • 1 Mythic Effect: Rotten Vitality
  • 1 Weapon Model: Defiled Bulldog

Mark V[B] Core

  • 5 Helmets: Defiler, EOD, Security, GUNGNIR, Pilot
  • 5 Helmet Attachments: MK40 CBRN, FC/Alfa, UA/CPU-001, Sightless Eyes, TAS/GUNGNIR MOD 3
  • 3 Chests: Defiled Hope, UA/Boarding Plate, UA/Test Article 34
  • 5 Shoulder Pads: Defiled Plate, SAP/AAPH, SAP/ELT, SAP/SHO, TAC/Crys Flatblade
  • 2 Wrists: Defiled Touch, UA/T2A2 Bracer
  • 1 Glove: Challenger II
  • 3 Kneepads: Defiled Cap, UA/Type KLT, UA/Type RWR
  • 3 Utilities: M15 Hardcase, UA/Plate II, UA/Type 6O
  • 1 Armor Kit: Rusalka

Operations

Please see the respective operations pages for their Operation Passes.
List of Operations
Season Operation Content Duration
Key art for the Combined Arms Operation
Combined Arms 		20-Tier Operation Pass with exclusive customization options for the Rakshasa armor core 14 November - 19 December 2023
Key art of the Winter Contingency III Operation
Winter Contingency III 		20-Tier Operation Pass with exclusive customization options for the Mark VII armor core 19 December 2023 - 30 January 2024

Battle Pass

Tiers 1 to 10

Level Tier Unlocks Images
1 Free XP Boost Season Pass Icon
Premium Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Ghoulie Grunts Icon of the Ghoulie Grunts emblem.
2 Free Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Feline Spooky Icon of the Feline Spooky emblem.
Premium Hip Attachment - UA/PLATE II UA/PLATE II
3 Free Weapon Charm - Haunted Halloween Haunted Halloween weapon charm
Premium Armor Coating - Pumpkin Spice Icon of the Pumpkin Spice armor coating.
4 Free Armor Coating - Shadow Drift Icon of the Shadow Drift armor coating.
Premium 200 Credits Icon of the Credits icon.
5 Free XP Boost Season Pass Icon
Premium Helmet - Security HINF SECURITY Helmet Icon.png
6 Free Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Pumpkin Trouble Icon of the Pumpkin Trouble emblem.
Premium Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Bonecrusher Icon of the Bonecrusher emblem.
7 Free Wrist Attachment (Mark V[B]) - AU/T2A2 Tracer Icon for the AU-T2A2 wrist.
Premium Knee Pads (Mark V[B]) - UA/Type RWR Icon for the UA/Type RWR knee pads.
8 Free Hip Attachment (Mark V[B]) - M15 Hardcase Icon for the M15 Hardcase.
Premium Chest (Mark V[B]) - UA/Test Article 34 File:HINF - Chest icon - UA TestArticle34.png
9 Free Shoulder Pads (Mark V[B]) - SAP/AAPH
Premium Shoulder Pads (Mark V[B]) - SAP/SHO
10 Free XP Boost Season Pass Icon
Premium Helmet Attachment (Mark V(B)) - UA/CPU-001 The future of military policing.

Tiers 11 to 20

Level Tier Unlocks Images
11 Free Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Ghoulie Glee
Premium Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Reaper Grunt
12 Free Charm - Ghoulish Grunt
Premium Kneepad (Mark V[B]) - UA/Type KLT
13 Free Armor Coating - Blighted Steel
Premium Chest (Mark V[B]) - UA/Boarding Plate
14 Free Helmet - GUNGNIR HINF GUNGNIR Helmet Icon.png
Premium Weapon Coating - Shaded Showdown Icon of the Shaded Showdown armor coating.
15 Free XP Boost Season Pass Icon
Premium Helmet - EOD HINF EOD Helmet Icon.png
16 Free Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Gothic Grunt
Premium Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Green EOD
17 Free Visor - Hazard Stripes
Premium Utility (Mark V[B]) - UA/Type 6O
18 Free Charm - Sword and Key
Premium Challenger II Epic, Chalybs: Product improved protection.
19 Free Armor Coating - Devil Tiger Icon of the Devil Tiger armor coating.
Premium Helmet Attachment (Mark V[B]) - TAS/GUNGNIR MOD 3 The Wyrd III target acquisition package has gone on to be a defining standard of UNSC fire control systems.
20 Free Chest (Mark V[B]) - Defiled Hope Flood toga
Premium Armor Coating - Sanguine Bond Icon of the Sanguine Bond armor coating.

Tiers 21 to 30

Level Tier Unlocks Images
21 Premium Nameplate, Vehicle Emblem, Weapon Emblem, Armor Emblem - Revenant of Reach
22 Premium Vehicle Coating - Glorious Destiny
23 Premium Helmet Attachment (Mark V[B]) - MK40 CBRN Menu icon for MK40 CBRN
24 Premium 200 Credits Icon of the Credits icon.
25 Premium Left Shoulder Pad (Mark V[B]) - SAP/ELT
Right Shoulder Pad (Mark V[B]) - SAP/ELT
26 Premium Visor - Grey Mist
27 Premium Charm - Mini Magnum
28 Premium Helmet Attachment (Mark V(B)) - FC/ALFA Optical filters and hardened sensors used for direct observation of exotic radiation bursts, such as those produced by NOVA detonations.
29 Premium Weapon Coating - Tipping Point Icon for the Tipping Point coating.
30 Premium Left Shoulder Pad (Mark V[B]) - TAC/Crys Flatblade UNSC, Epic, Keep your friends close, but your blade closer.
Right Shoulder Pad (Mark V[B]) - TAC/Crys Flatblade UNSC, Epic, Keep your friends close, but your blade closer.

Tiers 31 to 40

Level Tier Unlocks Images
31 Premium Charm - Ghoulish Gourd
32 Premium Vehicle Coating - Border Knight
33 Premium Visor - Hex Punpkins
34 Premium 200 Credits Icon of the Credits icon.
35 Premium Armor Coating - Pumpkin Lord Icon of the Pumpkin Lord armor coating.
36 Premium Charm - Crimson Scythe
37 Premium Weapon Coating - Blood Resonance Icon for the Blood Resonance coating.
38 Premium Armor Coating - Blood Resonance Icon of the Blood Resonance armor coating.
39 Premium 200 Credits Icon of the Credits icon.
40 Premium Armor Coating - Tarnished Olympus Icon of the Tarnished Olympus armor coating.

Tiers 41 to 50

Level Tier Unlocks Images
41 Premium Kneecap (Mark V[B]) - Defiled Cap Little brains
42 Premium Left Shoulder (Mark V[B]) - Defiled Plate Defiled Plate FJ/PARA left shoulder
Right Shoulder (Mark V[B]) - Defiled Plate Defiled Plate FJ/PARA right shoulder
43 Premium Helmet - Defiler Defiler helmet, a Flood infected Mark V(B) helmet, in Halo Infinite.
44 Premium 200 Credits Icon of the Credits icon.
45 Premium Mythic Effect - Cruel Tread With each step, the Flood rises higher.
46 Premium Wrist (Mark V[B]) - Defiled Touch Defiled Touch
47 Premium Helmet Attachment (Mark V[B]) - Sightless Eyes Sightless Eyes
48 Premium Visor - Calavera Epsilon Legendary, 343 Industries: Custom VISR material.
49 Premium Armor Effect - Rotten Vitality In sickness, a new kind of health.
50 Premium Armor Kit (Mark V[B]) - Rusalka Devour. Deluge. Unity. Peace. We hunger. We find. We envelop. Searching. Seeking. More. Patterns and process and places. More. UPSILON. CORRUPTER. No. Not for you. No solution. No security. Let them come. You are ours. You are us. You are mine. We have waited. We are waiting still. We are outside you, but you are within us. Your great strength made all the greater. Become this. Become us. Become one. And sing victory everlasting.
Armor coating - Corrupter Icon of the Corruptor armor coating.

Buying the Reckoning Premium Pass for 1,000 cR unlocks the Defiled Bulldog weapon kit for the CQS48 Bulldog.[5]

Requirement Unlocks Images
Purchase the "Reckoning" Premium Pass for 1,000 cR Weapon Kit - Defiled Bulldog Legendary, The Flood, What comes around goes around.

Drop Pods and Patch Notes

Gallery

Promotional images

  • An overview of the season's contents.

    An overview of the season's contents.

  • An overview of the season's battlepass.

    An overview of the season's battlepass.

  • A line up of helmets on the Mark V(B) core.

    A line up of helmets on the Mark V(B) core.

  • GEN3 Mark VI released for reaching Hero in career rank.

    GEN3 Mark VI released for reaching Hero in career rank.

  • Shop banner for the Season 05: Reckoning Battle Pass.

    Shop banner for the Season 05: Reckoning Battle Pass.

Screenshots

  • Prism, one of two Arena maps included with Season 05.

    Prism, one of two Arena maps included with Season 05.

  • Forbidden, the second of two Arena maps included with Season 05.

    Forbidden, the second of two Arena maps included with Season 05.

  • The GEN1 Security helmet as seen on the GEN3 Mark VII armor core.

    The GEN1 Security helmet as seen on the GEN3 Mark VII armor core.

  • Flood-themed cosmetics seen during the Season 05 trailer.

    Flood-themed cosmetics seen during the Season 05 trailer.

  • A closer view of the Flood-themed cosmetics.

    A closer view of the Flood-themed cosmetics.

  • The Mark VI GEN3 kit, unlocked by achieving Hero through Halo Infinite's career rank system.

    The Mark VI GEN3 kit, unlocked by achieving Hero through Halo Infinite's career rank system.

  • The Mark VI GEN3 armor, seen alongside Spartan-IVs with new cosmetics during a game of King of the Hill Firefight.

    The Mark VI GEN3 armor, seen alongside Spartan-IVs with new cosmetics during a game of King of the Hill Firefight.

  • The Mark V armor, based on Halo: Combat Evolved's variant, seen at the end of the Season 05 trailer.

    The Mark V armor, based on Halo: Combat Evolved's variant, seen at the end of the Season 05 trailer.

  • A showing of Banished AI in Forge.

    A showing of Banished AI in Forge.

  • The Artaius helmet on the Mark V (B) armor core.

    The Artaius helmet on the Mark V (B) armor core.

  • The Kerberos helmet on the Mark V (B) armor core.

    The Kerberos helmet on the Mark V (B) armor core.

  • A Spartan equipped with Mark V [B] core items from the Season 05 Battle Pass.

    A Spartan equipped with Mark V [B] core items from the Season 05 Battle Pass.

  • A Spartan wearing a Defiler helmet with the Sightless Eyes attachment on the Rakshasa core.

    A Spartan wearing a Defiler helmet with the Sightless Eyes attachment on the Rakshasa core.

  • The Cruel Tread Flood armor effect.

    The Cruel Tread Flood armor effect.

  • A CE Mark V-clad Spartan flanked by 2 ODST-clad Spartans.

    A CE Mark V-clad Spartan flanked by 2 ODST-clad Spartans.

  • A GEN3 Mark VI-clad Spartan and a GEN1 Mark V-clad Spartan.

    A GEN3 Mark VI-clad Spartan and a GEN1 Mark V-clad Spartan.

  • The start menu for Season 5.

    The start menu for Season 5.

  • The Season 5 main menu.

    The Season 5 main menu.

  • Season 5 battle pass choices.

    Season 5 battle pass choices.

  • The Season 5 season selector.

    The Season 5 season selector.

  • The Season 5 multiplayer menu.

    The Season 5 multiplayer menu.

  • The Season 5 loading screen.

    The Season 5 loading screen.

  • The start menu for Season 5 post-Combined Arms Operation.

    The start menu for Season 5 post-Combined Arms Operation.

  • The multiplayer menu during Winter Contingency III.

    The multiplayer menu during Winter Contingency III.

Sources

  1. ^ a b Xbox Wire, Halo Infinite: Infection Mode Returns, Here’s How It Was Made (Retrieved on Jun 15, 2023) [archive]
  2. ^ YouTube - Halo, Season 5: Reckoning Trailer - Halo Infinite (Retrieved on Oct 8, 2023)
  3. ^ Youtube, January Update & HCS 2024 Roadmap | Halo Infinite (Retrieved on Jan 19, 2024) [archive]
  4. ^ Halo Waypoint, Forge Features: October 6, 2023 (Retrieved on Oct 6, 2023) [archive]
  5. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CustomizationOverview

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