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"Because of its speed and luxury the Pious Inquisitor has become an irresistible prize during these dark times."

— Map Description

Heretic is an Halo 3 map that was shipped on September 22nd, 2009 with Halo 3: ODST, as a part of the Mythic Map Pack. It is a remake of Midship, a Halo 2 multiplayer level^[1].

Design

The map takes place inside the Pious Inquisitor, like its predecessor. Outside of the map the player can see a fleet of Assault Carriers and CCS-Class Battlecruiser, all heading slowly for an unknown gas giant.

Skull

The crest of the hidden skull on this level appears to be the Mark of Shame.

It is located on one of the blue ledges beside the Sword platform. Since the map is symmetrical, it can be hard to find, and as such you may need to spend some time locating it.

Strategies

It is wise to avoid rushing for the sword, largely because you are in full view of both bases and the ramps. Instead attempt to pick off the early rushers before grabbing the weapon.
Players start with plasma grenades, which can be frustrating for the sword carrier since the target can easily get a kill from the grave.

Achievements

On Heretic, there are two achievements available to get, the first being the hidden skull which will award you 25 gamerscore, and the second being Blades of Fury, the requirements of which being to get a Sword Spree on Heretic (ranked or social), and will also award you 25 gamerscore.

Trivia

The Assault Carriers seen outside the view ports have a Marathon symbol on each side. Another Marathon
eference.
File:CarrierMarathon.jpg
The Marathon Symbol on the side of a Carrier.
Heretic is the fifth remake/reimagination in Halo 3; the others being Last Resort, a remake of Zanzibar, Blackout a remake of Lockout, Avalanche, a remake of Sidewinder and Cold Storage, a remake of Chill Out.
In Bungie.net's Halo 3: ODST Pre-Pax Podcast, Bungie level developers stated that an Easter Egg may occur on Heretic in which, after 40 to 44 hours of playing on the map, the Pious Inquisitor will arrive at Assembly (Level). However, this Easter Egg is still questionable since it is unknown if the "Easter Egg" was legitimate or a subtle joke. Bungie Podcast: 09/03/09
Including the Pious Inquisitor, there are 14 ships visible on this map. 14/2=7.
It is possible this is the star system Sandbox takes place in, since Sandbox is in a desert location with a greenish colored ringed planet nearby.

Sources

^ http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU060509

Gallery

Heretic DLC.jpg

An overhead view of Heretic.
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Note the other ship in the background.

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List of campaign levels and multiplayer maps in the Halo series

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Campaign	The Pillar of Autumn • Halo • The Truth and Reconciliation • The Silent Cartographer • Assault on the Control Room • 343 Guilty Spark • The Library • Two Betrayals • Keyes • The Maw

Multiplayer	Battle Creek • Blood Gulch • Boarding Action • Chill Out • Chiron TL-34 • Damnation • Derelict • Hang 'Em High • Longest • Prisoner • Rat Race • Sidewinder • Wizard

Halo: Combat Evolved for PC Multiplayer Exclusive	Danger Canyon • Death Island • Gephyrophobia • Ice Fields • Infinity • Timberland Map Editor: Tutorial (Halo: Combat Evolved)

Anniversary multiplayer	Multiplayer: Battle Canyon • Breakneck • High Noon • Penance • Ridgeline • Solitary Firefight: Installation 04

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Halo 2 (Anniversary)

Campaign

The Heretic • The Armory • Cairo Station • Outskirts • Metropolis • The Arbiter • The Oracle • Delta Halo • Regret • Sacred Icon • Quarantine Zone • Gravemind • Uprising • High Charity • The Great Journey

Multiplayer

Xbox	Ascension • Beaver Creek • Burial Mounds • Coagulation • Colossus • Foundation • Headlong • Ivory Tower • Lockout • Midship • Waterworks • Zanzibar

Downloadable content	Bonus Map Pack: Containment • Warlock Killtacular Pack: Sanctuary • Turf Maptacular Pack: Gemini • Elongation • Backwash • Relic • Terminal Blastacular Pack: Desolation • Tombstone

PC-exclusive	District • Uplift Editing kit: Example

Anniversary multiplayer

Awash • Bloodline • Lockdown • Nebula • Shrine • Skyward • Stonetown • Warlord • Zenith
Update: Remnant

Cut maps

Cut levels • covenantship • alphamoon • forerunnertank • Earth Ark • Anchor Point • Deltatemple

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Halo 3

Campaign

Arrival • Sierra 117 • Crow's Nest • Tsavo Highway • The Storm • Floodgate • The Ark • The Covenant • Cortana • Halo • Epilogue (MCC-only)

Multiplayer

Launch	Construct • Epitaph • Guardian • High Ground • Isolation • Last Resort • Narrows • Sandtrap • Snowbound • The Pit • Valhalla

Heroic Map Pack	Standoff • Rat's Nest • Foundry

Legendary Map Pack	Avalanche • Blackout • Ghost Town

Cold Storage	Cold Storage

Mythic Map Pack	Assembly • Orbital • Sandbox

Mythic II Map Pack	Citadel • Heretic • Longshore

Halo: The Master Chief Collection-exclusive maps	Edge • Icebox • Waterfall

Cut levels

Flood Ship • Guardian Forest • Alpine • Forerunner City • High Charity

v • d • e Halo Wars

Campaign	Alpha Base • Relic Approach • Relic Interior • Arcadia City • Arcadia Outskirts • Dome of Light • Scarab • Anders' Signal • The Flood • Shield World • Cleansing • Repairs • Beachhead • Reactor • Escape

Skirmish	Base game: Chasms • Crevice • Beasley's Plateau • Blood Gulch • Exile • Fort Deen • Frozen Valley • Labyrinth • Pirth Outskirts • Repository • Release • Terminal Moraine • The Docks • Tundra

Downloadable content	Historic Battle map pack (Barrens • Blood River • Glacial Ravine • Memorial Basin)

v • d • e Halo 3: ODST

Campaign	Prepare To Drop • Mombasa Streets • Tayari Plaza • Uplift Reserve • Kizingo Boulevard • ONI Alpha Site • NMPD HQ • Kikowani Station • Data Hive • Coastal Highway • Epilogue (MCC-only)

Firefight	Alpha Site • Chasm Ten • Crater • Last Exit • Lost Platoon • Rally Point • Security Zone • Windward

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Halo: Reach

Campaign

Noble Actual • Winter Contingency • ONI: Sword Base • Nightfall • Tip of the Spear • Long Night of Solace • Exodus • New Alexandria • The Package • The Pillar of Autumn • Epilogue (MCC-only) • Lone Wolf

Multiplayer

Launch	Boardwalk • Boneyard • Countdown • Forge World (Asylum • Hemorrhage • Paradiso • Pinnacle • The Cage) • Powerhouse • Reflection • Spire • Sword Base • Zealot

Noble Map Pack	Anchor 9 • Breakpoint • Tempest

Defiant Map Pack	Condemned • Highlands

Anniversary Map Pack	Battle Canyon • Breakneck • High Noon • Penance • Ridgeline • Solitary

Firefight

Launch	Beachhead • Corvette • Courtyard • Glacier • Holdout • Outpost • Overlook • Waterfront

Defiant Map Pack	Unearthed

Anniversary Map Pack	Installation 04

Cut levels

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Halo 4

Campaign

Prologue • Dawn • Requiem • Forerunner • Infinity • Reclaimer • Shutdown • Composer • Midnight • Epilogue

War Games

Launch	Abandon • Adrift • Complex • Erosion • Exile • Haven • Impact • Longbow • Meltdown • Ragnarok • Ravine • Solace • Vortex

Crimson Map Pack	Harvest • Shatter • Wreckage

Majestic Map Pack	Landfall • Monolith • Skyline

Castle Map Pack	Daybreak • Outcast • Perdition

Forge Island	Forge Island

Bullseye Pack	Pitfall • Vertigo

Spartan Ops

Departure	Land Grab • Sniper Alley • The Challenge • Sacred • Core

Artifact	Clean Up • For Science • Hacksaw • Pelican Down • Gagarin

Catherine	The VIP • Galileo • Spartan Mountain • Shootout In Valhalla • Hunting Trip

Didact's Hand	Hairy Call • Rally Point • Random Transport • The Chase • The Didact's Gift

Memento Mori	Spartan Miller • Nothing Can Go Wrong • Everything Has Gone Wrong • The Cauldron Base • Spartan Thorne

Scattered	Escape Plan • All The Secrets • Need To Know • Search and Destroy • Switchback

Invasion	Backup • Home Field • Engine of Destruction • The Guns of Infinity • Victory Lap

Expendable	Unfinished Business • Majestic Rescue • Lancer • Crystal Ball • Glassman

Key	The Search for Halsey • Clean Up • Science Mountain • Revenge • The Hammer

Exodus	Artifact • In One Way • Seize the Power • Out the Other • One Last Time

Cut levels

v • d • e Halo: Spartan Assault

Operation A: Umbra	Assault on CF-32 • The Mirror Mantle Counter-Assault • Reinforcement of the Perch • Live to Fight • The Last Stand

Operation B: Tempered Shield	Siege of Faraday • Reactor Field Relief • Hunt for the Sangheili Command • Battle for Epsilon Expanse • Battle at Red Slate

Operation C: Monolith	Descend from the Perch • Spirit Graveyard Stand-Off • Assault on the Supply Lines • Infiltration of the Covenant Perimeter • Superstructure Stand-off

Operation D: Captured Chance	Escape from the Southern Fields • Liberation of Faraday • Assault on the Covenant Landing Zones • Escape from Faraday • Defense of the Enemies' Airbase

Operation E: Frostbite	Hunt for the Phantom • The Scorching of the Thicket • Infiltration of the Cult Leader's Base • Hunt for the Cult Leader • Battle for the Moon

Operation F: Hydra	Battle at the Arid Sea • Breach of the Bulwark • Superstructure Assault • Infiltration of the Cistern • The Source

Co-op missions	Checkpoint • Holding the Fort • Structural Integrity • Transmission Interrupted • Power Net

Tutorials	Tutorial

v • d • e Halo: Spartan Strike

Operation A: Orphic Spear	New Mombasa Nightmare • On Top of the World • Conduit • Reversal of Fortune • Wounded Quarry • Last Exit

Operation B: Steadfast Pursuit	Gamma Halo • Signal Fires • Lockout • Knockin' on a Forerunner Door • Dormant • Run Through the Jungle

Operation C: Valiant Hammer	All the Way to the Altar • Up in the Air • Til Death Do Us Part • Leave 'em at the Altar • Deliverance • Don't Touch My Ride

Operation D: Adamantine Shield	The Way Home • Serve and Protect • We Need to Talk • Reverse Course • The Lion's Den • End of the Line

Operation E: Brother's Keeper	Behind Enemy Lines • Glyphology • Foothold • Finders, Keepers • Portal Control • Hold the Line

v • d • e Halo 5: Guardians

Campaign	Osiris • Blue Team • Glassed • Meridian Station • Unconfirmed • Evacuation • Reunion • Swords of Sanghelios • Alliance • Enemy Lines • Before the Storm • Battle of Sunaion • Genesis • The Breaking • Guardians

Arena	Alpine (Orion • Pegasus) • Coliseum • Empire (Eden) • Fathom (Riptide) • Mercy • Plaza (Overgrowth) • The Rig (Molten) • Torque (Stasis) • Truth (Regret) • Tyrant

Big Team Battle	Alpine (Basin • Deadlock • Guillotine) • Glacier (Antifreeze • Recurve) • Parallax (Entombed)

Breakout	Breakout Arena (Altitude • Crossfire • Gambol • Trench • Trident)

Forge	Alpine • Barrens • Breakout Arena • Depths • Glacier (Grifball Court) • Parallax • Tidal

Warzone	Attack on Sanctum • Battle of Noctus (Urban) • Escape from ARC (Dispatch) • March on Stormbreak (Summit) • Raid on Apex 7 (Array) • Skirmish at Darkstar • Prospect • Temple

Cut levels	Cut levels

Italics denote either remix maps or Forge variants.

v • d • e Halo: Fleet Battles

Fall of Reach Scenarios	Flight! • Contact • Evacuate • Run! • Into the fire • Left Jab • Finishing Blow • Rally Point Zulu

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Halo Wars 2

Campaign

Launch	The Signal • A New Enemy • Ascension • One Three Zero • The Cartographer • Lights Out • From the Deep • Hold the Line • Under the Dark • The Foundry • The Halo • Last Stand

Operation: SPEARBREAKER	Gatecrashers • Not on My Watch

Awakening the Nightmare	What Could Go Wrong? • Fighting Retreat • Light the Fuse • The Archive • Manifestation

Multiplayer

Launch	Ashes • Badlands • Bedrock • Frontier • Highway • Rift • Sentry • Vault

Season 7	Fissures • Mirage

Season 13	Fort Jordan

Tutorial

Basic • Advanced • Blitz

v • d • e Halo: Fireteam Raven

Campaign	Escape • Rubble • Alpha Base • Ice Canyon • Raven Down • Last Stand

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Halo Infinite

Main campaign

Ringfall	Warship Gbraakon • Foundation • Outpost Tremonius

Lockdown	Recovery • The Tower

Connections	Excavation Site • Conservatory • Spire

Graveyards	Pelican Down

Reformation	The Sequence • Nexus • The Command Spire

Reckoning	Repository • The Road • House of Reckoning

Endless	Silent Auditorium

Banished outposts

Lockdown	Ransom Keep

Connections	Armory of Reckoning • Forge of Teash • Horn of Abolition • Redoubt of Sundering

Reformation	Annex Ridge • Riven Gate

Forward Operating Bases

FOB Alpha • FOB Bravo • FOB Charlie • FOB Delta • FOB Echo • FOB Foxtrot • FOB Golf • FOB Hotel • FOB Juliet • FOB Kilo • FOB Lima • FOB November

UNSC distress calls

Carrera Squad • Starlight Squad • Boxer Squad • Cayman Squad • Pronto Squad • Courier Squad • Bluebell Squad • Pyramid Squad • Indiana Squad • Foxhound Squad • Thunder Squad • Harpoon Squad • Titan Squad • Jester Squad • Lancer Squad • Bengal Squad • Paladin Squad • Cobra Squad • Barracuda Squad • Fortune Squad

Banished High Value Targets

Inka 'Saham • Thav 'Sebarim • Okro 'Vagaduun • Bipbap • Briglard • Barroth • Zeretus • Balkarus • En'Geddon • Ik'novus the Devourer • Arthoc • Writh Kul • Skimmer Alpha • Myriad • Ordo 'Mal

Multiplayer

Launch	Aquarius • Bazaar • Behemoth • Deadlock • Fragmentation • Highpower • Launch Site • Live Fire • Recharge • Streets

Season 2	Catalyst • Breaker

Winter Update	Forge: (Argyle • Detachment • Empyrean)

Season 3	Chasm • Cliffhanger • Oasis

Season 4	Forest • Scarr • Forge: (Dredge • Solitude)

Season 5	Forbidden • Prism • House of Reckoning

Content Update 29	Illusion • Forge: (Corrosion • Elevation • Interference)

Forge

Winter Update	Arid • Ecliptic • Institute • Mires • Seafloor • Void

Season 5	Barrage • Permafrost

Tutorials

Tutorial

Narrative Events

Season 2	Introduction • Interference • Alpha Pack

Season 3	Introduction • Mindfall • Site Unseen

Season 4	(Scrapped)

v • d • e Halo Online

Halo 3 maps	Bridge • Closed Area • Elevation • Guardian • Hangar • Refuge • Sandtrap • Riverworld

Original maps	Diamondback • Edge • Icebox • Reactor

Cut/cancelled maps	Cut maps • Drydock • Sky bridge • Waterfall

v • d • e Halo Interactive Strategy Game

Levels	Jericho VII • Defense of Castle Base • The Hidden Artifact of Reach

Contents

Design

Skull

Strategies

Achievements

Trivia

Sources

Gallery

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