Boneyard

Template:Ratings Template:Multiplayer Map Infobox Template:Article Quote Boneyard is a multiplayer map in Halo: Reach and was featured in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta. It is a vehicular-based map and is one of the largest maps in any Halo game.

Overview

This map is wenormous. With two major outdoor areas separated by a decommissioned UNSC Frigate running down the middle of the map and a refinery at one end, you will need to make use of vehicles supplied here. The terrain outdoor is rugged desert littered with cranes and multiple small support buildings-some of which can be accessed by players. The ship features several half levels which can be useful for cover, and the refinery has thress levels plus roof access.

While outside, be aware of the many sightlines the enemy may be able to spot you from. Look high, low and far away. Snipers can prove deadly here if they are fast and accurate at distance. Try to make good use of the cranes, bridges and buildings to move from one area to the next. Change up your approach elevation moving from high to medium to low ground and rotate.

Try to use any available vehicles to get where you need to go in a hurry and do your best to load up vehicles with other players as well to increase your numbers at your final destination. Some vehicles can be used not just for transportation but for offense and defense as well. Even if your opponents happen to have aquired a heavy weapon, the Wraith or Scorpion can obliterate pedestrian foes quickly and easily.

The refinery offers a couple of mounted machine guns that players can access via building roofs. You can dismount these weapons and carry them with you. Bear in mind that you will move slowly while wielding these guns, so choose to use them wisely.

If you can manage to get uo in one of the cranes or other high points on the map and remain undetected, you can call out enemy locations to your team. Sometimes being a team player doesn't mean you have to shoot everything that moves. Try using Active Camo ability here to further minimize your visibility from enemies.

There are no underground areas here to sneak through and while much of the fighting takes place at long distance, the frigate and the refinery will provide the close quarters combat. The Jet Pack can work wonders here and allow players to access small alcoves and roosts to either snipe from or get the drop on enemy players.

Locations

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's HUD during gameplay:

• Bow
• Hold
• The Ship
• Stern Scaffold
• Port Scaffold
• Cliff Scaffold
• Loading Bay
• Junk Yard
• Shop
• Refinery (1st, 2nd and 3rd floor)
• Conveyor Belt
• Abyss
• Cliff Approach
• Middle Approach
• Bridge Approach
• Bulkheads
• Low Road

Trivia

• Boneyard is said to be inspired by current-day ship graveyards in Bangladesh where old seagoing vessels such as oil tankers are disposed of.
• The Banshee can fly over the death barrier around the frigate or fly through the opening on top of the frigate. This can be handy when surprising a Spartan camping at the core's evac point. The former is not possible in the final game due to an invisible barrier.
• It is possible to position yourself on top of the ship using a Jetpack. This is useful for sniping or scouting the opposing team.
• It is possible to melee the "wings" off of a Ghost and drive it into the core room.
• In invasion, firing a rocket launcher at the Phantoms could make them drop a usable plasma cannon. Up to two plasma cannons can be obtained this way.
• The layout of Boneyard vaguely resembles Sidewinder and Avalanche's setup, all of them being very large and U- shaped.
• In the Halo: Reach Beta it was possible to jump off of the cliff onto the neighboring mountains and survive. This is not possible in the final game.
• In the Halo: Reach Beta, the Commonwealth had it's name painted on its hull. In the final game, the name is absent.
• The position of the Halcyon-class cruisers in the distance strikingly resembles the position the Autumn was in during The Maw.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Boneyard.

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  A view of the general area of the map.

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  An overhead view of Boneyard.

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  Panorama of Boneyard.

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  Concept art of Boneyard.