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Promotion image from Halo Waypoint.
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Updated Promotion image from Halo Waypoint.

"It's time to finish the fight, Minecraft-style."
— Trailer description[1]

The Halo Mash-Up: Minecraft Evolved, also known as Minecraft: Halo Edition, and on some platforms as Master Chief Mash-Up, as well also being referred to as the Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Halo Mash-Up Pack, for the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft is a mash-up pack created by 4J Studios, with the help of Microsoft Studios, 343 Industries and Mojang.[2] The texture set includes Halo-themed menus and user interface, craftable items, and thirty-one music tracks that originated from the Halo franchise. Additionally, the pack includes six Halo-themed maps and fifty-six characters from the Halo universe.[3][4] When Minecraft was released for the Xbox One, the mash-up pack was made able to transfer over for free.[5]

The Halo Mash-Up Pack was released for download on Xbox Live on May 28, 2014 for US$3.99.[4] A limited trial version of the mash-up pack is available for download for free. Due to Halo's partnership with Microsoft, for a long time the mash-up pack was not available for PlayStation editions of Minecraft.[5]

It also was made available on the Nintendo Switch.[6]

The Pack was eventually released on the Bedrock version of Minecraft, which made it available on PC, Mobile, Nintendo, and Playstation devices.

Summaries

Xbox 360 Marketplace

“ Two of the greatest games ever come together on Xbox. Welcome to the Minecraft Halo Mash-up Pack, which includes new Skins, new Textures, classic Halo music, and an amazing Halo world filled with iconic moments to explore. ”

Xbox 360 Marketplace (Trial)

“ Halo and Minecraft: enough said. Try out this Mash-up pack as long as you wish, but be aware you won’t be able to save your creations before upgrading to the full version. ”

Xbox One Marketplace

“ Welcome to the Minecraft Master Chief Mash-up, which includes 40+ Skins, thematic Textures, classic music, and an amazing world filled with iconic moments to explore. ”

Minecraft.Net

“ Welcome to the Minecraft Master Chief Mash-up, which includes 50+ Skins, bespoke Texture set, themed UI, original soundtrack and an amazing world filled with iconic locations to explore. ”

Overview

Launch

All items, blocks and mobs in the Minecraft world have been retextured to match a Halo theme. Minecraft swords are now energy swords, with a different blade color for each type of sword. Maps are now UNSC data pads. Axes have been reskinned and are now gravity hammers, with different colors based on axe-type. The Minecraft bow is now a needler, with the arrows being retextured to look like the needler's ammunition, and flint and steel is a frag grenade. Shields were retextured as Kig-Yar point defense gauntlets. Beds are Halo 4's rendition of the cryo chamber with Minecraft "Steve?" inside of it. Zombies are made to look like Halo 4 Flood combat forms and creepers are Pod infectors. Ingots look like Halo armor abilities and dyes look like different colors of fusion coils. Some food items are retextured to look like military ration packs. Leather armor is Commando armor, chainmail armor is Raider armor, iron armor is Scout armor, gold armor is Thel 'Vadam's kaidon armor, diamond armor is Venator armor and netherite armor is ODST armor. Equipping a pumpkin as a helmet will give a player a mask pattern that resembles the Heads-up display from the MJOLNIR armor.

All six remade maps appear in the same Minecraft world. On the world in the mash-up, the player spawns near the Bumblebee escape pod surrounded by hallways that lead to the recreated Halo maps. A Spirit dropship appears hovering above the spawning location. Guardian is located in the only jungle biome in the world. Next to the Guardian is Sandtrap. The Forerunner structures on Sandtrap are constructed out of retextured sandstone. Although the crashed Phantom and Albatross are included on Sandtrap, the Elephants are not. On The Silent Cartographer, the player is given boats to travel to the map. The map features M12 Warthogs and Pelicans. Valhalla also features Warthogs and the downed Pelican, but the surface is not as elevated as it is in the Halo 3 map. To get to Blackout, the player must traverse across an icy tundra, occasionally using boats. The Blackout map features all the rooms that Halo 3's Blackout does. Blood Gulch has Warthogs and Banshees, along with the recreation of the map's caves and cliffs. Some of the maps feature chests containing items for the player.

In addition to the six maps, several isolated objects from the Halo series appear scattered for the player to find throughout the world. The Nether has the Didact's Cryptum surrounded by a Nether fortress. Near Blood Gulch, a Scarab is engaged in combat with a Mammoth, with several Karo'etba-pattern Ghosts and Warthogs in between the two. Near Valhalla, one of the Covenant Bases from Snowbound can be found. Several vehicles like Warthogs and Pelicans and Forerunner-style buildings are scattered around the map. The Halo installation appears as the world's skybox and the planet Threshold is the re-textured sun.

Halo 5: Guardians Update

On the 23 October 2015, a free update to the mash-up pack was released that introduced new characters to the pack based on Halo 5: Guardians.[7]

Halo Infinite Update

On the 10 December 2021, a second free update to the mash-up pack was released that introduced new characters to the pack based on Halo Infinite and the Halo franchise's 20th anniversary.[8] Prior console editions never got this update.

Contents

Locations

Several multiplayer maps and campaign levels were recreated in Minecraft:

Several smaller areas appear as well:

Skins

Forty characters and enemies from the Halo universe were depicted as Minecraft player skins:

Halo 5 Guardians Update
Halo Infinite Update

Mobs

Many of Minecraft's Mobs feature new Halo-themed textures:

Covenant
Forerunner
Flood
UNSC
Other

Bedrock Update

When Bedrock Edition was released, the map went through major modifications. Instead of players freely exploring the world, they engaged in a Campaign-style system where upon starting a new world, players completed certain tasks in each of the different Halo locations. Upon completing the task, players unlocked the next location, and after completing all six 'missions', were then able to enter the nether and destroy the Didact's Cryptum. However, by completing each mission, enemies became much more varied and difficult.

Missions
  • Blood Gulch - Capture the Blue Flag
  • Guardian - Find 8 Buttons
  • The Silent Cartographer - Power up the Power Core
  • Sandtrap - Turn on all Lights
  • Valhalla - Find 2 Key Cards and bring to crashed Pelican cave
  • Blackout - Use what you have learned
  • Didact's Cryptum - Destroy the Didact's Cryptum

Soundtrack

Music from a range of tracks from iconic Halo soundtracks can be heard while during gameplay. Like regular minecraft, some of these track will only play during certain conditions, such as exploring the Nether and fighting mobs.

List of tracks:

Marketing

Halo Mash-up: Minecraft Evolved

“ Follow the Master Chief to epic Halo locations as you’ve never seen them before…it’s time to finish the fight, Minecraft-style. ”

Released on May 30, 2014. A trailer for the Mash-Up Pack was released.

Trivia

  • Before v1.16, Zombie Pigmen were textured as the Flood tank form. After v1.16, this mob replaced by the Zombified Piglin, and was retextured to look like a UNSC Marine Flood Combat Form.
  • Before v1.19, Vex's were textured as the Promethean Watcher. After v1.19, this mob was retextured as a Rampant Monitor, as a result of remodeling the vex's normal model.
  • The pack was renamed from Halo to Master Chief on the Bedrock version's store though it is unknown why this was done.

Gallery

Promotional

  • Promotional image showcasing the Reach based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing enemy based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing enemy based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing ally based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing ally based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo 4 based skins.

  • Promotional image showcasing Halo 4 and Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn based skins.

Boxart

  • Original banner used for the Mash-Up pack. (Circa May 28 2014 to

  • Artwork used to represent the pack for the Halo 5: Guardians update. (Circa February 2016 to Circa July 10 2019)

  • Artwork used to represent the pack removing the Xbox 360 branding. (Circa July 10, 2019 to current)

  • Second banner used to represent the pack after it became the "Master Chief Mash-up".

  • Updated Picture

In-game

Sources

  1. ^ YouTube - Halo Mash-up: Minecraft Evolved
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint - Halo Mash-Up Pack Now Available
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint - More Master Chief and Minecraft
  4. ^ a b Xbox Wire - Halo Arrives on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
  5. ^ a b Polygon - Halo skins and items available in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition on May 28
  6. ^ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-19-halo-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch-in-minecraft
  7. ^ Xbox Wire, Halo 5: Guardians Lands This Week on Minecraft for Xbox (Retrieved on Mar 5, 2021) [archive]
  8. ^ Minecraft, The Minecraft Master Chief Mash-Up Pack is back (Retrieved on Dec 22, 2021) [archive]

External links

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