Ridgeline

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Template:Article Quote Ridgeline is a multiplayer map included in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary for Halo: Reach. It is a remake of Timberland from Halo: Combat Evolved PC, with several alterations to map layout.

Description

The map is set in a former UNSC staging area on a cliff overlooking an enormous Forerunner relay complex. Toward the end of the conflict on Installation 04, the Marine resistance in the area was wiped out by Covenant forces.^[1]

Locations

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's heads-up display during gameplay:

Upper Red Base
Lower Red Base
Outer Red Base
Red Foothill
Overlook
Red Encampment
South Ridge
River
Upper Blue Base
Lower Blue Base
Outer Blue Base
Blue Foothill
Waterfall Path
Blue Encampment
North Ridge

Trivia

Ridgeline is the the first map in the Halo franchise to include trees as a Forge item.^[2] The forgable trees for this map are called "Tree, Dead"
Despite being set on Installation 04, the planet in the map's sky appears to be an earthlike world with visible continents and oceans as opposed to the gas giant Threshold.
This planet can also be seen in Installation 04 (though partially glassed) and in the background on Pillar of Autumn.