Landmine
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This landmine is a stationary explosive mine employed by the United Nations Space Command.[1]
Design details[edit]
The landmine is a large circular explosive planted on the ground. It has a circular blinking red light in its center.
Gameplay[edit]
- "What’s a landmine? Should be obvious, right? A small, metal platter with a flashing red bulb perched on top like a violent, blood-soaked maraschino cherry on a death-dealing sundae. You’d have to be some kind of moran not to instantly know you need to steer clear."
- — Urk.[1]
Halo: Reach[edit]
In Halo: Reach, these landmines may be placed in Forge mode, under the "Gadget" section. They serve as an integral part of the Race gametype.[1] It functions similarly to the Trip Mine equipment from Halo 3. The landmine is able to kill a fully shielded player, unlike the Trip Mine, which only takes out a player's shields.
Unlike the Trip Mine, the landmine is not activated solely by motion. Thus, trying to crouch walk slowly over a landmine will detonate it. Landmines can be activated by proximity. If you drive close enough to one, it will explode after a short delay. This can be used to stop any player following close behind you. Oddly enough, however, Evading over a trip mine will not detonate it, and the mine may even be thrown into the air from the impact.
Halo 4[edit]
The Landmine returns in Halo 4 with no changes whatsoever.
Halo 2: Anniversary[edit]
The Landmine returns in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer with no changes whatsoever. The game introduces an EMP variant of the landmine, which has a blue light in its center; its explosion does not damage players, but emits an EMP pulse that disables nearby vehicles and trigger the standard landmine.
Halo 5: Guardians[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
Halo: Reach[edit]
A render of the landmine asset created for Halo: Reach.
Render of the landmine.
Close-up aerial view of the landmine on Forge World.
A player approaching the landmine on Forge World.
The explosion from a landmine on Forge World.
An M274 Mongoose drives by a landmine on Spire.
Halo 4[edit]
Three landmines on Exile.
The explosion from a landmine on Exile.
Halo 2: Anniversary[edit]
The standard landmine and its EMP variant on Stonetown.
The explosions from the standard landmine and its EMP variant.
The EMP landmine's explosion disables a Ghost.
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
- Halo 4
- Halo 2: Anniversary
- Halo 5: Guardians
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c Bungie.net, Bungie Weekly Update: 08.13.10 (Retrieved on Jun 7, 2012) [archive]
