Heretic

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Heretic is a Halo 3 DLC map that can be obtained by buying the Halo 3: ODST game disc, available on September 22nd, 2009. Heretic is officially a remake of the popular Halo 2 map, Midship,[1] this was confirmed by Urk in the 6/05/09 weekly update on Bungie.net.

Skull

The crest of the hidden skull on this level appears to be the Covenant

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Halo 2's Midship, compared to Heretic.

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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 - Get a Sword Spree on Heretic (Ranked or Social) will also award you 25 Gamerscore.

Trivia

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A picture of Heretic. Note the other ship in the background
  • 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.
  • There were rumors that the image of Heretic was a hoax as it was released close to April Fool's day, however this has since been disproved with the confirmation that it was a real picture on Bungie.net.

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