Boneyard
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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.[1]
Overview
Boneyard is a ship breaking facility at Aszod where old starships are disassembled. During the Fall of Reach, a UNSC Frigate, the UNSC Commonwealth, was under the process of decommissioning and incidentally became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant.[1]
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.[2]
- Outside the confines of the map, in the far valley, lies the scrapped hulls and frames of several Halcyon-class Cruisers, Marathon-class Cruisers and UNSC Frigates and far away, some CCS-class Battlecruisers fly above in the clouds.
- 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 it's hull. In the final game, the name is absent.
- The position of the Halcyon-class cruisers in the distance strikingly resembles the postion the Autumn was in during The Maw.
Gallery
- Boneyard.jpg
Concept art of Boneyard.
A view of the general area of the map.
An overhead view of Boneyard.
Panorama of Boneyard.
- Artwork Ossuaire (1).jpg
Concept art of Boneyard.
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