Halo Infinite Drop Pod – June 14, 2022

Updated: July 19, 2022

Latest Release: July 19 - Last Spartan Standing Changes

Alongside the Alpha Pack in-game event, the development team made several balance changes to the Last Spartan Standing matchmaking playlist. No download is needed for this update.

Weapon Loadouts

Several existing Weapon Loadouts have been updated and a new final loadout has been added: the Battle Rifle and Energy Sword.

Loadout Level Original Weapon Loadout New Weapon Loadout
0 – Starting level Sidekick and Disruptor Disruptor
1 – 100 XP needed Disruptor and Mangler Disruptor and Assault Rifle
2 – 300 XP needed Mangler and Assault Rifle Assault Rifle and Sidekick
3 – 650 XP needed Assault Rifle and VK78 Commando Sidekick and VK78 Commando
4 – 1150 XP needed VK78 Commando and Bulldog Shotgun VK78 Commando and Bulldog Shotgun
5 – 1850 XP needed Bulldog Shotgun and Battle Rifle Bulldog Shotgun and Battle Rifle
6 – 2750 XP needed N/A Battle Rifle and Energy Sword


Danger Zone

Previously, the Danger Zone would begin to close in once five minutes and 25 seconds have passed or all players were out of respawns. With this new update, the Danger Zone will now close in once any of the following conditions are met:

  • Five minutes have passed in the match
  • All players are out of respawns
  • Five players are remaining in the match (regardless of remaining respawns)

Personal Score Events

Collecting an eliminated player’s AI, which previously awarded 300 XP, now awards 500 XP towards your Loadout level.

Self-destructions such as falling out of the playable area or being killed by the laser on the map Breaker no longer deduct 100 points from your Personal Score.

June 29 Patch

Resolved Issues

The following changes were made in the June 29, 2022 patch.

  • On the multiplayer map Recharge, players crouching on top of lowered battery terminals will now receive damage as expected.
    • Recharge is now available again in the Ranked Arena matchmaking playlist.

Download size

  • Update only (all platforms): approximately 1.5 GB or less.

Resolved Issues

The following changes were made in the June 14, 2022 Drop Pod.

Global

  • Season 2 artwork has been added to loading screens across the game.
  • All changes to Target Frame Rate in the Settings tab are now reflected in-game for Xbox Series X and Series S users.
  • Load times for the Battle Pass, Challenges, Customize and Shop menus have been improved.
  • The volume of the Disruptor’s supercombine has been reduced when heard from a distance.
  • When both Battle Pass and Event rewards are unlocked in the same match, all unlocked rewards will now appear in the same post-match notification menu. Additionally, these menus will now consistently show all unlocked items.

Campaign

  • Weapon racks and ammo crates in the Warship Gbraakon mission are now available consistently.
  • Music now plays consistently in the mission Conservatory and in the main menu.

Multiplayer

  • The Ranked Arena matchmaking playlist is now unlocked by completing 25 matches in other non-Ranked playlists. This change will not apply to players who have already completed 25 non-Ranked matches prior to this update.
    • Due to this change, some players on older versions of Halo Infinite will receive an “Unknown error” when searching in the Ranked Arena playlist. Download this Drop Pod update to continue playing Ranked Arena in matchmaking.
  • A new Fireteam Competitive Skill Ranking (CSR) limit has been implemented for Ranked matchmaking. For more information, please see the Fireteam CSR Limit article.
  • Xbox One stability has been improved to reduce instances of players not entering matchmaking sessions normally.
  • Alterations have been made to increase the durability of light vehicles (Wasp, Banshee, Mongoose) and medium vehicles (Warthog, Chopper, Ghost, Shade). Please see Halo Infinite Weapon, Vehicle, and Equipment Inventory for more information.
  • Unique icons have been added to the Custom Game menu to represent Land Grab and Last Spartan Standing modes.
  • Grenades exploding, respawning, and other effects will no longer repeatedly occur during gameplay.
  • Enemies can no longer be pinged when a wall or another obstacle is blocking them. A direct line of sight is now needed to ping an enemy's location.

Accessibility

  • Various issues tied to the User Interface (UI) Narration option in the Accessibility tab of the Settings menu have been resolved. For example:
    • All sent messages in the chat window will now be read aloud as the user scrolls up or down through chat history.
    • Players will now be informed when the chat window has been opened and closed.
    • Narration now indicates where to invite players in the social menu.
    • Instances of blank messages when text-to-speech is enabled have been resolved.
  • The text chat window will now consistently show the latest messages received.
    • This issue may still occur if Speech-to-Text is enabled in the Accessibility tab of the Settings menu.

Known Issues

With this update, the team has added one new issue to our Known Issues list. Visit the Known Issues & Workarounds section for more information.

  • Launching Halo Infinite while disconnected from the internet or while Halo services are offline will result in multiplayer modes such as Academy and Custom Games being inaccessible. This issue will not occur in sessions where Halo Infinite is able to connect to the required services and then is later disconnected from the internet.
    • Campaign is still accessible when this issue occurs.

Download size

  • Update only (all platforms): approximately 2 GB or less.

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