Season 04: Infection

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Previous:	Season 03: Echoes Within
Next:	Season 05
Season 04: Infection
Start date:	June 20, 2023
Number of tiers:	100
Total unlock cost:	100,000 XP (Via challenges) 20,000 cR (Via purchasing level-ups)
Pass purchase cost:	1,000 cR (Premium Battle Pass) 2,800 cR (Premium Pass Bundle)
Includes content for:	Halo Infinite

Season 04: Infection is an fourth season of Halo Infinite, launched on June 20, 2023.

Season Content

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A preview of some of the customization items featured in Season 04.

General overview

• 100-tier Battle pass
• New armor
  • New canon armor core: Hazmat
  • Additional Mark VII core cosmetics
  • Additional Yoroi cosmetics
• New weapon models for the BR75 battle rifle, CQS48 Bulldog, MA40 assault rifle, and Mk50 Sidekick
• New multiplayer maps:
  • Forest
  • Scarr
  • A Forge remake of Halo 5: Guardians's Plaza
• New multiplayer mode: Infection
• New sandbox items
  • Quantum Translocator
  • Threat Seeker
• Five events
  • Hazmat, Containment, and Cyber Showdown II
  • Fractures: Tenrai II and Tenrai III
• New features
  • A new Career Rank progression system
  • Forge updates: Static Water Plane, Minigame Mode, VFX Improvements, Budget Improvements, new Universal Blockers, new Forerunner Objects
• Various quality of life improvements
  • Premium and Store Cross-Core coatings
  • Shop UI improvements
  • Campaign and Multiplayer have been separated. To access campaign, you will be brought into a separate executable. 343 will no longer have to playtest the campaign while making changes to multiplayer.

Content overview

XP Boosts, Challenge Swaps, and Credits

• 19 XP Boosts
• 42 Challenge Swaps
• 1,000 Credits

General Customization

• 1 Backdrop: Danger
• 5 Nameplates: Classified, Danger Zones, Searing, Tally, Warning
• 2 Stances: Ready & Waiting, Wristshot
• 5 Armor Emblems: Classified, Danger Zones, Searing, Tally, Warning
• 5 Vehicle Emblems: Classified, Danger Zones, Searing, Tally, Warning
• 5 Weapon Emblems: Classified, Danger Zones, Searing, Tally, Warning
• 3 Armor Coatings: Genesis Bloom, Midnight, Sage Advice
• 3 Weapon Coatings: Citrus Wash, Industrial Preparedness, Surface Tension
• 2 Weapon Charms: Searing, Warning
• 1 Armor Effect: Leaky Seals
• 1 Kill Effect: Biohazardous
• 4 Visors: Plot Device, Singularity Foam, Spatterlime, Trained Eye
• 4 Weapon Models: Akriveia, BR75 HAZCON, CQS48 Mode MS, MA40 FLASHBLIND

Mark VII Core

• 3 Helmets: Armet, Talon, Trendlock
• 1 Helmet Attachment: CBRN/FIM-A
• 3 Chests: UA/NERA-APS, UTIL/FLISP Mark 89, UTIL/M8 Flaregun
• 3 Shoulder Pads: UA/Arethor, UA/FLSF Type C, UA/NERA-DAP
• 1 Kneepads: UA/Type SI
• 2 Utilities: UTIL/Railgrip, UTIL/S-PAK

HAZMAT Core

• 1 Armor Core: HAZMAT
• 3 Helmets: Mark VI CBRN, Oberon, Skarbnik
• 3 Helmet Attachments: MMC Filter, Project Corsac, Signaltech Deepeye
• 4 Chests: Fiberweave Plate, Lifeguard Doc, Techlock Safesource, Venezian Omnicorder
• 4 Shoulder Pads: Bracepad, HITEK Shoulder Plate, Sample Pack, Threatwave SMI
• 2 Wrists: Cor-Bit, Threatwave SPES
• 2 Kneepads: K-Shok Dampeners, Type Kirst
• 2 Utilities: Scantek 6300MIL, T21-HEX4
• 1 Gloves: IMEK

Events

Please see the respective event pages for their Event Passes.

List of Events
Season	Event Content	Duration
Hazmat	10-Tier Event Pass with exclusive customization options for the Hazmat armor core	27 June - 11 July 2023
Fractures: Tenrai II	10-Tier Event Pass with exclusive customization options for the Yoroi armor core	18 July - 1 August 2023
Cyber Showdown II	10-Tier Event Pass with exclusive customization options	8 August - 15 August 2023
Containment	10-Tier Event Pass with exclusive customization options for the Hazmat armor core	29 August - 12 September 2023
Fractures: Tenrai III	10-Tier Event Pass with exclusive customization options for the Yoroi armor core	19 September - 3 October 2023

Gallery

Development images

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  Concept art of Infection.

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  Early draft renders of the Season 04 key art.

Promotional images

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  An overview of the content within Season 04.

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  Promotional render showcasing the new equipment and the map Forest.

Screenshots

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  An infected Hazmat-wearing Spartan-IV on Forest, a new map in Season 04.

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  A Spartan utilizing the new Threat Seeker on Forest.

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  A Spartan using new Yoroi armor, and a new weapon model for the Mk50 Sidekick during a game on Scarr, another new map in Season 04.

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  A game of Infection on Streets.