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Champions Bundle

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Press kit image for Halo 4 Champions Bundle. Banner art for the Champions Bundle, featuring achievement icons.
The Champions Bundle.

"Step up your game with the Halo 4 Champions Bundle, an incredible collection of maps, armors, skins, and the all-new game type Ricochet and armor mod Resistor, gathered together to complete your Halo 4 experience. The Halo 4 Champions Bundle includes the Bullseye Pack, the Steel Skin Pack, and the Infinity Armor Pack, as well as brand-new ways to personalize your Spartan, with five armor skins, five weapons skins, and eight Spartan stances for your lobby player card."
— Official description[1]

The Champions Bundle was the fourth and final major expansion for the Halo 4 multiplayer experience.[2]Developed by 343 Industries in conjunction with Certain Affinity and Digital Extremes, the bundle includes three packs, the Bullseye Pack, the Infinity Armor Pack, and the Steel Skin Pack, and was released on August 20, 2013. The expansion includes 10 new achievements and 250 Gamerscore.[3]

Unlike the other map packs, the Champions Bundle was not a part of the War Games Map Pass, and was launched individually for 800 Microsoft Points. Each pack can be purchased separately at lower prices, however, purchasing the bundle as a whole will unlock exclusive content. On July 7, 2017, along with all other Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo: Reach DLC map packs, the Champions Bundle was made free to those on Xbox Live.[4] With the sunsetting of Xbox 360 Halo-related content leading into 2021, this DLC along with all other major Halo game-related content was delisted from digital storefronts on December 18, 2020.[5]

The weapon skins and armor permutations available with the Champions Bundle were not included within the Halo 4 component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection at launch, though the two maps and Ricochet gametype were. The launch of Series 4: Reclaimer in November 2020 saw the inclusion of all armor and weapon skins from across the bundle's various components within the collection, with 343 Industries expressing interest in bringing the Bullseye Pack and Infinity Armor Pack permutations to the game as well. This interest was later expressed with the Flighting release for Series 7: Elite, seeing the four armor permutations available for use as part of the collection. The Resistor Tactical Package initially was not available in The Master Chief Collection before it was added in the December 2022 update.[6]

Content[edit]

Bullseye Pack[edit]

The Bullseye Pack is a DLC pack released for Halo 4. It is also available as a standalone purchase for 480 Microsoft Points. The pack includes:

Infinity Armor Pack[edit]

Press kit image for Halo 4 Champions Bundle.
The Mark V, ODST and Prefect armors.

The Infinity Armor Pack is the first and last armor pack to be released for Halo 4. It is also available as a standalone purchase for 240 Microsoft Points. It includes three new MJOLNIR (GEN2) armor variants:

Steel Skin Pack[edit]

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Steel skin weapons.

The Steel Skin Pack is the first and last skin pack to be released for Halo 4, containing 10 steampunk-style skins for UNSC, Covenant and Forerunner weapons. As with the other packs, it may also be purchased separately for 240 Microsoft Points. The pack includes the following skins:

  • Monocle (MCL) for the DMR.
  • Steam (STM) for the Battle Rifle.
  • Locomotive (LMV) for the Covenant Carbine.
  • Industrial (IDT) for the Lightrifle.
  • Mechanical (MCN) for the Suppressor.
  • Compression (CMP) for the Storm Rifle.
  • Turbine (TBN) for the Assault Rifle.
  • Engine (ENG) for the Boltshot.
  • Boilerplate (BPL) for the Plasma Pistol.
  • Combustion (CBN) for the Magnum.

Exclusive content[edit]

The Champions Bundle itself comes with exclusive content that players will not obtain if they buy the packs separately:

  • Five new UNSC weapon skins: Trauma (TRM) and Teeth (TTH) for the Assault Rifle, Salvage (SLV) for the Battle Rifle, and Indigo (IND) and Flare (FLR) for the Magnum.
  • Five new armor skins: Tracer (TRCR) for Enforcer, Column (CLMN) for Defender, Bayonet (BYNT) for Venator, Python (PYTN) for Infiltrator, and Solid (SLID) for Oceanic.
  • Eight new stances: Seasoned, Menace, Loyalty, Lookout, Confident, Drawn, Flank and Grandstand.
  • Early access to a new Tactical Package, Resistor, which allows Spartans to maintain their full mobility and dexterity while taking incoming fire.[7]

Players who have played Halo: Spartan Assault, and unlocked the three classified Halo Waypoint codes, will receive additional content.

  • One additional stance: Determined
  • One additional weapon skin: Striped (STP) for the DMR.
  • Two additional armor skins: Vision (VISN) for Air Assault, and Rush (RUSH) for CIO.
  • Stances.
    Stances.