Firefight (Halo Infinite)

A Spartan in combat during a Firefight match on House of Reckoning in Halo Infinite.

In Halo Infinite, the Firefight gamemode was introduced into the game in the Winter Contingency III update in December 2023. Unlike Firefight in prior Halo games, Firefight in Halo Infinite is no longer an entirely separate experience to standard multiplayer: instead, it is now capable of being created in the game's Forge mode and custom game settings, by using gametype scripting and map editing to place down objectives and non-playable characters (NPCs).^[1]

The first iteration of Firefight introduced in Halo Infinte was a particular gamemode, Firefight: King of the Hill. Rather than the traditional Firefight mode's wave-based survival mode, King of the Hill is an objective-based Firefight experience similar to Halo 5: Guardians' Warzone Firefight experience. The mode takes influence from the eponymous King of the Hill multiplayer mode and requires players to defend a number of zones against several waves of enemies that spawn in turn.^[1] Other modes such as Gruntpocalypse, Firefight Classic (a classic-style simple wave survival mode similar to Firefight in Halo 3: ODST), and third-person were later added to expand the experience.

Overview[edit]

Options under the mode editor for Firefight: King of the Hill.

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Firefight gametypes[edit]

King of the Hill[edit]

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Third-person[edit]

In 2024's Great Journey update, a third-person viewmode was added to Firefight: King of the Hill. This marked the first time in an official Halo release that Firefight could be played in third-person (similar to early iterations of pre-Xbox Halo). While Firefight: King of the Hill was the first Matchmaking playlist to include this setting, the setting was also included in custom games for use in non-Firefight experiences.^[2]

Linear Firefight[edit]

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Battle of the Academy[edit]

Main article: Firefight: Battle of the Academy

Firefight: Battle of the Academy was a limited-time playlist introduced in Operation Last Stand and available throughout summer 2025. It included two linear Firefight missions themed around the Battle of Nysa and tying in with two Halo Waypoint Chronicle short stories: Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 1 and Halo: Battle for the Academy - Part 2.