Fractures: Tenrai

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Fractures: Tenrai
Start date:	November 23, 2021 (Week 1); January 4, 2022 (Week 2); February 1, 2022 (Week 3); February 22, 2022 (Week 4); March 29, 2022 (Week 5); April 19, 2022 (Week 6)
End date:	November 29, 2021 (Week 1); January 10, 2022 (Week 2); February 7, 2022 (Week 3); February 28, 2022 (Week 4); April 4, 2022 (Week 5); April 25, 2022 (Week 6)
Number of tiers:	30
Total unlock cost:	30 challenges;
Includes content for:	Halo Infinite

"Embroiled in bitter clan wars for generations, the warlords of the Tenrai Fracture now stand united against the invading Covenant barbarians. Forced into an alliance against the relentless Covenant and their colossal glass dragons, the 343 clans of the Imperial Court have shared once-secret knowledge to create new armor and weapons forged by mortal hands but blessed with divine force. It is through these new tools of war, unimpeachable honor, and peerless skill that the clans will fight and win against the invaders and reclaim the seven provinces lost to their depredations."

— Description of the Tenrai Fracture^[1]

Fractures: Tenrai was the first multiplayer event held for Halo Infinite. The event launched on November 23, 2021, and returned five times over the course of Season 01: Heroes of Reach, eventually ending on April 25, 2022. Its content is based on the Tenrai Fractures continuity.^[1] Tenrai would be succeeded by Tenrai II and III during Season 04: Infection in July and September of 2023, and then by Tenrai IV during Content Update 32 in June of 2024.

Overview[edit]

Main article: Tenrai

The Tenrai event features content from the divergent Tenrai Fractures continuity, being inspired by samurai and Japanese culture. In this continuity, the 343 clans of the Imperial Court once feuded with each other for generations, but united in the face of an invasion by the Covenant. To defeat the invaders, the clans pooled their knowledge and crafted a new type of armor for their samurai warriors: known in Halo multiplayer under the name Yoroi.^[1]

Tenrai content[edit]

Tenrai, unlike Winter Contingency or Cyber Showdown, was a recurring event, returning to the game approximately every month during Season 01. Beginning in November of 2021, players could begin to earn a limited amount of levels within the event's progression path through event-specific challenges. Each challenge, specific to the event's Fiesta playlist, would allow players to progress by one level when completed. Originally, the event only allowed players to progress through 7 tiers every week, but feedback provided to 343 Industries would later have them changing this to 10 tiers, with this change carrying into every event and operation onwards.^[2]

Helmet options earned through Tenrai would be made available on all armor cores during Season 05: Reckoning, with shoulder pad options following with the release of Spirit of Fire in January of 2024. Visor options unlocked through Tenrai would become available on all armor cores during the August, 2022 drop pod in Season 02: Lone Wolves. All armor and weapon coatings would be made available on all of their respective cores with the release of Fleetcom in July of the same year. Rewards earned through Tenrai's event pass would eventually be added to the Exchange during Tenrai IV, Champions, and Warpath.

Event pass[edit]

Tiers 1 to 10

Content	Event pass tier	Exchange cost
Torii Reflection	1	750
Challenge Swap	2	N/A
XP Grant	3	N/A
Samurai (nameplate)	4	500
Yoroi (armor core)	5	N/A, unlocked during the Winter Update.
Challenge Swap	6	N/A
XP Grant	7	N/A
XP Grant	8	N/A
Samurai (vehicle)	9	500
Gatekeeper (left)	10	10,000

Tiers 11 to 20

Content	Event pass tier	Exchange cost
Gatekeeper (right)	11

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