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{{Status|Canon}}
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| image=[[File:H3 BruteMine Transparent.png|300px]]
| image=[[File:BruteMine.jpg|300px]]
| name=Jumpmine
| name=Brute Landmine
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]] {{C|presumably}}{{Ref/Note|Id=origin|Given the jumpmine reuses [[:File:H3 "jumpmine" spike grenade mesh data.png|model]] and [[:File:H3 jumpmine claymore shader guerilla.png|shader data]] from the [[Sacred Promissory]] variant of the [[Jiralhanae]]'s [[Jovokada Workshop spike grenade]] (<code>claymore_grenade</code> in ''Halo 3'' game files), as well as the [[Sandtrap]] map description stating that the location was at one point occupied by Jiralhanae, it could be reasonably inferred to be a spike explosive of Jiralhanae origin that is also manufactured by the Covenant's Sacred Promissory.}}
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| type=[[Wikipedia:Bounding mine|Bounding mine]]
| type=Landmine
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| size=Moderate
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| damage per hit=Very high
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| service=[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3}}
| service=[[Human-Covenant War]] <br> [[Great Schism]]
| affiliation = [[Covenant]]
*[[Jiralhanae]]
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The "'''jumpmine'''" is a [[Covenant]] [[Spike weaponry|spike]] explosive [[mine]] manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Map|Id=h3|H3|Sandtrap}}{{Ref/Note|Id=name|While never officially named, the explosive is named as <code>jumpmine</code> in ''Halo 3'' game files. Should an official name be provided, this article should be updated accordingly.}}
The '''Brute landmine''' is a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] explosive weapon that is used to defend chokepoints and key areas.


==Overview==
==Description==
===Design details===
The [[Jiralhanae]] employ these land mines as a defensive security measure. When an individual trespass this border up to a certain length, these mines will automatically eject themselves from their buried position, rising vertically about two to three meters above the ground, and detonate similarly to a [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose grenade|UNSC fragmentation grenade]].
The jumpmine is a [[Wikipedia:Bounding mine|bounding mine]] designed to [[Wikipedia:air burst|explode above a target]]. Its overall design resembles the [[Jovokada Workshop spike grenade]], with spikes protrusions on its tip and body. Buried in vast minefields composed of hundreds of individual devices, these explosives are used to protect specific locations from troop movements. When an individual trespass this border up to a certain length, these mines will automatically eject themselves from their buried position, rising vertically about two to three meters above the ground, and detonate. As such, they can shower intruders—infantry or vehicles—with explosive debris. The mines are less effective against aerial targets, because they can only reach and explode on a relatively short height above the ground.{{Ref/Reuse|h3}}


===Operational history===
Since the mines are designed to [[Wikipedia:air burst|explode above a target]], they can shower the crews of vehicles like the [[M274 Ultra-Light All-Terrain Vehicle|Mongoose]] or [[Type-52 Infantry Support Vehicle|Prowler]], or infantry who venture into the minefield, with explosive debris. The mines are less effective against aerial targets (due to the fact that the mines can only reach and explode on a relatively short height above the ground) unless the player is flying relatively low to the ground. The mines can injure players even with invincibility turned on, when shielding inside a [[Bubble Shield]] or behind a [[Deployable Cover]], similar to the [[Covenant automated plasma turret|automated plasma turret]] in [[Snowbound]].
At some point, Jiralhanae occupiers seized control of some nondescript [[Forerunner]] [[Sandtrap|ruins]] on [[Installation 00]], and planted these mines in the desert around the ruins to keep potential intruders out. The minefield, however, proved to be ineffective at keeping the [[UNSC]] forces of the {{UNSCShip|Aegis Fate}} out of the area.{{Ref/Reuse|h3}}


==Gameplay==
In truth, it is unknown ''who'' placed the explosives around the level, and who built them. Because the visual design of the landmine is very similar to a larger version of the Brute [[Type-2 Antipersonnel Fragmentation grenade|spike grenade]], it is assumed that they were put there by Brutes, hence the name of this page.
The jumpmines appear exclusively in the ''[[Halo 3]]'' [[multiplayer]] map [[Sandtrap]]. If players attempt to leave the map boundary set by the blinking lights at the edge of the play area, the jumpmines eject from the ground and detonate. Similar to the {{Pattern|Shuku|sentry turret}} in [[Snowbound]], the mines can injure players even when they are inside a [[bubble shield]], or behind a [[deployable cover]]; even players under the effects of invincibility enabled by game settings would be killed in the explosions. If a player is killed by one of the mines, the kill will be credited to [[the Guardians]]. [[Overload glitch (Halo 3)|Overloading]] the map will remove the jumpmines from the match and prevent them from spawning by the player.{{Ref/Reuse|h3}}


==Production notes==
==Trivia==
*The jumpmine is likely based on the [[World War II|WWII]]-era [[Wikipedia:S-mine|S-mine]], more commonly known as the "Bouncing Betty".
*The landmine bears similarities to the [[World War II|WWII]]-era [[Wikipedia:S-mine|S-mine]], more commonly known as the "Bouncing Betty".
*The jumpmine shares [[:File:H3 "jumpmine" spike grenade mesh data.png|model]] and [[:File:H3 jumpmine claymore shader guerilla.png|shader data]] with the [[Jovokada Workshop spike grenade]]. Superficially, the jumpmine appears to be a spike grenade without a handle and the tactile spike protrusions around the top.
*[[Overload Glitch (Halo 3)|Overloading]] the map will remove the landmines from the match and prevent them from spawning by the player.
*Multiplayer Design Lead [[Tyson Green]] pursued the use of jumpmines in Sandtrap. According to environmental artist [[Justin Hayward]], the jumpmine was a test of a system to prevent players from leaving the area, the other idea being the [[shrine defender]]s, which fire lasers at players that leave the play area. During development, the team tested both jumpmines and shrine defenders. Ultimately, the jumpmines were an ineffective barrier; they took too long to detonate and players can outrun their explosions. However, the team was unable to replace the jumpmines on Sandtrap with shrine defenders before the game shipped. The shrine defenders would later fulfil the same role in [[Sandbox]] from the [[Mythic Map Pack]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Sandtrap_Postmortem|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Sense of Scale - Postmortem|D=13|M=10|Y=2014}}
*If a player is killed by one of these, the kill will be credited to the [[guardians]].
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H3_Sandtrap_BruteMine.jpg|The jumpmine as it appears on [[Sandtrap]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''.
File:H3_Sandtrap_LandmineActivation.png|A jumpmine activated by a Spartan riding a Mongoose in ''Halo 3''.
File:H3 claymore grenade texture wo alpha.png|Texture file shared between the spike grenade and the jumpmine.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}


==Notes==
{{Covenant Weapons}}
{{Ref/Notes}}
 
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{Covenant ordnance}}
[[Category:Mines]]
[[Category:Mines]]
[[Category:Spike weapons]]
[[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]]
[[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]]

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