Ridgeline

Ridgeline
Map overview
Game:	Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary/Halo Reach
Internal name (?):	cex_timberline
Lore information
Location:	Installation 04
Gameplay overview
Terrain:	Forest
Recommended number of players:	8-16
Recommended gametype(s):	Big Team Battle;

“

Overlooking one of Halo’s impressive relay complexes, this idyllic cliffside once served as a UNSC staging area.

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Ridgeline is a multiplayer map included in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and the Anniversary Map Pack for Halo: Reach. It is a remake of Timberland from the PC port of Halo: Combat Evolved, with several alterations to map layout.

Universe and lore[edit]

The map is set in a former UNSC staging area on a cliff overlooking an enormous Forerunner relay complex. Toward the end of the conflict on Installation 04, the Marine resistance in the area was wiped out by Covenant forces.^[1]^[2]

Overview[edit]

Layout[edit]

Ridgeline Map.
An overhead view of the map.

Callouts[edit]

The following are locations on the map that are so named on the player's heads-up display during gameplay:

Upper Red Base
Lower Red Base
Outer Red Base
Red Foothill
Overlook
Red Encampment
South Ridge
River
Upper Blue Base
Lower Blue Base
Outer Blue Base
Blue Foothill
Waterfall Path
Blue Encampment
North Ridge

Trivia[edit]

Ridgeline is the first map in the Halo franchise to include trees as a Forge item.^[3] The forgable trees for this map are called "Tree, Dead"
Despite being set on Installation 04, the planet in the map's sky appears to be an earthlike world with visible continents and oceans, as opposed to the gas giant Threshold.