Downloadable content

Downloadable content, or DLC for short, are additional content items for use in video games. DLC released for Halo can be distributed in several ways ranging from disk based, to the internet through services like Xbox LIVE.

Halo 2 DLC
Due to Xbox LIVE being discontinued for Original Xbox consoles and games. It is no longer possible to get all the Halo 2 DLC that was obtainable though that service.

Bonus Map Pack
Bonus Map Pack: Released on Xbox Live on April 25, 2005 for free. It contained the maps Containment and Warlock. It is no longer possible to download this DLC through Xbox LIVE.

Game type: Zombies
Game type: Zombies: Released though the Official Xbox Magazine in Demo disc 45 as a download for Xbox in June, 2005. This is the only official way to get the game type on the Xbox version of the game.

Killtacular Pack
Killtacular Pack: Released on Xbox LIVE on April 25, 2005 for $4.99, and was made permanently free on June 28, 2005. It contained the maps Sanctuary and Turf. It is no longer possible to download this DLC through Xbox LIVE.

Maptacular Pack
Maptacular Pack: Released on Xbox LIVE on July 5, 2005 for $11.99, and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. It contained the maps Gemini, Elongation, Backwash, Relic, and Terminal. It is no longer possible to download this DLC through Xbox LIVE.

Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack: Released on disk on July 5, 2005. It included the maps found in the Bonus, Maptacular and Killtacular map packs.

Blastacular Pack
Blastacular Pack: Released on April 17, 2007 for $4.00, and re-released as an updated package on May 7, 2007 (still for $4.00), as several glitches discovered in the included content had been fixed, and made permanently free on July 7, 2007. It contained the maps Desolation and Tombstone. It is no longer possible to download this DLC through Xbox LIVE.

Heroic Map Pack
Heroic Map Pack: Released on December 11, 2007 for $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points), and was made permanently free on March 25, 2008. It contained the maps Standoff, Rat's Nest, and Foundry.

Legendary Map Pack
Legendary Map Pack: Released on April 15, 2008 for $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points), and was made permanently free on July 7, 2017. It contained the maps Avalanche, Blackout, and Ghost Town.

Cold Storage
Cold Storage: Released on July 7, 2008 for free to commemorate Bungie Day. It contained the map Cold Storage.

Mythic Map Pack
Mythic Map Pack: Released though the Halo Wars: Limited Edition on February 26, 27, and made publicly available on March 3, 2009 for $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points), and made permanently free on July 7, 2017. It contained the maps Assembly, Orbital, and Sandbox.

Mythic II Map Pack
Mythic Map Pack: Released as part of the Halo 3: Mythic disc that comes bundled with Halo 3: ODST along with all the other map packs on September 22, 2009, and later made separately available on February 02, 2010 for $10.00 (800 Microsoft Points), and made permanently free on July 7, 2017. It contained Citadel, Heretic, and Longshore.

Drop Sgt. Johnson into Firefight
This was a pre-order bonus exclusive to those who pre-ordered the game. It allowed the player to play as Avery Johnson in Firefight.

Description: ''Sergeant Avery Junior Johnson is a tough as nails career Marine that has been in more life or death battles than you've had hot meals. He has survived more infectious Flood outbreaks, greased more Covenant bad guys, and in general kicked more alien ass than any twenty other Marines. Now you get to walk a mile in his shoes. If you enlisted early by pre-ordering your copy of Halo 3: ODST at select retailers, redeem your code to unlock Sgt. Johnson for use in Firefight.''

Unique unit: Fireball Warthog
This was a pre-order bonus exclusive to those who pre-ordered the game. It changed the color of the Warthog to the Fireball skin, also known as the Spirit of Fire variant. This DLC was later included as part of the Halo Wars: Definitive Edition regardless of whether the user pre-ordered or not.

Description: Upgrade your Warthogs to the unique Spirit of Fire variant!

Unique unit: Honor Guard Wraith
This was a pre-order bonus exclusive to those who pre-ordered the limited edition of the game. It changed the color of the Wraith to the Honor Guard variant. This DLC was later included as part of the Halo Wars: Definitive Edition regardless of whether the user pre-ordered or not.

Description: Upgrade your Wraiths to the unique Honor Guard variant!

Strategic Options Pack
Three gametypes were released for 800 Microsoft Points on May 19, 2009. It also included four new achievements.

Historic Battle map pack
The only multiplayer map pack for this game was available for download for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live, and was released on the July, 21st 2009. It also included four new achievements.

Noble Map Pack
The Noble Map Pack was the first map pack released for Halo: Reach. It contains 3 new multiplayer maps and 7 new Achievements worth 250 Gamerscore and was released on November 30th for 800 Microsoft Points.

Defiant Map Pack
The Defiant Map Pack was the second map pack released for Halo: Reach. It contains two new multiplayer maps and one Firefight map. It includes three brand new achievements. It was released on 15th March 2011 for 800 Microsoft Points.

Anniversary Map Pack
Included with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and available on the Xbox Live Marketplace for $20.00, comes with seven new maps and achievements. Includes six remade classic multiplayer maps from Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 as well as one new Firefight map.

Armor/Emblem/Skin/Other DLC
Halo 4 had several items exclusive for several reasons including pre-ordering.

Crimson Pack
The Crimson Map Pack was the first map pack released for Halo 4. It contains three new multiplayer maps and eight new achievements. It was released on December 10th, 2012 for 800 Microsoft Points.

Majestic Map Pack
The Majestic Map Pack was the second map pack released for Halo 4. It contains three new multiplayer maps and ten new achievements. It was released in February 2013 for 800 Microsoft Points.

Castle Map Pack
The Castle Map Pack was the third map pack released for Halo 4. It contains three new multiplayer maps and nine new achievements. It was released in April 2013 for 800 Microsoft Points.

Forge Island
This map was released for free on its own, on March 29, 2013.

Champions Bundle
The Champions Bundle was the fourth content update released for Halo 4. It contains two multiplayer maps, four new sets of armor, a new gametype, and ten new achievements. It was released on August 20 for 800 Microsoft Points.

Halo: Spartan Assault DLC
Five campaign missions were added as part of a title update on August 29, 2013.

Halo 2: Anniversary DLC
This map was released for free to Halo: The Master Chief Collection on May 30, 2015.

Battle of Shadow and Light
Battle of Shadow and Light was the first content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained four forge maps and was released on November 18, 2015.

Cartographer's Gift
Cartographer's Gift was the second content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained four maps and was released on December 16, 2015.

Infinity's Armory
Infinity's Armory was the third content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained two maps and was released on January 26, 2016.

Hammer Storm
Hammer Storm was the fourth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained one map and was released on February 24, 2016.

Ghosts of Meridian
Ghosts of Meridian was the fifth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained two maps and was released on April 6, 2016.

Memories of Reach
Memories of Reach was the sixth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained one Arena map and was released on May 12, 2016.

Hog Wild
Hog Wild was the seventh content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained several REQs and was released on May 31, 2016.

Warzone Firefight
Warzone Firefight was the eighth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained four maps and was released on June 29, 2016.

Anvil's Legacy
Anvil's Legacy was the ninth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained two maps and was released on September 8, 2016.

Monitor's Bounty
Monitor's Bounty was the tenth content update for Halo 5: Guardians. It contained two Forge canvases and a customs game browser and was released on December 8, 2016.

Sergeant Forge
Sergeant John Forge was the first DLC leader for Halo Wars 2. He was released during the game's launch for free.

Kinsano
Morgan Kinsano was the second DLC leader for Halo Wars 2. She was released on March 21, 2017 for $5.99.

Colony
Colony was the third DLC leader for Halo Wars 2. It was released on April 27, 2017 for $5.99.

Sergeant Johnson
Sergeant Major Avery Johnson was the fourth DLC leader for Halo Wars 2. He was released on May 22, 2017 for $5.99 alongside two free Blitz maps Nocturne and Sirocco.

Icons of War
Commander Jerome-092 and Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee were the fifth and sixth DLC leaders for Halo Wars 2. They were released on June 28, 2017 for $9.99 together or $5.99 individually.

Serina and Operation: SPEARBREAKER
Serina is the seventh leader for Halo Wars 2. She was released alongside Operation: SPEARBREAKER, two campaign missions about a squad of ODSTs. Operation: SPEARBREAKER and Serina were released on July 25, 2017 for $9.99 together or $5.99 individually.

Yapyap the Destroyer
Yapyap the Destroyer is the eighth leader for Halo Wars 2. He was released on August 17, 2017 for $5.99.

Awakening the Nightmare
A DLC campaign featuring the Banished fighting the Flood after the events of Halo Wars 2. Includes the two Jiralhanae leaders Pavium and Voridus, a campaign, two multiplayer maps, and Terminus Firefight. It was released on September 26, 2017 for $19.99.