Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)

The Halo Encyclopedia is a reference book originally set to be published on March 29, 2022 by Dark Horse in conjunction with 343 Industries, but later delayed to April 12, 2022. The book is a successor to the previous Halo Encyclopedia released in 2009, and features numerous custom-made pieces of artwork by both 343 in-house artists and several images and designs created by the fan mod Sins of the Prophets and Halo: A Fistful of Arrows creator Levi Hoffmeier.

The book includes elements from across two decades of Halo history, including content from Halo Infinite.

A deluxe edition variant was additionally released, containing an exclusive lithograph, a unique cover and slipcase inspired by the Forerunner Cylix.

Content
The Halo Encyclopedia begins with a chronology of the events in the Halo universe. The book is divided into five sections: Humanity, Covenant, Forerunners, Flood, and Banished.

The book's meta-narrative is framed as an communications log between Adjutant Revendicate - the sub-monitor of Installation 07 created from the mind of the Auditor - and Invariant Bias, Monitor of the Absolute Record. The brief exchange is present in the books opening and closing pages, and details Revendicate's wishes to enter information into the Absolute Record in the wake of The Harbinger's defeat as depicted in Halo Infinite. The Halo Encyclopedia's text is framed as the repository of information gathered by Revendicate, giving the book an in-universe grounding in a similar manner to the Curator meta-narrative framing 2016's Halo Mythos: A Guide to the Story of Halo.

Trivia

 * The and the  were to be featured in the Halo Encyclopedia but were cut due to space constraints.

Mistakes

 * The CQS48 Bulldog is stated as having an 8-round magazine. The correct number of rounds should be 7.
 * The image labels for the Sangheili Honor Guardsman and the Sangheili Councilor are swapped.

Illustrations
To view all of Halopedia's library of artwork from the Halo Encyclopedia, see here