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File:TheLostCity.jpg|The outside of the map's third iteration.<ref name="trace">[https://twitter.com/Dr_Abominable/status/732118079027613696 ''Paul Russel on Twitter'':] ''That's a trace of a screenshot I took of one of the concepts. I think version 3 of a city.''</ref>
File:TheLostCity.jpg|The outside of the map's third iteration.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=trace|Dr_Abominable|732118079027613696|Paul Russel|Quote=That's a trace of a screenshot I took of one of the concepts. I think version 3 of a city.|D=30|M=10|Y=2020}}
File:H3 TheLostCity Courtyard 3.jpg|An art pass version of the map.{{Ref/Reuse|DeLeonpics}}
File:H3 TheLostCity Courtyard 3.jpg|An art pass version of the map.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=DeLeonpics|vicdeleon|1250139051476144128|Vic Deleon|Quote=So here's three shots taken in-game wayyy back in 2005 running a version of the #Halo 2.5-3 engine. The idea was to design an abandoned Forerunner "living space" with courtyard, and fallen into disrepair. @Dr_Abominable made the original structures and I modified, added entropy.|D=14|M=4|Y=2020}}
File:H3_ForeCity_DesignDoc_1.jpg|Early paper sketch titled "Forerunner City".
File:H3_ForeCity_DesignDoc_1.jpg|Early paper sketch titled "Forerunner City".
File:H3_ForeCity_DesignDoc_2.jpg|Digital design document titled "6.1 - Forerunner City".
File:H3_ForeCity_DesignDoc_2.jpg|Digital design document titled "6.1 - Forerunner City".
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===Anxiety===
===Anxiety===
"Anxiety" is one of the work-in-progress DLC maps included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding toolkit as of the July 2023 update. It is a unique case among ''Halo'' multiplayer maps, as its origins lie in the original ''[[Halo Custom Edition]]'' modding community for PC in the early 2000s; the map is a remake of a ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|Halo PC]]'' map of the same name created by modders Mothergoat and Jason Keith, who goes by the username [https://twitter.com/JasonRKeith13 Mrs. Doublefire]. During the production of the ''Halo 3'' map [[Heretic]], Keith was hired to work at [[Bungie]] on a remote contract, and evidently worked on incorporating anxiety into ''Halo 3'' in some form.{{Ref/Twitter|KornnerStudios|1680433535583404032|KornnerStudios #UnidentifiedWin32Phenomena|Quote=As I recall, Mrs Double Fire did some contract work for Bungie around the time of Halo3. This may have been their own work. You may be able to find some references to this searching @hbotweets news archives|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}} The original ''Custom Edition'' map can be downloaded from [[halomaps.org]] [http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1276 here].
"Anxiety" is one of the work-in-progress DLC maps included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding toolkit as of the July 2023 update. It is a unique case among ''Halo'' multiplayer maps, as its origins lie in the original ''[[Halo Custom Edition]]'' modding community for PC in the early 2000s; the map is a remake of a ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|Halo PC]]'' map of the same name created by modders Mothergoat and [[:Category:Images by Jason Keith|Jason Keith]], who goes by the username [https://twitter.com/JasonRKeith13 Mrs. Doublefire]. During the production of the ''Halo 3'' map [[Heretic]], Keith was hired to work at [[Bungie]] on a remote contract, and evidently worked on incorporating anxiety into ''Halo 3'' in some form.{{Ref/Twitter|KornnerStudios|1680433535583404032|KornnerStudios #UnidentifiedWin32Phenomena|Quote=As I recall, Mrs Double Fire did some contract work for Bungie around the time of Halo3. This may have been their own work. You may be able to find some references to this searching @hbotweets news archives|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}} The original ''Custom Edition'' map can be downloaded from [[halomaps.org]] [http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=1276 here].


The map is symmetrical in layout and uses the [[Installation 00|Ark]] skybox from regular ''Halo 3''. It is set in a box canyon with a base at each end and a bridge going over the top of the map. Each team gets a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]] and a [[M274 Mongoose]].
The map is symmetrical in layout and uses the [[Installation 00|Ark]] skybox from regular ''Halo 3''. It is set in a box canyon with a base at each end and a bridge going over the top of the map. Each team gets a [[M12 Chaingun Warthog]] and a [[M274 Mongoose]].
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File:H3 Anxiety Screenshot 1.png|A screenshot of Anxiety.
File:H3 Anxiety Screenshot 2.png|A screenshot of Anxiety.
File:H3 Anxiety Base Screenshot 1.png|One of the bases on Anxiety.
File:H3 Anxiety Base Screenshot 2.png|The other base on Anxiety.
File:H3 Anxiety Skybox Screenshot.png|The Ark visible in the map's skybox.
File:H3 Anxiety Exterior Screenshot.png|An out-of-bounds screenshot of the map's exterior passages.
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===Battle Creek===
===Battle Creek===
A remake of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' map [[Battle Creek]] was considered at some point in the ''Halo 3'' production process, with a revision of the map geo and skybox present in the ''ODST'' modding files. The map is untextured, displaying only a UV checker texture, and utilises the skybox from the [[Warthog run]] at the end of the final campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''. The map is set on [[Installation 08]], with the ring visible in the sky alongside the Ark.
A remake of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' map [[Battle Creek]] was considered at some point in the ''Halo 3'' production process, with a revision of the map geo and skybox present in the ''ODST'' modding files. The map is untextured, displaying only a UV checker texture, and utilises the skybox from the [[Warthog run]] at the end of the final campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''. The map is set on [[Installation 08]], with the ring visible in the sky alongside the Ark.
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File:H3 BattleCreek Screenshot 1.png|The Battle Creek remake.
File:H3 BattleCreek Screenshot 2.png|The Battle Creek remake.
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===Beachhead===
===Beachhead===
Beachhead is a map more familiar to ''Halo'' players as the map [[Tempest]], later included in the [[Noble Map Pack]] DLC for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. The map was worked on as early as October 2007, shortly after ''Halo 3''{{'}}S launch, though ultimately never released. It was later finished off in the aforementioned ''Reach'' DLC, and included in an incomplete state in the ''ODST'' modding tools.{{Ref/Site|URLhttps://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-mcc-july-2023-update|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: MCC - July 2023 Update|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=TempestConcept|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/98O6v|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 DLC map concepts|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}} Unlike the release version of Tempest, this one take more of an influence from the tropical beach palette used on the map [[Last Resort]], though otherwise has very few layout changes from the version eventually released for players.  
Beachhead is a map more familiar to ''Halo'' players as the map [[Tempest]], later included in the [[Noble Map Pack]] DLC for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. The map was worked on as early as October 2007, shortly after ''Halo 3''{{'}}s launch, though ultimately never released. It was later finished off in the aforementioned ''Reach'' DLC, and included in an incomplete state in the ''ODST'' modding tools.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/halo-mcc-july-2023-update|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Halo: MCC - July 2023 Update|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Site|Id=TempestConcept|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/98O6v|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo 3 DLC map concepts|D=19|M=07|Y=2023}} Unlike the release version of Tempest, this one take more of an influence from the tropical beach palette used on the map [[Last Resort]], though otherwise has very few layout changes from the version eventually released for players.  
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File:H3_Tempest_Concept_1.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3_Tempest_Concept_1.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3_Tempest_Concept_2.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3_Tempest_Concept_2.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3_Tempest_Concept_3.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3_Tempest_Concept_3.jpg|''Halo 3''-era concept art.{{Ref/Reuse|TempestConcept}}
File:H3 Tempest Screenshot 1.png|A screenshot of Beachhead, as featured in the modding tools.
File:H3 Tempest Screenshot 2.png|A screenshot of Beachhead, as featured in the modding tools.
File:H3 Tempest Screenshot 3.png|A screenshot of Beachhead, as featured in the modding tools.
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===Damn===
===Damn===
"Damn" is another work-in-progress DLC map recovered in the ''ODST'' modding toolkit. The map is a restored playable version of the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]] seen in the final section of the campaign level [[Sierra 117]]. The map has had several adjustments from its campaign iteration, featuring a new night setting, an un-destroyed bridge that can be traversed, and spawns for weapons, equipment, and objectives.
"Damn" is another work-in-progress DLC map recovered in the ''ODST'' modding toolkit. The map is a restored playable version of the [[A2 Hydroelectric Facility]] seen in the final section of the campaign level [[Sierra 117]]. The map has had several adjustments from its campaign iteration, featuring a new night setting, an un-destroyed bridge that can be traversed, and spawns for weapons, equipment, and objectives.
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File:H3 Damn Screenshot 1.png|A screenshot of damn.
File:H3 Damn Screenshot 2.png|A screenshot of damn.
File:H3 Damn Screenshot 3.png|A screenshot of damn's back path with an [[Active camouflage]] and an [[M41B SPNKr]].
File:H3 Damn Base Screenshot 1.png|A screenshot of one of the base interiors; located in the room where [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] is captured in the campaign. It has spawns for a [[Covenant Carbine]] inside.
File:H3 Damn Base Screenshot 2.png|A screenshot of the other base; it has a more-or-less identical layout to the first base, with an [[AIE-486H machine gun]] on top.
File:H3 Damn Bridge Screenshot.png|A screenshot of damn's repaired (and unfinished) bridge, with a [[Z-4190 bubble shield|bubble shield]] in the middle.
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===Desecration===
===Desecration===
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"Desecration" is a map included in the ''ODST'' modding files, seemingly intended to replicate the aesthetics of the [[Flood]]-infested Covenant interiors found in the main campaign. Similarly to the interior of the crashed [[Ket-pattern battlecruiser|battlecruiser]] ''[[Indulgence of Conviction]]'' in [[Floodgate]] or [[High Charity]] in [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]], the map features Covenant architecture overtaken by what seems to be Flood growths with a crashed [[D77H-TCI Pelican]] atop. The map has lots of vertical play, with [[ordnance pod]]s scattered around to provide weapons and multiple [[gravity lift]]s to aid traversal.
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File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 1.png|An overview of Desecration.
File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 2.png|The interior of the Flood-infested Covenant structure.
File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 3.png|The interior of the Flood-infested Covenant structure.
File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 4.png|The interior of the Flood-infested Covenant structure.
File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 5.png|The Covenant structure, as seen from above.
File:H3 Desecration Screenshot 6.png|A look at the cliffs and walkways in front of the subterranean structure.
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===Gauntlet===
===Gauntlet===
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===Landslide===
===Landslide===
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"Landslide" is a large Big Team Battle map with a very similar art theming to [[Valhalla]], reusing the bases and skybox from that map alongside the general palette of environment textures and trees. The map itself is a rough horseshoe shape, with a single team base at either end. The two bases are both situated at the lowest point on the map, with the map inclining toward the middle of the horseshoe - the top of the hill contains a third, neutral base. Each team gets a Warthog and a [[M808C Scorpion|Scorpion]] tank, with the middle base containing a [[Ghost]] and a Warthog.
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File:H3 Landslide Screenshot 1.png|An overview of Landslide.
File:H3 Landslide Screenshot 2.png|Looking up the mountain.
File:H3 Landslide Base Screenshot 1.png|The first base.
File:H3 Landslide Base Screenshot 2.png|The second base.
File:H3 Landslide HumanWall Screenshot.png|A [[human]]-made wall off to the right of the prior base.
File:H3 Landslide Base Screenshot 3.png|The neutral base at the top of the mountain.
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===Monkey Mountain===
===Monkey Mountain===
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File:H3 WarthogInc PrePro Screenshot 1.jpg|A screenshot of Warthog Inc close to the end of ''Halo 3'' pre-production, shared by Max Hoberman on Twitter in 2023.{{Ref/Twitter|MaxHoberman|1644844142428672003|Max Hoberman|Quote=Let's play another game. What's this? No cheating.|D=11|M=04|Y=2023}}
File:H3 WarthogInc PrePro Screenshot 1.jpg|A screenshot of Warthog Inc close to the end of ''Halo 3'' pre-production, shared by Max Hoberman on Twitter in 2023.{{Ref/Twitter|MaxHoberman|1644844142428672003|Max Hoberman|Quote=Let's play another game. What's this? No cheating.|D=11|M=04|Y=2023}}
File:H3 WarthogInc PrePro Screenshot 2.jpg|A screenshot of Warthog Inc close to the end of ''Halo 3'' pre-production, shared by Max Hoberman on Twitter in 2023.{{Ref/Reuse|HobermanHogInc}}
File:H3 WarthogInc PrePro Screenshot 2.jpg|A screenshot of Warthog Inc close to the end of ''Halo 3'' pre-production, shared by Max Hoberman on Twitter in 2023.{{Ref/Reuse|HobermanHogInc}}
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 1.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 2.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 3.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 4.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 5.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
File:H3 WarthogInc Late Screenshot 6.png|A later-stage version of Warthog Inc, as included in the ''Halo 3: ODST'' modding tools.
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