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''Halo 3''<nowiki/>'s September Title Update introduced the "Ultra Ban"<ref>{{Cite BWU|15475|09/12/2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Last week, we mentioned some of the “Peace of Mind” changes that were coming to TU2, one of them being a new type of ban.''"</div></ref>, which was applied retroactively to those who had committed severe rule violations in the past<ref>{{Cite BWU|15475|09/12/2008}}<div style="margin-left:2em">"''For special folks ''[...]'' we’ll be retroactively applying this ban to their accounts.''"</div></ref>; the ban is documented in more detail in its section below. Various other anti-cheat systems were also introduced, though they were not elaborated on<ref name="bwu-15545">{{Cite BWU|15545|09/23/2008}}</ref>; an additional weekly update identified the system as "Banhammer 2.0".<ref name="bwu-15595">{{Cite BWU|15595|09/26/2008}}</ref>

The so-called "Ultra Ban" was introduced in ''[[Halo 3]]''<nowiki/>'s second Title Update. The ban prevents players from playing ''any'' form of online [[Multiplayer]], including Matchmaking and even [[Custom Games]].

EXP boosting, skill boosting, deleveling, habitual quitting, cheating, and standbying are all easily detected by the Banhammer and usually result in either Matchmaking or EXP bans. [[Achievement]] boosting is not a formal offense<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=26461843&postRepeater1-p=1#26463228 '''Bungie.net: The News:''' TU2 FAQ]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Yeah, "achievement boosting" is kind of lame but honestly it's not really something we can/will punish people for.''" ~ [[Brian Jarrard]]</div></ref>, but the Banhammer often mistakes it for EXP boosting and bans it as such.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=27388615&postRepeater1-p=2#27391466 '''Bungie.net: Halo 3 Forum:''' Should Bungie provide us with a terms of use?]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''Acheivement boosting often looks like EXP boosting to the banhammer - so if you acheivement boost, you're likely going to get punishments for EXP boosting.''" ~ [[Tom Gioconda]]</div></ref> Attempts at EXP boosting by playing with inactive guests (that is, additional controllers without additional people) can also be recognized by the Banhammer and will result in EXP bans.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=29532590&postRepeater1-p=3#29534014 '''Bungie.net: Halo 3 Forum:''' Wow no reason banning]<div style="margin-left:2em">"''We can tell when you're playing with a party, and we can tell when no input is being given via the controller. ''[...]'' the unused controllers method of social boosting is the most common and most EXP bans result from that behavior. ''[...]'' playing with "bad" players won't get you banned, unless they are so bad they are unable to figure out how to pick up the controller.''" ~ [[Shishka]]</div></ref>

Uploading offensive content to a File Share can result in a File Share ban. This includes but is not limited to racist and pornographic content.<ref name="bwu-14994"/>