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'''Blood Gulch''' is a [[multiplayer]] level in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. It is set in an enclosed, symmetrical canyon with a base at either end and an open field between. The level supports vehicles and is recommended for 4-16 players. The map is almost entirely void of life, save some sparse grass and bushes. Blood Gulch is easily the most famous multiplayer level from ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', and while its simplicity and size have contributed much to its popularity, the biggest factor to Blood Gulch's fame is the fact that the popular [[machinima]] series ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' is set in this level.

Blood Gulch was remade as [[Coagulation]] for ''[[Halo 2]]'', and served as a major inspiration for [[Valhalla]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''. It was also remade as a [[Blood Gulch (Halo Wars level)|multiplayer map]] in ''[[Halo Wars]]'', and made its return as the [[Forge World/Hemorrhage|Hemorrhage]] sub-map for the [[Forge World]] map in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', with a new and hugely expansive playable area outside of the main canyon, and is a main section of [[Forge World]].<ref>'''[[Red vs. Blue Halo: Reach PSA: Deja View]]'''</ref> Although Blood Gulch was not remade for ''[[Halo 4]]'', the game does feature a remake of ''Halo 3'''s Valhalla map, known as [[Ragnarok]].

Blood Gulch was remade into Coagulation for ''Halo 2'', with the bases excavated to provide more room, as well as a number of other minor differences, such as the addition of a Banshee to each base, but it still very much remains the original map. The Blood Gulch concept was later reworked into Valhalla for ''Halo 3'', featuring a similar size and layout, but with dramatic changes in the terrain and the base structures. [[Standoff]] has been called another Blood Gulch successor, given its similar terrain, but features a different layout. A more direct remake of Blood Gulch is a popular request as a ''Halo 3'' level, though Bungie have stated repeatedly that because ''Valhalla'' is the successor to ''Blood Gulch'', there will not be a direct remake in ''Halo 3''. A map called Blood Gulch was included in ''Halo Wars'', and is somewhat accurate to the original, though it lacks the caves, since it would be hard to implement, as the game is a real-time strategy game.

Blood Gulch has also been remade for use as a multiplayer map variant for [[Forge World]] in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. It was revealed in a [[Red vs. Blue Halo: Reach PSA: Deja View|special episode]] of ''Red vs Blue''. The bases are ported from Blood Gulch, while the terrain geometry is a direct port from Coagulation, and the general setting of the Forge World map resembles Valhalla.  

In ''Halo 4'', Valhalla was remade into Ragnarok.

*This map is easily the most well-known multiplayer map in the entire [[Halo universe|''Halo'' series]].

*''Blood Gulch'' is the only multiplayer map available in the ''Halo'' Demo, and is featured in one form or another in every ''Halo'' game except for ''Halo 3: ODST'', where the dual base setting would not work well with the wave-based survival mode known as Firefight, the only exclusive multiplayer mode introduced in ''ODST''.

*Blood Gulch and Coagulation are the setting for most of the first five seasons of [[Rooster Teeth Productions|Rooster Teeth]]'s popular web series ''Red vs. Blue'', hence the subtitle of the first five seasons, ''The Blood Gulch Chronicles''.

*A few plants from the campaign level [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] are scattered around the map.

*If the player takes a standard Warthog and drives it backwards into the entrance of either base, they can get into the gunner seat and shoot through the wall behind the flag.

*Inside the caves, there is a strange substance on the walls which has a vague resemblance to [[Flood]] biomass.