The 2025 Summer Update for Halo Infinite launches with Operation: Last Stand, introducing fresh content including a new power weapon, game modes, and customization options. This update continues the seasonal Operation format with a 50-tier Premium Pass and several gameplay adjustments.
Update Calendar
The Summer Update follows the Operation format started in the 2024 Winter Update, featuring month-long seasons with playlists, modes, and unlockable armor. The schedule includes:
- Operation: Last Stand (May 6)
- Operation: Legacy (June 10)
- Operation: Reclaimer (July 8)
Each season begins with a Premium Operation Pass and major content milestones such as new weapons and game modes.
New Weapon: Mutilator
The long-expected Mutilator arrives as a double-barreled weapon with a Gravity Hammer attachment. Players can fire single shells or use an alternate fire mode to unleash two shots simultaneously. The hammer delivers devastating melee damage.
The Mutilator debuts in the new Juggernaut variant mode Mutilator Madness and is available as a power weapon on maps, in custom matches, and Forge.
Operation Pass Overview
Operation: Last Stand features a 50-tier Premium Pass with four full armor sets and various unlocks.
Free Operation Pass
Available May 6–June 10, the free pass offers 20 tiers including the SECOPS armor set and Spartan Points for additional customizations.
Premium Operation Pass
The 50-tier Premium Pass never expires and includes bonus XP, an extra challenge slot, and instant unlocks. It adds three more armor sets: Raider, EVA GEN1, and Scarred Comet, plus an exclusive Commander Agyrna armor kit.
Players can purchase the Premium Pass anytime during the Operation with two options:
- 1,000 Credits: Unlocks durable tiers, bonus XP, extra challenge slot, and a customization bundle.
- 2,500 Credits: Includes all above plus instant completion of the first 20 tiers and their rewards.
Customizations from previous Operations will appear in The Exchange during the Summer Update, with Premium Pass items later available for separate purchase.
Upcoming Playlists
Firefight: Battle of the Academy
Players defend the Spartan Academy against a Banished assault in this linear Firefight experience.
Mutilator Madness
A new Juggernaut mode featuring the Mutilator weapon, offering a social free-for-all with intense combat.
Sandbox Updates
Expanded Weapons Bench
Players can now customize coatings, emblems, charms, and death effects on the MA5K Avenger, Needler, Heatwave, Shock Rifle, and Mutilator.
Sniper Ricochets Return
Bullets from the S7 Sniper Rifle and Flexfire Sniper will ricochet off surfaces starting May 6, bringing back the Bank Shot medal for skillful ricochet kills.
Improved Perfect Kill Tracking
Perfect kills with precision weapons now display a star in the Event Feed to highlight flawless shots.
Banshee Attack Re-Tuned
- Increased cooldown for the fuel rod cannon
- Reduced projectile velocity
- Slightly increased sustained collision damage
These changes aim to balance Banshee performance while keeping ramming speed unchanged.
Coming Soon: Ranked S&D Extraction
The competitive, round-based S&D Extraction mode will arrive in Ranked playlists later this summer. It features asymmetrical maps with two Extraction sites and a match economy for buying weapons, equipment, and lives.
Teams alternate between Offense and Defense, with one life per player and limited respawns, creating high-stakes gameplay.
ForgeHub Map Contest
ForgeHub and Halo Infinite offer a $20,000 prize pool for the S&D Extraction Map Contest. Submit your best 4v4 Forge map by May 12 for a chance to win cash and have your map featured in an upcoming playlist.
More details are available in the announcement blog.
Forge Updates
Updated Set Object Team Nodes
Set Object Team and Set Object Team to Neutral nodes now support various Generic Objects and Spawners, allowing team ownership assignment or neutralization for objects like flags, bombs, skulls, and capture zones.
New Spawn Order Nodes
Five new nodes enable assigning spawn order, indexing players and objects by spawn order, and retrieving lists based on spawn order. These nodes help create spawn-order logic for custom maps and modes.
Exchange Updates
To improve item browsing, The Exchange now includes folders for helmets, body attachments, visors, torso attachments, armor coatings, effects, Spartan customization, weapon coatings, emblems, weapon modifications, vehicle customization, and backdrops.
Players earn Spartan Points (SP) through matches and challenges to acquire customizations. SP can now also be purchased using Shop Credits or currency to complete collections.
More details will be shared as the Summer Update progresses. Look for a complete overview of Operation: Last Stand on May 6 and updates on Operation: Legacy and Operation: Reclaimer soon.
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