Halo Infinite’s last major update, Operation: Infinite, is live, introducing a new 100-tier free Operation Pass, new maps, and more.
Earlier this month, Halo Studios announced that support for Halo Infinite will be ending soon as they focus on developing multiple other games in the series. Now that the update has arrived, it introduces permanent progression boosts, refreshed Ranked Seasons, over 200 new customizations in The Exchange, and much more.
What’s New in Halo Infinite’s Operation: Infinite Update?
The first new highlight is the free 100-tier Operation Pass that has no expiration date. The new pass allows players to unlock the Serpin, Seeker, and Adamant armor sets, along with other coatings rewards and Spartan customizations. There’s also a 100-tier Premium Operation Pass, which provides five earnable armor sets, six all-new weapon models, instant unlocks, and over 30 Spartan customizations.
2 New Maps have been added to Halo Infinite: Yuletide and Vacancy. Yuletide is set in a quiet alpine village beneath the Northern Lights. Yuletide will be available in Husky Raid and Super Husky Raid modes in the Quick Play playlist. Vacancy, on the other hand, as the name suggests, is a modest inn that almost merges with its surroundings. This map will be available in Ranked Arena, Slayer, Doubles, and select rotational modes.
Moreover, there are new progression updates, free log-in unlocks, shop changes, the Defiant Bundle, Recompiled Foes, shop calendar, and The Exchange additions that players can learn about below.
Halo Infinite Operation: Infinite Full Patch Notes
OPERATION PASS
- The missions may change, but these Operation Passes are here to stay. Operation: Infinite’s 100-tier Operation Passes have no expiration date, meaning their armor sets, customizations, and Spartan Points can be earned at any time.
- Likewise, the 100-tier Premium Pass—offering five exclusive armor sets, instant unlocks, and a heroic assortment of Spartan customizations—can be purchased indefinitely.
FREE OPERATION PASS
- Three new armor sets await in Operation: Infinite’s free Operation Pass. Complete all 100 tiers at your leisure to unlock the Serpin, Seeker, and Adamant armor sets, plus a champion’s purse of coatings, rewards, and Spartan customizations.
- As you complete all 100 tiers, you’ll also unlock the Questing Sky, Celestite Sparkle, Unbroken Defender, and Silent Snow armor coatings, Icicle Falls visor, Blackened Steel weapon coating, and the terminally chill Respect stance.
PREMIUM OPERATION PASS
- The 100-tier Premium Operation Pass features five earnable armor sets, six all-new weapon models, instant unlocks, and over 30 Spartan customizations you won’t find anywhere else.
- Upgrade to the Premium Operation Pass to instantly unlock the Charged Quill Shock Rifle weapon model and the Phoenix Gold weapon coating.
- Operation: Infinite’s Premium Operation Pass can be purchased at any time. Once acquired, you’ll instantly carry over your tier progress from Operation: Infinite’s free Operation Pass and permanently unlock bonus XP and an additional challenge slot.
2 NEW MAPS
YULETIDE
- Forged by: Sikamikanico, bullet2thehead9, Whos Blaze
- Set in a quiet, alpine village nestled beneath the Northern Lights, Yuletide gift-wraps the warm glow of streetlights, freshly fallen snow, and the aimless smoke of a familiar hearth together in one beautifully serene package—and shatters it with mercilessly merry Husky combat.
- Yuletide is available in Husky Raid and Super Husky Raid modes in the Quick Play playlist.
VACANCY
- Forged by: MikRips, Ethan Hibbs
- On a quiet square sits the Hotel Kijani, a modest inn baked into its surroundings by years of mid-afternoon heat. Hours after the markets have closed, when the alleyways and busy thoroughfares have emptied, and long shadows begin to grow on the crested archways of this storied city—only then do warriors strafe its scenic courtyards in pursuit of glory.
- Vacancy is available in Ranked Arena, Slayer, Doubles, and select rotational modes.
PROGRESSION UPDATES
We’ve updated two core progression mechanics to make playing Halo Infinite more rewarding than ever! Starting today, you’ll earn 2X SP on Daily Challenges and Weekly Ultimate Rewards, and progress twice as fast through Career Ranks thanks to doubled Applied Score multipliers on every matchmaking playlist.
FREE LOG-IN UNLOCK
As the 25th anniversary of Halo: Combat Evolved approaches, we look forward to celebrating Halo’s universe, community, and enduring legacy with you throughout next year.
To kick things off, look for a free customization bundle to arrive in January as an instant log-in unlock for all Halo Infinite players, containing all these never-before-released items:
- 25th Anniversary Nameplate
- GEN XII Vehicle Coating
- Access Denied Armor Coating
- Lifegivers Hex Weapon Coating
- Ring Breaker Weapon Charm
- Zeta Emissary Nameplate
- Zeta Trailblazer Nameplate
THE SHOP
As we bid adieu to four years of Halo Infinite multiplayer updates, the sentimental caretakers of The Shop have forged fitting testaments to three of Halo’s legendary villains—and one fiendish incarnation straight from the Covenant’s nightmares.
DEFIANT BUNDLE
Prove your legend with the Defiant bundle, featuring arcane weaponry, an exclusive death effect, and armor sets inspired by Halo Infinite’s enigmatic Harbinger and the demoniac Spartan awaiting her beyond the mortal plane.
- Deimos: First conjured in the Prophets’ sermons of fear, the wrathful silhouette of DEIMOS has now been forged in the heat of glassed cities to deliver absolution as an emblem of humanity’s wrath. Give your foes the horns with the Flawless Sentinel helmet attachment, and add a touch of damnation with the Fiendbane Raiment armor coating.
- Exorcist Mutilator: Cleanse corruption with the holy fire of the Exorcist Mutilator weapon model and the Fiendbane’s Blessing weapon coating.
- When you’re finished hellraising, opt for a greener hue to rock a saintlier look inspired by the Master Chief’s armor in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
- Sibyl: Emissaries of the Endless don the Sibyl armor set to perceive the truths between spaces and heighten their kinship with the unseen. It has proven uniquely suitable for dispelling Forerunner lies, especially when deployed in harmonic resonance with the Harbinger of Truth armor coating.
- Kylixian Heatwave: The destined weapon of those who whisper truths. Enshroud thy innermost intent in the Final Codex weapon coating, and pay homage to your Xalanyn mistress with the Chibi Harbinger weapon charm.
- Meteor Fall: Pummel your enemies with fiery darts from beyond the stars with the bundle-exclusive Meteor Fall death effect set.
- Defy the odds with the Defiant bundle, containing the Deimos and Sibyl armor sets, Fiendbane Raiment and Harbinger of Truth armor coatings, Exorcist Mutilator and Kylixian Heatwave weapon models, Fiendbane’s Blessing and Final Codex weapon coatings, Chibi Harbinger weapon charm, and the exclusive Meteor Fall death effect set.
- Available in The Shop now through January 5, 2026.
RECOMPILED FOES
Two of the Master Chief’s bitterest enemies now play sweetly together in the Recompiled Foes bundle, featuring a tag-team of the Escharum-inspired Dominarch and a Cavalier take on Cortana’s eternal knight from Halo 5: Guardians.
- Dominarch: Gird yourself in the unbroken pride of the Banished! The Dominarch armor set echoes the glory of Escharum, fallen but not forgotten, whose legacy shall live on in awe-struck whispers across a thousand worlds. March to unrelenting war in the Blood and Iron armor coating.
- Hopebreaker Mutilator: Abandon hope, ye down the barrel. The Hopebreaker Mutilator’s burning crest announces its dominion most mightily against the sepulchral hues of the Deliverance Denied weapon coating, or when bearing the immortal leer of the Chibi Escharum weapon charm.
- Cavalier: Echoes of the dead replicate ceaselessly in defense of the Domain, and at the gates proudly stands the Cavalier, ever watchful in its vigil against unworthy lusts for sacred knowledge. Clad in the heraldic Mantle’s Duality armor coating, those who shoulder its timeless burden shall bring all others to kneel.
- Riftwave Heatwave: A precision instrument for unprejudicial composition. Spread the ancient message of your makers with the Promethean Shell weapon coating.
- Perfect Decomposition: When will they understand that composition is a mercy? Leave no trace of your foes’ corporeal forms with the bundle-exclusive Perfect Decomposition death effect set.
- Join forces with the Recompiled Foes bundle now through January 5, 2026.
2026 SHOP CALENDAR
Customization bundles from past Shop updates and Premium Operation Passes will return in a monthly rotation of remixed bundle configurations throughout 2026. As always, formerly featured premium customizations can be purchased directly through the Armor Hall by previewing an item and visiting its bundle in The Shop.
THE EXCHANGE
- We’ve added over 200 never-before-released accessories, coatings, charms, visors, and other Spartan necessities to The Exchange!
- In addition to the four armor bundles commemorating ten years of Halo 5: Guardians, Operation: Infinite’s Exchange drop debuts the earnable Whisper, Lancer, and Dirgesinger armor sets released in the Fall Update.
The patch notes for Halo Infinite’s new update were available through Halo Waypoint.
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