Forge Features: April 16, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Forge Features! This series highlights notable maps, modes, and other creations from our talented Forge community. Bookmark your favorites using the links below for your next custom game.
This Forge Feature collects sprawling estates, highway chases, biome-swapped remakes, and arenas from across the known universe. After seeing the Forgers’ handiwork, we’ve got to ask: is there anything you can’t build in Forge?
UCHIHA ESTATE
Forgers: Galaxytivity, Le Frenchys, Saber, vL3GO, Kordaak, Smileus, Ampoligy, Premiery, Vibrant, hvmmie, Typhoonsy, Animosity, B0ARD, Sai Ryku, Befi, Disciple, Shots Fatal, OOOHGIE, Minds Evil, Mikasa, Levi, Jalen Cortez, Lea SIV, Splenzo, Wither TTG, Malccolo
A sprawling estate for an esteemed ninja family. The serene surroundings of the valley boast lush gardens, cherry blossoms, and roaring waterfalls. Should enemies stroll past the scenery and penetrate the outer wall, try taking gravity lifts into the watchtowers to defend the courtyard.
WORTHWHILE
Forgers: The Xzamplez, Lahont, Level Design, NightAvenger01, th3jmanx, ARC1T3CTZ, InfiniteForges, Death Penalty, facingbowls, Sqeazu, IKYLEIZBEASTLY, CertifiedChamp, HeIIjumper 1357, Soulful Soul, Tedonator, Xscape, Undeni4ble, purely fat, HaloBoxStudios, Epik Xero, Black Picture, bullet2thehead9, Status CROW, I Crush All, tdubfed1
Slay your opponents within the enameled halls of a massive shipbuilding facility. With excellent combat flow between its multicolored rooms and carefully applied details in every corner, Worthwhile certainly lives up to its name.
SURAZAL
Forgers: ForgeLudward, Juturna2jz, ColtyChoas
Ludward and Juturna2jz return to adapt two of their fan-favorite Halo 5: Guardians maps with the help of ColtyChoas! If you’ve tangled with the cityscapes of “New Alexandria 2552” or “Lazarus,” you’ll instantly recognize the low roofs and terraces of Surazal, now transplanted in the heat of Old Mombasa. This dense city map supports Slayer, BTB, and Firefight, with a custom boss-wave Firefight mode (linked above).
GUARDLOCK
Bookmarks: Guardlock Blue | Guardlock Green
Forgers: THE CUJ0, BlundellMemes77, Lil Breezy4086, DrShaboingry, PTB Bucky6200
A tribute to Lockout (Halo 2) and Guardian (Halo 3), Guardlock is a “hybrid map” from THECUJ0 and company that presents an etude in asymmetrical catwalks and rooms of death. Borrowing inspiration and elements from its twin namesakes, this map is also available in both “frigid mountain” and “sweltering treetop” aesthetics. Call it “variations on a Forge.”
PLANETOID
Forgers: ForgeLudward, Juturna2jz
A testament to Slayer fundamentals. Set in a suspended platform drilled into the titular planetoid, this map is perfect for those who love spraying shotties around corners, teleporter escapes, and scoring headshots from the open gangways. Try a cozy rendezvous among the stars with teams of two to four.
LAKE HOT PURSUIT
Forgers: AversiveSphinx, Dovahk666, TyRant Hacker
A lakeside circuit built for cops-and-robbers Infection modes. A team of Infected must use Razorbacks to pursue runaway Survivors on Mongooses. Use your all-terrain superiority to lay down the law before time runs out, or else the bandits get away. Nothing but open road between you and cold justice.
CRUISE OR LOSE
Forgers: Horse Choker297, Dolbywonder, LOVEWOLFE, Kr1spyTurtle, Lucidmocs, Bamstertwo86, egg boy 26
An Infection variant with an existential need for speed. Infected players enjoy a virulent strain of endless Active Camo, inexhaustible Gravity Hammers, and monstrous ups. With precious few seconds to mount up before the Infected team teleports in, Survivors can’t afford to spin wheels. Get your ‘goose and cruise!
TUTORIAL: CAMPAIGN VARIANT WEAPONS
Zechariot shows Forgers how to build a custom node graph to upgrade your currently held weapon to a variant from the Halo Infinite campaign.
Stay tuned for another Forge Feature coming soon! To share your creations with the Halo Infinite community team, be sure to drop a link in the #forge-show-and-tell channel of our official Discord or post to r/Halo using the Forge tag.
We’re also still looking for inspired Invasion maps to consider for future Recommends playlists. If you’ve got a great Invasion map you’d like us to see, be sure to use tag #343asks-invasion on your Forge creation before June 20.