reverse-engineering

I talked about Halo Infinite career ranks some time ago, but I kept needing to come back to the idea that I just wanted to have a quickly accessible list that just tells me what rank experience requirements are and how far along to Hero each rank is. No ads, no, fluff, just the table. Said table is now here.

With the launch of Halo Infinite in 2021, 343 Industries introduced the concept of battle passes in Halo. The concept itself is not new in the gaming industry per-se, but it’s new to Halo. It’s effectively a limited time opportunity for players to earn in-game rewards during what is referred to as a season (although that term becomes a bit overloaded now).

Just yesterday the new build of Halo Infinite dropped. With this build, one of the biggest changes that graced us with its presence is The Exchange - a new virtual venue where a player can use a new in-game currency, Spartan Points, to acquire all sorts of already known cosmetics.

How I dove into the Halo Infinite AMQP API to dig for treasure - wait times for every single playlist available.

How to get your game build identifier without firing up Fiddler.

How to track your own Halo Infinite service record with the game REST API.

How to understand which maps and modes are more likely to come up in Halo Infinite games.

How to query the career rank API to understand tier requirements and get an idea of emblems and rewards.

You can now see some missing medals on Halo Waypoint. Here is how to get to them from the API.

How to access hidden maps and game modes in retail Halo Infinite PC game builds with the build manifest.

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you probably already know that I spend inordinate amounts of time on reverse engineering the Halo Infinite API.

Getting visibility into your match performance outside the game.

Making sure you have the right tokens to make Halo API web requests.

How I managed to learn the about the Halo Infinite web API endpoints.

Understanding the components to the Spotify Wrapped generated story.