Boneyard is a multiplayer map in <em>Halo: Reach and was featured in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta. The map is set in the Aszodshipbreaking yards featured in the campaign level The Pillar of Autumn. It is a vehicular-based map and is one of the largest multiplayer maps in any <em>Halo game.<sup id="cite_ref-GT_1-0" class="reference">[</sup>
Boneyard is a ship breaking facility where old starships are disassembled. During the Fall of Reach, a UNSC frigate, theUNSC <em>Commonwealth, was under the process of decommissioning and incidentally became a battlefield venue between the ground forces of the UNSC and the Covenant.
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<ul><li>This map is said to be inspired by current-day ship graveyards in </ul>
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Bangladesh
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<ul> where old seagoing vessels such as oil tankers are disposed of.</ul>
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<ul><li>The UNSC <em>Commonwealth nbsp;is the ship on which </ul>
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John-117
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<ul> first witnessed a battle against a Covenant ship in person, around 25 years before. <ul> <li>Outside the confines of the map, in the far valley, lies the scrapped hulls and frames of several </ul>
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<em>Halcyon-class light cruisers
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<em>Marathon-class heavy cruisers
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UNSC frigates
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<ul> and far away, some </ul>
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<em>CCS-class battlecruisers
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<ul> fly above in the clouds. <li>The Banshee can fly over the death barrier around the frigate or fly through the opening on top of the frigate. This can be handy when surprising a Spartan camping at the core's evac point. <li>It is possible to position yourself on top of the ship using a Jetpack. This is useful for sniping or scouting the opposing team. <li>It is possible to melee the "wings" off of a Ghost and drive it into the core room. The Ghost will explode and kill you when you enter and the game will say you committed suicide. <li>If you have a rocket launcher, shoot at the Phantom floating above. If it hits one of the two sides, it may drop a usable plasma cannon. You can do the same on Breakpoint. <li>The layout of <em>Boneyard vaguely resembles </ul>
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Sidewinder
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Avalanche
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Halo: Reach Beta
<ul> it was possible to jump off of the cliff onto the neighboring mountains and survive. <li>Boneyard is one of four race maps in Halo: Reach. <li>If the Phantom floating in the middle of the map is shot at with the Scorpion enough times, it will explode, but the bottom section will still float there. <li>If the Spartans win in the first sequence of Invasion, the Phantom will be blown up, but the cockpit will continue to fly away. <li>You can smash off the wings of the banshee and fly it into the core room .</ul>