The Fracture: Tenrai event has returned for its second outing in Halo Infinite, this time lasting from January 4th- January 11th, 2022. The last Tenrai event in Infinite caused frustration from many players regarding issues over cosmetic pricing, advertised armor unlocks being locked in the store, challenges being too difficult to complete, and a core Halo mode, Fiesta, being used as a limited-time mode for the Tenrai event. Luckily, 343 Industries has been listening to players' complaints and has addressed everything players were frustrated with during the first Tenrai event a week after the game's surprise multiplayer drop. The Tenrai free event pass now includes armor previously locked behind a store paywall as well as easier challenges to unlock that armor faster.
343I made the decision to add more staple Halo game modes to Halo Infinite like Team Slayer, Fiesta, Tactical Slayer (SWAT), and Free-For-All. The Fracture: Tenrai event is still centered around the game mode Fiesta. The event does not add anything special to the game mode that has been available the past month, aside from the challenges the event ties the mode up with. Speaking of challenges, they are much less of a grind to complete. Event challenges really only consist of completing Fiesta matches, earning a double kill in Fiesta, and others. These challenges are much easier than the events previously unskippable "get 10 killing sprees in Fiesta" challenge.
With Halo fans recently rallying to boycott Halo Infinites in-game store, 343I made the decision to move many of the event exclusive cosmetic armor unlocks that were previously only available in the store and put them in the events free pass. The free event pass also now allows for 10 levels of it to be unlocked per event, putting players previous fear of missing out to rest.
New Fracture: Tenrai Event Unlocks for Halo Infinite
Players will unlock a reward from the event pass each time they complete a specially marked Halo Infinite event challenge listed in their challenge tabs.
- Rank 1 - Profile Backdrop
- Rank 2 - Challenge Swap
- Rank 3 - XP Grant
- Rank 4 - Nameplate
- Rank 5 - Yoroi Armor Core
- Rank 6 - Challenge Swap
- Rank 7 - XP Grant
- Rank 8 - XP Grant
- Rank 9 - Vehicle Emblem
- Rank 10 - Gatekeeper Left Shoulder Pad
- Rank 11 - Gatekeeper Right Shoulder Pad
- Rank 12 - Dragonbark Kneepad
- Rank 13 - Echo Blue Armor Coating
- Rank 14 - Armor Emblem
- Rank 15 - Kabuto Helmet
- Rank 16 - Dragonbark Left Shoulder
- Rank 17 - Dragonbark Right Shoulder
- Rank 18 - Fog Painting Armor Coating
- Rank 19 - Weapon Emblem
- Rank 20 - Weapon Coating
- Rank 21 - Tempered Steel Armor Visor
- Rank 22 - Dragonbark Hipguard Attachment
- Rank 23 - Jade Iron Plate Chest
- Rank 24 - Sidekick Coating
- Rank 25 - Yokai Helmet
- Rank 26 - Helmet Attachment
- Rank 27 - Funeral Bell Stance
- Rank 38 - Battle Rifle Coating
- Rank 29 - Staghelm Crest Helmet Attachment
- Rank 30 - Swordsman’s Belt Hip Attachment
The new Fracture: Tenrai Event in Halo Infinite definitely takes steps in the right direction in terms of limited-time modes for the game. The addition of more cosmetic unlocks and easier challenges to complete show that 343I is listening and have been since the game was released back in November. Hopefully, limited-time modes in the future will include game modes we haven't seen or variations of the ones we have now. A version of Super-Fiesta with Infinite's campaign weapon variants could've easily been the draw for this new Tenrai event, so hopefully, we see that kind of variation in the future.
Halo Infinite is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.