Halo The Master Chief Collection Season 6: Start time, vehicle skins, weapon skins, animated visors, back accessories, more

There is still a lot of time until the release of Halo Infinite later this year, but that doesn't mean that Halo fans don't have things to be excited about this spring. 

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is entering its 6th season this April, and that means a whole lot of new content, all completely for free.

Developers over at 343 Industries have been preparing Season 6 Raven content since November last year. The season's name and emblem are referencing  Fireteam Raven, and some of the new content is heavily inspired by this Orbital Drop Shock Trooper unit.

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Season 6 Raven will come with over 100 tiers of content to unlock, and it includes new armour, vehicle skins, weapon skins, animated visors, Seasonal Challenges, Back accessory customization, and more.

A vast majority of this content is related to Halo 3, though some features are coming to the collection as a whole.

• Read more: Halo Infinite will release in fall 2021, first multiplayer map showcased

But not everything new is related to new content, the update also brings a bunch of new features and fixes, so let's check everything new that's coming in Halo: The Master Chief Collection with Season 6 Raven.

Season 6: Raven new features, skins, and more

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Season 6 will bring full Mouse & Keyboard support for consoles, as well as double keybindings.

FOV slider support for all Xbox One consoles is also included in this update, along with Advanced Audio options.

Finally, the update includes 24 new nameplates, 13 of which are 13 animated.

Halo 3 new techsuits

• GEN2 Azure
• GEN2 Gunmetal
• GEN2 Maroon

New animated Halo 3 visor colours:

• Another Sunrise
• Cool Depths
• Neon
• Burn Radius
• Nebula
• Old-Salt
• Patina
• Plated
• Red Shift
• Shadow
• Shoreline Sunset
• Tall Tales
• Turbulence
• Uncontrolled Growth
• Tropic Cove

Halo 3 Back accessory customization:

• Tactical Pack
• Demolitions Pack
• Communications Pack
• Ammo Pack
• Pulaski
• Sword and Board
• Katana

Halo 3 new armour permutations ( originally from Halo Online):

• COS-class Mjolnir
• HAMMERHEAD-class Mjolnir
• INFILTRATOR-class Mjolnir
• LANCER-class Mjolnir
• NOMDAGRO-class Mjolnir
• RHINE-class Mjolnir

Halo 3 new ODST armour permutations(inspired by Fireteam Raven ODST armours in Halo: Fireteam Raven):

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• ODST/COMM
• ODST/DEMO
• ODST/HVY
• ODST/TAC

Halo 3 new weapon skins and new vehicle skins:

• 2 for the BR55HB battle rifle
• 2 for the SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle
• 2 for the M90A shotgun
• 1 for the M41 SPNKR
• 2 for the MA5C assault rifle
• 3 for the M12 Chaingun Warthog
• 2 for the M12G1 Gauss Warthog
• 2 for the M808C Scorpion
• 4 for the M274 Mongoose
• 2 for the AV-14 Hornet

When does Halo Season 6 Raven start?

Season 6 Raven is expected to be released on 7th April at "morning PST", which probably means somewhere between 6 am and 10 am PST.