This guide is a compilation of all the most impactful Power Weapons, Vehicles and Powerups in Halo Reach. I have not listed Shotguns, Hammers nor regular Warthogs due to them not being as useful compared to the other Power Weapons and Vehicles. Information up to date as of 30.5.2020.

The categorization is as follows:




The first column indicates a Weapon, Vehicle or Powerup and the second column shows the time to respawn for the item.


There are 2 different weapon spawning systems in Halo Reach:
1. In standard gametypes the weapons spawn on the ground and thus the respawn timer starts ticking right after you pick up the weapon. The weapon will respawn when its respawn timer has depleted and the picked up weapon has despawned from the map.
2. In MLG maps the weapons spawn in the air and drop down to the ground disturbing the weapon and beginning the respawn timer 2 seconds after hitting the ground. This mimics the static weapon spawn system used in Halo CE. The weapon will respawn even if you have the same previously picked up weapon still in hand. If you fail to pickup the weapon within 1:00 minute of it respawning, it will despawn and respawn again when it is set to. This is why the weapons in MLG maps have respawn times with -2 seconds off of the real respawn time in-game, for example MLG Pit Sniper Rifle Spawn is 1:58 minutes, but it will spawn in-game at 2:00.
Unlike the weapons in MLG Maps, the respawn timer for a Powerup like Camo will begin once it has been picked up. Armor Abilities respawn 35 seconds after the player holding them has died; 34 seconds for the player's dead body to despawn and 1 second for the new Armor Ability to spawn again.

For weapons although the respawn timer starts ticking down right after you pick up the weapon from its spawn point, it won't respawn back until the weapon has despawned from the map. To despawn a weapon from the map you can either:
1. Use up all the ammo and change the weapon out for another weapon on the ground
2. Drop the weapon on the ground and wait out the 30 second despawn timer. Note: If you walk over the weapon withing the 30 second despawn timer, the timer will reset. So let's say you dropped a weapon on the ground at 0:00 and you walk over that weapon at 0:29. If uninterrupted, the weapon will now despawn at 0:59.

In practice you can pick up a Sniper Rifle (with a respawn of 2:00 min) at 0:00, use up all of its ammo, wait past 2:00 while still holding onto the empty Sniper Rifle, change out the empty Sniper Rifle for a random weapon on the ground at let's say 2:30 and the new Sniper Rifle would immediately spawn at its spawn location. So the weapon spawn timer doesn't reset even though you went past the 2:00 minute mark.
This is particularly useful on maps with low respawn times for Power Weapons such as "Rasu" that has a 55 sec respawn time for the Sniper Rifle. You can pick up the Sniper Rifle at 0:00, camp in base with it for 55 seconds using up all the ammo, then switch out the empty Sniper Rifle for a nearby Plasma Rifle and a new Sniper Rifle will immediately spawn conveniently.


For vehicles the respawn timer starts ticking down after the vehicle has despawned from the map. To despawn a vehicle from the map you can either:
1. Destroy the vehicle and wait for the wreckage to despawn
2. Wait out the 1:00 minute despawn timer. Note: The vehicle has to be moved fully out of its spawn location in order for the despawn timer to take effect. If you just get in the vehicle when it spawns and get out, the vehicle will stay there until destroyed.
If you get in the vehicle before the 1:00 minute despawn timer has passed, you will reset the despawn timer making it start the 1:00 minute cycle when you get out of the vehicle again.


See pictures:
Green Zone: Staying in the green zone radius (about 1 Wraith length) from the vehicle's center point will not begin the vehicle's despawn timer. When you exit the green zone, the despawn timer will begin. If you leave the green zone after exiting your vehicle and then come back inside the green zone in under 1:00 minute, you will stop the vehicle from despawning. If you have been holding back the vehicle despawn by standing inside the green zone and 1:00 minute has passed, upon exiting the green zone the vehicle will immediately despawn.

Orange Zone: If you exit your vehicle and put your crosshair on the vehicle within 1:00 minute, you can go outside of the green zone into the orange zone radius (about 3 Wraith lenghts) while holding your crosshair on the vehicle and not have it despawn after 1:00 minute. If after exiting the vehicle 1:00 minute has passed and you're in the orange zone and you have your crosshair on the vehicle, moving the crosshair off the vehicle will immediately despawn the vehicle. Upon going outside of the orange zone whilist holding your crosshair on the vehicle, it will despawn. Weird mechanics.


In practice you can be flying in a Banshee (with a respawn of 2:00 min) and have it be destroyed at 1:00. Wait out the 2:00 min and be waiting at the Banshee's spawn location on 3:00 to fly it again.

All maps included from
Steam\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection\haloreach\hopper_map_variants
&
Steam\steamapps\common\Halo The Master Chief Collection\haloreach\map_variants
with the exception of the minigame modes for each map.

The map categorizing had to be cut into smaller sections because steam couldn't handle it.

Notice: Add 2 seconds to each Weapon's respawn time in MLG Maps due to the respawn system.

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