Where to find Halo Infinite Spartan cores and upgrade your gear
All the Halo Infinite Spartan core locations we've found
Gathering Halo Infinite Spartan Cores is essential if you want to make things a bit easier and a lot more fun as you fight across Zeta Halo. As you play through the story in Halo Infinite, you'll find various pieces of Spartan equipment - things like a Shield module and the Grappleshot - that get added to Master Chief's arsenal. You can use Spartan Cores to upgrade the equipment with unique bonuses to improve base stats, or add specific effects.
However, the cost of upgrading each item increases every time you enhance it. But first of all, you'll need to find Spartan Cores on the map. Coming up we've got where to find find Halo Infinite Spartan Cores covered so you can upgrade Master Chief and all his gear quickly and easily.
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Where to find Halo Infinite Mjolnir suit upgrades
While Spartan Cores pay for gear improvements, it's the Halo Infinite Mjolnir suit upgrades that initially unlock them. These are gated to the story and are impossible to miss, usually found in corridors and presented in such a way that you can't help but walk into them. So don't worry about trying to find them, the game will give them to you as you play through the main campaign missions. If you do want to prioritise unlocking the game's equipment then just play through the story faster.
Halo Infinite Spartan Core locations
These are all the Halo Infinite Spartan Core locations we've found on the map. While you can find them accidentally, as you explore, the best way to locate them is to capture Halo Infinite FOBs. These UNSC bases will mark up nearby items, including Spartan Cores on the map, when you capture and claim them. However, it's an imprecise skill as to what FOB highlights what area, while some Cores are also in side missions areas like enemy outposts that you'll need to take on to get near them. However, this Halo Infinite Spartan Core map should save you time searching them all out individually, and help you level up your gear faster. We'd recommend putting all your initial points into boosting your shield power and fully upgrading the Grapple shot before you do anything else. Those two items will more or less see you through the whole game.
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