How To Unlock Halo: Campaign Evolved's McDonald's Armor

You'll Have To Spend McDonald's Points To Unlock Halo's Garish New Armor Published Aug 27, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Sign in to your TheGamer account The somewhat unique Xbox x McDonald’s collaboration is now live in the UK, bringing six foods themed after the platform’s IPs to the chain’s menu. The team-up also includes in-game items you can unlock by eating at McDonald’s, which means we’ve been given our first look at Master Chief’s fast-good-themed armor. Master Chief's McDonald's Makeover Xbox Of the six items available through the McDonald’s crossover, the Halo: Campaign Evolved unlockable was the one that stood out because of how little it revealed. The item was simply listed as “Master Chief armor”. What we didn’t realize until seeing it is that the armor has been designed to turn the Xbox icon into a walking advert for Maccy D’s. The armor is called Side Mission and is mostly red, the same shade of red typically associated with McDonald’s. The golden arches are represented in its design, too, with yellow flourishes included throughout. Oh, and it has a golden visor, which is actually the same visor you get on the regular Master Chief armor, although here, due to the rest of the McDonald’s ensemble, it fits pretty well. Or looks downright terrible depending on how you feel about the look. How To Unlock Master Chief's McDonald's Armor It was assumed that you would get a code with a Big Mac meal or something like that once the promotion was live that could then be redeemed in the Halo remake to unlock the armor, but it’s not that simple. To get the armor, you first need to accrue enough McDonald’s points. You need to have the restaurant’s app and your own account to start collecting points, and 1,500 of them are required to unlock the armor. It’s one point for every penny spent, which means a £15 spend, all in one go or across multiple visits, will get you enough points to unlock the armor. That will mean starting over from scratch once those points have been spent, however, moving you further away from a mini McFlurry or a regular soft drink, which are both rewards you can unlock for 2,000 points. Xbox has certainly provided some pretty vibrant armor options for Master Chief in Campaign Evolved. If you don’t fancy dressing up in red and yellow and showing your love for McDonald’s, you can merge those colors and dress up the Halo protagonist like a Fanta mascot instead. The bright orange and yellow armor doesn’t even require you to buy a bottle of the soft drink to unlock it. You just have to solve a puzzle on Coca-Cola’s website to get a code. Released July 28, 2026 Developer(s) Halo Studios Publisher(s) Microsoft Studios Multiplayer Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op Cross-Platform Play Yes - all platforms Genre(s) FPS, Science Fiction, Shooter, Multiplayer