The developers are giving away the Sandstone Ancient armor via a code on Waypoint. A special armor set celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original Xbox will also be available soon.
Early access to Halo: Campaign Evolved has been available since Thursday, with the Standard Edition set to follow on July 28. In the game itself, you can equip Master Chief with various skins, some of which cost money.
But now Halo Studios has unveiled two new free skins for the main character—and you can claim one of them right away.
Redeem the code for the “Sandstone Ancient” armor
In asocial media postthe development team shared a code to unlock the “Sandstone Ancient” armor.
To unlock this armor, you’ll need a Halo Waypoint account. If you have one, you can follow this link to redeem it. If that doesn’t work, visit this page and manually enter the following code: L563-J46G-PZN1-SBF2-AXN6.
Early Access for Halo: Campaign Evolved is now available for all platforms!
As a thank you for your patience, all players can claim the brand-new Sandstone Ancient armor style here: https://t.co/KyGEzWA9iN
See you on the ring! pic.twitter.com/dLEzqkPW3q
— Halo (@Halo) July 23, 2026
Announcement of the “Xbox 25th Anniversary” skin
In addition, theXbox Podcastunveiled an “Xbox 25th Anniversary” armor. This skin matches the theme of the limited-edition Xbox Series X Anniversary Edition, which was announced in June and celebrates 25 years of Xbox.
What is Halo Waypoint?
Halo Waypoint is the official hub platform and companion app for the entire Halo universe. Since 2009, Microsoft has been using it to aggregate global player statistics, forums, and exclusive rewards that allow fans to unlock special in-game content directly for their Xbox account using a code.
Details on how to get this variant will follow in the coming days. However, it shouldn’t differ too much from the Sandstone Ancient skin.
OMG, Halo Studios announced that all Halo Campaign Evolved players will receive this custom Xbox 25th Anniversary Master Chief armor for free! Halo Xbox pic.twitter.com/GUo4nQHlRI
— Rebs Gaming (@Mr_Rebs_) July 22, 2026
With Halo: Campaign Evolved, Halo Studios has delivered an excellent Unreal Engine 5 remake of the first game. The game also appears to confirm a remake of the second game.
