Armory Easy completion
When playing under the legendary difficulty setting get to the part where you are in the shuttle bay where the Covenant have boarding craft attached You can complete this level in two ways The first is to kill the Grunts with the battle rifle then pick up a plasma pistol Use the plasma pistol to lower the Elites shields then quickly take out the battle rifle and kill them before they take cover The other method is to get a number of plasma grenades and stick them on Grunts They will run to the Elites and kill them
Armory Hidden areas
On any difficulty setting get to the air lock room with the two jet troop Elites Shoot The first two Elites Once outside shoot the third Then go toward the gray shuttle docked just outside the air lock chamber Jump on it and it will allow you to go to hidden areas
Battle Creek Hidden weapon
Go to the Blue base Run to the end of the base where the ramp is located Tilt your gun to the bottom in the quotnortheastquot direction You should see the quotHold X to pick up weaponquot message Hold X to pick it up This is a hidden weapon which is useful when cornered without any ammunition
Burial Mounds Hidden image
There is a hidden image of a ship and a sword combined You will need overshields a Wraith and two players to see it Go to where the Ghost responds and move it Have someone jump in the Wraith and the other put their back against the structure where the Ghost respawns Have the person against the structure crouch up and down and walk backwards The structure may hold their crouch so they may need to come forward slightly However keep going backward When they do that the person in the Wraith should boost at them and knock them into the structure The person against the structure will die After they die have them quickly come back to the location and look up You will see the dark form of a ship and a glittering energy sword in the sky This may require a few attempts
Butterfly
This trick can help get you to high places On Xbox Live or split screen mode go to the locatoin against a wall where you want to go Make sure you have rockets recommended or a sword then look up Get a player to stand on your head Make sure that person is an enemy The player on your head needs to keep on jumping while you keep pressing X B You should get to the top if you balanced all the way
Coagulation Hiding location
Go to the Red base and search around outside until you reach a green teleporter with trees around it You should find a cave of some sort Enter and walk through one of the two smaller tunnels You should see a small patch of water with either an overshield or camouflage powerup in the middle of it This is a very good place to hide when your shields are down You can also take vehicles in here for safekeeping
Defeating Floods
Get a Plasma Sword from a dead Covenant Elite and get close enough to the Flood for the halfcircle surrounding the crosshairs to turn red before attacking You will lunge forward and kill the enemy instantly sometimes killing two or even three if they are in closeenough proximity to the target This attack only uses between two to five ammo points so it can be repeated at least twenty times Note Do not use this trick on either the small spiderlike Flood or the large bulbous Flood as the explosion that follows will damage your shields
Defeating Hunters
Get a beam rifle the Covenant sniper rifle and fire it in the middle of their bodies where it is pink This is more effective then pumping shell after shell into them Because they have the new gun getting close to them no longer works There is another way to defeat them but it is more costly First take your plasma grenades and throw about two or three of them on their pink skinny area Then get a shotgun or the strongest gun you have and pump the pink spot full of rounds until it is dead Since they usually appear in pairs this can waste a lot of ammunition and grenades
Defeating Tartarus
When playing in cooperative mode under the legendary difficulty setting get a grenade launcher that is left over from the Brute on the bridge When Tartarus jumps onto the spinning disks jump onto the platform with your partner then jump on the three disks for safety Let your partner have a carbine rifle on the top level and have him snipe reinforcements when they arrive Run around the middle circle waiting for Tartarus to lose his shield from Sarge sniping him Hit him with your grenade launcher Hit him three times then run away and wait His reinforcements may appear If they do camouflage and run to the top level Allow your partner to kill the Elites Camouflage if Tartarus or Elites come to the top level Note Use your Brute plasmas if you run out of ammunition There are some on the middle level and perhaps the bottom level Make sure your partner conserves his carbine rifle ammunition Never fight a Brute Elite as they will kill you in a few hits Also never hit Tatarus with a melee attack Never use grenades as Tartarus will just jump The most important thing is to not allow your partner to die When doing this in single player mode use the same tactics except when Elites arrive camouflage yourself then go to top level and snipe with the carbine rifle
Delta Halo Envy Skull
Play the mission under the legendary difficulty setting Continue until reaching the area during the quotpush through the covenant held ruinsquot phase where a landing zone for the Pelican to drop weapons must be cleared When you reach the area where Cortana says quotTheyre pouring out of the center buildingquot note the plasma turrets along the borders A short distance after the turret on the left side is the outline of a sealed door in a wall There is a rock in front of the door Jump on the rock then jump onto the ledge above the door Next jump to the ledge to the left Then grenade jump onto the building with the sealed door On the roof of the building are two dancing Elites and a skull Get the skull and the word quotEnvyquot will be displayed You can now use active camouflage
Delta Halo Hidden sniper
When you reach a hall before the fortress with an hologram of the prophet there will be a gray wall behind you With a help of a friend climb the wall then search a bush There will be a sniper ammunition and a dead Marine
Destroying a Wraith
Besides boarding there is one other reliable way to take down a Wraith in single or multiplayer mode Get a Ghost and hit the booster until you are right up against the Wraith Then circle around to the back of it and open fire By the time he has fully turned around to get a bead on you he will probably be dead If he tries to get out you can simply pick him off as he is climbing out Note This may not work as well in single player mode as the Wraith has antiinfantry plasma cannons
Destroying Ghosts
One of the best ways to take down a Ghost is with a sniper rifle Wait until the Ghost is facing away from you and open fire at the pilot If the pilot does not die the Ghost may explode because it is very vulnerable in the back
Energyball
Go to the Colossus arena and have player two stand next to the middle conveyer belt and player one stand on the platform that shoots you upward and remain still This will work with energy swords or any other heavy weapon Have player two hit a barrel on to the conveyer belt and watch it fly up Have player one lines himself up with the barrel and hit it with a melee attack
Fall
get on the brige in metropolis and fall and land in a wraith u will kill the driver and u will not die but u have to press aaaaaarl
Foundation Zombies strategies
There are many different strategies to use while playing Zombies on Foundation First of all if the weapons are set on Magnums get as much ammunition as possible and about three Magnums This is useful because you can hide in a room and duel wield the Magnums with full clips and still have another on secondary You will not have to go outside as much which therefore protects you longer You should try to repeat this on any weapon setting unless you cannot duel wield them then get two with full ammo
Fun with Hunters
While in combat with Hunters jump over their blasts then run up to a Hunter Hit it in the front with your gun When done properly you will not lose any health When you are tired of playing with the Hunters just jump over them and shoot them in the back
Get attacked by allies
Go to any level in either coop or single player mode Make sure that there are more than three of your men that you can kill Kill either two or three and all of your remaining men in the area should say something like quotYou killed himquot and start shooting at you Note They will stop shooting when you kill enough enemies They should forgive you and then become your allies again
Gravemind Beamsword
At the point where Cortana reverses the first gravity lift there is a dead Elite that can be seen as you are going down Usually you must do this at least twice to get the angle of which to jump correct Jump into the reversed gravity lift and hold or tap Jump while pressing Forward You should break free of the gravity lift and land near a dead Elite with white armor Take the Beamsword and hop back in the lift to proceed with the mission This makes it easier to keep your soldiers alive through the close quarters and hallways
Hard to dodge rocket
When an enemy is in a Banshee and is aware that you are going to fire a rocket and is ready to dodge lock onto your enemy and spin away from him and move upwards as well Then release the rocket It will circle around to hit the enemy This works if the enemy does backflips to dodge by looking downwards before releasing If the rocket unlocks before you release it you have taken too long to fire If the rocket hits a wall or a ceiling or floor do not spin as far and take the obstructions location into consideration when spinning to avoid spinning too far
Hide on Scorpion
On any map that has heavy vehicles put a Scorpion tank in it Have a shotgun out Go on the Scorpion tank and stand on the middle of the nose You can stand in the middle of the gun Fire your shotgun at about the timing which a Scorpion tank cannon would fire Note This works best when you are using a brown or sage colored Spartan Opponents should see you and if they check out the tank blow them to bits
Instant kill
To instantly kill any enemy except Hunters and Bosses hit them in the back with any weapon
Intimidate
After receiving Double Kill Killing Spree Running Riot Beserker or Over Kill intimidate the opposing players by finding your team partners and having both you and your partners repeatedly crouch and release to make it look as if it is a victory dance
Oracle Famine Skull
After you go down the swirling elevator and enter the room with the big glass windows destroy all the enemies Then grenade jump to the opposite side of the second floor There will be four Flood soldiers shaking on the ground with a skull between them Get the skull and the word quotFaminequot will appear
Outskirts Your Daddys Skull
Note This may require several attempts Play the level under the legendary difficulty setting The main thing appears to be getting the checkpoint just past the Pelican that picks up Johnson This checkpoint spawns the sniper Jackals in quotsniper alleyquot The skull itself is in a room on a balcony The room contains a sniper rifle and sniper ammo it will also contain the skull Picking up the skull teleports you to the ground level and gives you just a Plasma Pistol You will quickly be assaulted by Elites Killing the last Elite will have the text for the skull flash You have to kill all of the Elites to actually finish getting the skull If you die to the Elites and your checkpoint no longer spawns the skull kill yourself four or five times to get pushed back one extra checkpoint The skull should spawn for you again and you can try the fight again When you get the skull and kill all the Elites the phrase quotI Would Have Been Your Daddyquot will appear
Piggyback ride on vehicle
With almost any vehicle you can get a piggyback if you are not skilled at driving or need a fast ride when someone on your team is already on a Ghost This also works with the Scorpion Banshee and the Warthog when you have someone in the gunner seat when you are all far enough away from the enemy
Plasma rifle battle rifle combo
Get a plasma pistol and battle rifle Take out the plasma pistol and fully charge it Shoot it at someone then quickly switch to the battle rifle and shoot the person the moment that the plasma bolt hits the person It will look as though the plasma bolt killed the person
Ride on Scorpion tanks turret
This trick requires a friend and a Scorpion tank It is slightly difficult to perform and requires patience Have your friend commandeer a Scorpion tank Find a place where you can work in peace Jump on the tank then jump on the top of the turret Adjust yourself so that you are on the middle to rear part of the turret Have your friend gun the gas pedal and you should stay on the top of the turret If done correctly you can now stand on the turret even if it turns
Scraping the quotwingsquot off a Banshee
Line your Banshee up with a wall so that the wing you want to scrape off is opposite to the wall Barrel roll into the wall and the wing will hit the wall This will require a few attempts to completely scrape the wing off and will drain your shield if available on every hit Another way is to simply fly at a corner pointing in the direction you are going or a pillar Make sure your wing is the only thing that hits the wall or pillar Like the first method this may take a few attempts and will drain your shield
Send tanks flying
While playing on a map with two Scorpion tanks available Coagulation recommended have a friend drive his or her tank up against a canyon wall until it flips upsidedown and your friend falls out Drive your tank over to your friends tank Face the side that looks like a ramp Line your tank up and start driving up it until one is on top of the other While you are still in the top tank have you friend walk over to the bottom one The quotHold X to flip tankquot message will appear Once flipped the bottom tank will send the top one flying high into the air sometimes above the level spinning at incredible speeds After awhile the tanks may start to catch fire and weardown
Sword fighting
When fighting Brutes or Royal Elites with a sword attack when the reticule turns red throw a plasma grenade immediately afterwards The grenade will stick to the enemys head and kill him With good timing this will work every time
The Great Journey Sniping location
Play until you reach the part where the Scarab is going to blow open the door Then fly your Banshee down to the water and get out Walk into the water and you will be invisible to your opponents However you will be able to see them making this the perfect place to go under the legendary difficulty setting to kill your enemies without them seeing you You may also take a Ghost or a Spectre down here If you are skilled enough you can even take them up very close to the top of the structure
Troop transport
This trick works best in Coagulation Get the Banshee Before the pilot gets in get four people on top two on the canopy top and two on the wings preferably the closest part to the cockpit Then let the pilot get in Make sure he does not boost or you will all fall down Also make sure he does not do sharp turns An additional benefit is that the Banshee has extra fire power Note This will work better in capture the flag It is also more effective to have at least five people on the team
Unlimited ammunition or power
This trick requires levels that have either Covenant or Marines following you If you have a powerful weapon that has very limited power for example the energy sword or Covenant sniper or weapons that are very powerful for example Human sniper or rocket launcher give them to the AI following you As they use them the weapons will never run out of power or ammunition Also they can use them very well
Unlimited energy sword ammunition
When the energy runs out do not trade it for another weapon When you get to the next level try to use the sword The ammo will be at zero but you will do full sword damage instead of melee damage and can do sword moves
Unlockable Acheivements
Complete the following tasks to earn the desired achievement Note that these only work on the PC version they will NOT work in the Xbox version
UnlockableHow to unlockCampaign level goes here 30 eachComplete each level seperate achievements on Normal Heroic or Legendary There are 13 levels not counting tutorial for a total of 390 pointsWarrior 100Complete the game on Normal difficultyHero 50Complete the game on Heroic difficultyLegend 50Complete the game on Legendary difficultyKing of the Scrab 20Aquire the Scrab gun on the Metropolis levelSlient but Deadly 20Kill 7 enemies in a row without being spottedDemon 25Complete any level without dying The tutorial level does not countGo Ape Shiv 20Kill an enraged berserk Brute by meleeStick It 5Stick an opponent MP with a plasma grenade and blow them upCounterpoint 5Kill the sword carrierCarjacking 5Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent and take it overViolent Cartographer 25Play every default map and stay in the game until its overRainman 25Play every game variant with at least 3 other players until the end of the gameDouble Kill 20Kill 2 opponents within 4 secondsTriple Kill 203 opponentsKilltacular 204 opponentsUsing shotguns
This is a very good tactic when playing with only shotguns Circle around your opponent then jump over them then when you land Crouch so they lose you and they will scramble around in circles looking for you Blast them apart with your shotgun
Vehicle explosions
In a multiplayer level with vehicles Ghosts recommended stand in front of one of those barrel things that explode Wait until someone in a Ghost sees you throws it in turbo and tries to run you over At the last moment jump out of the way If done correctly the vehicle will shoot past you fly into the barrels and explode killing the driver instantly with a huge explosion
Weak points
If you have a rifle carbine or battle rifle aim at certain points of an enemy for example head for most Covenant or chest for Flood A little dot will appear in the middle of the reticule to confirm the weak point This dot will not appear on any form of Sentinels Flood infection and carrier forms Hunters and Drones
Zanzibar Easy kills
On defense go up the slope with the needler next to it Keep going to the right then right and right up the stairway until you see a rocket launcher Get it then go inside the spinning wheel and wait for their Ghost or Warthog This is a very easy way to get kills and triple kills from the Warthogs Be on alert for snipers Zoom in with your rocket on the left side if you suspect one
Zanzibar Super jump
Get a sniper rifle then go to the side of the main wheel right side near the explosive barrels Get in the little gap between the floor and the wheel Crouch and go all the way back against that little space It resembles a little triangle Once you are against the wall run and jump in the very tip of the edge of that cliff Try landing on the stone handlebar that is to the right side of where you take the sniper rifle If timed correctly you will jump very high While in the air you can crouch and land on top of the wheel This is very useful when you are playing team slayer no shields or even regular slayer Once you are in the top you can jump in the house were the camo is located
