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This document is copyrighted 2002-2003 by Armin Jewell. ============================================================================= -=TABLE OF CONTENTS=- ============================================================================= 1.0 - General Information 2.0 - Introduction 3.0 - The Game Interface and HUD 4.0 - The Story so Far 5.0 - Walkthrough 5.1 - The Pillar of Autumn 5.2 - Halo 5.3 - The Truth and Reconciliation 5.4 - The Silent Cartographer 5.5 - Assault on the Control Room 5.6 - 343 Guilty Spark 5.7 - The Library 5.8 - Two Betrayals 5.9 - Keyes 5.10 - The Maw 6.0 - Multiplayer Information 6.1 Multiplayer Modes of Play 6.2 Multiplayer Levels 6.3 Multiplayer Games 7.0 - Weapons List 7.1 - Human Weapons 7.2 - Covenant Weapons 8.0 - Vehicle List 8.1 - Human Vehicles 8.2 - Covenant Vehicles 9.0 - Enemy List 9.1 - Covenant 9.2 - Flood 9.3 - Forerunners 10.0 - Strategies and Tips 10.1 - Multiplayer Tips 10.2 - Vehicle Tips 10.3 - Enemy Tips 10.4 - Level Tips 10.5 - Secrets and Miscellaneous 11.0 - Credits and Thanks 12.0 - Version History =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 1.0 - General Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Halo was released for the Xbox on November 6, 2001 to comprehend with the Xbox. It was an immediate success. At first, it came courtesy with the Xbox, but after it became game of the year, JSRF and Sega GT 2002 took its place. It's still sold with the Xbox in Australia I believe. Anyway, it stayed at full price for a long time and in most gaming stores, it still is at a full $50. The price for most new games. Here are a few things you should know: Developer: Bungie Publisher: Microsoft Genre: FPS (First Person Shooter) Price: $49.99 (US) Memory: 227 blocks Players: 1-16 Release Dates: Nov. 14, 2001(US) Mar. 14, 2002(UK) Apr. 25, 2002(JP) ESRB Rating: M for Mature: Blood and Gore Violence =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2.0 - Introduction =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Halo is an awesome game, no questions asked. Unless you are some annoying mom who is against violence in movies and video games, you would no doubt, agree. I, myself am not a big fan of Xbox but I saw the success in Halo. I received my Xbox two months ago and Halo one month ago. So I apologize for the lateness of this FAQ. Anyway, Halo itself, is worth the $200 you've been negotiating. This guide is designed to both walk you through the levels and give you various tips and strategies on various types of enemies. I hope you find it helpful. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3.0 - The Game Interface and HUD =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Before you read this section, I strongly suggest reading the game manual first as it'll help you understand this section. *([Game Menu])* As you load up the game, you'll come to the main menu. You'll have four options to choose from: Campaign - This is the main bulk of the game. You will choose a player, and start a new game. Choose the difficulty and the level and you're on your way. Remember that you can only play levels that you've unlocked. Do this by finishing the level before it. There are a total of 10 levels in all. Multiplayer - You'll come to a screen with the following: Cooperative Play - Similar to Campaign. You fight through the same levels. Same cutscenes. Same story. But the one main(and obvious)difference is you will have a friend to help you to finish the level. You'll find that two heads are better than one. Split Screen - The other main bulk of Halo. Split Screen is very different from the Campaign. Instead of fighting the Covenant, you will be fighting with or against friends. There are many gametypes to choose from including Slayer,(classic deathmatch, Free for all or Team Slayer)Capture the Flag, King of the Hill, etc. Game Settings - Change, add, or delete gametypes. You can make your own as well. Settings - You'll come to a screen with the players you added or the computer created. You can add players, delete players, and change their settings.(color, look sensitivity, etc.) Game Demos - Something you don't exactly see in other Xbox games, the game demos give you a list of interactive demos and movies. The demos are Fuzion Frenzy. The movies available are Amped, Azurik: Rise of Perathia, Bloodwake, NFL Fever 2002, Nightcaster, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, and Project Gotham Racing. *([Health and Shield])* Your health and shield meters are on the right of the screen. The shield is that large bar on the top and your health are the blocks below the shield. Your shield is capable of regenerating. Your health is not. If it gets too low, you will die. That's what health packs are for. __ ______________________ / _________________ / + [][][][][][][][]/__/ Hide when your shields are down to avoid losing health. *([Weapons Ammo])* On the upper left hand side of your screen, there is an ammunition monitor. Your amount of remaining ammo is displayed in the left window. Your grenades are displayed in the right window. And your ammunition in clip is displayed on the bottom of the two. This scheme is a fully loaded Assault Rifle with four grenades ready to go. ____________ ______ / 600 x 1 / /() 4 / ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ŻŻŻŻŻŻ /////////////////// /////////////////// /////////////////// *([Flashlight])* The flashlight power level appears below the health and shield when you have it turned on. It will gradually lose power so be careful. Turning it off will recharge it. *([Directional Damage Indicator])* In the middle of fire, a red arrow will show you the direction that enemies fire is coming from. *([Nav Points])* Cortana will usually give you a Nav Point to follow to important areas. __ _/_ / / *([Motion Tracker])* The motion tracker is the little circle in the bottom left hand corner of your HUD. It's very useful and could detect any moving target. Of course, because it's a motion tracker, it can't track enemies standing still. Only moving targets. On it are: Red: enemies Yellow: allies =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4.0 - The Story so Far =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The year is 2552. Planet Earth still exists, but overpopulation has forced many of her former residents to colonize other worlds. Faster-than-light travel is now a reality, and Earth's unified government, through the United Nations Space Command, has put its full weight behind the colonization effort; millions of humans now live on habitable planets in other solar systems. A keystone in humanity's colonization efforts is the planet Reach, an interstellar naval yard that builds colony ships for civilians and warships for the UNSC's armed forces. Conveniently close to Earth, Reach is also a hub of scientific and military activity. Thirty-two years ago, contact with the outer colony Harvest was lost. A battlegroup sent to investigate was almost completely destroyed; only one badly damaged ship returned to Reach. Its crew told of a seemingly unstopable alien warship that had effortlessly annihilated their forces. This was humankind's first encounter with a group of aliens they eventually came to know as the Covenant, a collective of alien races united in their fanatical religious devotion. Covenant religious elders declared humanity an affront to the gods, and the Covenant warrior caste waged a holy war upon humanity with gruesome diligence. After a series of crushing defeats and obliterated colonies, UNSC Admiral Preston Cole established the Cole Protocol: no vessel may inadvertently lead the Covenant to Earth. When forced to withdraw, ships must avoid Earth-bound vectors-even if that means jumping without proper navigational calculations. Vessels in danger of capture must self-destruct. On Reach, a secret military project to create cyborg super-soldiers takes on newfound importance. The soldiers of the SPARTAN-II project rack up an impressive record against the Covenant in test deployments, but there are too few of them to turn the tide of the war. Existing SPARTAN-II soldiers are recalled to Reach for further augmentation. The plan: board a Covenant vessel with the improved SPARTAN-IIs and learn the location of the Covenant home world. Two days before the mission begins, Covenant forces strike Reach and annihilate the colony. The Covenant are now on Earth's doorstep. One ship, the Pillar of Autumn, escapes with the last SPARTAN-II and makes a blind jump into deep space, hoping to lead the Covenant away from Earth. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5.0 - Walkthrough =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I'm going to try to be as detailed as possible while writing this. I'm playing on the Normal level. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.1 - The Pillar of Autumn ______________________________________________________________________________ General Tips: This mission of course is quite an easy mission. You'll find marines around for support. Try to keep them alive so you stay alive! You really can't lost. You won't be meeting any Flood or Sentinels yet so no need to worry. Description: Escape intact as Covenant forces board your ship. Recommended Weapons: Human Pistol/Plasma Pistol -------- Reveille -------- >> Complete Training Dianostics As you wake up, the technician will ask you to look around the room. Move the left thumbstick around. Now, step out of the cryo tube with X. The technician asks you to take a quick walk around the room but there's no need to if you know the controls. Just follow the technician to the Visions Testing. Stand on the square and simply look at every one of the yellow lights. They'll turn green when you lock on. The technician will allow you to test inverted and will ask you which one you like better. I happen to prefer Default but that's just me. Now, time to charge up your shields, follow the technician once again and stand on the square. Wait for your shields to go up. Press A when they're finished to bring them down again and see if they recharge normal. Captain Keyes should come in now and ask for the Master Chief. Looks like you're going to be skipping the weapons diagnostics. Dang! >> Find Captain Keyes on the Bridge After that, Elites should break in and kill the crew member up there. Time to follow the yellow suited technician out of here. As you exit the cryo bay, stop. As fate would have it, he meets a gruesome fate. Instead, hop over the pipes to the left and continue. Watch out for various explosions that could damage your shield. When you reach the end, look to your left to see a half closed blast door. Crouch under it and get through. Continue right and look to the floor by the left wall for a blue arrow. Go into the door it points to. By the end, you should meet an Elite. Of course you're not armed yet so start moving when it moves out of the way. Head left and continue down the path. Up ahead, a small skirmish is taking place. Walk while avoiding the various plasma shots up to the marine by the door across from you. "Sir, the captain needs you on the bridge, ASAP. You better follow me" Well, wait until he moves and follow him past the empty armory to the bridge. Watch out for stray grenades that happen to land in front of your path. When you reach the bridge, head towards the front end of the bridge by the main viewscreen. Walk up to Captain Keyes. -------------------------------- AI Constructs and Cyborgs First! -------------------------------- >> Get Off the Pillar of Autumn Leave the bridge and follow the path to the left. You'll pick up some pistol ammo while you go. Take out the three grunts up ahead to open the door. Head through and pick up an Assault Rifle. Help out your marines by defeating waves of Covenant forces. Use the various tables as cover. I would suggest swapping your Assault Rifle for a Plasma Pistol or Rifle as it's more effective against the Covenant. Head to the other end of the cafeteria and head through the open door. Kill the Grunts and go through the door marked with a red arrow. Continue through the passageway until you reach an Elite with it's back turned on you. Smack it in the back with your weapon to bring it down. This goes for every level, whenever you have the enemy's back to you, just melee it. Continue and say hi to your fellow marines and head left and down that path. You'll see two marines in front of an airlock. Don't get too close as a grenade will send them flying. Take out the enemies behind them and pick up the ammo to the right of the airlock if you wish. There is an overshield inside the boarding craft as well. Continue down the passageway to find a green arrow on the ground. Kill the various Covenant inside the doorway and head in. Take the first left you see and assist your marines by killing every Covenant in the area. Continue right to find another red arrow on the ground and a health pack on the wall. Pick it up if you need it and head down the path that the red arrow is pointing to. Ignore any intersections and continue heading straight. Head forward to find another small skirmish between a few marines and a few Grunts and two Elites. There is quite a bit of ammo here so pick them up. Continue and you'll find another Covenant boarding craft with two overshields inside. Continue along and you'll find a room with something burning in the rear. Crouch and head under the door blocked by a round crate. Keep going and you'll find another green arrow on the ground. Enter the opened door and follow the path. You should reach some stairs and some Covenant on the floor above. I would suggest taking them out from the first floor and then climb the steps. Continue through the opening opposite of the opening you entered through on the second floor. Follow through and pick up the ammo on the ground. Hide behind that piece of metal in front of you and pick off the enemies while constantly diving under for your shields to recharge and to reload. After clearing that room, head forward and enter a darkened room. There are many Grunts to pick off here. Continue and kill the other Grunts. Up ahead is an Elite hiding behind a shield. Take him out swiftly and follow the path right. Continue and take a look outside the second window, the lifepods are being shot by blue plasma beams. Time to go! A health pack is on the ground by a dead marine and assorted ammunition can be found through this area. Just follow the twisting path and take out the Grunts in the distance with your zoomed in pistol if you still have it. Cortana will attempt to open a door by the end. Wait for her and go to the door with the nav point. Turn on your flashlight and take the first left you see. It's pretty immediate. Continue along with your flashlight until you see a closed door in the distance. Take a right without heading towards it. Cortana will activate your motion tracker now. Continue going straight ignoring any turns. You should see a door with a green light in the distance. Go through. Cortana should now tell you to bash the stubborn door open. Use a melee to do this. Follow through and find a lone grunt. Smash it and continue. Take the first left you see and take out the enemies here. Continue in the direction the enemies are coming from and head through the door marked by a yellow arrow. There is a health pack on the wall here if you need it. Continue this way through the passageway to the Cryo Bay you were just in. Cortana informs you that the Elites were going to kill you before you woke up. Continue forward and enter a charred area. Walk up to the Elite in the distance to trigger an explosion killing it. Head back and go right now and watch the next explosion kill the Grunts. That sure makes life easier for you! Go through the charred door on the left wall of the room with the Grunts after the explosion. Turn on your flashlight and follow the path. After the path winds right, there will be a Grunt. Kill it and take the left turn. Follow and take the right. Go through the door here and help the marines kill the Covenant again. There is a Health Pack by the wall opposite the door you came out of. Make a left and follow the path. Go through the opened door to the left of the path and kill the Grunt there. Continue that way and kill the other Grunt. Ignore the turn to the right but head straight until you can't anymore. Then take a right and slay the Covenant here. Use the shield and other obstructions as cover. After they're gone, ignore the small doors and head straight and go with the passage left. Pick up the frag grenades in front of you and launch a few at the Covenant. After taking out the majority of the Elites and Grunts, jump over the obstruction and continue. Say hi to the marines here and Cortana will inform you that there is only one lifeboat left. Take the first door on the left wall. Follow straight and take the immediate right. Follow that and you'll be at another three way intersection. Take a left and you should get to the lifeboat and escape. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.2 - Halo ______________________________________________________________________________ General Tips: Remember that you don't have to rescue the Marines. You can let them die if you wish. But, I would still suggest you keep them alive. They can be the difference between life and death for you as well. Also, Cortana will help you a few times by giving you nav points and such if you get lost. Description: Seek out surviving Marines and help them fight the Covenant. Recommended Weapons: Sniper Rifle/Plasma Pistol --------------- Flawless Cowboy --------------- As you start regaining consiousness, Cortana will wake you up. Walk outside and pick up the large ammount of ammumition and grenades. Stock up and walk to the bridge a few feet ahead of you. Before you can step on, Cortana informs you of covenant air patrols in the area. A new batch of objectives have been given. >> Evade the Covenant patrols searching for you >> Head for higher ground >> Search for other lifeboats Now, you can either take on the dropship(and it's two Banshee escorts)or escape. Since you don't wish to lose any health and you don't want to waste ammo, you should probably hide. Immediately walk across the bridge and start walking towards the wall. Now, hugging it, walk along it and stop at intervals to avoid the Banshee's sight. Walk along the wall avoiding the Banshees. If they start attacking you, there's nothing you can do except attack back. Anyway, after a small trot, you'll see a few Grunts and Elites up ahead by an area with a lot of rocks grouped together. If they haven't sighted you yet, use the element of surprise and use headshots on the Grunts with your zoomed in pistol. As soon as the Elites start charging you, strafe back and forth and attack them with your Assault Rifle. I strongly suggest picking up a Plasma Pistol switched your Assault Rifle and a few Plasma Grenades. Continue forward and jump down the small cliff. Continue as the path turns and Cortana will inform you of a lifeboat. Just as you reach an area with a few structures, you'll immediately see a Covenant dropship dropping off a few enemies. Help the Marines take them out and Sarge(the black guy with the baseball cap) and a few other Marines will talk to you. Cortana will give you a new set of orders. >> Stay with the survivors >> Protect the human survivors >> Wait for an evac dropship to arrive Take some time to search the crashed lifeboats and structures for First Aid Kits and various ammo. Ignore the various Covenant coming in and fight them when you have full health, and full ammo. Various dropships will come in and they will usually come in from the front and the back. This will be the first level that you will meet Jackals so make your aquaintance known. Use grenades. After roughly 5-7 dropship encounters, E419 will radio in and pick up the survivors. Say hi to Foehammer as you'll be relying on her quite a bit. Anyway, she'll drop off a Warthog with a gunner. To get a side seat passenger, drive to a Marine and he'll automatically get in. After the Marines escape, Cortana will give you a new set of objectives after watching three new lifeboats fall from the sky. Joy! >> Search for three additional groups of human survivors >> Protect the human survivors >> Wait for an evac dropship Head forward and head forward. Go down the rocky slope and turn to your right into a small cave. If you can't find it immediately, Cortana will give you a Nav point to follow. Anyway, as you get close, Cortana will tell you that the cave is not a natural formation. Continue through the so called cave turning and shifting around until you reach a jump in the path. Gain as much speed as possible by falling down the ramp and heading back. Use the slope as a ramp to make it. Continue through until you reach a big room infested by Covenant. The easiest way to kill them(if you have a gunner)is to run over them with your gunner taking out as many of them as they can. After the initial Covenant are taken care of, head to the right of the room by the entrance and you'll find a small slope leading up. Be careful, at the top there is a Red Elite and he's intent on getting you. Don't go up to far. When you can see the end, throw a grenade to attract him and then use an overcharged Plasma Pistol to bring down his shields. Then, run up to him and melee him a few times to bring him down. Continue up and left and you should reach the bridge controls. Watch the bridge appear and head back to your Warthog. Now that you have the bridge activated, you can continue through and to the other side. The cave will swerve a lot and Cortana will tell you a few things. After a while, you will reach an opening in the cave. Finally! ------------ Reunion Tour ------------ Now, there are many paths in this area to three different rooms. In each of those rooms, there are Marines and a Covenant. I'll walk you through the fastest way but these can be done in different orders. Anyway, I'll number them to make life easier for you. 1) As you exit the cave, head right and forward. Don't cross the river! Continue through for a bit staying by the right wall. Eventually, you'll see a trail going up with flashing blue lights on the ground marking it. Head through and you'll find a light skirmish taking place. If you want to snipe, head over right to the crashed lifeboat and pick up a Sniper and leave your Warthog. The alternative is to simply drive around and kill Covenants by means of crushing or gunning. The first is much easier and you'll take less damage. Head over to the rock in the back that is sticking out of the ground if you wish to snipe. After taking out the initial wave, a few more dropships will come in and you should kill them too. Head back to your warthog. If your passengers have died, pick up some more Marines. >> Search for the two remaining groups of human survivors >> Protect the human survivors >> Wait for an evac dropship 2) There are two paths leading to this room. The one you came in is by the left, the one you should get out of is at the other side of this room. Continue along the wall and reach a skinny trail. This is a major shortcut and should save you a minute or two. Anyway, when you're back by the creek, there is another opening directly in front of your face with blue lights like the last. Continue through and you'll reach a downhill slope with more structures. There are Marines by the back near the group of rocks. Use your Sniper Rifle and get on the various structures and take out the Covenant. After the rest of them are dead, Foehammer will come again and pick up the survivors. Now, time to get to the last lifeboat. There are more first aid kits near the crashed lifeboat. Continue through the path by the crashed lifeboat.(not the one you entered from.) Exit. >> Search for the last group of human survivors >> Protect the human survivors >> Wait for an evac dropship 3) Back in the open, there are a few Covenant. Squish them and swerve. Cortana tells you that the Captain has been captured. Uh oh. Anyway, head right and cross the river. There is a lifeboat ahead that Cortana informs you about. Replenish your Sniper Rifle's ammunition and continue in the direction you were going. There is a path here leading up to the final lifeboat. Continue through and snipe as many Covenant as you can. There are Elites on top of the structure and Jackals and Grunts walking on the ground. After taking out as many as you can, drive the Warthog near the structure and leave it there. Get out and kill the rest of the Covenant. This may or may not take a while. The Covenant may be hiding on a few of the structures. Foehammer will not come until you kill every one of them. Explore the various structures and when Foehammer comes, press X to enter the Pelican and fly to safety. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.3 - The Truth and Reconciliation ______________________________________________________________________________ General Tips: It's fairly easy to protect the captain in Normal and Easy difficulty. There's a lot of Covenant in this level and your first encounter with Hunters. Description: Board a Covenant ship in an attempt to rescue Captain Keyes. Recommended Weapons: Sniper Rifle/Plasma Pistol ------------------------ Truth and Reconciliation ------------------------ Get out of the Pelican and Cortana will give you objectives. >> Board the Covenant Battle Cruiser You don't want to be engaging the enemy head on yet. You have a Sniper Rifle so use that. Never switch your Sniper for anything. Anyway, get onto the cliff by the right without getting too close to the enemy. Use the zoom in and night vision(the white key)and start sniping the Grunts in the gun turret first. The Covenant should react but don't stop sniping until they start firing at you. When they do, the Marines will come in. I would suggest protecting the Marines but if you're that selfish, let them take all the damage. After clearing this room, head to the path on the far side on the left. More Covenant will come along this path. Whatever you do, don't FALL DOWN! Cortana will soon tell you to halt. Ahead of you is another cliff with a Shade Gun on top. Take out the Grunt on top and advance. A few Elites and some more Covenant will jump down and engage you. Use the rocks and trees as cover and use hit and run tactics. After clearing the initial attack, pick up the health pack by the dead Marine. (now how did he get there?)Continue left along the wall until you find an opening and head into the main area. Using the rocks as cover, take out the Covenant here. Be careful of Grunt ambushes. Take out the various other enemies. There is a small path by a cliff edge that Cortana should tell you about. It's on the far wall from the way you entered. Continue along that way and you should see another cliff. The Covenant aren't in your sight but you can see red on your motion detector. Throw a grenade up the cliff to attract them. Now, there is a big rock by your current location that you can crouch under. After taking down the enemies that attack you(if no Covenant notices, just continue to the next step) , advance to the left along the cliff wall. Go past the first opening and up the most left opening. Now, Cortana will tell the Marines to take the middle while you take the other side. Your Marines will listen and start engaging. With you on one side and your Marines on the other, you can now surround your enemy. Try to take out every one of them before the Covenant dropship comes in. Use a Shade Gun Turret but be wary of stray grenades. There are many trees and rocks that you can hide behind to help you out. Take out every one of them and note the Active Camoflage by the back of the area. There is a small passageway by the right of the room. It's on the same wall as you entered from but it's on the far side. Go through. As you enter yet another room, you'll notice the gravity lift. Don't go for it yet. Instead, stand on a rock and take out a few Covenant before they notice you. I would suggest targeting the Shade Gun right in front of you first. After they start engaging you, engage back. Try not to lose lots of health as you'll need it later. The music will change a bit in this area a few times. When it gets dramatic, be careful, when it gets calm, you're okay. Enemies will come in by both Dropship and from the gravity lift so those two should be your primary target. Don't be afraid to use the Shade Guns. Just be careful of grenades. Use grenades as well but be careful not to blow up your own marines. After a few waves of annoying Covenant, two large Hunters will come down and start killing your Marines. Use your Sniper Rifle and give each a pop in the orange spot. Cortana will tell Foehammer to send in the reinforcements. Before you enter the ship, pick up the First Aid Kit by the dead marine. When you're ready, stand on the gravity lift and enter the ship. --------------------------- Into the Belly of the Beast --------------------------- >> Find the ship's brig and rescue Captain Keyes At first, Cortana will tell you that she doesn't detect any enemies. Of course, she was about to be proven wrong... BIG TIME! Covenant will start pouring in through the doors. Help your Marines kill them. Be careful, there will be one invisible Elite with a PLASMA SWORD! There is a First Aid Kit and an Active Camoflage in this room hiding beneath some crates. There will be many Covenants pouring in from the doors in various directions. Use grenades to make the fight go smoother. After the enemies seemed to have stopped, the Marines will enter through a large door into a corridor. As you reach the end, you'll notice a large door. Well, you guessed it, it's locked. The Marines and Cortana tell you that you'd have to head to the other side and open it from there. Well, we had better get moving. Head back to the big room and as soon as you exit the corridor, turn right into the unlocked door. At the end, head right and kill the lone Grunt. Continue until you reach the Elite. Kill him and his support and head right. You'll be in a large blue room. Ahead of you are a few Elites and a few Grunts. Cortana will mark the door opener with a Nav point but don't jump down yet. Instead, take out the enemies on the floor you are on and as many of them as you can on the bottom floor with your Sniper Rifle. You probably won't be able to take them all out though. Open the door and your fellow Marines will pour in. There are many enemies that will pop out and you can't advance until you take them all out. Afte you do, Cortana will open a door. It's marked by a Nav Point. Enter it and continue. Take a left and continue. Ignore the next path on the left and keep on head straight. The passageway will turn and Covenant are waiting for you down there. Keep on going while taking them out and keep straight. Ignore any turns unless there's no other way. Follow through and take out any enemies you see. You should soon reach a door. Welcome to the shuttle bay. This place can get tough but you have to know where to hide. Use the crates as cover while sniping out the enemies above you and meleeing the enemies on your level. It may take a minute. It may take an hour. It all depends on how you fight. Try to keep as much health as you can. There is an overshield on the far side of the entrance that you came from. After taking out most of the enemies, Cortana will try to open a door for you. But, as the music dramatizes, two Hunters come in. Take them out with your Sniper Rifle in the orange spot and Cortana should soon open the door. Before you go, there is a First Aid Kit by a fallen Marine by the wall that separates the two rooms. It's on the side you entered from. Head to the Nav Point and continue down the passageway. Follow through the passageway. There are a few Stealth Elites along the way so be careful. You will soon reach the shuttle bay. If you lost all your Marines, you'll have to get some reinforcements. Cortana will give you a Nav Point and you can open the shuttle bay door. Continue through like normal until you reach a door on the left side. This corridor is full of Covenant so be careful. We are near the captain. Follow the path up and reach the third level of the shuttle bay. Head right and kill the various Covenants ahead of you. There's a crate that you can crouch under. After they are taken care of, ignore the door they were guarding and make a left. There's a door at the end guarded by a few Jackals and Grunts. Continue through that door and follow the passage until you come to a four way intersection. Head right and pick up the First Aid Kit and the Ammo. Head back and go straight to the center fork. You should now enter a large room. There are Grunts, and a few Elites. Be careful, there is a Gold Elite wielding a Plasma Sword. After wiping the enemies out, Cortana will give you a Nav Point to a door. Follow it and continue. Take the first left you see and head straight. There are many Jackals and Grunts along this path. When you reach the fork in the road, head left to an empty holding cell. In the rear, there is a control panel that deactivates the walls. In the cell closest to the entrance and to the right is a dead Marine. Pick up the ammunition and the First Aid Kit. Head back to the fork and go in the other direction. Ignore all the red doors and follow the path. When you reach the two Jackals, kill them and turn to your right. Here's the holding cell with Captain Keyes. Kill the initial enemies inside and go to the control panel in the rear to release your comrades. After a cutscene, you learn about Halo. -------------------------------- Shut Up and Get Behind Me... Sir -------------------------------- >> Return to Shuttle Bay for Extraction You can not allow the Captain to die. Anyway, if you want to kill him and see what happens, do it now. Head back outside but don't get too close, invisible Elites are waiting. Shoot them and kill them. Continue along the path. Remember the fork, head to the left this time at the intersection. Continue this way until you reach the Control Room. There are 2 Invisible Elites in here carrying the deadly Plasma Sword. Use the Sniper Rifle to hit their not so invisible swords. More enemies will pour in. Cortana will contact Foehammer to pick us up but it looks like she can't. You're going to have to get out yourself. Cortana will give you a Nav Point to follow. There is an unlocked door that you'll have to go through. Just follow the Nav Point killing off all that attacks you. You should soon reach the third floor of the shuttle bay you were at before. Kill the group of enemies waiting outside with a well placed grenade. Get to the Nav Point and press X to release the dropship. Just as you get on, two Hunters will pop out and attack you. Luckily, Keyes is skilled enough to crush them. You're now safe and everything is in order. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.4 - The Silent Cartographer ______________________________________________________________________________ General Tips: There are a lot of Hunters in this level. You'll also be meeting your first Gold Elite. They're a killer. Also, invisible Elites are common in this level as well. Look for movement in the air. They're really easy to kill once you find them. Description: Search for the map room that will lead you to the secrets of Halo. Recommended Weapons: M6D Pistol, Plasma Pistol ----------------------- The Silent Cartographer ----------------------- >> Clear the landing beach of hostiles Immediately, the initial Covenant will start firing on you. Get out of the Pelican and stay back killing off any Covenant that only fire at you. Your team of Marines should be more than enough to wipe out the Covenant unless you're playing Legendary, then they'd be dead in two seconds. Anyway, after clearing out the Covenant on the beach, continue forward past the archlike structure and kill the rest of the Covenant forces. Make sure you wipe out everyone or else your special Warthog won't come. As soon as a Marine yells,"Area Secure." You can stop fighting. Foehammer will come in with your Warthog. Joy! >> Find the entrance to the map room Start driving down the shore forward in the direction your Warthog was facing before. Keep driving until you come to a small incline to the left. Kill the Covies in this area and continue up the incline. There are a few more Grunts and Elites here so kill them. You should be on a concrete like slab sticking out of a cliff and next to you should be a structure that you can enter. Leave the Warthog and go inside and kill the enemies here. Use the various pillars or whatever they are as hiding spots. There are a few Elites and Grunts you have to take care of. Remember to pick up a Plasma Pistol as well. >> Activate the map room Continue to the end of the hallway and head right. Go down the incline until you reach a small room with a lot of Covenant. Take advantage of that and throw a Fragmentation Grenade before they can move. Pick off any Covenant that didn't get in the blast. You'll immediately notice the door that you were supposed to go to close. Don't worry, that's supposed to happen. Sigh. Cortana should call Captain Keyes now and they have a small conversation. You must located the map room. You're going to have to deactivate the security door thingy. >> Find the main security override First of all, head back outside by exiting the structure. Turn to your left and use your flashlight and locate the small cave that you can jump into. You're going to need a running start by the way. You can get to the shore by driving the Warthog there but this is a quick shortcut that should save you a few minutes. Even after you get out of the cave, you still have a bit of walking to do. Continue along the wall that you emmerge next to. After about a minute of walking, Cortana will inform you about a path leading into the interior of the island. After that, you should see a few Covenant ahead of you. Use the rocks and trees as cover. Be careful of the overcharged shot from the Orange Jackals. Anyway, after taking them out, notice the path that Cortana was talking about. Face it and turn around, well what do you know, a Warthog. Looks like the Marines had some bad luck. Anyway, there are two First Aid Kits and a few pieces of ammunition. Reload your M6D and continue up the path Cortana was talking about before. Kill the other Covenant that come down. Keep on walking and killing and using rocks as cover and eventually, you should come to a structure... with two Hunters. Be sure to turn left immediately as soon as you enter the first room for two First Aid Kits and a few bits of ammo. Now, time to focus on the Hunters. If they haven't noticed you, great. Snipe them in the orange spot with the pistol. If they have noticed you, run up to them and make them charge you. Then strafe to the side so their orange spot on their back is uncovered. Give them a pop that way. After killing the two Hunters, continue in the direction opposite of the direction you entered from. If you are playing on easy, there are two over shields hiding behind a crate. Anyway, continue that way and take out the various enemies that throw themselves at. You should use the rocks as cover and watch out for the Jackals overcharged Plasma Pistol capable of taking down your shield. If one happens to get to you, immediately take cover without taking too much damage. You should soon get to a bigger area with a path going down right. Kill the Covenant here and take that path. There are Grunts here. After taking care of them, enter the building that you're next to. In the first big room, there are two Hunters hunting for you. Try not get in their way. Jump to the side when they melee rather than strafe. Use your M6D like before and kill. Keep going straight now down the hallway. At the end is the Security Override. Press X to open the door... Finally. ---------- It's Quiet ---------- >> Find the Silent Cartographer After opening a door, a Gold Elite should emmerge with a Plasma Sword in the cutscene. Time to head back to the door. Now head back around down the hallway. Don't walk too fast as 2 Stealth Elites are waiting to ambush you. Be careful of his annoying moves. Stand in one spot without trying to chase it. Look for it's weapon firing to find it. Since the invisible Elite doesn't carry a shield, it should be considerably easier to defeat it. Head back outside and turn to your right. I hope you haven't used every one of the overshields next to you yet. Pick up one and head in the direction you came from before. Advance in that direction all the way until you get to the structure where you found the Hunters. As you'd expect, the Covenant know of your position and sent in a Dropship to drop a few Jackals. This is too easy. Take them out and continue forward. If you need any health, use the First Aid Kit by the fallen Marine if you haven't picked it up before. As soon as you enter the beach area, head left. Yes, that's correct, left. If you saw the crashed Pelican when you were up there, great. If you didn't, doesn't matter. It's a bit of walking but when you get there, take out the Jackals and pick up the various ammunition. Might I remind you that there's a Rocket Launcher too. Now, go through the cave, use the Warthog, do whatever to get back to the structure where you found the locked door. When you get to the structure, there are two Hunters you have to take care of however. A Rocket Launcher will make short work for them. Now, time to enter the structure. The Silent Cartographer is past the unlocked door. Enter the structure and go through the hallway and turn right and follow the path down. There will be no Covenant because you killed them all. Anyway, head through the door you opened. ------- Shafted ------- You can head right and take a look at the depth of this place. After you do that, head in the opposite direction and follow the path. By the end should be an Elite with his back turned to you. You feeling what I'm feeling? Smack him in the back and go right. Enter the door there and kill the various Covenant on your floor. You can kill the Covenant on the higher levels but that's not neccesary. Now, there's another door on the opposite wall you entered from. It's pretty hard to miss. Kill the Jackals hiding there and move down the path. Be careful not to venture too close to the edge. Anyway, enter the door at the end and you should be in another room with a lot of Covenant. Okay, before you go in there full charge, let me tell you something. There are Hunters, and Jackals. Don't go in immediately. Instead, from the door you entered from, head down the path straight and check out the dead Marines. Pick up what you need to pick up and start hiding behind one of the pillars. The Jackals should've already noticed you. Anyway, let them come to you. Don't go to them. After killing them, head towards the center of the room to deal with the Hunters. If you are still sporting a Rocket Launcher, use that. If not, use a M6D. Now, on the left wall(opposite of the dead Marines), there is another path going down. Go down once again to reach another level. At the bottom, you'll hear a conversation between a few of your Allies. Looks bad. Anyway, jump down. You'll lose a bit of shield but that won't matter. Face forward and turn your head left. Walk forward a little bit and you should see two doors. One to the left and another to the right. Take the left door and head down the path. As you enter another room, turn left down the small incline and pick up the Active Camoflage. Jump off the platform to the level below and continue. At firstm it appears you can't get out but turn around and go through the passageway to the right. Continue and you should reach a room. There are Covenant but you have an Active Camoflage so they can't see you just yet. You can attack them if you want but it's not neccessary. From the door you entered from, head left and when you reach the end, make a right. Kill any Covenant in your way. You should come to a path leading left. Go through and head down the incline. Kill the annoying Grunts here and pick up the Over Shield. Now, continue forward and take the first right you see to get to the map room.. or the Silent Cartographer. Before you can activate it, kill the two Elites on the far side of the room that should be attacking you. Ah, now activate it with X. >> Return to the surface for extraction You should hear that Cortana can't contact Captain Keyes. This is bad. Anyway, I'm going to have to list the directions back because it will be different than the direction we came. Head back and go back up that ramp we came from to the left. As soon as you enter the room you came from, you should be at a fork, one path going left and one going right. Take the left one to find a ramp leading to a higher platform above. Turn right and continue along this way. Towards the end, you should see some red dots on your motion detector. Turn right and the music will come on to a more interesting pace. Anyway, kill the Jackals and head up the path without falling down the middle. As you exit, there should be a lot of enemies around. Take a quick look around. This is door we didn't choose last time. The door on the right. You're going to have to fight off these Covenant but avoid losing your sense of direction. From the door you entered the room from, head straight and you should see a ramp leading up to the platform above you. Get on and kill the annoying Grunts on top. Continue on this as it twists. When you reach the incline going down, ignore it and continue towards the path forward going left. Don't get off this platform until you reach the end. At the end, go up the familiar ramp killing the enemies here. Don't rush, you have all the time in the world. After clearing the room, head to the door you entered from again. You should be able to find it. Continue up this familiar path. Go through the door and keep in mind that this room is full of the Covenant. The best course of action would be too immediately head to the right and go through the doorway. Kill the Elite and continue through the path you should be all too familiar with. However, what should be blocking your path. A GOLD ELITE. Yes, it's the Elite you saw earlier. Use a Needler if you have one and run backwards while shooting it. Be careful of it's jumps. After clearing him, go forward and run up the incline to get to the first hallway. As you look outside, notice the covenant Dropship. You will soon be attacked by invisible Elites. Roughly three. Try to finish them or hide until Foehammer comes and starts down. Press X to enter it and escape intact. Guess what, you're going underground. ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.5 - Assault on the Control Room ______________________________________________________________________________ General Tips: If you ever get disorientated when in a structure, use the white arrows on the ground as reference. They will always point in the right direction. Be careful of the Wraiths in this level. Description: Defend the Control Room against wave after wave of Covenant troops. Recommended Weapons: Plasma Pistol, M6D Pistol/Sniper Rifle ---------------------------- I Would Have Been Your Daddy ---------------------------- >> Reach the transition to the second chasm As you make your way out of the Pelican, the Grunts will start running away and make the Elites come at you. You can easily take a Shade Gun Turret and start mowing them down. After they fall, continue through the door they came from. There may still be stray Grunts in this hallway so be careful. Enter through the door at the end of hallway and you'll enter a circular room. An Elite should be patrolling the entrance. If it hasn't noticed you yet, stay back and give him a smack in the back. Anyway, if the Grunts woke up, start hiding behind a few of the pillars and kill them that way. If they haven't woken up yet, start meleeing them. Anyway, there are quite a few Elites and a lot of Grunts in this room but there is a lot of cover that you can hide under while you attack. Use Plasma Grenades strategically as well. After clearing the room, go to the door opposite of the one you entered. Remember to switch your Assault Rifle for a Plasma Pistol. Anyway, if you can't figure out where this door is, use the arrows on the ground. They will point you there. Follow the hallway until you reach another door. Enter and you'll come outside. Keep in mind that you are under the surface of Halo so snow... is a bit strange. Anyway, immediately start smacking the sleeping Grunts to your right and left and wait for the Pelican to radio in. It seems they're being attacked. Now, look around. You seem to be on some sort of bridge. Drop down the sides and you die. We're going to fight all the way to the other side which can be a problem. The key thing to remember is to not rush. Don't just charge into the enemy. Instead, let them come to you. Advance through the bridge by continuously using Elite tactics. Popping up and jumping back to cover when your shields are low. After clearing the first half of the bridge, you'd probably be seen by a Gold Elite with a Plasmatic Sword. Well, avoid his sword and stick a Plasma Grenade on him if you could. Clear out the rest and kill the Grunts in the two Shade turrets by the end. You'll come to another door. This door leads to an elevator to the area you saw below. We're going down to the ground underground. Continue through the hallway and enter yet another circular room infested with Covenant. This room is similar to the last room you went to. Take a left and head that way around the room killing off any Covenant that attack you. About 1/4 of the way around the room, you'll find a dead Marine with some ammo and a First Aid Kit. Pick them up if you need them and continue in the direction you were heading. Avoid getting too damaged by the onslaught of Covenant. Try to pass them without killing them all. When you reach the tunnel like path heading down. It's easy to catch because it's flashing yellow and the white arrow is pointing in the direction. Continue that way until you reach the elevator. Press X when facing the control panel to make it go down. Avoid getting too close to the edge of the elevator as there are a few tiny air pockets that you can fall through. After going down and exiting the lift, go through the small hallway and you should come to another large room with a lot of Covenant. Luckily, there's a lot of cover you can take. Hide in the little Grunt sized alcoves or on some of the higher platforms to kill the Jackals, Grunts, and Elites. Now, it's easy to get lost and disorientated and because of the size of this room, you might get lost. However, they decided to make it easier for you and add arrows in this room. When you see an arrow, travel in the direction it's pointing to reach the door outside. Head through the small hallway to reach the bottom. Look up to see the bridge you were on before. Ahead and a little bit to the left is a small battle between a few surviving Marines and a few Covenant. Actually, quite a lot of Covenant. The closest enemy should be a Grunt in Shade Gun so throw a grenade on the Shade and then focus on the Ghosts and the various other enemies. Don't go attack the Wraith or any Covenant up ahead as you'd want a vehicle first. If your Marines are alive, use the overturned Warthog. There is also a Sniper Rifle and a Rocket Launcher by that vehicle. Drive forward and take out the Wraith(the thing that shoots the blue mortars) as quickly as possible. If you took the Rocket Launcher, use that. After the Wraith is destroyed, focus on the other Covenant in the area. Be sure to take out that annoying Grunt in the Shade on the cliff to the left. This is a wide open area without too much cover so you'd have to use evasive maneuvers and strafes to escape the Covenant's fire. After killing the Covenant in the vicinity, continue forward through the canyon. Don't forget your Warthog! As soon as you reach the ice pond, you should notice a Scorpion. Get out of your Warthog and immediately get on. Some Marines may also get on but that's good. Start killing off the ghosts that come after you and kill the various other Covenant in the area. Be careful of the Jackals and they're overcharged beams. You should also notice a crashed Pelican to the left of the canyon wall. There is some ammunition and a First Aid Kit. Go through the canyon and take the tunnel on the right. There are various Ghosts and Covenant in here. Try not to use your main cannon because of the tight area. You might end up hurting your marines. Exit the tunnel and you should emmerge in a large battlefield. The Covenants will immediately target you and you might notice 2 Wraiths(one on the cliff at the far side and another directly in front of the small cliff in front of you. First, take out the enemies attacking you(including a really annoying Banshee), then focus on the Wraith and Shade at the top of the cliff. After the enemies are obliverated, take a look at the tunnel below the former Wraith above the cliff. There will be two Hunters in that little thing so you might want to take them out. The Scorpion does wonders as a direct hit will send one flying. Anyway, continue through the tunnel unlocking the first door.(the control panel is on the left wall.) Get back in the Scorpion and enter through the open blast door. Advance through the hallway. When you reach the large room at the end, prepare yourself for a big battle. I would suggest getting out of the tank and killing that way. There are a few Elites patrolling the first area and a Shade gun on the unfinished bridge to the right. There is also another Shade gun on the far left as well. After clearing the initial enemies, take your tank if you wish and cross the left bridge to the other side. Now... before you do anything, let me remind you that there are an abundance of Elites and Jackals plus two Hunters so be careful. The Shade turret is to your left when you get on the other side. At some point, you may want to try getting out of the tank and crouching behind and use it as a cover. After the Covenant are destroyed, open the large door on the opposite side you entered from. Continue down the large passageway with your Scorpion. --------------- Rolling Thunder --------------- After the chapters fade, you'll find a little Covenant emplacement with two Ghosts and a few Elites. Take them out and continue in that general direction. Soon, you'll find yourself heading uphill with a tank. There will be a hell amount of Jackals and Elites around here. Reach the top of the tunnel to get back on flat land and find a Covenant Dropship and a lot of enemy. >> Reach the transition to the third chasm The Dropship will drop off a few Elites and at least 6 Grunts. A Ghost should come at you immediately so look out for that. Anyway, you have two paths. One takes longer but has less combat but the other is shorter with more combat. Let's go right for the shorter path. There is a Grunt with a Shade on top of the small incline. Take him out and continue in that direction. Focus all your firepower on the single Wraith ahead. After it's gone, take out the others that are attacking you. Like before, get out of the tank and use it as cover if you want to. Anyway, after the Covenant here are dead, continue through the path that you were facing before. Behind the former Wraith. Two Hunters should be around here. Kill them and continue. There are a lot of Grunts in this next area plus a spiraling slope down. After taking out the Grunts. Drive the tank carefully down the slope without falling. At the bottom, you'll find some more Marines and a lot of Covenant. As you can see, they're pretty much overwhelmed so help them out. A Dropship should drop a few Covenant around as well. As the Covenant are destroyed, notice the pipelike barrier in front of you. It would appear you can get through them but the tank couldn't. Too bad. Anyway, note the ammunition on the left wall close to the pipes. Behind where the Hunters were formerly standing. An active camoflage and some more ammunition including some rockets. Now, head through the pipe like wall and continue. You should see an Invisible Elite with a Plasmatic Sword and a few other enemies. If you have the Camo, they wouldn't have noticed you. Send a Plasma Grenade their way and stick it on him. Continue in the direction of the Elite and your Marines should should inform you of a Shade Gun on top of a cliff. Well, exit the tunnel and look around and up. A Shade Gun is resting on top of the wall. Use the Rocket Launcher to send it flying. By this time, a Banshee might've sighted you and started a strafing run already. Meet it with a rocket. Continue forward and your Marines will come with you. There is quite a bit of Covenant here so use LOTS of maneuvering and lots of hiding. If you can, steal a Ghost and start wreaking havoc. Now, on the right wall, there is a door guarded by two Shades and a few Elites. You're going to have to get there. Use a rocket to take them out from a distance. Enter the door and continue down the hallway. You should emmerge in another room with a few Covenant around. Immediately turn to your left and smack the Grunt there. Continue in that direction killing off the various enemies that attack you but stay on that path. When you reach the flashing yellow arrow on the ground, head in that direction. Continue through the door. Guess what, you're going on the elevator again. At the top, you should be surprised by a Jackal. Smack him with something pain- ful and continue through the hallway. On the other side of the big block are two Jackals and a dead Marine next to them. Kill them and pick up the ammunition and the First Aid Kit if needed. Continue up the path. This is yet a very similar room to the one you went to before. As you get in, turn right immediately and use the same strategy as before. Kill off the Covenant here but avoid getting lost. There is also a Gold Elite in this room armed with a Plasma Rifle but you can get past without him getting too much on you. When you reach the door with a arrow pointing in it's direction, there will be a small force of Grunts and Jackals blocking the hallway. Throw a good grenade in there and clear them out. Continue down the small hallway and you should come out on another large bridge. You were in the canyon below. Anyway, smack the sleeping Grunts and continue down the bridge. You are on the left of two bridges and enemies are attacking from the other side as well so make your moves quickly. There's no need to kill everyone, just to get to the other door. By the end, there is an invisible Elite. He doesn't have a sword for the least. As you travel down the hallway, you should come to another door. Enter and you'll come to another circular room. As you enter the room, head left and follow the Elite. If you can, smack him in the back. Continue that way getting and killing enemies in your way. When you reach the dead Marine, pick up whatever you need