Entire Halo 2 Tip List

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

All Weapons in Multiplayer Mode

Go up to an Elite with a sword, and kill him by hitting him with a machine gun. Once you have killed him go on until you get to the next checkpoint. Once you are at a checkpoint, turn your Xbox off and then on again. When you go back on to that level again you will have all the weapons there are.

Angry Mode

When you are the Master Chief trying to recover the index from the Prophet of Truth on the Covenant Holy City, go until you reach the first outdoor area with dirt and vegetation. Take a right as you enter this room and run up to the wall past the gravity lift that leads up to the sniper point. Climb on top of the wall by going up the dirt mound on your left. Follow the wall until you reach the floating skull called "Angry".

Assassin Mode

A skull similar to the one that activates blind mode can be found if you start on "regret". After the first lift ride, before the first underwater elevator, grenade jump from the front awning of the lift to the ledge in front of you (the one with two turrets). Grenade jump AGAIN onto the next ledge. Make your way to the back of the building. On Easy, you'll only find the skull. On Legendary, however, 2 invisible Elites carrying swords just shake their heads wildly, ignoring you completely.

Beat Tartarus Easily

When you first start the fight, make sure Tartarus' attention is on another NPC and not you. Grab the energy sword from one of the bodies lying around and wait for his back to face you. When he does, dash behind his back and rapidly tap R. It will hurt him and not allow him to react and attack you. About 30 seconds of this kills him.

Be the Warthog Gunner

Get to a Warthog and jump in the gunner/passenger seat and let the marines drive. Depending on your driving skill, it will be twice as effective instead of you driving.

Best Dual Wield Combos

One of the more effective dual wields in Halo 2 is the SMG and the Magnum or dual Magnums which kill even over shielded enemies. Two Needlers fired one after the other in rapid succession are also deadly to all enemies. The most effective; however, is either the Plasma Rifles or the SMG Magnum combo.

Best Weapon to Use for Certain Enemies

Here are the best weapons for defeating certain enemies:

• Grunts: SMG, Battle Rifle, Dual anything
• Jackals: Covenant Sniper Rifle
• Elites: Dual Needler, Energy Sword, Sniper Rifle
• Brutes: Energy Sword, Sniper Rifle
• Prophets: Anything you can use
• Humans: Energy Sword, Rapid firing guns
• Sentinals: Sentinal Beam
• Giant Robots: Dual Needler, Sentinal Beam, Rocket Launcher
• Flood: Energy Sword = One hit kill

Black Eye Mode

In the level "The Great Journey", on top of the control where Johnson blows up is the skull for Black Eye Mode. Your shield will not regenerate if you pick this up.

Blind Mode

At the beginning of Outskirts, jump on top of the light on top of the door with a crouch jump, and then jump to the left platform. Turn to your left and go down the long dark corridor and pick up the skull; it will say blind and your screen will flash black for a while. In this mode you can not see your weapon, body, shields, ammo, or radar.

To get rid of this feature use the following method:

1. Turn off your XBOX or Save and Quit.
2. Go to Campaign and select level and choose Cairo Station.
3. Skip the cinematics and then Save and Quit.
4. Go Outskirt and your hud is back.

Blinking Eye

Every time you look at a dead Jackal, the bottom part of its eye will blink. It is about one fourth of its eye. It looks like a red blinking light going on and off.

Blood Gulch Sniping Location

At the Red base, get a Banshee. Get on top and face toward the Blue base. Turn right and go over. Follow the wall up and close to the top. You can get out there and snipe from this location

Blue Screen of Death

In the multiplayer map Zanzibar, there should be a computer on the upper level on the defense side that opens up the main gate into the base. After you activate this, the screen goes blue with the infamous BSOD.

Brute Shot Melee

When you are out of ammo and there is no gun in sight, see if you have an empty brute shot on you. Just pick a target, run up to them, and bash them with it! The Brute Shot is equipped with a blade on the back, so it adds a nice damage bonus.

Capture the Flag Strategy

When you are playing capture the flag on split screen, there are ways to make things easier. This is most helpful when you are playing with at least 4 people per team (using a system link) and I will use the level "Coagulation" as an example, though you can tweak the explanation to fit all levels that support vehicles(scorpions help, but you should have a warthog/specter).

First you must load up a warthog or specter with as many people as you can, but at the very least, two. Drive quickly to the other side of the battle field and let the passenger get out of the vehicle so they can pick up the enemy flag. Drive once or twice around the base to clear out as many enemies as you can, then pick up the person with the flag. You must have them get in the passenger seat because that is all they can do with the flag in their hands. As soon as they are in, gun it to your base and place the flag where it goes to score. Repeat this as many times as you need to in order to win.

However, your enemies might wise up to this strategy and either copy or attempt to prevent it, so they will probably keep guards on the flag (a good idea for you to do as well). If they do, then instead of having one person grab the flag, have everyone jump out to help clear the guards, then finish as directed above. The more people you play with, the harder this will be.

I advise using the warthog because the gun is better than the specter, and the vehicle itself is faster. If you are playing with a full 16 people, this tactic will be hard because they will probably have about 4 guards, a little too much if they are any good at the game. In this situation, overload your warthog with passengers, have the three seats be taken plus a couple of people jump on top of it for reinforcements.

Catch Mode

Right after you get out of the sewers (Tunnel), there is a big area and 2 ghosts. Kill every thing first, then go to the middle where u see a arch that leads up onto a building, throw a grenade down and jump by it to get enough height to start climbing it. When you get to the top take a left and hug the wall around the structure and the skull will be there. It says Catch.

Change Master Chief's Outfit Color - Co-op Only

This only works in co-op. On Outskirts just after the pelican has dropped off some marines near the jackal snipers, one of you stays on the ground and the other jumps up on some boxes and ledges so you can get up to the pelican and get on in it, DONT STAY ON IT!!! It will fly off and disappear, what you have to do is jump off the back end onto the roofs while zooming in and out fast (doesn’t matter what weapon) before it takes off. Then just as you’re about to hit the floor hold X+Y while zooming in and out, it can be tricky but practice makes perfect. If done correctly you should fall into the floor, now when you spawn back by your friend every time you zoom in and out your outfit will change similar to the multiplayer ones. Happy Glitching!

Change Split Screen Type

The multiplayer split screen type is determined by the video settings on the Xbox dashboard. For Horizontal split screen, the Xbox must be in full screen mode. For Vertical split screen, the Xbox must be in widescreen mode.

Clone Army

In a tank press A three times and then get out. Now jump up three times and shoot three bullets of each of each gun you have. Wait and after three seconds, two more Master Chiefs will come on to the screen and will follow the same instructions you give to the original.

Crazy Mode

On the first level, go through the archway beside the lake of blood. Once you're on the other side turn to the left and you will see a green leafy plant. If you walk up to the plant and press x, right trigger, left, up, down. Commander in Chief will eat the plant and go crazy. He will run around and do a weird dance.

CTF Beaver Creek: Flag Toss Glitch

Two players are required for this to work. First, go to the other base and have one person stand right next to the teleporter. Stand as close to the flag as possible. The other person should go inside the base and grab the flag. Then immediately throw the flag toward the person by the teleporter and that person should be able to grab the flag through the wall. From there you can go through the teleporter and back to your base. Also the person outside the base can crouch to remain well hidden from the enemy, so you can basically stay there for a long time without anyone killing you.

CTF Coagulation: Easy Flag Captures

Get a vehicle and drive underneath the enemy base. If you don’t have access to a vehicle then you may luck out and a banshee could already be there. Park your vehicle directly under their flag. Jump on top of the vehicle and jump up holding X. You should be able to grab the flag through the floor.

CTF Colossus: Fast Flag Captures

After grabbing the flag on Colossus, instead of walking all the back with flag, try running straight forward and tossing it over the wall. A well-timed throw will make the flag bounce off the floor in the center area and all the way to your side of the map, where one of your teammates can easily capture it. It takes some practice to perfect but it can turn the tide in a close game.

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 Using a Banshee

On the final level "Great Journey", you will have to fly the banshee. You are told to enter the door in the huge structure. Fly up to the door and exit the banshee, make your way through the tight cave like hallways and open the door. Kill the brutes in this room; make sure you kill them all. Do not use the banshee; they have brute shot and are good with plasma grenades.

After clearing the room, go back to your banshee and fly through the door. Immediately start flying up and you will notice a hole; fly through the hole. Continue flying through the holes you see and down through the door. Make your way to the right side of the room and down the long hallway (while in the banshee). A cut scene will take you out of your banshee to where the chieftain and 4 or 5 brutes are standing; after you kill them and the chieftain jumps to the center, make a 180 back to the hallway and get in the banshee.

Fly in circles around him, blasting him with all the banshee weapons. When his shields drop, land your banshee on the bottom level and engage the chieftain. Shoot him until the reinforcements come. When the brute reinforcements arrive, board the banshee and continue to bomb them and the chieftain until you are victorious.

If you have trouble at any point, for example, if it seems it is taking forever to kill the chieftain, jump out of the banshee and engage him for a few minutes, just don't get killed (but if you do, your banshee will be waiting in the same spot you got it from). After a moment of fighting him on foot, jump back in and continue. Eventually he will die and you will be a lot safer in the air then down on his level.

Defeating the Flood

For an easy way to beat the flood, as an Elite turn on your cammo(white button) and then sneak up behind them. Use the strongest human weapon you have and shoot them in the lower back (where the stomach is, because that is where the parasite is) or in the back of the neck. Then run like crap and hide because you lose invisibility when you shoot, then repeat. The sentinel beam works just fine, it just leaves you open longer, so shoot from farther away. This is time consuming, but it helps when you are playing by your self.

Another effective weapon is to use the shotgun, until later in the game when you get the Brute Shot, you can use the blade on the back side to slice and dice the human/elite infected forms of the flood and without wasting ammo as well.

Defeating the Scarab

Instead of following the Marines, go straight across the bridge. You will find a sniper rifle. Take it, then jump on the Scarab and shoot all the Elites and pilots.

Defeat Prophet of Regret Easily

Kill the Honor Guards near the entrance (Plasma Grenades would work good because they are usually bunched together) but watch your back because they are wielding Energy Swords. You will see the Prophet floating at the end of the room. Charge at him and he will yell for the guards and start firing at you with his laser beam. Just board his chair and punch the hell out of him until he dies. Then jump off his chair and wait and the video will start and the level will end.

Defending the Scorpion

This is for split screen games when you are playing teams. If you like to have scorpions, you will like this idea. With the new addition of stealing vehicles, it is now easier to get vehicles and harder to keep them. This "cheat" is quick and easy, requiring only two people. Of course, the driver of a scorpion will be doing whatever is necessary to when the match, but people will most likely try to jack his/her vehicle. So, have one other person (on your team) jump on to the side of the tank to shoot them down when they try to take the tank, this may not seem like much but is really helpful.

Destroying the Ghost

Facing the Ghost from behind, to the left, behind the left wing is an alien gas tank shaped like a circle. It's only on the left side. Shoot it 3 times with pistol or 1 time with the shotgun and say good bye to it.

Do Not Lose Your Cool

I know how it is, you’re in the heat of battle and all you can think of is jamming the fire trigger as hard as you can so you can get the lead out. Don't take that the wrong way, because it's true most people don't exactly want to die, it's an instinct. However, not only does it not help, but in at least one case, it makes things worse. When you are using the needler and you jam the trigger, you shoot only a little fast. On the other hand, if you only press the trigger far enough for the gun to shoot, you will find needles flying through the room twice as fast. Just as an added note, if you are jamming the trigger and you want to release it enough to shoot faster, I think you have to let go completely then try again.

Double Teaming the Hunters

For this to work you have to be in two players. One person has to get a sniper rifle or a covenant. Have the other person get a weapon that has a good melee attack. Have the guy who has the sniper rifle or a covenant set up in a location were other aliens will have a hard time getting them. Have the person who has the gun go after the hunter (so he doesn’t shoot the other person). While your partner is in a melee attack with the hunter, shoot it in the head or waist. You will kill it after three or four shots.

Dual Wield Rocket Launchers

Set all weapons on rocket launchers and begin a multiplayer game (You can be by yourself).You should begin with a rocket launcher, then stand over another rocket launcher and simply press Y thirty times. When done you should pick up another rocket launcher.

Dual Wield Tip

When duel wielding, the use of both weapons at once is very effective against the smaller enemies. But for attacking the more dangerous enemies or large numbers, it is best to fire one weapon until empty and then start with the second. For certain weapons, like the Brute Plasma Rifle and SMG, the reload time is very close to the time required to empty a clip or overheat. By doing this you can maintain a constant stream of fire and suppress many enemies at once.

Dual Wield Weapons

These are the following weapons that can be Dual Wielded.

• Human Pistol (Weaker)
• Plasma Pistol
• SMG
• Needler (Stronger)
• Plasma Rifle
• Covenant

Environment Tactics

If you are in a closed area (small room, hall way, etc.) then hold only 1 weapon, so you can throw grenades. If you are in an open area (big room, outside, forest, etc.) then have 2 weapons in hand because grenades will be useless.

Envy Mode

On the level "Delta Halo" on Legendary Difficulty, progress until you reach the area during the "Push through the covenant held ruins" where you have to clear a Landing Zone for the Pelican to drop weapons. You will know you are in the right area when Cortana says "they're pouring out of the center building". Anyway that area has Plasma turrets along its borders. A little bit after the left side turret you will see the outline of a door in a wall, but the door has a solid rock slab in it and a rock in front of it. Jump on the rock then jump to the ledge above the door then jump on the ledge to the left. Now jump onto the building with the sealed door using grenades. Atop the building you will find two dancing elites and the "Envy Skull". Pick up the envy skull and you will be able to use Active Camouflage like the Arbiter.

Escape a Banshee Boarding Attempt

If you are about to be boarded while on your banshee; right before the enemy grabs you to hurl you out of the vehicle, get out, and board him. Be careful as the enemy may know the trick as well and do the same to you.

Escape a Tank Boarding Attempt

If someone is beating on the door of your tank, get out and shoot or energy sword them in the face. Do these before the 3rd hit or the boarder will kill you and you’ll lose the tank.

Extra Ammo with Dual-Wieldable Weapons

First, have 2 dual-wieldable weapons (a Needler and an SMG for example), but don't have them out at the same time. The Needler being the one you want extra ammo with, have the SMG out and find another Needler to dual wield with it. Then, find yet another Needler and trade that with your SMG. You'll have 3 Needlers, and have 3x the ammo.

Fall Through Floor

On the second level near where the Elites come out of the coffins, there is this support object coming out of the ground. When a Grunt is shooting you, jump on the floor support and you will fall through.

Famine Mode

After you get off of the slowly descending elevator in "The Oracle", you will come to a hallway where you see a handful of dead bodies. Continue into the next room, and you will be on the second floor of a room that has windows. When you enter this room, look to the right, and find the third pane of glass. It should be to the right of a wall that has some flood guts splattered on it. Shoot out this window and either window directly across the room. If you look below you will see a platform that has four tall posts. On the far side of the room there is a column that is right in between the two windows, on the far side of the room. Turn on your active camo, and jump to the center platform. Jump on either of the posts on the far side of the platform and jump to the column between the windows. Make another jump through the window you shot out and make a left. Walk all the way to the end and you'll find four flood elites convulsing on the floor, with the Famine skull in the middle of them. When you have this skull all weapons will have less ammo.

Flying Baby Ceremony

Activate blind mode in the outskirts on legendary. Go through the level, killing everything with the skull and only the skull. Then when you get to the part in the big city, kill the marines, not the covenant and don't let the covenant kill any marines you have to kill them all. Then go back where you found the skull there will be a grunt there he will say, “I took this guys suit and now he is naked but anyways here is his suit.” It will say on the screen to hold x to get suit. It is Batman's suit. Jump through the glass ceiling in the middle on top floor of the building. When you land there will be a grunt taking a goat on a unicycle back to the top where you fell through. The goat will explode shooting rockets everywhere. Jump out in front of a rocket and get hit but because you are wearing the Batman outfit it won't kill you. Now you can fly and when you shoot your gun babies comes out. Congratulations you can give birth to babies anytime now.

Foundation Outside Glitch

Using the Warthog jump, as described above, you can reach Outside the map of Foundation and onto the walls surrounding it, or above the map, onto the purple roof. Both places, perfect for sniping.

To get Outside the map, and onto easily the best place for sniping on the map, because you can't fall off, and it is very hard to be shot from.

Get a Warthog in the map and the Lightning Sword, drive the Warthog into Room 1, by driving it up the Air powered elevators, if the Warthog gets stuck in-between the wall and the Elevator, you'll have to blow it up and wait for the next one to come.

After driving the Warthog to Room 1, park it parallel to the Number 1 on the floor, with to wheels on the number and 2 off. Make the passenger seat facing the furthest away wall.

There are 2 fans on either side of the roof, do exactly as the Warthog jump tutorial says above, but get the 2nd player to run to Room 4. Aim up in between the first gap where the fan is.

Once the 2nd player has gotten to Room 4, get out of the Warthog and you should be thrown up through the gap near the fan and right up into the air, then you must try and land on solid ground and not fall back down again. If you do fall back down, keep trying until you stay up.

Once you're up there get the 2nd player to do the Rocket Lunge up to you, so that you can both be Outside.

If you are standing right above the fan, in an enclosed area, jump out of it and explore the map in detail, the only way to get back down is to go back down where the fan is.

Not a very economical or easy to pull off move in a serious battle, i wouldn't suggest it, but when trying to hide from enemies in a less serious match, this is a perfect idea.

You can also do the Warthog jump up to the purple concrete roof, try and conquer this, for a much more easily done routine and able to be pulled off in serious matches, but be careful.

Funny Multiplayer Message

On the Multiplayer lever Zanzibar, go into the large structure against the back wall opposite of the beach. When you go in, go up the first flight of stairs, and you should see two doorways across from each other. Go through the one that does not take you out of the structure. You should see two big spinning things and in front of the one closest, there is a keypad that you can use to open the side gate of the structure. Press it and zoom in with the right thumb stick and on the left side of the keypad there will be some writing, saying:

WAC A total FU exception has occurred at your location. All system functionality will be terminated.

*Press any key to power cycle the system. If system does not restart, scream at top of lung and pound on keypad.

*If you need to talk to a programmer press any other key. Press any key to continue.

In a tank press A three times and then get out. Now jump up three times and shoot three bullets of each of each gun you have. Wait and after three seconds, two more Master Chiefs will come on to the screen and will follow the same instructions you give to the original

Ghost Mode

After the outdoor area with all the ghosts and grunts, there is an 'L' shaped room that is seen throughout the level. It is right after the armory room that is full of covenant and human weapons. Grenade jump using a jacked ghost up to the rafters and it's up there.

Give Your Squad Mates Better Weapons

Once you have almost used up your sniper rifle, beam rifle, or rocket launcher (with 1 shot left), trade with your squad mate. Once they have that weapon, they have limitless ammo for it and can help you out immensely with the more powerful weapons. There are two points to note: if you try and trade your weapon back from them, it will still have the same amount of ammo that it had when you gave it to them and the energy sword cannot be traded with human squad mates.

Grunts' Birthday Party Mode

In the level Arbiter on Legendary. Once you get to the first banshee section, fly immediately straight down all the way to the bottom of the map. In one of the cracks--where the large cylinders connect to the station--there will be a circle of grunts dancing around a skull. When you pick up the skull; it will say Grunt Birthday Party on the screen. Now when you kill an enemy with a projectile weapon, they will blow up like a plasma grenade was stuck to them. To get rid of this feature use the same method as the blind mode.

Halo Delta Secret Swords

On Halo Delta, get to the structure where you can't go any farther with the tank. As you enter into the area, go left up the ramp and then up the little ramp until you come to the large block butted up against the wall. This is where you jump up to get to the Envy Skull (consult for more detail). There is a secret entrance behind this large cube. I found the easiest way to move it was with the tank, although grenades do the trick just as well. You can drive the tank up there with a little patience. Aim at the WALL to the left of the stone; the explosion with slowly move the stone out of the way. Once the path is clear, walk up the dark ramp and there will be two dead grunts and two swords. There is also a high ledge in the next room that you can grenade jump up to, and then frag grenade jump up one more level -- allowing you to skip the fight inside the structure.

HeadLong Glitches

To get on top of the crane in HeadLong, you will need at least two players. Get a Wraith and an overshield for everyone in the game. Get in the Wraith and go against the construction building while aiming at the wall. Have someone stand in front you and aim them up just right. Hold the L trigger and watch them go!

To see spinning grenades in HeadLong, get on top of a building facing the ocean. (Note: Not the ocean you can fly over, but the ocean through a side building) Throw a grenade towards the ocean and it will be spinning. Run away, but keep looking back to see it blow!

Hidden Room With Every Weapon In Game

Go to the place in Campaign mode on the level Delta Halo when you have to activate the bridge to get over the canyon. First, activate the bridge, cross the canyon and destroy (or run past) the Wraiths. Next, go through the tunnel; as soon as you exit the tunnel go directly to your right. You will see an enormous rock wall that supposedly makes it so you cannot exit out of the level. Use a ghost and ram yourself into the wall in different places. At first you will not go up the wall but once you find the right spot you will be up the wall in a matter of seconds. After you have cleared the wall go up the hill in front of you then down it and you will see a relatively flat triangular plane. Go to the edge of the plane farthest away from you facing the water and edge your ghost slowly down the steep hill toward the ocean by making the ghost go in reverse, making you slide slowly down the hill and not die. At the bottom of the hill GET OUT OF YOUR GHOST otherwise the secret area will not be where it is supposed to be. Now go to the edge of the cliff facing the ocean and you will see a large, very plain structure in the ocean to your right. There is a support beam going to the lower ledge of the cliff. Walk over to the lower cliff and jump on it, NOT the Beam, and walk around until you see "Loading" or "Loading done" on the upper right corner of your screen. Finally walk down the tunnel and you will find yourself in a giant area with a waterfall and every weapon in the game.

Hijacking Vehicles

Here is a list of vehicles which you can jack and how to accomplish it.

Ghost - Hold x from front of the vehicle (when an enemy is in it) and you will jump on the wing of it the swing kick the pilot out. Hold x from the back and you will punch the pilot out.

Banshee - Hold x and you will kick the pilot out. NOTE: on some levels during the campaign you must be in the back and some levels you are not allowed to steal them, for example the level when you must kill the Prophet of Truth.

Wraith - Hold x from the back and then continue to press b multiple times until the gun shuts down and the wraith stops hovering. Hop out, go to the front of the vehicle, hold x, then you will be able to drive it. Hold x from the front and then keep pressing b to smash the cockpit door until the pilot falls out. Hop off then hop back on to drive. NOTE: You will be prompted to plant a grenade, don't do it, it is a waste.

Warthog (multiplier only) - Hold x from the side to throw the pilot out of his seat then you will hop off, hop back on to drive.

Scorpion – Similar to the Wraith.

Spectre - Hold x from front or side to kick pilot out.

How To Fly

On the Level Metropolis, you are on the bridge. Make sure you destroy every Marine. When you get to the Middle of the Bridge there are two marines (sniper and Rocket launcher). Kill them both and then there should be some banshees coming.

Get to the very end of the bridge and when a banshee comes, jack it. Once you’ve jacked a Banshee, there should be a covenant ship where you are at. To spot this ship look on the left side of the bridge when you’re coming from the beginning. As you can see the ship has a covenant vehicle under it. Wait a while till the ship leaves. When the ship is going straight you think it’s going to leave. Its not, it has to drop the covenant vehicle off.

When it stops to drop the vehicle off get on top of the ship, get out of the banshee and land on the ship. Be careful not to fall off. And don’t shoot any banshees that follow you. Trust me your going to need them.

Now the Ship should take you to where you are not supposed to go on the other side of the map. Once you get there your going to think that level is crazy! When you travel in the ship, MAKE SURE YOU DONT GO ALL THE WAY TILL the ship disappears! Trust me it’s like a 1000 mile walk to get back where you were.

When you’re still on the ship and you’re over the tunnel get off ASAP. Then some banshees should still be around. Quickly travel near the edge on top of the tunnel entrance and when a banshee arrives jack it. When you do all of a sudden YOU’RE FLYING ACROSS THE BRIDGE LIKE 1000 MPH!! You’re going to say well why do these steps when I can just simply jack a banshee and fly on top of the tunnel entrance. Thing is, you can't!

Hunter Beating Strategy

In this game, the hunter weapons shoot a continual blast of plasma for a couple of seconds. To dodge them, keep walking to the side and you will not be hit(at least you won't have to worry about getting hurt for standing near the shot like in Halo "1"). Shooting them in their front sides won't work unless they have their arm shields down, which doesn't happen once they shoot you. If you are in an enclosed space or small area, get close to them and wait for them to smack you. Before they make contact, sidestep, get behind them, and shoot them in their backs. This usually takes a couple of tries per Hunter. Frags don't do much damage, so they are useless, and plasma grenades won't do much unless you just want to piss them off, plus they will track you and you will get hurt by the plasma blast. When you are in a large area, shoot them in the backs with a sniper or laser beam rifle, which will usually kill them instantly

Infinite Camoflauge

After getting the envy skull, go through a checkpoint while in active camo mode. To be safe use "reset to last checkpoint" so you can check if you did it right. Save and quit; then turn off the xBox to remove the envy mode. When you reload your file you will find yourself with unlimited camo.

Iron Mode

On the last Master Chief Level, on Legendary Difficulty, when you enter the final Gravity Lift, look up. A skull will pass through you extremely quickly so you must start holding X a bit before you actually pass it to grab hold of it. Once you grab the Iron Skull, Iron Mode will be activated.

Ivory Tower Matrix Glitch

Probably the biggest Glitch in Halo 2 is the ability to Enter the 'Matrix' on the multiplayer map, Ivory Tower.

You will need 2 players and a Lightning Sword for your player.

Go to the staircase where the Overshield is (westside of the map).

At the top of the staircase, just before the top landing, on the right side (going up the stairs) there is a small ledge just off the side of the staircase (known to some already). Get one of the players onto the ledge off of the staircase, standing upright facing the 'glass' sheet or fencing part in between yourself and the staircase opposite.

Get the 2nd player to stand directly opposite you, a few feet away from the 'glass' sheet or fence. Lunge at them with the Lightning Sword, while walking forwards, get the 2nd player to also walk slowly backwards. Keep lunging and walking forwards, eventually (usually takes about 3 to 5 'lunges') you will fly through the 'glass' sheet and out to the bottom below, you may first fall on the ledge below of the building, but walk off of it forwards and down into the white space.

You won't die.

What you will see now, is nothing. You will be standing on nothing. Glaring whiteness is all around. (Beats me why my friends called it 'The Matrix'). If you have 3 players get them to repeat the above steps with the 2nd player, and you will both be able to be in 'The Matrix'.

For a strange reason you can both see each other perfectly within about 20 feet.

This is a good place for Sword duels, get both of you to run as far as possible to opposite sides of 'The Matrix' and then try and find each other, and have a duel.

Carry something down there to kill yourself with, because eventually you'll want to get back up.

King Osman Gun

As soon as you start a multiplayer game, pause the game immediately and press L, R, L, R, up, down, L, A. This will cause you to start with a King Osman Gun the next time you die.

Locking On With Rocket Launcher

To lock on with rockets, target a person, vehicle, etc., then hold R until it says that it is locked. The red reticule will follow the item. Release R to fire.

Magic Sword

This code requires two people, on any level. Note that both must be on opposite sides, but the point of this is not to kill your opponent, but rather to help him. Have your Plasma Sword in hand, and have someone jump on top of your head. While targeting them, have them jump on your head, and press X and B as fast as you possibly can, you should follow your friend up as he jumps on you. See how high you can go, or better yet, where. Get in the passenger side of a warthog, and target your friend and pull the right trigger. Have your friend run as far as he or she can to the other side of the level and get out. Once you do, aim where you'd like to fly and take off.

Making Friends in a Free-For-All

This is really cheap and will probably make people mad, but when you are playing a split screen game with a bunch of people and you are doing free-for-all slayer, you will need all the help you can get. If you are playing with all or close to all 16 people, you will start dying soon after you spawn back.

Even though you are on opposite teams, you can still have different people get in the same vehicle. This will help you tremendously because warthogs are deadly to single infantry.

At first glance people will probably rub their eyes and wonder "How on Earth can he shoot the gun and drive the vehicle at the same time when there is only single-man teams?!"

If you work together, things are much cooler and if you are like me excitement will rush through you as you do this, especially if you improvise in the action. One second you can be shooting someone down, but if they are smart and hop in, the next second you will be aiding in their survival. This will happen all the time if you play with smart people, one driver, one gunner, one empty seat.

You are chasing someone down and shooting them, when you turn around because you pass them. In that brief second of deceleration, they will hop in and there you go, three different teams forming an unstoppable alliance. To make this fair, you will have to stop every one and a while to alternate seats, just because you help kill someone, doesn't mean you get the points for killing them.

Master Chief Turns Into Samus

Go to Metropolis under heroic mode and as soon as you appear do not move. Look directly up, then directly down, and then look straight. Click the left trigger and hold it down and press Y, Y, B, White, Y, B, A, A, A, White, X, Y, Y, A, Black. After that, leave game, go to settings, and create a profile with the name "Samus". Restart your Xbox and in campaign, under heroic, Master Chief should now be Samus.

Metropolis' Scarab Gun

In the level Metropolis, take the tank and destroy all the enemies on the bridge and the wraiths except for one banshee. Make sure your marines are dead so they don't take it out. after you take out the Wraiths by the tunnel, get on top of your tank, on top of the part that shoots, and then wait for the banshee(it will keep on circling and diving) Right when it gets to it's lowest point, jump up and for a split second, not even half a second, there will be a window of time for you to take over the banshee. After you get in you will be sent flying backwards with no control, and then it will stop. Get out and use the tank to take out everyone in the first part of the tunnel. Then go back to your banshee with the tank. VERY CAREFULLY push the banshee very, very slowly with the tank into the tunnel. It's really important that you don't rush it, or it will explode. Also try not to get on top of it. Once you get further into the tunnel, get in the banshee and fly straight to the third part of the tunnel with turbo on. Take out everyone in that section. Now, even more carefully, shoot off the banshee's wings with the battle rifle so it will fit through the tunnel. As soon as you leave the tunnel, fly straight up, and you will see two buildings with a bridge connecting them. In the middle of the bridge there will be a turret that looks like a plasma turret, but it's actually a scarab gun. Enjoy!

Mini-Master Chief Action Figure

In Delta Halo, when you get to the "staircase" waterfall that you must climb up, jump onto what appears to be a sniper rifle case, then a quick jump to land - as you turn that bend past that cave where the covenant snipers were - head into that cave - it is a dead end. Take a look at the floor - with a scoping weapon. A golden mini-Chief action figure will be there. If you shoot it, it will also bleed.

Mountain Glitch

On the level "Delta Halo" Go to the part where you open the bridge. You should see a Wraith. Right after you past the bridge, look left and you will see a mountain. Go the furthest left as you can go. DON'T FALL OFF THE EDGE! Look at the mountain and jump on to it. If it doesn't work keep trying. Once at the top find your way to a place with a missing square. Keep going straight and you can climb the mountains.

NOTE: You can go up all mountains, just go to the end of the mountain and go up the sides.

You can also get a Ghost and a Scorpion up the mountains.

Mythic Mode

In "Sacred Icon" there is a semi outdoor area which has the same type of area right next to it. There is a large sentinel in front of each one. Go past this area and down the piston and you'll be in a very dark and dank flood infested area. There's a stack of 6 or 7 boxes as you enter the room. Use them to jump up to the landing above. There are a handful of alcoves on your right hand side. The skull is in the third alcove, floating above a dead human flood. When you are in this mode, flood are invincible when driving vehicles.

Needlers - Easy Does It

In Halo 1, you are required to empty an entire clip into the enemy in order for them to explode from the missiles. In Halo 2, you only need to empty about 1/3 to 1/4 of a clip for the needles to blow your enemy up. This is even more effective when you dual-wield them. Also, on the first couple of missions at least that you have to do as the Arbiter, most of the enemy grunts carry needlers, making this weapon even easier to use.

No Drowning

On the Great Journey level, when you come to the part where Johnson is in the Scarab, head to the shoreline. Go in the water and you should walk underwater without drowning!

Number of Shots to Destroy a Vehicle

Number of shots to destroy a vehicle:

Banshee - rocket x1, tank shot x1, shotgun x6, brute shot x4 (impact)
Ghost - rocket x1, gauss x1, grenade x1, sniper rifle x8
Scorpion - rocket x2, gauss x4 (body/tread), grenade x15, tank shot x2
Spectre - rocket x1, gauss x2, grenade x2, shotgun x6 (close)
Warthog - rocket x1, gauss x2, grenade x2, shotgun x6 (close)
Wraith - rocket x2, gauss x3 (front), gauss x2 (back), grenade x13, tank shot x2

Phantom Glitch

In the level where the scarab is helping because marines control it, get into a banshee. Fly up and land on the enemy phantom, it will shoot up through itself and hit you.

Prophet Rocket

As a hidden surprise, Bungie decided to give us a preview of H3. The Prophets WILL fight in the next game. When you "fight" the Prophet of Regret, don't kill the honor guard. Run directly to Regret and press X, X, B, A, Y while holding an energy sword. Board his ride, melee him 3 times, and he's dead, so hurry up before the guards kill you. DON'T KILL THE GUARDS! Finish the level and change your profile to elite. You can only have the Prophet Rocket on Coagulation (multiplayer), but it's awesome. The launcher fires three rounds at a time, but doesn't home in. It is twice as fast as the human rocket launcher!

Reload Shotgun Faster

When you are about to reload your shotgun hold down R and hit X. Then let go of X and you shotgun will be in the firing position but it will still be reloading. You must have more than 1 bullet shot to do this glitch.

Rocket Launcher - Best Multiplayer Weapon

In the multiplayer games (not cooperation) the rocket launcher is probably the best weapon to use. It will only take one hit to kill, it can lock on if they are in a vehicle or using a turret by holding the right trigger and then releasing it, and it gives no time for retaliation. Of course, there is still a catch. If your opponent is far away and not in a vehicle, it is just about useless unless you can calculate how far they will go and how fast the rockets travel. Also, you only get two rounds per clip, so if you miss twice then you are wide open for a good five seconds or so which is just enough time for someone to kill you. However, there is an additional good side to the rocket launcher; you don't have to hit your opponent directly. As long as you hit the ground or something right, emphasis on right, next to them, they will still die. Also, if you hit a little bit away from them, depending on how far away from them, it will still take out little to all of their shields, in which case you can pull out just about any other gun and kill them in a few hits.

Rocket Lunge

This is one of the best 'glitches' in Halo 2, it allows you to explore maps in places you have never been before. It's called the Rocket Lunge. You will need at least 2 people, on opposite teams or in free for all, you will also need a Rocket Launcher and a Lightning Sword. This is easiest to do by creating your own game variant, with maximum shields and damage resistance, starting weapons as a Rocket and Lightning Sword. Get the Rocket Launcher out and get the 2nd player to stand about 50 metres away from you, with an unobstructed view. Once you have this done and have the Rocket Launcher out, follow these steps as fast as possible, look at the 2nd player, making the Rocket's reticule red, make sure its not zoomed in, and as quickly as possible, press Y and very quickly double tap the Right Trigger. If you have done this correctly you will lunge at the 2nd player at the same speed as if you where standing close to them. If this doesn't work first time, persevere, even after mastering this everybody has times that they just can't do it. Keep at it, and if it doesn't work, just keep doing it faster.

Try this at different heights from each other; you can fly all over the maps. As long as the unzoomed Rocket reticule is red, it WILL work.

Rock On!

This is more of a visual thing not so much a cheat. Have a friend or you get a brute shot (this works anywhere) then look at them or vice versa then jump up press melee and when you land crouch and you'll look like you’re playing a guitar at the end of a song!

Roof Hopping in Outskirts

On the Outskirts level, at the beginning, run forward into a passage with a blinking light. Crouch jump onto a light fixture and crouch jump onto the roof. There is a dark passage to your left about 90 degrees. Turn to your left 90 degrees. Again turn to your left 90 degrees, and then run to the wall. Turn to your left 90 degrees again and jump over the gap. Now look at the wall to your right, crouch jump up here. Once there, run to the dark corridor then hop on the roof across the corridor. Now you are on the first roof. Explore more here. You can reach the hotel Zanzibar at the furthest.

Sergeant Johnson

On the level right after the Cairo Station, Sergeant Johnson is invincible. He is the black dude with the sniper rifle, the one that says "Fear humanity, we regret being alien bastards, we regret..." and so on. You can use this to your advantage, let him do all of the work. Unfortunately, he eventually boards the pelican almost right after you kill the pair of hunters. Oh, use the turret on the building to kill the hunters very quickly, unless you are playing legendary in which case they will probably blow it up.

Shoot Into Space

Shoot the machine gun turret on level one in a phantom tube. Instead of ricocheting, they usually go into space.

Shortcut Past Regret Center

On the level "Regret" after you kill everyone(optional) on the bridge after the broken one there is a block that is covered in plants. Jump on it then jump onto the pillar in front of it. Then jump onto the ledge then turn to the right and there should be a place covered in hang-over vines. Go through it and you will end up on the other side. Jump down onto the bridge where the gondola launches. This will take you around the entire center.

Skip Brute Fight at End Boss

When you are flying around in the Banshee during the final level when you are giving support to your ally. You can skip directly to the final boss sequence if you are still in the Banshee after the door gets blown open. Fly to the right of the control centre building and aim towards the bottom right and if you fly close enough you should get a white screen indicating that you have started the cut scene. When it's over you will be at the final boss without fighting your way to him.

Skip Fight Around the Delta Halo Tower

After the cut scene where the hologram regrets telling you how he will start the ring in Delta Halo, continue until you see a crate. Jump onto the crate, then onto the ledge. Walk around until the checkpoint has loaded. You will have skipped the battle.

Skip Outskirts Sniper Alley

Once you have killed the first hunter pair at the start of the level, walk through the hole in the wall they created. Walk through and look around. There should be a destroyed wall to the left of you. Jump on to it and make your way upward, crouch jumping when necessary. You should eventually reach the roof tops (it may take a while to find and/or reach). From here head toward the left hand side part of the roof tops. You should see part of the destroyed highway that the first pelican flies along once it has picked up the sergeant. Jump onto this highway and walk across it. At the other side you should see a slope and in the distance the hotel where the next group of marines are pinned down. Jump off the highway and walk up this slope to reach the hotel skipping the sniper alley.

Shotgun - One Hit Kills

The shotgun in this game is very powerful. You can easily kill most enemies, except the final brute, with just one shot. However, there is a catch, you must be at point blank range for it to work (basically nose-to-nose with your enemy). The shotgun is generally just blown off by most people, but as the game gets harder you will find it extremely useful. You might say that getting that close to the enemy risks dying on the harder difficulty levels, but if you get at the right range for just long enough, shoot quickly enough, and wait for your shield to recharge then you can take out a load of elites with little trouble.

Sit Back and Relax

About halfway through the game, covenant rebels will start to rise. This is good, and bad. When you are doing the human levels (playing as Spartan-117), the covenant and covenant rebels will wipe each other out, making the levels much easier. So, just find a spot where no one can hit/see you and watch the fight (you can make bets with your friends on who will win) until shooting stops altogether, then enter and blast the remaining hostiles. However, when you are doing the alien levels (playing as the arbiter) this makes the levels much harder to do, because you have two enemies. Fortunately, as far as I know so far there are no humans when you play the alien levels, with the exception of the dead human corpses that are taken over by the flood.

Sniper Rifle - Difference from Halo 1

Unlike Halo 1, the human sniper does not allow night vision to be used; instead there is an indicator as to how many rounds you have left in the clip. This is displayed as bullet figures on the right side of the zoom circle. Also when you do not have the zoom on, you can see through the lens of the rifle and it will show a small version of what is ahead of you. This does not help you in any way; it just shows the detail that the game designers put into this game.

Sputnik Mode

At the start of "Quarantine Zone", turn directly around and you should see a tunnel. Head down the tunnel and go straight until you exit it. Go straight across the open area, and you'll come across a broken pipe tunnel on your right. Straight in front of you is a small ledge running across the wall, above the green pit. Carefully get onto that small ledge and walk all the way to the end of the ledge to find the Sputnik skull. In this mode explosion force and melee force is greater.

Stripper Mode

During the Campaign, Successfully Press, A, X, B, B, Y, Right Trigger, Left Trigger, Right Click, X, Y, W, B, W, B, W, B, W, B, W, B, Right, Right, W, B, Black, Y, A, X, B, Left Click, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Right Trigger, Back, Start, Start, Y, B, X (Board a Ghost with this last button).

Make sure that you are over a pile of weapons because you want to be dual wielding throughout the entire code. The result will be once you get out of the ghost after youu kill at least 5 enemies by boosting, that you will be transformed into a cortana looking HOT Female, wearing the Master Chief Helmet. Somehow, Master Chief has taken the role of Cortana. If the code doesn’t work, try again!!!! It has to be timed correctly.

Switch Grenade Type

If you have picked up a frag grenade and a plasma grenade, press Black to change from one to another.

Thunderstorm Mode

In the large room after the armory, you need to use a crouch jump to get onto a light fixture on the right wall (right of the room when you enter) and then jump from there onto the higher area. There is a series of diagonal beams. Walk up one near to the end of it and use it to crouch jump onto one of the rails. You can fall between the rails, so be careful. Once on the rail, walk down until you can jump onto the highest platform. Then bash the trashcan. It says Thunderstorm when you pick it up.

Turn Into a Clown

When faced with the enemy tank, turn to the left 4 times and then press A, X, Y, Black. Your player will now turn into a 'Bo-Bo' type clown.

Unknown Skull

At the beginning "Armory" wait in the room until the Sarge starts telling you to get into the elevator. You MUST wait for him to say "Would it help if I said please?" When he says this, get into the elevator and go down to the tram. Get on the tram and face towards the INSIDE of the building. Press up against the glass doors towards the inside of the building. You should hold 'X' down, and you should pick up the skull. It's on a stack of green crates, near the end of the tram ride.

Unlimited Sword Ammo

You can do this in any two-part Campaign missions (i.e. Outskirts and Metropolis). If you finish the first level of the two-part mission with a sword with no ammo, you'll start the next level with a sword that has unlimited ammo. Though the sword doesn't show up when you arm it, it still makes all of the sound effects and acts exactly like a normal sword.

Unlocking Foundation Multiplayer Map

Successfully complete the game in single player mode under the heroic difficulty setting.

Or you can sign up for xBox Live and receive the map freely from Bungie. You will be prompted with an update as soon as you try to sign on. The update will unlock the map, improve support for 480p resolution displays, and speed up wait times in matchmaking.

Vehicle Glitch Fun

Try some of the weird vehicle glitches like on the bridge in Metropolis instead of driving the tank take the warthog (2 player only) and waste your marines, all of them. Then hit the 2nd wraith with it and it should send the wraith flying, roll it over or totally destroy it for some reason but it all depends on timing and positioning and there must be 2 or more ghosts left running and piloted or the ghost in the tree for this you need to be on the level where you are the arbiter and are on the level with the waterfalls and ghosts. First in the area where the brutes on ghosts jackals the only exit has a rock in the middle and a backwards ramp on the right side stopping you from going that way, then kill all the ghosts, jackals and brutes except for one ghost and driver now you must board it an drive it between the 2 raised grassy tree covered "islands" and stop moving the brute should board you so let him the ghost will shoot into the air killing the brute and parking it on top of a tree if done right. Try this every once in a while sometimes it just wont work for some reason same goes for the warthog-wraith glitch.

Warthog Jump

Similar to the Rocket Lunge, the Warthog jump is another way to take advantage of the Lightning Sword's power.

This will work on ANY map, anywhere.

2 Players are needed. In this example we will be on Zanzibar. Get a Warthog (doesn't matter which type) and park it near the Sea Wall Cave opening, behind the rocks and facing the small structure opposite with the Sniper rifle on top of it.

Get the Lightning Sword and then get in the passenger side of the Warthog. Look across the map to the giant fan, if you can place the aiming reticule on top of the whole fan, you have parked the Warthog in the right spot.

Now, get the 2nd player to walk up to you and stand about 1 foot away from you. You should be able to get a red reticule lock on him with the sword. Now, swipe at the 2nd player with the sword. Nothing at all should have happened, you should have just heard the swipe sound and your player should not have moved at all, if he did, try again and make sure you have a lock on him first.

Now once you have swiped at him, get the 2nd player to run to the other side of the map. Now aim up above the fan, right onto it's roof, or outer shell, whatever you want to call it. Once the 2nd player has finished moving, get out of the Warthog. You should be flung right up to the top of the fan, and if you have positioned your aim correctly, should be standing up there.

If not, try, try, and try again. Once you have swiped at the 2nd player, press no other buttons, just look above the fan and get out of the car pressing X.

This little Glitch will work on any map, pointing in any direction at all.

If you want to get further just get the 2nd player to run further away from you after you've swiped him. If you want to not go as far, just get the 2nd player to run shorter than before.

You can get into many suspect places in most maps that were never meant to be.

If you want the 2nd player to be able to get up there with you, just use the Rocket Lunge, as instructed above.

Weapon Stash in Outskirts

After the part where you kill the Hunters, go through where they came from and go straight until you reach the wall in front of you. Then turn right and you should see two brown boxes with a small silver tin can on the top of the boxes. Jump on to the brown boxes, then next to you there should be a ledge; jump on to the ledge and then turn to your right until you reach a wall. Turn right and you should see a dead marine, a dead jackal, and 2 dead grunts. The marine will only have 2 frag grenades, but if u look to your left and turn on your flashlight there should be a dead marine there wit a sniper rifle with two packs of ammo for an SMG and 2 frag grenades.

Weapon Tips

Complete List of Weapons

• Magnum (pistol) – dual wieldable / can head shot
• SMG – dual wieldable
• Battle Rifle – can zoom once
• Shotgun – splash damage
• Sniper Rifle – can zoom twice / can head shot
• Rocket Launcher – can lock on / splash damage
• Plasma pistol – dual wieldable / uses a battery (non reloadable)
• Plasma Rifle – dual wieldable / uses a battery (non reloadable)
• Brute Plasma Rifle – dual wieldable / uses a battery (non reloadable) / single player only
• Covenant Carbine – can zoom twice
• Brute Shot – splash damage
• Needler – dual wieldable / can lock on
• Covenant Sniper Rifle – can zoom twice / can head shot / uses a battery (non reloadable)
• Fuel Rod Cannon – splash damage / single player only
• Sword – can lock on

Weapon Tips

All weapons without an actual zoom have some kind of zoom with no targeting reticule. Shooting pulls you out of it.

The battle rifle shoots 3 rounds at a time.

The shotgun splash is actually the multiple bullets it sends flying.

The rocket launcher can lock onto vehicles (or subsystems like on the cov transports) by holding the right trigger down.

The brute plasma rifle is a speeded up version of the conventional one but also overheats faster and its red.

The carbine is the covenant equivalent of the battle rifle which shoots one shot at a time.

The brute shot fires grenades which can be compared with frags but with less splash and damage and it has a wicked blade to dish out some pain at a short distance.

The needler shoots needle that automatically homes in on target but can be easily avoided at long range but mortal when dual wielding at close to medium range. Seven or more needles in the body create an explosion that will kill most targets.

The covenant sniper rifle can overheat while his human counterpart wont.

The fuel rod is a splash machine; better not be to trigger happy in close range with that.

The sword can "lock on" in a certain distance and leap for the kill. Someone on a high ledge giving you trouble? If you can lock onto him he is toast.

Weird Writing on Beaver Creek

In the multiplayer map Beaver Creek there are two high up ledges with sniper rifles, the one to go to is the one next to blue base. Once there you will see that slightly to the right of where the sniper rifle is pointing there is another cliff. Jump on that cliff, and then on that cliff you will see a large bump with two rocks on it. Knock both rocks off by melee attacking them several times. Behind the largest rock there is what looks like hand-written text that says "Why am I Here", there is some smaller text underneath "Why Am I Here" but I cannot read it. Make sure not to get too close to the words or zoom in on them otherwise they can not be deciphered.

Zanzibar Sword

To get the sword in the middle (if it is on) go to the Ferris wheel-type object in the middle. Line up with one of the blades. Let it push you up the circle until it is parallel with the floor. Then, run forward to the center of the circle. Jump down so that you can see through the center of the 'Ferris wheel'. Wait until a gap appears in the floor, then jump down and forward to the sword.

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