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 08-25-2007, 01:13 PM | #1 |
| The other 1/2   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Novi, Michigan Posts: 12,392   | Skulls: Locations, Discussion and Help Thread This thread will contain spoilers. Please do not send me a friend request or ask me to help you with these. Thanks. This list is now complete. Huge thanks to "TheCapester" on YouTube for the videos. Note #1: There are more than these 9 skulls, but only these give achievements. All extra skulls will be listed at the bottom. Note #2: You must start the levels from the beginning or the skull will not appear, do not select a checkpoint. Note #3: You can only get these on Normal, Heroic or Legendary. Note #4: You can get these in co-op and the achievement will unlock for everyone playing. ----------------- Iron: Mission: Sierra 117 Effect: "Death carries a heavy price..." -- Instead of only losing 25 points when you die, you lose 75. You also restart from the beginning instead of any checkpoint. After Freeing Johnson and killing all the covenent that come in the phantoms, walk to the Pelican that comes to pick you up. Face the cargo bay but instead of hopping in, turn left and follow the path. Once you hit the wall jump up to your right, eventually reaching a walkway. Walk all the way to the end, take a left, then a right, then at the end of this little bit to the right is a dark corner. Turn your light on and you should see the skull. If you cant see it you're probably standing on it. ----------------- Black Eye: Mission: Crow's Nest Effect: "Bash your way to better health." -- Your shield will not auto-recharge anymore, you have to kill an enemy with a melee attack. From the start without moving anything you can see a massive pipe above you. Walk up the stairs then up the next set, turn to your left and jump up on the shelf unit. From there jump to the red cross beam then up onto the pipe, from there just walk to the end and walk over the Black Eye skull to claim it. You don't have to pick this one up it does it automatically. ----------------- Tough Luck: Mission: Tsavo Highway Effect: "Your foes always make every saving throw." -- Enemies seem to avoid rockets and grenades easily. After you have to deactivate a shield that's blocking the road, you will exit onto a bridge and a giant covenant ship flies overhead. You need to get out of your jeep if you are in one and go to the right side of the bridge, then go underneath and you will see bridge supports jutting out into the canyon. Jump onto the one farthest to the left and go to the edge and turn left and you'll see a small jut out of the cliff with the skull on it. ----------------- Catch: Mission: The Storm Effect: "Pull pin. Count to three. Throw." -- Every NPC carries two grenades and throws them often. You can get this by performing a grenade jump off a warthog, or grab a ghost and go back to the ramp from which you first came out, using the ghost to push a big square crate back over to the front of the silo pod that the skull is on top of, then use the box as a place to jump from. Note: Destroying the second wraith makes this disappear. ----------------- Fog: Mission: Floodgate Effect: "You’ll miss those eyes in the back of your head." -- Your motion sensor disappears. As you are walking down from the anti-air gun you destroyed in the previous mission, you encounter a ramp (next to a missile launcher). Around this ramp, you hit a checkpoint. At this point, you should also hear a marine yelling, “There! Over There!”. Look up and to the right, directly at the roof of the building next to the missle launcher. There is a single flood form (not to be mistaken with the two other flood forms jumping in front of you) which is holding the skull. Kill him before he jumps, and he will drop the skull down to the ground where you can retrieve it. Too early, and the skull will get stuck on the roof though, so just time it carefully. ----------------- Famine: Mission: The Ark Effect: "Trust us. Bring a magazine." -- Dropped weapons will have very little ammo compared to normal. When you first go into the valley to the right after the wrecked phantom, look to your left where you will see a huge boulder. Use a ghost and get to the side of the boulder that is closest to the bridge overhead. It is easy to pilot the ghost up the side of the wall using the thrust. To get the skull, pilot 2 ghosts up the wall to the top of the bridge and stack them one on top of another next to the beam where the skull is placed. Simply jump from the top of the ghosts towards the skull and land on the beam. ----------------- Thunderstorm: Mission: The Covenant Effect: "Field promotions for everyone!" -- Upgrades enemies to their stronger versions. After you shut down tower 1 and get access to the hornet, fly to tower 2 (the one the arbiter shut down). While walking up the stairs, go to the middle part that connects both and there should be a stair leading up to a platform where the skull is. ----------------- Tilt: Mission: Cortana Effect: "???" -- Enemies have different body parts that may be resistance to certain bullet types. After you see a dead Elite with a sword on the ground, you will fall through a fleshy hole. You should be in a large room with a bunch of purple machinery. In the middle is a small purple pedestal with an arrow on it, pointing up. Jump on this, then look up to the left and jump on the rock formation. Look up and left again, then jump to that. Walk across the thin bridge and the skull will be on the ground here. ----------------- Mythic: Mission: Halo Effect: "Coverage under the Covenant health plan." -- Gives a 2x score multiplier for all kills and doubles enemies health. Follow the normal path till you reach a cave, then hug the right wall until it branches off into a small path, at the end of this path is some rubble and in front is the skull. ---------------- EXTRA SKULLS - NO ACHIEVEMENTS Blind: Mission: Sierra 117 Effect: "Shoot from the hip." -- Your HUD disappears and you have no crosshair, health bar or anything. After fighting the first set of enemies, walk downstream while hugging the right wall and eventually you will come to the edge of the cliff. There will be a bit of land jutting out below you with the skull on it. Grunt Birthday Party: Mission: Crow's Nest Effect: When you kill a grunt, they explode into confetti and children yell, "Yay!" The second time Cortana interrupts you saying "You have been called upon to serve" you are in the right place, so walk to the end of this path but don't jump off the end. Instead look down and you can see a green arrow, try landing on that ledge, then turn around to see the skull. IWHBYD Mission: The Covenant Effect: Unlocks hidden dialogue during the campaign. After killing the prophet truth, kill all the flood in the area but go not go down the elevator at the end. There will be 7 holographic rings that you need to jump through. Jump through them in this order to spawn the skull. Ring 1 is near the elevator with ring 7 being near where you killed Truth. 4 6 5 4 5 3 4 (tested and working with just the previous seven as of October 3rd) Cowbell Mission: The Ark Effect: Explosive force increased. After you defeat the scarab, head to the structure in the middle of the area. It's the building with a round front and a sloped back. Grab the Grav-lift item that should be inside. Next proceed through the level and inside. Go past the sleeping grunts and continue past the next set of enemies. You should come to a room with lots of purple glass and a sloped walkway going down. Halfway through the room, at the bend, you'll see some platforms stacked above each other. The skull is at the top level. Go back to the door you entered from and turn around. Look down to see some small lights (dots) on the floor. Place the grav-lift against the right wall just before the fourth light(dot). Now start at the door, run toward the highest platform with the skull, and jump just before the floor starts to slope down and use the grav-lift to propel you up and foward. You should just have enough height to reach the top platform. __________________ -Alan; Admin @ Stash My Comics  || Retail Completions: 167 (List) || Arcade: 32 (List) || || #4 on the worldwide RPG leaderboard! (Link) || Last edited by The Pants Party; 07-08-2008 at 08:23 PM. |
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| 09-21-2007, 12:31 AM | #2 |
 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 47  | How do you pick up the skull? In the last level at the beginning as soon as you enter the cave follow the right wall and behind a big rock it opens to the right and at the back is a skull but I can't do anything with it. Or do you just look at it and when you finish the map you unlock the achievement? |
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| 09-21-2007, 12:34 AM | #3 | |
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| 09-21-2007, 12:36 AM | #4 | |
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__________________  Completed XBLA: 13/26 Completed Retail: 75/118 GS Completion %: 85.22% | |
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| 09-21-2007, 12:40 AM | #5 | |
| Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 1,239 | Quote:
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| 09-21-2007, 01:32 AM | #6 | |
| Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 47 | Quote:
 I figured you had to complete the level to get it and just see it. I tried every button. you have to HOLD R1 lol. Last edited by Super_Chicken; 09-21-2007 at 01:40 AM. | |
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| 09-21-2007, 02:32 AM | #7 |
| Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 47 | Found one in the second level, as soon as you start head in the direction where you normally have to go but instead of following the soldiers down go up and to the locked door. Turn around and you'll see a shelving unit you need to jump on this then the red steel beams and finally the huge black one. The skull is on the black one. Edit: To save you guys some time THERE ARE NO SKULLS IN EASY !!! Last edited by Super_Chicken; 09-21-2007 at 02:53 AM. |
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| 09-21-2007, 03:17 AM | #8 |
  Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136  | Ok chicken i will check it out and try confirm. And by second mission you mean Sierra 117? Or..... since there no load screen between mission 1 and 2 do you mean mission 3? Confirmed I have sent a detailed description to the main guy  About to confirm Iron Last edited by Grantlionheart; 09-21-2007 at 03:35 AM. |
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| 09-21-2007, 04:16 AM | #9 |
| Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 47 | I know someone already submit how to get 1 but it takes a while to actually find it. A better description could be. After heading across the bridge (the one with the open ocean to your right, and the guy wielding the gravity hammer) keep heading straight until you reach a wall if you jump up the ledge to your right (looking out to the ocean) you will see a box to your left you can jump on. Jump onto that then get onto the sniper ledge. follow this path now heading inwards from the ocean then to the left, then right and it is at the end of the path. |
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| 09-21-2007, 05:28 AM | #10 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | Skulls are accessible in multiplayer and they unlock the acheivment. Also as for the iron skull, The mission is sierra117 Arrival is the prologue and ends without a loading level screen. And in HALO 3 there is a auto feature that records your play, So basicly if anyone has a really hard time finding one of the skulls if they add me i will make a quick vid and send it to them. Of course only one the game is fully released and the live is up. Last edited by Grantlionheart; 09-21-2007 at 11:40 AM. |
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| 09-21-2007, 12:43 PM | #11 | |
| Banned User   Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 96 | Quote:
those skulls are so small on my shity tv who are not ment for 60hz games | |
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| 09-21-2007, 01:10 PM | #12 | |
| The other 1/2 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Novi, Michigan Posts: 12,392 | Quote:
__________________ -Alan; Admin @ Stash My Comics || Retail Completions: 167 (List) || Arcade: 32 (List) || || #4 on the worldwide RPG leaderboard! (Link) || | |
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| 09-21-2007, 02:16 PM | #13 | |
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| 09-21-2007, 02:30 PM | #14 |
| The other 1/2 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Novi, Michigan Posts: 12,392 | Good deal, added to the top. __________________ -Alan; Admin @ Stash My Comics || Retail Completions: 167 (List) || Arcade: 32 (List) || || #4 on the worldwide RPG leaderboard! (Link) || |
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| 09-21-2007, 04:39 PM | #15 |
 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17  | Blind (non achievement skull) On Sierra 117 near the start, after you take down the first brute a phantom will fly in over the water in front of you, to the right of the phantom along the wall the land juts out a little and the skull can be found there. |
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| 09-21-2007, 05:38 PM | #16 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | I will confirm this now, Althought i know excactly where your talking about and i didnt find a skull there when i combed sierra. So yeah checking now. Confirmed Blind: Shoot from the hip Effect, Makes weapons invisible on your HUD and you have no crosshair. Infact you have no hud at all, You cant see your damage meter, ammo or anything.. Its very very hard to play like this especially when using battle rifle or other sniper weapons xD A better description would be, After fighting the first set of enemy's walk downstream while hugging the right wall, eventually you will come to the edge of the cliff and there will be a bit of land Jutting out below you, You should be able to see it now so jump down and claim your skull. Last edited by Grantlionheart; 09-21-2007 at 06:00 PM. |
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| 09-21-2007, 05:58 PM | #17 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43 | 1st Skull I found a skull in the first level after you come to the first mob of grunts and such. Near the pool along the shore where the phantom drops more grunts and fires the path continues left. However if you go right and drop down onto a ledge you will find a skull. This skull did not unlock any achievements and did not give me any bonus's. Perhaps on co-op it may give extra points to the person whom picks it up? |
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| 09-21-2007, 06:02 PM | #18 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | Sorry the guy who posted 2 posts before you already found this one, And all skulls unlock special ways to play halo3, in campain or co-op. Just some of the skulls will give acheivment points. To set these skulls on or off OR turn on Point scoring mode When you are in the Campaign lobby press X and you will enter campain options. |
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| 09-21-2007, 06:07 PM | #19 | |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43 | heh Quote:
In any case picking this skull up did accomplish nothing what-so-ever and it did not show up in the campaign lobby settings either just the other named skulls i had found. But like I said perhaps in multi-player mode it will do something. | |
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| 09-21-2007, 06:11 PM | #20 |
| Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17 | Tough Luck Tough Luck is on Tsavo Highway, after you have to deactivate a shield thats blocking the road and exit onto a bridge, a giant covenant ship flies overhead. You need to get out of your jeep if you are in one and go to the right off of the bridge, then go underneath and you will see bridge supports jutting out into the canyon. Jump onto the one farthest to the left and go to the edge and turn left and you'll see a small jut out of the cliff with the skull on it. |
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| 09-21-2007, 06:13 PM | #21 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | Did you remember to pick it up? It doesnt tell you that you have unlocked anything find it again wait 10 seconds then end game, check your campain settings again it should be the bottom left skull BLIND IT removes your HUD Btw if you know of any other skulls not listed at the top please tell  |
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| 09-21-2007, 06:47 PM | #22 | |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43 | Quote:
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| 09-21-2007, 06:58 PM | #23 |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | Yeah it doesnt matter if you die.... you can quit a level when you find it and it still counts too. Also if you could tell us every time you find one so i will be able to confirm them as we go along, instead of me having to do lots at one time, Ive been combing the Tsavo Highway for skulls but its so massive and every good place i look has nothing xD |
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| 09-21-2007, 07:13 PM | #24 |
| Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17 | I remember seeing one while doing campaign that I haven't seen listed anywhere, but cant remember which level it was on, rewatching replays in hopes of catching it |
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| 09-21-2007, 07:22 PM | #25 | |
| Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 136 | Quote:
Allright am gonna confirm this now. And good luck trying to find it :P Ok confirmed am gonna send pm to pants party with info of what it does. Last edited by Grantlionheart; 09-21-2007 at 07:35 PM. | |
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| 09-21-2007, 10:17 PM | #26 |
| Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19  | iron has the added effect of making you restart the level from the beginning and not the checkpoint EDIT: i found the thunderstorm skull its on the mission with the 3 towers. after you shut down tower 1 and get access to the hornet fly to tower 2 (the one the arbiter shut down) while walking up the stairs go to the middle part that connects both there should be a stair leading up to a platform up there is the skull Last edited by Doskir; 09-21-2007 at 11:08 PM. Reason: skull found and didnt want to doublepost |
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| 09-22-2007, 02:59 AM | #27 | |
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| 09-22-2007, 04:34 AM | #28 |
| The other 1/2 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Novi, Michigan Posts: 12,392 | What is the mission called for Thunderstorm? Oh, and what is the effect? __________________ -Alan; Admin @ Stash My Comics || Retail Completions: 167 (List) || Arcade: 32 (List) || || #4 on the worldwide RPG leaderboard! (Link) || |
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| 09-22-2007, 05:11 AM | #29 |
| Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 17 | its The Covenant mission, in halo 2 it upgraded the enemies to their stronger variants, it seemed to do the same when I tried it earlier in h3 |
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| 09-22-2007, 05:21 AM | #30 |
| Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: CornsWithHorns.com Posts: 113 | Yep, just got Thunderstorm. It says, "Field promotions for everyone!" It's on the Covenant mission. The skulls appear to be in level order. The way things are going it looks like: Catch will be on "The Storm" Fog will be on "Floodgate" Famine will be on "The Ark" Tilt will be on "Cortana" |
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