Welcome to the HALO Helping Area. So lets get right down w/ it. I got some easter eggs from http://halot.bungie.org/tipsntricks/eggs.html or Subnova.com
Cheats
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Easter Eggs
¤ Megg : One of the most popular easter eggs on Halo. I got the steps for you. Got them from Subnova.com. Anyway, here they are.
1. Start PoA on Legendary, single player. Unknown if it works on co-op.
2. Skip the cutscene, turn around, and jump on Master Chief's cryo tube after it closes.
3. Jump on top of the shield regenerator.
4. Jump on top of the walkway.
5. Look up, then walk towards the exit while on the walkway.
6. Once done, turn around and walk to the back.
7. Jump on top of the barrel.
8. Jump down to the barrel below it.
9. Run around on these barrels.
10. Jump back on top of the top barrel. Do this by holding crouch right before the jump reaches its apex.
11. You should hear the crewman leave - he says "This way!".
12. Wait
for the explosion. Music starts.
13. Jump back on top of the
walkway. Walk towards the door, jump off walkway and head for the
bridge.
14. Run past the Australian Marine.
15. Once at the
bridge, walk PAST Keyes WITHOUT triggering the cutscene and jump
down to the ladder. Wait for the message on climbing ladders to
appear before jumping up.
16. Climb up and talk to Keyes.
17. Head for the exit. Kill all three grunts. The order doesn't appear to matter.
18. Get the Assault Rifle by the door. Reload it for a full clip.
19. Kill a standing crewman near the door without a headshot. With what weapon doesn't appear to matter.
20. Once the invincible marines come for you, shoot at them with the Ar until your clip is empty. (the door will open exactly whenCortana says "rampant").
21. Duck behind the pillar next to the door, reload, and fire at them some more.
22. Run for the door. It should open by now.
23. Go down the hall. Look up. There it is.
24. Now you're screwed - you can stay in the Megg room, but
if you leave, the invincible marines will kill you. Even if you run
past them, the door to the rest of the Autumn is locked. Nice
knowing you.
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Rex
At the very end of the Maw, you have to make a rather insane jump in your Warthog... the trick is keeping the hog from flipping as you plummet to the tunnel below. If you make it, there's a shorter jump immediately following, as you exit the tunnel... but Space Cowboy decided to explore, rather than jump.
After you watch as Foe Hammer goes down you continue forward as usual and soon approach that huge jump that takes you down a few stories. Well, when you're plummeting down towards the landing area, another big ramp, you'll notice there's a sort of bridge over it, with several containers and two open doors on either side. If you prop your jeep on the far ledge with the front wheels hanging over, you should be able to jump on the structure and walk along it to the bridge.
It's a little tricky to get up the side (I dumped the Warthog over the edge more than once... more than twice, even, trying to get it close enough to the edge to climb up), but once you've figured it out, it's not too bad. Once up, it's easy to drop down onto the bridge... and if you look in the left-hand room (with respect to the way you're walking), you'll see that the wall has been 'tagged' by Tyson Green (aka 'Ferrex', aka 'rex') , level designer extraordinaire. Spectacular!
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Hippo Shotgun Shell
Some serious hunting went into figuring out where a hippo might be hidden in Halo - on December 6, 2001, Matt wrote a long treatise on hippos, and why they should have been in Halo (and why they, for the most part, aren't) - but he finished with this teaser: "...they may not hug walls anymore, but they're still in the game (thanks again to Robt.), and they're still extremely lethal. But you'll need excellent vision and a really nice TV to spot them." Everything from the bottom of Warthogs to sniper rifles were postulated... but Frogblast finally saw them on shotgun shells. Nice going!
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Tank ID
Astounding, how long this egg has gone uncommented-upon... today is the first time we've received mail about it. SquirrelJam noticed that the numbers on the left front tread of the Scorpion looked suspiciously like a date... and, indeed, that's exactly what they represent. It just so happens that Marcus Lehto, Halo's Art Director, was born on March 5, 1969. Hidden in plain sight... nice one, SquirrelJam!
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Myth Music
This may not be the first easter egg found in Halo... but it's definitely one of the coolest. Snag a Banshee in the open area of Assault on the Control Room, and head up to the Control Center. There are three ledges that bracket the central pillar in front of the door; you want the middle one. You can land your Banshee parallel to the walkway, facing the left (with respect to the door), and hop out the back. (Be careful - if you're not perfectly straight, you'll hop out to your death.) Walk to the right end of the ledge... and stand still. You should hear this. (It's the Siege of Madrigal, from Myth, another Marty O'Donnell/Total Audio masterpiece.) Nice find, THASF!
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ MLR on MasterChief's boot
Amechwarrior noticed the letters on the bottom of the Master Chief's boot during netplay, with the help of a sniper rifle. (The picture to the left is actually a lightened chunk of an image put up by Bungie as part of their Legendary Walkthrough of Halo - thanks to Calbigbutt for suggesting its use.) They are, indeed, initials - those of Marcus R. Lehto, Halo's Art Director (and the man behind the Master Chief's skin).
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Hello, My Name Is
It's been known for quite a while that Captain Keyes has a Marathon logo on his breast (B-Sharp noticed it on October 18, 2001, and TomeOne did a little enlarging), but nobody's noticed what else is on his shirt. The thumbnail to the left leads to a larger version in which his rather humorous tag can be read... (You can also read part of the 'Pillar of Autumn' running around the Marathon logo, but that's not really an easter egg; just consistency on Bungie's part.) The real question, though, is... why did Bungie leave the 'is' off? To find this egg yourself, you need to be close to Keyes with a sniper rifle; less than 10x magnification won't allow you to read the words. This pretty much limits you to the Truth and Reconciliation level, just after you spring him from the holding cell. (The problem is, he holds that needler directly across his chest, obscuring the view - takes some work to get a decent angle.)
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k
¤ Your Fortune
In early October, in response to a question about whether all the easter eggs had been found in Halo, Matt Soell answered that he could "think of one that Myth players might be able to find." Fast-forward to mid-November... suddenly, folks notice this and decide they're going to find it, no matter what. Forum regular Elan Sleazbagano nicely summarizes the beginning of the hunt - and 2 days later, after some tricky clues from Miguel Chavez, Cunbelin and the rest of the Subnova Hotline crew pin it down; if you create a new profile (or edit an existing one) in Halo, and name it '.fortune', you'll get a random, hopefully interesting, adage. The origins of this are as old as the origins of Unix; the 'fortune' program has been around since the early 70's. Bungie included a version of it in the code for bungie.net, the online system that handled Myth multiplayer (which is where Matt's comment came from). Bungie.net contained a number of 'dot' commands that allowed you to get general information about your game or your connection... and one of these was the .fortune command. There are 10 included fortunes in the Halo variant of this egg; each time you type the profile name, you'll get a new one. These are:
All your hard work will pay off.
Everything lies in silence.
If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom.
Rest is good, but idleness is its brother.
Smile when you're ready.
You cannot fall off the floor.
Your luck is about to change.
I like beans.
¤ Level: Multiplayer Edit Gametypes Screen
One of the multiplayer options allows you to edit gametypes - create an all-vehicles version of Slayer, for example. The picture that pops up when you select this option shows what purports to be a technical drawing of the Master Chief, with a bunch of mostly unreadable text pointing at various parts of his body. However, closer examination shows that not ALL of the text is... um, technical. For example: the second entry down on the right side, pointing to MC's left chest plate, says 'All your base are belong to us'... and the second one down on the LEFT side (pointing to his right inner thigh) reads (in part) 'Sometimes I give myself the creeps'. How many more can you read? (Some, we warn you, seem to be legitimate.) Send us your translations today!
22 Jan 02 17:18 utc: Mr Yun finishes the 'creeps' line: 'Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me.' (This is a lyric from the Green Day song 'Basket Case'.)
22 Jan 02 17:25 utc: Mark Levin turns in a number of guesses.
22 Jan 02 19:54 utc: Mr Yun fixes another line: bottom left entry, pointing to MC's right thigh, reads 'Hydraulic suspension thigh pads with cool kevlar crap'
22 Jan 02 20:41 utc: Allenthar adds another one: Pointing to left arm: 'Action/Reload one way flexible joint system'
22 Jan 02 23:04 utc: mnemesis clears up a couple more:
Pointing to gun: 'UV protectant: See visor for protection from elements'
Pointing to visor: 'UV protectant: See armor for protection from elements'
31 Aug 03 06:13 utc: ZechsGX, using an Xbox emulator on a PC, clears up a few mis-represented quotes (the two UV quotes) and one unknown (the Directional Lock).
¤ Keyes still smokes
When you arrive on the level Keyes, your goal is to reach the captain, and recover his neural implants. When you find him, he's become a giant blob, with some Covenant Elite content, as well. Even the face isn't wholly recognizable... but a small egg was left in the back of the blob, for those observant enough to notice it. Nobody did... so Dave Candland included a picture of it in one of his 'Closeup' collections, on March 6, 2002. The following day, ElectricSheep proposed this might be Keyes' pipe... but nobody could figure out where the picture had been taken. AmechWarrior speculated (from the color) that it might be near the Keyes blob... and Strykerwolf confirmed it soon after. We never documented this before, because Joseph Staten, the man behind this particular egg, suggested that we should leave its discovery for all who came after... but on January 9, 2003, Bungie's Tru7h and Reconciliation website put up their Legendary Walkthrough of this level, and a shot of the pipe was included. The cat's out of the bag!
Here is a picture! For all of you lazy people! XD, j/k!
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¤ Other
The Guardians
You can do this trick anywhere on Multiplayer. There are 2 ways of doing it!
1: Two players can either hit each other at the same time with a melee (set life to 50% so it's one hit kill); "the guardians" will kill one of you.
2: One person shoots (one shot kill) while the other melees at the same time, you will both die but "the guardians" will kill the one who shot.
Get on Top of Battle Creek bases
Go to multiplayer and choose Battle Creek as your level. On the right side of each base there will be an obstacle that allows you to get on top of the base. At one base there is a large rock, and the other there is a large slanted piece of metal. Climb up either the rock or the metal object and once you get to the top you can simply jump (using the duck technique helps) up to the ledge above you and you will be on top of the base.
Sniper Rock
Sniper rock is a rock that is jutting out from the side of the cliff in the
Blood Gulch level and there are a few ways to get up there.
1: Get a ghost and to the left of "sniper rock" there is a slant in the rock
wall. Climb up that slant and hit 'A' or 'jump' when you come to the end of
it. Then you should get on to the rock wall to the upper-left of the slant
and you will slowly climb up and you climb up and to your right a bit where
like 4 rock walls meet in this one corner, you have to hit 'A' or 'jump' at
the right time and make sure your ghost DOES NOT scratch against the rock
wall and then if you get enough height you can keep strafing over to the
right and you will be at sniper tower. Then if you just go backwards up the
slant that is behind sniper tower you can keep going up slowly then turn a
bit to your left and you will be on top of the level, although you HAVE to
keep holding back. This method may take a lot of time to do it the first
time but once you have done it, it's easy I can do it every time now.
2: On the ground to the right of sniper rock there is some slanted rock and
you park the tank on this and against the wall. Then a ghost comes up and
ramps off the tank and the tank shoots it in mid-air and with the right
combination of timing and height you can get it but method 1 is A LOT
easier.
Get on Top of SideWinder
Go into multi-player and choose Sidewinder as your level. There are a few
different ways to get on top of Sidewinder.
1: Get a tank from the blue base and stay along the wall to your right until
you come upon a ramp that leads up to higher ground. Go up the ramp and
turn to your right, right away and back into the dead end that you will see
there. When you back up high enough and you get out the tank should stay on
a slant. Go and get a ghost and come to the location where the tank is.
Get a bit of speed and hit 'A' to lift your front a bit before you hit the
tank (on a bit of an angle) and you should fly into the air and then on top.
2: Turn on rockets, 400% health and shields. Go to the RED base and go to
the very edge and throw a grenade at your feet then jump and shoot a rocket
at the ground, once you get fairly high hold back and you will land on a
ledge (keep holding back). Now do the same thing again and hold back and
you will be on top of the level.
