Halo 2 Cheats & Tips

Cheats for Halo 2

• 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. Get 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. This skull makes enemies fire at a faster rate.

• Assassins 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. Go 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.

• Blind Mode

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

• 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." That area has plasma turrets along its borders. A little bit after the left side turret you 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 can use Active Camouflage like the Arbiter.

• Famine Skull

  After you get off of the slowly descending elevator in The Oracle, you 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 with 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 room's far side is a column between the two windows. 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. 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.

• Grunts' Birthday Party Mode

  In the level Arbiter on Legendary, once you get to the first banshee section, immediately fly straight to the bottom of the map. In one of the cracks where the large cylinders connect to the station are a circle of grunts dancing around a skull. When you pick up the skull, it says Grunt Birthday Party on the screen. Now when you kill a enemy with a head shot, they blow up like a plasma grenade was stuck to them. To get rid of this feature use the same method as the Blind mode.

• Iron Mode

  On the last Master Chief level, on Legendary difficulty, when you enter the final Gravity Lift, look up. A skull passes through you extremely quickly, so 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. This skull causes you to go back to the last checkpoint when you die in co-op mode.

• Mythic Mode

  In Sacred Icon, there's a pair of semi outdoor areas, each with a large sentinel in front. Go past this area and down the piston and you'll be in a vary dark and dank flood infested area. Use the boxes to jump up to the landing above. A handful of alcoves are on your right. The skull is in the third alcove, floating above a dead human flood.

• Sputnik Mode

  At the start of Quarantine Zone on Legendary difficulty, turn directly around, and see a tunnel. Head through the tunnel. 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 to the end to find the Sputnik Skull. In this mode explosion force and melee force is greater.

• Thunderstorm Mode

  On the level Cario Station on Legendary, get to the "Priority Shift" checkpoint. Progress until the room with mounted plasma turrets, right after the armory with the elites. Clear out this room, and get on the raised area with the plasma turret on the side of the wall where the window curves. Look for two parallel beams on the ledge above. Climb up the supports for these beams and crouch jump up onto the upper ledge, then onto the beams themselves. Walk in the direction you came from, jump on a small ledge sticking out to the left, and pick up the Thunderstorm Skull from inside the trash container. This turns all Covenants into their spec ops rank.

• Unknown Skull

  At the beginning of 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 the inside of the building. Press up against the glass doors toward the inside of the building. Hold 'X' and you should pick up the skull. It's on a stack of green crates, near the end of the tram ride.

• Giant Soccer Ball

  It's on the level Metropolis on any difficulty. Use the same method to get a Banshee through the tunnels as you would if you were getting the Scarab Gun. Now take your Banshee away from that half-dome thing and fly through the level using the same path you would as if you were walking. Once you get to the highway where the Warthogs are fighting the Ghosts, keep flying straight toward the half-demolished building. Fly into it and go to the bottom level. You find giant soccer ball! It's great fun to mess around with, especially if you have the Scarab Gun.

• Messages on the Bomb

  If you play multiplayer and hide with the bomb, then you probably have noticed this already. If you stand somewhere long enough, the Chief will start to toss the bomb up and catch it. Eventually he examines the bomb, and you can read what it says on the bottom. One message is "goodbye" and another is "xoxoxoxo".

• Midship Bunny

  On the level Midship, go to the top where the sword spawns. Now walk to the doorway that doesn't have a big roof. Look up and you should see an outline of a bunny!

• Sign on Zanzibar

  On the beach on Zanzibar, you will see signs that say NO SWIMMING. Go to your Xbox dashboard, go to the Settings, Clock, and change every number you can to 7 , then pop <I>Halo 2<I> back into your Xbox and load it up. WARNING: Do not sign into XBoxLive, it resets your clock. Now go to Split-Screen and start a game on Zanzibar. Go to the beach and look at the sign. It mentions that something is missing, and there is a bloody dog's head.

• Posters at the Old Mombassa Crash Landing after Cairo

  After you crash land on Old Mombassa, you can see posters all around with the Master Chief from the demo and some grunt posters.

• The Face of Chris

  On the map Containment, get a sniper rifle and go anywhere where you can see the part of the Halo in the sky that's closest to the Sun Base (the base with orange-yellow glowing buildings). Zoom in with the sniper on the part of the halo that's just below where it begins to get dark. In the clouds you should be able to see the face of Chris Carney (grinning happily), one of Bungie's developers.

• Rex in Outskirts

  Head toward the Blind Skull way, but when you go up there, take a left instead of a right and jump on the ledge, then crouch jump on top of another ledge (which would be right above the wreckage). Jump on the ledge across the wreckage then continue the pathway until you reach the area with the sword sticking out of the ground (inside a broken rooftop). Right next to it is a rock with the word REX written on it.

• Weird Window Reflections on Headlong

  In Headlong, grab a Banshee and fly to the part of the level with water. On the same side as the Warthogs spawn, almost at the end of the level itself, there are some windows. Look closely at them, they aren't reflecting the other side of the level, but showing concept art for <I>Halo 2<I>.

• Why am I here? Message in Beaver Creek

  This easter egg is very simple. Go to Beaver Creek. Run to where the sniper rifle spawns. Jump onto the ledge in front of you and push all of the rocks down. When you push the big rock down, look at the wall that was behind it. If you look carefully and you can see "Why am I here?" scratched in to the wall. (If you cannot see it, back away from the wall some and it should look much clearer.)

• Zanibar Computer Screen

  On Zanzibar, after you open the gate the computer screen (used to open the gate) changes. When you zoom in on the words, you can read how to fix your computer and some other gags.

• Banshee in the Control Room

  To get a Banshee inside the room where you fight Tartarus, first get a Banshee. After the Scarab destroys the front door, fly inside and go straight up as soon as you enter. Get out of your Banshee and make the door open, then get back in your Banshee and fly through. When the Brutes come through the next door you can kill them or fly past them, but make sure you aren't in your Banshee when the cutscene starts.

• Get a Scarab Gun

  Do this on the level Metropolis. It's easiest when done on Co-op. When you start out, cross the bridge. Take out every enemy and even your marines. When you're near the end, Cortana says something about a "Welcome Party." Three Banshees and a few Ghosts appear. Take them all out. Then 2 Wraiths and 2 Banshees appear. Take out both Wraiths, and only one Banshee. Have Player 1 continue through the tunnel, but have Player 2 stay outside and distract the Banshee. Once Player 1 reaches the area with the circular opening (a Jackal with a Beam rifle is present), take out the Jackal and head back to where Player 2 is. Get the Banshee to follow both players into the tunnel. Do not board it yet! The first few times it will come at you and fly back out, but stay where you are. It should come back after you. (If it doesn't, go back outside and try again.) Eventually, you have to get it over two roadblocks. Once it is past the second one, have both players stand near the entrance of the room where Player 1 took out the Jackal. It should fly at you and get stuck. Shoot off both of its wings so it can fit through. Have Player 1 walk slowly in front of the Banshee, making it follow him. Player 2 should be behind it, gently pushing it. Take it to the left and get ready to board it. As soon as you hit the checkpoint, the Elite in the Banshee will disappear. You only have about a second to get in before the Banshee also disappears. Both players should press X quickly. If you do it right, one of the players will be driving the Banshee! Take it outside and directly up. Very high in the sky are two skyscrapers with two bridges connecting them. In the middle of the bridge closest to you, there is something that looks like a plasma rifle. It's actually a Scarab gun! It has infinite ammo, so have fun. Just don't aim at the ground.

• Skip Banshee Flight in the Arbitor level

  When you first get to fly the Banshee, zoom toward the tower to your right. When you get closer, a nav-point appears. Go to it and the game will automatically advance to that spot in the story. By doing this, you've skipped the grueling 20 minute-long Banshee flight. On the downside, however, you don't have much of a chance to grab a Fuel Rod Cannon.

• Skip Fight around the Delta Halo tower

  After the cutscene with the hologram regret telling you how he will start the ring in Delta Halo, continue until you see a crate. Then jump on it, then onto the ledge. Walk around until it loads the checkpoint. You have skipped the battle.