The situation:
I feel that there's not enough searching for the Skulls going down. It's been ages since we discovered the orginal "Blind" Skull. We really ought to figure out the whole Acronym theory. Bungie (I'm sure of it) have already confirmed that the letters "EGATFIBGBCSIMAW" in a certain order do, in fact, unlock something subtle. And as we're getting closer to Halo 3 I propose a challenge for all of you "hardcore"
and "casual" Halo 2 gamers out there
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THE CHALLENGE
The challenge is to completely figure out the whole Skull deal. It's been too long. Be it manual searching - "Trial & Error" - or any alternative method. The only problem I have is Modding, although, reading some Hex-file reading would be very useful.
There are many useful resources located at the bottom of this post.
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A list of Confirmed Skulls:
Envy
Grunt Birthday Party
Assassins
Thunderstorm
Famine
I Would Have Been Your Daddy
Blind
Ghost
Black Eye
Catch
Sputnik
Iron
Mythic
Angry
W ???
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Ah, help has arrived:
Here is a video showing an interesting find. There has been
rumor that finding all the skulls in a specific combination will unlock the gate. There are sixteen different combinations, but I won't take credit for them. All credit goes to the wonderful people in
this group.
Combination 1
Envy, Ghost, Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Blind, G.B.P, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 2
Envy, Ghost, Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Black Eye, G.B.P, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 3
Envy, Ghost, Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Blind, G.B.P, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, Angry.
Combination 4
Envy, Ghost, Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Black Eye, G.B.P, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 5
Envy, Ghost, Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Blind, G.B.P, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 6
Envy, Ghost, Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Black Eye, G.B.P, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 7
Envy, Ghost, Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Blind, G.B.P, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 8
Envy, Ghost, Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Black Eye, G.B.P, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 9
Envy, G.B.P., Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Blind, Ghost, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 10
Envy, G.B.P., Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Black Eye, Ghost, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 11
Envy, G.B.P., Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Blind, Ghost, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 12
Envy, G.B.P., Assassin, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Black Eye, Ghost, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Angry.
Combination 13
Envy, G.B.P., Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Blind, Ghost, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 14
Envy, G.B.P., Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Black Eye, Ghost, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, Iron, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 15
Envy, G.B.P., Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Blind, Ghost, Black Eye, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic, and Assassin.
Combination 16
Envy, G.B.P., Angry, Thunderstorm, Famine, Iron, Black Eye, Ghost, Blind, Catch, Sputnik, I.W.H.B.Y.D, Mythic and Assassin.
All of these are to be confirmed still. Credit goes to TheKillaIsBack, and Howru for their being oh so clever and helpful.
TheKillaIsBack has also made a tutorial video on how to get the IWHBYD skull,
here
I say everyone give these two a thumbs-up for their hardwork and dedication, and many others, don't forget.
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Possible Gates
I have remembered something that may come to of major help to you all. Beneath Delta Lake, there is a Large Triangular texture. This texture is located in the area of water below the Envy Skull area. I have activated the switch, died, then ghost-boosted myself to this possible gate. To no avial, it's still closed. There is another Triangluar door, but this one is on Cairo Station. At the very far back wall.
What i'm wanting, is somebody to try is to go on coop, with someone in a ghost on top of the map and somebody else to activate the switch (record this if possible) and get the ghost dude to drive to the gate. It may be needed for the skulls to be activated in a certain order for this to work. So this may take a VERY long time...
But i believe it's all possible...i believe this is the gate. But i also believe the Cairo Triangle ahs something to do with the Un-named skull.
Delta Tri-Gate:
On Delta Halo, grab a Ghost or a Scorpion Tank and head out towards the area that is entitled
"You Break It, You Buy It". To your right will be a small wall, drive up this and head towards the larger valley wall. This should be easy to climb so long as you keep to the grooved indent in the slope. Once at the top, drive left and keep going until you find a safe route to the Lake's shore. You will be happy to hear that none of the vehicles in Halo 2 rust, so you may drive them into the water. Go left towards the Envy Skull zone...and in the opening will be an easy-to-see Large Triangle. This may be a gate.
Cairo Tri-Gate:
Go through the entire level until you get outside for the 1st time (you can get there if you go out the 2nd time...but i prefer this way
) and c;limb up the ledge ahead to get on top Cairo...walk far enough towards the end of this walk-way and turn right to see
In Amber Clad Jump over to this (be careful where you jump to as there are some invisi-walls). Once on top, you can climb on this towards the MAC weapon. This may be much easier now that you have no moving floor to venture across. Using the
Sputnik Skull you can Grenade-Jump up to the next level of the MAC gun. Climb over and reach the far end of the station. There will be a drop to either side and a large drop in the middle (avoid this ;-)). The Triangle will be in the middle of the wall above the gap, it's quite far away from the ledge, so be careful here.
Those are the directions for the Triangles.
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Guide for Infinate Camo:
Get the Envy skull (Delta Halo).
Save and quit.
Start the level you want the Camo on.
Get a checkpoint and remember where the checkpoint is.
Restart the level.
Activate the camo in such a way that you'll be invisinble when the checkpoint message appears on the screen.
Save and quit.
Turn off your Xbox.
Turn on your Xbox.
Resume the game and you should have perma camo for that level.
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Any more help on this topic would be greatly appriciated.
Big thanks to peeps helping already.
