Could we please get a complete list going that has every CONFERMED secret, Easter egg, shortcut, ect. If there is already one could someone please direct me 2 it. Otherwise lets start one list and keep adding 2 it. Please don’t put in any bullsh*t thanks guys.

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narcogen's picture

The list of confirmed, intentional "easter eggs" in Halo is actually pretty short.

There is a complete list at HBO (halo.bungie.org). They've done such a good job with it, we decided to be Rampant rather than Redundant, and instead of just copying their list, we'll refer people here to it.

For myself, the ones I'm aware of are:

1. Beating the level "The Maw" on Legendary yields a bit of extra cutscene.

2. Music from Myth ("Siege of Madrigal") plays at two locations in "Assault on the Control Room" and "Two Betrayals" that are only accessible via Banshee.

3. Level designer Tyson "Ferrex" Green left his signature in a small room in The Maw (IIRC).

4. Off one of the shortcut hallways during the final warthog run in "The Maw", there's a Spec Ops (black) grunt who'll deliver a funny line if you find him.

5. Every shotgun shell in the game has a miniature picture of a Hippo on it and the word "Soellkraft", a reference to Matt Soell at Bungie.

6. An artist's birthday (Mark Lehto, I think) is the number on the Scorpion tank.

7. If you create a player profile named .fortune you get a fortune cookie read to you (worked in the old myth bungie.net server, and a descendant of the unix fortune command).

There are lots of other bugs and unintended items in the game, but I believe that is most of the ones that Bungie put in the game intentionally for people to find. There may be others, but I think the .fortune one was the last.

The ones that are not true:

Anything about unlocking weapons or levels based on beating the game at different difficulties and/or in a certain amount of time. The aforementioned cutscene egg is the only one like this; Bungie has said so.

The flamethrower is NOT in the game, so any egg involving it is false.

There is no yellow banshee.

Banshees are not pilotable in the level "Halo".

The Covenant Wraith tank is not pilotable.



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Anonymous's picture

In reply to: easter egg list

narcogen wrote on Saturday, 12/21/2002 - 12:13 am:

: Anything about unlocking weapons or levels based on
: beating the game at different difficulties and/or in a
: certain amount of time. The aforementioned cutscene egg is
: the only one like this; Bungie has said so.

What about the one that says " If you beat the game on legendary, you'll be able to hold three guns " ?

: Banshees are not pilotable in the level "Halo".

But they're pilotable on the other levels ? Please, tell me where! I saw on the Halo debut that the guy from Bungie was piloting a Banshee on "The Silent Cartographer". I'd really appreciate you telling me where the Banshees are in all the levels.

: The Covenant Wraith tank is not pilotable.

What is the Wraith ?

uberscythe's picture

In reply to: Re: easter egg list

The wraith is the big purple covenant tank that shoots big plasma rounds and floats. Commonly called mortars. The guy who said you could carry three guns if you beat it on legendary didn't beat it on legendary or was really dumb. There are tons of banshees on Two Betrayals (the first one is guarded by two elites across an ice pool and there are like five on the tower above it) and two secret banshees on AOTCR (one if you beat the elite to it on the bridge and another if you knock it down from the high platform). Now I can go nurse my hurt finger.
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Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: easter egg list

Thanks for the info, But I already knew that there were Banshees on that level. Do you know any levels where the Banshees are hidden ?

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: easter egg list

There's another Banshee on "Aussult on the Control Room", but you have to be fast on co-operative to get it, first get a Pistol\Sniper Rifle, then get to the Banshee that the guy gets in, turn right FAST and findthe other banshee on the ground, snipe the dude that gets in that one and kill yourself, meanwhile get player 2 in the other Banshee and fly down to the guy you sniped, let player 1 come back and get him in that Banshee, I don't think you ca get it on oneplayer
if you can,
POST IT!

c0ld vengeance's picture

Create a profile with .fortune as a name and get nice little messages appear on the top of the screen.

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c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: .fortune egg

By the bridge on the Pillar of Autum there is a bulletin board with some good stuff on it.

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narcogen's picture

In reply to: bulletin board egg

c0ld vengeance wrote on Sunday, 12/22/2002 - 2:51 pm:

: By the bridge on the Pillar of Autum there is a bulletin
: board with some good stuff on it.
:
: c0ld

Yeah, it's funny, although I don't know if I ever considered it an Easter Egg, since it's not really hidden at all.

There's a sign for a missing cat named Jonesy (Aliens reference) and a for sale sign that lists things like "Chicago office, Hyde Park condo, Integrity" (MS buyout joke).



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: .fortune egg

There is a room on "the Maw" which has rex wrote on the wall....IN BLOOD! MWAA HA HA HA!

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Anonymous's picture

In reply to: rex room egg

c0ld vengeance wrote on Monday, 12/23/2002 - 10:31 am:

: There is a room on "the Maw" which has rex wrote on the
: wall....IN BLOOD! MWAA HA HA HA!
:
: c0ld

WHERE?????????

c0ld vengeance's picture

Getting down from the first bridge.

It is possable to get down to the lower level from the 1st bridge and cruse through the hole level without any enemies.

Too long to explain, so I will let others do it for me.

Click Here for single player explanation by Frogblast.

Click Here for co-op expanation by Doum and Pat.

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c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: AotCR shortcut

Damn, I'll try again with those links.

Click Here for single player explanation by Frogblast.

Click Here for co-op expanation by Doum and Pat.

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c0ld vengeance's picture

In reply to: AotCR shortcut

On the last bridge, your see a Banshee that an Elite jumps in and flies off.

If your quick enough you can jump into it before the Elite does and use it to get to the control room.

You can Snipe the Elite if you want or even blast him with a rocket or a grenade if you dont fancy trying to outrun him to it!

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narcogen's picture

In reply to: AotCR shortcut #2

c0ld vengeance wrote on Sunday, 12/22/2002 - 3:17 pm:

: On the last bridge, your see a Banshee that an Elite jumps
: in and flies off.
:
: If your quick enough you can jump into it before the Elite
: does and use it to get to the control room.
:
: You can Snipe the Elite if you want or even blast him with
: a rocket or a grenade if you dont fancy trying to outrun him
: to it!
:
: c0ld

If you take the Invisibility powerup in the long hallway before the last room before bridge, this gets a bit easier-- the Elite is triggered to jump into the Banshee when he sees you.

If you grab this powerup, you have JUST enough time to run through the next room (2 hunters) and out to the bridge. It will run out JUST as you reach the Banshee.



Narcogen


Rampant for over se7en years.



Anonymous's picture

In reply to: AotCR shortcut #2

A Vehicle cannot be destroyed with noone in it, also, theres another Banshee on Two Betrayals, It's in some trees, by the first one, about three quarters of health, but its a replacment for the other one

uberscythe's picture

I thought this would be a fun thread to post, so I took the liberty. The best way to do a rocket jump is to put your sheilds on 400%, throw a plasma at your feet, throw a frag in the same spot, jump and shoot a rocket. If you did it right, they should all explode at the same time and you should fly up high. Works great on hogs too. If four people do it on a warthog, you should get a product as good, if not better than a warthog jump.

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Anonymous's picture

Alright folks, here it is the ultimate Halo glitch/easter egg. This takes to people to accomplish and it takes a little bit of patience but I tell you it's worth it. Alright, start Assault on the Control Room on Easy, so far that's all I've tested it on, and make your way to the 2 story bridge. Once you clear out the bride go to the far side where you would exit and go to the bottom floor. On the right side at the very end you can look down and see a small ledge, this you can jump down to (it takes your entire shield and all but one bar of health). Have your co-op buddy kill himself or jump down to where you are. Kill each other, one at time, to regain your health (a gift from the guys at bungie). Now walk to the right end of this small cliff and look down, there you will find that weird white band that runs around the entire level. Now this is the trick kill yourself and have your buddy walk off the side (make sure you continue to press forward as you fall) and if you time it right you should be able to spawn as he hits this white band and continues to fall. Now once this is accomplished you need to let your friend respawn and then one of you needs to move towards the area where the marines will be, make sure you press up and left the entire time. You'll see some boulders on the ground next to the cliff try to fall so that you hit where the bolder and the cliff meet and if all goes well you should just slide down no hurt. At this point you'll discover that there are no marines and no covenant in the area, but there is a warthog. You can now play through the rest of the level without worrying about those pesky Covey bastards trying to kill you; you can even use the Banshees to fly up to the last bridge to cut off even more of the level. Have fun, and remember that a one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all. There you have it.

Trevor "Boxer" White
Twhite1721@hotmail.com

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Ultimate AotCR Cheat

Boxer wrote on Tuesday, 12/31/2002 - 8:34 am:

: Alright folks, here it is the ultimate Halo glitch/easter
: egg. This takes to people to accomplish and it takes a
: little bit of patience but I tell you it's worth it.
: Alright, start Ass on the Control Room on Easy, so far
: that's all I've tested it on, and make your way to the 2
: story bridge. Once you clear out the bride go to the far
: side where you would exit and go to the bottom floor. On the
: right side at the very end you can look down and see a small
: ledge, this you can jump down to (it takes your entire
: shield and all but one bar of health). Have your co-op buddy
: kill himself or jump down to where you are. Kill each other,
: one at time, to regain your health (a gift from the guys at
: bungie). Now walk to the right end of this small cliff and
: look down, there you will find that weird white band that
: runs around the entire level. Now this is the trick kill
: yourself and have your buddy walk off the side (make sure
: you continue to press forward as you fall) and if you time
: it right you should be able to spawn as he hits this white
: band and continues to fall. Now once this is accomplished
: you need to let your friend respawn and then one of you
: needs to move towards the area where the marines will be,
: make sure you press up and left the entire time. You'll see
: some boulders on the ground next to the cliff try to fall so
: that you hit where the bolder and the cliff meet and if all
: goes well you should just slide down no hurt. At this point
: you'll discover that there are no marines and no covenant in
: the area, but there is a warthog. You can now play through
: the rest of the level without worrying about those pesky
: Covey bastards trying to kill you; you can even use the
: Banshees to fly up to the last bridge to cut off even more
: of the level. Have fun, and remember that a one that is not
: cold is scarcely a one at all. There you have it.
:
: Trevor "Boxer" White
: Twhite1721@hotmail.com

Anonymous's picture

One Word:

SHOTGUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kills 'em in 2 BANGS!

Don't hit the sh*t heads itll take DAYS and I'm not excaturating!

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: The Flood

actually, its one shot if your point blank.

Anonymous's picture

if you zoom in on a spent shotgun shell with the sniper rifle, you will see a friendly hippo smilling back!