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Skulls in Halo 2: Anniversary are gameplay modifiers, hidden around the campaign as with in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2 and Halo 3. Five skulls are available as pre-order bonuses for buying Halo: The Master Chief Collection from select retailers.[1] All of the skulls from Halo 2 will be retained, and there will be over 30 in total.[2]
List of Skulls
Piñata
Location: N/A
Description: Amazon preorder bonus for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[3]
Effect: Enemies drop plasma grenades when melee attacked.
Bandana
Location: N/A
Description: GameStop preorder bonus for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[4]
Effect: Players have infinite ammunition and grenades, but will still have to reload.
Grunt Funeral
Location: N/A
Description: Best Buy preorder bonus for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.[5]
Effect: Shortly after their deaths, Grunts will explode as if they were plasma grenades.
Bonded Pair
Location: N/A
Description: ShopTo preorder bonus for Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Exclusive until December 12, 2014.[6]
Effect: In co-op, when one player dies, the other receives a 100% damage boost for 60 seconds.
Swarm
Location: N/A
Description: Halo: Nightfall award from the Halo Channel[7]
Effect: Hunters do double damage and have triple health.
Scarab
Location: N/A
Description: Unlocked from start, 0.00x score bonus
Effect: All player held firearms shoot Scarab Gun beams.
Prophet Birthday Party
Location: N/A
Description: Unlocked from the start
Effect: Every smack to the Prophet of Regret’s face is accompanied by epic Steve Vai guitar licks and lightning bolts.
So... Angry...
Location: N/A
Description: Unlocked from the start
Effect: Enraged Brutes will explode as if they were frag grenades shortly after enraging.
They Come Back
Location: N/A
Description: Unlocked from the start
Effect: Flood Combat Form corpses that are re-animated by infection Forms are much stronger than normal.
Jacked
Location: N/A
Description: Unlocked from the start
Effect: Players can only operate ground vehicles by hijacking.
Trivia
- All pre-order bonus skulls were timed exclusives till December 12, 2014.[8]
- Some skulls, such as Bandanna and Scarab, have a 0.00x score multiplier, so they disable all scoring and time-based achievements.
- Although not introduced in Halo 2: Anniversary, the Whuppopotamus skull is renamed "That's Just... Wrong" in the game's skulls.
Sources
- ↑ YouTube - New Halo: Master Chief Collection Info and Gameplay - E3 2014
- ↑ Youtube - RTX 2014 Panel: 343 Industries/The Master Chief Collection, Halo 2 Anniversary, Q/A & More!
- ↑ Amazon - Halo: The Master Chief Collection Product Listing
- ↑ GameStop - Halo: The Master Chief Collection Product Listing
- ↑ Best Buy - Halo: The Master Chief Collection Product Listing
- ↑ ShopTo - Halo: The Master Chief Collection Product Listing
- ↑ Halo Channel Screenshot from here
- ↑ Halo Waypoint - The Halo Bulletin 6.25.15