Sandwich Idol
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A golden Sandwich Idol can be found in a secret room on the Halo Infinite multiplayer map Forbidden, released in Season 05: Reckoning. Upon gaining access to the room, the sandwich can be picked up and used as a melee weapon, allowing the player to kill most enemies with a single hit.
Walkthrough[edit]
Overview[edit]
To unlock the secret room with the Sandwich Idol, the player must activate several buttons around Forbidden in a certain order. These buttons take the form of stones with varying symbols on their faces and can be activated by being shot or meleed. In order to complete the easter egg, the map must be played in an Infection mode; in any other mode, one of the stone buttons will be covered in sand and inaccessible. The easter egg can be completed in both custom games and matchmaking.
First button[edit]
The first button is found at the Dried Platform callout.
The location of the first button.
Second button[edit]
The second button is found at the Dried Long Hall callout.
The location of the second button.
When Forbidden is played in a mode other than Infection, this button is covered by sand.
Third button[edit]
The third button is found at the Dried Base callout.
The location of the third button.
Fourth button[edit]
The fourth button is found at the Dried Long Hall callout. It is the same as the second button.
The location of the fourth button.
Fifth button[edit]
The fifth button is found at the Overgrown Attic callout.
The location of the fifth button.
Sixth button[edit]
The sixth button is found at the Dried Base callout. It is the same as the third button.
The location of the sixth button.
Seventh button[edit]
The seventh button is found at the Dried Long Hall callout. It is the same as the second and fourth button.
The location of the seventh button.
Sandwich Idol[edit]
Upon activating the buttons in the order above, a door at the Dried Back Base—not far from the seventh button—will open to reveal the Sandwich Altar room. The Sandwich Idol can be picked up from its pedestal and used as a melee weapon. It is held in a similar manner to an Oddball; however, it takes up a weapon slot, allowing it to be swapped without dropping it. It has unlimited ammo and can perform a one-hit-kill on most enemies, assuming they have standard shields. The sandwich has its own unique icon in the player's heads-up display and even has a unique kill icon in the kill feed. While on the ground, the sandwich will glow gold when scanned, indicating that the game classifies it as a power weapon.
The door leading to the Sandwich Altar opens.
The Sandwich Idol.
A first-person perspective of holding the sandwich.
A Spartan holding the sandwich.
Production notes[edit]
- The Sandwich Icon is one of several easter eggs in Halo Infinite that feature sandwiches. Others include the giant sandwich hidden in the campaign and another sandwich hidden on Empyrean.
- Including this easter egg on Forbidden was a collaborative effort between several employees at 343 Industries, with Cliff Schuldt, Turner Sinopoli, and Thanet Ned Gasorntip taking the lead.[1] Sarah Stark created the unique kill feed icon for the sandwich.[2]
- The Sandwich Idol was first reached by players using a glitch on October 18, 2023, just a day after the map's release with Season 05: Reckoning.[3] However, other players would access the Sandwich Idol legitimately using the stone buttons a few hours later.[4]
Gallery[edit]
A Spartan flees from an infected Spartan with sandwich in hand.
The unique UI and icon seen when picking up the sandwich.
An example of the unique sandwich kill feed icon.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Twitter, Turner Sinopoli (@sinopolit): "YES!!!!! So excited to see the puzzle solved! Making this with @blackpicture13 and @n3dwork and all the other people we wrangled across the studio to pitch in was some of the most fun I had working on Halo." (Retrieved on Oct 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Braden League (@bradenleague): "Sarah Stark made the beautiful lil icon for us!!!" (Retrieved on Oct 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Cliff Schuldt (@blackpicture13): "Well you found the Secret Sandwich Idol through a backdoor way! lol for anyone who finds the correct way Tag me in it." (Retrieved on Oct 21, 2023) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, Cliff Schuldt (@blackpicture13): "Hey awesome work you two! I think you guys are the first to figure out the puzzle, @n3dwork @sinopolit they figured out the code! well done! now I would love to see if someone can pull this off in a real game of infection!!!" (Retrieved on Oct 21, 2023) [archive]
