Halo: The Master Chief Collection Skulls
Skulls are gameplay modifiers with the appearance of a human skull featured in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Like in Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and Halo 4, the skulls are no longer easter eggs in-game, and can also be accessed in the campaign menu without claiming them in campaign levels. A total 37 skulls are included in the collection, including several unique additions to Halo 2: Anniversary.[1]
Skulls in The Master Chief Collection are divided into two categories: Scoring and Non-Scoring. Scoring skulls increase the challenge and reward players with higher score multipliers or bonuses to base enemy values when turned on. Non-Scoring skulls can either be neutral, such as Grunt Birthday Party, or in cases of cheat-like skulls, have a score multiplier of zero. Zero multiplier skulls like Scarab disqualify level times and scores from being recorded on the leaderboard and disable score and time-based achievements.[1]
Contents
- 1 List of skulls
- 1.1 Anger
- 1.2 Assassins
- 1.3 Bandanna*
- 1.4 Black Eye
- 1.5 Blind
- 1.6 Bonded Pair*
- 1.7 Boom*
- 1.8 Catch
- 1.9 Cowbell
- 1.10 Envy
- 1.11 Eye Patch
- 1.12 Famine
- 1.13 Feather*
- 1.14 Fog
- 1.15 Foreign
- 1.16 Ghost
- 1.17 Grunt Birthday Party
- 1.18 Grunt Funeral*
- 1.19 Iron
- 1.20 IWHBYD
- 1.21 Jacked
- 1.22 Malfunction
- 1.23 Masterblaster
- 1.24 Mythic
- 1.25 Piñata*
- 1.26 Prophet Birthday Party
- 1.27 Recession
- 1.28 Scarab
- 1.29 SO...ANGRY...
- 1.30 Sputnik
- 1.31 Streaking
- 1.32 Swarm
- 1.33 That's Just... Wrong
- 1.34 They Come Back
- 1.35 Thunderstorm
- 1.36 Tilt
- 1.37 Tough Luck
- 2 Sources
List of skulls[edit]
The games in which the skull is available are listed below each skull. Pre-order skulls are marked with an * and unlocked globally on December 12, 2014. With the exception of these as well as the Swarm skulls, all other skulls are unlocked from the start.[1] Additionally, the Blind, Anger, Catch, Ghost, Sputnik, That's Just Wrong, Thunderstorm and Tough Luck skulls were not useable in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary at launch, but were implemented via updates in the MCC Insider Program.
Anger[edit]
"Enemies fire their weapons faster and more frequently."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Assassins[edit]
"All enemies in the game are permanently cloaked."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Bandanna*[edit]
"Infinite Ammo."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Black Eye[edit]
"Your shields only recharge when you melee enemies. Bash your way to better health!"
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Blind[edit]
"HUD and weapon do not display onscreen."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Bonded Pair*[edit]
"Co-op skull: When one player dies, the other player gets a large damage boost that lasts a while."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Boom*[edit]
"Explosions have twice the damage radius. Light fuse, run away."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Catch[edit]
"Enemies throw and drop more grenades."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Cowbell[edit]
"Acceleration from explosions is increased."
- Halo 3, Halo 4
Envy[edit]
"Chief trades his flashlight for Active Camo."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Eye Patch[edit]
"Auto aim features disabled for all weapons. You'll miss it when it's gone."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Famine[edit]
"Weapons dropped by AI have half the ammo they normally would. You might want to pack an extra magazine."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Feather*[edit]
"Player and enemy melee strikes impart more movement physics."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Fog[edit]
"The motion tracker is disabled. You'll miss those eyes in the back of your head."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Foreign[edit]
"Covenant weapons: How do they work? Players cannot pick up or use Covenant weapons."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Ghost[edit]
"AI no longer flinch from attacks."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Grunt Birthday Party[edit]
"Grunt headshots lead to glorious celebrations."
Note: the plasma grenade explosion effect from the original Halo 2 is replaced with the confetti and cheering effect from later games.
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Grunt Funeral*[edit]
"Grunts die in a blaze of glory. And plasma."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Iron[edit]
"Death carries a heavy price. Dying in co-op resets you at your last saved checkpoint. Dying solo restarts the level."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
IWHBYD[edit]
"Rare combat dialogue becomes more common."
- Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Jacked[edit]
"Players can only enter ground vehicles by boarding."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Malfunction[edit]
"Every time you respawn, a random element of your HUD is disabled."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Masterblaster[edit]
"Co-op skull: One player's shields recharge to overshield level and can only melee while the second player has no shields but infinite ammo. Roles switch after a number of enemy kills."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Mythic[edit]
"Enemies have increased health."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Piñata*[edit]
"Punching enemies makes them drop grenades. Beat them 'til candy comes out!"
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Prophet Birthday Party[edit]
"Punch that Prophet up to 11." (each punch the player lands on the Prophet of Regret on the level Regret is accompanied by an electric guitar lick).
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Recession[edit]
"Every shot is worth twice the ammo. Save those bullets, playa."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Scarab[edit]
"All player-held weapons fire Scarab Gun beams."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
SO...ANGRY...[edit]
"Enraged Brutes explode like a frag grenade if not dispatched within seconds. Base Brute score values are increased."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Sputnik[edit]
"Mass of objects is decreased, making them more easily displaced."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
Streaking[edit]
"Player shields constantly decay at a slow pace but recharge some with every enemy kill."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Swarm[edit]
"Hunters are much stronger. Base Hunter score values are increased."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
That's Just... Wrong[edit]
"Increases enemy awareness of player."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary
They Come Back[edit]
"Flood Combat Forms spawned by Infection Forms reanimating a corpse are much more dangerous. Flood Combat Form score values are increased."
- Halo 2: Anniversary
Thunderstorm[edit]
"Upgrades the rank of most enemies."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
Tilt[edit]
"Enemy resistances and weaknesses are increased."
- Halo 3, Halo 4
Tough Luck[edit]
"Enemies always go berserk, always dive out of the way, never flee."
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4
