UNSC weapons on The Breaking

The UNSC weapons on The Breaking are an Easter egg in the Halo 5: Guardians campaign mission The Breaking. Exclusive to Legendary difficulty, this Easter egg spawns four REQ variant weapons for the player and their allies to use, as well as two pairs of Forerunner weapons caches with UNSC weapons on both sides.

Walkthrough

As soon as the mission starts, proceed forward until the first batch of Promethean Crawlers spawn in. Take out all of the Crawlers, and then backtrack a little bit and look to the left. There are three larger higher-rise platforms on each side, and you must jump onto them without touching the floor or any of the lower platforms, in this order: left-bottom → right-bottom → right-middle → left-middle → left-top → right-top. It may help to perform a ground pound aiming for the next platform, adjusting the trajectory such that it slightly extends over the edge but not too much that the player will fall off. It is important to note that the Easter egg will deactivate if the player falls off; should this happen, the player is required to restart the mission or from a checkpoint prior to this Easter egg being activated. In cooperative play, any human players besides the one performing the Easter egg must stay back, preferably by hiding in the hallway at the start of the mission, as otherwise they will also deactivate the Easter egg.

If the player jumped onto the six platforms in the proper order without falling off, the player can damage the glowing light on the small ledge ahead of the first ramp in any way to spawn four weapons that are otherwise only seen in the game's multiplayer component: High Five, Arclight, Selene's Lance, and The Answer. This is signaled by the Grunt Birthday Party sound effect and can be done with ranged weapons, melee, or grenades. Moreover, two pairs of Forerunner weapon racks with UNSC weapons will spawn on both sides: the racks on the left feature a Hydra Launcher and Rocket Launcher, while the racks on the right hold a Sniper Rifle and Railgun along with a pair of Magnums. The High Five, Arclight, Selene's Lance, and The Answer will prove highly useful throughout the level, especially in the final arena where three Warden Eternals spawn; therefore, these weapons can help in obtaining the Harbinger and Prison Break achievements. However, these weapons will be permanently lost if either their ammo is depleted, any NPC teammates who were ordered to pick them up end up dying, or they are displaced out of the map boundaries.

Gallery

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  The High Five, Arclight, Selene's Lance, and The Answer being spawned.
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  The left-side Forerunner weapon racks with Hydra and Rocket Launchers.
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  The right-side Forerunner weapon racks with a Sniper Rifle, Railgun, and two Magnums.

Trivia

• This Easter egg allows Blue Team to use the Spartan Laser and Sniper Rifle, which otherwise only appear in certain missions featuring Fireteam Osiris (e.g. Glassed), while Linda-058 uses a modified version of the Nornfang that is statistically identical to a regular Sniper Rifle.