Totem Ring

Totem Rings were a type of artifact found on Installation 07 by John-117 and the Weapon. These rings were linked together and contained runes older than the Forerunners with data hundreds of thousands of years old.

Overview
The Totem Rings are made of stone, with runes inscribed on their surfaces. The rings radiate energy and contain primordial data about Installation 07, and its connection to the imprisonment of the Xalanyn species.

Gameplay
All of the Rings can be found in the open World of Halo Infinite and contain blue energy swirling within their perimeter. upon discovery, they provide a log from Despondent Pyre and her analysis of these artifacts.

Ring 01
"The Weapon"

Audio log
Forerunner Log 01

Ring 02
"This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is Forerunner, strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't."

- The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.

Audio log
Forerunner Log 02

Ring 03
"Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?"

- The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.

Audio log
Forerunner Log 03

Ring 04
"This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating."

- The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.

Audio log
Forerunner Log 04

Ring 05
"There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different."

- The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.

Audio log
Forerunner Log 05

Ring 06
"The Weapon"

Audio log
Forerunner Log 06

Ring 07

 * The Weapon: "This is hard to explain."
 * John-117: "Try me."
 * The Weapon: "There's a profound regret woven through everything I can decipher. Grief, even. Tens of thousands of years old, and the sorrow still feels fresh. This Installation has a troubled memory. That was the last one. Its tragic. A civilisation that had it all under control. Until they didn't. There's so much here. It feels... kind of like a confession. Imagine needing to carve your apology onto an eternal slate. But not to say sorry. To warn. To confess."
 * John-117: "Sounds familiar."
 * The Weapon: "It does, doesn't it?"
 * &mdash; The Weapon and Chief after discovering the seventh ring artifact.

Audio log
Forerunner Log 07

Production notes
The ring artifacts serve as Forerunner audio logs in Halo Infinite.

List of appearances

 * Halo Infinite
 * Halo: The Rubicon Protocol