Plasma battery



The Plasma Battery was the Covenant equivalent to the UNSC Fusion Coil, and is possibly a reverse-engineered Forerunner Energy Core. The exact purpose of it is unknown, though it probably holds some sort of energy needed for Covenant vehicles, machines, and equipment. However, they can be used as improvised explosive devices, due to their explosive reaction to weapons fire. They require more shots than the Fusion Coil to explode. They also require a higher drop to detonate them on impact. It is possible they are a Covenant power source for Plasma Weapons which recharges them when they run out of battery power.

They appear in both Campaign and Multiplayer, and can be very useful to whomever sees the right moment to detonate it, like near a pack of Grunts. These can also be bought when in Forge, costing a fair price. They can be placed anywhere on the map, even in mid-air. If in a last-ditch situation, you can kill enemies standing near either a Plasma Battery, a Power Core or a Fusion Coil by shooting at it. Any enemy killed using the explosion from a Plasma Battery will be listed as killed by you using an "Unknown" weapon. It appears to have energy shields as part of its structure, however, you don't need to deplete them to detonate it. There are stacks of them on the level, The Ark, and can be used to kill nearby enemies. Once one explodes, it causes a chain reaction of the explosions of nearby Plasma Batteries.

Halo 2

 * Outskirts
 * "Sniper Alley"
 * Once you have got a Warthog, enter the tunnel after the beach. Follow through until just before you reach the group of Covenant with a Shadow.
 * Metropolis
 * On the platforms above where you get a Gauss Warthog.
 * Uprising
 * Last Brute checkpoint before Brute Encampment - The Brutes set up a minefield of explosive battery crates so that when the Arbiter drove by, they would detonate the crates and kill the Arbiter.
 * Brute Encampment - On the frontal side, in the central armory section, and on the back side.
 * The Great Journey
 * On the second floor of the first Brute-controlled room of the Bastion of the Brutes.
 * On the far side of the bridge in the second Brute-controlled room of the Bastion of the Brutes.

Halo 3

 * Sierra 117
 * The Storm
 * The Ark
 * The Covenant



Halo 2

 * Midship - 3x Battery Crates

Halo 3

 * Snowbound
 * Guardian
 * Sandtrap

Trivia

 * It takes two explosions from a Plasma Battery to kill a fully shielded SPARTAN-II or Elite.
 * Plasma Batteries are most likely used to recharge Covenant weapons that utilize batteries, such as the Plasma Rifle.

Related Pages

 * Energy Core
 * Fusion Coil
 * Real Sizes in the Halo Universe