IWHBYD skull (Halo 3)

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"I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence."

- Sergeant Johnson



The Halo 3 IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull is located on the level The Covenant. This skull has no actual gameplay effects, but unlocks extra dialogue for humorous purposes.

Origins
The name of the skull is based on a statement, uttered by Sergeant Johnson in Halo: Combat Evolved (in the last level on Legendary difficulty): "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!"

It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level Assault on the Control Room in Halo: Combat Evolved. Not only is the skull's name a reference to this line, but the skull's description reads "But a dog beat me over the fence" The exception of this is in Halo 3: ODST, where the description reads, "Rare dialog is common and vice versa".

Walkthrough
The IWHBYD Skull is located on the level, The Covenant. To obtain the skull, you must start the level from the very beginning, and not from a Rally Point, and on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.

When you reach the final scene, where the Prophet of Truth is planning on lighting the seven rings, proceed as you would normally: kill the Covenant, kill Truth, and kill the Flood, but do not jump down the elevator shaft once you have finished that.

Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to jump through the seven holograms of the Halos in a specific order.

You should jump through the rings after Truth dies. The skull will still appear if you are playing in co-op (2-4 players).

Note: you can restart jumping through the rings without restarting the level over as long as you start from the beginning.

The 7-ring sequence is as follows. Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through; the ring at the elevator is 1, and the ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is 4.

Sequence order: 1 3 4 6 7 5 4 6 5 4 5 3 4

Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it, then look at the rings when you complete the sequence; they will be blinking in sequence. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to do it all over again. Also, carrying the skull to the end is highly recommended.

Effect
The IWHBYD Skull causes rare dialog in the game to become commonplace, and new lines to be spoken. These lines are can be heard spoken by all talking AI; both enemies and allies.

For example, if a Brute is killed, one of the surviving Brutes might say, "You killed my lover!" This line can be heard without the skull on, but becomes much more likely to be spoken with it on.

Trivia

 * The skull was intended to be the hardest skull to find, and was in fact the last one to be discovered. However, it was discovered very quickly after hackers looked in the game's scripts.
 * The further the skull is carried from the control panel, the brighter the rings will glow until the lights become blinding. It is assumed that the holograms would have also behaved in this manner if they were all activated.
 * Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the G Phrygian mode when you stand near it. The sequence, if you pay attention, plays the final 7 notes of the Halo theme song.
 * Once you grab the skull and the new music begins, the eerie Flood music fades, and when you finish the level, there will be no music while Master Chief is following Cortana, although the Halo theme will play as scripted as the ring rises out of the Ark.
 * The sequence has 7 numbers.This is a reference to Bungie's love with the number 7.