Door

The most common type of door seen in the Halo games.

Doors are movable barriers used to cover up openings; typically, such barriers are attached to the very openings they block. They are used by virtually all factions in the Halo universe.

Appearances

Below is a list of the various door shapes and colors seen in the Halo games. Doors are listed for Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3. Doors are not listed for Halo Wars, nor are they listed for the currently-unreleased Halo: Reach or Halo 3: ODST.

Halo: Combat Evolved

• Pillar of Autumn:
  • Two types of sliding doors.
  • Blast Doors.
  • Metal grate-covered maintenance shaft doors.
  • Lifeboat Airlock doors.

• Halo: N/A

• The Truth and Reconciliation:
  • Two different sizes of two-part Covenant sliding doors.
  • Shuttle bay doors.

• The Silent Cartographer:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.

• Assault on the Control Room:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.
  • Larger versions of the tri-segmented Forerunner door. (Generally leading outside, or in more important areas)
  • Large blast doors in the underground tunnels.
  • Large multi-part Control Room doors.

• 343 Guilty Spark:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.

• The Library:
  • Massive Forerunner security doors.
  • Several smaller types of doors.

• Two Betrayals:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.
  • Larger versions of the tri-segmented Forerunner door. (Generally leading outside, or in more important areas)
  • Large blast doors in the underground tunnels.
  • Large multi-part Control Room doors.

• Keyes:
  • Two different sizes of two-part Covenant sliding doors.
  • Shuttle bay doors.

• The Maw:
  • Two types of sliding doors.
  • Blast Doors.
  • Metal grate-covered maintenance shaft doors.
  • Lifeboat Airlock doors.
  • Static tri-segmented vehicle doors (in the tunnels of the final run).

Halo 2

• Cairo Station:
  • High-tech automatic doors, with a light indicating their locked/unlocked status.
  • Different types of Blast Doors.
  • Thick metal doors (In the tramway)
  • Glass-plated doors.

• Outskirts:
  • Impassable gray doors with yellow upside down triangles (In the buildings of Old Mombasa).
  • Dark green metal doors in the rooms of Hotel Zanzibar.
  • Large highway doors (In the highway tunnel).
  • Corrugated metal doors (In the highway tunnel).
  • Several types of un-passable service doors (In the higway tunnel and Old Mombasa).

• Metropolis:
  • Large highway doors (In the highway tunnel).
  • Corrugated metal doors (In the highway tunnel).
  • Several types of un-passable service doors (In the higway tunnel and the streets of New Mombasa).
  • Two-part sliding doors with glass windows, in the Mtangulizi Kampuni building.

• The Arbiter:
  • Rectangular Forerunner airlock doors with a blue square in the middle.
  • Normal Forerunner doors.
  • Large main doors of the Gas Mine's hangar.

• The Oracle:
  • Rectangular Forerunner airlock doors with a blue square in the middle.
  • Normal Forerunner doors.
  • Large main doors of the Gas Mine's hangar.

• Delta Halo:
  • Forerunner doors covered in ornate carvings, with an oval eye-like symbol in the center.

• Regret:
  • Forerunner doors covered in ornate carvings, with an oval eye-like symbol in the center.

• Sacred Icon:
  • Forerunner Pistons.
  • Large Forerunner vehicle doors containing multiple segments which spin 90° and retract upwards.

• Quarantine Zone:
  • Large Forerunner vehicle doors containing multiple segments which spin 90° and retract upwards.
  • Normal forerunner doors.
  • Massive, circular doors with multiple segments.

• Gravemind:
  • Multi-layered Covenant doors.
  • Covenant prison cage doors.

• Uprising (level):
  • Triangular Forerunner doors with two segments.

• High Charity:
  • Multi-layered Covenant doors.

• The Great Journey:
  • Triangular Forerunner doors with two segments.

Halo 3

• Sierra 117: N/A

A door in Crow's Nest.

• Crow's Nest:
  • Heavy bunker-style doors, which are opened with door control buttons, remarked by a Marine as being "old tech", as the base was built in the 21st century.
  • Large vehicle doors (Static).
  • Elevator doors.

• Tsavo Highway:
  • Large bunker doors of Crow's Nest
  • Highway tunnel doors.

A door in Traxus Factory Complex 09.

• The Storm:
  • Person-sized industrial automatic doors.
  • Industrial vehicle doors, openable with a button.
  • Large vehicle doors.

• Floodgate:
  • Person-sized industrial automatic doors.
  • Industrial vehicle doors, openable with a button.
  • Large vehicle doors.

• The Ark:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.
  • Multi-part doors with segments that open upward (In the wall structure).

• The Covenant:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.
  • Multi-part doors with segments that open upward (In the tunnel that leads to the Citadel).
  • Forerunner Control Room doors (In the Citadel).

A Covenant door in High Charity.

• Cortana:
  • Flood Portas: Large, sphincter-like orifices.
  • High Charity's multi-segmented Covenant doors with a spinning lock in the center.

• Halo:
  • Triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner doors.
  • Forerunner Control Room doors (In Control Room).

Trivia

• The object John-117 rode to Earth in the beginning of Halo 3, is apparently some sort of Forerunner door, part of the Forerunner Dreadnought.
• The triangular, tri-segmented Forerunner door is the most commonly seen door model in the Halo trilogy.

Gallery

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  A door in Crow's Nest.

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  A door in Traxus Factory Complex 09.

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  A Covenant door in High Charity.

Related Pages

• Shield Door
• Blast Door
• Shuttle bay door
• Porta
• Piston