Halo Wars 2 skulls

Skulls are game modifiers featured in Halo Wars 2. When unlocked and activated they can alter gameplay difficulty and add interesting features.

How to find them

There are fifteen Skulls in total and they are awarded for completing specific Primary Objectives, Optional Objectives, or unmarked tasks throughout all of the missions in the game with the exception of the Prologue, The Signal.

Campaign Skulls

Grunt Birthday Party

Grunt Birthday Party skull

Level: A New Enemy

How to unlock: Capture Four of Decimus’ Power Nodes.

Notes: After building your base, four Power Nodes will be shown around the map, indicated by an energy bolt icon. Move your Infantry Units to each of the Nodes to capture them. Make sure to do this before carrying on with the Primary Objective.

Paintball

Paintball skull

Level: Ascension

How to unlock: Destroy the Banished base.

Notes: After building your base, begin building a large army of Hornets and Cyclops. Once you're set, head north, beyond Capture Node B, and you will find the Banished base. Do not capture any of the Capture Nodes until after destroying the base (just so that you are not running against the clock).

Pain Train

Pain Train skull

Level: Ascension

How to unlock: Destroy the hidden facility’s four structures.

Notes: After building your base, take three or four Hornets and move them to the darkened island south of your base. Here, you will find a hidden Banished base with a few Infantry Units. Use your Hornets to destroy the enemies and the four structures of the base.

Bountiful Harvest

Bountiful Harvest skull

Level: One Three Zero

How to unlock: Don’t let any of the four prison squads die

Notes: During this mission, Alice will be required to rescue four squads of prisoners, the first half of which are Hellbringers and the second half of which are Warthog Units and Cyclopses. Try to keep the Hellbringers in the rear while you focus on controlling/moving Alice throughout the mission. Once your entire squadron reaches the comms building, move your Hellbringers and Warthogs behind the building. Now move Alice and one Cyclops into one of the two garrisons in front of the building and move the other two Cyclops into the other garrison. Hold out like this until extraction arrives, making sure none of the Cyclops or Units behind the building die.

Emperor

Emperor skull

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Pestilence

Pestilence skull

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Total Annihilation

Total Annihilation skull

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Sickness

Sickness skull

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Firestarter

Firestarter skull

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Things That Go Boom

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Wuv Woo

Wuv Woo skull

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Sugar Cookies

Sugar Cookies skull

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After Party

After Party skull

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Nightmare

Nightmare skull

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Shadow

Shadow skull

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