Skins (Halo: Combat Evolved)

For other games' customisation systems, see armor permutations.

A Spartan utilizing a unique Battle Rifle skin.

Skins in Halo: Combat Evolved allow players to customize their Spartan player model and the appearance of weapons and vehicles in-game. At the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the armor was displayed as a static image in the game's menu. Following in the footsteps of the launch of Halo: Reach for PC, Halo: Combat Evolved had its menu elements updated to fully render Spartan customization options in 3D in Unreal Engine 4. The launch of Season 3: Recon in 2020, will see the addition of weapon skins for Halo 3.

Overview

The armor customization of the original 2001 Halo: Combat Evolved release originally only allowed for the player to change their Spartan's color via a player profile. Halo: The Master Chief Collection would turn the color option into one that could be used regardless of a profile. During June 2020, in an update for the game dedicated to the impending PC release of Halo 3 on The Master Chief Collection, 343 Industries revealed their intention to add the ability to change visor colors to Combat Evolved, in an effort to grant players the ability to show off unique options in each game. These new visor options were stated to be added to Season 2 of The Master Chief Collection's season unlock system.

While visor colors can be changed, the change has been stated to not alter the player's Heads-up display color, and can also be toggled off via an option in the game's menu, for those wishing to keep the game as it was. The skins for weapons and vehicles apply to any weapon the player picks up - they retain their skin when dropped, but will switch to a new skin should another player take control of them.

Known skins

Visor colors

In-game	Appearance Name	Unlock Requirements	Description
	Blue	Season 2, Tier 1 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Blue	Season 2, Tier 5 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Green	Season 2, Tier 7 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Green	Season 2, Tier 12 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Purple	Season 2, Tier 15 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Bronze	Season 2, Tier 19 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Purple	Season 2, Tier 22 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Red	Season 2, Tier 24 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Yellow	Season 2, Tier 28 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Orange	Season 2, Tier 33 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Yellow	Season 2, Tier 38 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Blue	Season 2, Tier 40 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Silver	Season 2, Tier 44 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Red	Season 2, Tier 47 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Green	Season 2, Tier 50 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Dark Orange	Season 2, Tier 53 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Yellow	Season 2, Tier 57 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Platinum	Season 2, Tier 60 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Orange	Season 2, Tier 63 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Red	Season 2, Tier 66 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Spectrum	Season 2, Tier 70 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Purple	Season 2, Tier 72 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Purple	Season 2, Tier 75 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Orange	Season 2, Tier 78 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Groovy	Season 2, Tier 81 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Green	Season 2, Tier 85 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Red	Season 2, Tier 89 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pastel Yellow	Season 2, Tier 93 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Pearlescent Blue	Season 2, Tier 96 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.
	Onyx	Season 2, Tier 100 ( 1)	Part of a suite of experimental VISR enhancements.

Weapon skins

Pistol

Skins for the Magnum pistol.

In-game	Appearance Name	Unlock Requirements	Description
N/A	Default	Unlocked by default	Default skin.
	Gold Plate	Season 2 Challenge: Trusty Sidekick Defeat 500 opponents with the Pistol in any game mode.	Bling on the ring.
File:H3 Pistol DinoBite Skin.png	Dino bite	Season 2, Tier 41 ( 1)	N/A
File:H3 Pistol Orange Skin.png	Orange	Season 2, Tier 2 ( 1)	N/A
File:H3 Pistol UNBlue Skin.png	Worn-out UN blue	Season 2, Tier 14 ( 1)	N/A

Assault Rifle

Skins for the Assault Rifle.

In-game	Appearance Name	Unlock Requirements	Description
N/A	Default	Unlocked by default	Default skin.
	Gold Plate	N/A	Bling on the ring.
File:H3 AssaultRifle WastelandRust Skin.png	Woodland	Season 2, Tier 29 ( 1)	The Oxidation Sensation.
File:H3 AssaultRifle GreenCamo Skin.png	Desert	Season 2, Tier 1 ( 1)	Camping is a legitimate strategy.
File:H3 AssaultRifle SuperSquirt Skin.png	Great Journey	Season 2, Tier 83 ( 1)	It's good under pressure.

Assault Rifle

Skins for the Battle Rifle.

In-game	Appearance Name	Unlock Requirements	Description
N/A	Default	Unlocked by default	Default skin.
File:H3 BattleRifle FernStencil Skin.png	Fern Stencil	N/A	N/A
File:H3 BattleRifle Graffiti Skin.png	Mean Streets of New Mombasa Graffiti	N/A	N/A
File:H3 BattleRifle DigitalCamo Skin.png	Digital Camo Cool	Season 2, Tier 1 ( 1)	N/A
File:H3 BattleRifle RedHazard Skin.png	Great Journey	Season 2, Tier 83 ( 1)	N/A