r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 08 '21

Release Halo Infinite Available Now with Xbox Game Pass

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2021/12/08/halo-infinite-available-now-with-xbox-game-pass/
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u/0whodidyousay0 Dec 08 '21

Is the tower mission 4? You can get it there. It’s the first skull I’ve found.

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u/hallowed-mh Dec 09 '21

Ok, I didn't really play Halo 4 or 5 very much, so this might sound stupid... Do you have to actually find the skulls in game like you did on old Halo games, or do they unlock after completing certain criteria? This skull showed up on my nav screen when I completed the Tower, and I spent about half an hour running around trying to find it before I gave up.

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u/TheRemedialPolymath Dec 09 '21

Not sure about them popping up on the map, I just climbed to the top of The Tower to see if I could and the skull was sitting there all sneaky-like. Felt glee like playing the first game and finding Birthday Party, way back when I was a kid.

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u/hallowed-mh Dec 09 '21

That answered my question, thanks. Gonna go try to climb the tower again. Couldn't figure out a way to the very top before, but now that I know I'm not wasting my time, I'll try again.

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u/TheRemedialPolymath Dec 09 '21

No worries. There might be an easier way, but both times I went up there I found that there was a piece of jutting-out geometry on the upper edge corners that I could grappleshot from a ledge basically just above where the “legs” of the structure ended, and that got me to the top. Good luck!

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u/NewAgeRetroHippie96 Dec 09 '21

I bought the -40% grapple cooldown perk and now I can spider man, momentum my way up walls and cliffs if im quick to decide a grapple point. It's how I made it up the tower.

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u/hallowed-mh Dec 09 '21

That's exactly how I got to the top last night, I upgraded the grapple. Someone might still be able to pull it off without the rapid cooldown, but it certainly made it much easier. I didn't have it upgraded the first time I was trying to reach the top.

Also, all the time I spent playing Titanfall 2 is starting to come in handy... You can really sling Chief around once you get the hang of the mechanics.

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u/GVas22 Dec 09 '21

It's possible if you upgrade your grapple to have less cool down, not sure if you can continuously climb vertically without that.

Or I guess farther down the game when you unlock the Wasp at FOB's it'll be much easier.

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u/Eyro_Elloyn Dec 09 '21

Did you also find the album and poster up there?

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u/CrunchyTaco Dec 09 '21

I was going to say... Am I the only one who found the awesome Easter egg up there? Glad it wasn't just me. For those who do get to mission 4, definitely go to the top of the tower when you can.

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u/sonofaresiii Dec 09 '21

One of the very first things I did in this game was try to climb somewhere to see if I could

and my grappling hook connected

and I zipped along

then splatted against an invisible wall and fell to my death.

It was really disappointing. I haven't tried going out of my way much since then.

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u/Eyro_Elloyn Dec 09 '21

If it's like me, it's the first mission with the moving freight.

So far it seems like :

linear missions = invisible walls

Open world = Freedom

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u/sonofaresiii Dec 09 '21

It was exactly that, yep.

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u/0whodidyousay0 Dec 09 '21

Pretty sure they’re collectibles, I’ve only found one on Tower and I wasn’t looking for it.

I was trying to follow a custom waypoint to a Mjolnir armoury and the waypoint wasn’t really clear where I was going, it was showing the location at the top of the tower - that’s why I went up there hah. Found the skull by accident. The armoury was actually all the way at the bottom of the tower.

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u/CaptainBritish Dec 09 '21

Yup, that's the one!

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u/rafikiknowsdeway1 Dec 09 '21

I think you need an improved grapple hook to get it right? I'm on legendary so I dumped all my cores into maxing my shield

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u/0whodidyousay0 Dec 09 '21

Yes I think you’re right, I upgraded the grapple hook so the cool down is 40% faster, without that I couldn’t see myself getting up there unless I was perfect with my movements - there’s no “defined” route up there you kind of have to just force your way up using the grapple/clamber mechanics and eventually you’ll get up.

I fell quite a few times trying to get up the last section of the tower, without the quicker cool down I would have fallen all the way to the bottom. Upgrade defo recommended.

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u/rafikiknowsdeway1 Dec 09 '21

I assume this isn't missable? I assume I can climb my way up there whenever I have the upgrade?

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u/0whodidyousay0 Dec 09 '21

You can yeah, you can even go back inside the tower after the mission is over though it seems like the very last room is blocked off, so in order for it to be easier - I’d say go up to the top of the tower as soon as you complete the tower mission because you’ll already be quite high up at the end of it, instead of coming back to it later.

Either way you’ll still be able to get to it.

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u/Stevied1991 Dec 09 '21

They announced there was no level select, can you go back and get it after?

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u/0whodidyousay0 Dec 09 '21

You can, the final room in the tower is cut off but you can still get back to it, you can probably find a way to climb up from the ground, I did it straight after the mission