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The skull menu in
Halo: Campaign Evolved.
Skulls will be a collectible in the campaign mode of Halo: Campaign Evolved.[1][2]
Overview[edit]
The skulls are hidden throughout campaign missions; once picked up, the skulls unlock gameplay-modifiers in the menu that either increases difficulty or grants additional perks/upgrades.[2] Halo: Campaign Evolved is set to have more skulls than any prior Halo game,[3] with 42 to be available for unlock and use.[4][5] The skulls broadly fall under two categories: 26 Legacy skulls—skulls from the original Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary as well as ones introduced in Halo: The Master Chief Collection—and 16 new skulls with unique effects, some of which modify gameplay elements to resemble the original Halo: Combat Evolved.[2]
There are 39 collectible skulls to be retrieved across 13 missions; three skulls are hidden in each of the ten original campaign missions,[1] while nine can be found in the three missions depicting Operation: METEORITE.[2] After players have found two skulls, they will unlock three additional skulls (Adaptation, Reload, and Armistice) as well as the Campaign Remix feature,[2] which allows players to randomise weapon behaviours, enemy placements, player attributes, environmental effects, and more.[4]
List of new skulls[edit]
Adaptation[edit]
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Randomizes the enemy factions present in the mission.
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Unlock requirement: Unlock any two skulls.[2]
Armistice[edit]
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Enemy factions never fight one another.
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Unlock requirement: Unlock any two skulls.[2]
Efficient[edit]
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Enemies killed while the player is at full health drop more ammo.
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Endurance Spec[edit]
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UNSC vehicles cannot be damaged.
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Floor is Lava[edit]
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Take continuous damage whenever touching the "ground".
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Give & Take[edit]
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Firing your weapon drains your shield, but dealing damage to enemies recharges it.
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Hip Fire[edit]
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All weapon zoom functionality is disabled.
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Johnny Ammo Seed[edit]
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When reloading you lose the ammo remaining in the discarded clip.
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Leadhead[edit]
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Headshots no longer provide extra damage or instant kills.
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Magnified[edit]
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AR holds 60-round magazines.
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Perspective[edit]
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Changes the player camera to third-person.
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The concept of a third-person skull was originally considered for inclusion in Halo 3: ODST.[6]
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Shooting Flood in their weak point causes them to explode.
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Randomizes the pre-placed weapons for the mission.
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Unlock requirement: Unlock any two skulls.[2]
Speed Limit[edit]
Stowed Reload[edit]
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Weapons reload while stowed.
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This skull is likely based on the Speedy reload exploit present in the original Halo: Combat Evolved.
Temperamental[edit]
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Allies will attack the player more quickly if the player kills a friendly.
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List of Legacy skulls[edit]
Acrophobia[edit]
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The Corps: now issues rifles AND wings.
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Enemies fire their weapons faster and more frequently.
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Bandana[edit]
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Infinite ammo and grenades.
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Black Eye[edit]
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Your shields will only recharge when you melee enemies.
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HUD and weapons do not appear on screen.
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Explosion radius is increased by 2x.
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Enemies throw and drop more grenades.
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Cowbell[edit]
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Mass of all objects is reduced, making them more easily displaced.
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Eye Patch[edit]
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All auto-aim is disabled for all weapons.
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Weapons dropped by enemies contain half the ammo.
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Foreign[edit]
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Players cannot use weapons from another faction.
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Enemies no longer flinch when taking fire.
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Grunt Birthday Party[edit]
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Grunt headshots produce legendary celebrations.
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Grunt Funeral[edit]
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Grunts die in a blaze of plasma.
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Dying in co-op resets you to your last checkpoint. Dying in solo restarts the level.
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It would have been your dialogue.
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Malfunction[edit]
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Upon respawn a random element of your HUD no longer appears.
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Enemies have increased health.
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Punching enemies makes them drop inert grenades.
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Recession[edit]
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Every shot expends twice the normal amount of ammo.
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That's Just... Wrong[edit]
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Enemies have increased awareness of the player.
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They Come Back[edit]
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Flood Combat Forms reanimated by Infection Forms are much more dangerous.
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Thunderstorm[edit]
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Upgrades the rank of most enemies.
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Enhances both positive and negative damage multipliers.
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Tough Luck[edit]
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Enemies always go berserk, constantly dive out of the way, and rarely run away from a fight.
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Gallery[edit]
A Halo Studios developer texturing a skull in Substance Painter.
Artwork promoting skulls in Campaign Evolved.
Icons for all the skulls in Campaign Evolved.
Third-person view as enabled by the Perspective skull.
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo: Campaign Evolved marketing, Halo: Campaign Evolved First Look: Skulls, Remix & Co-Op
- ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Waypoint, Skulls & Campaign Remix | Halo: Campaign Evolved (Retrieved on Jun 10, 2026) [archive]
- ^ Entertainment Weekly, Halo team talks new Combat Evolved remake, crossing over to PS5, and addressing 25 years of player feedback (exclusive) (Retrieved on Oct 24, 2025) [archive]
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Introducing Halo: Campaign Evolved (Retrieved on Oct 24, 2025) [archive]
- ^ Halo: Campaign Evolved marketing, Halo: Campaign Evolved Roundtable Reveal
- ^ YouTube - Lord Zedd, Halo 3: ODST - Unused Skulls (Retrieved on Jun 11, 2026)
