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| {{Title|''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' skulls}}
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| {{Status|Gameplay}}
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| {{disambig header|the skulls in Halo: Anniversary|skulls in general|Skull}}
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| [[File:HCEA - Campaign Skull Menu.png|right|400px]]
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| '''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary skulls''' are game modifiers featured in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' with the appearance of a human [[skull]]. Like in ''[[Halo 3]]'', they must be hunted down within the [[campaign]] levels to gain access to them. The skulls are not visible in Classic mode.<ref name="panel">[http://ie.ign.com/videos/2011/08/27/halo-fest-halo-anniversary-campaign-discussion '''IGN.com:''' ''Halo Anniversary Campaign Discussion Panel'']</ref>
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| Unlike skulls in other games, which must be picked up, the ''Anniversary'' skulls are collected by walking over them. In the original ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', once collected, the skulls disappear permanently. In ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', the skulls reappear every time a mission is replayed. During updates released as part of the [[MCC Insider Program]], the ''Master Chief Collection'' version of ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' now has several additional skulls not implemented in the Xbox 360 version of the game.
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| Unlike other games, skulls will spawn on any difficulty, instead of certain difficulties such as Normal or higher.
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| ==List of skulls== | | ==List of skulls== |
| ===List of gold skulls=== | | ===List of Gold Skulls=== |
| ====Iron==== | | ====Iron skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Iron.jpg|thumb|Iron skull hidden in the Cryo deck.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]. | | '''Level''': [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]. |
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| '''Location''': This skull is located in the very beginning of the level, at the back of the Cryo deck. If facing away from the observation platform (where Sam is killed), it is on the left side of the room, behind a stack of crates that are behind the targeting lights. | | '''Location''': This skull is located in the very beginning of the level, at the back of the Cryo deck. If facing away from the observation platform (where Sam is killed,) it is on the left side of the room, behind a stack of crates that are behind the targeting lights. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, this skull will restart the level if the player is killed, or reload the last checkpoint if multiple players are killed playing co-operatively.{{Ref/Reuse|bts}}
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| '''''Iron skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Nofk2Wmj8 here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, this skull will restart the level if the player is killed, or reload the last checkpoint if multiple players are killed playing co-operatively.<ref name="bts"/> |
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| ====Mythic==== | | ====Mythic skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Mythic.jpg|thumb|Mythic skull near the waterfall.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]] | | '''Level''': [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]] |
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| '''Location''': After defeating the first Covenant wave, walk directly towards the waterfall from the escape pod. It is behind the large boulder on the right in the water. | | '''Location''': After defeating the first Covenant wave, walk directly towards the waterfall from the escape pod. It is behind the large boulder on the right in the water. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, the health of Covenant infantry will be doubled.{{Ref/Reuse|haloeastereggs.net}} | | '''Effect''': When activated, the health of Covenant infantry will be doubled.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net"/> |
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| '''''Mythic skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL6eETWESZo here]'''''
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| ====Foreign==== | | ====Foreign skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Foreign.jpg|thumb|Foreign skull in the hallway.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Truth and Reconciliation (level)|Truth and Reconciliation]] | | '''Level''': [[Truth and Reconciliation (level)|Truth and Reconciliation]] |
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| '''Location''': At the bottom floor of the Hangar, in the hallway where the Hunters ambush the Marines. | | '''Location''': At the bottom floor of the Hangar, in the hallway where the Hunters ambush the Marines. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, players will no longer be able to pick up [[Covenant]] weaponry.{{Ref/Reuse|haloeastereggs.net}} | | '''Effect''': When activated, players will no longer be able to pick up [[Covenant]] weaponry.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net"/> |
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| '''''Foreign skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5qylr_Xbg here]'''''
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| ====Famine==== | | ====Famine skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Famine.jpg|thumb|Famine skull between the bushes.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Silent Cartographer]] | | '''Level''': [[The Silent Cartographer]] |
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| '''Location''': When you land on the beach, go backwards rather than towards the Covenant. The skull is situated on top of a hill with a winding path up the back of it (the hill which the Pelican crashes next to). The skull is right on the corner inbetween three bushes. | | '''Location''': At the tip of the small bluff where Pelican dropship Bravo 022 is shot down and crash lands. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, weapons dropped by the AI - ally or enemy - would have half the ammunition they normally would.<ref name="bts">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-anniversary-campaign/8a902cd8-dc45-4a35-88ae-39ba04ba8a41 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''BTS: Anniversary Campaign'']</ref> | | '''Effect''': When activated, weapons dropped by the AI - ally or enemy - would have half the ammunition they normally would.<ref name="bts">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/bts-anniversary-campaign/8a902cd8-dc45-4a35-88ae-39ba04ba8a41 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''BTS: Anniversary Campaign'']</ref> |
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| '''''Famine skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf3W9NRtS7w here]'''''
| | ====Bandana skull==== |
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| ====Bandanna==== | |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Bandanna.jpg|thumb|Bandanna skull above the tunnel.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Silent Cartographer]] | | '''Level''': [[The Silent Cartographer]] |
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| '''Location''': At the end of the tunnel, on the ceiling in the security console chamber. A grenade or rocket jump is usually necessary. An alternative method is for the first player to crouch on the window strip in the tunnel below the skull, then having a second player kill himself and subsequently respawn on top of the first player. The skull would then be instantly acquired. | | '''Location''': At the end of the tunnel on the ceiling in the Security console building (Warning: Grenade jump necessary.)
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| '''Effect''': When activated, players will have unlimited ammo and grenades, but will still have to reload.{{Ref/Reuse|panel}} | | '''Effect''': When activated, players will have unlimited ammo. The skull's name is a reference to the [[w:c:metalgear|''Metal Gear'' franchise]], in which every game has an unlockable bandana that grants the player infinite ammunition.<ref name="panel"/> |
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| '''''Bandanna skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMlJA8_E1vk here]'''''
| | ====Fog skull==== |
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| ====Fog==== | |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Fog.jpg|thumb|Fog skull in the raised platform.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Assault on the Control Room]] | | '''Level''': [[Assault on the Control Room]] |
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| '''Location''': After crossing the first bridge and taking the elevator down to the ground floor, the skull will be on a raised platform in the center of this room and will be surrounded by fog. It will require a grenade jump to reach it. | |
'''Location''': After crossing the first bridge and taking the elevator down to the ground floor, the skull will be on a raised platform in the center of this room and will be surrounded by fog. It will require a grenade jump to reach it |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, the player's [[motion tracker]] will be disabled.{{Ref/Reuse|bts}}
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| '''''Fog skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLFmTcCpvlE here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, the player's [[motion sensor]] will be disabled.<ref name="bts"/> |
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| ====Malfunction==== | | ====Malfunction skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Malfunction.jpg|thumb|Malfunction skull on the pipe.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Assault on the Control Room]] | | '''Level''': [[Assault on the Control Room]] |
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| '''Location''': When you enter the tunnel and you come to the large room with a gorge, you will notice pipes that stick out of the gorge in the middle on both sides. The skull is on one of the pipes sticking out of the gorge's walls. | |
'''Location''': On one of the pipes sticking out of the giant gorge in the large underground room.
Effect: Randomly disables one of the player's HUD features.
Description: When you enter the tunnel and you come to the large room, you will notice pipes that stick out of the gorge in the middle on both sides. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, one random part of the [[Heads-up display]] will disappear after every respawn.{{Ref/Reuse|bts}} The effects of the skull are not cumulative; only one aspect of the HUD (reticule, ammo counter, shield indicator, health monitor, motion tracker) is inactive at any given time. | | '''Location Hint''': Ladders in strange places can lead to gruesome discoveries. When you reach the gorge, you find several ladders leading to lower platforms. |
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| '''''Malfunction skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE3ZvNKCxQ here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, one random part of the [[Heads-up display]] will disappear after every respawn.<ref name="bts"/> |
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| ====Recession==== | | ====Recession skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Recession.jpg|thumb|Recession skull between two trees.]]
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| '''Level''': [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] | | '''Level''': [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]] |
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| '''Location''': Located to the left of the Facility in a little drop behind a shade turret. When you cross the fallen tree, you'll see a shade turret blow up and assault rifle fire coming from the structure. Instead of going inside, immediately go to the left and keep against the back wall. You'll come to a turret with a small drop behind it. Slide down the drop carefully and the skull will be waiting for you at the bottom. | | '''Location''': Locate to the left of the Facility in a little drop behind a shade turret.
Effect: Every bullet fired costs 2 rounds in a clip.
Description: When you cross the fallen tree, you'll see a shade turret blow up and assault rifle fire coming from the structure. Instead of going inside, immediately go to the left and keep against the back wall. you'll come to a turret with a small drop behind it. Slide down the drop carefully and the skull will be waiting for you at the bottom.
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| '''Effect''': When activated, every shot the player fires would deplete two rounds instead of one. For plasma-based weapons, the depletion rate is doubled.{{Ref/Reuse|panel}} | | '''Location Hint''': Only the most diligent of swamp explorers uncover these remains. Check behind the first Shade that you see in the swamp, at the beginning of the mission. |
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| '''''Recession skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KDlZWGDYng here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, every shot the player fires would deplete two rounds instead of one. For plasma-based weapons, the depletion rate is doubled.<ref name="panel"/> |
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| ====Black Eye==== | | ====Black Eye skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Black Eye.jpg|thumb|Black Eye skull in the pipe.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Library]] | | '''Level''': [[The Library]] |
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| '''Location''': In the back of one of the vents before entering the Index chamber for the first time. (Warning: Grenade jump necessary.) On the first floor at the beginning of the level, you will notice squarish openings in the ceiling that the flood use to enter the level. Before entering the round, yellow room, find the vent closest to that door and do a grenade jump into it. The skull will be waiting for you. | | '''Location Hint''': So many shafts, so little time. This skull is hidden at the back of one of the vents just before you enter the Index Room for the first time. Use a grenade jump to get inside. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, the only ways players are able to recharge their energy shields after taking damage are to either [[melee]] an enemy or use a medkit.{{Ref/Reuse|haloeastereggs.net}}
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| '''''Black Eye skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpj7Umztq_c here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, the only way players are able to recharge their energy shields after taking damage is to [[melee]] an enemy.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net"/> |
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| ====Eye Patch==== | | ====Eye Patch skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Eye Patch.jpg|thumb|Eye Patch skull on the top floor.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Library]] | | '''Level''': [[The Library]] |
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| '''Location''': Behind the Index on the final platform. Instead of running onto the platform to grab the Index, go around while remaining as far from the Index as possible. The skull will be waiting on the ground right behind it. | | '''Location Hint''': The Index hides more than just the solution to the Flood. Look behind the Index when you reach it in the very last room of the mission. Avoid the Index and carefully jump around the edge of the room. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, auto-aim will be disabled.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net">[http://www.haloeastereggs.net/egg/halo-anniversary-skulls '''Halo Easter Eggs.net:''' ''Halo Anniversary Skulls'']</ref> | | '''Effect''': When activated, auto-aim will be disabled.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net">[http://www.haloeastereggs.net/egg/halo-anniversary-skulls '''Halo Easter Eggs.net:''' ''Halo Anniversary Skulls'']</ref> |
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| '''''Eye Patch skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_8Yk9W0m8 here]'''''
| | ===List of Silver Skulls=== |
| | | ====Boom skull==== |
| ===List of silver skulls=== | |
| ====Grunt Funeral====
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| '''Level''': Exclusive preorder promotion.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/special-halo-combat-evolved-anniversary-pre-order-bonuses/111729 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Special Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Pre-order Bonuses'']</ref>
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| '''Effect''': When activated, every [[Unggoy]]'s [[methane tank]] will explode similar to a [[plasma grenade]] when killed. In addition, any weapon they were holding upon death disappears with them after detonation, making it harder to find charged [[Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol|Plasma Pistols]] and loaded [[Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher|Needlers]].
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| ====Boom==== | |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Boom.jpg|thumb|Boom skull above the entrance.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]] | | '''Level''': [[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]] |
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| '''Location''': Before driving the Warthog into the underground Forerunner facility, look straight up to see a series of pipes. Walk along the cliff edge and jump to the pipe mesh. The skull is sitting on the hill above the entrance.
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| '''Effect''': When activated, all explosions' damage radius will increase two-fold.{{Ref/Reuse|panel}} | | '''Effect''': When activated, all explosions' damage radius will increase two-fold.<ref name="panel"/> |
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| '''''Boom skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLkZggDCu10 here]'''''
| | ====Piñata skull==== |
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| ====Piñata==== | |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Pinata.jpg|thumb|Piñata skull above the entrance.]]
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| '''Level''': [[Two Betrayals]] | | '''Level''': [[Two Betrayals]] |
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| '''Location''': After the final fight with two Wraiths and capturing the last Banshee, fly it past the third generator room back to where you emerged from the chasm tunnel. The skull is sitting on the top of the underground entrance. | | '''Location Hint''': Don't rush, take some time to explore. After that last fight, you earned some time off. After you capture the last Banshee, fly it past the third generator room back to where you emerged from the chasm tunnel. Search the top of the underground entrance. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, hostile infantry will drop a {{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}} with each melee.{{Ref/Reuse|haloeastereggs.net}}
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| '''''Piñata skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNI1yYpi5kU here]''''' | | '''Effect''': When activated, hostile infantry will drop a [[plasma grenade]] with each melee.<ref name="haloeastereggs.net"/> |
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| ====Grunt Birthday Party==== | | ====Grunt Birthday skull==== |
| [[File:HTMCC-HCEA Grunt Birthday Party.jpg|thumb|Grunt Birthday Party skull on the railing.]]
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| '''Level''': [[The Maw]] | | '''Level''': [[The Maw]] |
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| '''Location''': On the bridge where Foehammer is shot down, use your Warthog to get up on one of the railings where Foehammer goes down at the end of the mission. | | '''Location Hint''': Foehammer's last stand. Use your Warthog to get up on the railing near where Foehammer goes down at the end of the mission. |
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| '''Effect''': When activated, Unggoy will explode in a shower of confetti with a headshot.{{Ref/Reuse|panel}} | | '''Effect''': When activated, Unggoy will explode in a shower of confetti with a headshot.<ref name="panel"/> |
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| '''''Grunt Birthday Party skull location video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnSmZq3GJ4 here]'''''
| | ====Grunt Funeral skull==== |
| | | [[File:Grunt Funeral Skull.png|thumb|100px|Grunt Funeral Skull]] |
| ===''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''-exclusive skulls=== | | '''Level''': Exclusive preorder promotion.<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/special-halo-combat-evolved-anniversary-pre-order-bonuses/111729 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Special Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Pre-order Bonuses'']</ref> |
| These skulls are only available in the version of ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'' included in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''. Like all skulls in MCC, these skulls are automatically unlocked.
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| ====Anger====
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| ''"Enemies fire their weapons faster and more frequently."''
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| ====Blind====
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| ''"HUD and weapon do not display onscreen."''
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| ====Catch====
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| ''"Enemies throw and drop more grenades."''
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| ====Ghost====
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| ''"AI no longer flinch from attacks."''
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| ====Sputnik====
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| ''"Mass of objects is decreased, making them more easily displaced."''
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| ====That's Just... Wrong====
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| ''"Increases enemy awareness of player."''
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| ====Thunderstorm====
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| ''"Upgrades the rank of most enemies."''
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| ====Tough Luck====
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| ''"Enemies always go berserk, always dive out of the way, never flee."''
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| ==Trivia==
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| [[File:Grunt Funeral Skull.png|thumb|100px|Grunt Funeral skull as it appears in the menu screen in ''Anniversary''.]] | |
| *The Grunt Funeral skull is available to all players in ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''.
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| *When playing co-op in the original ''Anniversary'' whether or not the skulls appear depends on whether Player 1 has claimed them yet. If Player 1 has already collected a skull it will not appear, regardless of whether or not Player 2 has collected it. Thus when playing co-op it is important that a player who still needs to unlock skulls plays as Player 1, and a player who has already unlocked the skulls is Player 2. In ''The Master Chief Collection'' the skulls appear every time regardless of whether one or both players have already collected them.
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| *Unlike in [[Bungie]] games, players can still revert to their last checkpoint when using the Iron skull.
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| *If both the Piñata and Grunt Funeral skulls are active, Grunts will not drop grenades when meleed. The Piñata skull remains in effect for all other enemies.
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| *The description for the Boom skull advises "Light fuse, run away." This is a reference to the second chapter of the level ''The Maw''.
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| *The Bandanna skull is a reference to the [[metalgear:|''Metal Gear'' franchise]], in which every game has an unlockable bandanna that grants the player infinite ammunition.
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| *Unlike previous iterations, the Grunt Birthday Party skull can be set off by headshots from non-precision weapons (i.e. Assault Rifle, Plasma Pistol, etc). It merely requires that the final fatal shot strike the Unggoy's head.
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| *This is the only ''Halo'' game (other than ''[[Halo Wars]]'', ''Combat Evolved'' and ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault|Spartan Assault]]'') that does not feature the IWHBYD skull.
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| *According to one of the [[343 Sparkast]]s, there was a skull that was cut from the final game. Its effect was that weapon sound effects would be replaced with 343 employees saying the sound, such as "bang".
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| [[Category:Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]] | | '''Effect''': When activated, every [[Unggoy]]'s [[methane tank]] will explode similar to a [[Type-1 Antipersonnel Grenade|plasma grenade]] when killed. |
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