Editing Halo: The Master Chief Collection skulls

{{Title|''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'' skulls}}
{{Status|Gameplay}}
[[File:HMCC-skulls-menu.jpg|thumb|300px|The skull selection menu in ''The Master Chief Collection'']]
'''Skulls''' are gameplay modifiers with the appearance of a [[human]] [[skull]] featured in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''. Like in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]'', the skulls are no longer easter eggs in-game, and can also be accessed in the [[campaign]] menu without claiming them in campaign levels. A total 38 skulls are included in the collection, including several unique additions to ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.<ref name="your journey">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/bulletins/the-halo-bulletin-your-journey-begins '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: Your Journey Begins'']</ref>

Skulls in ''The Master Chief Collection'' are divided into two categories: Scoring and Non-Scoring. Scoring skulls increase the challenge and reward players with higher score multipliers or bonuses to base enemy values when turned on. Non-Scoring skulls can either be neutral, such as Grunt Birthday Party, or in cases of cheat-like skulls, have a score multiplier of zero. Zero multiplier skulls like Scarab disqualify level times and scores from being recorded on the leaderboard and disable score and time-based achievements.{{Ref/Reuse|your journey}}

==List of skulls==
The games in which the skull is available are listed below each skull. Pre-order skulls are marked with ¹ and were unlocked globally on December 12, 2014. With the exception of these as well as the Swarm skull, all other skulls are unlocked from the start.{{Ref/Reuse|your journey}} Skulls marked with ² were not available in the original release of the games, but were implemented via updates in the [[MCC Insider Program]]. The Acrophobia skull was added into the game for ''Halo 3'' for the release of ''Halo 3'' on PC.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/mcc-development-update-june-2020|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=MCC Development Update - June 2020}} The Acrophobia can only be unlocked for use by completing a [[season]]al [[Challenges/Halo: The Master Chief Collection|challenge]] to kill 343 flying enemies in ''Halo 3'', between July 14 and July 29, 2020.{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/976730/view/2595712846344485885|Site=Steam|Page=Halo 3 Celebration}} It was unlocked globally after July 29, 2020. New skulls from the collection became available on ''Halo 3'' and ''Halo 3: ODST'' with [[Series 8: Mythic#Patch notes|the update on 11 April 2022]].{{Ref/Site|URL=https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us/articles/5178835359380-Halo-The-Master-Chief-Collection-MCC-Update-April-2022|Site=Halo Support site|Page=Halo: The Master Chief Collection MCC Update - April 2022|D=11|M=4|Y=2022}}

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|-
! width=50px|Icon !! width=200px|Name !! width=400px|Description !! width=50px|Multiplier !! width=50px|HCEA !! width=50px|H2A !! width=50px|H3 !! width=50px|ODST !! width=50px|H4 !! width=50px|Reach
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| style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Acrophobia.png|center|75px]]
| Acrophobia 
|| The Corps: Now issue rifles AND wings... (Press Jump twice to fly.)
||0.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes²
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Anger.png|center|75px]]
| Anger
|| Enemies fire their weapons faster and more frequently.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Assassin.png|center|75px]]
| Assassins
|| All enemies in the game are permanently cloaked.
||1.20x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Bandana.png|center|75px]]
| Bandanna¹
|| Infinite Ammo.
||0.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes²
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Black Eye.png|center|75px]]
| Black Eye
|| Your shields only recharge when you melee enemies. Bash your way to better health!
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Blind.png|center|75px]]
| Blind
|| HUD and weapon do not display onscreen.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Bonded Pair.png|center|75px]]
| Bonded Pair¹
|| Co-op skull: When one player dies, the other player gets a large damage boost that lasts a while.
||0.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Boom.png|center|75px]]
| Boom¹
|| Explosions have twice the damage radius. Light fuse, run away.
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Catch.png|center|75px]]
| Catch
|| Enemies throw and drop more grenades.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Cowbell.png|center|75px]]
| Cowbell
|| Acceleration from explosions is increased.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Envy.png|center|75px]]
| Envy
|| Chief trades his flashlight for Active Camo.
||0.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Eye Patch.png|center|75px]]
| Eye Patch
|| Auto aim features disabled for all weapons. You'll miss it when it's gone.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Famine.png|center|75px]]
| Famine
|| Weapons dropped by AI have half the ammo they normally would. You might want to pack an extra magazine.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Feather.png|center|75px]]
| Feather¹
|| Player and enemy melee strikes impart more movement physics.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Fog.png|center|75px]]
| Fog
|| The motion tracker is disabled. You'll miss those eyes in the back of your head.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Foreign.png|center|75px]]
| Foreign
|| Covenant weapons: How do they work? Players cannot pick up or use Covenant weapons.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Ghost.png|center|75px]]
| Ghost
|| AI no longer flinch from attacks.
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Grunt Birthday Party.png|center|75px]]
| Grunt Birthday Party
|| Grunt headshots lead to glorious celebrations.
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Grunt Funeral.png|center|75px]]
| Grunt Funeral¹
|| Grunts die in a blaze of glory. And plasma.
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Iron.png|center|75px]]
| Iron
|| Death carries a heavy price. Dying in co-op resets you at your last saved checkpoint. Dying solo restarts the level.
||1.30x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull IWHBYD.png|center|75px]]
| IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy)
|| Rare combat dialogue becomes more common.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Jacked.png|center|75px]]
| Jacked
|| Players can only enter ground vehicles by boarding.
||1.20x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Malfunction.png|center|75px]]
| Malfunction
|| Every time you respawn, a random element of your HUD is disabled.
|| 1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Masterblaster.png|center|75px]]
| Masterblaster
|| Co-op skull: One player's shields recharge to overshield level and can only melee while the second player has no shields but infinite ammo. Roles switch after a number of enemy kills.
||1.10x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Mythic.png|center|75px]]
| Mythic
|| Enemies have increased health.
||1.20x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Piñata.png|center|75px]]
| Piñata¹
|| Punching enemies makes them drop grenades. Beat them 'til candy comes out!
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Prophet Birthday Party.png|center|75px]]
| Prophet Birthday Party
|| Punch that Prophet up to 11. (Each punch the player lands on the [[Prophet of Regret]] on the level ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]'' or the [[Prophet of Mercy]]'s [[Gravity throne|Gravity Throne]] on the level [[High Charity (level)|High Charity]] are accompanied by an electric guitar lick).
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No|| style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Recession.png|center|75px]]
| Recession
|| Every shot is worth twice the ammo. Save those bullets, player.
||1.20x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Scarab.png|center|75px]]
| Scarab
|| All player-held weapons fire Scarab Gun beams.
||0.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull So Angry.png|center|75px]]
| SO...ANGRY...
|| Enraged Brutes explode like a frag grenade if not dispatched within seconds. Base Brute score values are increased.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Sputnik.png|center|75px]]
| Sputnik
|| Mass of objects is decreased, making them more easily displaced.
||1.00x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Streaking.png|center|75px]]
| Streaking
|| Player shields constantly decay at a slow pace but recharge some with every enemy kill.
||1.20x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Swarm.png|center|75px]]
| Swarm
|| Hunters are much stronger. Base Hunter score values are increased.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull That's Just Wrong.png|center|75px]]
| That's Just... Wrong
|| Increases enemy awareness of player.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull They Come Back.png|center|75px]]
| They Come Back
|| Flood Combat Forms spawned by Infection Forms reanimating a corpse are much more dangerous. Flood Combat Form score values are increased.
||1.00x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Thunderstorm.png|center|75px]]
| Thunderstorm
|| Upgrades the rank of most enemies.
||1.20x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Tilt.png|center|75px]]
| Tilt
|| Enemy resistances and weaknesses are increased.
||1.20x || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|-
|style="background:#555555;" | [[File:HTMCC Skull Tough Luck.png|center|75px]]
| Tough Luck
|| Enemies always go berserk, always dive out of the way, never flee.
||1.10x || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes² || style="background:#ffdddd;"|No || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes || style="background:#ddffdd;"|Yes
|}

==Trivia==
* The description of the Acrophobia skull is a reference to [[The Truth and Reconciliation]] from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]. where in the opening cutscene a marine says "The Corps issued me a rifle, not wings.".

==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}

[[Category:Skulls]]