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Miniature Spartan glitch

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The miniature Spartan glitch is a glitch that can be performed in campaigns of Halo: Reach and Halo 4. It causes the player model (SPARTAN-B312 or John-117) to shrink to a small size.[1]

Method[edit]

This glitch can be performed on the Halo: Reach levels ONI: Sword Base and The Package and Halo 4 level Composer. It takes advantage of a de-spawn trick used in the level design of both games. To create the illusion of spacecraft flying rapidly off into the distance, without running into draw distance issues, the developers shrank the spacecraft as they fly away. This makes it seem as if the spacecraft is farther off in the distance than it actually is, allowing it to de-spawn inconspicuously. This mechanism can be used to shrink the player model: if a player is riding as a passenger in or is boarding as spacecraft while it is shrinking, they will shrink along with it. The player will then be left as a miniature Spartan, in some cases able to pilot a miniature spacecraft, although all player weapons will remain their normal size. This glitch uses the same operation which allows a full-sized Spartan to pilot a miniature Type-31 Seraph in the pilotable Seraph glitch. Its effects are also similar to those of Halo 4's Miniature Covenant glitch, the mechanics of which are unknown.

Tutorial - ONI: Sword Base[edit]

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Tutorial - The Package[edit]

At least three players are needed, so an Internet connection and online play are also required. This glitch also requires the Banshee Easter egg, so steps for that are also included.

  1. Clear the Farragut Station of all enemies. Spare at least one Ghost!
  2. Use the Ghost to push a crate out of the way in a flooded and roofed area (i.e. inside one of the stations). Have one player stay here and be ready to activate a switch.
  3. Just after getting the Scorpion tank, have one player turn left instead of right and press a switch on the other side of the rock wall, in the water.
  4. A switch will appear for the player back at Farragut Station. The player there should immediately press it.
  5. Players except for the one in the Scorpion should meet up at the station and wait near the newly spawned Banshees.
  6. The player in the Scorpion should destroy the two Tyrants, alternating between shooting one and the other. Once they're destroyed, said player should kill themself.
  7. Immediately get in a Banshee and fly to Sword Base. (Invisible walls are disabled now, so you should be able to pursue them onto a wall and over a textureless platform.
  8. Get out of the Banshee and try to get in a Falcon before it shrinks.
  9. Enjoy your hilariously tiny size!

Tutorial - Composer[edit]

This glitch is performed in the composer room when you fight against the Covenant. On a platform in the middle of the room to the left[clarification needed] is a Banshee. Quickly run to this, and kill the Elite who runs to man it. Fly it over to the building near the hangar opening, lift 03, that you normally would exit when you are done. Park it near the door, and clear out the enemies.

When the first wave of Banshees comes, make your way back to your parked Banshee. Remain on foot and destroy all enemy Banshees. Then, enter your Banshee and wait by the door. Another wave of enemies Banshees will follow; do not destroy any of these. In a short while, dialogue (between Master Chief and Cortana) will play, and if you are waiting near the door, a loading point will be triggered. Once this occurs, fly out to intercept the Banshees as they are leaving the map. Just as they are about to leave, dismount your Banshee and board one of the enemy Banshees.

As you board the enemy Banshee, it will begin to shrink. If you timed it[clarification needed] properly, you will shrink along with it. You will remain inside the map, and will be able to pilot the shrunken Banshee.

When you dismount, you will find that your player model has also shrunk. Your point of view will be lower to the ground, but your weapons will remain their normal size. The size change won't prevent you from performing normal actions (e.g. operating turrets).

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Youtube Halo 4: Tiny Spartan (on Composer) Tutorial

See also[edit]

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50 Degree Banshee Fire • Air swimming • Assault on the Control Room shortcut • Banshee launch • Bullet hole glitch • Character stretch glitch • Clipping • Death by cryo tube • Easy Pyramid Structure • Fall damage reduction • Floating assault rifles • Floating plasma grenade • Frozen Elite • Grenade animation glitch • Grenade slide • Headless Master Chief • Immobile Banshee • Invincible Marines • Invisible Warthog ammo • Leak • No weapon glitch • Pelican death glitch • Perpendicular Banshee fire • Phantom Flood whip • Riding a Pelican • Shafted cinematic glitch • Shielded dead Elite • Speedy reload • Spelunking • Spinning gun • Stay in the Pelican • Stopping time • Suspended dropships • The Pillar of Autumn vacation • Treadmill trick • Three weapons glitch • Unarmed Marines • Unlimited enemies • Unresponsive enemies • Wall hacking • White weapons
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Arbitrary unit possession • Aqua Chief • Banshee launch • Blue Jackal • Body separation glitch • Bouncing items glitch • Brute Buddies • Sword Climbing • Sword hijacking • Button combo • Cairo Station vacation • Character stretch glitch • Charging Needler glitch • Clipping • Creepy Cortana glitch • Driverless Banshee • Drop Dead on The Great Journey • Dual Melee • Enemies in space glitch • Faking Brutes • Fall damage reduction • Fighting Tartarus without fighting Brutes • Flipping a Phantom • Flying Arbiter • Floating objects • Floating in Relic • Flyboy • Flying Half-Jaw • Freezing Jackal • Get Into Sea On Regret • Get a Ghost stuck on the Scarab • Ghosts of Halo • Giant player model •Gravity throne hologram • Grenade lunge • Heretic leader glitch • Hidden subtitle in Halo 2 • Hidden weapons on Regret • Reaching the High Charity conduit • Hitchhiking Flood • Honor Guard Councilor • Hovering Arbiter glitch • Kill Sergeant Johnson glitch • Infected Brute glitch • Infinite Shotgun • Invincibility glitch • Invincible Grunt • Invincible Marines • Invisible bridge glitch • Invisible grenade throw • Invisible Sentinel beam • Invisible turret • Jackals' unlimited Plasma Pistols • Johnson disappearing on the Cairo • Knock the Prophet of Regret out of his throne • Light Eye • MAC gun glitch • Meet Johnson early • Needler Sentinel • No weapon glitch • Oracle elevator glitch • Oracle Super Jump • Orbital Insertion Pod glitch • Overload glitch (Halo 2) • Overloaded Backwash • Permanent invisibility • Phantom glitch on The Arbiter • Phantom riding glitch • Plasma Pistol glitch • Plasma Rifle overheat glitch • Quarantine Zone floor glitch • Quarantine Zone vacation • Riding a Pelican • Ring of Rockets • Rtas 'Vadum's eyes glitch • Save Marines on Sacred Icon • Silhouette Sword • Sliding Flood • Slow-motion grenade • Solid Patch of Air • Spectre jumping • Speedy reload • Suicidal Jackal • Super bouncing • Suspended Pelican • SWAT Suicide • Swinging Arbiter glitch • Sword flying • Tank jumping • Telefragging • Teleporting Half-Jaw • Triple wielding • Turf vacation • Unarmed Marines • Unlimited enemies • Unlimited Energy Sword • Unresponsive enemies • Uprising vacation • Wall Climbing with Vehicles • Wall hacking • Weaponless Elite (dual wielding) • Weaponless Elite glitch
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"Friendly" Brutes • 3 Player Local Co op • Aqua Chief • Arbiter eye glitch • Artificial lag glitch • Arm glitch • Avalanche vacation • Banshee hovering glitch • Banshee launch • Battle Rifle ammo glitch • Blanks in SMG • Butterflying • CTF weapons glitch • Character stretch glitch • Clipping • Corpse Respawn • Crow's Nest entrance • Dancing Elite glitch • Destroyed vehicles glitch • Disappearing grenade glitch • Disappearing Truth • Drive an AA Wraith • Drop pod glitch • Elephant flipping • Elite helmet glitch • Equipment jumping • Flipping a Phantom • Floating vehicles/player glitch • Floodgate vacation • Flying dumpster glitch • Flying Elephant • Flying turret glitch • Forge turret glitch • Forward Unto Dawn glitch • Frozen Elite • Fused armor glitch • Ghost Forging • Ghosts of Halo • Hall of Mirrors •Invincibility glitch • High Ground vacation • Hold an Energy Sword like an SMG glitch • Infected Brute Chieftain • Infinite Marines glitch • Infinite weapons on Crow's Nest • Invincible Marines • Ledge Jump • Life After Death • Load glitch • Mongoose glitch • Monitor glitch • Narrows man cannon glitch • No weapon glitch • Nuclear bomb glitch • Out of Sky Bubble glitch • Overload glitch (Halo 3) • Phantom Flood whip • Phantom riding glitch • Riding a Pelican • Ring of Rockets • Roaming spectator• Rtas 'Vadum in crashed Flood ship • Sangheili neck glitch • Scarab boarding glitch • Secret room on The Covenant • Secret Room under Snowbound • Semi-fake area glitch • Silhouette Sword • Skipping the light bridge scene • Stasis field glitch • Stopping time • Sword deflection glitch • Teleporter glitch • The Ark vacation • The Bump • The Covenant vacation • Theater tricks • Three Johnsons glitch • Time travel glitch • Transparent scenery glitch • Triple wielding • Turret detach glitch • Turretless vehicle glitch • Two Arbiters glitch • Two Spartan Lasers on Halo • Unlimited ammo • Unlimited enemies • Walking in the Dawn • Weaponless Elite glitch • Zero-gravity glitch
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