Totem Ring

During the war for Installation 07 John-117 and the Weapon came across many ring artifacts. These rings were linked together and contained runes older than the Forerunners with data millions of years old.

Ring Locations

All of the Rings can be found in the open World of Halo Infinite and contain blue energy swirling within their perimeter.

Ring 01

"There's more here. This isn't the first time this Ring has repaired itself. What we're seeing in the landscape is an ancient process. It seems like these installations are almost impossible to destroy. Almost."

"Almost."

— The Weapon and Chief discussing the first ring artifact.

Ring 02

"This data is strange. I'm not even certain all of it is Forerunner, strictly speaking. Strands of this code are older than Zeta Halo itself. Possibly older than the Forerunners themselves. For all we know about them, there's so much we don't."

— The Weapon analysing the second ring artifact.

Ring 03

"Can data feel lonely? Because this data feels lonely. Existing for a hundred thousand years-- alone. What use is all the power in the universe without someone to talk to?"

— The Weapon analysing the third ring artifact.

Ring 04

"This thing is old... Very old. And full of data. Well, if you can call it data. Most of it is encrypted in ways I don't understand, but I was able to figure out one small part. There are more out there. I can... "feel" them communicating."

— The Weapon analysing the fourth ring artifact.

Ring 05

"There's evidence of an entire civilization that once inhabited this Ring. But... not Forerunner. Older. Different. "

— The Weapon analysing the fifth ring artifact.

Ring 06

"How many Rings have you visited Chief?"

"Too many."

"Well... There's information stored in here about all of them. Memories... Data... Deliberate... Fractured. So much history. None of it clear."

— The Weapon and Chief after discovering the sixth ring artifact.

Ring 07

"This is hard to explain."

"Try me."

"There's a profound regret woven through everything I can decipher. Grief, even. Tens of thousands of years old, and the sorrow still feels fresh. This Installation has a troubled memory. That was the last one. Its tragic. A civilisation that had it all under control. Until they didn't. There's so much here. It feels... kind of like a confession. Imagine needing to carve your apology onto an eternal slate. But not to say sorry. To warn. To confess."

"Sounds familiar.."

"It does, doesn't it?"

— The Weapon and Chief after discovering the seventh ring artifact.

Production notes

The ring artifacts serve as Forerunner audio logs in Halo Infinite.

Gallery

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  UNSC Marines near a ring artifact in the Halo Infinite announcement trailer.

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  A ring artifact in the Halo Infinite Campaign Gameplay Premiere.

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  A ring artifact south of the Tower in Halo Infinite.

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  A ring artifact in a cave.

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  A crashed Siege-hauler with a broken ring artifact south of Outpost Tremonius.

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  Multiple ring artifacts at Annex Ridge.

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  A ring artifact being studied inside Annex Ridge.

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  A ring artifact glowing.

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  A ring artifact near the Conservatory.

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  John-117 near a ring artifact after killing The Harbinger.

List of appearances

• Halo Infinite (First appearance)