Special weapons (Halo 5: Guardians)

"So special"

— Halo 5: Guardians Official Game Guide

Special weapons are unique weapons hidden in the campaign missions of Halo 5: Guardians. These are weapons that are also featured in War Games simulations and via the requisition system for use in Warzone. Seven campaign missions in the game feature such weapons.

Note that this page does not include the Co-op-only Oathsworn or the Legendary-only easter egg-unlockable Prophets' Bane.

Locations

Osiris

• Open Hand - Found on top of a ledge on the left near where Promethean Soldiers are first encountered.
• Loathsome Thing - Found in a pair on ledges by where the Kraken is first sighted, one on the left and another on the right.

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  Open Hand

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  Loathsome Thing

Blue Team

• Blaze of Glory - Found on a ledge by a mission intel pad, just before the catwalk to Central Control when leaving the assembly bay.

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  Blaze of Glory

Unconfirmed

• Nornfang - Found inside Blue Team's ONI Acrisius Prowler, on the right side.

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  Nornfang

Reunion

• Talon of the Lost - Upon reaching the second group of Covenant, climb the rocks on the right. The weapon is hidden below the ledge where a weapons crate housing fuel rod cannons is located.
• Pool of Radiance - Before crossing the light bridge that will trigger the second cutscene, climb the rocks on the left and find the weapon against the cliff wall at the back.
• River of Light - Found in the valley where the Warden Eternal is fought, hidden in a crevice on the far end and in the right wall.
• Twin Jewels of Maethrillian - Found in the cave where Cortana leads the Spartans of Blue Team to the Gateway. It is on top of the largest rock pillar on the left path, on the opposite side from where the Phaetons are parked.

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  Talon of the Lost

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  Pool of Radiance

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  River of Light

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  Twin Jewels of Maethrillian

Genesis

• Light of Urs - Found by a ledge after the first bridge and by a dead Grunt with mission intel.
• Spitfire - Found on a ledge nearby a terminal with mission intel, after the vacant Ultra Wraith and the first crashed Pelican.
• The Answer - Found in a pair just before the Warden Eternal duo fight, with one on the left of the entrance to the Gateway by a crashed Pelican and the other on the right.

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  Light of Urs

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  Spitfire

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  The Answer

The Breaking

• Didact's Signet - Found on a ledge after the first lift, just before the next section that spawns another pack of Promethean Crawlers.

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  Didact's Signet

Guardians

• White Scar - Found behind burning wreckage in the first site where Covenant and Prometheans are fought.
• Vorpal Talon - Found on a ledge in front of the Alpha Core.
• Twin Jewels of Maethrillian - Found on a ledge overlooking the Epsilon Core.

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  White Scar

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  Vorpal Talon

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  Twin Jewels of Maethrillian

Trivia

• The special weapons are also affected by the Famine skull.