IWHBYD skull (Halo 3)

Were you looking for the Halo 2 version of the IWHBYD Skull?

"I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence."

— Sergeant Johnson

File:Halo Rings.jpg

The Seven Rings you must jump through for the Skull

File:Skull.jpg

John-117 with IWHBYD Skull.

In Halo 3, the IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull is located on the level The Covenant. To get this skull, you must start at the beginning of the mission, and be playing on the difficulty level of either Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.

The name of the skull is based on a statement, uttered by Sergeant Johnson in the first Halo: "I would have been your daddy, but a dog beat me over the fence!" It is also the name of the first chapter of the campaign level Assault on the Control Room in Halo: Combat Evolved.

Walkthrough

In order to get the IWHBYD skull, you must complete the entire mission The Covenant until you reach the final battle scene, where the Prophet of Truth is planning on lighting all seven rings. Once you reach the bridge, battle your way across with the Arbiter and Flood, neutralize all Covenant, watch/skip the cinematic, and kill all the Flood (this is optional, but makes the procedure much easier). Once the bridge is devoid of enemies, you will have to literally jump through the 7 rings in a complex order. Once you have completed this, the IWHBYD skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. Make sure you do not touch the rings or jump through them before you kill Truth.

Each number corresponds to the ring you must jump through. The ring at the elevator is 1. The ring next to Truth is 7. The ring with red on it is 4. (Be aware that the order in which the rings are numbered for this sequence does not represent their actual installation number. In fact, the ring closest to the elevator is Installation 07)

Sequence order: 4, 6, 5, 4, 5, 3, 4. The sequence is 7 rings long. This is another 7 reference.

Once you have completed the sequence, the skull will appear at the beginning of the light bridge leading to Truth's podium. If you are not sure you got it then look at the rings when you complete the sequence, they will be blinking. The Halo theme will play as you get the skull. You must then finish the level, or the skull will not be saved to your profile and you will have to get it again.

Each of the holographic rings sound a different tone of the E Dorian scale when you stand near it. The sequence, if you pay attention, plays part of the Halo theme song. Also, the rings in the citadel are holographic projections of the 7 Halo installations, the fourth being the newly reconstructed (and unfinished) Installation 04, the yet-to-build areas indicated by the red-glowing sections.

Effect

The IWHBYD Skull unlocks the extra dialogs in the game, which usually comes from the UNSC Marines and Elites, but some ridiculous dialogs does come from enemy forces with this skull on. For example if in a group of two Brutes one is killed, the remaining Brute has a chance to say "You killed my lover!" Here is a list of quotes from their respective races. However, there are much more quotes than what are being listed.

Marines

{{scroll box |content=

1. "Don't make me turn this car around!" - when you melee the marine driver in a warthog from the passenger seat.
2. "The Chief is dead? I'm just going to ... eat my gun.(can be heard without skull)
3. "I should have been a GEAR!" - If under heavy fire. This is a reference to the game Gears of War, where the Human Military force are known as Gears's, possibly an acronym or just due to the fact the unified human government is known as the COG(Coalition of Ordered Governments).
4. "I must have won the lottery!" Said when given a more powerful weapon.
5. "THIS IS SPARTA!" - A Marine upon having a victorious kill. Reference to the movie 300.
6. "There's trouble in River City!"
7. "I loved him." - If the player kills a nearby ally, not necessarily marine.
8. "Hey Chief, do you have a pair of socks I can borrow?"
9. "Haven't you heard any fat mama jokes?"- Said by Marines on The Storm mission.
10. "I've got some pictures on my MySpace if you want to see them." - Said by a female Marine.
11. "You Chief you." - Said when Chief gets killed. Possibly a reference to South Park.
12. "They remind me of Wookiees, you know, from Star Wars?" - When Sergeant Reynolds is fighting a Brute.
13. "Oh yeah I can really... Oh, sorry, thanks Chief." - When the player gives a marine an explosive weapon.
14. "Don't stare at me, it makes me nervous." - When you look at a marine for some time.
15. On The Ark (possibly only on Legendary), when the players leave the landing site of the Forward Unto Dawn in tanks, a Marine can be heard over the radio, singing "Ride of the Valkyries".
16. "There's no milk that comes out of these things, so look away." - When staring at a female marine's breasts.
17. "Arbiter's dead.... Never mind" - When Arbiter dies then respawns.
18. "We've got a Ghost, and it ain't even Halloween!" - Marine upon sighting a Ghost.
19. "I just can't believe it! I mean, his fist is as big as my head!" (Can be heard without skull)
20. "If you're just gonna stand there, why don't you get me some whiskey?" - Female Marine.
21. "Gosh let's be friends forever, 'K thanks bye'." - Female Marine when stared at.
22. "It's pretty nice with these zombies, I could use a break from fighting the martians" - When the Flood appear on The Covenant.
23. "Thank you for killing the big scary thing." - Said after you kill a high ranked Brute.
24. "They killed the Chief! You bastards!" - When the player dies. Reference to South Park.
25. "I almost had an Achievement!" - Marine when Chief kills an enemy he was attacking.
26. ""You could just have asked him for his weapon!" - When the player kills an ally. (Also heard without skull)
27. "You want some? Come get some!" - Most likely a reference to WWE Superstar John Cena.
28. "Hey sexy, no, not you, the alien" - If looking at pilot marine with the Arbiter near.
29. "I think we just killed their B team." - After clearing the area of Covenant.
30. "I'll get that letter to your family, I promise." - After killing a marine with a second marine nearby.
31. "Here you go in front of me, Chief." - When entering an area with hostiles.
32. "Are you staring at me because I look good, or because you like to get slapped?" - When staring at a female marine's breasts.
33. "Life... flashing... before my eyes... Johnson... you still owe me 5 bucks..." - When a marine is shot by enemies. Possibly a reference to Homestar Runner.
34. "Click it or ticket, my friend." - Said at the beginning of Tsavo Highway.
35. "Great, now you made me piss my pants." - If you tip over a Warthog.
36. "Hey buddy, keep your eyes in the green zone." - Said if looking at a female marine's breasts.
37. "Hey soldier, save the PDA for your mother." - Said if looking at a female marine's breasts or butt.
38. "SUCK IT!" - When fighting enemies, mostly when a marine is in the passenger seat and kills an enemy or is shooting at one.
39. "Hey, we were surrendering, Chief!" - Rare saying after you kill a Grunt.
40. "Aww, you stupid metal rust bucket!" - When you flip over your Warthog.
41. When you are driving a Warthog over jumps with a marine passenger they will sometimes sing the horn jingle (Dixie) of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazard.
42. "Thanks Arbiter, you might as well take a crap in my hat." - At the second rally point if player two trades his Plasma Rifle for the marine's Rocket Launcher.
43. "Die for The Shaft, guys!" - A reference to The Shaft, a Bungie joke.
44. "Wraith is down! We got a Wraith for breakfast!" - Said by Sergeant Stacker when you destroy a Wraith.
45. "Drop that jelly donut."
46. "Do you mind looking away Chief, you're really starting to freak me out." - when staring at a marine for some time.
47. "Hey, watch your fire, Benedict Arnold!" - when shot at by the player.
48. "He will just respawn..." - when player is killed.
49. "Uh...you are a guy, right?"- when pushing/walking into a male marine.
50. "That's...my...ASS!" a reference to the first marine prsioner being interogated in Sierra 117
51. "Hey, what about the Arbiter? Handsome fella." - said when staring at a male marine.
52. "Oh I'm sorry Chief, I don't even know why I got in this side." - said when asked to get out of the drivers seat of a vehicle.
53. "Aarrrr... here comes the Master Chief."
54. "He's gone bananas!" Said when a brute goes berserk
55. "But I already wrote my name on it." - when taking a marine's weapon
56. "That was a massacre! No a slaughter! It was a massacre slaughter kill!" - When Master Chief scores a double kill
57. "Go back to planet Jackass, jackass!"
58. "Ghost ride the whip!" - said when you flip a Warthog from being shot by a Ghost and land upright
59. "Come on, let's start diggin' a hole!" - when killed by enemies
60. "Hey, it's dead? Heh, at this pace we will be done by Tuesday...or at least Wednesday" - When a marine kills a grunt.
61. "Someone get a can of Raid!"- said when Drones are spotted on Tsavo Highway (can also be heard on Crow's Nest without the skull, but extremely rare without skull).
62. "Who wants ice cream?!"
63. "Arrrr yipee!" on Sierra 117
64. "Let's go find us some Fox-Trot!"- said when kicked out of vehicle, or randomly.
65. "What's the matter, never saw a ladies man before?" -said randomly.
66. "Yea, I'm a frighteningly handsome young man." -said randomly.
67. "Hahaha! We owned those fools!" -said when you kill a group of Covenant.
68. "Okay, let's start digging a hole people!" -said when the Chief is killed.
69. "Umm, would it be wrong to take his armor?" -said when player dies
70. "You sack of turds!" -said when a Marine kills an enemy.
71. "They're falling back! Yippee!!" - said when enemies are retreating.
72. "You will cease to live very soon!" -said when a marine shoots an enemy.
73. "You killed the hell out of those dudes!" -said when you kill a group of Covenant.
74. "He's gone mental!" -said when marines see a brute berserking.
75. "I'm a cowardly fool!" -said by a Marine on the Ark. (present in every game of the trilogy).
76. "Chief's dead, everybody start shitting your pants now." -If the player is killed.
77. "And I only pee'd myself a little!" -said when you rescue a marine on Floodgate
78. "I'm gonna save this and watch it in theater later."
79. "That Brute must be on a killing spree." -said when a high-ranking Brute kills a Marine
80. "Doorknob!" -when throwing a grenade.
81. "Just checking the airbags, right?" -when you crash a vehicle, with a marine in it.
82. "You did this because you knew I'd do better with it." -Said when a player gives a marine a more powerful weapon.
83. "Whoa man! That was one hell of a throw!" -Said by an ODST when an ally kills at least 2 enemies with a grenade.
84. "Thanks Chief, but I'm taken"- After giving a marine a weapon
85. "Thank you sir for the weapon sir Master Chief sir!" -giving a marine a weapon
86. "You're just wondering what makes me so cool" -said when staring at a marine for some time
87. "He's pending for a bending."-A reference to the show "Futurama."
88. "Hey Arbiter, when you go back home, could you tell the Elite ladies about me?" -Said when the Arbiter player stares at one of the guards on Crow's Nest.
89. "Shake 'n bake!" -Said when getting into a vehicle. Reference to Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
90. "Hey, I almost had an achievement!"
91. "Will the universe please just end right now?" -said when player dies
92. "I hate being treated like a sex object" -said when staring at a marine for some time
93. "sure would be nice if we had some grenades, don't you think?" -When a marine throws a grenade. A reference to Jayne from "Serenity"
94. "Just makin sure you heard me!" -sometimes said when killing alot fast.
95. "WOOOOOW you know kung fu?!" -sometimes said when killing all enemies with a beatdown within 2-20 seconds.
96. "Drop the Jelly Donut!" -said randomly
97. "you just got served!" rarely said after a hunter is killed

{{

Trivia

• The skull was intended to be the hardest skull to find. However, it was discovered very quickly after hackers looked in the games scripts.
• Many players are confused by the order in which the rings are numbered for this sequence. The IWHBYD ring numbering does not represent their actual installation number. In fact, the ring closest to the elevator is Installation 07.Template:Fact
• IWHBYD is the name of the first part of Assault on the Control Room (Level).