"Armor Permutations" is a feature in Halo 3, allowing the player to aesthetically customize his/her multiplayer character.
Introduction
Armor Permutations allows a player to customize his/her multiplayer character as either a UNSC SPARTAN-II or a Covenant Elite, and change between different helmets, shoulder pads, chest armor, and detailed colors (primary color, secondary color, and armor detail). All permutations are aesthetic only and do not change gameplay (no bonuses, increased hitboxes, etc).
They were originally discovered in the Halo 3 Beta hexadecimal code by modders and were confirmed to provide high levels of player customization by GamePro's June magazine issue[1]. Calculated together, there are 187,947,000 combinations for the player to choose from.
Armor Permutations are unlocked by accomplishments in either the campaign or multiplayer modes of Halo 3.
SPARTAN Armor Permutations
There are a wide variety of SPARTAN armor permutations, with 11 helmets, 8 shoulder pieces, and 8 chest pieces for a total of 5,632 different SPARTAN armor permutation combinations: one helmet, two shoulder pieces, and chest piece per permutation. This excludes color variations.
Helmets
- Mark VI: Default Unlocked.
- CQB: Default Unlocked.
- EVA: Complete Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary.
- EOD: Complete Campaign on Legendary.
- Hayabusa: Collect all skulls.[There is no unknown skull]
- Security: Get all achievements in Halo 3.
- Scout: Complete "Used Car Salesman" Achievement.
- ODST: Complete "Spartan Graduate" Achievement.
- Mark V: Complete "UNSC Spartan" Achievement.
- Rogue: Complete "Spartan Officer" Achievement.
- Recon: Bungie Employees and selected few.
Shoulder Pieces
- Mark VI: Default Unlocked
- CQB: Default Unlocked
- EVA: Complete The Ark on the Normal, Heroic, or Legendary difficulty
- EOD: Complete The Ark on Legendary
- Hayabusa: Collect 9 skulls [Unknown skull does not count]
- Security: Get 750 of 1000 gamerscore on Halo 3 | Due to inconsistency, this armor permutation is not always given at 750, whereas there are some reports that the Security Shoulders require a minimum of 800 gamerscore, but the official guide to Halo 3 lists the requirements as 750. It has been suggested that meta-game achievements and Marathon Man are required.
- Scout: Complete "Mongoose Mowdown" Achievement
- Recon: Bungie Employees and selected few
Chest Armor
- Mark VI: Default Unlocked
- CQB: Default Unlocked
- EVA: Complete Tsavo Highway on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
- Hayabusa: Collect 5 skulls [Unknown skull does not count]
- EOD: Complete Tsavo Highway on Legendary
- Scout: Complete "Too Close to the Sun" Achievement
- Recon: Bungie Employees and selected few
- Flaming Helmet Chest Piece: Bungie Employees only
Elite Armor Permutations
There are a wide variety of Elite armor permutations[4], with 5 helmets, 5 shoulder pieces, and 5 chest pieces for a total of 625 different Elite armor permutation combinations: one helmet, two shoulder pieces, and chest piece per permutation. There are probably fewer Elite armor permutations because (generally) fewer players play as Elites.
Helmets
- Combat: Default Unlocked
- Assault: Default Unlocked
- Flight: Complete Campaign on Heroic or Legendary
- Ascetic: Unlock "Steppin' Razor" Achievement
- Commando: Unlock "Overkill" Achievement
Shoulder Armor
- Combat: Default Unlocked
- Assault: Default Unlocked
- Flight: Complete The Ark on Heroic or "The Storm" on Legendary [Please note that due to complaints from the players about this permutation being glitched, Bungie has fixed this and after the auto-update, will automatically unlock for every player, even those who don't have the permutation unlocked.]
- Ascetic: Unlock "Overkill" Achievement
- Commando: Unlocked automatically after Auto Update 1 was applied on February 19, 2008
Body Armor
- Combat: Default Unlocked
- Assault: Default Unlocked
- Flight: Complete Tsavo Highway on Heroic or Legendary
- Ascetic: Complete "Up Close and Personal" Achievement
- Commando: Complete "Triple Kill" Achievement
Unlocking Permutations
Body | Shoulder | Helmet | |
---|---|---|---|
Spartan Armor Permutations | |||
Mark VI | (Default) | (Default) | (Default) |
CQB | (Default) | (Default) | (Default) |
EVA | Tsavo Highway (Normal) | The Ark (Normal) | Campaign Complete: Normal |
EOD | Tsavo Highway (Legendary) | The Ark (Legendary) | Campaign Complete: Legendary |
Hayabusa | Collect 5 skulls | Collect 9 skulls | Collect all skulls |
Katana | Unlock all achievements. | ||
Security | Earn 750 G. | Unlock all achievements. | |
Recon | Given to select people by Bungie. | Given to select people by Bungie. | Given to select people by Bungie. |
Scout | Too Close to the Sun | Mongoose Mowdown | Used Car Salesman |
ODST | Spartan Graduate | ||
Mark V | UNSC Spartan | ||
Rogue | Spartan Officer | ||
Elite Armor Permutations | |||
Combat | (Default) | (Default) | (Default) |
Assault | (Default) | (Default) | (Default) |
Flight | Tsavo Highway (Heroic) | The Ark (Heroic) | Campaign Complete: Heroic |
Ascetic | Up Close and Personal | Overkill | Steppin' Razor |
Commando | Triple Kill | Defualt w/AU1 | Overkill |
Images
Human Spartans
- CQB-Halopedia.jpg
The finished image of the Close Quarters Battle Armor
- MJOLNIR V Halo 3.jpg
The Mjolnir Mark V in Halo 3
- Halo-3-custom-armor.jpg
An EVA SPARTAN wielding an M6G
- Halo3 Spartan-pistol-01.jpg
A CQB Spartan
- Spartan Variants Ahoy.jpg
Different varieties of Spartan armor in battle
- Blemo's Spartan.jpg
You can mix and match different armor parts to create your own Spartan as seen in this image.
- Recon.jpg
Recon Armour
- Flaminghayabusa.jpg
Flaming Helmet
Elites (Sangheili)
- Assaultarmor.jpg
The Elite Assault armor permutation
Miscellaneous
- DSCF0943.JPG
Magazine scan of most of the known armor, the Arbiter's armor is included in this picture as well.
- Halo 3 Armor Models.jpg
Spartan and Elite armor models.
- 753777342 19c07c569a o.jpg
The "Recon" armor permutation.
- Modhelm.jpg
MJOLNIR Mk. VI, Extravehicular, Close Quarters Battle, and the Recon armor, without the skin.
- Halo 3 Customization.jpg
An example of the customization.
External Links
http://php.badrouter.net/bnet/ - Player Generator
http://www.gruntsrus.com - Player Generator
Sources
- ^ "Halo 3's online mode offers new armor permutations that allow players to customize their personas from head to toe." GamePro June 2007
- ^ http://forums.xbox.com/2/15861069/ShowPost.aspx#15875841
- ^ http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/09/30/the-hayabusa-saga-continues-sword-time/
- ^ http://flamesoffeenix.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/customarmorelites.jpg