Halo Wars Skulls

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Even tough these have all been found and documented, I figured I'd do it myself. I'l be making videos to accompany these later, but now text will have to do. I'm writing these as I play the game, so as I find each skull I'll update this. There will be spoilers. You've been warned.

Each of the skulls are only activated once you complete the Optional Objective for each level. This walkthrough will list that objective, the easiest way to accomplish it, and where the skull is located.

Level 1: Alpha Base
Skull Name: Look Daddy!
Skull Description: When Grunts die, their methane tanks always shoot off.
Optional Objective: Kill 100 Grunts
This might seem like an impossible task, but it's actually quite simple. Scour the level and kill any grunt you see. At the first rescue point leave the Marine footsoldiers behind, they slow you down. Push on ahead with the Warthogs until you get to the next battle. Make sure you kill every grunt you see. Visit every corner of the map until you've lifted the black Fog of War for everything, to make sure you don't miss anything. When you finally get to alpha base, don't kill everything immediately. Phantom dropships will bring in reinforcements which usually carry Grunts. Leave the enemies in the far corners of the base untouched so you don't end the level. Keep killing the reinforcements until you have 100 Grunt kills. Once you get that objective (you'll hear a sound) the skull will be outside the base on an embankment. Any unit can grab the skull.

Level 2: Relic Approach
Skull Name: Grunt Birthday Party
Skull Description:Grunts explode into confetti.
Optional Objective: Kill 20 Jackal Snipers
This skull is fairly easy to get. Just kill every jackal you see perched on the platforms in the hills. Again, you'll want to explore every part of the map to lift the Fog of War, if you do that you can't help but see more than 20 Jackals. When you complete the objective you'll hear the sound and the skull will be back at Alpha Base, near the West entrance.

Level 3: Relic Interior
Skull Name: Cowbell
Skull Description: Destruction physics magnified.
Optional Objective: Kill 45 Hunters
Again a pretty simple skull to aquire, just a little more time consuming. You start this level with 2 Grizzlies. These are extremely powerful Scorpion variants that are very destructive. Investigate every nook and cranny on the map and kill every hunter you see. Like I said this will take a little more time. Once you've killed all the normal spawning hunters, proceed to the rally point and meet up with Forge and Anders. There will be a few more hunters to destroy at this point, so keep at it. Basically just watch for any of the hulking monsters while you explore. When the west bridge gets destroyed, you'll need to escort Anders to the East bridge controls so she can hack them and activate the bridge. It wasn't until I was back in the tunnel heading out of the structure toward the LZ that I finally killed my last Hunter. There will be 6 of them firing on some footsoldiers, make sure you take them out, you won't get credit if the footsoldiers kill them. Once you hear the sound head back to the Relic where you rescued Forge and Anders and the skull will be there.

Level 4: Arcadia City
Skull Name: Wuv Woo
Skull Description: Scarabs shoot rainbow beams made of Pure Love.
Optional Objective: Kill 50 Elites
This is one of the hardest I've done yet. It wasn't hard finding 50 Elites to kill, what was difficult was trying to keep 2 transports alive, while setting up a base, navigating your troops across the city, defending your base, maybe setting up a second base...Geez! Anyway, once you've scored your 50th Elite kill, head on up the stairs behind one of the base build sites (not the one in the grassy area) and go all the way up to the corner near a statue, and there you'll find the Wuv Woo skull.

Level 5: Arcadia Outskirts
Skull Name: Fog
Skull Description: No minimap. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 5 Wraith Tanks
This one took me a while to find, but like before, I just search every part of the map until there's no black Fog of War. It's not difficult to destroy the tanks, what's hard is making sure the Spartan's you're fighting with don't hijack them all, because you don't get credit for the kill if it gets jacked. I find the easiest method is to just make a run straight for the crater in the South part of the map, set up your base there and immediately upgrade it to a Fortress. Garrison some troops in the downed Pelicans and Warthogs to make them more effective against attackers. The Wraiths will come and you can take them out easier using the Spartan's Rocket Launcher or Spartan Laser. Once you get all 5 kills head toward the North-West of the map (I find this is easiest with a flying vehicle like the Vulture or Hornet) and pick up the Fog skull on top of the highway.

Level 6: Dome of Light
Skull Name: Sickness
Skull Description: All player units have 50% fewer hitpoints. Final score will increase
Optional Objective: Kill 50 Banshees
Killing 50 Banshees isn't near as hard as it would seem. Banshees are almost the only unit that gets sent at you. Just keep taking em down, it helps if you have Wolverine Anti-Air units. Remember to make sure your Spartans don't hijack them, otherwise you won't get the kill. Once you've killed 50 'Shees, the skull will be behind your base and off the the left.

Level 7: Scarab
Skull Name: Rebel Sympathizer
Skull Description: Non-player unites get 25% more hitpoints. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 10 Locusts
This one took me a while. Forget what I said before about Arcadia City being the hardest, this was harder for me. Getting the skull takes a while here. What I did was drive warthogs around looking for Locust, when Ifound one I would send tanks in to destroy them, or if I had time I'd use a MAC blast. Once you get all 10, the skull will be in the north-west section of the map near one of the power generators.

Level 8: Anders' Signal
Skull Name: Rebel Supporter
Skull Description: Non-player units to 50% more damage. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 750 Infections
This would seem difficult, but it's really not. Time consuming, but simple. I got 750 kills before I finished building up my base and researching everything. Keep in mind these aren't the infected Humans and Elites, it's the little infection forms. They come in groups of 6 or 7 and are pretty easy to destroy. What I did was set up my base with missle launcher turrest at each corner, then I set up a fully upgraded Elephant on each side with a Spartan inside it to make it stronger. The little things will just keep coming at you, as will Brutes and Combat Forms. Once you get your 750 kills, the skull is in the north section of the map, directly south-west from the north Flood Den. Just take a flying vehicle over there to collect it.

Level 9: The Flood
Skull Name: Rebel Leader
Skull Description: Non-player units start with extra veterancy. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 20 Flood Stalks
Wander the map looking for these things. They basically look like trees with ugly bulbs hanging off the top of them. They're not hard to kill, but they usually explode spawning Infectionist forms, runnin gthem over with a 'Hog will destroy them, but it will also destroy the hog. Best way to kill them is to send either Scorpions or Hornets after them, just demolish them. Once you get all 20, take a Hornet east of your main base toward the burning Pelican crash, the skull will be there.

Level 10: Shield World
Skull Name: Catch
Skull Description: All player units recharge unit abilities in half the time. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 350 Swarms
Killing 350 Swarms is a little harder than killing 750 infections. Swarms fly, so they're harder to hit, they can also shoot back. I found the best way to get around that is take a lot of marines with me, all of the Swarms will shoot at one platoon at the same time. They don't do a huge amount of damange, either, so your Marines will last a while while the rest shot them down. You'll find a lot of swarms at the beginning, but toward the end I was getting a little worried I wouldn't find enough. But it was without reason, I just set up my base with some missle launchers and let them take care of the Swarms that tried attacking it. Once you get your 350th kill, head on over to a little island north-east of your base (which is in the south-most part of the map).

Level 11: Cleansing
Skull Name: Sugar Cookies
Skull Description: All player units have 50% more hitpoints. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 100 Sentinels
The Sentinels are a joke in this game. 100 seems like a big number but they come in packs of 4 or 5 and they're easy to take out. Just stand in the middle and let your turrets take care of them (make sure they're missle turrets), or go after them yourself. Eitherway, when you get all 100 kills, take a Vulture or Hornet to the front of the ship and the skull will be floating in between the port and starboard decks.

Level 12: Repairs
Skull Name: Boomstick
Skull Description:
Optional Objective: Kill 12 Spirit Transports
This is incredibly simple. Just build some turrets with the Missle Launcher ability and they'll pretty much take out all the Spirits that fly nearby. Once you've gotten 12 the skull is toward the front of the ship (opposite side from the damaged power unit) flowing betweeen the port and starboard side on top of the structure. Just fly a Hawk up there and you're good.

Level 13: Beachhead
Skull Name: Pain Train
Skull Description: All player units train 50% faster. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 10 Bomber Forms
I had a hard time with this. The Bomber forms are pretty easy to kill, but there are very few on the map. I set up my first base and left the monster next to it alive (it's far enough away not to hurt it), I think it spawns Bomber Forms because they kept coming. Just let the turrets on your base take them out. If you're still short head toward the plateau where you started and there should be a good few up there. Once your done the Pain Train skull is on that same plateau, in the weat-most section of the map, near a bunch of Flood beasties.

Level 14: Reactor

Skull Name: Bountiful Harvest
Skull Description: Supplies come in 25% faswter. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Destroy 20 Vampires
This couldn't be easier. Once you've reached the top of the hill and destroyed the built your second base (or not, if you're going for the achievement for this level), the Vampires will start coming in pretty frequently in packs of two. It's not too frequently, just enough time to let your secondary abilities recharge. Make sure you don't let the Spartans hijack them, though, that won't count as a kill. Once you've got 20 kills head up to the top of the second hill in the back corner, the skull will be amongst some Covenant boxes.

Level 15: Escape
Skull Name: Emperor
Skull Description: All player powers recharge in half the time. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Destroy 3 Scarabs
There is no easy way to do this. What I ended up doing was making a bunch of Vultures and researching my MAC up to 4 shots. When a new Scarab spawned, I'd fly everything I had over to it and release a barrage with my Vultures and finish it with my MAC. If that didn't kill it, I'd hit it with a Carpet Bomb. Scarabs only spawn about every 10 minutes, so you'll just have to be observant so you don't run out of time. Once you kill the 3rd Scarab, head to the exact north of the map, the skull will be amongst a bunch of Flood, so go prepared, or expect to die. I sent one Hornet and then just let it get destroyed...which it did, quickly.

And there you have it. All 15 skulls and how to get them. I hope this helps some people, and it was a lot of fun to make!
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Even tough these have all been found and documented, I figured I'd do it myself. I'l be making videos to accompany these later, but now text will have to do. I'm writing these as I play the game, so as I find each skull I'll update this. There will be spoilers. You've been warned.

Each of the skulls are only activated once you complete the Optional Objective for each level. This walkthrough will list that objective, the easiest way to accomplish it, and where the skull is located.

Level 1: Alpha Base
Skull Name: Look Daddy!
Skull Description: When Grunts die, their methane tanks always shoot off.
Optional Objective: Kill 100 Grunts
This might seem like an impossible task, but it's actually quite simple. Scour the level and kill any grunt you see. At the first rescue point leave the Marine footsoldiers behind, they slow you down. Push on ahead with the Warthogs until you get to the next battle. Make sure you kill every grunt you see. Visit every corner of the map until you've lifted the black Fog of War for everything, to make sure you don't miss anything. When you finally get to alpha base, don't kill everything immediately. Phantom dropships will bring in reinforcements which usually carry Grunts. Leave the enemies in the far corners of the base untouched so you don't end the level. Keep killing the reinforcements until you have 100 Grunt kills. Once you get that objective (you'll hear a sound) the skull will be outside the base on an embankment. Any unit can grab the skull.

Level 2: Relic Approach
Skull Name: Grunt Birthday Party
Skull Description:Grunts explode into confetti.
Optional Objective: Kill 20 Jackal Snipers
This skull is fairly easy to get. Just kill every jackal you see perched on the platforms in the hills. Again, you'll want to explore every part of the map to lift the Fog of War, if you do that you can't help but see more than 20 Jackals. When you complete the objective you'll hear the sound and the skull will be back at Alpha Base, near the West entrance.

Level 3: Relic Interior
Skull Name: Cowbell
Skull Description: Destruction physics magnified.
Optional Objective: Kill 45 Hunters
Again a pretty simple skull to aquire, just a little more time consuming. You start this level with 2 Grizzlies. These are extremely powerful Scorpion variants that are very destructive. Investigate every nook and cranny on the map and kill every hunter you see. Like I said this will take a little more time. Once you've killed all the normal spawning hunters, proceed to the rally point and meet up with Forge and Anders. There will be a few more hunters to destroy at this point, so keep at it. Basically just watch for any of the hulking monsters while you explore. When the west bridge gets destroyed, you'll need to escort Anders to the East bridge controls so she can hack them and activate the bridge. It wasn't until I was back in the tunnel heading out of the structure toward the LZ that I finally killed my last Hunter. There will be 6 of them firing on some footsoldiers, make sure you take them out, you won't get credit if the footsoldiers kill them. Once you hear the sound head back to the Relic where you rescued Forge and Anders and the skull will be there.

Level 4: Arcadia City
Skull Name: Wuv Woo
Skull Description: Scarabs shoot rainbow beams made of Pure Love.
Optional Objective: Kill 50 Elites
This is one of the hardest I've done yet. It wasn't hard finding 50 Elites to kill, what was difficult was trying to keep 2 transports alive, while setting up a base, navigating your troops across the city, defending your base, maybe setting up a second base...Geez! Anyway, once you've scored your 50th Elite kill, head on up the stairs behind one of the base build sites (not the one in the grassy area) and go all the way up to the corner near a statue, and there you'll find the Wuv Woo skull.

Level 5: Arcadia Outskirts
Skull Name: Fog
Skull Description: No minimap. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 5 Wraith Tanks
This one took me a while to find, but like before, I just search every part of the map until there's no black Fog of War. It's not difficult to destroy the tanks, what's hard is making sure the Spartan's you're fighting with don't hijack them all, because you don't get credit for the kill if it gets jacked. I find the easiest method is to just make a run straight for the crater in the South part of the map, set up your base there and immediately upgrade it to a Fortress. Garrison some troops in the downed Pelicans and Warthogs to make them more effective against attackers. The Wraiths will come and you can take them out easier using the Spartan's Rocket Launcher or Spartan Laser. Once you get all 5 kills head toward the North-West of the map (I find this is easiest with a flying vehicle like the Vulture or Hornet) and pick up the Fog skull on top of the highway.

Level 6: Dome of Light
Skull Name: Sickness
Skull Description: All player units have 50% fewer hitpoints. Final score will increase
Optional Objective: Kill 50 Banshees
Killing 50 Banshees isn't near as hard as it would seem. Banshees are almost the only unit that gets sent at you. Just keep taking em down, it helps if you have Wolverine Anti-Air units. Remember to make sure your Spartans don't hijack them, otherwise you won't get the kill. Once you've killed 50 'Shees, the skull will be behind your base and off the the left.

Level 7: Scarab
Skull Name: Rebel Sympathizer
Skull Description: Non-player unites get 25% more hitpoints. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 10 Locusts
This one took me a while. Forget what I said before about Arcadia City being the hardest, this was harder for me. Getting the skull takes a while here. What I did was drive warthogs around looking for Locust, when Ifound one I would send tanks in to destroy them, or if I had time I'd use a MAC blast. Once you get all 10, the skull will be in the north-west section of the map near one of the power generators.

Level 8: Anders' Signal
Skull Name: Rebel Supporter
Skull Description: Non-player units to 50% more damage. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 750 Infections
This would seem difficult, but it's really not. Time consuming, but simple. I got 750 kills before I finished building up my base and researching everything. Keep in mind these aren't the infected Humans and Elites, it's the little infection forms. They come in groups of 6 or 7 and are pretty easy to destroy. What I did was set up my base with missle launcher turrest at each corner, then I set up a fully upgraded Elephant on each side with a Spartan inside it to make it stronger. The little things will just keep coming at you, as will Brutes and Combat Forms. Once you get your 750 kills, the skull is in the north section of the map, directly south-west from the north Flood Den. Just take a flying vehicle over there to collect it.

Level 9: The Flood
Skull Name: Rebel Leader
Skull Description: Non-player units start with extra veterancy. Final score will increase.
Optional Objective: Kill 20 Flood Stalks
Wander the map looking for these things. They basically look like trees with ugly bulbs hanging off the top of them. They're not hard to kill, but they usually explode spawning Infectionist forms, runnin gthem over with a 'Hog will destroy them, but it will also destroy the hog. Best way to kill them is to send either Scorpions or Hornets after them, just demolish them. Once you get all 20, take a Hornet east of your main base toward the burning Pelican crash, the skull will be there.

Level 10: Shield World
Skull Name: Catch
Skull Description: All player units recharge unit abilities in half the time. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 350 Swarms
Killing 350 Swarms is a little harder than killing 750 infections. Swarms fly, so they're harder to hit, they can also shoot back. I found the best way to get around that is take a lot of marines with me, all of the Swarms will shoot at one platoon at the same time. They don't do a huge amount of damange, either, so your Marines will last a while while the rest shot them down. You'll find a lot of swarms at the beginning, but toward the end I was getting a little worried I wouldn't find enough. But it was without reason, I just set up my base with some missle launchers and let them take care of the Swarms that tried attacking it. Once you get your 350th kill, head on over to a little island north-east of your base (which is in the south-most part of the map).

Level 11: Cleansing
Skull Name: Sugar Cookies
Skull Description: All player units have 50% more hitpoints. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 100 Sentinels
The Sentinels are a joke in this game. 100 seems like a big number but they come in packs of 4 or 5 and they're easy to take out. Just stand in the middle and let your turrets take care of them (make sure they're missle turrets), or go after them yourself. Eitherway, when you get all 100 kills, take a Vulture or Hornet to the front of the ship and the skull will be floating in between the port and starboard decks.

Level 12: Repairs
Skull Name: Boomstick
Skull Description:
Optional Objective: Kill 12 Spirit Transports
This is incredibly simple. Just build some turrets with the Missle Launcher ability and they'll pretty much take out all the Spirits that fly nearby. Once you've gotten 12 the skull is toward the front of the ship (opposite side from the damaged power unit) flowing betweeen the port and starboard side on top of the structure. Just fly a Hawk up there and you're good.

Level 13: Beachhead
Skull Name: Pain Train
Skull Description: All player units train 50% faster. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Kill 10 Bomber Forms
I had a hard time with this. The Bomber forms are pretty easy to kill, but there are very few on the map. I set up my first base and left the monster next to it alive (it's far enough away not to hurt it), I think it spawns Bomber Forms because they kept coming. Just let the turrets on your base take them out. If you're still short head toward the plateau where you started and there should be a good few up there. Once your done the Pain Train skull is on that same plateau, in the weat-most section of the map, near a bunch of Flood beasties.

Level 14: Reactor

Skull Name: Bountiful Harvest
Skull Description: Supplies come in 25% faswter. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Destroy 20 Vampires
This couldn't be easier. Once you've reached the top of the hill and destroyed the built your second base (or not, if you're going for the achievement for this level), the Vampires will start coming in pretty frequently in packs of two. It's not too frequently, just enough time to let your secondary abilities recharge. Make sure you don't let the Spartans hijack them, though, that won't count as a kill. Once you've got 20 kills head up to the top of the second hill in the back corner, the skull will be amongst some Covenant boxes.

Level 15: Escape
Skull Name: Emperor
Skull Description: All player powers recharge in half the time. Final score will decrease.
Optional Objective: Destroy 3 Scarabs
There is no easy way to do this. What I ended up doing was making a bunch of Vultures and researching my MAC up to 4 shots. When a new Scarab spawned, I'd fly everything I had over to it and release a barrage with my Vultures and finish it with my MAC. If that didn't kill it, I'd hit it with a Carpet Bomb. Scarabs only spawn about every 10 minutes, so you'll just have to be observant so you don't run out of time. Once you kill the 3rd Scarab, head to the exact north of the map, the skull will be amongst a bunch of Flood, so go prepared, or expect to die. I sent one Hornet and then just let it get destroyed...which it did, quickly.

And there you have it. All 15 skulls and how to get them. I hope this helps some people, and it was a lot of fun to make!
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

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Updated through Level 5: Arcadia Outskirts.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Updated through Level 5: Arcadia Outskirts.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Level 6: Dome of Light added.

Come on people, I'm not doing this for me.

Edit: Level 7: Scarab added.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Level 6: Dome of Light added.

Come on people, I'm not doing this for me.

Edit: Level 7: Scarab added.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Updated through Level 10: Shield World.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Updated through Level 10: Shield World.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

All skulls documented.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

All skulls documented.
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~HaLo2FrEeEk