Halo 2 - Secrets and Glitches

Halo 2 is the sequel to the best first person shooter ever to be released on the Xbox. The game was considered so good that it single-handedly boosted the sales of the console through the roof. Halo 2's plot sees Master Chief and Cortana returning to Earth in an attempt to stop the onslaught of the Covenant, a terrifyingly aggressive alien civilization, bent on the conquest and destruction of any species that dares defy them. Master Chief will be called on to save the greatest prize in the Human colonies - Earth itself.

Glitches

Reload Faster
This works with all weapons. When you reload, wait until the magazine, rocket, or whatever is put in and as soon as it is, press y twice as fast as you can. Your weapon should be fully loaded and ready to fire, if you watch some montages, you will see them doing it.

Big Master Chief
This is a glitch only performable in the multiplayer level Burial Mounds. You have to have at least 2 people (at least one of them being a Spartan) and a Wraith. Have one person (Spartan) stand over the position where the Plasma Pistol (or other weapon according to weapon set) and make sure they are all the way up against the burning pillar. Have the other person get in the Wraith tank. Get the person in the Wraith tank to boost into the person in front of the pillar. If done correctly the person that was rammed will fall under the pillar. Then if you look up a giant sized MC in the colors of the rammed person will appear out of the sky. The weapons they were carrying will also appear occasionally.

Weapon Glitch
When you get the plasma pistol go to the skull and charge the plasma pistol; hold x run to over the skull then back up and you will have no weapon. This only works with one gun

Hold 3 Pistols in Halo 2
First go to a level that you can get three pistols, such as "outskirts". Go pick up a pistol then switch to your second weapon and pick up dual weapons, such as two smgs. Go to another pistol and press x to pick it up. Now you have a pistol in your secondary and first slots. Now you can go pick up a third pistol and set it to your left hand (press Y to do this). You can get up to 144 ammo with three 96 ammo with the two and just 49 with one.

Infinite Active Camo
After getting the envy skull go through a checkpoint while in active camo mode. To be safe, use "reset to last checkpoint" so you can check if you did it right. Save and quit; then turn off the Xbox to remove the envy mode. When you reload your file you will find yourself with unlimited camo.

The Great Journey Level
When you come to the part where Johnson is in the Scarab, head to the shoreline, go in the water (Note: it is not a cliff!), and you should walk underwater without drowning.

Overloading objects on the map
It is possible to overload certain objects in many of the Halo 2 Multiplayer Maps. By overloading I mean removing it from the map altogether. You can overload most anything that is not actually connected to the map itself. Please note that it seems that you will need at least 8 others for this to work. The easiest example is in Zanzibar. There is a bridge that you can knock down to easily get to the sword on the large spinning wheel. Knock the bridge down and run to the end where it is squared off. You and all your teammates should bunch up as close as possible in the corner and look straight down at your feet. Make sure everyone is looking down and the bridge should overload and disappear. It will be gone for the remainder of the game/round. You can also use this overloading glitch on Midship(on the floating platform) and Foundation(there are two places in Foundation...the hanging construction beam and the hanging platform right next to the beam....however you may need around 12 others to overload that platform). These are the ones I have seen myself but there may be others in other maps so good luck hunting!

Reload H2 Shotgun Faster
When you are about to reload your shotgun hold down R and hit X. Then let go of X and you shotgun will be in the firing position but it will still be reloading. You must have more than 1 bullet shot to do this glitch.

Halo 2 Rocket Lunge
This glitch allows you to lunge great distances. To use this glitch, you need a rocket launcher and a sword. Randomly discharge all of your rockets. Now locate an enemy. When out of sword range take out your rocket launcher and aim at the enemy then repeatedly press Y and R switching from one to the other. If done fast enough, you will lunge at the enemy.

Skip tough Brute battle before the end boss
When you are flying around in the Banshee during the final level when you are giving support to your ally, you can skip directly to the final boss sequence if you are still in the flying after the door gets blown open. Fly to the right of the control center building and aim towards the bottom right and if you fly close enough you should get a white screen indicating that you have started the cutscene. When it's over you will be at the final boss without fighting your way to him.

Sword Cancel/Sword Canceling Tricks
The sword cancel is a very easy trick to accomplish. First lock on to your target with the energy sword. Then press the R trigger to lunge forward, but just before you strike the person press the X button. You see the lunge motion but your target is undamaged. This trick can be used to get to normally unreachable areas. Here are some Sword Canceling Tricks.

1.The Sword Launch- Get your target to stand at a higher elevation than you. Target them with the sword and use the Sword Cancel trick to launch straight into the air. If you aim at a platform higher than you can jump, you may be able to reach it with this trick.

2.The Rocket Sword Launch- Get your target to stand at an even higher elevation than with just the energy sword. Use the Rocket Sword Lunge to fly at your target. Just before you hit them press X to go flying even higher than before.

3.The Sword Cancel Elevator-This trick can be very difficult. First have one person have a sword. Get to a spot where you wish to get and that on top of that, is out of reach by normal means. Get the person without the sword to jump on the person with the sword's head. Then the person without the sword should jump into the air. Target the jumping person and Sword Cancel him. To get even higher repeatedly do this repetitively.

Use these three combined tricks to reach recently unreachable places.

Unlimited Sword Ammo
You can do this in any two-part Campaign missions (i.e. Outskirts and Metropolis). If you finish the first level of the two-part mission with a sword with no ammo, you'll start the next level with a sword that has unlimited ammo. Though the sword doesn't show up when you arm it, it still makes all of the sound effects and acts exactly like a normal sword.

Secrets

Giant Soccer Ball In Metropolis
In the Level Metropolis, when you are on the long bridge, with the Scorpion Tank, you must kill all your marines. Go down the bridge killing every thing in sight. Until the banshees start to fly out. Kill all of the banshees but one. Then grab a Ghost, and lure the banshee through the Large Tunnel and kill everything in the tunnel including your own marines. (Note: you must do so because they will try to destroy the banshee. Make sure you keep an eye on the banshee, because if you don't it may disappear. Once you are at the end of the Tunnel, you must try to lure it through the door and into the smaller tunnel leading outside. Keep yourself close to the banshee and always look at the front. Right when you lure it into the tunnel text will appear saying loading. Right when this appears you must hijack the banshee. Not to early not too late. Now you should be able to fly the banshee without it disappearing. Fly the banshee out the tunnel, and now fly the banshee toward where there is some water coming down the walls. If you look straight, you should see a building that is partially demolished. Fly towards that, and go inside. There should be a giant soccer ball. It bounces and rolls.

Easy flag grab in Coagulation
Get a vehicle and drive to the enemy base, and go underneath it. If the banshee is still there you don't really need your vehicle but it's just in case. Park it directly under their flag. Jump on your vehicle and jump up holding X. You should be able to grab it through the floor.

Fast Flag Captures - CTF Colossus
After grabbing the flag on Colossus, instead of walking all the back with it, try running straight forward and tossing it over the wall. A well-timed throw will make the flag bounce off the floor in the center area and all the way to your side of the map, where one of your teammates can easily capture it. It takes some practice to perfect but it can turn the tide in a close game.

Grabbing Halo 2 Weapons Through Walls
In many maps, you can grab weapons through the wall. In Ivory Tower, you can grab the sniper rifle from the platform below, just jump and hold X. In Burial Mounds, go under were the rocket launcher spawns and hold x and jump, if you do it in the right spot, you should grab it.

Skip Sniper Alley
How To: Once you have killed the first hunter pair at the start of the level walk through the hole in the wall they've created. Walk through and look around and there should be a destroyed wall to the left. Jump on to it and make your way upward by carrying on jumping upwards, crouch jumping when necessary. You should eventually reach the roof top (it may take a while to find and/or reach). From here head toward the left hand side part of the rooftops. You should see part of the destroyed highway that the first pelican flu along once it has picked up the SGT. Jump onto this highway and walk across it and at the other side you should see a slope and in the distance the hotel where the next group of marines are pinned down. Jump off the highway and walk up this slope to reach the hotel skipping the sniper alley.

On Halo Delta, get to the structure where you can't go any farther with the tank. As you enter into the area, go left up the ramp and then up the little ramp until you come to the large block butted up against the wall. This is where you jump up to get to the Envy Skull (consult for more detail). There is a secret entrance behind this large cube.

I found the easiest way to move, it was with the tank, although grenades do the trick just as well. You can drive the tank up there with a little patience. Aim at the WALL to the left of the stone. The explosion will slowly move the stone out of the way. Once the path is clear, walk up the dark ramp and there will be two dead grunts and two swords. There is also a high ledge in the next room that you can grenade jump up to, and then frag grenade jump up one more level -- allowing you to skip the fight inside the structure.