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Faster reloading

 Xbox  To reload most weapons faster, press X. Then shortly after that, press B to melee. Note: For the shotgun this will cause you to stop reloading all together.

 Xbox  Use the following trick to almost instantly reload any weapon. Tap X(2), then quickly tap Y to switch to your secondary weapon. After a few seconds, press Y again to switch back to your first weapon. If done correctly, it will be fully reloaded. If the audio volume is high enough, you will be able to hear your weapon reloading in the background. When you hear it click, it is finished reloading. This works with any weapon. With the shotgun, the longer you wait, the more shells will be reloaded when you switch back to it.

Free reload

 Xbox  This trick can be used anywhere, but is very useful when playing in multi-player-split-screen mide. Have a gun that takes clips, not batteries (for example, the plasma rifle and plasma pistol). When you are running out of ammunition, find a gun on the ground that you do not have. Back away from it just enough so that the "Press X to switch gun" message appears. Press X to manually reload very quickly. Once Master Chief has pulled the clip from the gun, move towards the gun on the ground and press X. If done correctly, you should hear the sound of your gun reloading. When the noise stops, swap the gun you had with the gun that you picked up. Notice that the gun reloaded, but did not use any ammunition to do so.

Easy shotgun reload

When you are reloading, quickly tap [Fire]. The reloading should stop and you will fire a shot. You should have half a clip remaining. Note: Only do this in an emergency, and it works best against the Flood.

Fast weapon switch and melee combo

 Xbox  Shoot a gun until the clip is empty. Next, instead of waiting for Master Chief to reload his gun or switch to your other gun, press Y + B. Master Chief will then melee the other gun, and the switch is somewhat faster.

Extra ammunition

If you shoot your fellow Marines you can pick up their ammunition. Make sure to only kill a straggler unless you are prepared to take on all of the Marines. They will turn on you if you kill more than one of them.

In any level with Marines, you will always have a chance for ammunition. No matter how many rounds are fired by your Marines, you will always pick up the same amount when they fall in battle. When you are hard-pressed for ammunition and you have three or four Marines remaining, kill them. They might fight back, but they are easy to eliminate. However, they only carry plasma rifles, sniper rifles, assault rifles, and sometimes needlers. If you have a rocket launcher, there is no point in killing them.

Extra shotgun ammunition

Take a shotgun that has 12 shots and 0 clips. After you shoot it a few times, you should be able to reload manually. You can do this about ten times.

Very accurate rocket launcher

This trick requires a rocket launcher and a sniper rifle. Zoom in on your target with your sniper, then without moving, switch to your rocket launcher and fire. This is useful when you cannot see your enemy with a rocket launcher but can with then sniper and need the power of the rocket launcher.

Effective pistol use

The best weapon in the game is the Human Pistol. Three hit kills and unlimited range make this the most overpowered weapon in the game. In any map, if someone runs at you with a shotgun shooting wildly, take out your pistol and shoot them. The most important factor with this gun it to squeeze off every round with a different pull of the trigger. Do not hold the trigger for full auto; press the button individually for each shot. When you do this, the accuracy will be improved.

More accurate plasma rifle

Instead of holding down [Fire], tap it very quickly. It should shoot much more accurately and will not overheat as easily.

Supercharged weapon

 Xbox  Whenever you have a plasma gun, when shooting hold R and instead of shooting one shot, it will shoot ten in one large blast.

Scooping up weapons

 Xbox  You do not need to stop on top of a weapon to pick it up. Hold X while moving over a weapon and you will swap it without slowing down. It will even interrupt the reloading action initiated when you started holding X.

Double hit

Hit a target with your gun and immediately afterwards, throw a grenade then hit them again. This way you will not have to wait for the gun to go back and do it again.

 Xbox  When you are attacking an enemy, you can hit him twice very quickly by pressing B then throwing a grenade and quickly pressing B again. You will throw a grenade in between hits, but will also be able to hit two times very quickly.                    

Double melee attack

 Xbox  Get a grenade, or play a multi-player game with infinite grenades. Melee, then quickly melee again while throwing a grenade (press B, then just as your character finishes his melee, press the L + B). If done correctly, your character will melee twice, but in-between melees throw a grenade. If your use fragmentation grenades in multi-player mode, other characters will not see you throw the grenade and can easily be destroyed by it. If your grenade is not plasma, it may bounce off your enemy and blow you up as well.

While running, your melee attacks are stronger, but still not as strong as while jumping.

Throw a grenade and melee at the same time. Sometimes you will get a double melee attack.

Telefragged

There is a kill in the game known as Telefragged. To do this easily, play in multi-player mode on the Battle Creek level. Have player one go into the teleporter. When they get to the other side, move player one backwards until they are inside the teleporter. Then, have player two to go to the free teleporter and move into it. Player one's screen will start to go white. When the screen is completely white, player one will die and player two will teleport on top of them. At the top of player one's screen, the message "You have been telefragged" will appear.

Winning in multi-player mode

  • If you stand still, you will not appear on the motion tracker. This will give you the element of surprise.
  • The sniper rifle is an excellent way to spot or kill an opponent. A direct hit in the head with normal (100%) health settings will kill them in one hit. If you miss, your bullet traces will give you away. If sniping, be sure to stay in the shadows. Blood Gulch is an excellent sniping area.
  • A Ghost can defeat a Scorpion. While in the ghost, hold [Right] or [Left] and keep your crosshair on the tank, and keep moving in a circle around it. Constantly shoot, and the rounds will slow down the Scorpion. You should not get killed if done correctly.
  • The best combos are Pistol and Shotgun; Plasma Pistol and AR; and Shotgun and SPNKr (rocket launcher).
  • Always keep moving. If you stop, you are as good as dead if there is a sniper. Never get in the gunner seat of a Warthog unless you definitely know that there are no snipers or you have a driver.

Grenade rain

Play a multi-player game with infinite grenades. Move forward, look up, and turn, while throwing grenades. If an enemy is approaching, rotate in different directions frantically, and look up and down. Grenades will go everywhere but on you, and amateur players will be surprised and possibly killed. Experts, however, will probably get close enough to kill you unless you get a lucky hit. In any case, if the plan is not fully effective, pick off stragglers with a secret grenade using the "Double melee attack" trick.

Frag grenades

When you throw a frag grenade, it will have a small glow where the pin was pulled. It is not very bright or very big; look carefully to see it. Its easier if you know the direction that you threw it and the estimated distance. Watch for this so you do not step on it, or in multi player co-op mode, that you do not kill your teammate or yourself. This also works well if you accidentally threw a grenade.

Suicide grenadier

When facing a group of difficult enemies in cooperative multi-player mode, leave the room and put a plasma grenade on your partner. He can run into the group of enemies, blowing them up. Wait for him to respawn and repeat as many times as desired.

Super bombs

Choose any multi-player level and make sure you have at least one plasma grenade, one frag grenade, and more that 100% health. Choose a location where the plasma and frag grenades will not bounce all over. Throw the plasma grenade, and as soon and you pull the trigger, press the [Change Grenade] and immediately throw the frag grenade. If done correctly, the two grenades will explode at the same time and place. This is useful for making Ghosts and Warthogs fly far.

Choose any multi-player level and make sure you have at least one plasma grenade, one frag grenade, one rocket, and more than 150% health. Choose a location where the plasma and frag grenades will not bounce all over. Throw the plasma grenade, and as soon and you pull the trigger, press the [Change Grenade] and immediately throw the frag grenade. Also, aim a little lower and fire. If done correctly, the grenades and rocket will explode at the same time and location. In addition to making Warthogs and Ghosts fly, this can also flip a Tank halfway over. Combine this with more people to create even more of an explosion. Two people can make a tank do an entire flip.
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Blue shields

In some levels there are blue shields that you can hide behind. Opponents cannot see you there, but you can see them.

Shield from most attacks

Find a flamethrower in any level and start spinning around while shooting it. People will not be able to melee attack or shoot you with a shotgun, because they would have to get close and be killed by the fire. You also cannot get sniped because it is very difficult to see through the fire. Note: This only works in multi-player mode.

Stronger melee attacks

Jump in the air and your melee attacks will be stronger while you are falling.

Defeating Covenants

When Covenant dropship is getting ready to unload a group of Covenants, throw a grenade into the door as it opens. The blast will kill several of the enemies since they are all in one area.

There are places (especially in the first level) where a groups of Covenants are, waiting for you to barge in and start shooting. If you can, sneak to the aliens and throw a grenade into their midst. It is best when a plasma grenade sticks to a Grunt, because he will run behind the rest of his companions. One simple grenade can take out five Covenants.

When trying to kill Covenants, jump over them (so you can look at their back) then shoot or hit them with the butt of your gun.

When playing in legendary mode, have a plasma weapon (Plasma Pistol recommended) and a Human Pistol. First, use the plasma weapon to blow off the Covenent's shield. Then, use the Human Pistol to kill them.

You can stun a Covenant drop ship's gun turret with a plasma grenade for three seconds, if you place it on or near the turret.

Defeating Elites

Find a needler and waste a clip on an Elite during the early levels. This will take out the Elite and the gathered needles form grenade-like explosions, injuring if not killing anything near the target.

 Xbox  Hold R to fully charge a Covenent energy pistol. You can continue to hold the charge indefinitely. Find an Elite and blast him. Depending on the distance to him, he will sometimes flex and get angry. When he does this, walk up and punch him with the pistol. On the easy difficulty setting, he will die immediately.

Use the plasma pistol and charge up or use a different plasma weapon to lower the shields. Plasma lowers shields faster than bullets. Then, switch to the assault rifle and kill him. Bullets will kill everything except shielded enemies faster.

 Xbox  Equip the assault rifle and aim at an Elite. When they start running towards you, tap R lightly to get short bursts of fire from your rifle. About five bursts will take down their shields. You can now use bursts or melee attacks to finish them off. If you fire your bursts fast enough, they will hardly move or fire back.

Get a plasma pistol, charge it up, and fire at the elite. The blast will completely remove his shields. Then, take out a human pistol, zoom in, and take him out with a single head shot. This is almost the only way to take out Elites under the legendary difficulty setting, as they can remove your shields and kill you with about five shots of their plasma rifle. If they are in the open, get a Needler and empty an entire clip in the direction of the Elite. If at least twelve hit, the Elite will die under the legendary difficulty setting.

There are a few ways to kill Elites faster than usual. The first is a plasma grenade to the face. The second is the needler; unload a full clip and watch the Elites die. Finally, get a pistol and a plasma pistol. Charge up plasma and fire it at the Elite. Then, as soon as you have fired plasma, switch to normal pistol, and zoom in. Aim for Elite's head and fire.

When an Elite is about to melee attack you, melee attack him twice. Until he is away from you, shoot him with the assault rifle.

Elites' strength differs from what rank, or color, they are. Blue is the weakest; Black and Gold are the strongest. They are usually equipped with plasma rifle or needles, though some carry a beam sword. It is easiest to kill them is with explosives or automatic weapons. The shotgun is also effective. The sniper rifle will go through the Elite's body shields and kill him instantly.

Besides the sniper rifle or rocket launcher, the plasma rifle or pistol can do the job. Covenant are lethal, but take more damage from weapons that are plasma. Run straight at an Elite, holding down the trigger on the plasma rifle. If you hit it enough times, its shields will wear out. If your gun overheats, smack it up side the head with the rifle. This works even under the legendary difficulty setting, but you will most likely need a health pack afterwards, since about four shots will kill your shields.

 Xbox  Get a plasma pistol. Hold L until it is fully powered. Release L, then melee attack it while it is still stunned.

If you see a yellow Elite and you have plasma grenades, save at least one. Use your others to take out the Covenant around him. Then, you can finally annihilate the Elite with your plasma grenade. If you miss, use a shotgun to take him down. Another good way to kill the yellow Elite is to snipe him out with a rocket launcher. However if he is invisible take him out with a grenade. If desired you can kill the Elite first, then the Grunts will run around helplessly and will not shoot you.

On any co-operative mission where you have to fight gold or red Elites, have a partner shoot at an unsuspecting Elite. Then, hit the Elite on the back of the head while he is distracted by your partner. This also works well against Hunters if you shoot the orange spot on their necks.

Take the shotgun and run up to an Elite. Fire at the chest and it should kill it in one shot.

Defeating Flood types

Do not try to take out any Flood types with a sniper rifle. It will simply go through their bodies without killing them. The weapon of choice is the shotgun. You can take them down with one shot. Remember, the closer they are, the faster they fall.

On the small crawling Flood, use your assault rifle in short controlled bursts. Once one pops, it will also pop the ones nearby. Save shotgun and pistol ammunition for the working class Flood to drop them fast. It is also a good idea to hit them with your gun after they fall to make sure they are dead. On the fat Flood, use the shotgun to pop them, then clean up with rifle.

When you first meet the Flood, they will outnumber you in groups. For the large Flood, use a shotgun, rocket launcher, or most importantly, a fragmentation grenade. Do not use a plasma grenade because they will run towards you and kill you.

When you get attacked by the Flood, after you make them fall down the first time, shoot their head off while they are on the ground. They will not get back up.

Most of the Flood attack you with weapons and strong melee attacks with their arms. Some of the combat form Flood are harmless. They may chase you, but they cannot inflict any damage. You can tell that they are harmless by noticing that they have no arms. Do not waste ammunition on these harmless flood -- just melee attack them. Be careful not to mistake the harmless for the harmful types.

To end all Flood types quickly under the easy difficulty setting, crouch down and shoot their legs with the shotgun. You do not have to crouch yet when they are swarming on you -- it seems to confuse them. Stay crouched, pivot, and fire. Also try to alternate shooting, crouching, and shooting, etc.

Melee any Flood that are too close. This will buy time to shoot other Flood and save your Shield. This also works against jumping Flood.

When battling the Flood, use human weapons such as rockets, frag grenades, pistols, assault rifles, and especially shotguns. After you have knocked one of the enemies down, hit them with the butt of your gun to kill them permanently.

To kill the little Flood heads faster,. use a Needler. Shoot one needle at the heads. This needle will blow up and cause others around it to die. Also, the head that has the needler stuck in it will blow up. The combined force of both explosions will take out a lot of them without using much ammunition.

The small flood Are easiest to kill with the MA5B assault rife. The pistol also works, but the assault rifle has more ammunition. The larger ones (infested Elite type) are easiest to kill with shotgun and pistol. The rocket launcher can also be used, but they can often dodge the rocket. The smaller ones (infested Marine type) are the same. They are faster and jump higher than the Elites, and more often carry human weapons. The good thing is, especially under the easy difficulty setting, they will run over to you, hit you, then just stand there. This is the best time to kill them. For the big balloon types, the plasma pistol works surprisingly well, as does the pistol and shotgun. Sometimes if you kill one of the Elite or Human Floods, they drop grenades. This is very useful if one of the balloon types is behind them. Blow him up, and the grenades also will explode, killing the little ones that appear and anyone around.

 Xbox  To kill the big Floods easily, hit them with a rocket launcher, frag grenade, shotgun, or plasma grenade. You can also use assault rifles and other weapons not previously mentioned to shoot them until they fall, but are not dead. Then, use the B melee attack when they are on floor about three to five times for the kill.

When facing a large number of the Flood, use plasma grenades and a Human or Covenant version of the assault rifle. Note: This works best with the smaller ones.

The pod Flood forms are very fragile and easy to destroy. They can be a nuisance in large groups. It is easiest to destroy them with a grenade or automatic weapons

Combat Flood forms are reasonably difficult to kill. They will use whatever weapons they can find, with no regard of their or other Flood's safety. They will run quickly and can jump long distances. Any weapon that dose and decent damage will suffice, but the shotgun is preferred. The Flood will get up after being killed if not enough damage was done the first time; aim for the head or arms to blow them off tp make them less threatening.

Carrier Flood forms are rather fat and slow. When killed, they will explode and eject pod forms. These enemies travel in groups with other carriers or Flood. The explosion will kill surrounding Flood as well as set of loose grenades; be careful.

After you encounter the Flood, you will notice three types: small bulb-like ones, larger fighting ones, and even bigger carriers that spew out the smaller ones. When playing under the easy or normal difficulty setting, always concentrate your fire on the large ones, especially the ones with weapons. The small bulb like ones will hurt your shields, but only slightly, and are not an immediate threat. They start to really hurt you only when your shields are down. Also, when a carrier form is around lots of the combat ones, fire on the carrier. It will explode and blast the others out of your way. They wukk get back up, but are out of the way temporarily.

When you first discover the Flood, you will notice that the larger forms will jump high into the air and come down on top of you, hurting you. To stop them, simply look at them as they are coming down and melee attack them. They will halt in the air, and fall to the ground, stunned. This will give you a chance to kill him with whatever weapon desired.

Some of the best weapons for battling the Flood are the pistol and the shotgun. When going through the library level it may seem as if the Flood waves are endless, but they are not. Usually Flood will come in two or three waves. Most of the time they are just hiding in all the crevices and corners available. When a wave comes at you, use the pistol to take out all the big spore carriers and far away flood zombies. The shotgun will take out any that you did not get before. Remember to go slow in the library level; the faster you go the more likely you are to miss waves that catch up on you.

Flood infection forms

The Flood infection forms (the small ones) are deadly when you do not have a shield. Normally they pop, but without a shield, they drain your life slowly away. The only way to get rid of them is to run away, then shoot. Do not always shrug off the infection forms, as that can get you killed.

Making sure Flood are dead

After you shoot a Flood and it is on the ground, move your crosshairs over it. If it remains blue, the Flood is dead. If it turns red, blow it to bits.

Fun with the Flood

Use the human handgun to shoot the weapon out of the Flood's hand, without shooting off the limb. The Maw is a good place to try this.

On any level with the Flood, kill one of the bigger ones. If you look down at it, it may have one of those messed up arms. You are able to shoot the arms and the head off.

On the second Assault On The Control room, there is a room that has only the smaller, more human-like Flood. You can shoot their arms off and they cannot hurt you. They will only chase you around. To have more fun, you can try to blow off the top of their head. Most of the time this does not kill them, and you can see their brain.
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Shoot off the arms of any flood and it will follow you around like a dog. Weapons that can shoot off arms are the assault rifle and human pistol.

Use Flood as slaves

To make flood your slaves, simply shoot their arms off. They will follow you around and attack Covenant. However, they will not attack their own kind. Also, if the Flood you are shooting at has a gun, only shoot off the arm without a gun. This very useful when fighting large numbers of Covenant.

Conserve ammo while fighting Flood

When fighting the Flood, only fight the combat and carrier forms. If you are against only a few of the little ones, do not shoot. Your shield will be able to take most of the damage. Only shoot them when they are in very big numbers.

Defeating Flugs

In the later levels of the game you will encounter new enemies called Flugs. These enemies will be small at first, but they will attack and control anything alive. Use a shotgun on these baby Flug as they tend to group in large numbers. By using the shotgun it will send a storm of bullets and kill most of them that are around. Use a shotgun on the possessed Flug, and it will kill most of them in one shot. This is made easier by the fact that most of them carry shotguns.

If you use a shotgun on the Flugs, it is much easier to kill them. They do not run away from grenades, which work very well against them.

Defeating Grunts

When the Grunts are sleeping you can beat them to death with the butt of your gun without waking up any of the other Grunts. You can usually kill a four to seven of them before an alien spots you. They start sleeping in level 5, Assault on the Control Room. Just remember not to shoot or they will wake up.

Grunts are rather weak and easy to kill. They are armed with a plasma pistol or needler. They will carry fuel rods from multi-player mode in later levels. Any weapon can easily kill them, though a melee is quicker.

Fun with Hunters

If you are a skilled player, you can kill a Grunt and lure a Hunter over to it. Wait until he melees and move out of the way. The hunter will hit the Grunt and it will fly farther than if you hit it with a rocket launcher. For a harder challenge but farther distance, try getting it to hit a live Grunt.

In any level with Hunters, you can jump almost three times as high while fighting them. To do this, jump over the Hunter just before he bashes you. If done correctly, he will bash you in mid air, and give you an extra boost. In some areas, you can use this trick to get to high ledges or areas you are not supposed to reach.