Note:-  This game is also known as - Halo 2 Limited Edition

Kill yourself instantly:

Look down until you see thigh, then throw a grinade. you will be dead about a second later.
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Unlock Foundation Map Properly:

As you already know, just completing the game doesn't work to unlock this map. What you really have to do is to have completed the game. Then do a co-op game and player two must use a NEW profile, one that hasn't even started the game. The go to the last level and play it. When you reach the point where you both have to get in Banshee's and help your sergeant in the Scarab, player two must get in the Banshee and do a barrel role to the left, then right, then a loop the loop. Complete the game as usual, now the NEW profile will allow the New Map. You can now rename this profile. That's how it is really done.
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super lunge with the energy sword:

To do the super lunge you will need an energy sword and any gun with a scope. except the plasma beam rifle and the sniper rifle. THIS HINT WORKS BETTER IF YOU USE THE ROCKET LAUNCHER OR THE FUEL ROD CANNON. first, you want to have your rocket launcher out pointing at a bad guy.make sure the circle of your rocket launcher is red. if it is what you want to do is quickly switch the rocket launcher for the energy sword and press the right trigger. ITS BETTER TO PRESS THE RIGHT TRIGGER BEFORE THE ENERGY SWORD IS OUT. if done correctly you will fly at your opponent and kill him. to make the the super lunge more effective you want to be father away so you can use the scope with the rocket launcher. but the super lunge will not work if the circle is blue. well have fun fly across buildings and things.
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All Weapons Multiplayer mode - Go up to an Elite with a sword, and kill him by hit him with a machine gun. Once you have killed him go on until you get to the next checkpoint. Once have got a checkpoint turn your Xbox off and then on again. When you go back on to that level again you will have all the weapons there are.

Unlock Levels - You can unlock the foundation MP map by finishing campaign mode on easy. There are also two other maps to unlock: Marathon and Conclusion. Try finishing harder campaign modes to unlock these levels.

Unlimited ammunition or power - This trick requires levels that have either Covenant or Marines following you. If you have a powerful weapon that has very limited power (for example, the energy sword, or Covenant sniper), or weapons that are very powerful (for example, Human sniper or rocket launcher) give them to the A.I. following you. As they use them, the weapons will never run out of power or ammunition. Also, they can use them very well.

Active camouflage - When in campaign mode as alien, press White to turn on the active camouflage

At ease position - While in a multi-player game, press D-pad Down. To other players, you will have your weapon lowered or down to your side. This may help if you are on your own turf and run into one of your friends’ right around the corner.

Banshee tricks - When in a Banshee, press A and a direction on the Left Analog-stick. When in a Banshee, hold A and press Left Analog-stick Down. The Banshee will do a backflip. To do tricks in a Banshee, press Left or Right on the Left Analog-stick and hold A to do a barrel roll, or hold Down + A to do a loop.

Be The Gunner - Get to a 'Hog and jump in the gunner/passenger seat and let the marines drive. It will be x2 more effective than you driving (it depends on your skill).

Blue Screen of Death in Zanzibar - In the multiplayer map Zanzibar, there should be a computer on the upper level on the defense side that opens up the main gate into the base. After you activate this, the screen goes blue with the infamous BSOD.

Change splitscreen orientation - To change the screen orientation in a cooperative game from horizontal to vertical, enter the Xbox console settings and change the video to widescreen. On a regular display, this will change the splitscreen from horizontal to vertical.

Defeating Brutes - Get a Plasma Sword from a dead Covenant Elite and get close enough to the Brute for the half-circle surrounding the crosshairs to turn red before attacking. You will lunge forward and get rid of half the enemy's life. Jump into the air immediately afterwards, and do this a second time to kill him instantly. Both attacks combined cost only ten ammo points, so this process can be done ten times in succession, making it an effective way to crowd-clear Brute patrols near the end of the game. Make sure to jump in-between each strike so that the Brutes you are fighting cannot continue to ram you and drain your life.

Defeating Elites - When battling with Elites, do not hit them once with your weapon. Always hit them multiple times. If you hit them once, they will have a faster time and kill you with one hit or take down your shield.

Defeating Floods - Get a Plasma Sword from a dead Covenant Elite and get close enough to the Flood for the half-circle surrounding the crosshairs to turn red before attacking. You will lunge forward and kill the enemy instantly, sometimes killing two or even three if they are in close-enough proximity to the target. This attack only uses between two to five ammo points, so it can be repeated at least twenty times. Note: Do not use this trick on either the small spider-like Flood or the large bulbous Flood, as the explosion that follows will damage your shields. To kill the Flood, easily use the sword. It cuts right through the Flood in one shot, unlike any type of plasma gun.

Defeating hijackers - Use the following trick in multi-player mode with someone that is trying to steal your vehicle. When you definitely know that they are trying to board your vehicle, press X to hop out as they board. This will give you about three or four seconds to blast them before they can get a bead on you. This requires some skill, but works very well. It is possible to take out a Banshee, Ghost, and Warthog with one SMG by doing this.

Defeating Hunters - Get a beam rifle (the Covenant sniper rifle) and fire it in the middle of their bodies where it is pink. This is more effective then pumping shell after shell into them. Because they have the new gun, getting close to them no longer works. There is another way to defeat them, but it is more costly. First, take your plasma grenades and throw about two or three of them on their pink skinny area. Then, get a shotgun (or the strongest gun you have) and pump the pink spot full of rounds until it is dead. Since they usually appear in pairs, this can waste a lot of ammunition and grenades.

Defeating Hunters Quick – When you have a team of marines with you, wait for the hunter to attack one of your marines. Circle around and shoot it in the middle of the back. It takes fewer shots to kill it.

Killing Hunter with a Particle Beam Rifle - This weapon should have been named The Hunter Killer. Killing hunter in a forward defences stance: (Retreat to a distant or behind an object).

The head - Maximum zoom and aim just below the chin at the pink spot. Fire 4-6 shots, watch you charge gauge fire only when above half way. Done correctly you won't have to wait for the gun to cool before resuming fire.

The Chest -  Maximum zoom and aim just above the shield (the tiny strip of expose pink spot). 3-4 shot kill.

The waist - Maximum zoom and aim just below the shield (the tiny strip of expose pink spot). 3-4 shot kill.

The Side - Maximum zoom and aim expose pink spot. 1-2 shot kill.

The Back - Wait for the Hunter to attack an object or unit. Maximum zoom and aim expose pink spot in the centre on the back. 1-2 shot kill.

Defeating Jackals Quick – Use the Needler (dual wield) and shoot it from a distant. This will destroy the shield and deliver a painful death quick.

Defeating Regret - To easily defeat the prophet Regret, jump on his vehicle then hold X to board it. You can then press B to melee him to death.

Defeating Royal Guards - To easily take down Royal Guards, attack them with the energy sword. Keep slashing and they will fall after about three hits. If they hit you first, then it will be curtain for you.

Defeating the Scarab - Instead of following the Marines, go straight across the bridge. You will find a sniper. Take it, then jump on the Scarab and shoot all the Elites and pilots or While fighting in the city level, you have to take down the four-legged scarab which walks down a giant street with bridges above it. Grab the rocket launchers next to each bridge and run to the last one. Expel all of the rockets on the scarab to take out as many covenant as u can before u jump onto it. Time the jump so u land safely on the scarab's topside. Walk down the ramp and kill all of the covenant on the upper deck. To make the next part easier, make sure that u have a couple of grenades. chuck one down the ramp to the control room and take out the guards on the ramps. then go down and spray all of the elites and grunts in the room. the game then goes to video and u have defeated the scarab.

Destroy Vehicles - Since the vehicles can be destroyed, shoot the Warthog's hub caps or ties, the Ghost's wings, and simply hit the tank anywhere with a rocket.

Destructible Parts - As you probably already know Halo 2 has destructible vehicles. Good places to shoot the vehicles are on the hub cap for the warthog, on the wings for the ghost, and try to hit the tank with a rocket launcher pretty much anywhere.

Dual wielding recommendations - when dual wielding, it is best to think about things before you just grab a needler and a plasma pistol, and have a pistol as your third weapon. You should make it so you have a good backup weapon; when dual wielding, ammunition can go quite quickly. Have two plasma rifles (or your choice) and have something like a particle beam rifle, shotgun, Covenant carbine, or perhaps a rocket launcher so that you have something to fall back on.

Note: Having two plasma pistols is not a good choice because you cannot hold the two triggers down, or you will power them up. You must keep pulling, making this somewhat difficult.

Some suggestions are as follows:

Covenant
Needler x2
Plasma rifles x2
SMG x2
SMG and a plasma rifle
SMG and a plasma pistol

Dual Wielding Tip - When you are in a closed room or a small area (hallway, small room, etc.) hold one weapon so you can easily throw grenades. When in a large open area, hold both weapons since grenades won't have a large impact on what you do.

Extra Ammo - Must be used with dual-wieldable weapons. First, start with 2 dual wieldable weapons not out at the same time. I\'ll use a Needler and an SMG as an example, the Needler being the one you want extra ammo with. Have the SMG out and find another Needler to dual wield with it. Then, just find another Needler and trade that with your SMG, and you\'ll have 3 Needlers, and have 3x the ammo than 1.

Easter Eggs: Blind Mode:

At the beginning of Outskirts jump on top of the light on top of the door with a crouch jump, then jump to the left platform. Turn to your left and go down the long dark corridor and pick up the skull; it will say blind and your screen will flash black for a while. In this mode you can not see your weapon, body, shields, ammo, or radar.

To get rid of this feature use the following method:
1. Turn off your XBOX or Save and Quit.
2. Go to Campaign and select level and choose Cairo Station.
3. Skip the cinematics and then Save and Quit.
4. Go Outskirt and your hud is back.

Fall through floor - On the second level near where the Elites come out of the coffins, there is this support object coming out of the ground. When a Grunt is shooting you, jump on the floor support and you will fall through.

Foundation multi-player map - Successfully complete the game in single player mode under the heroic difficulty setting.

Have the same primary and secondary weapon while not dual wielding - This trick can only be applied to weapons that can be dual wielded. For this trick to work, you need four dual wielding weapons in one place. Two or three weapons of the total four weapons must be the same, but remember a minimum of two of same weapon is necessary in order to have same weapon for both primary and secondary slot. For example, have two needlers, an SMG and a plasma rifle. To get two needlers, carry one needler as your primary weapon then select anything else but the needler (such as the SMG gun) as your secondary weapon. Note: You cannot select the same weapon as your secondary any way. Dual wield plasma rifle with the SMG then go to the needler that is on the ground, hold X, and substitute the second needler with the SMG gun. Then, throw the plasma rifle away by pressing B. You are left with the Needler as both your primary and secondary weapon.

Hitch ride on vehicle - Almost any vehicle, you can get a piggyback if you are not skilled at driving or need a fast ride when someone on your team is already on a Ghost. This also works with the Scorpion, Banshee, and the Warthog when you have someone in the gunner seat, when you are all far enough away from the enemy.

How to take down the Scarab - While fighting in the city level, you have to take down the four-legged scarab which walks down a giant street with bridges above it. Grab the rocket launchers next to each bridge and run to the last one. Expel all of the rockets on the scarab to take out as many covenant as u can before u jump onto it. Time the jump so u land safely on the scarab's topside. Walk down the ramp and kill all of the covenant on the upper deck. To make the next part easier, make sure that u have a couple of grenades. chuck one down the ramp to the control room and take out the guards on the ramps. then go down and spray all of the elites and grunts in the room. the game then goes to video and u have defeated the scarab.

How to turn invisible with a shied - Fined two items one is blue that is the one to make you invisible and the other is red that gives you a shild.

Howard Dean scream - At some point in the game when you are playing as Master Chief, one of you allies will do the Howard Dean scream while they are attacking.

Jump faster - Keep pressing Jump to jump faster.

Lock on with rockets - To lock on with rockets, target a person, vehicle, etc., then hold R until it says that it is locked. The red reticle will follow the item. Release R to fire.

Marines/Covenant Weapons – Once you clear an area with your marines/covenant, if there is a very good weapon lying around. Pick it up and give to a accompanying unit with an inferior weapon. Such as a S2 AM Sniper Rifle, Covenant Carbine and Particle Beam Rifle dropped by a fallen unit or lying around.

The Covenant Carbine is a good close range and long distant sniping weapon to equip your unit with. This weapon is good in both offensive and defensive game mode. Accompanying units carrying this weapon go defensive when under heavy attack. Which mean that you will preserve your units all the way through a level. This is even more crucial on the harder game settings.

The Particle Beam Rifle is a deadly mid to long range weapon. I normally only equip one unit with this weapon. Unit carrying this weapon have a tendency to retreat when attack at close quarter. In some instant into enemy and friendly fire. But the unit is very deadly in large rooms and outdoor areas.

More Effective Killing - On the Warthog, be the gunner or passenger. Unless you are really good at driving it, you will be much more effective at killing the enemies.

Particle Bean Rifle - One shot kill - Take cover and max zoom. Aim just above the head of enemy, bring the cross hair down. Once the head comes into view fire. Take out sniper and tough enemy from a distant. Absolutely deadly on the Hunters as well.

Playing as an Elite - After the first four levels of Halo 2 (though it feels like one smooth ride!), you get to play as the Elite that was being punished by the Prophets in the intro! Yep you play as an Elite doing whatever the Prophets want. For the first level you are sent to a forerunner facility to quell the Heresy therin. The beginning is easy as you just kill grunts and Elites with the help of your grunt and elite pals, but near the middle of the level you face another enemy...the Flood!! This is when things get harder. After that you and your Elite allies go chase after the Heretic, cut the ropes holding up the forerunner facility as it free alls to the ground you must go back to that ship you saw and defeat the heretic but he has two holograms of himself attack all of them and don't let up because it is possible to vanish the holograms forever. After that you meet up with a little blue thing bent on destroying all life....guilty spark!!! The key to beating this level is activating you active camo, you can do this by pressing the white button but this does not last forever the little circle near your grenades is how much more time you have

Shoot into space - Shoot the machine gun turret on level one in a phantom tube. Instead of ricocheting, they usually go into space.

Snipe from vehicle - Piggyback on a Banshee. Before one member of your team gets into the Banshee, jump on top of the Banshee's pilot cover. When you get in, you can just stand on top of it. Only make turns with the Right Analog-stick. They are slower and do not tilt the Banshee. More than one player can stay on top of the Banshee. This provides extra fun if you want to do aerial tricks with friends by jumping from Banshee to Banshee.

Stealing vehicles - When playing a multi-player map with vehicles, you can steal vehicles such as the Wraith from your opponent. Approach the vehicle while holding X. Note: This removes your opponent from the vehicle only; you must press X a second time to board the vehicle. To hijack a Wraith, you must get up close to it by first destroying the side guns. You will get a message to press X. Do so, and you will be hanging on the side of it. Then, tap B to punch the door in. Next, press L and throw a grenade in. Jump off and go back in by pressing X, and you will now be driving the Wraith. Use the following trick to knock enemies out of vehicle safely. Note: This only works with a fast moving, non-flying vehicle. First, stand by a wall or something that they can crash into. Try to get the opponent to run you over, then jump out of the way after about a second of contact. He should then crash into the wall. When he does, go directly next to it and hold X. You should now be in the vehicle.

Steal Manned Vehicles - To steal a vehicle from the enemy, approach the vehicle and press X to throw the driver out, then press X to board. NOTE: When stealing a Wraith, you must destroy the side guns first. Then, press X to hang on the side and press B to punch in the door. After that, throw a grenade inside, jump off, then press X to board.

Switch grenade types - If you have picked up a frag grenade and a plasma grenade, press Black to change from one to another.

Tactics - If you are in a closed area (small room, hall way, etc.) then hold only 1 weapon, so you can throw grenades. If you are in a open area (big room, outside, forest, etc.) than have 2 weapons in hand because grenades will be useless.

If your units comes under heavy attack, retreat into a safe area and regroup. Now you can attack again with all your units intact and a better offence.

Draw a tough enemy out of a room into the open by standing in a doorway and fire at it. Then retreat backwards and it will follow you. You can now pick them off one by one. This is especially good against charge enemy such as Brutes and Elites with Covenant Energy Sword.

Turn Him Into A Clown - When faced with the enemy tank, turn to the left 4 times and then press A, X, Y, Black. Your player will now turn into a 'Bo-Bo' type clown.

Using a destroyed machine gun - You can use a destroyed machine gun; for example, in Zanzibar after you fire a rocket to one of the turrets on the left and right on the main base. Just go back to them and the screen will prompt you to hold X to operate. This can be useful during heated sessions.

Unlimited ammunition or power - This trick requires levels that have either Covenant or Marines following you. If you have a powerful weapon that has very limited power (for example, the energy sword, or Covenant sniper), or weapons that are very powerful (for example, Human sniper or rocket launcher) give them to the A.I. following you. As they use them, the weapons will never run out of power or ammunition. Also, they can use them very well.

Weapons List and tips:


1.Magnum(pistol)x,h
2.SMG x
3.Battle Rifle z
4.shotgun s
5.Sniper Rifle 2z,h
6.Rocket Launcher l,s
7.Plasma pistol x,b
8.Plasma rifle x,b
9.Brute plasma rifle sp,x,b
10.Covenent Carbine 2z
11.Brute shot s
12.Needler x,l
13.Covenent sniper rifle 2z,h,b
14.Fuel rod cannon s,sp
15.Sword l

Legend:
x:can dual
h:can head shot
z:can zoom once
z:can zoom twice
l:can lock on
s:Splash damage
b:uses a battery(non reloadable)
sp: Single player only

Weapons Tips:

All weapons without an actual zoom have some kind of zoom with no targeting reticule. Shooting pulls you out of it.

The battle rifle shoots 3 rounds at a time

The shotgun splash is actually the multiple bullets it sends flying

The rocket launcher can lock on on vehicles (or subsystems like on the cov transports) by holding the right trigger down.

The brute plasma rifle is a speeded up version of the conventional one but also overheats faster and its red. (i prefer normal version.)

The carbine is the covenant equivalent of the battle rifle which shoots one shot at a time.

The Brute shot fires grenades which can be compared with frags but with less splash and damage and it has a wicked blade to dish out some pain at a short distance.

The needler shoots needle that automatically homes in on target but can be easily avoided at long range but mortal when dual wielding at close to medium range. 7 or more needles in the body creates an explosion that will kill most targets.

The covenant sniper rifle can overheat while his human counterpart wont.

The fuel rod is a splash machine...better not be to trigger happy in close range with that.

The sword is by far my favorite weapon because you can "lock on" in a certain distance and leap for the kill.
Someone a high ledge given you trouble? If you can lock onto him he's toast.

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Blood Gulch:

Sniping location - At the Red base, get a Banshee. Get on top and face toward the Blue base. Turn right and go over. Follow the wall up and close to the top. You can get out there and snipe from this location.

Blood Gulch reference - Go to multi-player mode and scroll to the Coagulation map. Read the description. It will describe "a bloody gulch".

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Outskirts:

Blind mode - When you begin the mission, your vision will get blurry. When it returns to normal, you will see a blinking door. Enter it, then stop. Look up to see a fluorescent light over the door you just used, and another one on the opposite wall. Jump and duck at the same time to get on one of thos lights. Do the same thing again to get onto the ledge next to the lights. Look to the left on the ledge and you should find a dark passage. Follow it to find some grenades, a skull, and a camera at the end. Take the skull and your HUD will disappear and the word "Blind" will be displayed. You will not be able to see your weapon, body, shields, ammo, or HUD. You can use the skull as a melee weapon, which does good damage to opponents. However, using a grenade, firing a weapon, trying to drive, or using a turret will drop the skull. However, you can be a passenger in a Warthog and still keep it. To return to normal vision, save and quit the game, select the Cairo Station mission in campaign mode, save and quit the game, then return to the Outskirts level.

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Zanzibar:

Sword - To get the sword in the middle (if it is on) go to the Ferris wheel-type object in the middle. Line up with one of the blades. Let it push you up the circle until it is parallel with the floor. Then, run forward to the center of the circle. Jump down so that you can see through the center of the "Ferris wheel". Wait until a gap appears in the floor, then jump down and forward to the sword.

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Sent in by: Skull X Clan | Sniper Ally Team | Mathew Green | Gary Knight | Elite Marines | The Clown

Multiplayer Map - Foundation  -  Beat the single-player campaign on any difficulty.

Crazy mode  -  On the first level go through the archway beside the lake of blood. Once you're on the other side turn to the left and you will see a green leafy plant. If you walk up to the plant and press x, right trigger, left, up, down. Commander in Chief will eat the plant and go crazy. He will run around and do this weird dance.

Clone army  -  In a tank press A three times and then get out. now jump up three times and shoot three bullets of each of each gun you have. wait and after three seconds two more master chiefs will come on to the screen and will follow the same instructions you give to the original.

Beserker mode  -  On the first level go through the archway beside the lake of blood. Once you're on the other side turn to the left and you will see a green leafy plant. If you walk up to the plant and press x, right trigger, left, up, down Commander in Chief will eat the plant and go crazy. He will run around and do this weird dance that is so crazy. Sometimes you just say wow that is crazy.

Stripper Mode  -  During the Campaign, Successfully Press, A,X,B,B,Y,Right Trigger, Left Trigger, Right Click, X, Y, W, B, W, B, W, B, W, B, W, B, Right, Right, W, B, Black, Y, A, X, B, Left Click, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Left Trigger, Right Trigger, Back, Start, Start, Y, B, X (Board a Ghost with this last button).

Make sure that you are over a pile of weapons because you want to be dual wielding throughout the entire code. The result will be once you get out of the ghost after u kill at least 5 enemies by boosting, that you will be transformed into a cortana looking HOTT Female, wearing the Master Chief Helmet. Some how master chief has taken the role of Cortana. If the code doesn't work try again!!!! it has to be timed correctly.