Skulls Locations Guide for Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One (X1)

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Search the locations described below to find all of the hidden skulls.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Skulls

• Pillar of Autumn (Iron Skull) - Leave the cryo tank and search the back of the room, behind the purple containers.
• Arriving on Halo (Mythic Skull) - Head toward the waterfall and check the ground on its right.
• Arriving on Halo (Boom Skull) - After you get the Warthog, go to the cliff near the cave described as being not natural, drive up the right side, and look by the second tree.
• Truth and Reconciliation (Foreign Skull) - In the hangar bay, after the third pair of Hunters emerge, check the other side of the door they came from.
• Silent Cartographer (Famine Skull) - At the beginning, turn around and follow the beach until you find a ramp leading up to a plateau. Follow it to find the skull at the top.
• Silent Cartographer (Bandana Skull) - In the security building, find the room that contains the hologram. Just outside of the room, use a grenade jump to boost yourself above it.
• Assault on the Control Room (Fog Skull) - Once you exit the elevator after the first bridge, go to the middle of the room to the platform in the fog. Use a grenade jump to boost yourself onto it.
• Assault on the Control Room (Malfunction Skull) - In the area after the tunnel, there are pipes that stick out from the platform into the chasm. The skull is on the end of one of them.
• 343 Guilty Spark (Recession Skull) - At the beginning, turn around and walk to the corner. Look behind the tree.
• The Library (Black Eye Skull) - In the first area, find the final vent before the entrance to the next room. Use a grenade jump to boost yourself up to the skull.
• The Library (Patch Skull) - Before you take the Index, get as far from the Index as possible and walk around behind it to find the skull.
• Two Betrayals (Piñata Skull) - At the end, pilot the last Banshee toward the tunnel and land on top of it.
• The Maw (Grunt Birthday Party Skull) - Drive the Warthog to the bridge and stop it in front of the right beam. Get out and jump onto the beam. The skull is on the end.

Halo 2 Anniversary Skulls

• The Armory (Whuppopotamus Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Don't enter the elevator. Wait until Sgt. Johnson asks, "Would it help if I said please?" After that, enter the elevator, go into the tram, and check the crate on your way through.
• Cairo Station (Thunderstorm Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Once you leave the armory, use a crouch jump to land on top of the light. From there, jump to the next area up. Knock down the nearby garbage can to reveal the skull.
• Outskirts (Blind Skull) - Look above the first door you enter and crouch jump to reach the room. The skull is in a narrow spot between the buildings.
• Outskirts (IWHBYD Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. It only has a 1 in 7 chance of spawning, and can be difficult to find. The Jackal Snipers must spawn for you to find it. Use the Halo 2 IWHBYD guide to make sure you reach it.
• Metropolis (Catch Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Once you leave the sewers, approach the structure in the center of the area and jump to its highest part. Use a grenade jump to boost yourself up to the arch. When you reach the top of the arch, head left toward the skull.
• The Arbiter (Grunt Birthday Party Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Once you can pilot the Banshee, fly toward the area filled with objects that look like engines. Look around, and you'll find six dancing Grunts with the skull.
• Oracle (Famine Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Once you leave the elevator, use either a crouch jump or a grenade jump to reach the high area opposite from where you came.
• Delta Halo (Envy Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. When you reach the blocked room with two Grunt bodies and two swords, jump on top of the rock in front of the door. From there, jump to the ledge above the door. Then use a grenade jump to reach the highest point, where you'll find the skull and two Red Elites.
• Regret (Assassin's Skull) - Inside the building after the gondola ride, you'll find a stone block. Climb up it to the ledge leading toward the turrets. Jump up the ledges to reach the skull.
• Sacred Icon (Mythic Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. When you reach the room filled with the Flood's fog, jump onto the stacked crates to reach another floor. The skull is in the final hole there.
• Quarantine Zone (Sputnik Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. At the beginning, head left through a tunnel to find a cliff. At the cliff, turn left and follow it to a rock wall. Enter the passageway to its right to find the skull at the end.
• Gravemind (Angry Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Outside of the city, follow the wall on the right side until you reach the red rail. Jump onto it and follow it to the grav lift, which holds the skull.
• Uprising (Ghost Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. In the armory, collect the frag grenades from the right side of the room if you need them, and then go through the door on the left side. In the next room, turn around, and use a grenade jump to reach a high platform.
• High Charity (Iron Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Look up while riding the last grav lift to see the skull in the air. As you pass it, hold X to take it.
• The Great Journey (Black Eye Skull) - This skull is only available while playing on Legendary. Follow Sgt. Johnson until the control room is in sight. Get onto the beam and jump toward the round, angled wall. Climb to the grassy area on top, and then make your way onto the support. Continue to climb upward to the first platform, where the skull waits.

Halo 3 Skulls

• Sierra 117 (Blind Skull) - In the area where the Covenant sets down a Phantom, search along the edge of the cliff above the bottomless water.
• Sierra 117 (Iron Skull) - When you reach the train depot where Sgt. Johnson is, you'll encounter a hammer-wielding Brute on a bridge. From the bridge, jump to its side and then onto the depot. Follow the path around the building.
• Crows' Nest (Black Eye Skull) - At the beginning, use the objects in the first room to jump all the way up to the large pipe above you.
• Crows' Nest (Grunt Birthday Party Skull) - On your way to the barracks, when you're supposed to jump down the shaft, go to the end of the hall first. There is another drop there. Edge forward, and go backward as soon as you fall. You should land on a ledge that leads to a passage with the skull at the end.
• Tsavo Highway (Tough Luck Skull) - Drive until you spot the oil pipeline and then stop. Leave your vehicle, jump onto the pipeline, and then jump over the fence. Search the ledge near the support.
• The Storm (Catch Skull) - In the area where you fight two Wraiths, use the transport Warthog to help you jump up onto the little silo.
• Floodgate (Fog Skull) - At the beginning, keep your eye on the burning office building. When the Flood jumps from the roof, shoot it. This should knock the skull off the roof as well.
• The Ark (Famine Skull) - Once Sgt. Johnson mentions finding the Map Room on the other side of the wall, follow him to the ribcage structure. Climb onto the rocks and up on top of the ribs. There is a deployable cover there. Jump onto it to reach the higher rib where you'll find the skull.
• The Ark (Cowbell Skull) - In the room just after the two-floor room with the purple energy column, take the ramp to the grav lift and use it to reach the skull.
• Covenant (Thunderstorm Skull) - Once you get the Hornet, pilot it to the anti-air node the Elites took care of for you. Land on top of it and search the front.
• Covenant (IWHBYD Skull) - To get this skull, you must perform specific tasks as you progress through the level. Use the Halo 3 IWHBYD guide to make sure you get them all.
• Cortana (Tilt Skull) - When Cortana's voice asks if you like playing games, use the console in the room to reach the Flood constructions. Cross them to reach the skull on a large tentacle.
• Halo (Mythic Skull) - Once you land on the Halo, head right to find a cave. Inside the cave, continue following the right wall until you find the skull.