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Subject: IWHBYD

I have heard and see many different methods on how to get this skull and i still cant get it
i can get to the place where it is meant to be, but it is not there
can someone help?

  • 07.30.2008 5:04 AM PDT
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Well Enough Alone...

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Took me awhile to get it, and it was really hard. Some say it's random. What i did was I first made a seperate profile (I did that wil all the skulls), went to outskirts, had the envy skull on, used active camo while the first checkpoint loaded, saved, quitted, turnd off my exbox, reloaded, and that made the infinite camo glitch (REALLLY USEFULL). From there, I did what most of the walkthroughs say. I took Johnsons sniper, went on the rooftops, waited for him to get in the pelican, etc. And then went to where the skull was. If it wasn't there, I redid it. Some say it has a 1 in 7 chance of dropping. Took me about 6 tries. After that, when I got it, I saved a checkpoint that was durring the elit battle that happens when you get it, and then I could get it ever sice with that profile. (except then one time I skrewed it up by getting another checkpoint after killing the elites and getting the skull and I heven't bothered to go back and re get it yet.)

  • 07.30.2008 7:54 AM PDT

Vic Sr is right, it's a 1 in 7 chance. Just make sure you do it the same each time but the only checkpoint that matters is the one in Sniper Alley. Keep it simple, here's a tut I made:

http://files.filefront.com/GrumpyOSIWHBYDSkullGuidewmv/;11286 217;/fileinfo.html

Just remember to get the next checkpoint after it spawns or else the skull will not be there next time (that is what I meant by certain death).







[Edited on 07.30.2008 10:51 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2008 10:45 AM PDT
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My god...the Grunts ate the sniper and left the skull.

I think skulls in Halo 2 are harder to get than the skulls in Halo 3. I don't think, I know.

  • 07.30.2008 6:20 PM PDT
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ARBITER, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!! WORT WORT WORT.

It's a one in seven chance. That's been proven. Hence the 1 and 7 posters all over the place.

Anyhow, the best thing you can probably do to help, is grab the blind skull without activating it. That means grab it from the room the pelican crashed in, go to the back corner and grenade jump up and hold x. Then rush the rooftops to the skull spawn site. If you were smart, you'd definitely have the active camo permanently for this. I'd just make a profile for it mate.

Edit: Yeah mate, I agree the Halo 2 skulls are harder to get. I find all the H3 skulls by just trying to explore the maps... in Halo 2 exploring the maps took way more time because they were waaaaay larger. And there's this thing about the IWHBYD skull fight. Talk about hard.

[Edited on 07.31.2008 11:06 AM PDT]

  • 07.31.2008 11:04 AM PDT

Posted by: WACCSMD
It's a one in seven chance. That's been proven. Hence the 1 and 7 posters all over the place.

Anyhow, the best thing you can probably do to help, is grab the blind skull without activating it. That means grab it from the room the pelican crashed in, go to the back corner and grenade jump up and hold x. Then rush the rooftops to the skull spawn site. If you were smart, you'd definitely have the active camo permanently for this. I'd just make a profile for it mate.

Edit: Yeah mate, I agree the Halo 2 skulls are harder to get. I find all the H3 skulls by just trying to explore the maps... in Halo 2 exploring the maps took way more time because they were waaaaay larger. And there's this thing about the IWHBYD skull fight. Talk about hard.
What does grabbing Blind (with or without activating it) have to do with the IWHBYD skull? A 1 in 7 chance is still 1 in 7 chance, or so I thought.

  • 07.31.2008 11:29 AM PDT

Is it possible to get this second profile so that it is in envy every time so that i can get the skull, or do i save it just before envy skull and then try the 7 time thing for the IWHBYD?

  • 07.31.2008 1:18 PM PDT

Not sure I understand what you're asking. If you get Envy and start OS and save at the right time, perma -cammo will always be in effect for that profile (even if you turn off the box). If you don't get the skull just start over from that original save, you don't need to start the level over or get Envy again.

If you try to start over from the Sniper Alley CP (or a later CP), the skull will not appear.

However, do make a separate profile and save for Envy (just before you pick it up) as you might want to use it for another level. In fact, make a separate profile and save for every skull you get.

  • 07.31.2008 3:55 PM PDT