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Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

could it really be that easy? have you tried getting 5 / 10 kill spree using the hilt?

  • 10.21.2009 1:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: Jex2142
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guys check this out. I triangulated the stonehenges, found some circumnavigations and equidistant points over and over again. I got circles. I then reflected it over a line. Check the circles and see if they're in them. The red ones are the ones I'm talking about. Check them out! Criticize if needed. Search.


OK yeah i get were your going with this math stuff. So what your saying is we need to search where the red circles are? But even if you are wrong there has to be a Sword Hidden in Mombassa somewhere right? But how to find? Mombassa is a massive place. But Bungie would have hidden it somewhere where players could find it, not make it impossibly hard to find like atop a building or on Master Chief's elbow or anything like that right?


There also has to be a BR as well as one is in a cutscene and Halo games do the cutscenes with ingame resources to save disk space. A BR also exists in the game as someone has checked the HEX Data and one is there. Can someone check it for a Energy Sword?

edit: and to the symbol thing at Kiowani Station, Can you post a pic of it as I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Edited on 10.21.2009 5:04 PM PDT]

  • 10.21.2009 5:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: Jex2142
Posted by: LeBlanc172
guys check this out. I triangulated the stonehenges, found some circumnavigations and equidistant points over and over again. I got circles. I then reflected it over a line. Check the circles and see if they're in them. The red ones are the ones I'm talking about. Check them out! Criticize if needed. Search.


OK yeah i get were your going with this math stuff. So what your saying is we need to search where the red circles are? But even if you are wrong there has to be a Sword Hidden in Mombassa somewhere right? But how to find? Mombassa is a massive place. But Bungie would have hidden it somewhere where players could find it, not make it impossibly hard to find like atop a building or on Master Chief's elbow or anything like that right?


There also has to be a BR as well as one is in a cutscene and Halo games do the cutscenes with ingame resources to save disk space. A BR also exists in the game as someone has checked the HEX Data and one is there. Can someone check it for a Energy Sword?

edit: and to the symbol thing at Kiowani Station, Can you post a pic of it as I have no idea what you are talking about.


On page 34 of this thread someone linked a screenshot of some sort of prerender of the game with a image of what looks to be the sword.

  • 10.21.2009 8:30 PM PDT

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A banshee in firefight is possible, you have one person shoot it with a plasma pistol so it's immobile. Then you need to kill the driver by shooting his feet. You can enter the vehicle then.


Nope. I wondered about this too so I decided to test it. I put one guy in a banshee and shot him with various weapons. A few did no damage to the player (sniper rifle) and others killed the banshee before the player. At any rate it was impossible to extract the player from the banshee without destroying the banshee or hijacking it.



what about if you hold RB so when the driver dies you quickly get in it kind of like the wraith glitch and the in destroyed vehicles on H3

worth a try


Tried it and its a no-no. Sorry.

  • 10.21.2009 9:05 PM PDT

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U guys have made a big deal about the significance of of the Elite with the sword handles under the BELIEVE writing on the wall....but what about the other BELIEVE writing in the NMPD District, that one is on a large door with the # 3 on it?

  • 10.21.2009 11:06 PM PDT

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  • 10.22.2009 8:37 AM PDT

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Posted by: The Quicken
U guys have made a big deal about the significance of of the Elite with the sword handles under the BELIEVE writing on the wall....but what about the other BELIEVE writing in the NMPD District, that one is on a large door with the # 3 on it?


I have seen one like yours on a big door thing in kizinko boulevard area and the numbers 117 are written next to it in bullets.

  • 10.22.2009 1:12 PM PDT

"Of course not, because that would be too conveinient!"

I had an idea today: maybe a bungie employee has, at some point, visited or done something related to this easter egg, if there is one (that's my justification for nosing aroundtheir bungie.net accounts). I first visited Stosh's account, and I saw, during on of his games, he got 3 kills by using the guardian (click on the blue + sign next to his name under "players", and scroll the left most collumn with the weapons down, and you will see a big question mark).
What could this be?

  • 10.22.2009 3:42 PM PDT

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Posted by: Fromatic
On page 34 of this thread someone linked a screenshot of some sort of prerender of the game with a image of what looks to be the sword.


Hm... are you sure that isn't one of the new mythic maps. The reason I ask is because I don't remember seeing many (if any) of those open red boxes in ODST either.

EDIT
Ok, nevermind that is definitely not a mythic map.

[Edited on 10.22.2009 3:47 PM PDT]

  • 10.22.2009 3:45 PM PDT

Posted by: Fromatic
Posted by: ExtremeYoshiFan
Posted by: Jex2142
Posted by: LeBlanc172
guys check this out. I triangulated the stonehenges, found some circumnavigations and equidistant points over and over again. I got circles. I then reflected it over a line. Check the circles and see if they're in them. The red ones are the ones I'm talking about. Check them out! Criticize if needed. Search.


OK yeah i get were your going with this math stuff. So what your saying is we need to search where the red circles are? But even if you are wrong there has to be a Sword Hidden in Mombassa somewhere right? But how to find? Mombassa is a massive place. But Bungie would have hidden it somewhere where players could find it, not make it impossibly hard to find like atop a building or on Master Chief's elbow or anything like that right?


There also has to be a BR as well as one is in a cutscene and Halo games do the cutscenes with ingame resources to save disk space. A BR also exists in the game as someone has checked the HEX Data and one is there. Can someone check it for a Energy Sword?

edit: and to the symbol thing at Kiowani Station, Can you post a pic of it as I have no idea what you are talking about.


On page 34 of this thread someone linked a screenshot of some sort of prerender of the game with a image of what looks to be the sword.


Yes, but we don't know if that is the actual sword for real until we find out where that is. Plus it's a prerender, it could be all wrong.

  • 10.22.2009 6:26 PM PDT

there is no sword at all in ODST. In OXM on the bottom there is a qoute from one of the developers saying something along the lines of, "I didn't know how to use the sword in Halo 3 so i didnt put it in ODST"

I do know of a way to get a wraith in firefight. What you need to do is kill the Covenant mannin gthe plasma turrent and then get above the cockpit of the driver and melee the cockpit till the top opens up. Then you must crouchso you dont see the board wraith prompt and then and hold down RB, then shoot the driver in the head while crouching and you will kill the driver and for a brief moment you will be given the prompt to drive the wraith and since you are holding down RB, you will be driving the wraith. Once you are in your partner (if you have one) can man the plasma turrent. DO NOT EXIT THE WRAITH FOR IT WILL EXPLODE AS SOON AS YOU EXIT IT. There is a video of it on achievement hunters. heres the link. http://achievementhunter.com/archive/?id=903

  • 10.22.2009 7:54 PM PDT
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there is no sword at all in ODST. In OXM on the bottom there is a qoute from one of the developers saying something along the lines of, "I didn't know how to use the sword in Halo 3 so i didnt put it in ODST"

I do know of a way to get a wraith in firefight. What you need to do is kill the Covenant mannin gthe plasma turrent and then get above the cockpit of the driver and melee the cockpit till the top opens up. Then you must crouchso you dont see the board wraith prompt and then and hold down RB, then shoot the driver in the head while crouching and you will kill the driver and for a brief moment you will be given the prompt to drive the wraith and since you are holding down RB, you will be driving the wraith. Once you are in your partner (if you have one) can man the plasma turrent. DO NOT EXIT THE WRAITH FOR IT WILL EXPLODE AS SOON AS YOU EXIT IT. There is a video of it on achievement hunters. heres the link. http://achievementhunter.com/archive/?id=903


you just found out how to get in a wraith XD what rock are you living under

and seriously do you think a bungie member didn`t know how to use a sword it`s there gamer remember he was probibly joking

  • 10.23.2009 8:27 AM PDT
Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST
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sorry bout double post, but listen to this guys:

there have been alot of rumors about a sword in odst. here are some things i have found out:

in the ODST medal chest, there are two unknown spree medals. these are said to be sword spree and slice nd dice.

if you go under the weapons used, and hit the "show more", there are two "?" logos. one is guardians, and one says classified. this means that there IS a secret weapon in halo 3 ODST, weather it is a sword or something like the return of the scarab gun from halo 2.

keep looking guys, someone will find it eventually.

  • 10.23.2009 9:52 AM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

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you just found out how to get in a wraith XD what rock are you living under


He didn't invent it, people made it out already in H3.

  • 10.23.2009 11:52 AM PDT
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Posted by: imppa
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you just found out how to get in a wraith XD what rock are you living under


He didn't invent it, people made it out already in H3.



i know even i could do that but why the hell is he posting about it when about everyone knows and the wraiths can`t do anything to get you out of the map except on KB but it just makes you skip a area

  • 10.23.2009 11:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: imppa
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you just found out how to get in a wraith XD what rock are you living under


He didn't invent it, people made it out already in H3.




i know even i could do that but why the hell is he posting about it when about everyone knows and the wraiths can`t do anything to get you out of the map except on KB but it just makes you skip a area

...true. Sorry I didn't read enough XP.

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  • 10.23.2009 11:55 AM PDT
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-IDEA ALERT!-

has anyone tried to fly in a dumpster like on H3

ahh good times good times

-IDEA ALERT FINISHED!-

  • 10.23.2009 11:56 AM PDT

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-IDEA ALERT!-

has anyone tried to fly in a dumpster like on H3

ahh good times good times

-IDEA ALERT FINISHED!-


RIght after I saw a dumster for the first time, I tried.
It didn't work D: I wonder have were they able to do it in H3 anyway?

  • 10.23.2009 11:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: imppa
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-IDEA ALERT!-

has anyone tried to fly in a dumpster like on H3

ahh good times good times

-IDEA ALERT FINISHED!-


RIght after I saw a dumster for the first time, I tried.
It didn't work D: I wonder have were they able to do it in H3 anyway?


well do you know how and did you do it right and have a ghost and 2 ppl

i can show you how in H3 if ya want

  • 10.23.2009 12:03 PM PDT

Posted by: imppa
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-IDEA ALERT!-

has anyone tried to fly in a dumpster like on H3

ahh good times good times

-IDEA ALERT FINISHED!-


RIght after I saw a dumster for the first time, I tried.
It didn't work D: I wonder have were they able to do it in H3 anyway?

it may be because u cant jump as high as MC now that ur an odst.

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-IDEA ALERT!-

has anyone tried to fly in a dumpster like on H3

ahh good times good times

-IDEA ALERT FINISHED!-


RIght after I saw a dumster for the first time, I tried.
It didn't work D: I wonder have were they able to do it in H3 anyway?

it may be because u cant jump as high as MC now that ur an odst.


you don`t need to jump high just jump so fast in a certain area and your flying

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  • 10.23.2009 3:00 PM PDT
Subject: The truth about the Sword in ODST

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Posted by: stevethezy
sorry bout double post, but listen to this guys:

there have been alot of rumors about a sword in odst. here are some things i have found out:

in the ODST medal chest, there are two unknown spree medals. these are said to be sword spree and slice nd dice.

if you go under the weapons used, and hit the "show more", there are two "?" logos. one is guardians, and one says classified. this means that there IS a secret weapon in halo 3 ODST, weather it is a sword or something like the return of the scarab gun from halo 2.

keep looking guys, someone will find it eventually.


The unusual spree medal in odst is a sticky spree and Sticky fingers. I'm assuming thats what is throwing you there.

Not to burst any bubbles here but I have two buddies who played with Bungie during the FLAG tournament and based on what they got out of the two employees during some FF, this is how things look:

1.) ODST is done and dusted with as far as the Studio is concerned. No more work is being put into it as all focus is now on "Reach".

2.) Following on from that, there is likely to be no DLC for ODST. So the sword theory in DLC is very very VERY much doubted.

3.) The whole easter egg things is plausible though =)

From the convos that my mates had with the staff, the thought outcome is that ODST is completed and finished. The employees did NOT actually say these things though. This was merely just interpreted.

  • 10.23.2009 3:38 PM PDT

Posted by: stevethezy
sorry bout double post, but listen to this guys:

there have been alot of rumors about a sword in odst. here are some things i have found out:

in the ODST medal chest, there are two unknown spree medals. these are said to be sword spree and slice nd dice.

if you go under the weapons used, and hit the "show more", there are two "?" logos. one is guardians, and one says classified. this means that there IS a secret weapon in halo 3 ODST, weather it is a sword or something like the return of the scarab gun from halo 2.

keep looking guys, someone will find it eventually.


Well I got 2 or 3 kills with the ? I have not found a sword in ODST( yet!) So keep lookin.

  • 10.23.2009 4:07 PM PDT
Subject: Glyphs and treasure hunting; the truth about the Sword in ODST

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Posted by: imppa
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you just found out how to get in a wraith XD what rock are you living under


He didn't invent it, people made it out already in H3.



i know even i could do that but why the hell is he posting about it when about everyone knows and the wraiths can`t do anything to get you out of the map except on KB but it just makes you skip a area



im talking about how to get into a wraith in FIREFIGHT

  • 10.23.2009 5:04 PM PDT