Halo 2

Halo 2 is a First Person Shooter released in November of 2004 by Bungie Software for the Microsoft Xbox. It is the sequel to Halo and will be followed by the soon to be released Halo 3.

Speed Runs

High Speed Halo is the site for Halo 2 speedrunning on all difficulties with a variety of rules and formats.

Speed Run Strategies

General Tricks

Sword Flying

Due to a glitch in Bungie's programming, it is possible to use the sword to cover large distances rapidly. Take a weapon whose reticle becomes red when hovering over a distant enemy with the sword as your secondary weapon. By switching to it and pressing R at moment before the sword has been drawn, you will lunge at the enemy despite its distance. The reticle changes from the previous weapon, such as a rocket launcher, to the sword's before the sword is drawn while leaving the reticle red.

Grenade/Rocket jumping

Simply throw a grenade on the ground, stand over it, and jump when it explodes and it will propel you higher than a normal jump. Very useful for getting to high places. Rocket jumping works the same way and gets you higher than just a grenade, but you need to put more distance between you and the explosion (by jumping off a small ledge or something) because it does more damage.

Skulls

Placed in each level as Easter eggs, each skull when picked up changes the dynamics of the game in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. While activating skulls before beginning a run is considered cheating, picking it up during a run can sometimes be desirable and helpful. Each skull is found at a different location and is described underneath its level.

Cairo Station

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Thunderstorm skull

Difficulty: Legendary

Level: Cairo Station

Words on screen: "Thunderstorm"

Effect: All convenant enemies become special ops.

'How to get to the skull': After you take out the second room of covenant boarding the ship, the game says "Priority Shift". Shortly after this you will go to the armory where you will have to take out a couple of Elites. The next room is "Commons B.01". Clear out all of the enemies on the ground floor and the Grunts in the far landing that are manning the plasma turret. Once you've cleared the room, look towards the outside -- literally out into space. You should see the dual tram tracks, and some diagonal supports holding up the tram tracks. You'll also note that the diagonal supports in the center are close together. One of those supports goes down the side of the wall near where one of the glass railings is. You can jump on the post for the glass railing and jump up onto the diagonal railing. From here, jump to the tram track and follow it all the way down towards the door you originally came in. You should see a landing with a trash can. The skull is in/under this trash can. Simply walk up to the trash can and hold X to pick up the skull.

Video Links: Link 1

Action replay saves: NTSC PAL

Outskirts

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Blind skull

Difficulty: Any

Level: Outskirts

Words on screen: "Blind"

Effect: There is no HUD or weapons on screen.

How to get to the skull: As soon as the level starts your vision will be blurry. Directly ahead of you there is a hallway with a flashing light. Enter the hallway, turn around, and look up There will be a horizontal flashing halogen light. Jump to it. Then turn right and crouch jump to the roof. Then turn right again and there is a long passageway with some ammo, grenades, and the Blind skull.

Video Links: Link 1

Action replay saves: Not needed

I Would Have Been Your Daddy skull

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Metropolis

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Catch skull

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Arbiter

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Grunt Birthday Party skull

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Oracle

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Famine

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Delta Halo

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Envy skull

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Regret

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Assassins skull

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Sacred Icon

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Mythic skull

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Quarantine Zone

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Sputnik skull

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Gravemind

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Anger skull

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Uprising

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Ghost skull

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High Charity

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Iron skull

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The Great Journey

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Black Eye skull

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External Links

• High Speed Halo Complete Halo running coverage.