Halo: Combat Evolved Cheats (Xbox)

Different Ending 

Beat Halo's Campaign on Legendary to see a slightly longer ending movie. 

Hint: Clear Alien Drop Parties 

When facing a drop ship, aim at the hatch that the enemies will come out of while the
ship is descending. Your crosshair will turn red when you target an enemy (inside the
dropship). This means you can shoot the enemies in the ship while it is still trying to
land. You can get rid of a lot of enemies before the dropship deposits its soldiers,
making the fight easier later on! 

Hint: Accurate Assault Rifle 

When playing with the Assault Rifle, the most accurate way to kill a enemy is with the
three-round burst. To do this, just repeaditly tap the fire button. It should give a
series of short blasts that come in handy when low on ammo, and offer more accurracy
compared to just holding the fire trigger. 

Hint: Always Have Ghost in Assault on the Control Room 

Right after you have to abondon the tank, take a Ghost and go next to the door that you
need to in order to finish the level. You'll find that the door won't open while on the
Ghost, so get off your Ghost and the door will open. Before it closes again, get back on
your Ghost and go through. 

Hint: Assault Banshee Trick 

Get the banshee and fly until you get to Canyon B, where a covenant dropship comes down
with two ghosts on it. Go up to the top of the center spire and take the other banshee.
(If you are playing on co-op mode, push the other banshee off the cliff for your partner
to use.) Destroy all remaining forces in the area, then fly through the tunnel to the
area where you normally have to leave the tank. Save the marines and fly your banshee
over the brown building that has the pillars at its base. Kill the covenant, then instead
of going through the door, fly up to the bridges overhead. One bridge will have two green
doors. Go through either door. Now there will be no enemies, and there will be all
vehicles except mortar tanks at your disposal. This trick can help a little on Legendary
mode. 

Hint: Assault on the Control Room Shortcut Bug 

When on "Assault on the Control Room", there is a glitch to get through final door
easily. Comandeer a Ghost or Banshee and fly slowly beside the door. Jump out of the
vehicle in the direction of the door. If done correctly, you should be able to get pushed
through the door by the dismount animation. 

Hint: Defeat Hunter Enemies 

Equip the pistol and go behind a Hunter enemy. You'll see an orange spot on their
back--hit the orange spot once and the Hunter will die. 

Hint: Double Beat Trick 

Everybody knows that melee attacking someone can do massive amounts of damage. This
double beat trick can be handy, especially if you have plasma grenades. Beat once, and
right afterwards, throw a grenade and press X again to beat. You should beat twice in a
row very quickly and throw a grenade. 

Hint: Early Banshee Trick 

In "Assault on the Control Room," you can get a banshee shortly after the tank. Take the
sniper rifle and the rocket launcher. Clear the enemies, and then go to the boulder on
the right side of the tunnel. Look up and you will see a rock bridge. Now, while still
looking up, start moving forward until you see a platform coming out of the wall. Zoom in
with the sniper rifle to the center of the platform, and then without moving change to the
launcher and fire. A banshee will fall off the ledge, and you can use it. 

Hint: Easier Play on All Difficulties 

Play a game on Co-Op mode and have one the players stay back, out of range of combat.
With the other player, progress through the level and engage in combat. If that player
dies he will be instantly teleported back to the second player that is just standing
around in a safe spot. 

Hint: Falling without losing life 

When falling from high distances your shield or is depleted when you hit the ground. If
you hold the crouch button shortly before you hit the ground, you will not be affected in
any way. This is very helpful when playing in multiplayer on levels like Hang 'em High or
Prisoner. It has to be timed right though.  

Hint: Get a Ghost Through the Broken Blast Door 

During the Two Betrayals level, the Master Chief comes upon a broken blast door and is
"forced" to abandon his Ghost and face the Flood on foot. To get the Ghost through the
door, line it up backwards with the hole in the door; allow the tail to stick out
slightly through the hole. Leave it there. Now go back and get the Warthog, and use the
Warthog to ram the Ghost through the crack. Hit it at a 45 degree angle to wedge it
through. 

Hint: More Guns On The Pillar of Autumn 

On the level "The Pillar of Autumn" on Easy difficulty, get to Captain Keyes as quickly
as possible. When he hands you his pistol run out to the bridge and down the corridor
where you load the pistol. If the glitch is done correctly, you shouldn't load the
pistol, and the 3 Grunts shouldn't be at the end of the corridor. 

Continue and pick up the Assault Rifle from the dead marine's body lying in the doorway
then kill the Elites and Grunts and pick up a Plasma Pistol or Plasma Rifle. Go back to
the corridor where you were supposed to load the pistol and keep back-tracking.
Eventually, you should load the pistol and the 3 Grunts at the end of the corridor should
appear. You will now have the pistol, the Assault Rifle and the Plasma Pistol/Rifle. 

Hint: On Top Of The World 

On the Silent Cartographer level, go anywhere where there is an overshield, and bring a
warthog with you. It's best to do this in co-op because it's easier to collect the
grenades and "initiate launch-off". Get as many grenades as you can, and have your
partner kill you, and vice-versa to get the grenades into one big pile. (Make sure this
is *near* an overshield.) Drive the warthog onto the grenades and try to position it to
where it would fly up on top of the level. Before you do anything else, make sure you get
a checkpoint. Have your buddy pick up a grenade and toss it under the warthog, and RIGHT
as he throws it, pick up the overshield and get into the warthog quick. If you get into
the warthog while the overshield is charging, you should get blasted upward unharmed. You
should reach the top of the level. If not, reposition the warthog, or get more grenades.
When you're up there, kill your friend with the plasma pistol from long range, and he
should appear up there with you. Have fun! 

Hint: One Hit Elite Death 

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to kill an Elite easily? When you come to an
Elite pacing around the room, time how fast he paces by hiding behind a shield or a glass
window, stay at a safe distance, or just hide behind a corner. Once you are sure you know
when he will turn around, run up behind him and use the melee attack to bash the Elite on
the back, instantly klling him (note that if you did not do it correctly, it will turn
around and attack you). This comes in handy alot on "Attack on the Control Room" and on
Legendary Difficulty. 

Hint: Random Bull Easter Egg 

Go to create a new account and type in .fortune for a name. As soon as the name is
completed, a random message will appear on the screen. Re-enter the name for another
message. 

Hint: Refill Ammo Glitch 

When using human weapons, you can reload them and not waste your ammo supply by starting
the reload sequence and then immediately swapping it for another weapon that's on the
floor. Wait for the reloading sound to finish and then pick up your weapon, and you will
see that it has reloaded without using your reserved ammo. 

Hint: Silent Cartographer Shorcut - Squally's Jump 

In "The Silent Cartographer" there is a sizeable shortcut. It involves a large jump which
can easliy kill you, but, with an Overshield, saves you some time. 

First off, when you battle at the entrance to the main building on the island (the one
where the door becomes locked shut), make sure to leave the nearby Overshield. After you
have unlocked the door, return, and still do not use the Overshield. Kill the Jackals and
hunters, then finally grab the Overshield. From there, enter the base, and hang a right to
the structure jutting out from the wall. Here you can see each of the levels of the
compound. Take good aim, and jump to the second lowest level. If done right, you will
lose all of your Overshield, but you will land on the level above the Silent
Cartographer. From here, peer over the ledge where the edge of the platform changes
direction. below you is another Overhield. Simply drop down onto the Overshield, and not
only will you still be alive, but your shields will be at 300% once again. Turn around
you'll be at the Silent Cartographer! 

Hint: Stealthiest Cloak 

During multi player, when you get a cloak item and turn invisible you can do things to
make yourself even less visible. The slower you move the harder it is for enemies to spot
you. As well, if radars are turned on, stand completely still and you will not show up on
enemy motion trackers. Perfect stealth. 

Easter Egg: Talking Grunt 

WARNING: You may need to restart this stage if you pursue this easter egg. 

In the last level of Halo, you'll arrive at a second grouping of tunnels after the
dropship pick up goes awry. 

Take the first tunnel on your right and there should be a fork leading to a dead-end half
way through. If you head partly that way, you can hear a grunt talking about something
phenomenonally droll. 

Attack On The Control Room Glitch 

When you are going back through the "Attack On The Control Room" stage, your objective is
to destroy all the generators. The moment you or your partner gets close to the last
generator, the flood will kill you. 

Instead, exploit the co-op system to your advantage. Notice that on co-op, when one of
you is further ahead then the other player, the lagging player is warped ahead. At the
hallway before the last generator, spend a moment and practice finding the warp spot, now
when you're sure you've located this spot have one player stand a step away from the spot
that will cause the other player to warp. 

Have the player that will warp go deactivate the last generator. Now as soon as the surge
occurs, have the player in the hallway cause the warp and both players can leave
relatively unscathed.