Hack 17. Make the Grunts a Little Tougher

Give Grunts a fair chance.

To find this Easter egg, play the Gravemind level until you reach the mission objective "Follow the Prophet of Truth to the far tower." Make sure that you play the level on the Legendary setting. Once you activate this skull, the text "Angry" will appear on screen.

Fight all the way through the Covenant city until you reach an outdoor area. As soon as you are outside, turn right. You will see some Covenant crates next to a rock ledge. Get on top of the crates and then jump to the rock ledge (see Figure 2-37).

Walk up the rocky hill to your right you will see a large red girder. Jump onto the girder and follow it back toward the complex (see Figures 2-38 and 2-39).

When you get near the end of this dark ledge, you will run into an invisible grunt wielding a Fuel Rod Cannon. Kill the grunt and continue to the end of the girder. Once there, you will see the Angry skull floating above a small gravity lift.

Figure 2-37. Looking back after climbing up the cliff toward the Angry skull

Figure 2-38. The Angry skull hides in the shadows but the purple edge of the path is visible

Figure 2-39. Looking back from the path that leads to the Angry skull

The Angry skull causes Grunts to fire faster than normal. However, the Angry skull does have a positive feature; it is also the only known skull that can be cycled through. This means that you are able to use the skull as a third weapon. It may just be a club, but it's fun (see Figure 2-40).

Figure 2-40. You can add the Angry skull to your weapon options