Halo 3 - Crow’s Nest - game guide, walkthrough, secrets, game tips & strategies

Know your role…

• Secure perimeter defences

You can survive without legs and arms, but without a skull? Unacceptable! Let’s find the Black Eye Skull then.

Black Eye Skull

Rather easy to find. Go alongside the hangar and upstairs. You should see a box on the left. Jump on it, then turn around to see monitors on the far end of the room. Do you see a pipe? Jump on it and you’ll find a Black Eye Skull when you reach the end of that pipe.

Effect: Your shield doeasn't regenerate until you hit an enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

Now go downstairs. Take a weapon and follow the soldiers. When you hear an explosion it’s time to fight.

• Neutralize hostiles in the hangar

Walk the corridors until you reach an exploding Warthog. You will have to fight Grunts and some Jackals. Destroy them one by one, and watch those grenades. At that moment, changing your weapon to something other than human rifle is not recommended, since it’s easy to find normal ammo here. Turn into corridors and reach the hangar.

You need to fight off a few waves of enemies. Take down all the Jackals first, then “borrow” the Turret and wait for the main force. When Phantom appears, make good use of your Turret and your mission will be complete.

• Get back to the ops-center

Now you need to go back to the start. On your way you will meet some old friends – Drones. Shoot them with SMG.

Gift with purchase

• Rescue marines in the barracks

In the control room go upstairs. You will see a lot of Brutes swarming the room. It's not going to be an easy fight so be careful. A good start would be throwing a few grenades at them, and then killing them off one by one. Remember to aim at the head. When the fight is over jump into the hole.

You’ll meet a few Drones in the corridor – DO NOT JUMP INTO THE HOLE! It’s time to get your next skull.

Grunt Birthday Party Skull

You can find this amusing birthday party skull beneath a platform you are standing on. Try to stand on the edge on the hole. Then fall on the protruding platform beneath. Now go back to take the skull.

Effect: A head shot will result in the unlucky Grunt's head exploding into birthday confetti.

Despite the support of your old friend the fight with lurking Brutes won’t be easy. Try not go too fast forward, kill them carefully one after another, collect grenades and use them when you can. Remember, you have a very powerful ally who cannot die – let him do part of the work for you.

• Evac via the landing pad

Go to the elevator and move up after all marines get onboard. Just after the short ride, you’ll be attacked by a large group of Brutes. Some of them have jetpacks but they’re not as dangerous as flying Elites once were.

Last One Out, Get the Lights

• Return to the ops-center, arm the bomb

After getting the new orders follow the arrow. Borrow a plasma turret from Grunts and take them down. You can exchange that turret for a new one to stay with a full clip. The Bomb is guarded by Brutes but with that weapon you should be able to clear your way in less than a minute.

• Escape – Find the elevator in the hangar

The Elevator is in the hangar, so you need to go there now. Go downstairs, when you reach the hangar, you can simply enter the elevator and avoid fighting with Jackals and Grunts.