Halo 3 - The Ark - game guide, walkthrough, secrets, game tips & strategies

Installation 00

• Eliminate hostile anti-air units

You’re starting with a sniper rifle. It should be very useful here which you can find on your own in a short while – just don’t miss terminals and the skull in this level. Follow the marines until you see a structure guarded by Grunts and Brutes. Kill Brutes with some well-aimed headshots. Grunts and Jackals are not worthy of your precious Sniper Rifle ammo so use Battle Rifle instead.

When you reach the next camp, killing everything around won’t be as easy. After you finish off the Grunts, reinforcements will arrive in the form of two Hunters. If you’re not ready to fight them, just avoid the battle altogether. Remember not to miss the terminal on the left side of the corridor.

Destroy the Brutes and their reinforcements. You can take the Prowler but it’s pretty much useless here. A better choice is to go through the desert and take over a Ghost when you see one. After passing the first enemy camp you will approach a large building. The next skull is waiting for you there.

Famine Skull

Only one problem here - you can’t reach it in an ordinary way. The only way to get it is to use a grenade to extend your jump distance. Throw the grenade on the platform edge and quickly jump towards the skull – the explosion should extend your jump and make it long enough to reach the skull.

Effect: Any weapon found at the dead enemy contains much less ammo.

Beyond the cave a true battle will start. Take down the Wraith, then the turret and after that Ghosts. Anti-AA Wraiths are almost defenseless so destroying them shouldn’t constitute much of a problem.

• Lead friendly armor through the wall

Take the Scorpion and follow your allies. Destroy everything on your way – mostly Wraiths and one Phantom. At the entrance to the building you will need to leave the tank. When you reach the place with a button, push it and a bridge will appear. There is also a terminal behind you. Go to the exit.

• Locate the Cartographer

There is no way to continue your mission with Scarab in the yard. You can take this mechanical monster down using the same tactic as always – destroying the core on its back. Before you enter the building – GET THE GRAV LIFT (it’s in the structure in the middle of the field , near Scarab). You’re going to need it.

Real men don’t read maps

Kill sleeping Grunts and go downstairs. In the room under the stairs, there is a terminal. In the next room, near the staris the next skull awaits.

Cowbell Skull

To reach it you need to use Grav Lift – put it somewhere in the middle of the “stairway” then jump from the top facing the platforms on the left. You will need few tries to succeed.

Effect: grenades and missile weapons are more effective.

• Head downstairs for Evac

There will be a fight downstairs, but it;s a piece of cake compared to the battle at the end of this level. You will get into a fight with a dozen of Brutes. First throw grenades at them, then try to engage them one after another. There is a Carbine nearby, and it might come in handy. Destroy Jackals at the end.