Halo Infinite skulls

Halo Infinite Skull locations are a lot like finding the proverbial needle(er?) in a haystack. Except harder. Much, much more difficult. Skulls are super well hidden is what we’re saying. And Polygon’s Halo Infinite Skulls guide will help you find all 12 Halo Infinite Skulls from Boom to Cowbell, Catch, Fog, IWHBYD, Blind, Thunderstorm, Black Eye, Famine, Mythic, Grunt Birthday Party, and Bandana.

Boom Skull
Cowbell Skull
Catch Skull
Fog Skull
I Would Have Been Your Daddy (IWHBYD) Tower Skull
Blind Skull
Thunderstorm Skull
Black Eye Skull
Famine Skull
Mythic Skull
Grunt Birthday Party Skull
Bandana Skull

All Halo Infinite Skulls videos

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Lis2RUB_5I%3Frel%3D0

Halo Canon on YouTube has a narrated version of where to find each of Halo Infinite’s skulls.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ziVD9j-OOY%3Frel%3D0

If you’d prefer to see a visual step-by-step for each of Halo Infinite’s skull locations without any narration, check our OrcCorp’s video.

Halo Infinite Skull location map

Halo Infinite Skull locations map

Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin | Sources: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

There are Halo Infinite Skulls. Some of the skulls can be found as you explore the open landscape of Zeta Halo. Several are only available during missions, you’ll only get one chance to grab them since you can only play each mission once per save file.

Below we’ve listed the location or mission each Skull appears in. Along with the Skull’s name and location, our table below details what each Skull does when activated.

Halo Infinite skull locations and effects

Skull	Location	Effect
Skull	Location	Effect
Boom	Warship Gbrakkon	Doubles explosion radius.
Cowbell	Foundations	Acceleration from explosions is increased.
Catch	Zeta Halo (Northeast)	Enemies throw and drop more grenades.
Fog	Zeta Halo (West of FOB Alpha)	Disables motion tracker.
I Would Have Been Your Daddy (IWHBYD)	Zeta Halo (on top of The Tower)	Rare combat dialogue becomes more common.
Blind	Zeta Halo (south of The Tower)	HUD and weapon do not display onscreen.
Thunderstorm	Zeta Halo (near anti-aircraft guns)	Upgrades the rank of most enemies.
Black Eye	Zeta Halo (near waterfall)	Your shields only recharge when you melee enemies.
Famine	Zeta Halo (far east of map)	Weapons dropped by enemies have half the ammo they normally would.
Mythic	The Command Spire	Enemies have increased health.
Grunt Birthday Party	Repository	Grunt headshots lead to glorious celebrations.
Bandana	Silent Auditorium	Grants unlimited weapon ammo and grenades, and removes equipment cooldowns.

You can see the Skulls you’ve found in Halo Infinite’s Database > Skulls menu. How do you find a Skull? Use your scanner, and look for the outline of a skull.

The images below are courtesy of multiple sources, including Polygon, plus Halo Canon and OrcCorp on YouTube, whose Halo Infinite skulls video we’ve embedded below so you can see the collection in motion as we work on the guide.

Boom Skull (Halo Infinite first Skull)

Behold, the Temple of Boom.

Halo Infinite’s first skull is in its first mission: Warship Gbrakkon. After you head outside the ship, take the elevator up, and head through a few more hallways, you’ll come to a hallway filled with five or so Jackyls. The Boom Skull is in the next room, which you can see in the following screenshot.

The Boom Skull is above the second level of the room.

Image: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studio via Polygon

It’s full of Brutes and Grunts, so clear them out first. Make sure to clear both levels of the room.

You can actually see the Boom Skull’s location as soon as you enter the room, though you have to be closer to the Skull before your scanner will pick it up. We jumped up to the second level, scanned, and hopped back down to the entrance to get the image above, showing the Skull relative to the entrance. (Don’t stand at the entrance and scan for the Boom Skull is what we’re saying.)

So jump up to the second level, and look up and to the right (with your back to the entrance). Press down on the D-pad to scan, and look for the outline of a skull. Ride the nearby elevator-like contraption up, and you’ll find the Boom Skull sitting in a little alcove.

Cowbell Skull (Halo Infinite Foundation Skull)

Because we needed more Cowbell.

Cowbell Skull location.

Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin | Sources: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

Fight your way through the crumbling Foundation until you pick up The Weapon in an exposition-filled cutscene. At the end of the long elevator ride, continue past the hallucination holograms into the next room. The Skull is high above you.

The Cowbell Skull is high above you.

Image: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

Use your scanner (down on the D-pad) to find it — it’s near the front of the room. You’ll have to get a little creative with your Grappleshot to reach this Skull, but it’s possible.

Catch Skull

Hold these for us.

Graphic: Jeff Ramos/Polygon | Source images: 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios via Polygon

This Skull isn’t tied to a mission, so you can collect it at any point. You might want to save this Skull for a little later in your playthrough because it’s guarded by a pair of Hunters.

Head to the island to the north of Outpost Terminus. The skull is nestled inside a tree trunk at the far end of the canyon.

Fog Skull

They could be anywhere.

It’s possible to grab this Skull with an upgraded Grappleshot, but it’s much easier to take a Wasp. Head to the western side of the open-world map and look along the coast southeast of the Foundation and southwest of FOB Alpha.

Inside these columns is a small opening where this skull is resting on a hexagonal pedestal. The video above shows how to collect the Fog Skull with an upgraded Grappleshot.