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· Games / Halo 3: ODST
**Kizingo Boulevard achievements: the tank run, the Wraith and the stolen Banshee** *MCC. Mission spoilers.* Kizingo has a straightforward set of completion targets and one awkward little vehicle trick. Don't confuse the trick with normal B...
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**Kizingo Boulevard: keep the tank alive, then be ready to leave it** *MCC campaign walkthrough. Mission spoilers. Normal, Heroic and Legendary advice.* Mickey starts this flashback with a rocket launcher, but the Scorpion is the real advan...
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**Uplift Reserve achievements: Classic is a driving challenge, not a shooting challenge** *MCC. Mission spoilers.* Uplift Reserve is a useful place to collect several restrictive achievements, but don't let a guide convince you they must al...
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**Uplift Reserve: getting Dutch out of the park** *Mission spoilers. MCC. Normal-to-Legendary conventional route.* This is a driving mission, but you don't need to fight it the same way on every run. A careful first completion can use the W...
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**Tayari Plaza achievements: the three-minute run and the Marine you shouldn't lose** *MCC. Mission spoilers.* Tayari Plaza is short, but its achievements pull you in different directions. A score run wants useful kills. A time run wants yo...
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**Tayari Plaza: getting Buck to Dare's pod** *Mission spoilers. MCC. A conventional completion route, not a three-minute speedrun.* Buck starts with an assault rifle, a pistol and a street full of Covenant between him and Dare. The temptati...
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**Mombasa Streets: finding the squad without fighting the whole city** *Campaign spoilers. MCC.* The Rookie's part of ODST isn't a straight line of rooms to clear. You're finding evidence of what happened to everyone else. The map helps, bu...
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**ODST: pick the right achievement list before you start** ODST is easy to describe as Halo 3 without Master Chief. That doesn't really prepare you for playing it. You're moving between a quiet, occupied city at night and the battles that l...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: plan LASO and the three-hour Legendary run separately** *Campaign spoilers. Planning guide, not a claim that an untested route guarantees an unlock.* These two challenges get lumped together because both involve Legendary....
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**Halo 3 in MCC: a campaign achievement plan that doesn't turn every mission into five separate problems** *Campaign and collectible spoilers. This is a campaign roadmap, not a claim to cover every multiplayer or cross-game achievement in M...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: the finale's achievements and the four-player Ghost run** *Ending spoilers.* The final mission has several very different objectives hiding in the same achievement list. A fast Warthog finish, an opening terminal visit, and...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: Mythic, the last terminal, and its Legendary message** *Finale spoilers.* The last mission puts both of its main collectibles near the beginning. You don't need to complete the control-room defense or survive the Warthog ru...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: the final mission, from the snow to the last jump** *Full ending spoilers.* This is the mission called Halo at the end of Halo 3—not the second mission of Combat Evolved. The straightforward route has three parts: reach the...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: Cortana's achievements without using the wrong par score** *Mission spoilers.* Cortana is a mission where knowing the route matters more than adding another difficult skull. Before chasing points or a fast finish, learn the...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: Cortana's Tilt skull and the terminal people miss** *Mission spoilers.* Both collectibles are in the same large chamber, but they are on opposite sides of its floor: the skull is overhead, and the terminal is underneath. Fi...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: getting through Cortana without losing your way** *Full mission spoilers.* Cortana is my favorite character in almost any series, so coming back for her matters to me. Actually finding your way through this place is another...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: The Covenant achievements, including the Phantoms and hidden music** *Mission spoilers.* The Covenant has enough going on that I would separate the long collectible run from the quick cleanup attempts. You don't need to rep...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: The Covenant's terminals, Thunderstorm and IWHBYD** *Full mission spoilers. Normal or harder, starting from Mission Start, for this combined route.* The Covenant has **three terminals and two campaign skulls**. Thunderstorm...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: The Covenant, tower by tower** *Full mission spoilers, including Truth's ending.* The Covenant moves from a beach assault to an air battle, then drops two Scarabs in your path. The route is: shut down the first tower, reach...
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**Halo 3 in MCC: The Ark achievements and the Legendary foot-only run** *Mission spoilers.* The Ark hands you a tank and then has an achievement for refusing it. That is the run to plan separately. The regular completion, collectibles and s...
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