Halo 2 (Mission 6) The Arbiter Walkthrough
Video Walkthrough: Halo 2 (Mission 6) The Arbiter Walkthrough
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Terminal Location: The Arbiter Terminal Location
The next mission in Halo 2 has us playing as a new character, The Arbiter. During this mission things can be a bit confusing because some of the Covenant are friendly to you and others are not. Hostile Covenant have different armor so you can tell them apart this way but otherwise there'll likely be confusion.
At the start of the mission you'll have to enter the airlock once your Elite buddies unlock it. You'll get a quick tutorial inside about Active Camo and how to activate it - instead of having a light like Master Chief you'll have Active Camo which is pretty useful considering we also have a sword.
During this mission I recommend you use a Covenant Carbine rifle that the Heretics drop or use dual wield Plasma Rifles; both of these have their own strengths and weaknesses. Once you clear all of the Covenant in the first room go down where the blue conveyor belt things are and ride the elevator down further into the compound.
You'll ride the elevator down into the Hangar which will have many more Covenant for you to defeat. If you want help fighting them I recommend you use Active Camo and run over to the far side of the Hangar to activate the computer terminal on the wall and open the Hangar Bay doors (pictured below). This will allow friendly units to fly in and assist.
Once all of the Covenant are defeated and your friendly units leave the door that the giant space ship is facing will open and more enemies will come pouring out. Defeat them then head through the door that they came out of to continue with the mission.
The next large room that you come across with blue conveyor belts in it will have the Terminal for this mission if you're interested in that Achievement. For more information about exactly where you can find the Terminal check out my The Arbiter Terminal Location Youtube Video.
Continue through the linear hallways and rooms fighting the Covenant as you go. Eventually you will come to a room that appears to be a dead end; the Elite we're after will monologue a bit once you arrive. Defeat the Covenant that come out of the locked doors and then head through the now unlocked door to the Banshee that's docked outside.
For the final part of this mission you're going to be flying a Banshee around and defeating other Banshees' as well as protecting the friendly Phantom. Simply follow the Phantom for this part of the mission, it will stop by a couple of areas and wait for you to kill all of the enemies before proceeding to the next one.
Eventually you'll find the platform we need and you'll have to kill all of the Covenant here before disembarking and heading inside to complete the mission.
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