Throw a Grunt Birthday Party

Turn every headshot into an explosion with the Grunt Birthday Party skull.

You will find this skull on The Arbiter level. When you reach the mission objective “Pursue the heretic leader,” you will know that you are close to the skull. Once activated, the skull will cause the text “Grunt Birthday Party” to appear on your screen.

This is a fun skull—and useful. When the Grunt Birthday Party skull is active, a headshot will cause your foes to explode. Along with the Envy skull [Hack #13] , I like to have this one whenever I need to move quickly through a level. I’ve used this skull so often that I’ve almost memorized the script for the level: “We are the arm of the prophets, Arbiter, and you are the blade…”