Halo MCC - Pacifist - Achievement Guide 

Got all the way to good elite, then backed off the edge trying to "confuse him." Now I need to remove my controller from wall.

4:57 In all my years of playing this game, I never knew that this shortcut existed!

It was terrifying when the sword elite chased me

MCC has some of the most God damn rage inducing achievements i've ever seen in a game.

To let everyone know, you CAN kill people with the warthog and still unlock it!

The gold Elite caught me and killed me as well, I just hit save/quit really fast and resumed the mission and still unlocked the achievement.

The melee and jumping for no reason while just walking is so relatable xD

The gold elite now lies in my nightmares forever

Silver, after watching your video it gave me the idea to make this even easier. Now we all know that in order to grab this achievement one of the things you can't do is fire your weapons, but that doesn't mean that your marines in a warthog can't fire their weapons. When the level starts stay with your marines at the beach and when the fight ends get in the warthog with 2 marines. On easy difficulty most if not all of the marines will survive. Let the marines shoot anything that moves, you don't have to splatter anything. Then drive the warthog down into the control room and splatter everything and then leave it parked there for when the sword elite comes for you at the end of the mission, they will provide a distraction for you while you escape. The marines won't or can't kill the elite on easy but the elite will forget about you and that's the important part. Got the achievement on my first try with this method.

Getting this achievement was one of the most stressful experiences of my life.

I love how the games RNG hates me cuz everytime I go to leave the facility I get hit with an overcharge plasma pistol getting rid of my over shield and a hunter is always in the perfect spot to melee me down the hole.

Getting this achievement and feet firmly planted at the same time was a fun challenge lol

Great guide. Totally by accident, the gold elite lunged at me & fell off the platform, I took damage but it was well worth it. Was able to get the no jumping achievement as well while doing this. Thanks a bunch man

Going for 100 percent completion. Your guides literally save me hundreds of hours. Thank you so sosososososo much

I just got my Pacifist and my Feet Firmly Planted from this guide. Hype!

Lol, I jumped off the edge a few times, got killed a few times. Just last check pointed really quickly and still got the achievement. Got the park time also. Great guide!

Oh man, that elite with the sword hit me in the back and stripped my entire Shield. Then I got beat across the landing pad by a Hunter. But I managed to do it first try following your video. Got the par Time too. You legend.

I like how Cortana has dialogue about the security console despite not knowing about the door it unlocks

That sword elite was the bane of my existence when I was attempting this a few minutes ago.Tip that worked for me:if you die,save and quit.Then resume.I died to him multiple times, saving and quiting when I died,and got the Pacifist achievement. Edit:I had no clue it would work,but I had my hopes when I was doing it,and it worked.

TIP FOR GOLD ELITE: I parked the warthog at the entrance of the cartographer and when I came out it trapped the elite.

Just done this and damn that sword elite is scary af! I had full OV and he hit me twice when I was running away. Got to the top and health was flashing red just in time for the hunters and elites to shoot at me. Somehow missed me killing the sword elite! How on earth did I survive that 😂

That fucking sword elite gets me before I can get to that lone crate on the beach

Hey man, your guides kick ass! This strategy worked like a charm! Keep being awesome! Subbing to you was definitely worth it!

there's an alternate easy way to bypass the sword elite - park your warthog in the door. when you run buy the elite he enrages first, which is more than enough time to jump into the driver seat, backup slightly, and then get out.

Love achievements like this and the ones that require you to beat vehicle orientated missions without entering one. Forces you to play totally differently

Confirmed, ran over enemies galore, also picked up some Marines to lend a hand on the route back to the control room. Still got the achievement. I got it after the cut scene which made me so afraid I had accidentally melee'd without remembering lol

I got Pacifist, No Jump and Par Time in one run. Thanks for the tutorial

I managed to jam a Warthog into the door before the Covenant locked it, bypassing like half the level in the process. When I came back the hog was still there blocking the door, and I couldn't back it out. Thankfully, the gold Elite couldn't reach me, so I just tried finangling around and was eventually able to get just enough hog past the door to get out. After that, it was a straight shot to the end.

Got halfway through and instinctively assassinated an elite. I'm an idiot 🤣

Just confirmed that in 2024, you can get this achievement with the acrophobia skull on! Huge time saver!

Thanks for your guide. I got Pacifist, the no jumping one, and the par time achievement for SC too in one run. Thanks!

I can confirm you CAN kill by running over enemies in the Warthog and still get the achievement. I used it to run over all the mobs at the entrance to the map building, then drove it down a couple floors to just outside the door that was locked. On the way back I ran by the sword elite and then hopped in and ran him over.

To people doing this and having trouble with the sword elite, you can drive the warthog into there and block off the door you unlocked earlier in the level, leave enough room for you to just squeeze through. When you come back out you can pass by it, but if placed well it'll break his pathing and he'll stop chasing you.

Great guide. I'm not sure about this but it seems like the sword elite can catch you a **lot** easier on the PC version of MCC right now. I feel like he moves a lot faster or that you move a lot slower when running up inclines. I followed your method of luring him out onto that little overhang but I had to park my warthog in a way that I could jump over it but the sword elite would get stuck. He would catch me on the beach 100% of the time otherwise. Just a tip for anyone on PC having trouble with it.

Got this and the par time in the same run. Great work on these guides mate they are a real help.

Knocked out Pacifist and Feet Firmly Planted in the same run!! Thanks HC!!

Thanks for this video! I unlocked this achievement on my first try doing it on Easy. Killing the enemies by running them over with a Warthog does not prevent from unlocking it as somebody in the comments section helpfully pointed out that useful fact. I ran over so many enemies unlocking this achievement.

FYI, I did splatter some jackals with the warthog and still got the achievement. Thanks for the video!

I somehow managed to get through this without the swordsman chasing after me to the top while also getting the Feet Firmly Planted achievement! Thanks for reminding me of the camo!

My time was 7:58. Also great tuturial.

Advice against the gold elite at the end, block the door he is guarding with the warthog, splatter kills DO NOT affect achievement. Make it so you just jump over it and he won't (shouldn't).

your vids are great! One tip is to use your warthog to block the door that the elite stands at. You jump in the turrent when running back upstairs, then rotate it around and when you jump out it will put you in the passenger seat. Then jump out again and you can run while he's stuck behind the warthog.

I heard in a youtube video that the horn is coded as a weapon in the game files, which explains why honking the horn nulls the achievement.

So much fun replaying these and getting all the achievements

This is the hardest challenge in my life

I used a warthog with marines to shoot/splatter enemies. The sword elite felt a little dicey but your method of running out on the platform and turning around to run by worked fine for me. Then it was a mad dash to the beach to get another warthog to come back with and splatter the camo elites/hunters before I got into the pelican. I unlocked both the pacifist achievement and the par time together first try, thanks for your guide!

now the question is, can you complete the Pacifist achievement without JUMPING, to also get the Feet Firmly Planted achievement? i'd love to see someone attempt this.

For anyone that still wanna get it, yeah, you can splatter enemies with the Warthog. And the marines can kill the enemies when they are on the Warthog, so yeah.

6:43 this happened on my first attempt, I got stuck by a jackal in that small hallway after getting the camo for like 5 seconds, and by the time I reached the first hunter camo expired so that was rough. My overshield was pretty depleted by the time I got to the sword elite so I tried baiting him on that platform but I fell to my death on accident lol. Second attempt RNG was on my side and I was doing perfect, but a jackal overcharged me and fully depleted my shield before I even got the sword elite so I save quit and resumed, complete the level and still got the achievement. PSA!! If something goes wrong, save/quit, back out to main menu and resume! Saved me a headache. Thanks for the guide I get lost in the building :)

I got to the beach with the sword elite chasing me, he swiped at me and got me but the overshield absorbed it, and when I tried doing the box trick, one of the hunters from above killed the sword elite so I was very lucky and extremely happy. Thanks for the guide!

Great guide, and it also gave the achievement for beating the par time LMAO

That final elite gave me nightmares while doing this achievement..

thanks for the guide. i was about to get hit the beach, pacifist and feet firmly planted. when u get into the drop ship at the end u dont have to jump, be ready to press the right shoulder button and u get into the ship.

This is such a good video. That fricken elite with the sword though killed me after doing all this perfectly. I swear he's faster than me. I briefly evaded him, and he just kept gaining on me. I think with the overshield on, he gave me three swipes to the back and killed me. Now I don't feel like restarting and doing it all over. :(

This seems at first like one of the those easier achievements, like how the one ODST Vidmaster challenge is like quite easy on Uplift Reserve. But then you read *without dying or restarting* and suddenly I realize the challenge here

It was tough, but I got it first try. Thanks!

Fucking hell what's next? Complete a level with out touching your controller, but simultaneously sniffing cocaine! For 5g

Did this achievement today. Didn't splatter any enemies, just ran on through while keeping the overshield intact. Used the warthog just to get to places faster. When I reached the cartographer I let the elites get rid of the remainder of my overshield then picked up the fresh one nearby. Hoofed it to the camo and stealthfully made my way back up to the Hunter room and exit when it ran out. Got to the corridor with the sword elite and managed to bait him on the bridge. Ran up the stairs and outside taking the left side down to the beach. Went to the other side and up the rocky grass path back to the platform. By the time I got there the pelican had arrived so I just ducked and weaved around the enemies to quickly hop in the back. Don't know my time but it was good enough to get that achievement as well. Glad I didn't have to use the tricks everyone else did, makes my victory even more sweeter :)

Awesome vid. I was able to get "Pacifist," the part time achievement and the "Feet firmly planted" achievements all on this level with this one.

I did “feet firmly planted” and “pacifist” and “par time” in one run thanks for this HC

On my second attempt, the sword elite somehow despawned and made the run a whole lot easier.

Because I am a sucker for punishment, I figured I would do this and Feet Firmly Planted at the same time (complete a level without jumping). Since I was struggling with the golden boi near the end, I decided to employ Silver's legendary run through tip, and drive the warthog into the building as far as it goes. That way when it came time to try and outrun the golden elite, I just hopped in the warthog and drove up. Worked like a charm, if I wasn't a dummy and did jump into the pelican at the last second of the mission I would have popped both achievements. In any case this is great for beating the only hard part of this achievement!

Made it all the way to the end and then an invisible elite blocked me and a hunter insta killed me with a shield bash. Holy shit this is frustrating!! Edit: I went to the main menu because I failed, thought I'd reload anyway to get the par time achievement and it gave me the Pacifist achievement too, even though I loaded a checkpoint.

Just done this achievement alongside feet firmly planted at the same time. You can save and quite if you die and you can splatter enemies with the hog no issue. Would reccomend to park the hog in the end tunnel where the sword elite spawns. Can jump in the hog, run him over and anyone else and drive out to the beach until the pelican comes. Hope this helps 🙏

I found that jumping puts some distance between you and the gold elite going up the ramp, also I ran for the cave off to the left and waited for the pelican.

Excellent guide but i done what someone said in the comments and left the hog right outside the door so didn’t have the elite chasing me till the pick up. Thanks

That final sword elite is a bitch. I've tried this like 3 times and that douche nozzle keeps killing me.

If you are in MCC, you can now just use Acrophobia

I ran down all the birds, hunters, grunts and elites at the last building in the hog and backed it up into the building. When the sword guy was chasing me I get in the car and he instantly died from touching it trying to get me, drove out did some donuts on the beach then jumped in the ship. Took me a few tries falling off from that damn sword guy.

Can confirm this will work with the acrophobia skull, just make sure you hit the check points...basically fly around the left to the entrance and fly down and back up.

Great video. Helped me get the achievement quickly.

You can splatter enemies with the Warthog AND Marines on the Gunner/Passenger can kill enemies as well. Just tested and verified :)

Very nice tutorial! This is so much easier than the warthog launch path. Not as fast though. This helped me get the achievement! I'm going to subscribe and check to see if you post any other helpful videos.

Just did this one and no jumping on first attempt. Confirming that you can splatter enemies in the warthog (I drove it all the way down to the door inside / the speed run trick).

You can also take the warthog down there and park it in front of the doorway as a barrier. You can park it to leave enough space for you to walk around it. For some reason the gold elite won't be able to walk around it.

This mission was a classic

As of January 2024, this achievement should be extremely easy even on Legendary, thanks to Acrophobia skull. You can literally fly through the door before it locks, fly down to the cartographer, activate it, pick up the overshield there, fly back up, fly outside to a cliff, and wait for Echo 419 to arrive.

I got lucky as shit and for some reason the gold elite flew off the platform after swinging through my overshield... 1 try thank christ.

Couldn't get away from the sword elite, no matter how hard I tried. I grabbed a Warthog, picked up two marines, and parked it in the small room at the bottom of the stairs. They killed the sword elite as soon as he spawned in. As an added bonus, the kill the cloaked elites as you progress back outside.

I just cheesed my way into getting this achievement on legandary lol. I was going for the par score achievement, and I was save-scumming to do it. Every time you die, immediately save/quit, then when you re-enter the game your death, the score reduction and whatever time elapsed since your last checkpoint are removed, and you can just go from your checkpoint like nothing happened. Apparently this also resets the grenade/kill/melee counter for this achievement, because I did this right before getting into the pelican. Still ran over 2 hunters but apparently they don't count lol.

I combined this achievement with the completing a level without jumping one. 2 birds 1 stone

I can vouch for the others when they say splatters/easy difficulty mode is allowed and if you die or attack save & quit will save you. The warthog skip will save you time and save you from the gold elite. Save & quit if you miss it. Once you pass the door with the skip the first time he will not attack. If you get the warthog stuck in that doorframe it will prevent him from perusing you on the way out. Sometimes you can kill him with a splatter that way too. The skip on the cutscene after is a waste of time on easy. once you get to the very top platform (*not the platform where the cutscene plays but just one below it!*) above the over shield at 6:02 you can actually jump on it and not die since damage is nulled out while it charges. This also saves some time but is kind of pointless since it's on easy anyways.

You can split enemies with the warthog and earn the achievement :)

Easy way to not have the Elite follow you is drive the warthog into that hallway and block part of the door he spawns by. You can jump it and he will get stuck

The one with the sword didn't chase me at the end made it a bit easier lol but thanks for the guide man did it first try

Wow that sword elite sure was persistant

I was at the very end and did everything you told me to - suddenly a shakal comes and somehow throws me off the map....

hallway mechanics. 10/10 subed

Running covenant over with the warthog is ok, I parked it down the ramp inside where the sword elite is, so when he chases me out I just back up the hog and kill him. Then I run outside and wait in the cave for E419. I even used checkpoint resets when the Jackals would take down my over shield about 3 times and it still triggered the achievement

Pro Tip: You can kill the gold elite by making him jump off the platform. Ran pass by him, and then wait for him to get close before jumping. You might get hit (I did), but he can still fall off. I just got the achievement on the first try and intentionally did it. Made the ending simpler, just wait for the pelican to land by hiding under the area.

I got the achievement while splattering enemies in the warthog with marines. I took the warthog down to the entrance but it didn't distract the gold elite for me. He blocked me then chased me to the ledge and attacked but luckily my overshield saved me and he fell off the platform. I was pretty spooked. Overall a pretty easy achievement.

I just tried doing this on PC, I rebound my jump and combat keys to obscure places I wouldn't touch and I completed the level without jumping shooting or dying, but I didn't get the achievement? do I need to have the keys on default for it to work?

You could have landed on that overshield to do another shortcut! :D

That fucking gold fucking elite Ayy ik this is an old vid but if anyone still struggling, bring a hog with a marine on the turret to the control room door and when u run out the elite will get distracted and for me didn't even run up the ramp, making it easy

Can confirm that you can still splatter enemies with warthog. Also, I found it easy to leave warthog backed up ready to drive out after you see the gold elite. Run straight to warthog and drive out

Goldilocks pushed me off the edge the fist time and the second time I tried he swung off the edge.

I never noticed how many damn overshields are in this game

Good guide homie thanks

Awesome guide! Thanks a lot!!

Got this first try with 2 bars and jumping into the pelican in the air 😂