Ranking EVERY Halo Level Worst to Best 

Great video as always. Here are some game stats for you :) Games by average rank: H3-32, H1-33, HO-34, H4-39, HR-39, H2-42, H5-50, HI-60 Games by best rank: H2-1, H3-2, H1-3, HR-9, HO-10, H4-14, HI-27, H5-29 Games by worst rank: H4-74, H5-75, HI-77, H1-79, HO-80, HR-81, H2-84, H3-85 Games by consistancy (range): H5-46, HI-50, H4-60, HO-70, HR-72, H1-76, H2-83, H3-83 Seems like the modern games have less great and terrible levels in your opinion, tbh I agree. H3 is my fav overall :)

Any other youtuber would have milked this into 5 videos of one hour each. Thank you for respecting our time.

The “storming the beach” section on Long Night of Solace is one of my favorite halo moments of all time. I wish it was longer

I've watched hundreds of hours of halo content and nothing has come close to the conciseness and practicality of this video. Top tier stuff

I think my biggest pet peeve with Cortana is that it was (at least hypothetically) originally going to be the flood ship from Floodgate, so the level design was never really intended to be or resemble high charity, which sucks because I feel like if they went for that from the beginning, it would have been able to resemble 2's high charity a lot more.

Agreed with a lot of your picks. Its weird, despite feeling like Reach is my favorite campaign, I agree with most of your takes on it. I think the story does a lot of work over just the pure design of levels. Another banger tho Frog.

Assault on the Control Room is still my favorite level.

I think something I like about your style of videos is you have ambitious ideas like "let me rank every single Halo level" and then your approach is basically to speed run through everything, spending like 10 seconds per level. It adds this genuinely funny vibe (once you notice it) because it's almost like you're doing it because the boss told you to do it, except you're also the boss.

I said this in the comments of the halo reach campign video but ill say it again: long night of solace is broken on MCC on a technical level. The doubled framerate broke the AI of the enemy ships and they are WAY, WAY more agressive then they are meant to be, and it takes legendary, which you play on, from challneging to just strait out not fun,, even for me as someone who loves the level and is really good with the saber.

Tsavo Highway at D-Tier is really surprising to me, I have always loved that level personally, but I guess it’s not as universally loved as I was under the impression it was

Finally someone with the correct opinion on kazingo boulevard. The soundtrack is my favourite, the slow triumphant buildup as you gather a little army of marines, the score getting more hectic as yiu blow through increasingly larger and more difficult groups of covenant

Nah long night of solace at D is insane to me

I think you underrate some of the Halo 3 missions, especially Crow's Nest there is backtracking but I love the way how they change the tone and environment every time you return to a spot. Also I love The Storm so many different ways to approach that Scarab section, and the push up the AA gun is a lot of fun. Great video though

I agree with you mostly but damn a little hard on infinte, the opener and house of reckoning were bangers

Unfortunately Infinite traded in good mission structure and set pieces for some of the best enemy design and combat in the series. I say unfortunately because there's a parallel universe out there where we could have had both.

Straight to the point, no wasted time, and all of your explanations were concise and calculated. Also the description is goated😂

Thank you for not making this a 2 hour video as some would, this was at a perfect level and pace.

This video is so well put together and so SUCCINCT. Amazing work!

Lmao, I actually liked Cortana, I felt like the being along fighting through flood infested high charity to be pretty terrifying. House of reckoning is an A for me.

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who puts The Storm in S tier, or at least high A. Same with the Ark, I actually prefer The Ark over Covenant

The running gag of the flame comments are always funnily written and well timed. Keep it up Frog!

Great video Frog keep it up! Might be a hot take but the engaged cutscene from Winter Contingency should have been the first time you encounter The Covenant in Reach, the soundtrack and cutscene were great, though I feel if it were the first time The Covenant appeared it would have had a shock factor and overall more of a sense of urgency

It would be cool to see that list at the end color coded for each game. Would be interesting to see how the games stack up to one another

Damn frog, you’re even setting new timing records on series reviews. Nice

Good vid. Think it would’ve been cool to rank the intro cutscenes as a lighting round. Maybe on what gave the best story detail or what was cool to look at

FINALLY a tier list with a gaussian. Who knew it's take a Frog to do it right? Also awesome Halo content my dude. Keep froggin' it up.

i don't think i've seen gravemind love before. it's always been my favourite level in the series as well and it's baffled me that most people seem to rate it as good-average. thank you for affirming my beliefs

other youtubers would drag this out to 4 hours, thank you for making it short and enjoyable and not long and overdrawn.

I appreciate the use of a bell curve as thats how tier lists should be utilized, im sad new Alexandria wasnt an a or s as its my favourite halo level, and i like the beach on long night but agree with your take on the space section of that one lowering the score of it on legendary, not enough checkpoints on that level when there are obvious timings for them for how weak the saber feels.

Frog is probably my favorite Halo content creator because of how level headed he is and doesnt feel the need to just completely shit on the games in the franchise he doesn't like, while also not overhyping the ones he does like. Its refreshing to see content like this.

Great video! In my opinion, I would have added story, character building, and ost into my grading. I think they have a big influence on how missions play out and the atmosphere it creates.

Loved the content. New subscriber. Thanks for the precise list and awesome pace.

You speaking highly of exodus warms my heart. Reach will always be my favorite halo and exodus is hand down my favorite mission in the franchise. Only mission I’ve no deathed on legendary

I hope you get to 100k subs. Your content is great

So thankful someone else thinks library is okay and that someone hates Cortana the level like I do

Agree with you about Infinite, the levels all felt the same. If they were able to change the terrain and weather, it would have felt a tad different. If they did anything like this it would be a lot more memorable and want to play it again.

For me, Tsavo Highway is S tier, but I am a sucker for vehicle missions

Love your videos, but can’t lie I was half asleep and that scream at the end nearly sent me to the next life

You warn your viewers that not everyone can agree with your choices and then everytime you create a tier list I legitimately agree with 1000% of your decisions and I believe 100% of your viewers feels the same so just forgo that disclaimer from now on. Thanks. Love the video.

Best tier list. Concise and to the point.

Gravemind truly is the GOAT of all levels.

In the first reach mission, That cutscene with jorge and the native girl plus the elite entrance accompanied by the music change was awesome. I agree on the rest tho

Bro just flexed his lego collection on us

I will live in die by this. H3’s covennat mission will always be my favorite mission from the first time I played it when I was 4 years old. Of course I had no clue what was going on much but the music and action was incredible

Og halo content is dying down but this channel is a nice breath of fresh air.

Coming home from school to a new frog upload is great

Thank you for putting sacred icon in F I have the biggest hatred towards that mission

Greatly appreciate your videos as a fellow halo fan. I would love for you to do a “Every weapon in every halo game ranked” ✌️

I'd love to see you do some videos on that halo: CE mod SPV3, I think you'll love the gameplay in it

Not ranking Lone Wolf at all is criminal. I kinda get it, but that is definitely Reach’s most iconic level. Deserves an A at least, maybe even an S.

I just finished halo 2 on mcc for the first time ever playing it. Im so glad i never had to experience those original graphics lol the updated ones help a lot

Great vid i agree with it a lot actually! few nitpicks but still good, thanks Frog!

Yeah some of these rankings make me do a double rake, but then I remember you play solo legendary. I normally play coop heroic. The rocket marine mongoose section on the storm is one of the most fun and chaotic coop experiences and makes it my second favorite level in 3. Low S rank or a high A for me

Your video reminded me that Halo 4 is actually a pretty well made game aside from some story issues. Fun missions, good weapon sandbox, enjoyable vehicles. Underrated game for sure!

I'll gladly take Halo CE's repeat level design over Halo 2's autoscrollers and Halo 3's Cortana/Gravemind slowdowns.

I agreed with most except for Keyes and Quarantine Zone. Keyes was so cool with the flood vs covenant encounters plus the atmosphere. Spec op elites were introduced. It did Two Betrayals better by altering truth and rec to a whole new pathway outside (low B, high C). You gave floodgate an A for the same reason I would rate Keyes higher. Quarantine Zone is a high B at least simply due to the fact that you fight 3 factions. The sentinels with the enforcer, the flood driving unsc vehicles, and the covenant... all fighting each other. It was amazing, in my opinion. When I was shot by a unsc tank for the first time playing through the mission, I was so confused, but it honestly switches up the gameplay to seem like you are fighting the unsc in a way. I like it so much and think the mission is underrated by the community.

Cortana is a good level imo. You really have to use equipment to get through it on legendary.

Long Night of Solace used to be my favorite Reach level and one of my favorite levels out of all the games until it was broken by the MCC port. The sabre section is basically unplayable now on heroic or higher. Now I think Pillar of Autumn is my favorite Reach level. If I had to pick what the best level in the series is, it would have to be The Covenant from Halo 3.

Cortana is actually one of my favorite halo levels of all time. Dual Wield Plasma Rifles absolutely dominate flood. They're useful against every enemy type. Great for infection forms, combat forms, tank forms, and they've got the range to deal with needler forms. Short controlled bursts and there is alot of plasma rifles on that level.

While i know you said why you didnt put Mombasa streets in the tier list because you consider it a hub instead of a mission, for me itd be an S tier just the atmosphere and soundtrack alone is an S not to mention all the optional audio logs that bring in so much lore

ive noticed a lot of people don't love keys and high charity but for me i love them both also really like tsavo highway and i think the reason why you don't like warthog levels is because you play it on legendary which i don't blame you but they're good levels if you have coop and a slightly lower difficulty

Two Betrayals is peak Halo 1 IMO. The huge three-way battles with the Covenant and Flood, 80% of the level being a shotgun rampage, the return of On A Pale Horse; it's big and epic and great.

From what I have heard Cortana does have 2-3 notable locations from High Charity. Of course there is the Mausoleum of the Arbiter as a building you can see in the distance. The Council Chambers is the first room you drop into. And the Hierarchs Inner Sanctum is where you rescue Cortana from. But none of this makes sense because if you look out into High Charity from one of the flood "balconies" you are sat almost directly in the middle of High Charity not in the towers that these respective rooms are in.

I love that y-u try to grade levels on a distribution, it always drives me crazy when tier lists are 80% A and S

Solid tier list.

The Flood is so underrated. Everyone hates all the Flood levels

0:02 "most impressive most impressive"

I agree with everything basically. But my biggest qualm is Gravemind. And I'm surprised you didn't mention it, especially as you mentioned a lot of other Legendary gripes on other levels. I agree It's an amazing level, but the beginning on Legendary is the worst mission opening ever. I've died multiple times before I could even move. That alone makes it "A" tier for me. Or, better yet, "A" tier opener, "S" tier rest of level haha.

Great video! Im new to this channel and I dont regret subbing! ❤

I agree with 95% of this video but Long night of solace at D is an absolute joke. Especially compared to a lot of the stuff (especially in 4, 5, and infinite) that got Ds and Cs or higher. Also Halo is an easy S for the warthog run to end halo 3 and the trilogy.

You were a little harsher on Reach than I am but other than that I agree

Thought I might be crazy for thinking the silent cartographer was halo CE’s best mission. Glad I’m not the only one. I love quarantine zone, music does it for me.

This is a great list, my biggest problem is you have The Library ranked way too high

I actually don’t mind the library, I’d probably give it an A. With the shotgun on legendary it’s the first time I felt unstoppable in CE. Maybe it’s a bit too long and easy for some, but I enjoyed it.

Agree with a lot in this list but Sacred Icon getting an F while The Breaking gets a C is just insane to me. Sacred Icon has multifaction conflict, introduces the Enforcers, has a creepy atmosphere (more-so in original) and gorgeous skyboxes on anniversary. There is solid environmental storytelling and the cutscenes that bookend the mission are both great. Sure, the Halo 2 shotgun sucks, but that’s not enough to give it F tier. The Breaking has repetitive combat with the same enemies in poorly designed arenas that look like test maps for an arena shooter. Halo 2 has 3 bad boss fights, and 343 decided that the Breaking should have 3 bad bosses to compete with it. Cortana is awful though.

Only big problem I had was not giving NMPD HQ an S tier placement.

good video my man

yeah i agree, good tier list man

I think my main disagreement here is Halo CE: Halo. I love this mission, landing on the ring and trying to find UNSC survivors. Going to whichever place you want first is a cool idea and it gives the level breathing room after going down the hallways of Pillar of Autumn. It's always been one of my favorites.

Mad respect for the Star Wars Lego collection

Pretty solid overall I'm glad you gave a realistic rating of all the 343 levels as while I don't personally like most of them myself they definitely don't all deserve d and F tier.

Pretty good list, I generally agree. I refuse to agree with an A for 343 Guilty Spark though. It deserves an S. I cannot think of another level in any other game that made me completely rethink what I was playing

Long night of solace is one of my favorite levels. I see why every one hates the Sabre section but if you play on a bit lower level. It’s fine. I like storming on the beach and going through the covenant ship a lot. I like the Sabre section even though it’s tough. I like this type of dogfight and kinda want more of it.

Just want to say, even though you said we wouldn't agree with everything. I agree with every grade just to spite you frog. Also I was somehow not subbed, so I'll meet you half way and sub.

Cortana could have easily been an S-tier level. Can you imagine if High Charity was the same High Charity from Halo 2? You'd see the vastness of it, but now everywhere you look is filled with the flood. Remember the big open area where the keyship was. Imagine looking back at that vastness, and where the keyship was is now a keyship sized flood mass. It would shown just how bad of a situation it was.

Your the best Halo youtuber amazing video man.

my fav level in reach is the sabre section as it was so fun and was my first space battle in halo

I know this was based on gameplay but I think Halo (halo 3) should be bumped up to A just for all the emotions you feel while playing it, especially for the first time.

Halo 3 ODST is extremely underrated. All the missions in it are at least good. Even Coastal highway. Yeah on legendary it’s a pain in the ass but for a normal playthrough it is enjoyable and I like going from vehicle to vehicle. Using the scorpion is extremely satisfying too. Mombasa streets is one of the best parts of the game. Even though it didn’t get a ranking I think as a whole I would give it a high A tier. I love the open aspect and the supply caches and the unique encounters after each mission. And to top it off in my opinion the Soundtrack is the best in the whole franchise

“Has a disability called being stupid” 😂😂

That Sacred Icon slander hurt my soul. But I love the video 😂

Coop vs solo makes a huge difference in which missions feel fun vs which feel boring and unchallenging. Once upon a time, I think halo campaigns are more commonly played coop than solo. A little sad tbh, I love campaign couch coop, playing with friends in Xbox live

Came for the hot takes, stayed for the frøg

The absolute disrespect to reach....

Delta Halo not being S is heresy. There, I contributed to the algorithm

"If I had to pick one level that I to show someone who's never played Halo, TSC would be it" I mean yeah it is the Demo level both PC and Consoles.

Funnily enough, I consider Pelican Down from Halo Infinite one of the best Halo missions in the saga. It's a sandbox level, it puts the stakes on why you need to succeed, it gives a prelude to an incoming boss fight, climaxes with the boss fight as it was advertised (I actually love the boss fights in Halo Infinite), and it ends with perhaps the most beautiful scene in Halo media: The Master Chief, after everything he went though, knowing what is being human all about. Overall, it's a pretty solid list. I still disagree on Halo Infinite's boss fights, but I think it's pretty good and reflects many of my thoughts and habits on these levels.

Rankings for me are assuming you are playing casually/normally. Obviously, speedrunning would be different. I admit, I am a little biased toward sniper and just more difficult missions, but I am considering the mission in its entirety. Also, I have no Fs, because there is no mission that I think just 100% sucks. CE: S: Truth and Rec, Two Betrayals A: Silent Cartographer, Assault on Control Room, The Library (I will die on this hill), Keyes B: Pillar of Autumn, The Maw C: 343 D: Halo (It's just firefight in a bigger area. But this cave is not a natural formation, so it can't be F) H2 (oddly, I enjoy playing as arbiter more, but the Master Chief missions are just in general better): S: Delta Halo, Regret, Gravemind A: Outskirts, Metropolis B: Cairo, High Charity C: Arbiter, Uprising, Great Journey D: Oracle, Sacred Icon (Agreed 100% with Frogarchist - I don't mind the type of mission it is, but the beginning is super boring, horrible checkpoint layouts, and then once you're outside, it's just flood firefight. All the details suck), Quarantine Zone (auto scrollers are cringe) H3: S: The Ark, Covenant A: The Storm B: Sierra, Crow's Nest C: Tsavo, Cortana (mix of stuff I love and stuff I absolutely hate) D: Floodgate (too short, I know it's backtracking The Storm, but could've been so much better), Halo (1 minute of walking, a couple minutes of climbing and slaying flood, firefight slaying flood, RIP Johnson, then a cool drive but is also too repetitive for how long it is) ODST (tbh, this whole game is C): B: Kizingo Boulevard, NMPD HQ, Data Hive C: Tayari Plaza, Uplift Reserve, Oni Alpha Site, Kikowani Station, Coastal Highway Reach: S: Exodus, Pillar of Autumn A: Sword Base, Nightfall, Tip of the Spear, B: New Alexandria C: Long Night of Solace D: Winter Contingency, The Package H4 (underrated) S: Reclaimer, Midnight A: Infinity, Composer B: Forerunner C: Dawn, Requiem, Shutdown H5 (played this campaign significantly less than the earlier halo games - yes the plot sucks, but I think the missions in a nutshell are underrated) S: A: Evacuation, Swords of Sanghelios, Battle of Sunaion, The Breaking, Guardians B: Blue Team, Enemy Lines C: Unconfirmed, Reunion, Genesis D: Osiris, Glassed Infinite (played it once and got all the collectibles and have zero desire to play it again): D: All the missions not in open world F: All the missions in open world Nothing against open world, but this was one big jungle gym of hundreds of thousands of hexagons of fighting the same enemies in the same biomes. Such a crap unfinished product. I have a million criticisms of this game (not to mention it fried my AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU and crashed my entire PC), but I'll stop here

Need a better look at that Lego Star Wars collection!! I wanna seem them kits

I love how straight to the point you are. Great video!