Halo MCC - The Return Of Megg - Achievement Guide

[@Gunnawunday]

5 years later and can confirm you can still revert to last checkpoint and die, and still be able to get the achievement. Cheers mate, really helping me out on the road to 100%

[@bBrooksR]

9 years later and everything still working lol

[@Liamzy]

Adding Grunts Funeral skull also helps as it completely clears areas half the time just stay at a distance

[@RunFast64]

Got it after my 2nd try. Really need to watch for any health damage! Also some times your heath indicator doesn't show so be careful. Probably reverted to last checkpoint about 20 times on my 2nd run. That scarab skull creates the ultimate OP weapon... Really fun.

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

RunFast64 weak I got it on my first

[@erobertt3]

Thank god for the scarab skull, this achievement would be one of the hardest in the game without it.

[@6Satan6Child6]

I'm an Achievement Hunter & I owe you many thanks for dozens of my Achievements. Your guides are clear & informative, I would be very lost without them because not every Achievement is clear about what you need to do to obtain it. Some that seem clear can be misleading sometimes or people don't show the best way to go about getting it. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@Xlxren3gadexlx]

I can’t count the amount of times I’ve watched your videos. Your my go to guy for any hunting. Hats off to you my friend.

[@Jamespwickstromw]

for the folks who are still doing it and dont hear it immediatly, in my case i had to wait a couple of minutes without alerting the enemies before i heard it and got it.

[@papaAJ88]

Can confirm, I had to wait a couple minutes crouched by the doorway without alerting the elites inside the bomb room. Just as I started thinking I must have taken damage and not noticed, Lord Hood came over the intercom and I got it!

[@sonicdoommario]

It doesn't hurt to turn on Black Eye either, since if you get hit your shields won't automatically recharge, as there may be a time or two where you might have gotten hit but possibly didn't notice as your shields regenerated, so if you ever see your shields not 100% full at any point, they'll stay that way with Black Eye and you'll know you got hit someplace, just hope it was within the checkpoint you're on.

[@Shalashaskaa]

Great idea

[@adamloepker8057]

Wasn't gunna find this till you told me where to go at the end, good guide man.

[@robertdusa]

I did it! And all thanks to you friend! Follow every step on the way, restarting checkpoint if got hit and boom, here I am with the achievment! When I heard the music cue I was like, NO IT CANNT BE, I DID IT. Man, I love your work and effort here. Great job. 0,21% of players has this achievment, man it was hard, even with those skulls like Bandana and Scarab, w/o them? Not a chance for me.

[@unhappytoyman8767]

Oh? Alright. I'm going to join that small percentage soon.

[@DREWSTROY727]

Got it 1st try. Using the acrophobia skull with invisibility you can skip many sections in this mission. Also it took almost 5 minutes of waiting before he finally said the dialogue.

[@tankmasterzero6433]

Best guides in all of KZbin

[@matrixandraia]

Thank you so much for this video. When I first watched it, I thought - no damage? No way I'm doing that. Then I watched it again some time later and thought - hmmm, maybe. - And I got it. =) Your guides are always entertaining, and I'm loving this channel because of the commentary. Thanks again.

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

MatrixAndrAIa you're welcome

[@King_Sus]

@@bennygoodmanisgod bruy

[@xrenka]

08/2033 This still works. Be sure Thunderstorm skull is on, use scarab gun and play safe. Quickly restart from checkpoint if you get killed or damaged. Also restart from checkpoint if you feel like a plasma nade/explotion hit too close to you. And dont skip enemies, go through all the level killing everything. Good luck and thaks silver for his amazing guides ❤

[@thoumi96]

Thank you for these guides man! subscribed!

[@camronsever9526]

For the bugs I just pulled out my smg and quickly sprayed at them and it worked pretty well

[@zealot491]

I will eat healthy just for you! and sorry about having to do this a dozen times...

[@HaloCompletionist]

No worries. There are worse things than having to play Halo multiple times, lol. Also, good to hear you're getting proper nutrition :D

[@justinklein7071]

I got this to pop by standing in the middle section by the marine for quite a bit like a minute or two. On PC. Used flying skull in addition to the other skulls listed above.

[@MuscleCar429]

Thanks for the video. Subscribed!

[@HaloCompletionist]

***** No, thank YOU for subscribing! :D

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

For anyone who comes across this video in the future and is wondering if the reverting to previous checkpoint trick still works: I just got this Achievement about a minute ago at the time of typing this which is Tuesday, November 26th, 2024 (so, it's safe to say it'll never be patched or whatever, because The Master Chief Collection is 10 years old). But, I also added the Bandana Skull (in addition to the Envy Skull and the required Thunderstorm Skull), and it worked, so you don't need to go around picking up Battle Rifle ammo. But I understand this video was made before the Bandana Skull was ported to each game within The Master Chief Collection as it was originally introduced in and exclusive to Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. So, it still works, for anyone who comes across this video in the future (or now) and is interested in getting this Achievement. Good luck!

[@Sherlok09]

Thanks, just did it on PC. Funny thing: with the Scarab skull ammo didn't spend at all.

[@MadisonM1996]

I ran with Scarab, Boom, Sputnik, Bandanna, and Grunt Funeral 🤣. During the Drone part st 9:30, I just stood by the doorway and spammed the SMG at the ground near the middle of the room for about 2 minutes and everything definitely died. Including myself a few times lol

[@Eightbog]

I just got this achievement, it took way to long

[@justinworkman8735]

Thanks for the vid a little late to comment but everything still works. On the way to 100 percent

[@nooposite6025]

Does this method still work? I tried twice tonight, reverting to check point if i died or took damage but the achievement never popped.

[@Jamesblonde0007]

Same here bro

[@giygas9305]

@@Jamesblonde0007 It takes a few minutes of waiting. It doesn't always happen right away

[@Jamesblonde0007]

@ you are right I think I remember the achievement taking a second

[@miguelayala428]

Just got it, thanks for your help.

[@ecviets]

I just did this twice and with the Black Eye skull to make sure I didn't get hit and didn't notice. The achievement never popped. (MCC on PC through Steam) I have on Thunderstorm, Black Eye, Bandana, Envy, IWHBYD (because it's fun), Scarab, and Acrophobia. Any that aren't allowed? Not sure what else could be the problem. Edit: Okay, so I just got it. I went into the final room with the bomb, shot no enemies in that final room, cloaked myself when running to the middle so I wouldn't be spotted, and hung in the middle and went back to the soldier and then came forward again. It seemed to randomly pop. Not sure if that's helpful for anyone in the future, but there it is. Also! In my latest run through, there's a section where you can jump from the upper part into the adjoining room, bypassing a stairwell with an elite at the top. Don't bypass anything; hit all markers (not even all checkpoints). Maybe that's what the problem was.

[@neal1231]

For me, I knew I didn't get hit but it took forever to actually trigger for me. I had to walk between the smg spawn and soldier for about an minute then I started jumping above him and it triggered randomly.

[@spencerkristich4369]

Thank you my friend really easy achievement with scarab skull on!!

[@TheDarkMewtwo996]

Thanks for the usefull guides silver! But, real talk, hwo ANYONE was supposed to figure that you have to had one specific skill active and get trough the whole level without dying to get this achievement? Like... the only hint you get is "she is not picking up" that is NOTHING to go on? The only realistic conection i can make is "well, since the first MEGG easter egg was in the first level on CE, it must be in the first proper level in 2" ... Seriously HOW?

[@lf2208]

Ive done this about 8 times now, and it never triggers for me. I dont hear the announcement either. And Ive tried all variations too..

[@PhillpB]

A couple of suggestions, first when you get to the final place to hear the recording stand there and wait five minutes may take a while. Second, when you die for any reason immediately press pause and then “restart last checkpoint”. Do not let it play through the death animation and restart for you.

[@johnjohnson8669]

09:58. Are palms sweaty? Knees weak arms is heavy? 😂. Nice walkthrough man! I didn't know you could revert to a checkpoint😔 Imma try again when I get home

[@AutisticCat]

didn't get it first try but i unlocked Demon trying this

[@YourOneBreeeh]

Does not work with co op we did it perfectly 5 times co op and does not work possibly single player only for this achievement.

[@Blindsaplol]

First try was with infinite amo aswell, didnt pop for me. And all the guides I've watched were only picking these 2 skulls. Also everytime I took damage i killed myself but i guess you need to manually press restart to last checkpoint aswell. Atempt number 2 without infinite amo skull and reseting instead of suiciding : well turns out I had infinite amo still but the skull was inactive XD and I reseted everytime instead of suiciding AAAAAND MOSTLY I waited to hear the message and did not shoot at the elites in the final room. But I got the achievement yeah. thx for the help.

[@mackenzierailfan]

Are we still able to revert to checkpoint? Or was that patched?

[@davids8119]

Mackenzie O'Brien bump

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

Mackenzie O'Brien still revert to checkpoint

[@JustSpaceMan1]

I can confirm that it still works.

[@16087687790000000000]

Just got it. not sure if this is helpful to someone but i did have to wait for a minute or two in front of the spot to get the dialogue. I didn't alert any of the enemies in the final room either, if that makes a difference.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

those buggers were such a bitch till i dual wielded the SMGs with Scarab skull, then went invisible with Envy, then sprayed wildy downward while they were all close together down below, got it 2nd try that way

[@MrBartAd]

12/4/2021 Black eye is on. Didn't unlock. Edit: Nvm I'm dumb. Thunderstorm skull is REQUIRED for this achievement. Gotta love missing something mentioned in the start of the video :P

[@The_Danimator]

Did it pop for you?

[@MrBartAd]

@@The_Danimator Nah, but second play through I quit mid level and went back in later on so idk if that had anything to do with it. Sorry for the delay bub

[@JustSpaceMan1]

Got it! Finally.

[@NuttDog117]

If you die do you have to restart the level or can you continue from last checkpoint?

[@nahuelflash]

Also have the same question, any updates on this? Edit: Just did it with death and continue from last checkpoint.

[@jonathancollins2184]

Hey. It's 2025 and I'm trying this achievement, it's on legendary have the right skulls on and it's just not popping, as far as I'm aware I'm not getting the dialogue for the easter egg either is I bugged now or am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advanced

[@xaviershelton6995]

Can you do it with the bandanna skull??

[@deathedelic]

I’m on Xbox. I have thunderstorm, scarab, bandana,, black eye, envy, iwhbyd, and piñata (accidentally left on) get to end room with no damage taken using the save and quit method when I do take damage. I’m not getting dialogue nor is the achievement popping, tried several times. HELP ME

[@spartan117m15]

Once I enter the final elevator and the screen gets the dark bars on top and bottom I get the UE4 fatal error Edit: restarted mission. Got to final room and never heard Megg. Achievement didn't pop Edit 2: stood in the backroom and middle area 3 times. Heard the dialogue. Achievement never popped up.

[@vladyslavnepomniashchyi8672]

Now no possible to use skulls scarab and envy, because disable achievements if skull has 0.00x score multiplier

[@shep9231]

I only have one issue with all of this... Halo Completionist... You make this look way too easy... I wish I had your skill... :)

[@levijonathansix]

I know this is late but why not also use the Bandana Skull if you’re also using several other x0.00 multipliers? Seems kind of pointless to have to worry about ammo management if there’s no penalty associated.

[@TheAnonymousIndividual]

He made this video before the Bandana Skull was ported to each game within The Master Chief Collection because, originally, the Skull was first introduced in and exclusive to Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.

[@KaptainKarizzma]

if you can use scarab skull, can you also use bandanna skull?

[@HaloCompletionist]

Surely.

[@FarmYardGaming]

For some reason I had infinite ammo for the entire mission. Made the explosions even more fun.

[@dasolemnvizitah4473]

Bandana skull

[@hunterczarnecki1017]

I’ve done this 100x and everytime I revert checkpoint I still don’t get the achievement

[@GReg-iu9bq]

Couldn't you just do splitscreen and have a guest kill everything? Or even just a friend online?

[@sal-1337]

G Reg yea guess so

[@ACE-vj8vr]

Good idea. If you've done it, has it worked?

[@TommFoolery]

For those who see this idea in the future, this is apparently a single player only achievement sadly. My source the is the comment directly under this one saying they did it perfectly 5 times and it didn't work

[@Coreyturner1000]

Can you go threw with coop partner and he goes threw it with me hanging back not getting hit?

[@darkgamer1998official]

Someone tell me how I got this achievement, I did it just like in the video and it won't unlock 🇺🇸

[@sebasgoth]

Can IT be done in coop?

[@user-pf3qq2jv3q]

i did this twice now and its still not giving me the achievement

[@user-pf3qq2jv3q]

im dumb i didnthave thunderstorm skull on

[@anthonydale5480]

Anyone know if i can use a second controller guest/alt acc and push through the mission

[@jakedavis2954]

That's actually a great idea I'ma try and it and get back with you

[@jakedavis2954]

Doesn't work for guest account

[@Mr7tv]

@@jakedavis2954 thanks for checking!

[@Phy6ics1351]

it doesn't work for me. i even turned on black eye so i couldn't miss it. DO I NEED THE FIRST MEGG ACHIEVEMENT FIRST?

[@mattheweliasen9975]

I know I'm a year late but I was having the same issue for ages, then just now I got it by sitting around in the bomb room without killing anything for a while

[@MusTubes]

I cut when he said no damage

[@Chuuniboy]

Okay so that was the most tedious tutorial, you coulda just said play Cairo on legendary with skulls on and get to literally the end of the level

[@aoefreak3340]

How did you cloak?

[@shadowedspartan3237]

AoE Freak envy skull gives you active camo instead of a flashlight

[@ChouRaiyuki]

Fun fact: In the original Halo 2 the skulls would only be active when you picked them up on the level (complete opposite of MCC) and would stay active until you turned the game off (generally by shutting down the console.) There was a glitch where if you had the Envy Skull on and hit a checkpoint while your camo was active as the Cheif, you could turn the game off and when you'd start the game up and go back into campaign where you'd left off you'd have camo for the rest of the level. It was a particularly useful trick for getting the I WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DADDY skull which would only truly be activated once you beat the seven waves of Ultra Elites and picked up the actual skull.

[@guacysock]

Why won’t it work? I did it on legendary with thunderstorm, scarab, envy, and black eye. I took no damage. I skipped the cutscenes so maybe that has something to do with it. I also got a message saying that I turned on a skull with a zero multiplier and that achievements will be disabled because of it.

[@JoshuaGutz]

Now do it with acrophobia :)

[@icy.spidey]

It doesn't work

[@THEBR00KIE]

I will eat vegetables

[@Lucifronz]

This achievement sucked. But with the Scarab skull and Envy it was at least possible. Otherwise I'd never have done it.

[@username6127]

Didn't someone else in another video mention that you can do this on legendary and not need the thunder skull on?

[@ianhellsing3327]

i just did it without and im pretty sure it needs to be on :( time to go again i guess.

[@masterkwiefe]

Did all this bullshit right until the end, and accidentally killed all the elites before I could go and pull the lever..... Fucked my entire run because it triggered the cutscene, this is the worst

[@ASAP91]

why nothing happens is this why im have not the usa mmc game ??

[@ThreeLetters3]

0:35 Racist?

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

MattGaming+ no. white is better than black brown or yellow. if you get what I mean

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

MrNoobPlatypus maybe it is maybe it isn't