So, now you know what they do let’s get to the important part. Where are they? Because most of these are kind of hard to find and it is difficult to describe their locations, I have decided to include videos that have been posted on YouTube showing their locations. I have found that this is the best way to do it. Without further adieu, here is the locations of all 13 skulls in Halo 3, in the order you can find them.
#1 Blind Skull (Silver)
This is on the first level (Sierra 117) after the covenant ship comes down and unloads at the mouth of the river.
#2 Iron Skull (Gold)
This is in the dam area of the first level (Sierra 117). Stay to the right, and follow the platform around.
#3 Black Eye Skull (Gold)
This is the room you start in on the second level (Crow’s Nest). There are two methods, the one below and going to the right of the air duct instead of the left. There’s a box there from which you can reach a beam.
#4 Grunt Birthday Party Skull (Silver)
This is on the second level (Crow’s Nest) where you drop down after fighting the flying bugs in the air duct.
#5 Tough Luck Skull (Gold)
This skull is on the third level (Tsavo Highway). There are a couple of ways to get it, the video is my preferred method.
#6 Catch Skull (Gold)
This skull is on the fourth level (The Storm) do not kill the wraiths first (the skull will disappear). An alternate method to the gernade would be to play in co-op and jump from a teammate’s head. Also, if you have a deployable cover you can jump onto it and over to the skull easily.
#7 Fog Skull (Gold)
This is on the fifth level (Floodgate). As you come into the city the skull is dropped after killing the guy on the roof to the right.
#8 Famine Skull (Gold)
This one is on the sixth level (The Ark). The path you follow branches off into two sections (one leading to the area where you need to let the tanks across the bridge, and the other leading towards the area where you meet up with the frigate). Take the right path, as you would if you were completing the mission. Alternate method again instead of the gernade, use a teammate. I used deployable cover with great success.
#9 Cowbell Skull (Silver)
This in the sixth level (The Ark), fairly far in. The best way I’ve seen to do this one is to use a grav lift, which can be found in the area of the scarab that you kill outside. Find the spot on the ramp where you can jump to the bottom level. Drop the grav lift slightly above that spot (it tends to slide down). Now, run and jump as you get to the grav lift. It will propel you up to the top level, it may take a few tries to slide in to spot where the skull is.
#10 Thunderstorm Skull (Gold)
Level seven (The Covenant) has this one.
#11 IWHBYD (I Would Have Been Your Daddy) Skull (Silver)
This video has great directions on it that clearly explain the procedure for getting the skull.
#12 Tilt Skull (Gold)
This is on the eigth level (Cortana), in the room where Cortana says that she likes to play games. I would eliminate all the enemies in the room first.
#13 Mythic Skull (Gold)
This is at the beginning of the final level, level nine (Halo).
Good luck on finding those skulls everyone!
Also, you may want to check out our guide to all seven terminals.