Following the release of Halo Anniversary, the newly updated Halo Waypoint features a “hidden” terminal, which is accessed by simply clicking the X button upon entering the main screen. The terminal is built up of strange glyphs, the very same glyphs at the end of each terminal located throughout Halo Anniversary.
At first glance this seems like a simple way to access the Anniversary terminals in waypoint to earn some extra Cr and unlock a bonus terminal to further connect Halo 1 & 2. However, there’s far more to these terminals that meets the eye…
After discovering the 11th terminal, the possibility of more was quickly realized and the hunt was on. The forum goers on Halo Waypoint quickly realized a system in the glyphs and translated it all to letters and numbers. When looking at the glyphs used for each terminal, they are decoded as the following:
343GS
HALO4
SPARK
FLOOD
EARTH
DEMON
RINGS
ARRAY
HUMAN
HAVEN
Another user discovered that typing in “WakeUpJohn” opened another small clip and a whole new folder (< 0002 - ??? >) which may be solely for Halo 4 related videos. We don’t have any solid information on anything yet, but this very well may lead to many new discoveries and a possible Halo 4 ARG.
We found the font used on the online waypoint terminal to try and see if the glyphs were in fact made to have their English counterparts and found that the letters weren’t used for the glyphs at all in the font, and instead were just random characters. The reasoning for this was more than likely to prevent people from altering the source code like so and seeing the English letters.
The hunt for the terminals secrets have just begun, and to help you out, we’ve put together this little set of keys for deciphering the glyphs and unlocking more hidden wonders. You can download them here.
Good luck!
