How did Master Chief stop the flood?

Most of it was wiped out when the Chief used the rebuilt Installation 4 to destroy the gravemind and most of the flood on-board the ring and the ark. Without a central intelligence to coordinate it, the flood loses coordination.

How did Master Chief beat the Flood?

When Master Chief learns that activating Halo would instead wipe the galaxy of sentient life to prevent the Flood's spread, he and Cortana detonate the human ship Pillar of Autumn's engines, destroying the ring and preventing the Flood from escaping.

How did they stop the Flood in Halo?

The Flood was killed or contained, unable to reproduce and grow due to lack of hosts, and eventually died out. The only surviving specimens were contained in state of the art, high-security Forerunner research facilities, such as the Halo Installations and the Threshold Gas Mine.

Why did the Flood work with Master Chief?

The Flood joined forces with the Master Chief during Halo 3 because they had a common enemy; the Prophet of Truth. If he had succeeded in activating the Halo Rings; he would've killed everyone in the Galaxy, and the Ark.

How did Master Chief not get infected by the Flood?

EXCEPT in one case where, in 'The Flood', he gets ambushed by a lone infection form which actually inserts its tendrils into his spine if i remember. Cortana saves him by vaporising the Flood form by overcharging his shields.

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Did the flood ever infect a Spartan?

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Yes, they are human afterall, and the Flood can easily break through a Spartans Visor or Armour and infect them.

Is anyone immune to the flood in Halo?

Known species in the Halo universe to be immune to the Flood parasite: Unggoy (Grunt): These diminutive creatures lack the sufficient biomass for Flood infection. Their hard carapace potentially adds resistance to the Infection Form as well.

What is the flood Halo weakness?

The Incendiary Grenade instantly destroys all pure Flood forms and is the one true weakness of all pure Flood forms, as well as its Support Weapon counterpart, the Flamethrower.

Why didn t the flood destroy the halos?

Because the Halo Array was/is tuned to destroy anything with a central nervous system. Flood are immune to this because of their physical make up.

Who started the flood Halo?

According to Halo lore, the Flood is a product of a war between the Forerunners and the Precursors. Some Precursors, who lost the war, were turned into regenerative dust that created horrific mutations. The remaining Precursors assimilated into this newfound corruption.

Is the flood completely gone in Halo?

As a result of the firing of the seven Halo installations, the surviving Flood were successfully contained and eventually died out.

What is the true purpose of the Halo?

In the games' stories, the Forerunners built the Halo Array to contain and study the Flood, an infectious alien parasite. The rings act together as a weapon of last resort; when fired, they kill all sentient life in the galaxy capable of falling prey to the Flood, thereby starving the parasite of its food.

Is Johnson immune to the flood?

Johnson is the only human seen to survive a Flood infestation, due to a pre-existing medical condition, known as Boren's Syndrome, that grants immunity to the Flood at the cost of one's mental stability.

What is Master Chief's weakness?

Weakness: Age. Age is a weakness that nearly everybody tries to hide. People dye their hair, use make-up, or even undergo surgery to try to reverse the effects of aging. Master Chief hides his age quite well.

How did Master Chief become so strong?

Only 33 Spartan trainee's emerged unscathed, John-117 was one of them. The augmentation process improved his already impressive reflexes, gave him superhuman strength, enhanced his eyesight, and made his bones nearly unbreakable.

Does Master Chief ever get mad?

He will get angry when others try to help him. Master Chief is the ideal soldier in capabilities, but his attitude can get in the way of greatness. Perhaps Master Chief works alone to protect his comrades. Regardless of his reasons for it, it's abundantly clear that Master Chief like to fight alone.

Could the Forerunners have defeated the Flood?

Nobody99. Humans defeated The Flood with firing of The Ark but Forerunners were in possession of The Ark and why couldn't they defeat The Flood the same way humans did. All that trouble of cataloging the species on other planets and building of the Halos could be avoided and The Forerunners would still be alive.

How many Halo rings are left?

Eventually, eleven were destroyed and/or lost while the remaining seven were used by the Forerunners as a last resort when combating the parasitic Flood.

Has a Halo ring ever been fired?

The Great Purification was the culminating act of the Forerunner-Flood war in 97,445 BCE, when the seven rings of the Halo Array were fired. The rings' combined pulses scoured the entire Milky Way galaxy, disabling the Flood and wiping out all sentient life that was not safely outside its range at the Ark.

What is the most powerful Flood in Halo?

The Tank Form is the most powerful that the Stalker can transform into. It's comprised entirely of raw biomass and are tough to take down.

What is the strongest monster in Halo?

Why doesn t the flood infect grunts?

Those are the "tank" varient of a flood pure form. Hunters cannot be infected because they lack a central nervous system. Also, jackals and grunts do not have enough biomass to be converted into combat forms. They are either broken down and turned into infection forms, or combined into a carrier form.

Can grunts be infected by Flood?

Looking back, I realise that the Grunts and the Jackals are the only two species that don't get infected by Flood, and are instead just outright killed ingame.

Can the flood infect the endless?

We know the Endless couldn't be infected by the flood, and technically the Precursors couldn't in their dust form. We also know that the Forerunners hated them for refusing them the Mantle and would do anything to erase them, including imprisoning them without trial and deleting any records of the Precursors.

Can brutes be infected by the flood?

Jackals, Skirmishers and Brutes can also be infected by the Flood.