Can the flood infect machines?

While most commonly associated with AIs, this form of corruption is not limited to machine entities: given the right conditions, the Flood is capable of manipulating organic beings as well due to the Gravemind's immense intelligence as well as its powerful metaphysical abilities.

What can the flood infect Halo?

The Flood is depicted as a parasitic organism that infects any sentient life of sufficient size. The largest self-contained form that the Flood can produce itself without using other biomass is an "infection form".

Can the flood infect grunts?

This suggests that Grunts and Jackals are in fact readily infectable by the Flood, and are later augmented in some way to become Carrier Forms.

Has any Spartan been infected by the flood?

Yes, they are human afterall, and the Flood can easily break through a Spartans Visor or Armour and infect them. Allthough in irony, Johnson, which has no armour, is inmune to the Flood infection.

Is Sergeant Johnson immune to the flood?

After a harrowing escape, Johnson accompanied the new and growing crew as the ship moved through Slipspace. Unknown to him, Dr. Halsey and John-117 were reviewing his medical files. They matched Johnson's survival against the Flood to his Boren's Syndrome.

What happens if the Flood infect a Spartan (NEW FLOOD LORE!)

Why did Cortana turn evil?

For those not in the know, Cortana is well past the age an AI should be, and she now suffers from Rampancy, which has essentially turned her evil. This new Cortana seems based on Dr. Halsey — just like the original — but it's the AI effectively in her infancy.

Is Chief immune to the flood?

Also the only reason Sergeant Johnson doesn't get infected is because he has Boron's Syndrome/Orion Augmentations which made his Nervous System so screwed up that the Flood couldn't get a match with his Nervous system rendering him immune to getting infected though he does have Flood DNA in him.

Can the flood infect dead?

Infection forms can be dispatched with a single shot from any weapon (heat is most effective), but can easily overwhelm in large numbers. Infection Forms can reanimate disabled Combat Forms and infect deceased bodies.

Did Master Chief get infected?

In Halo: The Flood, Master Chief almost becomes infected by an infection form when it penetrates into his chest and almost manages to reach his spine. In The Mona Lisa, a Marine was slashed by a Combat Form and was infected that way.

Why are hunters immune to the flood?

The reason Hunters cannot be infected with the Flood is the Hunters are not one creature. They are a lot of little worms that form into one big killing machine, and so, do not have a central nervous system. Those same worms are also used to form Scarabs!

Who created the Flood in 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 Master Chief a Forerunner?

MC is human, so Guilty Spark refered to him as a forerunner.

Will the flood be in Halo infinite?

While the terrifying parasite didn't directly appear in the Halo Infinite campaign, players did notice that in the game's second level, Foundation, a Forerunner cylix labelled with a Flood Infection Form symbol could be found in a secret room (thanks, HiddenXperia).

Are the flood on Zeta Halo?

Nope. Allusions are made in the early chapters of the Halo Infinite campaign that Zeta Halo hides a threat that stands to be far worse than the Flood. And the creepy parasitic species does not appear in any capacity.

Why didn't the Gravemind infect Master Chief?

The Gravemind has no real reason to kill the Chief, Humanity has no weapon that can destroy the Flood that is already so far spread as it is on Installation 05 and Humanity wants to stop the Halo's.

How was arbiter not infected?

Why was the Arbiter not infected through the inhalation of flood spores? It makes sense that J-117 was not infected, as he presumably has an air filtration system.

Why is Cortana purple?

Bungie said Cortana was purple when she was young, they show her as purple in Halo Reach and Halo CE. Then 343 made Halo CE anniversary and decide to represent her in blue. Then 343 made her purple in Halo Infinite.

Why did Cortana choose Noble 6?

She choose Noble 6 to get to the PoA safely from Halsey's lab. Plus, Noble 6's armor couldn't carrier her like MC's hence he has the data thing attached to his back.

Why did Master Chief go AWOL?

Master Chief Goes AWOL

After learning that Cortana is alive following the events of Halo 4, Master Chief leaves the UNSC (along with three members of his longtime canonical Spartan crew, Blue Team) in order to track her down and rescue her.

Is Johnson hugging the elite canon?

In Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the Elite is a Zealot, and Johnson touches the Zealot's rear instead of the other way around. This cutscene, while only viewable on the Legendary difficulty setting, is not canon, since it was specifically made as fan-oriented humor.

Why can't the flood infect Johnson?

Because of Boren's syndrome the flood weren't to infect him because of his condition. He escaped halo on a pelican with some other marines. In halo 2 it was deemed classified by johnson and kept secret by the Master Chief.

Is Sergeant Johnson a Spartan 1?

Johnson was a part of the SPARTAN-I project, originally called the ORION project. The Master Chief was a SPARTAN-II, the best of the best. Noble Six was a SPARTAN-III, whose only superior was the Chief himself.