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.
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WHO released the Flood in Halo?

In the Halo Wars 2 expansion "Awakening the Nightmare", the surviving Flood were accidentally released by the Banished while salvaging the wreck of High Charity.
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Did the Forerunners create the flood?

The Flood/Precursors found humanity worthy of the Mantle and instead traveled to take revenge against the Forerunners. It was later revealed that the Flood was not a creation of the Precursors, but the Precursors' perverted and insane remains of themselves.
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Who created the Flood in Halo Reddit?

Sometime during the war between the Forerunners and the Precursors, the Precursors created the Flood as a final test of Humans and Forerunners. The Flood was first discovered by Prehistoric Humans in 110,000 BCE during their colonization of planets.
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What happened to the Flood in Halo?

We saw the flood in Halo CE, which presumably was wiped out after the Pillar of Autumn was destroyed. But after Halo Nightfall we see that there are definitely parts of the original ring that could still support life and support the flood. In Halo 2 we see delta halo AND high charity completely infested with flood.
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The Flood COMPLETE History (+100,000 Years of Terror)



How did the Flood in Halo start?

The Flood's Backstory

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.
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Can grunts get infected by the flood?

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.
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How old is the flood Halo?

Human-Flood war

The Flood first entered the galaxy from the Large Magellanic Cloud at the edge of the Milky Way roughly 110,000 years ago, contained in cylinders in unmanned vessels where they were kept as a powder.
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Who created the precursors in Halo?

The Precursors first came to existence by their accidental creation by the Primals. They settled on Zeban, soon reaching Tier 0, the highest technological level on the Forerunner technological advancement scale. They were only found by the Primals some 8 to 7 Trillion years ago.
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How was the flood created Reddit?

The Flood first arrived from one of the Magellanic clouds of stars that drift just outside the reaches of our galaxy. Its precise origin was unknown. Its first effects upon the human systems in the far reaches of our arm of the galaxy were subtle, even benign – so it seemed.
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Did the precursors create all life?

The Precursors were responsible for seeding the Milky Way with life, creating the galaxy's diverse composition of species to become "new tools and companions", and engineered millions of solar systems.
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Can Master Chief be infected by the flood?

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.
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Is the Gravemind the primordial?

Now synonymous with the Gravemind, the Primordial had ensured its consciousness would survive for as long as the Flood prevailed.
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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.
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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.
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Are the flood a hive mind?

Known Species

For other uses, see Gravemind (disambiguation). The Gravemind (Inferi sententia, meaning "Thinking Dead"), is the final stage in the life cycle of the Flood and is the ultimate hivemind of the Flood. It is a near-omniscient creature with complete control over all Flood forms.
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Why did the Forerunner keep the flood?

This was discussed in the Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals. 343 Guilty Spark says that the Librarian decided to save them. She did this because of Ancient Humanities victory over the Flood 10,000 years before the Halos were fired.
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Are the endless precursors?

A popular theory going around at the moment is that The Endless are either disciples of the Precursors out for revenge or may even just be the Precursors themselves. Along those same lines, some fans believe that the Harbinger is ultimately trying to resurrect the Precursors (and potentially The Flood alongside them).
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Can the flood infect Spartans?

Yes, they are human afterall, and the Flood can easily break through a Spartans Visor or Armour and infect them.
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Are Flood 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).
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Is Master Chief human?

In Halo lore, Master Chief is a human with genetic enhancements. Also known by his full name, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, the Chief is a type of supersoldier known as a “Spartan”, readied for combat from a young age.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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