Who made the Flood?

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.

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.

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.

What is the flood monster?

The Flood is a parasitic virulent life form, known for being a highly virulent and deadly race, which can quickly incapacitate and infect different life forms, but the infected subject must have sufficient body mass to sustain infection, and even animals can be infected.

Are the flood still alive?

Even though the Gravemind was destroyed, and all Flood on the Ark apparently eradicated, the Flood still existed on the other Halo rings (excluding Installation 05 which was sterilized by Sangheili forces) and other remaining Forerunner installations.

The Flood COMPLETE History (+100,000 Years of Terror)

Who built the Halo rings?

The Halos were constructed by the Forerunners a few hundred years after the Flood were discovered by the Array's makers because their builders saw that their current isolation and containment procedures were not adequate to stop the spread of the Flood. At least one was functional for 101,217 local years.

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.

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.

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 did the flood become a thing?

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.

Is Master Chief a Forerunner?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Is there only 1 Gravemind?

The Gravemind is a fictional, parasitic, hive mind intelligence in the Halo universe. While only one Gravemind is ever seen in the games, the title is given to the final stage of Flood evolution, in which the Flood becomes a superorganism.

Did the flood corrupt Cortana?

The Flood nearly succeeded in corrupting the human smart AI Cortana while holding her captive in High Charity.

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 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.

Who is the main villain in Halo Infinite?

The Harbinger is the overarching antagonist of the Halo franchise's Reclaimer Saga, being the unseen overarching antagonist of Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Wars 2, Halo: Shadows of Reach, and Halo: Divine Wind; before making her first appearance as the main antagonist of Halo Infinite.

Why is Johnson immune to the flood?

The Flood attempted to infect Johnson but he was able to shrug off the effects due to the complications of his Boren's Syndrome.

Can the flood infect brutes?

Walkthrough. This glitch can be done by getting a Flood Infection Form onto a Brute Chieftain. These two do not normally exist in the same area. The only way to get them together is to kill all your allies outside the third tower in the level, while leaving some Flood Carrier Forms alive.

Can Halo Spartans reproduce?

seeing as the Spartan II's were children when abducted, they would have had to grow, which means that cells had to divide, meaning the traits were genetic. During reproduction, you give half of the child's genetic structure, and Spartan II's would have abnormal genetics, resulting in three possible outcomes.