Why do grunts wear masks?

Grunts have average eyesight and hearing, and seem to have a very well developed sense of smell, sometimes sniffing the air to detect traces of foes or hidden enemies. This is facilitated through the olfactory membranes installed in their masks.
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Why do grunts have backpacks?

The backpack attached to a Grunt's back contains a methane tank. Attached to every Grunt's wrist is a readout (measured in Covenant units) of the amount of methane left in the Grunt's pack. When the tank gets low, a resupply of methane must be found quickly or the Grunt will suffocate.
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Why do grunts sleep Halo?

The Halo Ring in CE emits an aura, such that it makes creatures fall asleep. Based in purely the soundscape it could be concluded that the sounds and environment are sleep-inducing. i.e. the doors sigh as they open, and the weather is gentle.
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What race are grunts?

Unggoy (Latin, Monachus frigus, meaning "cold monk"), also known as Grunts by many individuals, are a sapient species of squat bipedal xeno-arthropodal vertebroid lifeforms from the planet Balaho. In 2142, the Unggoy became the fourth species to be assimilated into the Covenant.
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What do Halo Grunts breathe?

The Grunts are interesting little creatures and serve as the — pun intended — “grunt” infantry of the Covenant army. The most interesting fact about the Grunts is that they breathe methane thanks to their home world's atmosphere.
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Are grunts immune to the flood?

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.
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What is the strongest race in Halo?

But, in truth, no such inheritor lives and likely never will.
  • 8 Grunts (Unggoy)
  • 7 Drones (Yanme'e)
  • 6 Jackals (Kig-Yar)
  • 5 Engineers (Huragok)
  • 4 Hunters (Mgalekgolo)
  • 3 Brutes (Jiralhanae)
  • 2 Elites (Sangheili)
  • 1 Prophets (San'Shyuum)
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Do grunts lay eggs?

Reproduction. Unggoy breed prodigiously, with large egg clutches and short childhood periods.
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Can grunts breathe oxygen?

Special Operations Grunts, who wear black armor, are far more tenacious than the lower tiered ones, and have even been known to carry Fuel Rod Guns, which makes them extremely dangerous foes. They are unusual in the sense that they breathe methane rather than oxygen.
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Why do grunts have methane tanks?

Methane Tanks are back-mounted containers used by the Covenant Unggoy, fixed onto their Combat Harness. When they are of the large variety, they provide a place for the creatures to breathe their Methane atmosphere outside of their suits.
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Why do Brutes hate Elites?

History of why Elites and Brutes hate each other

Because of their rivalry, they often didn't fight along side each other during the Human-Covenant war. Halo Reach shows this as you never see Brutes and Elites fight the player as a unit.
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Are Halo Grunts cute?

At a recent preview event, we captured some small talk from various Covenant enemies in Halo 5. Grunts prove to be cute at absolutely all times.
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Are Brutes stronger than Elites?

Brutes are 1200 pounds and elites are 300 pounds. 1200 divided by 300 is 4, so Brutes are 4x stronger than Elites. Brutes are physically stronger and heavier than Elites so they are superior in infantry combat in every circumstance.
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Why are hunters always in pairs?

They always fight in pairs due to the fact that when the colony gets too big, it splits into another Mgalekgolo form, creating a powerful bond between the two bond brothers. The purpose of these pairs is to keep one another occupied during downtime, engaging in games and occasional copulation.
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Why do Unggoy wear masks?

Breathing Apparatus

The Methane is stored in extremely cold tanks inside the suit, and is provided to the user through a breathing mask that covers over half of the alien's head. The backpack attached to an Unggoy's back contains a Methane Tank.
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Why do the banished speak English Halo?

In the Halo Universe

Covenant language translation software intercepted human COM transmissions after The Battle of Harvest, and thus the Covenant learned English quickly.
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What do Halo Grunts say?

"Grunts first! We're smaller!" "Not me!" - As it runs away. "Get out of my face!"
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How tall is a Brute in Halo?

Jiralhanae are physically imposing enemies to face in combat. Standing at approximately 274 centimetres (9 ft 0 in) tall, they not only tower over their human opponents, but the majority of their Covenant allies, with only Mgalekgolo standing taller than themselves.
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How do elites reproduce?

3)Sangheili have cloacas as seen in Halo 2 and their genitals are internal. During copulation the male phallus would come outside in order to enter the female and fertilise her egg. > 4)Sangheili are oviparous aka they lay eggs.
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Why do Jackals hate grunts?

They are often cruel to the Grunts / Unggoys, whom they deeply despised, probably because they are both on the bottom of The Covenants caste system, although in general Jackals are considered higher ranked then Grunts. Jackals hold themselves above Grunts socially, even though they are in the same "worker" caste.
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What is the weakest enemy in Halo?

The weakest and most comedic of all Covenant enemies are the Grunts. These little triangular guys are always out in force during fights but have very little impact on their proceedings. Typically, they carry a plasma pistol and miss most of their shots, but they can occasionally mount a turret or drive a Ghost.
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Who was the tallest Spartan in Halo?

Samuel's biography on Halo Waypoint originally listed his armored height as 238.8 cm (7 ft 10 in) and his unarmored mass as 155.6 kg (343 lb, though erroneously converted to 324 lb). This was consistent with his description as the largest of the Spartan-IIs and as being a head taller than John-117.
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Who is the biggest Elite in Halo?

'Jar Wattinree was over 3.5 metres (11 ft), a giant even amongst the average 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) foot Sangheili.
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