Halo Infinite: Harbinger (Final boss) - how to defeat? Halo Infinite guide, walkthrough
This page of the Halo Infinite game guide contains the walkthrough of the fight with the final boss of the campaign - Harbinger from the last main mission Silent Auditorium
Last update: 19 January 2022
This page of the Halo Infinite provides a walkthrough of the final boss fight of the campaign mode. The boss is Harbinger from the last main mission - Silent Auditorium. You will learn how to disable the huge energy field surrounding Harbinger, what attacks the final boss has and how to avoid them as well as how to weaken the boss and defeat her helpers.
Harbinger - location of the fight
Harbinger appears in various cutscenes throughout the campaign and in one of them she even meets Master Chief face to face. However, at first there are no interactive clashes with her. Harbinger is treated as the final boss, so you will face her only in the final part of the campaign.
While completing mission 16 - Silent Auditorium, you must complete a long crossing involving many fights with the Banished. Ultimately, you will reach a huge round hall as in the picture above.
The fight against the final boss will not start immediately after entering the room and you can use this time to pick up the weapons, ammunition and grenades from the area.
Harbinger will appear when you try to use the terminal to access the system. The battle with the final boss will begin.
Description of the boss fight
At first, you won't be able to attack Harbinger because she will be inside a kind of a force field. The positive news is that for the moment, the enemy will not be busy attacking you. You don't have to keep avoiding her attacks from the very beginning of the fight.
In the hall, several groups of ordinary enemies will appear. You must fight them. They should not be too demanding and you can help yourself by setting up a drop wall (it is particularly useful for avoiding sniper fire) or by hiding behind pillars and other indestructible obstacles.
Our advice is not to rush killing the last enemy of the group. Before you attack him, visit the upper balconies to replenish your supplies. You can find there boxes with different types of ammunition. The point is to have a full or almost full supply of ammunition once the proper confrontation with Harbinger begins.
After dealing with inferior enemies, the Weapon will inform you of the possibility to attack Harbinger.
The enemy has a white shield bar and as you know well, you have to drain it completely in order to finally be able to start depriving the boss of the red health bar.
Harbinger, unfortunately, teleports often and it makes her a difficult target for further attacks. Use the tactics of firing short series in order to hit Harbinger every time you shoot, but at the same time it will enable you not to waste too much ammunition after the enemy will move to another spot.
Avoiding the attacks of Harbinger can be, unfortunately, problematic. She is not only able to carry out ranged attacks, but also to leave bombs, the explosions of which can seriously injure or immediately kill Master Chief.
Don't rely on drop walls because they are of no use here - Harbinger can simply teleport and appear behind your back. Help yourself by using grappleshot and keep moving. The ideal tactic is to fire at Harbinger to damage her shield a little and then quickly move to another place so as not to allow her to surprise you.
You must attack Harbinger until you drain her entire shield bar (remember to keep attacking the boss because if you stay idle for too long, the white bar will be renewed). Once this happens, use a high-powered weapon to start depriving the boss of her health.
Unfortunately, the game will not allow you to immediately deal with Harbinger because once she receives enough damage, she will return to the central area and will again become "untouchable".
You will need to repeat the pattern described above twice, so you will have to:
- Defeat all standard enemies.
- Resume attacking Harbinger, destroy her shields and deprive her of another part of her health bar.
Watch out especially for the last group of the Banished because among them, there will be an elite enemy with a huge melee weapon. A great relief is that the game creates a checkpoint after each of the clashes with Harbinger. If you fail, you don't have to replay the whole fight from scratch.
The third clash will be the final one and the game will allow you to ultimately defeat the boss, i.e. drain her last health points. It also marks the successful completion of the entire campaign.