Throughout Halo 5: Guardians, you’ll find little pieces of Intel in the form of Data Pads, Computer Terminals and Radios. These provide various pieces of backstory regarding the Halo universe, including character details and other events. If you’re playing as Locke, you’ll be able to locate most of these using the Artemis system. If you need help finding them, though, we have all of the Intel locations in Halo 5.
Mission 1: Osiris Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll find this at the start of the mission. Take a few stops and then hang a right. You’ll see a dead Grunt next to a weapon rack. Move closer to the corpse and you’ll find the Data Pad beneath its hand.
2. Covenant Data Pad: For this Data Pad, make your way into the ice cave. Once there, you’ll see a wall you can use your Spartan Charge to get through. After bursting through it, you’ll come through to the other side. Keep moving forward, then hang a left, where you’ll find Jul ‘Mdama’s Log near the edge of a cliff. Don’t fall off!
3. Covenant Data Pad: Before you enter the Forerunner Security Station, check out the rocky ledges off to the right of the entryway. Head over to a lower ledge and you’ll be able to reach the highest platform, where a Data Pad containing the Covenant Combat Orders can be found on the top one.
4. Covenant Data Pad: Move along the icy path and you’ll see another cave where you’ll spot the Kraken. As you see it, check for a small opening off to your right hand side, which will give you a wider view of the area. Here, you’ll find another Data Pad containing Halsey’s Research Notes next to a tiny ledge.
5. UNSC Data Pad: As you get close to the end of the mission, you’ll find a Forerunner building where Dr. Halsey is camping out. Before you get to the entryway, move to the right and make your way up a ledge, where you’ll find another entry point. You’ll find the Data Pad right next to the edge of the cliff, featuring information on the structure materials for the Forerunner.
6. UNSC Data Pad: Make your way into the Forerunner building, but don’t go to Dr. Halsey yet. Instead, go down the hallway and into the doorway that opens up for you. Go in, and look down to the right to find another Data Pad.
7. UNSC Data Pad: Before going into the final room where Halsey is located, head to the right and climb up the nearby ledge to the right side of the room. Make your way to the upper corner and find the last Data Pad, which has Halsey’s Research Notes inside. They’re all collected for level one!
Mission 2: Blue Team Intel Locations
1. Argent Moon Computer: First up, you’ll want to find this starting Intel, which provides a Station Warning over by a computer terminal. When you first begin, locate the terminal on the right wall, where you can look up the station log. This is before you face any enemies, so you’ll have time to activate it.
2. Argent Moon Computer: You’ll take on a few Jackals and Elites through a small corridor. After you do, head to the back wall and look to the right of the weapon rack. There is a large computer terminal where you can snag the Intel.
3. UNSC Data Pad: You’ll come across an assembly bay. After cleaning out the enemies, before entering the walkway labeled “Central Control”, head back and to the right to make your way up successive metal platforms. After you do, you’ll find a Data Pad at the top one, off to the right corner.
4. UNSC Data Pad: You’ll make your way down some dark corridors here, using your flashlight to look around. After taking down the Energy Sword Zealot, head to the left side and look through several boxes and containers until you see a crawlspace. Head inside and pick up the Data Pad in the corner.
5. Argent Moon Computer: You’ll eventually come across a long corridor lined with windows that show you an open part of space. Get to the end and make your way through the door, and you’ll see the computer terminal right there. Activate it and the Intel is yours.
6. UNSC Data Pad: You’ll get to a lab and clean up a pair of Hunters that stand in your way. After you do, check the ground around the center part of the room (where the dead bodies are) and you’ll locate another Data Pad.
7. Argent Moon Computer: You’ll see an entrance that will lead you into a Reactor Core room. Once you’re inside, look off to the left corner and you’ll find a computer terminal right next to a dead body in the corner. Activate it and you’ll get this Intel.
8. Argent Moon Computer: You’ll head to a narrow corridor leading towards a Hangar Bay, right after you popped your way through the vents. Here, head off to the left and you’ll get past a couple of entryways. Keep going forward and you’ll spot another computer terminal to activate, with Intel inside. That does it for level two!
Mission 3: Glassed Intel Locations
1. UNSC Data Pad: Hop on the Space Elevator and you’ll eventually get to a lobby. Before going in through the large doors, however, head off to the far right and you’ll see a Data Pad sitting atop a yellow crate.
2. Radio: Once through the doorway, you’ll look for a big staircase on the left hand side. Look to the crates right next to this staircase (covered by a tarp) and you’ll spot a Radio sitting on top of a box. Play it and the Intel is yours.
3. UNSC Data Pad: From there, move to the right side and you’ll see an office with the Security office just above it. You’ll need to climb up some boxes to get there, but once you do, you’ll find a Data Pad sitting on the arm of the chair, next to a computer terminal.
4. Radio: As you continue onward, you’ll find a dirt road tied in with a bridge. Before you go across, look for a desecrated Pelican on the right hand side, next to some red containers. Look behind them, and you’ll find a Radio embedded in a piece of rock. Play it for valuable Intel.
5. UNSC Data Pad: Look to the work area on the left hand side of the bridge, and you’ll spot a Data Pad sitting alongside the left wall. Look for the desk with the blueprints on it, you can’t miss it.
6. UNSC Data Pad: Head into the garage area before you get to the Station gate. You’ll find a spot where a Scorpion is parked nearby. The Data Pad here will be located in the back corner right behind the Scorpion, on some crates. Snag it and that’ll do it for mission 3!
Mission 4: Meridian Station Intel Locations
1. UNSC Data Pad: The first Data Pad is easy to spot, located on the far right side of the interior station gate. Just look for a yellow rounded container and it’s all yours.
2. UNSC Data Pad: Look to a higher platform on the left hand side, right next to the interior station gate. You’ll see a small black box around the edge of it. Look on top and you’ll find another Data Pad.
3. UNSC Data Pad: Here, look for a building right around the center podium, with a vending machine on the bottom floor. You’ll see a box that you can climb into right next to the machine that will take you to the roof, where the Data Pad can be found on top of a crate.
4. UNSC Data Pad: From there, jump down and look for the Deglass Team Personnel Log, which will be sitting atop a bin that’s located right next to the Food Station.
5. UNSC Data Pad: Make your way across the building on the right hand side and find a way up to the roof. You’ll find a crate covered by a large top, where your next Data Pad awaits.
6. UNSC Data Pad: Make your way to the far right corner of the base, where you’ll see a number of containers by the fence. You’ll see some Meridian dwellers as well. Look to the front crate and there will be another Data Pad.
7. UNSC: Data Pad: Make your way to the building around the main podium and get up to the highest point. You’ll spot a number of containers surrounding an antenna, with the Data Pad at the top. Hop up and get it.
8. UNSC Data Pad: Finally, make your way to the far left side of the camp and you’ll spot another vending machine, right near a fence. Look to a blue trash bin on the right hand side, where the last Data Pad will be waiting. Good to go!
Mission 5: Unconfirmed Intel Locations
1. Radio: Jump on board the Pelican and make your way to the room on the far left side, where you’ll see a pile of rocks stacked up. Look within them and you’ll find a Radio with Intel.
2. UNSC Data Pad: Head up the stairs to the main building, but make your way to the right side. You’ll work your way up to another level, where you’ll see chairs next to a “follow standards” sign. Look on the chairs and you’ll see another Data Pad.
3. UNSC Data Pad: Head past the first battle and you’ll go through a walkway just up the ramp. Once you’re there, check for a doorway on the right side, and you’ll be able to make your way up to another one. There, look for a chair, with a Data Pad right on top of it.
4. UNSC Data Pad: When you get into the outdoor area where you’ll find the Prowler, head over to a side walkway and make your way to the top. There, you’ll be able to find a Drill Operator’s Log Data Pad sitting on its tail end.
5. UNSC Data Pad: After getting into the quarry, you’ll spot a two story building with a metal door off to the side. Bust through the door with your Spartan Charge (look for the words “Ventilation Duct”) and you’ll locate a Data Pad sitting next to a fan.
6. Radio: Take the tunnel going into the mine and look for large pipes lining the right hand side. You’ll see a yellow platform you can climb up to. Head up, look to the left corner and you’ll see a Radio inside a rock, right next to a tarp.
7. UNSC Data Pad: The last Intel for Mission 5 can be found inside the mine, just past the lava flow. But don’t drop down to the lower area. First, go along the long walkway on the left hand side, and look for crates stacked at the very end. You’ll see the final Data Pad right up front, on the main crate.
Mission 6: Evacuation Intel Locations
1. UNSC Data Pad: Make your way towards the bridge, but stop and look for a staircase on the right hand side. Head up to the second level and you’ll spot a Data Pad about halfway down on the floor.
2. Radio: Go through the big door located by the Space Elevator into the lobby, then make a right and locate Lift B. Head up the stairs and make your way to the nearby higher-up platform. You’ll see a small scaffold off to the side, with a Radio located within the debris. Dig it up and the Intel is yours.
3. Radio: Head to the left side of the same lobby, where you’ll find Lift A. Turn it on and take it up to the next level. You’ll walk forward onto a nearby platform and look inside a nearby rubble pile, where the Radio is inside.
4. UNSC Data Pad: Get to the Space Elevator platform and look for a passenger car along the outer side, with a vented metal door. Use your Spartan Charge to get through it, and look for the Data Pad on the left hand side by a chair.
5. UNSC Data Pad: The Space Elevator will come to a stop. Once it does, check out the doorway labeled as an emergency exit. Go through the small hallway inside and hang a left, where you’ll see a scaffold. Go on it and take it to a pair of staircases. Go ahead and work your way over the railing near the second staircase, and you’ll find a Data Pad on a nearby metal beam.
6. UNSC Data Pad: The final Data Pad is located on some thick metal beams, which you can access by following the broken scaffolding walkways. Peer over the edge as you get close to the taller staircases, and you’ll see some thick metal beams. Look for the Data Pad atop one of the beams, right next to a construction helmet.
Mission 7: Reunion Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll head alongside a riverbed before getting to a Gateway. Don’t go in, instead hang a left and look for a small tunnel. Go in and follow it to a nearby cliff, with a dead Grunt sitting alongside it. The Data Pad will be right close by.
2. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll see a narrow path that will take you to a ledge where you can see the large battle area. At the end of it, you’ll find a Data Pad, right next to a flat rock near the edge. Don’t fall off, but do take note of the Grunt Party Skull, which is located about halfway down from where you are.
3. UNSC Data Pad: Head to the canyon where the first battle will be, then head to the right and up a series of cropped rocks. You’ll eventually get to a cave at the very top on the right hand side. Inside, you’ll see a few weapons to pick up, along with a Data Pad containing the UNSC Marine Status Update.
4. Forerunner Console: You’ll eventually reach the main entry of the Forerunner structure. Go inside, but look for a small alcove right beneath the turrets. Here, there will be a Forerunner Console just waiting for activation.
5. Forerunner Console: Head to the underground passages that will take you to the Prometheans, but stay on the left hand side and look for a brown surface alongside the wall. Burst through it with the Spartan Charge, and look for a passage inside heading towards a waterfall. From here, there’s a ledge you can drop down to with a Forerunner Console ready to be activated.
6. Forerunner Console: Make your way deeper into the canyon and you’ll come across a path that will bring you to a pit with a small waterfall. Look to the left of the pit (don’t drop off!) and activate the Console.
7. Forerunner Console: The final console you’ll need to activate here will be located right where the Warden was located inside the structure. Look for a white panel following the light bridge, and the Console will be on the other side. Activate it and you’re good to go!
Mission 8: Swords of Sanghelios Intel Locations
1. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: When you first begin, head to the far right and look for some ruins. Search the ground and you’ll be able to spot an ancient artifact, which you can scan for Intel.
2. Covenant Data Pad: As you head into the opening battle, look for more ruins on the left hand side. Right behind the base of one of the statues is a Data Pad.
3. Covenant Data Pad: Head into the first battle and make your way to the right of the Shade Turret. Along the path you’ll find a Data Pad.
4. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: While battling enemies in the first area, check behind the waterfall and you’ll find another artifact to scan.
5. Covenant Data Pad: Once you’re through the first battle area, look for a burial ground near a small pond. Make your way up a few rock ledges in this area and you’ll reach an impaled Elite with a Data Pad next to it.
6. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: Check the sinkhole area and be on the lookout for a large rock pillar near the center. Make your way up the blocks and you’ll get to the very top, where you can scan another sword.
7. Covenant Data Pad: After scanning the sword, move down a level and check across the nearby chasm to the left. You’ll see a Data Pad on a ledge, and you should be able to clear the jump from the pillar to get there.
8. Covenant Data Pad: Once you go past the sinkhole, continue through the ruins. You’ll see a staircase leading outside. Look for the rock formations on the left hand side and you’ll see another downed Elite with a Data Pad nearby.
9. Covenant Data Pad: After going outside, head to the right and you’ll see a breakable surface nearby. The Ground Pound will easily enable you to get through this, which will reveal a nearby hidden passage by a bridge. Look past that and you’ll find a number of weapons, along with another Data Pad.
10. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll be able to get a Mantis during the stage. Before you do, check the Elite statues nearby (just look up) and make your way up the rocks to get to the ledge. Once you’re there, check for the statue on the left to find another Data Pad.
11. Covenant Data Pad: Finish off the waiting Hunters and Wraiths and you’ll eventually get to the Elder Council Chamber. Once there, head to the left where you’ll see a broken staircase. Use your jumps to go up, then work your way through a small area. You’ll see a statue in the far room, right above the chamber, along with a Data Pad.
12. Covenant Data Pad: Head to the main doorway of the Chamber, but use the stairs on the right hand side. You’ll see a pool of water right in front of another waterfall containing a Data Pad.
Mission 9: Alliance Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: Before you even begin moving, spin around and go to the shrine on the other side. There’s a Data Pad right in front of it.
2. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll see a tent off in the main part of the stage. Look for a short stone pillar nearby and you’ll find a Sanghelli Medic’s Personal Log Data Pad.
3. Covenant Data Pad: Look for a large Sanghelli pillar near the meeting area. You’ll see a small path close by. Take this down and you’ll spot another Data Pad on the ground.
4. Covenant Data Pad: After getting that last Intel, look for a Grunt sitting on a ledge and jump on the nearby Sanghelli pillar. There will be a Data Pad inside the stone piece of the pillar.
5. Covenant Data Pad: Before you get to Dr. Halsey, check inside a small alcove and you’ll see a number of bronze containers. Inside will be another Data Pad.
6. Covenant Data Pad: Make your way up some stone steps near where the Pelican is and you’ll be able to get to the top of a pillar in the area. Look beside a few boxes up top and you’ll find another Data Pad.
7. Covenant Data Pad: Before getting into the Pelican, head over to the nearby Cliff, where you’ll see a pair of Elites nearby. Look by the ground in their general area and you’ll spot another Data Pad.
8. UNSC Data Pad: Finally, be sure to check in with Palmer right next to the Pelican. There will be some stone steps off to the left, with the Data Pad next to some boxes.
Mission 10: Enemy Lines Intel Locations
1. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: Once you begin the mission, head to the river alongside the canyon before going into the ruins. Go to the very end and you’ll find an ancient artifact to scan, alongside some rocks.
2. Covenant Data Pad: Make your way over to the ruins, but look around the area on the left hand side and you’ll find a Data Pad on the ground.
3. Covenant Data Pad: After leaving the ruins, look up to the left hand side and you’ll see a ledge you can get to. The Data Pad is on this ledge.
4. Covenant Data Pad: Defeat your first enemies and you’ll come across a chamber with statues in front. There is a Data Pad right by the entryway.
5. Covenant Data Pad: Make your way into the chamber and you’ll see a few Ghosts. Before hopping into one, head left into a nearby tunnel and you’ll find a Data Pad among some boxes.
6. Covenant Data Pad: After getting past the Ghosts, look for a complicated doorway. Instead of going through it, look for a nearby rock formation and you’ll see a Data Pad on top.
7. Covenant Data Pad: Get to the temple grounds, then head over to the right hand side. There will be a cliff to go along, with a Data Pad located right next to stone steps near a small cave.
8. Covenant Data Pad: Get through the area right next to the temple grounds and take out some enemies. After that, head under the bridge to find a secret passage that will take you into the temple. Bust your way through the rocks with the Spartan Charge and you’ll find a Data Pad on the left hand side.
9. Covenant Data Pad: Look in the open area right in front of the temple grounds and you’ll see a few broken stones on the right hand side. Make your way to the far ledge near the rock wall and you’ll find a Data Pad on the other part.
10. Forerunner Console: You’ll get to a large chasm with a Kraken nearby. Guide the Phantom over to a Forerunner platform on the right hand side. Head in and you’ll find a Forerunner Console to activate, which will give you the final Intel for the stage.
Mission 11: Before the Storm Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: Before heading into the mission, spin around and look for boxes stacked by a nearby cliff. The Data Pad will be right next to them.
2. Covenant Data Pad: From there, head back to the starting point and look for a few rock ledges on the left hand side. Jump on over to the right on a nearby stone pillar and you’ll see the Data Pad past it.
3. Covenant Data Pad: After locating the Arbiter, head over to the umbrella-like tents on the back/left hand side. You’ll see a Data Pad in one of them, sitting right on top of a nearby container.
4. UNSC Data Pad: Make your way past the Arbiter to find a small path into the nearby canyon. Head to the right and you’ll see a few rock steps, along with a nearby cliff area. You’ll see the Data Pad right next to the cliff, but don’t fall off!
5. Covenant Data Pad: After you get that previous Intel, head over to the medical tents on the lower part of the stage. You’ll be able to see a nearby platform from the umbrellas, near a cliffside. Head to the edge (watch your step) and grab the last Data Pad.
Mission 12: Battle of Sunalon Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll find the first one right on a tail lamp, on the backside of where you first start off. Just jump over to the ledge (on your left hand side), then you’ll be to the rear of that point. Head over to the lamp with another jump and the Pad is yours.
2. Control Console: Make your way down the street and you’ll see a second defense turret. Look for a room on the left hand side and you’ll see what appears to be a console with a glowing blue diamond on it. That’s where the next Intel is.
3. Covenant Data Pad: Make your way into the underbelly of the city and you’ll see a metal shuttered door on a nearby building. Head to the right of it and jump along the platforms, and you’ll find a Data Pad right on its outer ledge.
4. Covenant Data Pad: Find another building on a platform near the other half of the bridge. Take out the Covenant troops, then head to the outer ledge of this building, where there will be a Data Pad on a nearby platform.
5. Covenant Data Pad: As you continue on, you’ll run into a pair of Hunters before reaching Elevator Control. After defeating them, head to the right to a nearby platform, then check the rear of the pillar to locate the next Data Pad.
6. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: Once you get back to the main surface, check for a couple of bodies on the ground, which are right next to another ancient artifact Sword. Scan it and the Intel is yours.
7. Covenant Data Pad: Look for the Guardian to appear, then check a damaged building nearby. Make your way along the upper walkway (to the left) and you’ll find a Data Pad.
8. Ancient Sanghelli Sword: You’ll head through some debris on your way to your meet-up with the Arbiter, but there will be a small hallway before you get there. Go right and you’ll locate an ancient Sanghelli Sword in the rubble. Scan it and that wraps up mission 12.
Mission 13: Genesis Intel Locations
1. Covenant Data Pad: Get to the Forerunner facility and you’ll be able to hop into a Scorpion Tank. Before you do this, move forward and look on the left hand side. You’ll see a Data Pad right next to a couple of Ghosts.
2. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll get to the first battle in the stage, but before you do, check the cliffside on the left hand side and you’ll find a Data Pad right next to the edge.
3. Broken Constructor: As the battle commences, search among the rocky outcroppings on the cliffside, the one overlooking the nearby Fuel Rod Cannons. There will be a constructor right on the edge with some Intel.
4. UNSC Data Pad: You’ll see a crashed Pelican outside the Forerunner security gate, with a Data Pad right on top. Head up and grab it, but don’t fall off the cliff.
5. Forerunner Console: After leaving the tunnel (past the security gate), check the nearby platform on the left hand side. You’ll find a Console to activate.
6. Broken Constructor: You’ll run across a second large battle, where there’s a tall rock structure right next to the overpass. Head to the top of it and you’ll be able to find another Constructor.
7. UNSC Data Pad: Before you go over the light bridge, look for a nearby cliffside that you can climb up to on the left hand side. The Data Pad will be at the top of the ledge.
8. Covenant Data Pad: Once you’re past the bridge and encounter the Warden, look around the area for rocks on the left hand side. You’ll see an Elite corpse nearby, with a Data Pad next to its body on the edge.
9. UNSC Data Pad: After getting through the Warden fight, check the path on the right hand side. Hang a curve and you’ll get to a Forerunner platform, gaining the next piece of Intel.
10. Forerunner Console: Finally, get to the Gateway, but hang a left beforehand, where you’ll see a walkway to take you to a second level. You’ll see a Forerunner Console in the corner you can activate, and you’re done!
Mission 14: The Breaking Intel Locations
1., 2. Forerunner Consoles: Before you head off, turn around and go to the back of the room. The Forerunner Consoles are located in the left and right corners. Two in one shot!
3. Forerunner Console: You’ll get to a chamber with many Knights inside. Check for a Forerunner Console in the center of the room (on the lower part of the stage) to activate it.
4. Forerunner Console: The Warden will appear for a minute. There will be an alcove right next to the platform he was on. It’ll take you underneath, where there’s another console.
5. Forerunner Console: You’ll run into a second Knight in a nearby chamber. Defeat him, then head down to the lower level. In the center of the room, you’ll find the last Forerunner Console, and the last piece of Intel for the stage.
Mission 15: Guardians Intel Locations
1. Forerunner Console: Before heading off, walk to the right of the main doorway and look for a few exhibits. There will be a console among them.
2. Forerunner Console: Turn around and head to the left of the main doorway, and you’ll find another console to activate.
3. Covenant Data Pad: You’ll come across your first battle. After this, head along the side platforms and the path to get to a higher area. There is a Data Pad on the main central platform.
4. Covenant Data Pad: Look to the left of Alpha Core, and check alongside the flaming debris to snag another Data Pad.
5. UNSC Data Pad: Continue moving along the outside area. Look on the right hand side to find a tunnel leading to the Gamma Core. Before you get to it, make your way up the ledge on the left side of the tunnel and you’ll find another Data Pad.
6. Covenant Data Pad: There will be a ledge on the far right side that takes you near a downed Pelican, right next to the Gamma Core. The Data Pad will be on the ledge right next to it, on the right hand side.
7. Covenant Data Pad: Make your way to Delta Core and look for a tunnel to the left. You’ll see a Ghost inside, with a Data Pad right next to it.
8. Broken Constructor: There will be a space between the Delta and Epsilon cores that will take you to a higher ledge, with some rocks. Head up and you’ll find a constructor to scan.
9. UNSC Data Pad: Before getting to Epsilon Core, look for an icy tunnel next to a nearby Mantis. Look to the ground and you’ll find this Data Pad.
10. Broken Constructor: Finally, look for a tunnel that will take you underground towards Delta Core (back in Data Pad 7’s location), then work your way up the stone outcroppings near the tunnel entrance. You’ll find the final Broken Constructor on the top. You’re done!
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Published: Nov 4, 2015 02:00 pm