All currently known Halo 5 Helmets! (and explanations of many of the names of the helmets)

The image below saromes via HaloOrbit.com, a German Halo fan site:

Be sure to click on the pic for a bigger version. Oh, and take your time looking at them and their names…

Halo 5 Helmets

That’s 175 helmets folks!!!

There are 70 unique helmets. The other 105 are variant skins of those helmets.

The ones with the diagonal gold bars are Legendary helmets. Harder to come by. Note these are both Blue team and Fireteam Osiris’ helmets as well as Helioskrill and Nightfall.

Here is the list of helmets in alphabetical order (and please if you repost this, give halofanforlife.com credit and relink to here, as it took me awhile to alphabetize, research, and type this out, thanks)

Each helmet has a default version without a named skin to it. The ones listed to the right of the helmet name are the additional skin variants.

I’ve also included links for some of the peculiarly named helmets/skins. If text following is RED, it denotes a short explanation for the names.

Air Assault: Disrupt; Impact; Specialist
Anubis: Set; Nephthys Ancient Eygptian Gods
Argonaut: Idmon; Nestor Ancient Greeks
• Argus: Arrestor
Athlon: Champion; Cynisca; Iccus; Lycinus; Varazoat Ancient Greeks
Aviator: Ace; CSAR Combat Search and Rescue, Delta
Breaker: Doomsday; Hatchetman
Buccaneer: Illyri Ancient Greek; Tyr Norse
Centurion: Ironside
CIO:
Commando: Arius Ancient Greek; Matrix; Verde Italian word for Green
Copperhead: Fangs
Cypher: Copiale; Voynich Ancient Codex/Manuscripts
Deadeye:
Defender: Castle; Fortress; Red Oust
EVA: Hadfield; Leonov; Solovyev; Zhigang Famous Astronauts
Engineer:
Enforcer:
Fenrir Norse Mythology: Unchained; Woebringer
Foehammer: Echo; Victor
FOTUS: Chillrose; Synchronize
Freebooter:
Goblin: Dokkaebi Korean; Erkling Danish
Helioskrill:
Hellcat: Maruader; Onslaught
Helljumper: Feet First
• Hermes: Dolios Greek Mythology
Hunter:
Infiltrator:
Interceptor: Cutter; Imperator
Jump master: Ripcord; Sky Soldier
Legionnaire: Alaris; Optio
Locus:
Mako: Chthonic Ancient Greek; Darkwater
Mark VI: [Gen1]; [Gen1] Scarred; Primus; Regent; Satrap Ancient Persian
Maverick:
Nightfall:
Noble: Honor; Valor
Nomad: Unchained; Wanderlust
Operator:
Orbital: Aphelion; EquinoxPerihelion Position of planet in distance from it’s star
Pathfinder:
Pioneer:
Protector:
Raider:
Ranger:
Reaper: Grim; Mortician Grim Reaper OR could be for GrimBrotherOne of 343! LOL
Recluse: Laeta Ancient Roman; Seri Ancient Language
Recon: BDA, ITG; RSO Battle Damage Assesment; Initial Terminal Guidance; Radiation Safety Officer (guesses here folks from actual military acronyms)
Recruit: Charred; Marked; Proven
Rogue:
Scout: Decoy; Observer; Outrider
Scanner:
Security: Oppressor, Watchdog
Seeker: Horizon; Interpid
Soldier: Dogface; Leatherneck; Rebel
Stalker:
Strider:
Technician: Override
Teishin: Raikou; Shuurai Japanese
Tracker:
Valkyrie: Eir; Hrist Norse
Vector: Interrupt; Sequence
Venator: Cestus; Retiarius; Thraex Ancient Roman
Venture:
Viper: Strike; Venom
Void: Dancer
War Master: Augustan Ancient Roman Legions
Warrior: Blade; Helm; Scorpio; Shield, Tiberian
Wetwork:

As for my opinion on them?? Read below!

Helmets I like initially:
Anubis: The name alone is awesome. I like the shape, especially the jaw where it looks like it has mandibles
Athlon: Seems like an instant classic. Football type helmet, big visor.
Cypher: Looks like a mix of Air Assault and War Master. Nice combination
Goblin: Okay, going to say it…Looks like something from Destiny. But that’s not a bad thing. Can’t wait to see which parts are the visor.
Helioskrill: A female Sanheilli designed this…Very cool!
Hunter: Because Locke!
Mako: This may be the next ‘Gungnir’ helmet! The fact that it’s named for a shark and variants have shark teeth on it on going to make this popular, I’m betting.
Maverick: A slim looking profile for this. Nice large visor. Are those HORNS on tops of it?!
Noble: I’m SO very happy that there is a Reach style helmet here. Carter’s is a GREAT choice!
Recluse: Okay, first, just the name is cool. As in Brown Recluse Spider….Those two big “Eyes” on it tho!
Technician: This is the helmet of Spartan Tanaka. Definitely another that just FEELS right. Good visor size, check and jaw protection.
Venture: Ohhhh Yeaahhh This just looks evil! Despite it’s wide spread ‘eyes’, it just screams, ‘Be VERY scared of me!”

Helmets I don’t like:
Foehammer: Too bad the name isn’t enough. I appreciate 343 honoring Foehammer. But this helmet design isn’t doing it for me.
Hellcat: For the most part, I’m not a big fan of visorless or misplaced visors on a helmet. This just looks a metal bucket plopped onto a head.
Vector: Um, it has a big bulbous THING on it’s forehead…

Not sure:
Interceptor: Hmm, looks like a stunted growth of a Defender helmet and a little bit of Stormtrooper from Star Wars
Legionnaire: I like the name. I get what they are going for. But the nose guard doesn’t quite look right. Or maybe it’s the large jaw??
Reaper: Another that seems like a mix of a couple. A bit of War Master in it for sure. The cheeks are a little puffy for me. Again, will have to see this in full color before I decide if I like it or not.
Seeker: This has potential. Seems like an Egyptian headdress. Again, have to see this in color first.
Teishin: Hmm, I ding the cultural name of it. Will have to see this one in full color.
Valkyrie: I mostly like this. Just not sure about the low jaw line

Any other ones not mentioned are neither great nor bad. They just fall in the middle somewhere.

Okay…I’ve done my homework on these folks…..LOL.

Are you going to try and collect them all? I most certainly will!!
-Sal

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4 thoughts on “All currently known Halo 5 Helmets! (and explanations of many of the names of the helmets)

  1. Awesome!

    Some of these are great looking! Others, not so much……

    Thanks for taking the time to type this out!

    • Did you follow any of the links? Which ones did you like more and which ones didn’t you like.

  2. Another link you could add for the CSAR variant of Aviator.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_search_and_rescue

    I have usually heard this pronounced as “Caesar”. One of the main characters (an US Air Force Colonel and MH-53J pilot) in Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger had the call sign “Ceasar” because he was the king of Combat Search and Rescue.

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