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Unggoy Minor
Species and equipment information
Species	Unggoy
Weapons	Needler Plasma Grenade Plasma Pistol Plasma Cannon Shade Fuel Rod Gun Any Unggoy-wieldable weapon given in Campaign.
Equipment	Methane environmental suit Active camouflage (Halo 2 only)
Vehicles	Ghosts
Political and military information
Role	Foot soldiers, Cannon fodder
Notable members	Guff Bapap Final Grunt Flim Gagaw Yull Zawaz
Affiliation	Covenant Empire Covenant Loyalists Covenant Separatists
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The Unggoy Minor is the lowest and most common Covenant Unggoy rank. They are almost always infantry and are the most common infantry unit in the Covenant Army.

DescriptionEdit

Minors are the lowest form of rank in the Unggoy ranking system, essentially being little more than expendable cannon fodder, although they prove much more of a threat in large numbers. They are one of the most common enemies, rivaled only by the Flood Infection Forms. However, on higher difficulties such as Heroic and Legendary, they became somewhat uncommon, mostly replaced with Unggoy Majors and Ultras.

Bearing light-orange methane breathers and armor, Sangheili and Jiralhanae often send them into battle with little or no compunction.

Minors are the rough equivalent of the UNSC Private. Theoretically equal in rank to Kig-Yar Minors, they will often be seen in groups with several other Unggoy Minors, usually being led by a Unggoy Major, Sangheili, or Jiralhanae. Minors exhibit various combat behaviors when their commander is killed; the most common combat behavior being to simply retreat and seek cover, but sometimes will arm themselves with plasma grenades and attempting to perform a Suicide Attack by charging towards the enemy.

TriviaEdit

Minor Grunts usually do not throw Plasma Grenades, but when they do, they sometimes throw them at point-blank range and accidentally kill themselves and/or their allies instead of the player.
Unggoy Minors appear in almost every level where you meet Covenant in all seven Halo games.
- The only levels where they don't appear are The Library from Halo: Combat Evolved, The Arbiter, The Oracle, Sacred Icon, Quarantine Zone and The Great Journey from Halo 2, Floodgate, and Cortana from Halo 3.
In Halo 3: ODST Grunt Minors, Grunt Majors and Grunt Ultras regularly wield Fuel Rod Guns in Firefight.
In Halo 3, punching a Grunt may break off its breathing apparatus. However, very rarely, one can break off the apparatus but not kill the Grunt.
Minecraft released a Grunt Minor Skin in the Xbox 360 edition along with the Master Chief and a Brute Major.