Achievement

The "Vidmaster" set of achievements found in Halo 3.

An Achievement is a reward given to players when they accomplish certain gaming feats decided by the developer in videogames published for Games for Windows Live and the Xbox 360 console. Since the launch of the Xbox 360, it has been a mandatory requirement by Microsoft that all videogames published on the console (including 360 versions of multiplatform games) feature Achievements.

Most Achievements also award the player Gamerpoints that count towards a gamer's total Gamerscore. These points, while not redeemable, are intended to serve as a tangible form of special rewards for unusual or skilled actions within game play.^[1] Most games contain 30-50 Achievements and a total of 1000 Gamerscore, though these numbers can be increased through the release of DLC packs.

[edit] Halo 2 Vista Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo 2 Vista

The PC version of Halo 2 was the first Halo game to contain Achievements. Since Halo 2 was released on the original Xbox, the Achievement system had not yet been invented. However, Achievements were added to the release of Halo 2 as a game for Windows.

	Achievements in Halo 2 Vista Source
Campaign	Cairo Station • Outskirts • Metropolis • The Arbiter • Oracle • Delta Halo • Regret • Sacred Icon • Gravemind • Uprising • High Charity • The Great Journey • Warrior • Hero • Legend • King of the Scarab • Silent But Deadly • Demon • Go Ape Shiv
Multiplayer	Air Traffic Controller • Assassin • Bonecracker • Carjacking • Counterpoint • Decorated Soldier • Double Kill • Flaming Ninja • Hired Gun • Killing Spree • Killtacular • Ninja • Rainman • Running Riot • Roadkill • Skewer Stopper • Sniper Kill • Stick It • Triple Kill • Vigilante • Violent Cartographer

[edit] Halo 3 Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo 3

In Halo 3, there are currently 79 Achievements to unlock, worth a total of 1,750 Gamerscore. Halo 3 was originally released with 49 Achievements, worth the standard 1,000 Gamerscore, but an additional 30 were added dealing with new downloadable content, four of which were part of the Road to Recon challenge. The completion of these achievements, called the Vidmasters, plus the last three in Halo 3: ODST would unlock the Recon armor for player models in multiplayer. Various achievements unlock armor permutations.

	Achievements in Halo 3 Source
Campaign	Landfall • Holdout • The Road • Assault • Cleansing • Refuge • Last Stand • The Key • Return • Campaign Complete: Normal • Campaign Complete: Heroic • Campaign Complete: Legendary • Marathon Man
Meta-Game	Guerilla • Demon • Cavalier • Askar • Exterminator • Ranger • Vanguard • Orpheus • Reclaimer
Campaign Skulls	Iron • Black Eye • Tough Luck • Catch • Fog • Famine • Thunderstorm • Tilt • Mythic
Mythic Map Skulls	Assembly Skull • Citadel Skull • Heretic Skull • Longshore Skull • Orbital Skull • Sandbox Skull
Multiplayer	Graduate • UNSC Spartan • Spartan Officer • Two for One • Too Close to the Sun • Triple Kill • Overkill • Lee R. Wilson Memorial • We're in for Some Chop • Killing Frenzy • Steppin' Razor • Mongoose Mowdown • Up Close and Personal • Fear the Pink Mist • Headshot Honcho • Used Car Salesman • MVP • Maybe Next Time Buddy
Legendary Maps Multiplayer	Look Both Ways • Road Rage • Flag Dropped • Defend This • Came... From... Behind • Alas, Poor Yorick • Double Double
Mythic Maps Multiplayer	Hammer Time • Blades of Fury • Ghost Patrol • Post Mortem • ... Get the Horns • Awww, Too Bad • Killtacular • Have Fun Respawning • Save This Film • Delicious Brains • Zombie Repeller • Tank Dropper • Pull!
Vidmaster Challenges	Vidmaster Challenge: Lightswitch • Vidmaster Challenge: Annual • Vidmaster Challenge: 7 on 7 • Vidmaster Challenge: Brainpan

[edit] Halo Wars Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo Wars

58 Achievements appear in Halo Wars, adding 1200 Gamerscore points^[2]. All of these Achievements are listed below.

	Achievements in Halo Wars Source
Campaign	Adjudicate The Arbiter • Detour The Great Journey • Momma's Boy • Crushed Colors • Mr. Punctual • Own Worst Enemy • Wall Of Recognition • Epic Grinder
Campaign Level Medals	Everything's Better With Bacon • Endless Fun • Covenant "Hot Drop" • The Real Winner • He's Got The Jack • Rhino Hugger • Micro Manager • Ramblin' Man • Sweet Naptime • The Procrastinator • Battened Down The Hatches • Handy With Tools • Beaming With Pride • Didn't Get To Second Base • Thinkin' About My Doorbell
Co-Op Campaign	Backscratcher • OMG BFF FTW
Skirmish	Playin' The Field • Gallivant Around The Galaxy • Empire Builder • Titan • Big Al's Scooter • My Virtual Friends Love Me • 2 Bugs Are Better Than 1 • Penny Pincher
Multiplayer	N00b n0 M0r3 • So Lonely At The Top • Basically Naive • Officer On Deck • Running The Show
Strategic Options DLC Achievements	One and Done • Pull Hard, Pull Deep • Freak on a Streak • Living Loving Bug
Historic Battle Map Pack	Tour Coming Through • Never Leave a Man Behind • Drain Cleaner • Killjoy
Other	Walk-Off Winner • Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas • Graverobber • Halo Academic • Halo Historian • Ready For The Sequel • 24 Hours Of Quality
Secret Achievements	Meet Sergeant Forge • Ice Warriors • Key To Pirth • Ugly Is Only Skin Deep • No Way Home?

[edit] Halo 3: ODST Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo 3: ODST

All Achievements in Halo 3: ODST are listed below. Unlike the Achievements from Halo 3, the actions required by several Achievements in ODST must be completed on specific levels in order to count. For example, the I Like Fire Achievement can only be unlocked on the Data Hive level. There are three Vidmaster challenges to complete in this game, and if these three achievements and the remaining four in Halo 3 are completed, the Recon armor is unlocked for player models in multiplayer.

	Achievements in Halo 3: ODST Source
Campaign	Tayari Plaza • Uplift Reserve • Kizingo Boulevard • ONI Alpha Site • NMPD HQ • Kikowani Station • Data Hive • Coastal Highway • Campaign Complete: Normal • Campaign Complete: Heroic • Campaign Complete: Legendary • Listener • Tuned In • All Ears • Audiophile • Tourist • Heal Up • Junior Detective • Gumshoe • Super Sleuth • Wraith Killer • Both Tubes • Laser Blaster • Dome Inspector • I Like Fire • Naughty Naughty • Good Samaritan • Headcase • Trading Down • Dark Times • My Clothes! • Boom, Headshot • Pink and Deadly • Ewww, Sticky • Stunning!
Firefight	Be Like Marty • Firefight: Last Exit • Firefight: Chasm Ten • Firefight: Windward • Firefight: Lost Platoon • Firefight: Crater • Firefight: Rally Point • Firefight: Alpha Site • Firefight: Security Zone
Vidmaster Challenges	Vidmaster Challenge: Classic • Vidmaster Challenge: Deja Vu • Vidmaster Challenge: Endure

[edit] Halo Waypoint

It is worth noting that Halo Waypoint has no achievements in and of itself. This is likely due to the fact that because Waypoint contains no original gameplay, any Achievements granted by it would just be rewarding players again for accomplishments they had already completed. Waypoint instead has Awards, achievable and viewable simply by accessing Waypoint after carrying out certain tasks in the various Halo games.

[edit] Halo: Reach Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo: Reach

In Halo: Reach, there are 59 achievements and 1400 Gamerscore in total. Like Halo 3, there were originally 49 achievements and 1000 Gamerscore before the release of the Noble Map Pack and Defiant Map Pack, which added 10 achievement and 400 gamerpoints to the list. Achievements in Halo: Reach will also earn the player credits in the game.^[3]

	Achievements in Halo: Reach Source
Campaign	The Soldier We Needed You To Be • Folks Need Heroes... • Gods Must Be Strong • A Monument to All Your Sins • We're Just Getting Started • Protocol Dictates Action • I Need a Weapon • To War • You Flew Pretty Good • Into the Howling Dark • Dust and Echoes • This is Not Your Grave… • Send Me Out... with a Bang • They've Always Been Faster • Two Corpses in One Grave • Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet • Banshees, Fast and Low • If They Came to Hear Me Beg • ‎Wake Up, Buttercup • Tank Beats Everything • Lucky Me • ‎KEEP IT CLEAN • I Didn't Train to Be a Pilot
Firefight	Crowd Control • Knife to a Gunfight • Score Attack • Firestarter • Blaze of Glory • Heat in the Pipe • Game, Set, Match
Multiplayer	Be My Wingman, Anytime • Skunked! • What's a Killing Spree? • Yes, Sensei
Noble Maps Multiplayer	Both Barrels • Cross-Mappin' • Offensive Driver • Poppin' & Lockin' • Totally Worth It • You Ate All the Chips • You Blew It Up!
Defiant Maps Multiplayer	Candy From a Baby • Crackin' Skulls • Return to Sender • All Alone • Don't Touch That! • Paper Beats Rock
Anniversary Maps Multiplayer	Top Shot • Emergency Room • Stick it to the Man! • Dive Bomber • License to Kill • Bounty Hunter • From Hell's Heart
Training	Doctor, Doctor • That's a Knife • I See You Favor a .45 • An Elegant Weapon… • Swap Meet • A Spoonful of Blamite
Player Experience	Make It Rain • A New Challenger • The Start of Something • An Honor Serving • A Storage Solution • Make it Drizzle • Cool File, Bro • Lemme Upgrade Ya • One Down, 51 to Go

[edit] Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Achievements

Main article: List of Achievements for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

In Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, there are 51 achievements and 1250 Gamerscore in total.

[edit] Sources

1. ^ http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/tips/achievements.htm
2. ^ Halo Wars Achievements
3. ^ Bungie Weekly Update: Bungie Weekly Update: 03.26.10

[edit] Related Pages

• Vidmaster Challenges