Guide by: WhineyRabbit, mmartynn There are 58 achievements with a total of 1200 points.
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 | Adjudicate the Arbiter | 30  | ||||
| Complete the Campaign on Heroic Difficulty | ||||||
| See the "Detour The Great Journey" achievement. | ||||||
 | Detour the Great Journey | 50 | ||||
| Complete the Campaign on Legendary Difficulty | ||||||
| To unlock this achievement you must complete all 15 campaign missions on the Legendary difficulty. If you find yourself outnumbered, just remember the 3 R's, Regroup, Retreat and Recruit. Using skulls does not affect this achievement, so use all positive skulls to make the game easier. Unlocking this achievement will also unlock the "Adjudicate the Arbiter" achievement as they are stackable. For a guide to completing the game on Legendary see this thread (LINK). | ||||||
 | Momma's Boy | 5 | ||||
| Get a Gold Medal on any mission | ||||||
| Best done on the first mission, you need a score of 27000 points or more. It's quite easy, play the level on easy and rush through as quick as possible killing everything you see, if you complete all sub objectives, and complete the mission in less than 8 minutes, this will unlock easily. | ||||||
 | Crushed Colors | 10 | ||||
| Improve your Score in any Campaign Mission | ||||||
| Complete a campaign mission getting a low medal like bronze, then replay the mission on the same difficulty and improve on it with a better medal. An easy way to do this is to activate all positive skulls for your first playthrough of a mission to get a negative multiplier, then replay the mission with all negative skulls to get a positive multiplier. | ||||||
 | Mr. Punctual | 15 | ||||
| Finish all missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty | ||||||
| For this achievement you must finish all of the campaign missions within the times listed below: Mission 01: 5 - 12 Mission 02: 15 - 30 Mission 03: 8 - 18 Mission 04: 21 - 35 Mission 05: 21 - 35 Mission 06: 15 - 30 Mission 07: 12 - 24 Mission 08: 18 - 30 Mission 09: 18 - 30 Mission 10: 20 - 32 Mission 11: 20 - 30 Mission 12: 8 - 18 Mission 13: 20 - 60 Mission 14: 15 - 30 Mission 15: 20 - 33 This achievement can be unlocked on the Heroic or Legendary difficulties. | ||||||
 | Own Worst Enemy | 20 | ||||
| Get a Gold Medal with all Debuff Skulls Active | ||||||
| You need to activate the following skulls and complete a level: - Fog - Sickness - Rebel Sympathizer - Rebel Supporter - Rebel Leader Please note you must activate the skulls at the start of the level. | ||||||
 | Wall of Recognition | 30 | ||||
| Get a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission | ||||||
| Here are the scores required for each Gold Medal: Mission 01: 27000 Mission 02: 70000 Mission 03: 45000 Mission 04: 50000 Mission 05: 40000 Mission 06: 45000 Mission 07: 32000 Mission 08: 30000 Mission 09: 35000 Mission 10: 55000 Mission 11: 30000 Mission 12: 32000 Mission 13: 40000 Mission 14: 30000 Mission 15: 30000 Note: If you play the levels in co-op both you and your partners scores are added together. The gold medals can be earned on any difficulty or any combination of difficulties. For example you could have gold medals on half the levels on Normal, then go back and get the rest on Easy, or get them all on Heroic. | ||||||
 | Epic Grinder | 40 | ||||
| Obtain a Lifetime Campaign Score over 1,000,000 | ||||||
| If you get all Gold Medal scores you will earn 591,000 points. Do all gold medals on one difficulty then do them on another to get two Gold Medal scores for each level until you hit 1 million. | ||||||
 | Everything's Better with Bacon | 5 | ||||
| Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts with Warthogs | ||||||
| This achievement can be tricky. Do the mission on Heroic, ram the units and retreat, let the ability recharge and repeat. You must kill the enemy before the AI do. When you get another Warthog, use that instead of Forge as it wont kill the enemy as easily and give you more grunts to ram. Activating the following skulls will also help: - Rebel Sympathizer - Catch - Sugar Cookies - Emperor | ||||||
 | Endless Fun | 5 | ||||
| Mission 2: Destroy every Methane Tank | ||||||
| The refinery is on the west of the map, find all methane tanks and destroy them, some are hidden by shields, one is in your base and one is slightly south of the eastern warthog area. | ||||||
 | Covenant "Hot Drop" | 5 | ||||
| Mission 3: Kill at least 5 Covenant Units with the Bridge | ||||||
| After Professor Anders hacks the bridge terminal to switch it on, you will be able to turn the bridge on or off. Wait for 5 Covenant Units to walk onto the bridge and then switch it off to kill them. | ||||||
 | The Real Winner | 5 | ||||
| Mission 4: Save Adam | ||||||
| In the south of the map near where you begin there are some skyscrapers slightly to the north. Click on the control panel near it to release Adam, protect him until he gets to Ship 2 and when he boards this achievement will unlock. The panel is near the Black Box. | ||||||
 | He's Got The Jack | 5 | ||||
| Mission 5: Jack 6 Covenant Vehicles | ||||||
Spartan's have a special ability that allows them to capture enemy vehicles, to do this, select the Spartan unit and press the  button over an enemy vehicle to capture the vehicle. Repeat this five times to unlock the achievement. | ||||||
 | Rhino Hugger | 5 | ||||
| Mission 6: Successfully protect every Rhino | ||||||
| If they get harmed, use healing powers. Construct a base and train 2 Wolverines and one scorpion, base those next to the Rhino's you need to protect. Best done on Easy. | ||||||
 | Micro Manager | 5 | ||||
| Mission 7: Do not destroy any Power Node | ||||||
| Best way to do this is don't move your units, just keep Mach Blasting the Scarab until it falls, this method can only be done on easy. | ||||||
 | Ramblin' Man | 5 | ||||
| Mission 8: Use Elephants to train 100 Infantry | ||||||
| Do this on Legendary, set an Elephant's rally point to a heavily populated flood area and just keep spawning them until this unlocks. Your infantry will die leaving you more population to create more. | ||||||
 | Sweet Naptime | 5 | ||||
| Mission 9: Put every Colony in Hibernation Mode at the same time | ||||||
| Build 10 Hornets and go around the map and kill all the big infections. Once you kill one you will get a sub mission and a map directing you to all of them. You will be notified when you kill one and it will gray out on the map. When they are all dead make sure they all stay that way and proceed to the boss you have to kill. Shoot it a couple of time with your hornets and it will die. Easiest done on Easy difficulty. | ||||||
 | The Procrastinator | 5 | ||||
| Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams | ||||||
| There are four tractor beams on the map, one in each corner, clear the paths to and the areas around the tractor beams to make way for the vehicles you use to disrupt them. Make sure you only clear the top and bottom swarms so you can get to the final two before the mission ends. | ||||||
 | Battened Down the Hatches | 5 | ||||
| Mission 11: Save all the Airlocks | ||||||
| Do this on easy, build turrets around the airlocks, make plenty of flying units and destroy everything as quickly as possible, make sure they're still destroyed when the ring passes. | ||||||
 | Handy with Tools | 5 | ||||
| Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes | ||||||
| Firstly direct all the Cyclops's you have to the core. Then go to the right of the map and select the airlock and spawn as many Cyclops's as you can and as soon as they spawn direct them to the power core. Its essential to use health on the power core as soon as it becomes available. Easiest done on Easy in co-op. Use the skulls Bountiful Harvest and Pain Train, they will reduce training times by 50 and make resources come in 25% faster. | ||||||
 | Beaming with Pride | 5 | ||||
| Mission 13: Destroy 25 units with the Scarab | ||||||
| On the far east side of the map is an abandoned Scarab, simply kill the roots near it to free it and then jack it with your spartan, it becomes yours. Use it to kill 25 units. | ||||||
 | Didn't Get To Second Base | 5 | ||||
| Mission 14: Don't claim an extra base | ||||||
| This mission only requires one base, build lots of fully upgraded scorpions and storm the area, leave Elephant in first base to make sure it doesn't get damaged. Just don't build another base and finish the mission. | ||||||
 | Thinkin' about My Doorbell | 5 | ||||
| Mission 15: Open the Doors in order | ||||||
Build a strong army preferably of Vultures and follow this guide: | ||||||
 | Backscratcher | 10 | ||||
| Complete any Campaign Mission in Co-op Mode | ||||||
| See the "OMG BFF FTW" achievement. | ||||||
 | OMG BFF FTW | 40 | ||||
| Complete entire Campaign in Co-op Mode | ||||||
| Difficulty doesn't make a difference so easiest done in easy mode. There is no split screen option in Halo Wars so must be done over live or system link. Simply complete all campaign missions in co-op on any difficulty. | ||||||
 | Playin' the Field | 15 | ||||
| Win a Skirmish Game with every Leader | ||||||
| There are six different leaders to play with, in the lobby before beginning, go on options to change between them. Simply be the winner or on the winning team with each leader. | ||||||
 | Gallivant around the Galaxy | 25 | ||||
| Win a game on every Skirmish Map | ||||||
| Again, easiest done on skirmish mode while going for "Playin' The Field" There are 14 different skirmish maps. 5 are 1v1, 6 are 2v2 and 3 are 3v3. | ||||||
 | Empire Builder | 5 | ||||
| Win a game in every Skirmish Game Mode | ||||||
| Complete one Skirmish game on the Standard mode, and one on Deathmatch. | ||||||
 | Titan | 15 | ||||
| Get 20,000 points in any Skirmish Game | ||||||
This video has the best solution: | ||||||
 | Big Al's Scooter | 10 | ||||
| Win a Heroic Skirmish Game against the AI in under 10 minutes | ||||||
| See the "Penny Pincher" achievement. | ||||||
 | My Virtual Friends Love Me | 10 | ||||
| Win a 3v3 Skirmish game with 2 AI Allies | ||||||
| Set up a 3v3 Skirmish Game set the difficulty to easy and win the match. | ||||||
 | Walk-Off Winner | 30 | ||||
| Use one of the 6 Major Leader Powers to destroy an enemy's last unit | ||||||
| Play the mission with the Scarab on easy and just Mac Blast it until it dies. Make sure the last shot is a Mac Blast too. | ||||||
 | 2 Bugs are Better Than 1 | 10 | ||||
| Win a Skirmish Game with Dual Scarabs | ||||||
| This can be done over Xbox Live or on Skirmish mode. Play as the Covenant and have 2 Scarabs built, destroy their final units and the achievement will unlock if you have two alive. | ||||||
 | Penny Pincher | 10 | ||||
| Get a winning High Score with 10 or less Squads against the Heroic AI | ||||||
| To get this achievement set up a 1v1 Deathmatch skirmish against Forge, using Captain Cutter on the Chasms map, as soon as it starts, set your global rally point to the BACK of the enemy's base. Que up 9 Warthogs and send your current one to the rally point. By this point he should have one building in construction. Destroy it and when the other Warthogs come over, begin attacking the base and destroying any building he attempts to build. | ||||||
 | N00b n0 M0r3 | 10 | ||||
| Win a Matchmade Skirmish Game on Xbox LIVE | ||||||
| Go on Xbox Live, select Public Game and win a game. | ||||||
 | So Lonely at the Top | 20 | ||||
| Win and have the Highest Score in a Matchmade Skirmish Game on Xbox LIVE | ||||||
| Select Xbox Live, play a public game and win the game with the highest score. Upgrade everything, take over lots of bases and build maximum amount of units. | ||||||
 | Basically Naive | 10 | ||||
| Obtain the Recruit Rank on Xbox LIVE | ||||||
| See the "Running The Show" achievement. | ||||||
 | Officer on Deck | 30 | ||||
| Obtain the Lieutenant Rank on Xbox LIVE | ||||||
| See the "Running The Show" achievement. | ||||||
 | Running the Show | 50 | ||||
| Obtain the General Rank on Xbox LIVE | ||||||
| You rank up based on the points you score in a match. Upgrade everything, take over lots of bases and build maximum amount of units, this will help gain more points. The more units and buildings destroyed raises your score, and the less units you lose, more supplies gathered and technologies researched raises your multiplayer. Points required: Recruit: 500 Points. Lieutenant: 80,000. General: 2,400,000 Points. | ||||||
 | Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas | 5 | ||||
| Collect your first Skull | ||||||
| See the "Graverobber" achievement. | ||||||
 | Graverobber | 30 | ||||
| Collect all Skulls | ||||||
| This guide by BTHR Zero X shows the location of all of the skulls (LINK). | ||||||
 | Halo Academic | 15 | ||||
| Unlock 20 Timeline Events | ||||||
See the "Halo Historian" achievement. | ||||||
 | Halo Historian | 40 | ||||
| Unlock All Timeline Events | ||||||
| There are 41 locked events. To unlock them gather all black boxes, win on every skirmish map and win skirmish with every leader. Black Box Locations: Mission 1: There's a ramp leading under the bridge the the Covenant shield, it's under there. Mission 2: Through the north west Covenant shield near the methane tanks. Mission 3: At the start turn around and head down the ramp to the west, follow the path. Mission 4: North of the west base location, next to the sky bridge. Mission 5: Near the center capturable reactor, go down steps to reach it. Mission 6: The island you have to place the third Rhino tank, underground entrance south west of the site, the box is in the entrance. Mission 7: Go as far to the north east as possible, it's near some supply crates. Mission 8: Eastern edge of map, in the middle of the plateau surrounded by trees. Mission 9: In the corner near the bordering mountains to the west. Mission 10: Near the middle set of units that you evacuate. Mission 11: South west section of ship where it starts to get wider, on one side of the flood base, not accessible by ground units. Mission 12: On the very west side of the ship near the gun turrets, not accessible by ground units. Mission 13: Top of a cliff to the north east. Mission 14: Near the first covenant base to the south west, can be accessed from the first elevation. Mission 15: North edge of the central circle shield. | ||||||
 | Ready for the Sequel | 75 | ||||
| 100% Completion | ||||||
| To unlock this achievement complete the campaign, obtain a gold medal on each mission, collect all skulls and black boxes and unlock the following achievements: - "Titan" - "Halo Historian" - "Graverobber" - "Wall of Recognition" - "Epic Grinder" - "Playin' The Field" - "Gallivant Around The Galaxy" - "Empire Builder" - All 15 Mission Specific 5 Point Achievement | ||||||
 | 24 Hours of Quality | 20 | ||||
| Play Halo Wars for at least 24 Total Hours | ||||||
| Only ingame time counts towards this achievement. This achievement will come naturally. | ||||||
 | One and Done | 30 | ||||
| Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary AIs. | ||||||
 | Pull Hard, Pull Deep | 20 | ||||
| Win and never trail in a Tug of War game. | ||||||
 | Freak on a Streak | 20 | ||||
| Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game. | ||||||
 | Living Loving Bug | 30 | ||||
| Get a Scarab during a Reinforcement game. | ||||||
 | Tour Coming Through | 30 | ||||
| Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Barrens. | ||||||
| Offline Method: start a 1v1 on barrens, standard. set the AI to easy and the leader as cutter. set yourself as the arbiter. make your leader temple and a few supply pads and go take another base. at this base, build turrets, shield generator and supply pads. upgrade your arbiter, your supply pads, turrets and both ages. buy the followers upgrade. lock your base up and send your ghost to be destroyed. now build 50 suicide grunts. when they all have finished building, send your arbiter off somewhere and set your global rally point in the gravity lift, unlock your base and watch as the grunts run for your achievement **note, some people are saying that sending one unit through 50 times unlocks this achievement, when i tried this, it never worked and i had to use 50 separate units** Online Method: start a 1v1 on barrens, standard mode, both set yourself as the arbiter. go around taking the bases and building supply pads until you have enough resources to build both ages and followers upgrades. then lock your base up and build 50 suicide grunts, send your arbiter off somewhere. when all the grunts have finished building, unlock your base, hot drop them through the gravity lift to your leader and the achievement is yours | ||||||
 | Never Leave a Man Behind | 15 | ||||
| Finish with 5000 net resources tributed to your teammates on Memorial Basin except in Deathmatch. | ||||||
| Offline Method: start a 2v2 on Memorial Basin, have the 3 AI to easy and the leaders as cutter, set the game mode to standard. set yourself as Sargent forge as he starts off with heavy supply pads. build nothing but supply pads, then do the fortress upgrade, and build 2 more supply pads. wait till you have 5000 resources. give them all to your team mate AI, then win or lose the game and this achievement is yours. Online Method: start a 2v2 on Memorial Basin, all of you set yourself as Sargent forge as he starts off with heavy supply pads. build nothing but supply pads, then do the fortress upgrade, and build 2 more supply pads. wait till you have 5000 resources. give them all to your team mate then win or lose the game and this achievement is yours. | ||||||
 | Drain Cleaner | 30 | ||||
| Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin. | ||||||
| Offline Method: start a 1v1 on memorial basin, standard game mode, set the AI to easy and the leader to cutter. set yourself as the arbiter. start by building your leader temple and supply pads. go take all but his base on the map and build nothing but supply pads. keep upgrading them and your arbiter. when you have around 3000 resources head to the reactors and build locations, killing all the rebels whilst in rage mode. whilst still in rage, head to the other places, this should get around 17 of the 20 kills needed, so head to the AI's base and kill his army until you get the achievement, just remember to stay in rage the entire time! Online Method: start a 1v1 on memorial basin, standard game mode, both set as the arbiter. start by building your leader temple and supply pads. go take the bases on the map and build nothing but supply pads. keep upgrading them and your arbiter. when you have around 3000 resources ask your friend to send 20 suicide grunts, kill them all whilst your in rage and the achievement is yours. | ||||||
 | Killjoy | 25 | ||||
| Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River. | ||||||
| Offline Method: start a 1v1 on blood river, standard mode, normal AI, set the AI leader as arbiter and set yourself as cutter. build up your base and army as normally would, wait for the AI voice to say they're going to attack your base. when they do start killing his troops only! he will try to use his rage on your base, army and grandmother, just drop a disruption bomb on him and you should get the achievement. if not, kill him, let him come back for more and drop another disruption bomb on him. Online Method: start a 1v1 on blood river, standard mode, have yourself as cutter and your friend as the any covenant leader, meet each other in the middle of the map, get your friend to use his power and drop a disruption bomb on him. rise and repeat 4 more times and the achievement is yours. | ||||||
Secret Achievements | ||||||
 | Meet Sergeant Forge | 10 | ||||
| Completed Mission 1 on any difficulty | ||||||
| Exactly what it says on the tin. Complete the first mission, "Alpha Base" on any difficulty. | ||||||
 | Ice Warriors | 40 | ||||
| Completed Act I on any difficulty | ||||||
| Complete missions 1, 2 and 3. | ||||||
 | Key to Pirth | 50 | ||||
| Completed Act II on any difficulty | ||||||
| Complete missions 4, 5, 6 and 7. | ||||||
 | Ugly is only Skin Deep | 70 | ||||
| Completed Act III on any difficulty | ||||||
| Complete missions 8, 9, 10 and 11. | ||||||
 | No Way Home? | 70 | ||||
| Completed Act IV on any difficulty | ||||||
| Complete missions 12, 13, 14 and 15. Check out a guide for completing the missions on Easy by Rabbit x360a (LINK). | ||||||
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| Developed By: Ensemble Studios / Bungie Software Published By: Microsoft Genre: Real-Time Strategy Release Date: US: March 03, 2009 Europe: February 27, 2009 Japan: February 26, 2009 |  | ||
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