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Achievement Guide: Halo Wars

Guide by: WhineyRabbit, mmartynn
There are 58 achievements with a total of 1200 points.
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- Estimated Achievement Difficulty: 7/10
- Offline Achievements: 43 (830 )
- Online Achievements: 7 (170 )
- Approximate Time for 950 : 30 - 40 Hours
- Approximate Time for 1000 : 100 + Hours
- Minimum Number of Playthroughs Needed for Completion: 1
- Number of Missable Achievements: 15
- Glitched Achievements: None
- Do Cheat Codes Disable Achievements: No Cheats
- Does Difficulty Affect Achievements: Yes

Introduction
Welcome to Halo Wars, the prequal to the Halo series which brings RTS to the series, exclusively on the Xbox 360.

This game has a rather easy set of 43 achievements and 7 which make you want to scream. It will take roughly 30-40 hours to get all the achievements apart from the "Running The Show" achievement which requires 3.2 million exp on xbox live. You get roughly 2000-3000 exp per 2 hour game, same this achievement will take many hours to unlock.

Step #1: Campaign
If you want to mop up the campaign in one play through you will need to play on the hardest difficulty, on co-op. Whilst you're playing through the campaign, every single mission requires you to get the following:

- A Skull
- A Black Box
- A Gold Medal
- Finish In Par Time
- An achievement worth 5 points

To get the skulls you will be given a secondary objective to kill a certain amount of a particular units, then it will show up. The black boxes are in set locations.

Gold Medals are very tough to get, they require you to finish the level with a specific score, doing all secondary objectives and killing plenty of units, using skulls, and doing so quickly will allow you to do this.

The par times are all set and are usually around 30 minutes, a full list can be found under the "Mr. Punctual" achievement.

Although the game can be completed in one playthrough I recommended that you take two playthroughs to get the single player achievements. The first one being on easy with a co-op partner, getting all skulls, black boxes and gold medals, and the second completing the game on legendary within par time.

Step #2: Skirmish Mode
There are 7 achievements that must be completed in Skirmish mode, they are:

- "Playin' The Field"
- "Gallivant Around The Galaxy"
- "Empire Builder"
- "Titan"
- "Big Al's Scooter"
- "Penny Pincher"
- "My Virtual Friends Love Me".

Start with "Empire Builder" by winning one Standard game and one Deathmatch game. Then win a game with each leader for "Playin' The Field", play each leader on a different map to work towards the "Gallivant Around The Galaxy" achievement, play against easy computers on the Deathmatch mode for faster wins.

Win a skirmish game with 20,000 or more points for the "Titan" achievement, then win a 3v3 game for the "My Virtual Friends Love Me" achievement. Finally unlock the "Big Al's Scooter" and "Penny Pincher" achievements in the same game against an AI set to the Heroic difficulty.

You can also unlock the "Walk-Off Winner" and "2 Bugs Are Better Than 1" achievements in skirmish mode, or on Xbox Live if you prefer.

Step #3: Xbox Live
There are 5 achievements that must be completed over Xbox Live, they are:

- "N00b N0 M0r3"
- "So Lonely At The Top"
- "Basically Naive"
- "Officer On Deck"
- "Running The Show"

First get the "N00b N0 M0r3" achievement by simply being in the winning team in a game, when you win your first game you will also get "Basically Naive" achievement.

Next win a game and be ranked first to get the "So Lonely At The Top" achievement. Get 800,000 exp online to become a Lieutenant and unlock the "Officer on Deck" achievement.

Finally unlock the "Running The Show" achievement by reaching 2,400,000 exp. This will require many hours spent playing online matches to unlock.

Step #4: Mop Up
If you've found all of the black boxes, and skulls in the campaign, finished all missions within par times on Heroic, have gold medals on every missions, and all Skirmish achievements unlocked, you will unlock the "Ready For The Sequel" Achievement.

Now all that's left to do is reach 24 hours of playtime, only time spent in matches counts. Finally you should unlock the "Crushed Colors" and "Own Worst Enemy" achievements.

Conclusion
If you've reached this point and have the full 1,000 then congratulations, you have a lot more patience with this game then most people. Beating it on Legendary and earning 3.2 million exp is no easy task.

If you are a completionist, be prepared for a lot of games. Other than a few achievements, the game is pretty easy and straight forward, but expect to spend a lot of time when going for the "Running The Show" achievement.
[x360a would like to thank WhineyRabbit for this Road Map]


Adjudicate the Arbiter30
Complete the Campaign on Heroic Difficulty
See the "Detour The Great Journey" achievement.
Detour the Great Journey50
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 Boy5
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 Colors10
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. Punctual15
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 Enemy20
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 Recognition30
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 Grinder40
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 Bacon5
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 Fun5
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 Winner5
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 Jack5
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 Hugger5
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 Manager5
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' Man5
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 Naptime5
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 Procrastinator5
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 Hatches5
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 Tools5
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 Pride5
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 Base5
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 Doorbell5
Mission 15: Open the Doors in order
Build a strong army preferably of Vultures and follow this guide:

Backscratcher10
Complete any Campaign Mission in Co-op Mode
See the "OMG BFF FTW" achievement.
OMG BFF FTW40
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 Field15
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 Galaxy25
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 Builder5
Win a game in every Skirmish Game Mode
Complete one Skirmish game on the Standard mode, and one on Deathmatch.
Titan15
Get 20,000 points in any Skirmish Game

This video has the best solution:

Big Al's Scooter10
Win a Heroic Skirmish Game against the AI in under 10 minutes
See the "Penny Pincher" achievement.
My Virtual Friends Love Me10
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 Winner30
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 110
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 Pincher10
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 M0r310
Win a Matchmade Skirmish Game on Xbox LIVE
Go on Xbox Live, select Public Game and win a game.
So Lonely at the Top20
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 Naive10
Obtain the Recruit Rank on Xbox LIVE
See the "Running The Show" achievement.
Officer on Deck30
Obtain the Lieutenant Rank on Xbox LIVE
See the "Running The Show" achievement.
Running the Show50
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 Thomas5
Collect your first Skull
See the "Graverobber" achievement.
Graverobber30
Collect all Skulls
This guide by BTHR Zero X shows the location of all of the skulls (LINK).
Halo Academic15
Unlock 20 Timeline Events
See the "Halo Historian" achievement.
Halo Historian40
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 Sequel75
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 Quality20
Play Halo Wars for at least 24 Total Hours
Only ingame time counts towards this achievement. This achievement will come naturally.
One and Done30
Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary AIs.
Pull Hard, Pull Deep20
Win and never trail in a Tug of War game.
Freak on a Streak20
Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game.
Living Loving Bug30
Get a Scarab during a Reinforcement game.
Tour Coming Through30
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 Behind15
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 Cleaner30
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.
Killjoy25
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 Forge10
Completed Mission 1 on any difficulty
Exactly what it says on the tin. Complete the first mission, "Alpha Base" on any difficulty.
Ice Warriors40
Completed Act I on any difficulty
Complete missions 1, 2 and 3.
Key to Pirth50
Completed Act II on any difficulty
Complete missions 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Ugly is only Skin Deep70
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).



Game Info
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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