Achievements (Halo Wars)

This is the list of achievements for Halo Wars. There are originally 50 achievements worth a total of 1000 points. The DLC packs add eight extra achievements that add to a total of 1200 Gamerscore . For a full list of the achievements available for unlock in the later port Halo Wars: Definitive Edition, see here.

List[edit]

Campaign[edit]

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Level/Act Completion (Secret)
	Meet Sergeant Forge	Complete mission 1 on any difficulty.	10
	Ice Warriors	Complete Act 1 on any difficulty.	40
	Key To Pirth	Complete Act 2 on any difficulty.	50
	Ugly is only Skin Deep	Complete Act 3 on any difficulty.	70
	No Way Home?	Complete Act 4 on any difficulty.	70
Campaign Completion
	Adjudicate The Arbiter	Complete the Campaign on Heroic difficulty.	30
	Detour The Great Journey	Complete the Campaign on Legendary. (Unlocks Achievement for Heroic, if not earned)	50
Skulls
	Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas	Collect your first Skull.	5
	Graverobber	Collect all Skulls.	30
Score
	Momma's Boy	Earn a Gold medal on any Campaign mission.	5
	Wall of Recognition	Earn a Gold medal on every Campaign mission.	30
	Crushed Colors	Improve your score on any Campaign mission.	10
	Own Worst Enemy	Earn a Gold medal with all Debuff Skulls active.	20
	Epic Grinder	Earn a lifetime Campaign score of over 1 million.	40
Par time
	Mr. Punctual	Complete all missions under par time on Heroic.	15
Level Medals
	Everything's Better With Bacon	Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts.	5
	Endless Fun	Mission 2: Destroy every methane tank.	5
	Covenant "Hot Drop"	Mission 3: Kill 5 Covenant units with the Energy Bridge.	5
	The Real Winner	Mission 4: Save Adam.	5
	He's Got The Jack	Mission 5: Hijack 6 enemy vehicles.	5
	Rhino Hugger	Mission 6: Protect every Rhino.	5
	Micro Manager	Mission 7: Don't destroy any Power Nodes.	5
	Ramblin' Man	Mission 8: Train 100 Infantry squads from Elephants.	5
	Sweet Naptime	Mission 9: Have all Colonies dormant at the same time.	5
	The Procrastinator	Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams.	5
	Battened Down the Hatches	Mission 11: Save every hatch.	5
	Handy With Tools	Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes.	5
	Beaming With Pride	Mission 13: Kill 25 enemy units with the Scarab.	5
	Didn't Get To Second Base	Mission 14: Don't claim a second base.	5
	Thinkin' About My Doorbell	Escape (Halo Wars level)\|Mission 15: Open the doors in the correct order.	5
Co-op
	Backscratcher	Complete 1 Campaign level on Co-Op.	5
	OMG BFF FTW	Complete the entire Campaign on Co-Op.	40

Skirmish[edit]

Name	Description	Gamerscore
Playin' The Field	Win a Skirmish game with every leader.	15
Gallivant Around The Galaxy	Win a Skirmish game on every map.	25
Empire Builder	Win on every Skirmish mode.	5
Titan	Score 20,000 points on any Skirmish game.	15
Big Al's Scooter	Win a match in under 10 minutes against the Heroic A.I.	10
My Virtual Friends Love Me	Win a 3v3 match with 2 A.I allies.	10
2 Bugs Are Better Than 1	Win a Skirmish game with 2 Scarabs.	10
Penny Pincher	Get a winning high score with 10 or less squads against the Heroic A.I.	15

Multiplayer[edit]

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Rank
	Basically Naive	Reach the rank of Recruit on Xbox LIVE	10
	Officer On Deck	Reach the rank of Lieutenant on Xbox LIVE.	30
	Running The Show	Reach the rank of General on Xbox LIVE.	50
Miscellaneous
	N00b n0 M0r3	Win a matchmaking Skirmish game on Xbox LIVE.	10
	So Lonely At The Top	Get the highest score on an Xbox LIVE matchmaking Skirmish game.	20

Miscellaneous[edit]

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Timeline Events
	Halo Academic	Unlock 20 Timeline events.	15
	Halo Historian	Unlock all Timeline events.	40
Overall play
	Walk-Off Winner	Use 1 of the 6 major leader powers to destroy an enemy's last unit.	30
	Ready For The Sequel	100% Completion.	75
	24 Hours of Quality	Play Halo Wars for a total of 24 hours.	20

Downloadable Content[edit]

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Strategic Options
	One and Done	Score the winning point in a game of Keepaway against Legendary A.I.s.	30
	Pull Hard, Pull Deep	Win and never trail in a Tug of War game.	20
	Freak on a Streak	Gain at least 15 population from a single wave in a Reinforcement game	20
	Living Loving Bug	Obtain a Scarab in a Reinforcement game	30
Historic Battle Map Pack
	Tour Coming Through	"Hot Drop" 50 units to your leader in a single game on Barrens.	30
	Never Leave a Man Behind	Tribute 5000 Resources to allies on Memorial Basin.	15
	Drain Cleaner	Kill 20 enemy squads with a Covenant leader power on Memorial Basin.	30
	Killjoy	Disrupt 5 active leader powers on Blood River.	25