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List of Halo 5: Guardians medals

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Medals are a reward for completing a number of actions mid-game in Halo 5: Guardians. In total, Halo 5: Guardians has 220 medals across all gamemodes.

For the first time in the series, Halo 5: Guardians allows the player to select between 4 different announcers with the Voices of War REQ Pack. Each supports every medal that has a voice line.

On Halo Waypoint, Medals are tracked and categorized into 7 categories: Kills, Style, Weapon Proficiency, Warzone, Infection, Objective (separated out into multiple gamemodes for this list), and Vehicles.

List of medals[edit]

Icon Name Requirement Jeff Steitzer Spartan Buck Yabda the Merciless 031 Exuberant Witness
Kill Medals
H5G-Killing Spree.png Killing Spree Kill 5 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5killingfrenzy.png Killing Frenzy Kill 10 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5runningriot.png Running Riot Kill 15 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5rampage.png Rampage Kill 20 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5untouchable.png Untouchable Kill 25 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5invincible.png Invincible Kill 30 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5inconceivable.png Inconceivable Kill 35 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo5unfriggenbelievable.png Unfriggenbelievable Kill 40 opponents in a row without dying.
Halo 5: Guardians Generic Kill Medal Kill Kill an opponent.
H5G-Double Kill.png Double Kill Kill 2 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Triple Kill.png Triple Kill Kill 3 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Overkill.png Overkill Kill 4 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killtacular.png Killtacular Kill 5 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killtrocity.png Killtrocity Kill 6 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killamanjaro.png Killamanjaro Kill 7 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killtastrophe.png Killtastrophe Kill 8 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killpocalypse.png Killpocalypse Kill 9 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Killionaire.png Killionaire Kill 10 opponents within 4.5 seconds of each other.
H5G Medal Extermination.png Extermination Kill the last living opponent on the enemy team with at least an Overkill.
Halo 5: Guardians Perfection Medal Perfection Win a Slayer match without dying, and with at least 15 kills.
Style Medals
Halo 5: Guardians Melee Kill Medal. No background. Melee Kill Kill an opponent with a melee attack.
Halo 5: Guardians Brawler medal. Brawler Kill an opponent using 2 or more melee attacks.
Halo 5: Guardians Gunpunch medal. Gunpunch Kill an opponent using a melee attack after two Battle Rifle bursts.
Assassination.png Assassination Kill an opponent using an Assassination.
Halo 5: Guardians Beat Down Medal. No background. Beat Down Kill an opponent with a melee attack from behind without assassinating.
Halo 5: Guardians Ground Pound Medal. Ground Pound Kill an opponent from above using a Ground Pound.
Halo 5: Guardians Spartan Charge medal. Spartan Charge Kill an opponent while sprinting using a Spartan Charge.
Halo 5: Guardians Retribution medal. Retribution Assassinate the opponent who killed you last.
Halo5bulltrue.png Bulltrue Kill an opponent that is lunging at you with their Energy Sword.
Halo 5: Guardians Starkiller medal. Starkiller Kill an opponent who is Ground Pounding.
Halo 5: Guardians Cliffhanger medal. Cliffhanger Kill an opponent who is Clambering.
Halo 5: Guardians Showstopper Medal. Showstopper Before an ally is assinated, kill their assassin.
Halo 5: Guardians Sayonara medal. Sayonara Before an opponent falls to their death, damage them.
Halo 5: Guardians Close Call medal. Close Call Kill an opponent while having no shields.
Halo 5: Guardians Reversal medal. Reversal Kill an opponent that fired on you first.
Halo 5: Guardians Big Game Hunter Medal. Big Game Hunter Kill 3 opponents wielding Power Weapons without dying.
Halo 5: Guardians First Strike medal. First Strike Get the first kill in a match.
Halo 5: Guardians Hard Target medal. Hard Target In a single match, have your shields recharge 10 times.
H5G-Triple Double.png Triple Double At the end of a match, have your kills, assists, and headshots all in double digits.
Halo 5: Guardians Alley-Oop medal. Alley-Oop Using a Plasma Grenade, blast a Power Weapon off a weapon pad into a teammate's hands.
H5G-Combat Evolved.png Combat Evolved Using a Plasma Grenade, blast a Power Weapon off a weapon pad and catch it.
Halo 5: Guardians Distraction Medal. Distraction Distract an opponent who ends up being killed.
Halo 5: Guardians Last Shot medal. Last Shot Kill an opponent using the last bullet in your clip.
Halo 5: Guardians From The Grave Medal. From the Grave Kill an opponent after death.
Halo 5: Guardians Airsassination Medal. Cleaned up white lines. Airsassination While airborne, kill an opponent using an Assassination.
Halo 5: Guardians Spray and Pray medal. Spray and Pray Kill an opponent at long range with an automatic weapon.
Halo 5: Guardians Hail Marry. No background Hail Mary Kill an opponent at long rang using a grenade.
Halo 5: Guardians Stuck medal Stuck Kill an opponent by sticking them with a plasma grenade.
Halo 5: Guardians BXR medal. BXR Melee to break an opponent's shields, then finish them with a single Battle Rifle burst.
H5G-Nadeshot.png Nadeshot Kill an opponent with a headshot after using a grenade to damage them.
Halo 5: Guardians Fastball medal. Fastball Have the impact of your grenade kill an opponent, rather than the explosion.
Halo 5: Guardians Quickdraw medal. Quickdraw Damage your opponent with a primary weapon, then finish them with a Magnum headshot.
Halo 5: Guardians Noob Combo medal. Noob Combo Take out your opponent's shields with a charged Plasma Pistol shot, then finish them off with a headshot.
Halo 5: Guardians Assist Medal. Assist Assist an ally in killing an opponent.
Halo 5: Guardians Wingman Medal. Wingman Get a 5-spree of any type of Assists.
Halo 5: Guardians Protector Medal. Protector Save an ally's life by killing their opponent.
Halo 5: Guardians Guardian Angel Medal. Guardian Angel Save an ally's life from a distance.
Halo 5: Guardians Bodyguard Medal. Bodyguard Get a 3-spree of either Protector or Guardian Angel medals.
Halo 5: Guardians Team Takedown Kill Medal. Team Takedown (Kill) Kill an opponent while being assisted by 3 other allies.
Halo 5: Guardians Team Takedown Assist Medal. Team Takedown (Assist) Assist with a Team Takedown.
Halo 5: Guardians EMP Assist Medal. EMP Assist EMP an opponent for an ally to kill.
Halo 5: Guardians Pounder medal. Pounder After an opponent has been hit with someone's Ground Pound, kill them with your Ground Pound.
Halo 5: Guardians Pounder Assist medal. Pounder Assist Assist a player with the Pounder medal.
Halo 5: Guardians Top Gun medal. Top Gun Be the first on your team to 10 kills.
Halo 5: Guardians Clutch Kill Medal. Clutch Kill Kill an opponent in order to tie or gain the lead.
Halo 5: Guardians Game Saver Medal. Game Saver Save an ally from being the enemy team's final kill.
Halo 5: Guardians Cluster Luck medal. Cluster Luck Kill at least 2 opponents with one grenade.
Weapon Proficiency
Halo 5: Guardians Snipunch medal. Snipunch Kill an opponent using a melee attack after one Sniper Rifle shot.
Halo 5: Guardians "Headshot" Medal. Now without background. Headshot Kill an opponent at their head with a headshot-capable weapon.
H5G-SniperKill.png Sniper Kill Kill an opponent with any S5 sniper rifle.
Halo 5: Guardians Beam Kill medal. Beam Kill Kill an opponent with any Beam Rifle or Halo 2 Beam Rifle.
Halo 5: Guardians Binary Kill medal. Binary Kill Kill an opponent with any Binary Rifle.
Halo 5: Guardians Splaser Kill medal. Splaser Kill Kill an opponent with any Spartan Laser.
H5G-RailgunKill.png Railgun Kill Kill an opponent with any Railgun.
H5G-HydraKill.png Hydra Kill Kill an opponent with any Hydra.
H5G-ShotgunKill.png Shotgun Kill Kill an opponent with any Shotgun that isn't the Scattershot.
H5G-ScattershotKill.png Scattershot Kill Kill an opponent with any Scattershot.
H5G-RocketKill.png Rocket Kill Kill an opponent with any Rocket Launcher or SPNKr.
Halo 5: Guardians Sword Kill medal. Sword Kill Kill an opponent with any Energy Sword.
H5G-SAWKill.png SAW Kill Kill an opponent with any SAW.
Halo 5: Guardians Caster Kill medal. Caster Kill Kill an opponent with any Tufasumo-pattern plasma caster.
Halo 5: Guardians Incineration Kill medal. Incineration Kill Kill an opponent with any Incineration Cannon.
Halo 5: Guardians Grenade Kill medal. Grenade Kill Kill an opponent with any grenade.
Halo 5: Guardians Supercombine medal. Supercombine Kill an opponent with any Needler.
Halo 5: Guardians Longshot Medal Longshot Using a Precision weapon, kill an opponent at long range.
H5G-Rocket Mary.png Rocket Mary Kill an opponent at long range using a Rocket Launcher.
Halo 5: Guardians BR Perfect Kill Perfect Kill (Battle Rifle) Without missing, kill an opponent with a Battle Rifle in only 4 shots.
Halo 5: Guardians Magnum Perfect Kill Perfect Kill (Magnum) Without missing, kill an opponent with a Magnum in only 5 shots.
Halo 5: Guardians DMR Perfect Perfect Kill (DMR) Without missing, kill an opponent with a DMR in only 5 shots.
Halo 5: Guardians CE Perfect Perfect Kill (CE Magnum) Without missing, kill an opponent with a CE Magnum in only 3 shots.
Halo 5: Guardians Carbine Perfect Perfect Kill (Carbine) Without missing, kill an opponent with a Carbine in only 7 shots.
Halo 5: Guardians Lightrifle Perfect Perfect Kill (Lightrifle) Without missing, kill an opponent with a Lightrifle in only 3 shots.
H5G-Sniper Headshot.png Sniper Headshot Kill an opponent with a headshot using a Sniper weapon.
Halo5snapshot.png Snapshot Kill an opponent using a Sniper weapon without scoping.
Halo 5: Guardians Airborne Snapshot Airborne Snapshot Perform a Snapshot while airborne.
Halo 5: Guardians Hat Trick Medal. Hat Trick Get 3 headshot kills in a row with a Sniper weapon.
Halo 5: Guardians Big Gun Runner medal. Big Gun Runner Grab 3 Power Weapons off weapon pads in a single match.
Halo 5: Guardians Power Player medal. Power Player Kill 10 opponents using Power Weapons.
Halo 5: Guardians Snipeltaneous! medal. Snipeltaneous! Kill at least 2 opponents with a single Sniper round.
Warzone Medals
Infection Medals
Breakout Medals
Capture the Flag Medals
Strongholds Medals
Grifball / Assault Medals
Vehicle Medals
Pineapple Express While a passenger, use a grenade to kill an opponent.
Halo5flyinhigh.png Flyin' High Do a massive jump with a fully loaded vehicle (all passenger seats filled).
Halo5hijack.png Hijack Steal an active vehicle from the driver.
Halo5skyjack.png Skyjack Steal an active aerial vehicle from the driver.
Halo5busted.png Busted Kill an opponent attempting to hijack or skyjack.
Halo5roadtrip.png Road Trip Load up a vehicle with teammates and splatter an opponent.
Halo5wheelman.png Wheelman While driving, have your passenger kill an opponent.
Buckle Up Using a Sniper Rifle, kill the driver of a moving vehicle.
Halo5splatter.png Splatter Kill an opponent physically with a vehicle.
Campaign Medals

Unused medals[edit]

These are medals, or voice lines potentially referencing medals, that are either cut or unused in the final game. Though there are more lines than these, those chosen would likely have had a medal if used.

Halo 5: Guardians Unknown Boot Medal
A presumably cut medal with a sprinting boot.
Name Requirement Jeff Steitzer.
Armageddon Beta Only: Kill 4 opponents in a row with the Rocket Launcher without dying. Cut from release for unknown reasons.
Deadshot Changed: Kill an opponent with the last round in your clip. Renamed to Last Shot.
Shoulder Bash Changed: Kill an opponent while sprinting using a Shoulder Bash. Renamed to Spartan Charge.
Lemon Head No associated context known. Voice file is leftover. Likely reference to Brian Lemon at 343 Industries.
Double Perfect Kill Likely earned by scoring 2 of any Perfect Kill medals within 4.5 seconds. Voice file is leftover.
Bang-a-Rang No associated context known. Voice file is leftover.
Zack Attack No associated context known. Voice file is leftover.
Hail to the King Classic Medal: Kill 5 opponents while in the Hill. Voice file is leftover.
Warlord Possibly related to Warzone. Voice file is leftover.
Genghis Kill No associated context known. Voice file is leftover.
Mind Boggling No associated context known. Voice file is leftover.
Napoleon Blownapart No associated context known. Voice file is leftover.
One Man Army In Halo 4, requirement for Armageddon medal grants this as an achievment. Voice file is leftover.
Killary Clinton Likely unused for the same reason as Cheneymania in Halo 2. Voice file is leftover.
Reign of Terror Medal from Halo 4: Live 60 seconds as the King. Voice file is leftover.

Trivia[edit]

  • The unused medal line "Lemon Head" is likely a reference to the gamertag of Brian Lemon, known as Evil Lemonhead, who was the former Lead Multiplayer Producer for Halo 5: Guardians.
  • Potentially related to a medal, there exists a "Fabulous" line that occurs on the map Atlas during Forge when spawning the Skull item. If you interact with it in any way, the line will play. Therefore it could be theorized that the medal could have been earned by using the physics of the skull to kill an opponent, though this is unknown.
  • Much like Halo 2, there's an unused medal line referencing a political figure named "Killary Clinton." This is obviously a nod to Hillary Clinton, in the same way that Cheneymania was a nod to Dick Cheney. Unlike Cheneymania however, its purpose is unknown.