Planting A Flag

Planting A Flag

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Planting A Flag is an achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It is unlocked by earning a total of 250 Capture the Flag mode-specific medals in multiplayer matchmaking. The achievement is worth 10 Gamerscore.

Certain games in the collection are better for earning this achievement than others, as not all games award the same number of Capture the Flag medals. Halo 2: Anniversary has the most with eleven unique medals, followed closely by Halo 4 with ten. Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 only award seven medals, while Halo: Reach only award three medals.

From launch until the April 2022 update, Halo 3 only awarded three medals, as with Reach. Following the update, four additional medals can be earned in Halo 3.

Medals added with the April 2022 update are marked with ¹ in the table below.

The medals contributing to the progress of this achievement and attainable in each game are as follows:

Icon	Name	HCE	H2	H2A	H3	H4	Reach
	Flag Taken	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹	No	No
	Flag Returned	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹	No	No
	Flag Captured	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Flag Runner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹	Yes	No
	Flag Champion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes¹	Yes	No
	Flag Assist	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Flag Carrier Kill	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Flag Defense	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Flag Kill	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Flagsassination	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
	Flag Joust	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	Flag Driver	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No