Achievements (Halo 4)

The achievements, as shown on Halo Waypoint.

There are a total of 86 achievements in Halo 4, which are worth a total of 2,000 Gamerscore . The game was released with 49 achievements worth 1,000 Gamerscore. Eight more achievements worth 250 Gamerscore were released with the Crimson Map Pack. Another ten achievements worth another 250 Gamerscore were released with the Majestic Map Pack. The Castle Map Pack includes 9 achievements and 250 Gamerscore. The Champions Bundle includes a final 10 achievements and 250 Gamerscore.

Following the shutdown of Xbox 360 Halo online services on January 13, 2022, the online achievements are no longer attainable.

List

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Campaign
	Dawn	Complete Mission 1 on any difficulty.	10
	Requiem	Complete Mission 2 on any difficulty.	10
	Forerunner	Complete Mission 3 on any difficulty.	10
	Infinity	Complete Mission 4 on any difficulty.	10
	Reclaimer	Complete Mission 5 on any difficulty.	10
	Shutdown	Complete Mission 6 on any difficulty.	10
	Composer	Complete Mission 7 on any difficulty.	10
	Midnight	Complete Mission 8 on any difficulty.	10
	Wake Up, John	Complete the Campaign on Normal or harder.	20
	I Need a Hero	Complete the Campaign on Heroic or harder.	40
	The Legend of 117	Complete the Campaign on Legendary difficulty.	70
	Lone Wolf Legend	Complete the Campaign solo on Legendary difficulty.	90
	Skullduggery	Complete any Campaign mission with 3 or more Skulls on Heroic or harder.	15
	Bropocalypse	Complete any Campaign mission co-operatively on Heroic or harder.	10
	Bromageddon	Complete the Campaign co-operatively on Heroic or harder.	40
Level-specific
	Digging up the Past	In Mission 1, find and access Chief's record.	20
	Midnight Launch	In Mission 2, get significant air in the Warthog at midnight.	20
	This is my Rifle, this is my Gun	In Mission 3, carry a UNSC weapon all the way through on Heroic or harder.	20
	Bros to the Close	Make it through Mission 4 without one preventable Marine death on Heroic or harder.	20
	Mortardom	In Mission 5, hijack a Wraith and use it to kill at least four enemy Wraiths on Heroic or harder.	20
	Explore the Floor	In Mission 6, trick or force a Hunter to fall to his demise.	20
	Give Him the Stick	In Mission 7 in solo Campaign, take out both Hunters using only the Sticky Detonator.	20
	Chief, Smash!	In Mission 8, kill 3 Crawlers in one hit with the Gravity Hammer.	20
Terminals
	Contact the Domain	Find a Terminal in the Campaign.	10
	Terminus	Find all of the Terminals in the Campaign.	50
Spartan Ops
	Operation Completion	Complete a Spartan Ops Mission on any difficulty.	15
	A Legendary Episode	Complete all chapters in Spartan Ops Episode 1 on Legendary difficulty.	40
	Dedicated to Crimson	Complete all chapters in the first 5 episodes of Spartan Ops on any difficulty.	80
	Crimson Alone	Complete a Spartan Ops chapter solo on Legendary.	20
	Roses vs Violets	Find one of the RvB Easter Eggs in Spartan Ops.	20
	No One Left Behind	Save at least one Marine in Chapter 3 of Episode 2 of Spartan Ops on Heroic or harder.	20
	Knight in White Assassination	Assassinate a Knight in any Spartan Ops mission.	20
	What Power Outage?	Complete Chapter 4, Episode 5 of Spartan Ops without losing a generator on Heroic or harder.	20
	No Easy Way Out	In Ch 1, Ep 5 of Spartan Ops survive all enemy waves during the defense on Normal or harder	20
Rank
	Not Some Recruit Anymore	Rank up your Spartan-IV to SR-5.	15
	Movin' on Up	Rank up your Spartan-IV to SR-20.	25
Multiplayer
	I <3 Red vs Blue	Win 5 War Games matchmaking matches.	15
	Hanging on the Combat Deck	Win 20 War Games matchmaking matches.	30
	The Challenged	Complete a Challenge.	10
	The Challenger	Complete 25 Challenges.	20
	Armorer	Change your Spartan's armor in the Spartan Armor card.	5
	Badge	Change your Emblem in the Spartan ID card.	5
	PWND	Change your Service Tag in the Spartan ID card.	5
	What a Poser!	Change your Spartan's pose in the Spartan ID card.	5
	The Cartographer	Create and save a Custom Map in Forge.	5
	Game Changer	Create and save a Custom Game type in War Games.	5
	Snapshot!	Save a Screenshot from the Theater.	5
	The Director	Save a Film Clip from the Theater.	5
	Sharing is Caring	Upload a File to your File Share.	5
Crimson Map Pack
	Now They Fly?	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, get a kill while airborne in a Warthog.	50
	Size Is Everything	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill 20 enemies with a detached Machine Gun Turret.	20
	ODST	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill a player while airborne from a Man Cannon.	30
	Bigfoot	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill 20 enemies using the Mantis' stomp attack.	20
	David and Goliath	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, board an enemy Mantis.	20
	Clay Pigeon	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, shoot an enemy out of the air while they use the Man Cannon.	40
	Special Delivery	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, kill an enemy with a melee attack when landing from a Man Cannon.	30
	Pump Yer Brakes	In Crimson DLC matchmaking, score the killing blow on a Mantis.	40
Majestic Map Pack
	Callin' in the Big Guns	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, call in 3 ordnance drops during the same game.	40
	I Thrust at Thee	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform a melee kill right after using Thrust Pack.	20
	Didn't See It Comin'	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, assassinate an enemy who's in zoom mode.	10
	Bird of Prey	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, perform 5 'airsassinations'.	50
	Bullet Sponge	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, get the 'Close Call' medal twice during one match.	30
	I See You!	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, kill 5 enemies while Promethean Vision is active.	10
	Clever Girl	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, kill 5 enemies while Active Camo is active.	10
	Flash of Light	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, get a Double Kill or higher with one Pulse Grenade.	30
	Last Man Grinning	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, get 4 kills using the SAW without dying.	20
	Pigs Can Fly	In Majestic DLC matchmaking, kill 3 enemies while they are using Jet Packs.	30
Castle Map Pack
	What is Yours is Also Mine	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, disable a vehicle and then hijack it.	40
	Dodge This!	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, get two direct Spartan Laser kills in one match.	20
	Hello Nurse!	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, heal a near-death teammate with Regen Field 5 times.	30
	That Won't Save You	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, assassinate an enemy who is using a Hardlight Shield.	30
	Ashes to Ashes	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, disintegrate 6 enemies using Forerunner weapons.	10
	Beating Up the Beat	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, perform 5 melee kills in a single match.	30
	Sight Seeing	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, complete a match in any mode for each Castle map.	20
	Scrapyard	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, destroy 2 vehicles during a single game.	30
	Outta My Way!	In Castle DLC Matchmaking, kill 5 enemies during a match by running them over.	40
Champions Bundle
	Protect This House	In matchmaking, assassinate the ball carrier within five meters of your own goal in Ricochet.	30
	Hat Trick	In matchmaking, score three times in one round of Ricochet.	33
	From Downtown	In matchmaking, score by throwing the ball from 30 meters in Ricochet.	25
	Repeat Survivor	In matchmaking, survive three vehicle explosions in a row with the Survivor package.	25
	Can't Catch Me	In matchmaking, score a goal in Ricochet while taking damage with the Resistor active.	20
	Just a Scratch	In matchmaking, recover full shields from low health with both Resistor and Recharge active.	20
	Pitchin' a Tent	In matchmaking, effectively camp one location without dying for a full 60 seconds.	40
	One Man Army	In matchmaking, get 4 consecutive kills with the Rocket Launcher without dying.	27
	Shocking	In Bullseye DLC Matchmaking, activate both electrical surge systems during a match on Vertigo.	10
	Got it!	In Bullseye DLC Matchmaking, acquire the Rocket Launcher at the start of a match on Pitfall.	20

Trivia

With the addition of the Champions Bundle, Halo 4 featured both the greatest number of achievements (86) and highest gamerscore (2,000) of any Halo title until the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which exceeded it in both categories (500 achievements worth 5000 gamerscore).