Achievements (Halo Wars)

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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.

List

Campaign

Icon Name Description Gamer-
points
Adjudicate the Arbiter Achievement.jpg Adjudicate The Arbiter Complete the Campaign on Heroic difficulty. 30 File:Gamerscore.gif
Detour the great Journey Achievement.jpg Detour The Great Journey

Complete the Campaign on Legendary.

(Unlocks Achievement for Heroic, if not earned)

50 File:Gamerscore.gif
Momma's Boy Achievement.jpg Momma's Boy Earn a Gold medal on any Campaign mission. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Wall of Recognition Achievement.jpg Wall of Recognition Earn a Gold medal on every Campaign mission. 30 File:Gamerscore.gif
Crushed Colors Achievement.jpg Crushed Colors Improve your score on any Campaign mission. 10 File:Gamerscore.gif
Mr Punctual Achievement.jpg Mr. Punctual Complete all missions under par time on Heroic. 15 File:Gamerscore.gif
Own Worst Enemy Achievement.jpg Own Worst Enemy Earn a Gold medal with all Debuff Skulls active. 20 File:Gamerscore.gif
Epic Grinder Achievement.jpg Epic Grinder Earn a lifetime Campaign score of over 1 million. 40 File:Gamerscore.gif
Level Medals
Everything's Better With Bacon Achievement.jpg Everything's Better With Bacon Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Endless Fun Achievement.jpg Endless Fun Mission 2: Destroy every methane tank. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Covenant Hot Drop Achievement.jpg Covenant "Hot Drop" Mission 3: Kill 5 Covenant units with the Energy Bridge. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
The Real Winner Achievement.jpg The Real Winner Mission 4: Save Adam. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
He's got the Jack Achievement.jpg He's Got The Jack Mission 5: Hijack 6 enemy vehicles. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Rhino Hugger Achievement.jpg Rhino Hugger Mission 6: Protect every Rhino. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Micro Manager Achievement.jpg Micro Manager Mission 7: Don't destroy any Power Nodes. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Ramblin' Man Achievement.jpg Ramblin' Man Mission 8: Train 100 Infantry squads from Elephants. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Sweet Naptime Achievement.jpg Sweet Naptime Mission 9: Have all Colonies dormant at the same time. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
The Procrastinator Achievement.jpg The Procrastinator Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Batten down the hatches achievement.jpg Battened Down the Hatches Mission 11: Save every hatch. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Handy With Tools Achievement.jpg Handy With Tools Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Beaming With Pride Achievement.jpg Beaming With Pride Mission 13: Kill 25 enemy units with the Scarab. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Didn't Get To Second Base Achievement.jpg Didn't Get To Second Base Mission 14: Don't claim a second base. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Thinkin' About my Doorbell Achievement.jpg Thinkin' About My Doorbell Mission 15: Open the doors in the correct order. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Co-op
Backscratcher achievement.jpg Backscratcher Complete 1 Campaign level on Co-Op. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
OMG BFF FTW Achievement.jpg OMG BFF FTW Complete the entire Campaign on Co-Op. 40 File:Gamerscore.gif

Skirmish

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


Multiplayer

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


Downloadable Content

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

Miscellaneous

Icon Name Description G
points
Walk-off Winner Achievement.jpg Walk-Off Winner Use 1 of the 6 major leader powers to destroy an enemy's last unit. 30 File:Gamerscore.gif
Alas Poor Andrew Thomas Achievement.jpg Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas Collect your first Skull. 5 File:Gamerscore.gif
Graverobber Achievement.jpg Graverobber Collect all Skulls. 30 File:Gamerscore.gif
Halo Academic Achievement.jpg Halo Academic Unlock 20 Timeline events. 15 File:Gamerscore.gif
Halo Historian Achievement.jpg Halo Historian Unlock all Timeline events. 40 File:Gamerscore.gif
Ready for the Sequel Achievement.jpg Ready For The Sequel 100% Completion. 75 File:Gamerscore.gif
24 hours of Quality Achievement.jpg 24 Hours of Quality Play Halo Wars for a total of 24 hours. 20 File:Gamerscore.gif
Secret
S1.jpg Meet Sergeant Forge Complete mission 1 on any difficulty. 10 File:Gamerscore.gif
S2.jpg Ice Warriors Complete Act 1 on any difficulty. 40 File:Gamerscore.gif
S3.jpg Key To Pirth Complete Act 2 on any difficulty. 50 File:Gamerscore.gif
S4.jpg Ugly is Only Skin Deep Complete Act 3 on any difficulty. 70 File:Gamerscore.gif
S5 fixed.jpg No Way Home? Complete Act 4 on any difficulty. 70 File:Gamerscore.gif

Trivia

To date, Halo Wars is the only Halo game to feature Secret achievements.