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Achievements (Halo: Reach)

All the achievements in Halo: Reach, excluding the Noble Map Pack, Defiant Map Pack and Anniversary Map Pack DLC achievements.

There are a total of forty-nine achievements that were shipped with the game totaling 1,000 gamerscore in Halo: Reach: twenty-three Campaign, seven Firefight, four Multiplayer, six Training, and nine Player Experience achievements.

The Noble Map Pack and Defiant Map Pack DLC packs add another ten achievements to Halo: Reach, with seven and three, respectively. An additional three achievements were released for the Defiant Map Pack alongside the release of the Anniversary Map Pack which also included another seven achievements.

List

Campaign

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
Level Completion
  We're Just Getting Started Complete the 2nd mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  Protocol Dictates Action Complete the 3rd mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  I Need a Weapon Complete the 4th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  To War Complete the 5th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  You Flew Pretty Good Complete the 6th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  Into the Howling Dark Complete the 7th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  Dust and Echoes Complete the 8th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  This is Not Your Grave... Complete the 9th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
  Send Me Out... with a Bang Complete the 10th mission on Normal or harder. 10  
Campaign Completion
  The Soldier We Needed You To Be Complete the Campaign on Normal difficulty. 25  
  Folks Need Heroes... Complete the Campaign on Heroic difficulty. 50  
  Gods Must Be Strong Complete the Campaign on Legendary difficulty. 125  
  A Monument to All Your Sins Complete every mission in Halo: Reach alone, on Legendary. 150  
Miscellaneous
  They've Always Been Faster Clear the 2nd mission without setting foot in a drivable vehicle. 25  
  Two Corpses in One Grave Kill 2 vehicles at once with the Target Locator in the 3rd mission. 25  
  Banshees, Fast and Low Hijack a Banshee during the Reach Campaign. 25  
  Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet Kill the Elite Zealot before he escapes during the 5th mission. 25  
  If They Came to Hear Me Beg Perform an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would've been fatal. 25  
  Wake Up, Buttercup Destroy the Corvette's engines & escort in under 3 minutes in the 6th mission on Heroic or harder. 25  
  Tank Beats Everything Finish the 9th mission on Legendary with the Scorpion intact. 25  
  Lucky Me Earn a Triple Kill while jetpacking in Campaign, Firefight or Matchmaking. 25  
  KEEP IT CLEAN Kill 7 Moa during the 2nd mission of the Campaign. 5  
  I Didn't Train to Be a Pilot Kill 3 of the Anti-Aircraft Batteries during the 8th mission. 10  

Firefight

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
  Score Attack Score 15,000 points in Score Attack Firefight Matchmaking. 10  
  Firestarter Score 50,000 points in a Firefight game. 10  
  Blaze of Glory Score 200,000 points in a Firefight game. 25  
  Heat in the Pipe Score 1,000,000 points in a Firefight game. 75  
  Crowd Control Earn a Killionaire medal in Firefight. 10  
  Game, Set, Match Complete a Firefight set on Legendary without dying. 25  
  Knife to a Gun Fight As an Elite, killed 5 Spartan players in Matchmaking. 5  

Multiplayer

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
  Be My Wingman, Anytime Let a teammate spawn on you 5 times in an Invasion Matchmaking game. 5  
  Yes, Sensei Earn a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game. 10  
  Skunked Win a game of Invasion in the 1st phase. 10  
  What's a Killing Spree? Earned a Killing Spree in multiplayer Matchmaking. 5  

Player Experience

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
  Make It Rain Purchase an item from the Armory that requires the rank of Lt. Colonel. 10  
  The Start of Something Reach the rank of Corporal in the UNSC. 15  
  An Honor Serving Reach the rank of Captain in the UNSC. 25  
  A Storage Solution Use the File Browser to upload a file to your File Share. 5  
  A New Challenger Complete all of the Daily Challenges in a given day. 10  
  Make it Drizzle Purchase an item from the Armory. 10  
  Cool File, Bro Recommend a file to someone. 5  
  Lemme Upgrade Ya Advance a Commendation to a Silver state. 10  
  One Down, 51 to Go Complete a Weekly Challenge. 10  

Training

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
  Doctor, Doctor Use a Health Pack to replenish life after taking body damage. 5  
  That's A Knife Perform an Assassination on an enemy. 10  
  I See You Favor A .45 Kill 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the M6G pistol. 10  
  An Elegant Weapon Kill 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the DMR. 10  
  Swap Meet Trade weapons with an AI ally in Campaign. 10  
  A Spoonful of Blamite Kill 10 enemies in Firefight or Campaign with a supercombine explosion. 10  

Downloadable Content

Icon Name Description Gamerscore  
Noble Map Pack
  Both Barrels Earn a Double Kill with the shotgun in multiplayer Matchmaking. 50  
  Cross-Mappin' Killed a player at long range with the DMR in a matchmade Slayer game. 50  
  Offensive Driver Earned a kill in a matchmade Rocket Race game. 20  
  Poppin' & Lockin' Destroyed a vehicle using Armor Lock in a matchmade game. 25  
  Totally Worth It Earned a Double Kill from the Grave in multiplayer Matchmaking. 50  
  You Ate All the Chips Collected all of the flags in a matchmade Stockpile game. 42  
  You Blew It Up! Blew up the research facility in a matchmade Invasion game on Breakpoint. 13  
Defiant Map Pack
  Return to Sender Successfully return two flags in a matchmade CTF game. 30  
  Crackin' Skulls Kill 3 players with the Oddball in a matchmade Oddball game. 45  
  Candy from a Baby Capture two flags from an enemy capture zone in a matchmade Stockpile game. 75  
  All Alone Be the last surviving uninfected player in a matchmade infection game. 10  
  Don't Touch That! Prevent the attacking team from touching the flag in a matchmaking 1-Flag CTF game. 25  
  Paper Beats Rock Assassinate a player that just exited Armor Lock in a matchmade game. 15  
Anniversary Map Pack
  Top Shot Get 3 headshot kills in a row in a matchmade game. 50  
  Emergency Room Infect 3 players in a single round in a matchmade Infection game. 15  
  Stick it to the Man! Stick and kill the flag carrier with a plasma grenade in a matchmade game. 20  
  Dive Bomber Perform a Beat Down on an enemy player while using the jetpack during a matchmade game. 50  
  License to Kill Run over 5 people with a vehicle in a matchmade game. 15  
  Bounty Hunter Capture 10 skulls at once in a matchmade Headhunter game. 75  
  From Hell's Heart Kill an enemy player that sticks you with a plasma grenade with their own grenade in a matchmade game. 25  

Trivia

  • The image of "They've Always Been Faster", winged MJOLNIR boots, is a reference to the winged sandals of Hermes, which were said to make him extremely fast.
  • All of the Campaign achievement titles, along with many of the others, are quotations from the Halo games and books.
  • A few of the other achievements reference other bits of popular culture.

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