This is a list of achievements unique to Halo 2 for Windows Vista. There are 41 achievements altogether that are worth a total of 1000 Gamerscore.
Single Player Achievements
These achievements can be earned by anyone logged into an Xbox Live or Games For Windows Live account in the single player campaign.
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| Cairo Station | Complete Cairo Station on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Outskirts | Complete Outskirts on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Metropolis | Complete Metropolis on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| The Arbiter | Complete The Arbiter on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Oracle | Complete The Oracle on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Delta Halo | Complete Delta Halo on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Regret | Complete Regret on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Sacred Icon | Complete Sacred Icon on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Quarantine Zone | Complete Quarantine Zone on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Gravemind | Complete Gravemind on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Uprising | Complete Uprising on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| High Charity | Complete High Charity on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| The Great Journey | Complete The Great Journey on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30
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| Warrior | Complete the game on Normal difficulty. | 100
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| Hero | Complete the game on Heroic difficulty. | 50
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| Legend | Complete the game on Legendary difficulty. | 50
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| King of the Scarab | Acquire the Scarab gun on the Metropolis level, any difficulty. | 20
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| Silent But Deadly | Kill 7 opponents from behind in a row without being spotted, any level, any difficulty. | 20
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| Demon | Complete any Campaign level without dying once on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 25
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| Go Ape Shiv | Kill an enraged, berserk Brute by melee, any level, any difficulty. | 20
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Multiplayer Achievements
These achievements can be earned by someone who has an Xbox Live or Games For Windows Live account.
| Name | Description | Gamerscore
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| Stick It | Stick an opponent with a plasma grenade and blow them up. | 5
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| Counterpoint | Kill the sword carrier. | 5
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| Carjacking | Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent and take it over. | 5
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| Violent Cartographer | Play every available default map and stay in each game until it’s over. | 25
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| Rainman | Play every available game variant, with at least 3 other players, to the end of each game. | 25
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| Double Kill | Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20
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| Triple Kill | Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20
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| Killtacular | Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20
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| Killing Spree | Kill 5 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying. | 20
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| Running Riot | Kill 10 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying. | 20
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| Sniper Kill | Kill an opponent with the sniper rifle or the beam rifle. | 10
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| Roadkill | Run over and kill an opponent with a vehicle. | 10
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| Bonecracker | Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack. | 10
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| Assassin | Melee an opponent from behind. | 10
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| Skewer Stopper | Kill the sword carrier after they kill 5 or more times in a row with the sword. | 20
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| Vigilante | Stop another player's Killing Spree. | 10
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| Air Traffic Control | Blow up a Banshee in flight while manned, with grenades or a rocket launcher. | 20
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| Decorated Soldier | Get awarded at least 8 different medals in one non-team game. | 10
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| Ninja | In a non-team game, kill 5 people by melee, from behind. | 20
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| Flaming Ninja | Kill an opponent that has the Ninja achievement. | 20
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| Hired Gun | Kill an opponent who has the Legend achievement. | 20
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Trivia
- These are the first achievements in any Halo game.
- Halo 2 Vista achievements are the only achievements not supported by Halo Waypoint.
- The achievement "Sacred Icon" is the only campaign level achievement in which the picture does not depict the head of a character or infantry, instead showing the Activation Index.
- The achievement "Go Ape Shiv" is a play on words of the commonly used phrase "Go Ape Shit".