This is a list of achievements unique to Halo 2 Vista.
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.
| Name | Description | Gamer- points |
Icon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Station | Complete Cairo Station on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:0Dc8P2Nh.jpg |
| Outskirts | Complete Outskirts on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:Drone Achievement.jpg |
| Metropolis | Complete Metropolis on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:Jackal Achievement.jpg |
| The Arbiter | Complete The Arbiter on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:ArbiterAchievement.jpg |
| Oracle | Complete The Oracle on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:OracleAchievement.jpg |
| Delta Halo | Complete Delta Halo on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:ODSTAchievement.jpg |
| Regret | Complete Regret on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:RegretAchievement.jpg |
| Sacred Icon | Complete Sacred Icon on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:IconAchievement.jpg |
| Quarantine Zone | Complete Quarantine Zone on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:FloodAchievement.jpg |
| Gravemind | Complete Gravemind on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:CortanaAchievement.jpg |
| Uprising | Complete Uprising on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:BruteSaladAchievement.jpg |
| High Charity | Complete High Charity on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:HalfJawAchievement.jpg |
| The Great Journey | Complete The Great Journey on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 30 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:OtherAcheivement117.jpg |
| Warrior | Complete the game on Normal difficulty. | 100 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:WarriorAchievement.jpg |
| Hero | Complete the game on Heroic difficulty. | 50 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:HeroAchievement.jpg |
| Legend | Complete the game on Legendary difficulty. | 50 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:LegendAchievement.jpg |
| King of the Scarab | Acquire the Scarab gun on the Metropolis level, any difficulty. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:KingScarabAchievement.jpg |
| Silent but Deadly | Kill 7 opponents from behind in a row without being spotted, any level, any difficulty. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:BadGasAchievement.jpg |
| Demon | Complete any Campaign level without dying once on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary. | 25 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:DEMONAchievement.jpg |
| Go Ape Shiv | Kill an enraged, berserk Brute by melee, any level, any difficulty. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:ApeShivAchievement.jpg |
Multiplayer Achievements
These achievements can be earned by someone who has a Xbox Live or Games For Windows Live account.
| Name | Description | Gamer- points |
Icon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stick It | Stick an opponent with a plasma grenade and blow them up. | 5 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:StickItAcheivement.jpg |
| Counterpoint | Kill the sword carrier. | 5 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:CounterPointAchievement.jpg |
| Carjacking | Steal an occupied vehicle from an opponent and take it over. | 5 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:CarjackAchievement.jpg |
| Violent Cartographer | Play every available default map and stay in each game until it’s over. | 25 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:VioCarAchievement.jpg |
| Rainman | Play every available game variant, with at least 3 other players, to the end of each game. | 25 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:RaininAchievement.jpg |
| Double Kill | Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:DoubleAchievement.jpg |
| Triple Kill | Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:TripleAchievement.jpg |
| Killtacular | Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:KillTackAchievement.jpg |
| Killing Spree | Kill 5 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:KillSpreeAcheivement.jpg |
| Running Riot | Kill 10 opponents in a row in the same game, without dying. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:RunRiotAchievement.jpg |
| Sniper Kill | Kill an opponent with the sniper rifle or the beam rifle. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:SnaperAcheivement.jpg |
| Roadkill | Run over and kill an opponent with a vehicle. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:RoadkillAchievement.jpg |
| Bonecracker | Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:BoneCrackerAchievement.jpg |
| Assassin | Melee an opponent from behind. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:AssAssINAchievement.jpg |
| Skewer Stopper | Kill the sword carrier after they kill 5 or more times in a row with the sword. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:SkewStopAcheivement.jpg |
| Vigilante | Stop another player's Killing Spree. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:VirgilAchievement.jpg |
| Air Traffic Controller | Blow up a Banshee in flight while manned, with grenades or a rocket launcher. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:TraffJammAchievement.jpg |
| Decorated Soldier | Get awarded at least 8 different medals in one non-team game. | 10 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:DecorAchievement.jpg |
| Ninja | In a non-team game, kill 5 people by melee, from behind. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:NIIInjaAchievement.jpg |
| Flaming Ninja | Kill an opponent that has the Ninja achievement. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:Gun4HireAchievement.jpg |
| Hired Gun | Kill an opponent who has the Legend achievement. | 20 File:Gamerscore.gif | File:SkullAchievement.jpg |
Trivia
- The achievement "Go Ape Shiv" is a play on words of the commonly used phrase "Go Ape Shit".
- The achievement "Vigilante" was remade in Halo 3 as the Killjoy Medal.
- The achievement "Demon" is also the name of a Halo 3 achievement for getting 15,000 points while playing the meta-game on Crow's Nest.
- The achievement "Violent Cartographer" is a reference to Halo CE mission called "The Silent Cartographer".
- These are the first achievements in any Halo game.
- The icon for "Hired Gun" bears a striking resemblance to the logo for the Mythic Map Pack.
- 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 Index.