Hello folks. This article is the first is a series of articles that will go over a section of the achievements for the Halo Master Chief Collection. Since there are 450 of them, I thought it prudent to break them down into smaller chunks. Today we start off with the initial “Overall” Achievments first brought to us. In subsequent days, I’ll have articles for Halo CE: Anniversary, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3 and Halo 4 Achievments. The last in this series will culminate in those recently announced final 50 achievements.<\/p>\n
This is just a guideline of course. You may find other ways to get these achievements. It’s just my way of helping you through this massive list.<\/p>\n
Before I go further, I should make mention that with 450 achievements and Halo 5 Guardians being roughly one year away, you’ll need to garner 5 achievements every 4 days to get them all. This is POSSIBLE, though will take some commitment to accomplish. Many of these can be had in one day, while others are going to take time to get. Stay focused and you can definitely reach the goal of being an Achievement Master!<\/p>\n
Also, I want to make note of a noter person joining me in on this Guide. Former HFFL Gaming Group Member Tetrahedrite wrote up his own guideline and shared it with me. We talk and agreed to share in this guide. I’ll do my best to make mention of his specific contributions.<\/p>\n
In any event, I hope this guide will be of benefit to you. On with the Overall Achievments Guide:<\/p>\n
Overall Achievments \u2013 72, gamerscore \u2013 875G<\/strong><\/p>\n 50G<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>LASO Master\u00a0Complete the LASO playlist for every Halo game.<\/span> How I do this: You may find this strange, but I go for killing the easiest enemies first. They are often the more numerous and pesky enemies. This usually leaves just a scant few (though harder) enemies to face. One big reason I do this is that there will be much less firepower shooting at you. During a LASO run, Grunts and Jackals aren’t to be trifled with. Their spamming of plasma can easily take you down as an Elite’s sword can. Take them out easily form a distance. BTW, I definitely recommend picking up a plasma pistol to help you on your LASO runs. This will help blast shields away on the harder shield enemies.<\/p>\n 30G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Life Story\u00a0Complete the Master Chief Saga playlist.<\/span> The following 10 achievements are quite simple and can be gained by simply playing through the campaigns. The ones that will take you longer are the last three of these as they are only available in Halo 4. 20G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Thanks A Killion\u00a0Kill 20,000 enemies or players.<\/span> 5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The Guardians Are Coming\u00a0Get killed by the Guardians.<\/span> 5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Mystery Achievement\u00a0Inscrutable. Mysterious.<\/span> 5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Stick With It\u00a0Play a multiplayer or co-op game at least 3 months after your first game.<\/span> The next four are again self explanatory. 30G<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Lore Master\u00a0Activate every terminal.<\/span> 30G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Throne of Bones\u00a0Find and claim all the mission skulls in Halo:CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3.<\/span> The next 23 all have to due with playing either campaign missions or multiplayer games. Every other one requires WINS<\/strong> in multiplayer games. Much like the\u00a0preceding grouping, this is another set of achievements that will require time to get. Multi kills are where it’s at folks! Campaign is easy for this in many places. As for multiplayer, might I suggest Grifball? I’ve been known to get Killionaires several times in one game of Grifball… 10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Foe Hammer\u00a0Kill 5,000 enemies or players.<\/span> The nine below are nearly repetitive of ones earlier. Other than Hunters, the rest all require 1K kills. You’ll have a VERY easy tie with Grunts, Elites, Jackals and Brutes. Watchers, Knights and Crawlers are going to be a grind to get to 1K. Flood, no problem. If you play the level Floodgate in Halo 3, you’ll rack those 1,000 kills VERY quickly! As you continue on your quest to get these achievements, the more and more you play the campaigns the easier it will get. Not only will you learn how to take down enemies faster, you’ll also play through missions faster and find those places where many enemies are at that you can revert back to and kill over and over again.<\/p>\n The next three deal with playing co-operatively. Since they only require ONE level to complete in any of the four campaigns, you should have NO problem getting these. 10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0I Dabble in Slaying\u00a0Complete one cross-game playlist.<\/span> Tomorrow I’ll bring you the Halo CE Anniversary Achievments and my simple guide to getting those.<\/p>\n Other parts to this series: I hope you’ve enjoyed the read and if you have any suggestions, please feel free to reply below or e-mail me at sal@halofanforlife.com. I might use those as edits in these articles.<\/p>\n -Sal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello folks. This article is the first is a series of articles that will go over a section of the achievements for the Halo Master Chief Collection. Since there are 450 of them, I thought it prudent to break them … Continue reading
\nLASO means ‘L<\/span>egendary A<\/span>ll S<\/span>kulls O<\/span>n’. This achievement is one of the hardest to get and will require a great deal of patience. Mine and Tetra’s suggestion is to go for this with a co-op partner. The reason for this is having a partner to game with will allow you to revert to a checkpoint should one of you die. If you play this solo, then upon your death, your progress essentially becomes null and you revert to the beginning of the level. Again, patience is key here. Rushing through a LASO run will very likely end up with you dying.<\/p>\n
\nI’m going to let Tetra talk about this as he sums it up nicely:
\nGrab a comfy seat, set up some food, and take breaks between missions. Depending on difficultly\/skill, each game will take 3-7 hours to complete which puts the whole playlist around 10-30 hours to complete. There a few methods in terms of how you manage playing because the actual playing is rather simple. If you go at it with a friend or three, then you are reliant on their commitment and internet connection. If you go at is solo, you have the luxury to pause and get some sleep before continuing, but of course, that requires your Xbox to remain on for a very long time. Not advised. This of course is assuming there isn’t a “resume playlist” feature.<\/p>\n
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Just Getting Started\u00a0Kill 100 enemies or players.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Balaho\u2019s Most Wanted\u00a0Kill 100 Grunts.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The One Percent\u00a0Kill 100 Elites.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Spoilsport\u00a0Kill 100 Jackals.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Going Bananas\u00a0Kill 100 Brutes.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Hunters Hunted\u00a0Kill 50 Hunters.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Checkmate\u00a0Kill 100 Watchers.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0I Was Wondering What Would Break First\u00a0Kill 100 Knights.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Pest Control\u00a0Kill 100 Crawlers.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Delicious Brains\u00a0Kill 100 Flood.<\/span>
\nThese shouldn’t take you any more than 3-4 weeks to get all of them, even the Halo 4 ones. Again, if you play all of the campaigns straight through, you’ll likely have them all anyway or be VERY close to finishing them.<\/p>\n
\nOkay, this one may sound daunting. Really though, it’s not that tough. The achievement says enemies or players. It’s MUCH easier to go the enemy route than player route. There are several places in the campaigns where you can revert to previous checkpoints. This will allow you to kill the same enemies over and over again. Is it a grind? Yes, but it’s going to be no matter what route you take to completing this achievement. So get at them Spartans!<\/p>\n
\nThe easiest way to get this achievement, IMO, is by loading up the multiplayer map Snowbound. All you need to is walk away form the playing area. Specifically outside of those suspicious looking turrets along the outside of the map. There is no kill boundary here as in Halo 4 for example. However, once you’ve walked too far out, those turrets will light you and and BAM Achievement Unlocked.<\/p>\n
\nYou’re guess is as good as mine on this one. Once this is figured out, I’ll revise this entry.<\/p>\n
\nNot at all hard, especially if you’re trying to get all of these achievements. And really, you KNOW you’ll be playing at least three months of HMCC after it releases.<\/p>\n
\n20G<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Herald of the Reclamation\u00a0Complete all campaigns on Easy difficulty.<\/span>
\n30G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Veteran\u00a0Complete all campaigns on Normal difficulty.<\/span>
\n40G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0War Hero\u00a0Complete all campaigns on Heroic difficulty.<\/span>
\n50G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Legend\u00a0Complete all campaigns on Legendary difficulty.<\/span>
\nPersonally, I play each NEW campaign on Heroic. In doing so, you would unlock the first three of these. However, if you’ve been playing Halo for awhile and know these campaigns well, conquering them on Legendary shouldn’t be all that hard, especially if you have co-op players. If you are relatively new to Halo or haven’t played the campaigns in awhile, don’t stress yourself on the Heroic or Legendary levels to start with. Work your way up to them. With a year or so before Halo 5 Guardians, you’ll have plenty of time to replay missions on harder difficulty to get those last two achievements.<\/p>\n
\nThis is one that might take a little bit of time. If you don’t know where a terminal is located, you can EASILY find clips of them via YouTube. There are MANY vids there to be found. As for the Halo 2 Anniversary terminals, you can be sure that kids of those will be up within hours of the game’s release.<\/p>\n
\nBasically the same answer as above. Some are a bit tricky and would be better gained by having a co-op partner. There is one in Halo 3 for example that is VERY tricky to get. We’ll get to that one in a later article though.<\/p>\n
\n5G<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Your Journey Begins\u00a0Complete a campaign mission or a match of multiplayer.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Where Am I?\u00a0Complete 10 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n5G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Tempered Blade\u00a0Win 10 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Game On\u00a0Complete 50 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Contender\u00a0Win 50 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0I Got This\u00a0Complete 100 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Forged in Fire\u00a0Win 100 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Can\u2019t Put It Down\u00a0Complete 150 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sharpshooter\u00a0Win 150 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Bonus Level\u00a0Complete 200 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0In It To Win It\u00a0Win 200 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Up All Night\u00a0Complete 250 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Battle Hardened\u00a0Win 250 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Can\u2019t Get Enough\u00a0Complete 300 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Thermopylae\u00a0Win 300 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Committed\u00a0Complete 350 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Striking Fear in Their Hearts\u00a0Win 350 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Big Time Gamer\u00a0Complete 400 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Steady Aim\u00a0Win 400 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Long Time Fan\u00a0Complete 450 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Quick Trigger Finger\u00a0Win 450 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n20G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The Long Haul\u00a0Complete 500 missions or multiplayer games.<\/span>
\n20G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Multiplayer Champion\u00a0Win 500 multiplayer games.<\/span>
\nThe completing of games is very simple. It’s the wins that you’re going to have to work on. For this, I suggest finding a gaming group (care to join HFFL’s Gaming group<\/a>?) Again consider that you’ll have about 365 days before Halo 5 Guardians comes out. If you plan to stop playing HMCC after that date then you’ll need to WIN 1-2 multiplayer games a day. That’s really not THAT hard when you think about it. It’ll just require a time commitment to accomplish.<\/p>\n
\n5G<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Just A Taste\u00a0Collect 500 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0All Out of Bubblegum\u00a0Collect 1,000 unique campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A Pile of Medals\u00a0Collect 2,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A Crate of Medals\u00a0Collect 3,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A Heap of Medals\u00a0Collect 4,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A Few Trinkets\u00a0Collect 5,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Oh, These Baubles?\u00a0Collect 6,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Chesty Puller Starter Kit\u00a0Collect 7,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Medal Master Chief\u00a0Collect 8,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The Good, The Bad, and The Dead\u00a0Collect 9,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span>
\n20G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Medal Completionist\u00a0Collect\u00a010,000 campaign or playlist medals.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThis one really won’t be all that hard. As described above, since it’s for both campaign and multiplayer, if you’re looking for the easiest way to get this, campaign is your best\u00a0route.<\/p>\n
\n10G<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Gruntageddon\u00a0Kill 1000 Grunts.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Were It So Easy\u00a0Kill 1000 Elites.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Scavenger Hunt\u00a0Kill 1000 Jackals.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Dankey Kang\u00a0Kill 1000 Brutes.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Wyrmslayer\u00a0Kill 250 Hunters.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Remove the Bishops From the Board\u00a0Kill 1000 Watchers.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Knightbane\u00a0Kill 1000 Knights.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Dogcatcher\u00a0Kill 1000 Crawlers.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Zombie Repeller\u00a0Kill 1000 Flood.<\/span>
\nThis might take you about 8-10 weeks to get them all with the Halo 4 enemies being the ones you’ll have to grind out.<\/p>\n
\n10G<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Standard Operating Brocedure\u00a0Complete any co-op level on Normal difficulty.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Brovershield\u00a0Complete any co-op level on Heroic difficulty.<\/span>
\n10G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Bro Hammer\u00a0Complete any co-op level on Legendary difficulty.
\n<\/span>So grab your best gaming bud and dive into the pool!<\/p>\n
\n20G<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Sample Plate\u00a0Complete three cross-game playlists.<\/span>
\nOne game or three, it’s TOO was to get these two achievements. This will come during normal play so don’t worry about trying to achieve it specifically.<\/p>\n
\nPart 2 Halo CE Anniversary Achievements
\n<\/a>Part 3: Halo 2 Anniversary Achievements
\n<\/a>Part 4: Halo 3 Achievements
\n<\/a>Part 5: Halo 4 Achievements
\n<\/a>Part 6: Those NEW last 50 Achievements<\/a>
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