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Contents

  • Introduction
    • We’re All Stranded Now
    • About This Guide
  • Characters
    • Overview
    • Delta Squad
    • Supporting Cast
  • Basic Training
    • Overview
    • Controls
    • Campaign Modes & Difficulties
    • Navigating the Battlefield
    • Combat
  • Weapons
    • Overview
    • Assault Rifles
    • Power Weapons
    • Heavy Weapons
    • Pistols
    • Grenades
  • Enemies
    • Overview
    • Lambent
    • Locust
  • Campaign Walkthrough
    • Act 1
      • Prologue: Troubled Past
      • Chapter 1: Anchored
      • Chapter 2: Abandon Ship
      • Boss Battle
      • Chapter 3: Homecoming
      • Chapter 4: Helping Hand
      • Chapter 5: MVP
      • Chapter 6: Hanging by a Thread
    • Act 2
      • Chapter 1: Shipwreck
      • Chapter 2: House of Sand
      • Chapter 3: Forced Entry
      • Chapter 4: Trench Run
      • Boss Battle
      • Chapter 5: Hijack
      • Chapter 6: Airborne
      • Chapter 7: Touchdown
    • Act 3
      • Chapter 1: Unbreakable
      • Chapter 2: Rescue
      • Boss Battle
      • Chapter 3: Breakneck Run
      • Chapter 4: Ghost Town
      • Chapter 5: Brothers to the End
    • Act 4
      • Chapter 1: Ashes to Ashes
      • Chapter 2: Crater
      • Chapter 3: Hang ‘Em High
      • Chapter 4: Batten Down the Hatches
      • Chapter 5: Bon Voyage
      • Chapter 6: Watery Grave
    • Act 5
      • Chapter 1: Home Away From Home
      • Chapter 2: Blackout
      • Chapter 3: Shattered House
      • Chapter 4: Threshold
      • Chapter 5: Ascension
      • Chapter 6: Reckoning
      • Boss Battle
  • Multiplayer
    • Movement
    • Advanced Movement
    • Gears Concepts
    • Cover
    • Combat
    • Team Play
    • Weapons
    • Map Attributes
    • Multiplayer Modes
    • Multiplayer Arsenal
      • Weapon Spawning
      • Weapon Damage Table
      • Rifles
      • Shotguns
      • Pistols
      • Grenades
      • Power Weapons
      • Heavy Weapons
    • Horde Mode
      • Horde Basics
      • Base Building
      • Horde Quick Tips
    • Beast Mode
      • Overview
      • Waves
      • COG Forces
      • Fortifications
      • Cash
      • Beast Forces
    • Multiplayer Maps
      • Overview
      • Checkout
      • Drydock
      • Gridlock
      • Hotel
      • Mercy
      • Old Town
      • Overpass
      • Sandbar
      • Thrashball
      • Trenches
  • Collectibles
    • Act 1
    • Act 2
    • Act 3
    • Act 4
    • Act 5
    • Ribbons
    • Medals
    • Mutators
    • Weapon Skins
    • Multiplayer Executions
    • Multiplayer Characters
    • Avatar Awards
    • Achievements

Gears of War 3 Guide › Collectibles

Medals

Beast Medals
Medal How to Earn
I’m a Beast! Complete all 12 waves of Beast on Casual, Normal, Hardcore, and Insane difficulties (cannot fail any wave)
Beastly Complete 60/180/360/600 waves of Beast
Motivator Heal/revive 250/300/750/1,500 teammates
Dismantler Destroy 150/500/1,500/3,000 fortifications
Ruthless Kill 125/325/650/1,100 humans
Investor Earn 100,000/250,000/500,000/1,000,000 tokens
HIgh Roller Ready for Heavies Ribbon 5/15/35/75 times
Horde Medals
Medal How to Earn
For the Horde Complete all 50 waves of Horde on Casual, Normal, Hardcore, and Insane difficulties
Horder Complete 100/500/1,000/2,000 waves of Horde
Architect Founder Ribbon 10/50/150/300 times
Squad Leader Pointman Ribbon 50/150/300/500 times
Field Engineer Repair, Upgrade, or Build 100/250/500/1000 fortifications
Big Money Earn 100,000/500,000/1,000,000/5,000,000 cash
Loot Courtesan Complete 10 challenges in Horde
Arcade Medals
Medal How to Earn
King of COG Earn 1,000,000/2,000,000/5,000,000/7,500,000 total points in Arcade mode
Number 1 Earn the Number 1 Ribbon 20/60/120/240 times
Warmonger Complete Arcade campaign on Casual, Normal, Hardcore, and Insane difficulties
Force Multiplier Complete 10/30/60/100 chapters with a multiplier at its max, x10 (cumulative, not consecutive)
Survivalist Complete 10 chapters without dying
Afficionado 50/150/300/500 number of chapters played in Arcade
Doorman 200/500/1,000/2,000 doors opened/buttons pushed/wheels turned, etc.
Campaign Medal
Medal How to Earn
Tour of Duty Complete the campaign in Casual, Normal, Hardcore, and Insane difficulties

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