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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

Multiplayer Characters

Unlock the following characters for use in multiplayer.

Locust (23 characters)
Character How to Unlock
Drone Available from start
Grenadier Elite Available from start
Savage Drone Available from start
Savage Grenadier Available from start
Armored Myrrah Available from start
Savage Grenadier Elite Available as preorder from WalMart
Savage Kantus Available as preorder from Amazon
Miner Unlocks at XP Level 3
Beast Rider Unlocks at XP Level 5
Hunter Unlocks at XP Level 8
Theron Guard Unlocks at XP Level 12
Spotter Unlocks at XP Level 20
Flame Grenadier Unlocks at XP Level 26
Grenadier Unlocks at XP Level 39
Hunter Elite Unlocks at XP Level 60
Golden Miner Unlocks with “Rifleman” Gold Medal
Golden Hunter Unlocks with “Master at Arms” Gold Medal
Sniper Unlocks with “Headshot” Bronze Medal
Kantus Unlocks with “Medic” Gold Medal
Savage Theron Guard Unlocks with Onyx “I’m a Beast” Medal
COG (33 characters)
Character How to Unlock
Marcus Fenix Available from start
Dominic Santiago Available from start
Damon Baird Available from start
Augustus Cole Available from start
Anya Stroud Available from start
Commando Dom Available as preorder from GameStop
Mechanic Baird Available as preorder from Best Buy
Soldier Adam Available as preorder with Gears of War 3 Limited Collector’s Edition
COG Gear Unlocks at XP Level 2
Samantha Byrne Unlocks at XP Level 4
Dizzy Wallin Unlocks at XP Level 7
Jace Stratton Unlocks at XP Level 10
Clayton Carmine Unlocks at XP Level 14
Classic Dom Unlocks at XP Level 17
Classic Cole Unlocks at XP Level 23
Classic Baird Unlocks at XP Level 30
Benjamin Carmine Unlocks at XP Level 34
Civilian Anya Unlocks at XP Level 45
Colonel Hoffman Unlocks at XP Level 50
Anthony Carmine Unlocks at XP Level 75
Cole Train Unlocked with participation in Beta
Classic Marcus Unlocks with “Veteran” Silver Medal
Superstar Cole Unlocks with “MVP” Gold Medal
Golden Gear Unlocks with “War Supporter” Bronze Medal
Aaron Griffin Unlocks with “Big Money” Onyx Medal
Chairman Prescott Unlocks with “Allfather” Silver Medal
Unarmored Marcus Complete the campaign on any difficulty

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