Achievements — Gears of War eGuide

Unlike a lot of games out there, the Achievements in Gears of War are all self-explanatory and require no special tricks or super-human feats from the player. Our strategy for acquiring all available Gamer Points is to play through the game once on the Casual difficulty setting and then play through on Hardcore as the host of a Co-Op game. After that, play through again on Co-Op at the Insane difficulty setting. Although completing the game on Insane also rewards you with the Achievements for the lower difficult settings, there is a massive jump in difficulty from Casual to Insane. The intermediate Hardcore mode provides a nice gradation.

As for the mass of Achievements related to Ranked Matches on Xbox Live, each of these comes to you with time. Standard “first to 5” matches seldom take more than 25 minutes, and many players earn up to 10 or more kills in a single match. If you want those Achievements, just keep playing. Your skills will improve and your kill tally will climb ever higher. The Gamer Points will follow. Good luck!

Casual Campaign

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Game Completion on Casual
Prison Breakout	10	Complete the Tutorial (on any difficulty)	1%	1	2%
Completed Act 1 on Casual	10	Complete Act 1 on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%
Completed Act 2 on Casual	10	Complete Act 2 on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%
Completed Act 3 on Casual	10	Complete Act 3 on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%
Completed Act 4 on Casual	10	Complete Act 4 on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%
Completed Act 5 on Casual	10	Complete Act 5 on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%
Mercenary (unlocks Gamer Pic)	10	Complete all Acts on Casual Difficulty	1%	1	2%

Hardcore Campaign

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Game Completion on HARDCORE
Completed Act 1 on Hardcore	20	Complete Act 1 on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%
Completed Act 2 on Hardcore	20	Complete Act 2 on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%
Completed Act 3 on Hardcore	20	Complete Act 3 on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%
Completed Act 4 on Hardcore	20	Complete Act 4 on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%
Completed Act 5 on Hardcore	20	Complete Act 5 on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%
Soldier (unlocks Gamer Pic)	20	Complete all Acts on Hardcore Difficulty	2%	1	2%

Insane Campaign

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Game Completion on Insane
Completed Act 1 on Insane	30	Complete Act 1 on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Completed Act 2 on Insane	30	Complete Act 2 on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Completed Act 3 on Insane	30	Complete Act 3 on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Completed Act 4 on Insane	30	Complete Act 4 on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Completed Act 5 on Insane	30	Complete Act 5 on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Commando (unlocks Gamer Pic)	30	Complete all Acts on Insane Difficulty	3%	1	2%

Campaign

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS	PTs.	DIFF.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
COG tags
Time to Remember	10	Casual	Recover 10 COG Tags (on any difficulty)	1%	1	2%
Honor Bound	20	Hardcore	Recover 20 COG Tags (on any difficulty)	2%	1	2%
For the Fallen	30	Insane	Recover 30 COG Tags (on any difficulty)	3%	1	2%

Insane Campaign

CAMPAIGN ACHIEVEMENTS	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Killing Bosses
My Love for You is Like a Truck	30	Defeat a Berserker on Hardcore Difficulty	3%	1	2%
Broken Fingers	30	Defeat a Corpser on Hardcore Difficulty	3%	1	2%
A Dish Best Served Cold	30	Defeat General RAAM on Hardcore Difficulty	3%	1	2%

CO-OP

CO-OP SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS	DIFF.	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Dom-curious	Casual	10	Complete 1 Co-Op chapter as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty	1%	1	2%
Domination	Hardcore	20	Complete 10 chapters as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty	2%	1	2%
I Can’t Quit You Dom	Insane	30	Complete all Acts in Co-Op on any difficulty	3%	1	2%
Total Gamer Points		60		6%	3	6%

Versus

VERSUS ACHIEVEMENTS	DIFF.	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Don’t You Die on Me	Casual	10	Revive 100 teammates in Ranked Matches	1%	1	2%
A Series of Tubes	Hardcore	20	Host 50 complete Ranked Matches	2%	1	2%

Versus

VERSUS ACHIEVEMENTS	DIFF.	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Weapon Mastery
Fall Down Go Boom	Casual	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Boomshot	1%	1	2%
Pistolero	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with a Pistol	2%	1	2%
The Nuge	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Torquebow	2%	1	2%
I Spy With My Little Eye	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Longshot	2%	1	2%
Don’t Hurt ‘Em	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Hammer of Dawn	2%	1	2%

Versus

VERSUS ACHIEVEMENTS	DIFF.	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Humiliation Mastery
It’s a Massacre	Casual	10	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Chainsaw	1%	1	2%
Curb Appeal	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with the Curb Stomp	2%	1	2%
Capital Punishment	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with an Execution	2%	1	2%
Crackdown	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with Melee	2%	1	2%
Is it a Spider?	Hardcore	30	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with Grenade Tag	2%	1	2%
The Money Shot	Hardcore	20	Kill 100 enemies in Ranked Matches with a Head Shot	2%	1	2%

Versus

VERSUS ACHIEVEMENTS	DIFF.	PTs.	DESCRIPTION	% OF 1000 GAMER PTs.	NO. OF ACHVs.	% OF 50 ACHVs.
Versus Success
Always Remember Your First	Casual	10	Finish playing a Versus Ranked Match	1%	1	2%
Don’t Hate the Player	Casual	10	Finish with the highest points in a Ranked Match	1%	1	2%
Mix it Up	Hardcore	20	Win a Ranked Match in every Versus game type	2%	1	2%
Can’t Touch Me	Hardcore	20	Win 10 Ranked Matches without losing a Round	2%	1	2%
Around the World	Insane	30	Win a Ranked Match on every Versus map	3%	1	2%
Seriously…(unlocks Gamer Pic)	Insane	50	Kill 10,000 people in Versus Ranked Match total	5%	1	2%
Total Gamer Points		370		37%	19	38%
Grand Totals		1000		100%	50	100%