Forum:Most difficult Halo achievement

Just for fun, I thought we could come up with a list what we believe to be the most difficult achievements across every Halo game. Seeing as I've unlocked every one (save Halo 2 Vista, I'd say I've got some experience in the matter. I invite everyone else to suggest what they feel are the most difficult achievements. Any that gave them a lot of trouble, or continue to. We can have some fun narrowing down the list, and in the end come up with something like a top 10 list, or even the single most difficult achievement.

Before I start the list, I feel it necessary to outline what makes an achievement difficult. For me there are five factors which make an achievement difficult. Time consuming - the achievement requires a lot of time and a lot of grinding to unlock. Other players - the achievement is dependant on the actions/choices of another player (i.e. That Won't Save You, Paper Beats Rock). Co-op - the achievement that can only be unlocked in online co-op play. Situational - the achievement can only be unlocked in situations which rarely occur. And finally Objective difficulty - the achievement requires actions which are objectively difficult to pull off.

You won't find many campaign achievements listed. That's because most campaign achievements can be achieved with perseverance alone; if you keep at it, eventually you'll succeed. The most difficult achievements are those which also require skill and luck, without which you can try forever and never unlock them.--  Rusty - 112  Admin  comm 16:18, 1 December 2013 (EST)

Preliminary list
The following list is preliminary, and divided by title. Also note that older achievements tend to get harder as time goes on, as multiplayer achievements get more and more difficult due to decreased matchmaking population.


 * Halo 2 Vista
 * King of the Scarab
 * Rainman
 * Decorated Soldier

Honorable mention goes Zombie Repeller and Delicious Brains, both of which were easy to unlock when released, but now are difficult due to the rarity of Infection games.
 * Halo 3
 * Two for One
 * Steppin' Razor
 * Maybe Next Time Buddy
 * Overkill
 * Killtacular
 * Save This Film
 * Have Fun Respawning
 * Look Both Ways
 * Blades of Fury
 * Post Mortem
 * Vidmaster Challenge: Annual


 * Halo Wars
 * OMG BFF FTW
 * Detour the Great Journey
 * Running the Show


 * Halo 3 ODST
 * Vidmaster Challenge: Endure
 * Vidmaster Challenge: Deja Vu


 * Halo Reach
 * If They Came to Hear Me Beg
 * Totally Worth It
 * You Ate All the Chips
 * Offensive Driver
 * Candy From a Baby
 * All Alone
 * Don't Touch That!
 * Paper Beats Rock
 * Emergency Room
 * From Hell's Heart
 * Bounty Hunter


 * Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Speed Reader
 * That Just Happened

Honorable mention to Special Delivery, which is very difficult to pull off as intended, but glitched so badly that most people unlock it under completely different circumstances.
 * Halo 4
 * Now They Fly?
 * Bigfoot
 * Bird of Prey
 * Flash of Light
 * That Won't Save You
 * Protect This House


 * Halo Spartan Assault
 * Nowhere to Hide
 * Extra Credit
 * 117

Discussion
So what do we think? Are there any achievements you found particularly hard that were left out? Any included that you found easy? Have your say and we'll whittle the list down, until we've found the most difficult achievement(s) ever.--  Rusty - 112  Admin  comm 16:18, 1 December 2013 (EST)

I'm guessing Two for One might be the hardest. I'm not even sure if there are any FFA maps that have splazers in them. This is craZboy557, signing off. 16:27, 1 December 2013 (EST)

I'd have to say that the Vidmaster achievements mentioned above are the hardest I've ever attempted to unlock. They were definitely time consuming, needed a lot of teamwork, and were extremely difficult to pull off under the circumstances. I still haven't unlocked Vidmaster Annual. Close second for me is If They Came to Hear Me Beg, because I could hardly ever time my fall correctly.-- 16:34, 1 December 2013 (EST)

I'm going to say this, the two achievements for Halo: CE anniversary, I achieved both at the same time (thanks to RC Master). I also achieved the incredibly difficult "If They Came to Hear Me Beg" after a few tries. And with that being said, campaign and maybe firefight achievements are easier and "possible" to achieve on your own. Multiplayer achievements on the other hand are nearly impossible to achieve and just flat out OUTRAGEOUS. It makes me wonder who put them together in the first place. You're pretty much going to have to have a friend or stranger over xblv help you achieve it which kind of defeats the purpose of the achievement in the first place. Just a waste of time IMO. That's why most gamers say no to multiplayer achievements because you can't achieve them.-- Killamint  [Comm |Files ] 18:07, 1 December 2013 (EST)
 * Totally agree with you as I never even attempt to unlock multiplayer achievements. If I do happen to unlock one, it's usually by accident.-- 18:08, 5 December 2013 (EST)
 * I don't mind them as long as they're for something you can control and are about skill, not dumb luck. Dorkly makes a good and funny argument against them, too.--Emblem 1.jpg  Rusty - 112  Admin  comm 19:03, 5 December 2013 (EST)

I'd just like to point out the Overkill achievement from Halo 3. Whether or not this was just my complete failure to gain a seemingly simple achievement, this took me two years to gain. Considering there were so few people in a Lone Wolf game, and the extremely low chance that you will see four people in one area, this was incredibly difficult. But my goodness, the Commando helmet was a lovely reward. —Tent acle Torn ado  07:18, 6 December 2013 (EST)


 * I Got it at the same time as the sword triple kill achievement. :shades: So I didn't find it too hard, but maybe I got lucky. This is craZboy557, signing off. 14:29, 6 December 2013 (EST)

Anyone want to get some of the VM achievements? I think annual actually might not be too hard, as well as its ODST equivalent. Of course, the Firefight one might be rather hard. Might be able to strike a few off the list based on the results if we do this. This is craZboy557, signing off. 15:05, 7 December 2013 (EST)


 * I already have them all, but if anyone is looking for another player I'll be happy to help. That being said, I won't have time for at least a couple of weeks, and then my holiday schedule is pretty unpredictable. I recommend looking up the Spartan 1 Project. They're a group that specializes in helping people get achievements. They helped me get Annual and Endure--Emblem 1.jpg  Rusty - 112  Admin  comm 15:47, 7 December 2013 (EST)


 * Probably won't use that, as I partially intend to see how difficult they are. This is craZboy557, signing off. 16:19, 7 December 2013 (EST)

I'm surprised no one mentioned "No One Left Behind" for Halo 4. Rescuing and arming the Marines? Easy. Leading them to the top of the tower? Impossible. The onslaught of sword-wielding Elites and Mortar-spamming Wraiths is overwhelming! I think I yelled at my TV every time I played the chapter. —  SPARTAN 331  03:51, 9 December 2013 (EST)

This is from personal experience. I got lucky with friends sometimes, so many of the achievements that are really hard I ended up getting unlocked fairly easily. For Halo 3, even staging it with friends, the hardest achievement was...Post Mortem. It took me a long time to get for a Halo 3 achievo. Honorary mention goes to Two for One since I didn't get Xbox LIVE until the summer of 2008. By then a lot of the achievo hunting fever in Lone Wolves had died down. Causing trouble for not only Two For One but the other difficult Lone Wolves achievos we all hated.

For Halo Wars it was obviously Running the Show. You had to put a lot of time into it, even after they lowered the standards twice. Honorary mention for Halo Wars though is Mr. Punctual due to the level Reactor. For whatever reason I could just not get through that level fast enough on that level and ended up letting my dad do it for me. For you that don't know, while I may be the Halo expert in the family. My Dad is a master at Halo Wars in specific. Since I wasn't allowed to play on the weekdays (Mom hates Xbox, I think you guys know the feel) my Dad played for me when I wasn't allowed to play. So not only did he get his own account up to General, but he got mine up as well. This year he has also gotten my youngest brother's account to General. He is currently working on older-younger brother's, I think he's at Commander.

For Halo 3: ODST the hardest achievo was, without any doubt in my mind, Vidmaster Challenge: Endure. Me and my friends were so close twice, but at the time one of my friends had bad connection and in some convoluted way whenever someone called his home phone his internet would disconnect. Eventually, after we...endured...we got the bloody achievo.

For Halo: Reach, you all know which one it is...It's none other than If They Came to Hear Me Beg. This achievo, you all know why I hate it. It's the same reason why all of you hate it. It was so glitchy you could do it one hundred times in a row and not get it. I myself probably attempted it at least that many times before I finally got it. Honorary mentions go to Paper Beats Rock (the Anniversary DLC code in my Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary didn't work, so for a while I didn't have it. I did not know for the longest while that you needed the Anniversary DLC to be able to unlock Paper Beats Rock despite it taking place on a Defiant Map. Upon learning this I bought the DLC anyway.) and A Monument to All Your Sins (I didn't glitch at all through that Legendary Solo Campaign play through, in hindsight I wish I would have used some of the glitches to make it easier.).

For Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary it was That Just Happened. All I can say for that is, thank God for the Bandanna Skull and the M45E Tactical Shotgun. Honorary mention goes to Never Tell Me the Odds, because I'm a bad driver. All the other achievos were either fairly easy or completely easy if you plugged in another controller.

For Halo 4 this is a real tough one. After careful consideration I would have to say it was Bigfoot. Though Lone Wolf Legend was difficult I actually followed a guide on youtube before doing it. This saved me countless hours no doubt. Bigfoot on the other hand required constant grabbing of the Mantis at the start of the game and on average I only got about two or three stomp kills a match. Honorary mention goes out to Ashes to Ashes, Dodge This!, Hello Nurse!, Outta My Way!, and That Won't Save You, because those are the Halo 4 achievos I still need. If you're willing to help me sometime, maybe over the winter break when I'm home from college, you should definitely send me a message <.<

Finally we have Halo: Spartan Assault for Windows 8. And...it's Extra Credit. Extra Credit took me a total of four months to get this achievo. Now given I wasn't always playing this game, but I still put in a decent 17 hours.

Well, that's my two cents. Sith-venator Wavingstrider  ( Commlink ) 07:44, 9 December 2013 (EST)