Achievements (Halo: Reach)

All the achievements in Halo: Reach, excluding the Noble Map Pack, Defiant Map Pack and Anniversary Map Pack DLC achievements.

There are a total of forty-nine achievements that were shipped with the game totaling 1,000 gamerscore in Halo: Reach: twenty-three Campaign, seven Firefight, four Multiplayer, six Training, and nine Player Experience achievements.

The Noble Map Pack and Defiant Map Pack DLC packs added another ten achievements to Halo: Reach, with seven and three, respectively. An additional three achievements were released for the Defiant Map Pack alongside the release of the Anniversary Map Pack which also included another seven achievements.

Following the shutdown of Xbox 360 Halo online services on January 13, 2022, the online achievements are no longer attainable.

List

Campaign

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Level Completion
	We're Just Getting Started	Complete the 2nd mission on Normal or harder.	10
	Protocol Dictates Action	Complete the 3rd mission on Normal or harder.	10
	I Need a Weapon	Complete the 4th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	To War	Complete the 5th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	You Flew Pretty Good	Complete the 6th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	Into the Howling Dark	Complete the 7th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	Dust and Echoes	Complete the 8th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	This is Not Your Grave...	Complete the 9th mission on Normal or harder.	10
	Send Me Out... with a Bang	Complete the 10th mission on Normal or harder.	10
Campaign Completion
	The Soldier We Needed You To Be	Complete the Campaign on Normal difficulty.	25
	Folks Need Heroes...	Complete the Campaign on Heroic difficulty.	50
	Gods Must Be Strong	Complete the Campaign on Legendary difficulty.	125
	A Monument to All Your Sins	Complete every mission in Halo: Reach alone, on Legendary.	150
Miscellaneous
	They've Always Been Faster	Clear the 2nd mission without setting foot in a drivable vehicle.	25
	Two Corpses in One Grave	Kill 2 vehicles at once with the Target Locator in the 3rd mission.	25
	Banshees, Fast and Low	Hijack a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.	25
	Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet	Kill the Elite Zealot before he escapes during the 5th mission.	25
	If They Came to Hear Me Beg	Perform an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would've been fatal.	25
	Wake Up, Buttercup	Destroy the Corvette's engines & escort in under 3 minutes in the 6th mission on Heroic or harder.	25
	Tank Beats Everything	Finish the 9th mission on Legendary with the Scorpion intact.	25
	Lucky Me	Earn a Triple Kill while jetpacking in Campaign, Firefight or Matchmaking.	25
	KEEP IT CLEAN	Kill 7 Moa during the 2nd mission of the Campaign.	5
	I Didn't Train to Be a Pilot	Kill 3 of the Anti-Aircraft Batteries during the 8th mission.	10

Firefight

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
	Score Attack	Score 15,000 points in Score Attack Firefight Matchmaking.	10
	Firestarter	Score 50,000 points in a Firefight game.	10
	Blaze of Glory	Score 200,000 points in a Firefight game.	25
	Heat in the Pipe	Score 1,000,000 points in a Firefight game.	75
	Crowd Control	Earn a Killionaire medal in Firefight.	10
	Game, Set, Match	Complete a Firefight set on Legendary without dying.	25
	Knife to a Gunfight	As an Elite, killed 5 Spartan players in Matchmaking.	5

Multiplayer

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
	Be My Wingman, Anytime	Let a teammate spawn on you 5 times in an Invasion Matchmaking game.	5
	Yes, Sensei	Earn a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game.	10
	Skunked	Win a game of Invasion in the 1st phase.	10
	What's a Killing Spree?	Earned a Killing Spree in multiplayer Matchmaking.	5

Player Experience

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
	Make It Rain	Purchase an item from the Armory that requires the rank of Lt. Colonel.	10
	The Start of Something	Reach the rank of Corporal in the UNSC.	15
	An Honor Serving	Reach the rank of Captain in the UNSC.	25
	A Storage Solution	Use the File Browser to upload a file to your File Share.	5
	A New Challenger	Complete all of the Daily Challenges in a given day.	10
	Make it Drizzle	Purchase an item from the Armory.	10
	Cool File, Bro	Recommend a file to someone.	5
	Lemme Upgrade Ya	Advance a Commendation to a Silver state.	10
	One Down, 51 to Go	Complete a Weekly Challenge.	10

Training

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
	Doctor, Doctor	Use a Health Pack to replenish life after taking body damage.	5
	That's A Knife	Perform an Assassination on an enemy.	10
	I See You Favor A .45	Kill 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the M6G pistol.	10
	An Elegant Weapon	Kill 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the DMR.	10
	Swap Meet	Trade weapons with an AI ally in Campaign.	10
	A Spoonful of Blamite	Kill 10 enemies in Firefight or Campaign with a supercombine explosion.	10

Downloadable Content

Icon	Name	Description	Gamerscore
Noble Map Pack
	Both Barrels	Earn a Double Kill with the shotgun in multiplayer Matchmaking.	50
	Cross-Mappin'	Killed a player at long range with the DMR in a matchmade Slayer game.	50
	Offensive Driver	Earned a kill in a matchmade Rocket Race game.	20
	Poppin' & Lockin'	Destroyed a vehicle using Armor Lock in a matchmade game.	25
	Totally Worth It	Earned a Double Kill from the Grave in multiplayer Matchmaking.	50
	You Ate All the Chips	Collected all of the flags in a matchmade Stockpile game.	42
	You Blew It Up!	Blew up the research facility in a matchmade Invasion game on Breakpoint.	13
Defiant Map Pack
	Return to Sender	Successfully return two flags in a matchmade CTF game.	30
	Crackin' Skulls	Kill 3 players with the Oddball in a matchmade Oddball game.	45
	Candy from a Baby	Capture two flags from an enemy capture zone in a matchmade Stockpile game.	75
	All Alone	Be the last surviving uninfected player in a matchmade infection game.	10
	Don't Touch That!	Prevent the attacking team from touching the flag in a matchmaking 1-Flag CTF game.	25
	Paper Beats Rock	Assassinate a player that just exited Armor Lock in a matchmade game.	15
Anniversary Map Pack
	Top Shot	Get 3 headshot kills in a row in a matchmade game.	50
	Emergency Room	Infect 3 players in a single round in a matchmade Infection game.	15
	Stick it to the Man!	Stick and kill the flag carrier with a Anskum-pattern plasma grenade in a matchmade game.	20
	Dive Bomber	Perform a Beat Down on an enemy player while using the jetpack during a matchmade game.	50
	License to Kill	Run over 5 people with a vehicle in a matchmade game.	15
	Bounty Hunter	Capture 10 skulls at once in a matchmade Headhunter game.	75
	From Hell's Heart	Kill an enemy player that sticks you with a plasma grenade with their own grenade in a matchmade game.	25

Trivia

• The image of "They've Always Been Faster", winged MJOLNIR boots, is a reference to the winged sandals of Hermes, which were said to make him extremely fast.
• All of the Campaign achievement titles, along with many of the others, are quotations from the Halo games and books.
• A few of the other achievements reference other bits of popular culture.