Gears of War 3 — achievement guide

Gears of War 3 — achievement guide Standard Xbox 360/backward-compatible list: 82 achievements, 2,000G. Researched instructions, not a claim of firsthand testing. Includes all four major DLC packs and their associated title-update achievements. Before you grind anything: check War Supporter. Socialite has a partial-discontinuation problem, and Seriously 3.0 needs that same medal. Having 29/30 is not proof you can finish it now. October 2026 reports still describe failed unlocks. If you already have the medal, that's a different situation. Don't delete your save trying to force it. Current discussion (https://t.co/Z8OHboO6rt) Story progression: eighteen automatic milestones Play the main story through; these are progression unlocks, not separate side challenges: - Marcus, It's Your Father: opening dream. - Swimmin' in Glowie Gravy: defend the Raven's Nest. - We Struck Gold, Son!: Hanover supplies. - My Turf! Cougars Territory!: escape the stadium. - Putting it Scientifically…: bridge encounter. - Okay, Now We Find Hoffman: discover Adam's location. - Oh Yeah, It's Pirate Time: take the Gas Barge. - Thanks For Flying GasBag Airways: reach Anvil Gate. - Anvil Gate's Last Resort: survive its siege. Story milestone reference (https://t.co/T0AIogB2PA) - Was it Good For You?: beat the Lambent Berserker. - Lost Your Good Driver Discount: arrive at Mercy. - Brothers to the End: Mercy fuel-pump sequence. - Think You Can Handle That?: collect the naval-base fuel. - Baird's Favorite Kind of Toy: launch the submarine. - Welcome To -redacted-: arrive at Azura. - Look at That, Instant Summer.: disable the Maelstrom. - Ok. Faith. Yeah. Got It.: rescue Adam. - You're Dead! Now Stay Dead!: finish the final confrontation. Story list (https://t.co/SxlQbh3Oxq) Difficulty, friends and collectibles Ready for More: complete every act on Casual or Normal. Ain't My First Rodeo: complete Hardcore. That's Just Crazy: complete Insane. Use chapter-select difficulty records to find omissions; finishing only the last chapter does not cover the campaign. My Fellow Gears: finish all acts in co-op. We Few, We Happy Few…: do that with four players; keep the full group present through every chapter. Collector / Pack Rat / Hoarder: 5 / 20 / all 42 collectible objects. Remember the Fallen: all 15 COG tags. Tags are a separate set, not part of the 42; use the accompanying 57-location guide. Respect for the Dead: Act IV, Chapter 1: don't personally touch or shoot ash people. When you reach Griffin's hideout, approach the caged weapons room and enter after it opens. AI damage does not invalidate your own restraint. Campaign requirements (https://t.co/Wj04DJg4mG), ash-people route (https://t.co/AviTJMaizw) Levels and Arcade Level 5 / Level 10 / Level 15 / Level 25 / Level 50: earn XP to each threshold. Stack these with other objectives; don't grind levels first and then repeat the same matches for medals. Welcome to Arcade Mode: finish five Arcade chapters cooperatively. All for One, One for All: keep the Arcade multiplier at its maximum for ten chapter completions. First Among Equals: finish first in Arcade score sixty times. Repeat a short chapter such as Act II, Chapter 7 with a second player/controller; score actively on your main profile and avoid losing the multiplier. Repeated chapters count. Award Winning Tactics: earn an Onyx medal. Seriously 3.0: reach level 100 and earn all 65 required Onyx medals. Beta Tester and Old Guard are not required. Use Stats & Awards to identify the unfinished counters, group compatible weapon/mode/ribbon work, and avoid starting a re-up immediately before finishing the level 100 requirement. This is an enormous medal project, not simply a campaign completion. Arcade multiplier (https://t.co/cuicDPKy4S), sixty first-place chapters (https://t.co/UdJ7dhV4BL), 65-medal scope (https://t.co/rSGcGM2fvT), level thresholds (https://t.co/T0AIogB2PA) Executions and Beast Judge, Jury and Executioner: perform every finishing move. Standard Campaign makes weapon executions available without the Versus kill unlocks. Down an enemy, equip the weapon and hold Y. Checklist: Lancer, Hammerburst, Retro Lancer, Gnasher, Sawed-Off, Gorgon, Boltok, Boomshot, Digger, Hammer of Dawn, Mulcher, Mortar, One-Shot, Scorcher, Torque Bow, Longshot, Cleaver and Boomshield. Also do COG face-punch and Locust arm-rip with Snub, curb stomp (tap Y), neck snap (take a meatshield, then X), Lancer chainsaw and Retro charge. The arm-rip needs the Locust side; finish any missing entry in Versus after unlocking it. Execution checklist (https://t.co/IDdLC7pdL1) Welcome to Beast Mode: finish all twelve waves. Wreaking Locust Vengence: kill as every creature: Wild Ticker, Ticker, Wretch, Butcher, Savage Drone, Bloodmount, Savage Corpser, Kantus, Savage Grenadier, Mauler, Giant Serapede, Boomer, Savage Boomer, Armored Kantus and Berserker. Use the Wild Ticker on an already-downed opponent or eat a grenade and detonate. Buying a creature without getting a kill isn't enough. Keep clearing defenses to earn money and reach the expensive tiers. Beast checklist (https://t.co/pBFaqmivJ6) Horde and Versus Welcome to Horde Mode: waves 1–10. Enriched and Fortified: complete all fifty wave numbers; the base achievement allows progress across sessions/maps. It's All About the Loot!: finish ten Horde bonus challenges for Bronze Loot Courtesan. Bring a co-op partner/controller; watch the challenge on every fourth wave and deliberately meet it rather than just clearing enemies. Welcome to Versus: ten TDM kills in Standard/Casual. The Versus Sampler Platter: finish one match of each original mode—TDM, Warzone, Execution, Capture the Leader, King of the Hill and Wingman—in Standard/Casual. Horde requirements and challenge cadence (https://t.co/AviTJMaizw), Versus requirements (https://t.co/Wj04DJg4mG) Welcome to the Big Leagues: graduate from Casual Versus. Returning players may qualify automatically; otherwise keep playing Casual until the game moves you on. There is no reliably documented fixed match/level threshold to promise. Wait, What Time is it?: build the consecutive-match bonus to 1,000 through ten matches during one game session; don't dashboard between them, and use Standard/Casual for the qualifying finish. Lambency: execute an infected player in Versus; a chainsaw execution is straightforward. An ordinary gun kill doesn't satisfy it. Socialite: Onyx War Supporter, historically thirty events; see the current access warning above rather than treating an obsolete event calendar as a working method. Casual graduation (https://t.co/WfY0QfOset), match bonus (https://t.co/C9nvWtyFEh), Lambency (https://t.co/5RavI4ssdR), Socialite (https://t.co/dwUDjBimhD) Horde Command Pack: five The Host with the Most / Places to See, People to Destroy: host private Horde / Beast with five players on Azura, Blood Drive or Rustlung. Rotate hosts so each person gets hosting credit. Kill Locust (Like a Boss): clear a Hardcore boss wave with five Onyx Guards. Start at wave 10, use helpful unlocked mutators if wanted and stay alive through the finish. What Does This Button Do?: 500 Horde kills using Silverback rockets, not its machine gun. Use an upgraded Silverback; a teammate's rocket-equipped machine can provide the weapon access. It's Hammer Time!: reach Command Center fortification level 4. First unlock it through turret progression, then keep purchasing/using Command Centers to accumulate their upgrade spending. Turret level 8 requires 360,000; Command Center level 4 another 40,000. Horde Command methods (https://t.co/ZsU6C4lqFg), pack maps and fortifications (https://t.co/VxW2ogDjt6) RAAM's Shadow: ten, including its title update Welcome To Zeta: finish Standard RAAM's Shadow. Some Friendly Competition: finish its Arcade version. Help From My Friends: finish the entire DLC with four players. Combine co-op with one of the required mode runs. Finger of Doom: fifty Gears kills using RAAM's Kryll attack. I'm Rubber, You're Glue: ten Gears kills by reflecting their fire with the Mauler's shield; use the Mauler in co-op and face incoming shooters. Death from Above: fifty Locust killed with the Hammer of Dawn Command Center. Unarmed and Dangerous: ten Locust killed while operating the Loader. Repeat the corresponding DLC encounters to clean up counters. Ghosts from the Past: ten Standard/Casual Versus matches as Barrick, Tai, Minh or Valera. Zeta Team, Go!: Horde waves 1–10 with five players, one each of Barrick, Tai, Minh, Valera and Jace. RAAM achievement requirements (https://t.co/OXohgCQ4gP) Foreshadowing: as RAAM, execute Minh ten times in Standard/Casual Versus. Set your Locust selection to RAAM; look for Minh on the opposing team. Chainsaw or a downed execution works. Private matches are not the documented route for this one. Foreshadowing method (https://t.co/Sf0mNsulM0) Fenix Rising: seven Maps: Academy, Anvil, Depths, Escalation, The Slab. Now They Begin to Understand: clear Beast waves 1–12 on every map above. Defending the Past: all fifty Horde waves on a Fenix Rising map. Come to Poppa!: win Versus with five Recruit Claytons. Locust, Forever!: win with five Savage Marauders. Coordinate skins before launching. Time to Re-up!: reach 100 and choose re-up. Again!: reach 100 again and re-up a second time. I've Done it All!: earn each of the original 132 combat ribbons. Read the missing ribbon conditions in Stats & Awards, use filled bot teams where needed and plan coordinated ribbons with partners. Multiple copies of one ribbon don't replace a missing type. Fenix Rising requirements (https://t.co/H4tD7KPVJi) Forces of Nature: ten Maps: Aftermath, Artillery, Cove, Jacinto, Raven Down. Natural Selection: Beast 1–12 on all five. Horde Natural: twenty consecutive Horde waves on one of these maps without being downed or dying. Unstoppable Force: all fifty Horde waves on a Forces of Nature map. Witty Repairtee: spend 50,000 building/repairing fortifications as Mechanic Baird LE. Combine these on Casual; communicate who repairs what. Force Multiplayer: win Guardian on every Forces of Nature map. I've Got This!: as Guardian leader, kill ten opponents in one round on a Forces of Nature map. These require qualifying public/quick or ranked Guardian, not a substitute private lobby. Keep your leader alive and avoid prematurely ending the round by killing the opposing leader. Hunter Gatherer: as Savage Hunter, bag-and-tag twenty Versus opponents. Down one, take them as a meatshield, then grenade-tag them; replenish grenades between attempts. Force Multiplier: kill a Lambent Berserker in Horde with all five players using Forces of Nature characters. Five Mechanic Bairds work; stay alive at the kill. Use a boss wave and retry if a different boss appears. Forces of Nature methods (https://t.co/kRckoG4LHx) Stock Piled: reach the original maximum fortification levels: barriers 8, decoys 7, turrets 8, sentries 6 and Silverback 2. Spend on each category separately; upgrading one doesn't advance the others. DLC-raised maximums aren't required for this achievement. Retail fortification thresholds (https://t.co/5c8bzoxyqa) Elemental: twenty-five Horde kills using a charged elemental Cleaver. A relatively direct route is Artillery: during a Savage wave, kill a Butcher/Savage Theron and take its Cleaver. Carry it to the High Voltage sign near Headquarters. When the storm siren sounds, stand on the sign holding the Cleaver so lightning charges it. Kill enemies while retaining the charged weapon; a normal Cleaver doesn't count. If you lose the charge or use up the weapon, repeat the setup in another run. Electric Cleaver setup (https://t.co/rEp5C4U5on), Elemental requirement (https://t.co/M0zS1HMkee)