Halo Wars
X360 / Strategy / Release: Mar 2, 2009 / ESRB: T
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Halo Wars Tips & Tricks
There are currently no x360 Tips & Tricks for Halo Wars.
Halo Wars Cheat Codes
There are currently no x360 Cheat Codes for Halo Wars.
Halo Wars Unlockables
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Skull Name: Sickness (Mission 6: Dome of Light)
Kill 50 Banshees - take a Squad of Marines to the Hanger Behind your Base its right there
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Skull Name: Sugar Cookies (Mission 11: Cleansing)
Kill 100 Sentinels - take a Hornet to the front end of the Spirit Of Fire and it is right on the nose of the Ship
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Skull Name: Wuv Woo (Mission 4: Arcadia City)
Kill 50 Elites - where you Set up Base Two in the Streets there are some stairs Next to it leading to a Bronze Statue Its next to the Statue
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Black Box 01 - Alpha Base
Under the last bridge before entering Alpha Base
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Black Box 02 - Relic Approach
Top left of the map, behind a Covenant shield
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Black Box 03 -Relic Interior
On the small ramp on the left side right at the start, before going inside the Relic
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Black Box 04 - Arcadia City
Just north of the starting point, right next to the skyscraper where you can save Adam
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Black Box 05 - Arcadia Outskirts
Go down the first ramp as you are fleeing from the Covenant, it's behind a downed Pelican
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Black Box 06 - Dome of Light
Far left of the map, to the left of where you transport the third Rhino tank
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Black Box 07 - Scarab
Far right side of the map, in a small alcove with supply crates
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Skull Name: Rebel Sympathizer (Mission 7: Scarab )
Kill 10 Locusts - get a Warthog and take it to the Top Left of the Map where there was 2 Locusts and a Power Nod its right there
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Skull Name: Rebel Supporter (Mission 8: Anders' Signal)
Kill 750 Infection Forms - head to North Side of the Map where you got the Elephant, head east towards a cliff, But you'll see a ridge. Go into ridge
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Skull Name: Rebel Leader (Mission 9: The Flood)
Kill 20 Flood Stalks - just to the North East of your Main Base is a downed Pelican. Just take a Warthog to claim it fast and easy
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Skull Name: Boomstick (Mission 12: Repairs)
Kill 12 Spirit Transports - take a Hawk to the Lower 2 Airlocks and it its right up the Little ramp in the Air
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Skull Name: Bountiful Harvest (Mission 14: Reactor)
Kill 20 Vampires - head to the Second Covenant Base and its in the Far corner at the bottom of the next ramp
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Skull Name: Catch (Mission 10: Shield World)
Kill 350 Swarms - get at least 2 Hornets and fly East of you base past the First Tower to a Plateau with covered with Flood Eggs it is in the center
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Skull Name: Cowbell (Mission 3: Relic Interior)
Kill 45 Hunters - take a Grizzly, Anders, Forge and Your Marines Back to where they were held up on the central pad
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Skull Name: Emperor (Mission 15: Escape)
Kill 3 Scarabs - Head the to Very North of the Map and its dead Center of all the flood
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Skull Name: Fog (Mission 5: Arcadia Outskirts)
Kill 5 Wraiths - get a Warthog and rush back up the Tracks to the left of your Main Base and just keep going straight past the split in the Tracks
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Skull Name: Grunt Birthday Party (Mission 2: Relic Approach)
Kill 20 Jackals - head back to Alpha Base with a Worthog its in the south end of the base
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Skull Name: Look Daddy! (Mission 1: Alpha Base)
Kill 100 Grunts - get a Warthog and rush back to the front gate of Alpha base the skull is where the Marines were held up
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Skull Name: Pain Train (Mission 13: Beachhead)
Kill 10 Bomber Forms - head back to the Beginning of the Map by the First Teleporter and head down the Path to a Flood nest and its right next to it
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Black Box 08 - Ander' Signal
Near the big brute fire line at the start, on a ridge to the right
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Black Box 09 - The Flood
Straight out from the base ramp on the other side of the map
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Black Box 10 - Shield World
Alongside Bravo platoon, which is the middle platoon you pick up
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Mission 2 (Relic Approach) Gold Rank:
Over 70,000 points within 15 to 30 minutes.
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Mission 3 (Relic Interior) Gold Rank:
Over 45,000 points within 8 to 18 minutes.
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Mission 4 (Arcadia City) Gold Rank:
Over 50,000 points within 21 to 23 minutes.
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Mission 5 (Arcadia Outskirts) Gold Rank:
Over 40,000 points within 21 to 23 minutes.
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Mission 6 (Dome of Light) Gold Rank:
Over 45,000 points within 15 to 30 minutes.
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Mission 7 (Scarab) Gold Rank:
Over 32,000 points within 12 to 24 minutes.
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Mission 8 (Anders' Signal) Gold Rank:
Over 30,000 points within 18 to 30 minutes.
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Mission 9 (The Flood) Gold Rank:
Over 35,000 points within 18 to 30 minutes.
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Professor Anders
Complete the campaign on any difficulty to get the Professor Anders gamer picture.
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Sergeant Forge
Load Halo Wars on your profile to unlock the Sergeant Force gamer picture.
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Mission 15 (Escape) Gold Rank:
Over 30,000 points within 20 to 33 minutes.
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Mission 14 (Reactor) Gold Rank:
Over 30,000 points within 15 to 30 minutes.
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Mission 13 (Beachhead) Gold Rank:
Over 40,000 points within 20 to 60 minutes.
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Black Box 11 - Cleansing
Left rear of the ship, on wings that slant down...you'll need a flying unit
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Black Box 12 - Repairs
Left edge of Spirit of Fire, not far from the Power Core building, on the left side
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Black Box 13 - Beachhead
On a ledge near the second set of teleporters, near the Covenant base
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Black Box 14 - Reactor
Up and left at the top of the first ramp, on the edge of the ramp
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Black Box 15 - Escape
Directly opposite the starting point on the north edge of the map, between the Flood and the Covenant base
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Remaining Black Boxes
Win on each Skirmish map and win Skirmish with each leader
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Mission 1 (Alpha Base) Gold Rank:
Over 27,000 points within 5 to 12 minutes.
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Mission 10 (Shield World) Gold Rank:
Over 55,000 points within 23 to 32 minutes.
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Mission 11 (Cleansing) Gold Rank:
Over 30,000 points within 23 to 30minutes.
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Mission 12 (Repairs) Gold Rank:
Over 32,000 points within 10 to 20 minutes.
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Grunt Birthday Party Skull
One the second level approach you must kill 20 Jackle Snipers before the skull appears. Try to stay as far away from the end of the level as possible. Once you kill the 20 snipers the skull will appear under the gate you entered alpha base in the last level.
Halo Wars Achievements
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Drain Cleaner [DLC Required]
Kill 20 enemy squads with a continuous Covenant Leader Power on Memorial Basin.
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Tour Coming Through [DLC Required]
Hot drop 50 squads to your Covenant Leader in a single game on Barrens.
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Killjoy [DLC Required]
Disrupt 5 active Leader Powers in a single game on Blood River.
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Alas, Poor Andrew Thomas
Collect your first Skull
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Sweet Naptime
Mission 9: Put every Colony in Hibernation Mode at the same time
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The Procrastinator
Mission 10: Disrupt all Tractor Beams
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The Real Winner
Mission 4: Save Adam
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Thinkin' about My Doorbell
Mission 15: Open the Doors in order
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2 Bugs are Better Than 1
Win a Skirmish Game with Dual Scarabs
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Backscratcher
Complete any Campaign Mission in Co-op Mode
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Basically Naive
Obtain the Recruit Rank on Xbox LIVE
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Big Al's Scooter
Win a Heroic Skirmish Game against the AI in under 10 minutes
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Crushed Colors
Improve your Score in any Campaign Mission
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Meet Sergeant Forge
Completed Mission 1 on any difficulty
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Rhino Hugger
Mission 6: Successfully protect every Rhino
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Ramblin' Man
Mission 8: Use Elephants to train 100 Infantry
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Momma's Boy
Get a Gold Medal on any mission
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Battened Down the Hatches
Mission 11: Save all the Airlocks
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Beaming with Pride
Mission 13: Destroy 25 units with the Scarab
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Covenant "Hot Drop"
Mission 3: Kill at least 5 Covenant Units with the Bridge
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Didn't Get To Second Base
Mission 14: Don't claim an extra base
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Empire Builder
Win a game in every Skirmish Game Mode
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Endless Fun
Mission 2: Destroy every Methane Tank
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Everything's Better with Bacon
Mission 1: Ram 50 Grunts with Warthogs
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Handy with Tools
Mission 12: Repair the Power Core in less than 4 minutes
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He's Got The Jack
Mission 5: Jack 6 Covenant Vehicles
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Micro Manager
Mission 7: Do not destroy any Power Node
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My Virtual Friends Love Me
Win a 3v3 Skirmish game with 2 AI Allies
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N00b n0 M0r3
Win a Matchmade Skirmish Game on Xbox LIVE
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Penny Pincher
Get a winning High Score with 10 or less Squads against the Heroic AI
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Epic Grinder
Obtain a Lifetime Campaign Score over 1,000,000
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Halo Historian
Unlock All Timeline Events
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Ice Warriors
Completed Act I on any difficulty
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OMG BFF FTW
Complete entire Campaign in Co-op Mode
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Detour the Great Journey
Complete the Campaign on Legendary Difficulty
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Key to Pirth
Completed Act II on any difficulty
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Running the Show
Obtain the General Rank on Xbox LIVE
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No Way Home?
Completed Act IV on any difficulty
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Ugly is only Skin Deep
Completed Act III on any difficulty
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Ready for the Sequel
100% Completion
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Wall of Recognition
Get a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission
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Walk-Off Winner
Use one of the 6 Major Leader Powers to destroy an enemy's last unit
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Officer on Deck
Obtain the Lieutenant Rank on Xbox LIVE
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Halo Academic
Unlock 20 Timeline Events
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Mr. Punctual
Finish all missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty
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Playin' the Field
Win a Skirmish Game with every Leader
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Titan
Get 20,000 points in any Skirmish Game
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24 Hours of Quality
Play Halo Wars for at least 24 Total Hours
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Own Worst Enemy
Get a Gold Medal with all Debuff Skulls Active
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So Lonely at the Top
Win and have the Highest Score in a Matchmade Skirmish Game on Xbox LIVE
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Gallivant around the Galaxy
Win a game on every Skirmish Map
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Adjudicate the Arbiter
Complete the Campaign on Heroic Difficulty
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Graverobber
Collect all Skulls
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Never Leave a Man Behind [DLC Required]
Finish with 5000 net resources tributed to your teammates on Memorial Basin except in Deathmatch.
