Thread: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Achievement Guide

Overview:
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10
- Offline: 30 (600 )
- Online: 32 (580 )
- Approximate amount of time to 1060 : 35-45 Hours (8-10 campaign, 25-35 multiplayer, 5+ for DLC)
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
- Number of missable achievements: 3 (Satellite Uplinks)
- Do cheat codes disable achievements? No
- Does difficulty affect achievements? No
- Glitchy achievements: (5) Complete Blackout, SPECACT DLC achievements
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed? None


Introduction:
Welcome to Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the sequel to the first Battlefield: Bad Company, created by DICE. The game is much more user friendly than the first, and much more straight forward. Prepare to fall into combat and firefights for the safety of the United States. Chose from a full arsenal of weapons from AK's to LMG's to various Rocket Launchers. Enjoy the goofy characters that are back to fight for the second time.

Breakdown:
The game is beyond straight forward. Shoot enemies and blow stuff up. All of the achievements can be obtained on the first playthrough. Follow this M-Com guide as you progress through the story to get your Satellite Uplink related achievements.

Step 1:
Start a new campaign on Easy. There is one difficulty-related achievement, It sucks to be right for beating the last level on Hard, but you can play the entire game on Easy first and then just load the last level. As you start, follow the M-Com guide. As you walk over the various weapons that your enemies drop, pick them up, and keep them if you like them. They will be added to your collectibles and can be used whenever you arrive to a weapon resupply station, which appear as envelopes on your map. You’ll need to find 15 different weapons to get the collectible-based achievements. As you progress through the campaign, make sure to use the different weapon variants to get the "Get 50 kills with Shotguns, Snipers, Assault Rifles, Light Machine Guns, and Sub Machine guns". Once you finish the campaign, you should have unlocked:

-All story-based achievements.
-All ‘50 kills with X weapon’ achievements.
-All satellite uplink (M-Com station) achievements.
-All collectible weapon achievements.
-The achievements for destroying 100 and 1000 objects.
-The achievements for demolishing 1 and 50 houses.

If you are missing any of the ‘destroy objects’ or ‘demolish houses’ achievements once you have finished the campaign, load up "Heavy Metal" in the campaign as you take control of a UAV and destroy the houses/objects around the enemies that you are supposed to take out. Rinse and Repeat until unlocked.

Step 1.5:
Once you have completed Step 1 and gotten ALL of the campaign related achievements, you should be missing but one single campaign achievement. Go to "My Campaign" in the main menu and choose the level "Airborne”, and then set the difficulty to Hard. Completing this final level will give you your final campaign related achievement.

The next part is to get the remaining 400 . This all takes place online, in the Multiplayer. How quickly you will unlock these largely depends on your skill and how patient you are with the game.

Step 2:
Multiplayer. Oh, how some dread you. It must be done, if you want the achievements, that is. If you do not want to boost the online achievements, please visit the Achievement Trading Thread. If you're playing the online part without boosting, you are in for a fun experience! Find yourself a group of buddies to play with on your epic adventure of leveling up and gaining achievements. While you’re playing, make sure to gain experience with each of the classes by killing people and completing objectives. Take a note of the various online achievements, so you’ll know how to unlock them. The list of awards and their description is also important. Most of the achievements are straight forward. If you need any help on how to get these certain achievements, check the guide and follow the instructions on how to get the achievement you are looking for.

Note: All multiplayer achievements are only obtainable in ranked matches.

Specact DLC:
The SPECACT guns are different variations of the final gun unlocked in each class. You must use this gun to unlock the specific achievement. Get a 5 kill streak, 8 kills in one round, and a total of 100 kills with the weapon all together.

Onslaught DLC:
Gather yourself 2-4 members to be on your squad(4 is highly recommended). Always have someone sticking back for any level just to make sure you can keep progressing. If one person stays alive, you can respawn as many times as you need. Take out enemy vehicles as a first priority. Clear a area and then they will start sending in reinforcements. Find a good spot of where they spawn from and make sure no one is in the vicinity of the flag. If someone is, you won't take over the flag. This DLC shouldn't be too hard with some buddies. You can start on Hardcore and go right at it. But I recommend going through it on a easier difficulty first to figure out where the enemies/vehicles spawn.

Conclusion:
Well, by now you should be well on your way to a full 1000 . Follow the guide closely and you should have no troubles getting all the achievements. If you miss anything in the process, refer to the Achievement Guide.

I knew we'd make it 15
Campaign: finish Operation Aurora
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Retirement just got postponed. 15
Campaign: finish Cold War
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
It's bad for my karma man! 15
Campaign: finish Heart of Darkness
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
They got all your intel? 15
Campaign: finish Upriver
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Salvage a vehicle. 15
Campaign: finish Crack the Sky
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Alright, here it is. 15
Campaign: finish Snowblind
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Nobody ever drowned in sweat 15
Campaign: finish Heavy Metal
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Ghost rider's here! 15
Campaign: finish High Value Target
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Sierra Foxtrot 1079 15
Campaign: finish Sangre del Toro
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Thanks for the smokes, brother! 15
Campaign: finish No One Gets Left Behind
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Save me some cheerleaders. 15
Campaign: finish Zero Dark Thirty
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
Turn on a light. 15
Campaign: finish Force Multiplier
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.
P.S. Invasion cancelled, sir. 30
Campaign: finish Airborne
This is a story related achievement, which will unlock with natural progression through the game.

It sucks to be right. 50
Campaign: finish Airborne on Hard
To get this achievement you have to beat the game (preferably on Easy). Go to "My Campaign" in the main menu and choose the level "Airborne”, and then set the difficulty to Hard. By now you should have a feel of the game. You shouldn't have any problems with completing this, as the level is fairly straight forward and very short.

New Shiny Gun 15
Campaign: find 5 collectable weapons
Refer to "Guns Guns Guns."

Guns Guns Guns 50
Campaign: find 15 collectable weapons
As you play through the campaign, you will encounter enemies carrying different weapons. And as you progress through the story, more and more variants of the weapons will become available. Pick them up if they don't seem familiar. All you need to do is find 15 of the weapons. Each gun has a different variant of it, and you can check your progress in the games menu.

Link to the Past 15
Campaign: destroy 1 satellite uplink
Refer to Complete Blackout.
Communication Issues 15
Campaign: destroy 15 satellite uplinks
Refer to Complete Blackout.

Complete Blackout 50
Campaign: destroy all satellite uplinks

When you find the M-Com stations, press and hold to arm the stations and let them explode.

Ten Blades 15
Campaign: 10 melee kills
While progressing through the campaign, just when you are near enemies, press to knife them. Each knife attack is a one hit kill.

Taxi! 15
Campaign: drive 5 km in any land vehicle
Do not worry about getting this one; it’s almost an automatic achievement. You’ll drive plenty of vehicles during the campaign. If by some chance you haven’t unlocked this upon completion of the campaign, load up "Sangre Del Toro" and just drive around.

Destruction 15
Campaign: destroy 100 objects
Refer to Destruction part 2.
Destruction Part 2 30
Campaign: destroy 1000 objects
Objects include everything from windows/parts of vehicles/trees/outpost.
Anything that blows up/off of the object if shot at. You will easily get this by blowing things up, shooting at enemies and cars as they attack you, and destroying helicopters. Will easily be unlocked during your progression through the story.