ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

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The Highest Achiever

The Highest Achiever

Obtained a new medal in campaign mode after having already obtained 24 or more medals.

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How to unlock the The Highest Achiever achievement in ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN - Definitive Guide

EDIT 17.04.2020: was too lazy for a long time (sorry) to edit the Solution but the original requierement for the Achievement were: "get every campaign medal in the game". Since the requierements changed I added the description for every multiplayer medal below.

Credit goes to the Ace Combat Subreddit that helped me with Medal Nr. 21 and Nr. 19 and compiling this list. Thanks to everyone

As a tip for some of those medals: I used a SU-57 with PLSL as main weapon for most things. Bermuda Polygon has given good tips for the machine gun and no damage run in the comments. i suggest everyone to look it up, many thanks to him for that.


Singleplayer Medals

01: Bronze Ace - awarded for destroying 1000 enemy hostiles
02: Silver Ace - Awarded for destroying 2000 enemy hostiles
03: Gold Ace - Awarded for destroying 3000 enemy hostiles
04: Bronze Marksman - Shoot down 50 aircraft with a machine gun
05: Silver Marksman - Shoot down 200 aircraft with the machine gun
06: Gold Marksman - Shoot down 300 aircraft with the machine gun
07: Bronze Wings - Earn an S Rank on all missions on Normal difficulty
08: Silver Wings - Earn an S Rank on all missions on Hard difficulty
09: Gold Wings - Earn an S Rank on all missions on Ace difficulty
10: Raze the Roof - Awarded for destroying 1500 enemy surface targets (excluding ships)
11: Ship of Liberty - Awarded for sinking 100 enemy ships
12: Ghostbuster - Shoot down 200 enemy drones
13: Mass Destruction - Awarded for taking out more than 30 UAVs in mission 03
14: Silence is Golden - Break through the anti-air radar net within 3 minutes in mission 04
15: First Try - Destroy 50 or more ground targets without replenishing supplies in mission 06
16: Relieved - Awarded for completing the rescue mission before 7 distress signals were sent in mission 07
17: Guardian - Awarded for completing mission 10 after destroying 16 or more ground targets
18: Clairvoyant - Awarded for destroying five missile silos withing 5 minutes in mission 13
19: Woah Man! - awarded for completing mission 15 without taking damage
20: Getting The Job Done - Take out Mihaly within 5 minutes in mission 18 without using special weapons
21: Dropping The Bird - Don't use machine gun against arsenal bird in mission 19
22: Piloted - Use only the machine gun for mission 20.
23: Not a Scratch - Awarded for completing the campaign without taking damage
24: Machine Gun Maniac - Awarded for completing campaign with only machine guns (EDIT:Machine Gun Pods and the Puls Laser from the ADF do also count as machine guns)
25: Photon Blitz - Awarded for completing the campaign mode within 4 hours


Multiplayer Medals

01: Bronze Ace - Shoot down 50 rival aircraft
02: Silver Ace - Shoot down 100 rival aircraft
03: Gold Ace - Shoot down 200 rival aircraft
04: Bronze Wings - Sortie in multiplayer mode 25 times
05: Silver Wings - Sortie in multiplayer mode 50 times
06: Gold Wings - Sortie in multiplayer mode 100 times
07: Sky Stalker - Come first in Battle Royal 3 times
08: Victorious and Glorious - Win 50 Team Death Match games
09: All for the Glory - Be the MVP in Team Death Match
10: Say It Cloud and Proud - Receive each of the performance evaluations "Escape Artist", "Cloud Seeker", and "Hide and Seeker" three times or more

If someone has some specific questions just write me a message over xbl.
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Is there a way to track some of these like not taking damage on each mission?
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By Osakamitsu on 21 Jan 2019 01:52
not really. if you take damage you will have to RESTART the mission. restarting from the checkpoint is not enough. you can do those on easy though. I combined the no damage run with the under 4 hours and got both. had to restart some missions and it still counted
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 21 Jan 2019 01:55
hmm ok thanks. Does 22 refer to a specific mission?
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By Osakamitsu on 21 Jan 2019 02:19
yeah, sorry it was mission 20. my mistake, will correct it
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 21 Jan 2019 02:20
Awesome. Thanks for the list and tips!
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By Osakamitsu on 21 Jan 2019 04:19
how does the 4 hour achievement work? Do I need to complete it 1 go? or doesnt it save the best time for each mission and pop the medal when its below 4 hours?
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By Osakamitsu on 21 Jan 2019 17:59
I dont know if you can do it over FREE MISSION. I did it with an easy run combined with not getting damaged. I can look up how long it took but not at the moment since im at work at the moment
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 21 Jan 2019 18:09
I’d like to know how to S rank those missions. Unlike Ace Combat 6 where you only need to destroy as many targets as possible with the CFA-44 Nosferatu, there are no “floor/air-mopping” OP planes on this game, and AC7 seems to take completion time into consideration as well. How to strike a balance between being fast and being thorough?
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By on 22 Jan 2019 00:33
for almost all missions i used the SU-57 with PLSL, i think only for mission 20 i used the X02 with EML. if you fly correctly the PLSL is almost as effective as the nosferatu was. just use the correct parts. in some missions its really hard to get the balance right. mission 9 i just destroyed everything as fast as i could before destroying the last radar.
could i remind everyone that its better for me to just write me a message over xbox live? its much more convenient for me like this, thanks.
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 22 Jan 2019 00:38
are aircraft parts allowed on the only gun run i.e. increase of gun dmg or the one i just saw but havn't unlocked that says it auto fires the gun if in range
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By Unrehearsed on 24 Jan 2019 04:16
all parts are allowed. But to be honest, in my eyes the auto-strafing and machine gun radar lock system were annyoing because you couldnt control it
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 24 Jan 2019 16:03
So it’s safe to restart missions, that’s good to know befor I started my run. Thanks : )
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By CruelWarren13 on 25 Jan 2019 03:01
Heads up everyone, this achievement is glitched/buggy-early, I just popped it without obtaining my Silver and Gold Marksman, Wings medals, Not A Scratch, Machine Gun Maniac, and Photon Blitz. I'd literally just popped my achievement for fifty sorties in TDM after doing the rest of my fifty Battle Royal sorties earlier in the day, and then went to go buy the Su-35S, and after confirming the purchase of the Su-35S, the achievement for all Campaign medals popped. Will be requesting a flag for Buggy-Pops-Early be placed on this achievement.
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By Crater Bob on 25 Jan 2019 06:47
in the end its everones own opinion but I used the following parts:

ECU Software Update, Superior Maneuberabilty, Automated Fire Extinguisher (just to be sure that i wont die), Queen's Custom, High-Output Laser Generator, Laser Beam Expander, Light Condenser Correction Device and Anti-Stealth Microwave Radar.

Anti-Stealth is purely optional.
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 26 Jan 2019 19:50
thank you. I guess my next question is that if we are trying to S rank on Ace, do we have to make sure we dont get hit? If so, does that make the automated fire extinguisher not needed?
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By Osakamitsu on 26 Jan 2019 21:12
not really. the bonus for that is not that much and surviving for the time bonus is much more important in my eyes. in most missions its always a mix of speed and kills.
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 26 Jan 2019 21:19
Gosh, I just did the no-damage run medal, on HARD difficulty and that was hard!

Watch out for AA guns - they can easily ruin your day because sometimes their strafing can get a little random.

Reloading checkpoint once you take damage is the key BUT WATCH OUT - sometimes the game still counts you have taken damage even if it happens after a checkpoint. If the mission conclusion page does not give you the no-damage bonus, immediately restart the mission (or dashboard to restart the game if you really want to play it safe).
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By on 27 Jan 2019 14:34
Building on Crater Bob's comment, I just got the 5 and 10 medal achievements at the same time after purchasing an upgrade part from the store. Maybe because I stopped playing single player after mission 14 then went and did all the multiplayer achievements and got all the multiplayer medals along the way?
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By Ibanez V7 on 27 Jan 2019 23:14
@Ibanez V7 - Well, I got my 10 medals achievement when I unlocked my 9th in campaign and had one in multiplayer at the time, so I think multiplayer medals and what you purchase in the aircraft tree might be glitching some of the achievements to unlock early. I've submitted flags to TA for the 10 and All Campaign Medals achievements, but no flags applied to the achievements yet. My 5 medal achievement unlocked naturally, as I was streaming campaign all-day two Fridays ago and played all the way through in one playthrough without touching multiplayer until I'd completed the campaign on easy.
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By Crater Bob on 28 Jan 2019 06:03
The descriptions for all the medal achievements were updated in a patch today. This one now reads "Obtained a new medal in campaign mode after having already obtained 24 or more medals". Therefore, multiplayer medals count towards this.
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By Ibanez V7 on 28 Jan 2019 08:17
@Ibanez V7 - Weird. By the way, been trying to find the patch notes, can you link? My friends and I are trying to figure out what they changed with the patch.
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By Crater Bob on 28 Jan 2019 19:06
Also, now that I think about it, that may be why TA held off on my flag submissions, seeing as how the criteria I submitted for my situation actually now MATCHES the new achievement criteria. laugh
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By Crater Bob on 28 Jan 2019 19:48
Just broke 200 machine gun kills, no medal, guess it has to be done on Normal or higher for the kills to count?
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By Crater Bob on 29 Jan 2019 03:18
I guess they intended the achievements to unlock this way from the beginning? Either that or it was easier to change the description than fix some buggy code laugh

Patch notes: https://gearnuke.com/ace-combat-7-update-version-1-01-patch-...
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By Ibanez V7 on 29 Jan 2019 07:21
@Ibanez V7 - I suppose, thanks for the link by the way, reading now! compute
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By Crater Bob on 29 Jan 2019 18:29
Anyone else finding that the Marksman medals unlock late? My Silver popped at around 250 machine gun kills, and the Gold around 360, although the Bronze seemed to pop just fine and on time.
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By Crater Bob on 29 Jan 2019 23:16
Mine unlocked after getting only 20 medals
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By boydo1990 on 12 Feb 2019 14:16
How do you do the no guns playthrough on the mission where you do bunker busting, you have to use the bombs, don't you?
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By count023 on 08 Jun 2019 05:31
Yes you have to use it. Dont worry, your run will still be valid even after using that special weapon
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 08 Jun 2019 08:39
Also, do you have to get S ranks on each difficulty? or does it stack with Ace?
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By count023 on 08 Jun 2019 14:43
AFAIK it doesnt stack, just like in Ace Combat 6. when you go into free mission you will see your completion for each rank individually and you will have to get S rank in Normal, Hard and Ace
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 08 Jun 2019 20:18
sorry, never thought about it. i guess its one playthrough. if you feel that you need to long for a mission i recommend to just quit and restart the mission
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 09 Jun 2019 13:41
Yip just got this with all 10 multiplayer medals and only 15 campaign medals.
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By Falcon Eye 22 on 16 Apr 2020 03:58
As far as the "no damage" medals go, I'm assuming this means you can take random MG fire so long as your damage meter doesn't rise above 0%? Are there specific booster/modules that help avoid/deflect damage? Does the repair module help? Is there a specific plane that is best?
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By HOUSEoftheDead on 27 Oct 2020 14:48
@HouseoftheDead as far as i know you shouldnt get hit at all for the medal. if you get hit your percentage go up, even if it was just mg fire. i would suggest a nimble and fast aircraft since you wont have to tank any damage. i used the su-57 but thats because its my favorite
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 27 Oct 2020 16:20
For the no damage run, I don’t know if that repair module will work, but if you finish the mission, check for NO DAMAGE BONUS in the score breakdown of the debriefing. If you get that you’re good for that mission.
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By Captain Physics on 30 Nov 2020 03:55
For the Machine Gun Maniac run I have two questions
1: Do the ADF-11F's pulse lasers count, since they replace the actual machine guns on the plane
2: Does using the MiG-21bis Fishbed's Machine Gun Pods count as just machine guns

If you don't have answers I can test it out
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By TruncateVirus99 on 19 Mar 2021 19:28
Welp
Already did a mission and only used the replacement Pulse Lasers so we'll see how it goes
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By TruncateVirus99 on 19 Mar 2021 21:18
Yup
ADF-11F pulse lasers count towards the machine gun maniac run
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By TruncateVirus99 on 20 Mar 2021 22:25
Just got this one and wanted to clarify some things for those still going for it. It is 25 medals from Campaign AND Multiplayer combined. I got multiplayer out of the way pretty early on, and (referencing the numbers above) I got 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 after doing all the multiplayer, so that means I could skip 6 Campaign medals. I elected to skip 5, 6, 7, 8, 23, 24 for the Campaign medals (you have to 9 for another Achievement anyway). Hope that helps!
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By WhoIsJohn117 on 17 Sep 2021 01:44
Whomever thought of the Piloted medal... SHOULD BE SHOT IN THE HEAD!
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By IamKamakura on 11 Mar 2023 15:49
The radar lock part can be quite useful because it allows you to shoot at two targets at the same time if you're using the MiG-2 with MGPs1. The way it works is that the plane will automatically aim the gun at whichever target you're locking on, but the MGP will still fire straight ahead. So you should leave the lock on one target, but aim the MGP manually on another one nearby (works best on ground targets and UAVs flying in packs). Fire both by holding A and B together, and you can score two (or more) kills in one fly-by.

The auto-strafing thing is completely useless on the other hand, seeing as you won't be using missiles at all.
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By Bermuda Polygon on 24 Jan 2019 19:44
ok cool. How does the mission time work? Do i have to just have a combined hours below 4 for any difficulty or do i have to do a complete campaign walk through and have it done under 4?
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By count023 on 09 Jun 2019 10:54
Can confirm; medals can be obtained for individual missions in free play mode, and multiplayer medals appear to count for the Achievement; I have four total for campaign but two in multiplayer and just got the Achievement for having 5 medals.
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By OperativeEmeral on 04 Nov 2019 05:29
@TruncateVirus99 The MGPs do count as machine guns so you can use them (its very much fun even to use them for that run). About the replacement Pulse Laser im honestly not sure but if, on the higher difficulties it still counts the ammo as mg ammo then imo it should count as a machine gun
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By ERR 5h0wt1m3 on 19 Mar 2021 20:55
if you take damage you will have to RESTART the mission
Regarding no-damage run that is not the case. If during a mission you clear a checkpoint, get damaged, and then reload the checkpoint and finish the rest of the mission without getting damaged it will count towards the medal.

What you CANNOT do is get damaged, clear a checkpoint, and THEN reload to that checkpoint. Even though the game will fix all your damage it will still count you as having been damaged.

The way you can track it is to check the post-mission screen where the game totals up your score. If you get a bonus 10.000 points for No Damage then you are good to go.

Same applies to the only-machine-gun run. Check the post-mission briefing screen - you got a bonus for Only Guns then you're good.

If not, restart the mission in the very next screen.

Also, importantly you CAN use Mig-21's MGP for the Only Gun run, as it counts as a machine gun. It deals an incredible amount of damage in close combat and it makes the Only Gun run easier.
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By Bermuda Polygon on 23 Jan 2019 20:58
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As of my writing this, you do not need 24 medals strictly in campaign mode. In other words, it credits your multiplayer medals towards this achievement. So really all you need to do is make sure you get your 25th medal in campaign mode and the achievement will pop.

Will they patch it? Idk, but this hopefully save some people time and effort with some of the more grindy medals in campaign mode.
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Yip just got this with all 10 multiplayer medals and only 15 campaign medals.
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By Falcon Eye 22 on 16 Apr 2020 03:59
 
Whilst playing the different modes of the game, you will unlock medals from completing certain objectives during missions to just simply performing well. Some of these you will unlock simply by getting the other trophies as their requirements are the same. All medals earned count for this trophy’s total count including VR missions if you have a PSVR. This is not required but can help you achieve this trophy quicker. After you have earned at least the amount of medals listed in each trophy, you will need to unlock a campaign medal (of which there are 25) so just keep that in mind. You can see all the medals you’ve earned in each mode in the DATA VIEWER. All medals you can unlock in the game are as follows:

Campaign
  • Bronze Ace- Destroy 1000 enemy hostiles
  • Silver Ace- Destroy 2000 enemy hostiles
  • Gold Ace- Destroy 3000 enemy hostiles
  • Bronze Marksman- Shoot down 50 aircraft with the machine gun
  • Silver Marksman- Shoot down 200 aircraft with the machine gun
  • Gold Marksman- Shoot down 300 aircraft with the machine gun
  • Bronze Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Normal difficulty
  • Silver Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Hard difficulty
  • Gold Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Ace difficulty
  • Raze the Roof- Destroy 1500 enemy surface targets (excluding ships)
  • Ship of Liberty- Sink 100 enemy ships
  • Ghostbuster- Shoot down 200 enemy drones
  • Mass Destruction- Shoot down 30 or more UAV’s in Mission 3
  • Silence is Golden- Penetrate the radar network within 3 minutes in Mission 4
  • First Try- Destroy 50 or more ground targets without using the return line in Mission 6
  • Relieved- Shoot down all UAV’s before seven allies send distress signals in Mission 7
  • Guardian- Destroy 16 or more ground targets in Mission 10
  • Clairvoyant- Destroy all missile silos within 5 minutes in Mission 13
  • Whoa Man- Do not take any damage in Mission 15
  • Getting the Job Done- Shoot down Mihaly in 5 minutes or less without using special weapons in Mission 18
  • Dropping the Bird- Destroy the Arsenal Bird without using the machine gun in Mission 19
  • Piloted- Destroy all targets using only the machine gun in Mission 20
  • Not a Scratch- Complete campaign mode without taking damage
  • Machine Gun Maniac- Complete campaign mode using only machine guns
  • Photon Blitz- Complete campaign mode in under 4 hours

Multiplayer
  • Bronze Ace- Shoot down 50 rival aircraft
  • Silver Ace- Shoot down 100 rival aircraft
  • Gold Ace- Shoot down 200 rival aircraft
  • Bronze Wings- Sortie in multiplayer mode 25 times
  • Silver Wings- Sortie in multiplayer mode 50 times
  • Gold Wings- Sortie in multiplayer mode 100 times
  • Sky Stalker- Come first in Battle Royale 3 times
  • Victorious and Glorious- Win 50 Team Deathmatch games
  • All for the Glory- Earn the MVP in Team Deathmatch
  • Say it Cloud and Proud- Receive the “Escape Artist,” “Cloud Seeker,” and “Hide and Seeker” performance evaluations at least three times each

VR Mode
  • Bronze Ace- Destroy 200 enemy hostiles
  • Silver Ace- Destroy 750 enemy hostiles
  • Gold Ace- Destroy 1500 enemy hostiles
  • Bronze Marksman- Destroy 10 enemy aircraft with machine guns
  • Silver Marksman- Destroy 50 enemy aircraft with machine guns
  • Gold Marksman- Destroy 100 enemy aircraft with machine guns
  • Bronze Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Normal difficulty
  • Silver Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Hard difficulty
  • Gold Wings- Earn an S Rank on all missions on Ace difficulty
  • Pioneer of the Skies- Fly a total of 76,500 km in VR mode
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Medals from all modes are counted: off-line, online and VR. You need to collect a total of 24 medals, and do the 25th in campaign mode.
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To get the trophy, it is advisable to get all the network medals, and then in the company, the 25th medal must be done in the company mode.
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By Der_Pippo on 15 Nov 2020 02:04
Link to list of all medals
https://acecombat.fandom.com/wiki/Ac...Unknown/Medals
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