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You've Got a Friend in Me

You've Got a Friend in Me

Made a new Ally in Gears Allies

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How to unlock the You've Got a Friend in Me achievement in Gears 5 - Definitive Guide

Edit: As of Operation 5, there are now multiple reports this unlocks at ally Level 1. The below is still accurate with the exception you only need to get to ally Level 1 to unlock this now.

Contrary to the 'buggy' flag, I don't believe this is bugged, the description is just a little misleading.

To unlock this achievement, you need to get a gears ally to level 3 (not level 1, as you might believe from the achievement description). A gears ally is simply another person you play Gears 5 with. Every time you play something with them, you get ally xp.

The needed xp as of Operation 4 is 400xp.

Breakdown
Level 1 - 25 ally xp
Level 2 - 125 ally xp (cumulative 150 xp)
Level 3 - 250 ally xp (cumulative 400 xp)

The fastest way to get xp is to play the Co-op vs. AI playlist (beginner) and then voting for Gridiron every time. You get 70xp per grid iron game.

Note: Ideally you should pair this with BFFs:
Gears 5BFFsGatorFistThe BFFs achievement in Gears 5 worth 166 pointsComplete a Versus match with a team of four Level 5 Gears Allies
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26 Jul 2020 16:07

21 Comments
You need three controllers.rock
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By kenjisugita7 on 09 Aug 2020 09:35
You need three controllers.rock
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By kenjisugita7 on 09 Aug 2020 09:32
OP5 has either changed or fixed this, I unlocked it today I've one ally having played just 3 campaign chapters with them, it unlocked after clicking LT(social)
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By DrMmmPie on 21 Nov 2020 21:24
Yep it unlocked for me too, it was probably fixed
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By BlackxRyan on 22 Nov 2020 11:26
Is this Online Co-Op only? I've been trying with two controllers/gamertags, but no progress has been made as an ally.
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By Shidara on 03 Dec 2020 20:13
same here. the versus doesnt count but the campaign did (horde didnt either)
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By Artist Deidara on 04 Dec 2020 18:26
I think it has to be another person, not just another controller.
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By GatorFist on 05 Dec 2020 14:01
I did nothing towards this achievement and it unlocked for me at the main menu. Honestly haven't even played this game in a year or so. May unlock randomly for others...
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By xCUBBYxxxBEARx on 11 Dec 2020 18:24
Cubby, it might be retroactive to the past if you played with a friend a couple times or something and got Level 1.
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By GatorFist on 12 Dec 2020 04:44
If anyone wants to do this please add me "R3DV3N0M84"
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By R3DV3N0M84 on 13 Dec 2020 10:57
Add me BENT FRUIT
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By BENT FRUIT on 29 Dec 2020 11:25
Unlocked randomly for me too whilst playing campaign
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By Louie Serene on 12 Mar 2021 22:59
Need this Add Me DemonVyper6
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By DemonVyper6 on 02 Apr 2021 18:31
Unlocked randomly for me when I had a second profile and controller logged in and started up an Escape lobby
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By Pathos Da Ghost on 18 Jun 2021 17:54
There's 28,000 APPOXIMATELY playing this game.
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By kenjisugita7 on 26 Nov 2021 18:12
Just played few matches with a friend and unlocked
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By PirS92 on 10 Jun 2022 05:33
I need this (penapanda24)
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By penapanda24 on 20 Sep 2022 16:32
Yeah me to if anybody still needs to do this cheers
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By CHevvoHunter on 24 Jul 2023 20:37
Add me for Gears co op achievements. GT: Apathy V3
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By Apathy V3 on 20 Jan 2024 14:55
I got this to pop shortly after I got the achievement for using Keegan's ability while playing as Keegan in the Hivebuster campaign story. Go figure.
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By Robster80 on 10 Jul 2021 11:06
As of 2022-08-26, the second controller method still works as stated by Pathos Da Ghost. I was on the main menu and logged in a guest controller and it popped right away.
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By DoYouWantAnts on 27 Aug 2022 03:33
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In order to make an ally, you need to do some activities together with your partner in the group and thereby gain 125 honor points.

List of activities:
1) Victories over waves of “Horde” (1 wave = 3 points)
2) Completed campaign chapters (1 chapter = 10 points)
3) Completed chapters of "Escape" (1 chapter = 10 points)
4) “Confrontation” rounds won (1 round = 10 points)

PS I made an amendment, since from October 2019, instead of 250 honor, 125 are needed.
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The fastest way to “level up your allies” is to play together with a friend in the GUARD mode, which gives you more points in a short time.
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By slaventi on 20 Mar 2020 05:43