Halo 3
79 Achievements
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Orpheus
Earned over 15,000 points in the Campaign meta-game on the eighth mission.
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How to unlock the Orpheus achievement in Halo 3 - Definitive Guide
Danville Dan
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The eighth mission is "Cortana". The easiest way to get this achievement is to play on Normal with a few skulls turned on.
First of all turn on the "Catch" skull. This level only has flood enemies on it, and the flood don't throw grenades. Turning on this skull won't make the level any harder.
Also, turning on "Tough Luck", "Fog", and "Famine" will increase your score but won't make the level much harder. Famine especially shouldn't make the level any harder because there are weapons with full ammo lying on the ground all over the level. In the room where the "Tilt" skull is located, there is a Gravity Hammer with full ammo in a lower room located almost directly under the skull. It works very well against the flood and will last you for a good portion of the level before running out of ammo.
With those skulls turned on while playing on Normal, you should easily be able to score over 15,000. Don't worry about the time bonuses. Take your time and hang back, trying to stay alive, and killing everything before moving on. If you take it slow and ensure you don't die too many times, you will get the necessary score, even with only a 1X time multiplier.
If you're still having trouble getting enough points, consider either turning on "Mythic" and/or "Tilt", or trying to finish the level with a higher time multiplier.
NOTE: This achievement can also be unlocked in coop, but you still must score over 15,000 individually. Turn on Free For All scoring instead of Team scoring to be able to see how many points you yourself have while playing the level.
First of all turn on the "Catch" skull. This level only has flood enemies on it, and the flood don't throw grenades. Turning on this skull won't make the level any harder.
Also, turning on "Tough Luck", "Fog", and "Famine" will increase your score but won't make the level much harder. Famine especially shouldn't make the level any harder because there are weapons with full ammo lying on the ground all over the level. In the room where the "Tilt" skull is located, there is a Gravity Hammer with full ammo in a lower room located almost directly under the skull. It works very well against the flood and will last you for a good portion of the level before running out of ammo.
With those skulls turned on while playing on Normal, you should easily be able to score over 15,000. Don't worry about the time bonuses. Take your time and hang back, trying to stay alive, and killing everything before moving on. If you take it slow and ensure you don't die too many times, you will get the necessary score, even with only a 1X time multiplier.
If you're still having trouble getting enough points, consider either turning on "Mythic" and/or "Tilt", or trying to finish the level with a higher time multiplier.
NOTE: This achievement can also be unlocked in coop, but you still must score over 15,000 individually. Turn on Free For All scoring instead of Team scoring to be able to see how many points you yourself have while playing the level.
8 Comments
Good solution!
By SpectreSubZero on 21 Apr 2009 18:18
Nice solution - but be aware people that this is possibly the hardest of the meta game achievements to unlock!
By FLYBOY Mk2 on 26 Aug 2009 14:01
Murder of Birds
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For this achievement you'll need to earn at least 15,000 scoring points on the eighth mission of the Campaign, Cortana. This can be done solo or with a few buddies. (I got all mine solo and using the method below)
First you'll need to enable either Free-For-All or cooperative scoring from the campaign options. Then select the following for quickest results:
Normal Difficulty
Catch Skull - (1.00 multiplier)
Fog Skull - (1.00 Multiplier)
Famine Skull - (1.00 Multiplier)
So you'll be playing on Normal difficulty with enemies chucking nades alot, no Mini-Map, and ammo pick-ups are scarce. However, being on Normal difficulty will make this a cakewalk. And having these 3 skulls on will start your kill scoring at a x3 Multiplier, so as long as you finish the mission within a reasonable time, and die little-to-no times you'll have more than enough points to pop your achievement!
First you'll need to enable either Free-For-All or cooperative scoring from the campaign options. Then select the following for quickest results:
Normal Difficulty
Catch Skull - (1.00 multiplier)
Fog Skull - (1.00 Multiplier)
Famine Skull - (1.00 Multiplier)
So you'll be playing on Normal difficulty with enemies chucking nades alot, no Mini-Map, and ammo pick-ups are scarce. However, being on Normal difficulty will make this a cakewalk. And having these 3 skulls on will start your kill scoring at a x3 Multiplier, so as long as you finish the mission within a reasonable time, and die little-to-no times you'll have more than enough points to pop your achievement!