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Both Barrels

Both Barrels

Noble 1: Earned a Double Kill with the shotgun in multiplayer Matchmaking.

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How to unlock the Both Barrels achievement in Halo: Reach - Definitive Guide

You have to get a double kill with the shotgun. You don't have to do this on a Noble Map Pack map, but still need to own the DLC before you can get the achievement.

I found the easiest way to do this achievement in the playlist living dead.

If you start off as a human, you'll get a shotgun. Zombies are really easy to kill, so getting an double kill shouldn't be a problem (Except for Safe Havens). If you still have a problem with getting a double kill, try staying behind a corner. If two zombies pass you, kill them.

Also, if you are the last man standing, you'll get lots of zombies to get a double kill with.

[edit] A lot of people report getting the noble map pack achievements without having the dlc. I don't know what triggers that, but people report getting them only in online matches (not in custom) in the playlists Living Dead and Team Slayer.
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05 Dec 2010 16:26

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Nice works great!
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By xLILESx on 18 Apr 2011 14:59
No problem ^^
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By Kennyannydenny on 18 Apr 2011 19:38
Im not sure how but I dont not own the DLC yet I got this one. The map was on countdown and in team slayer? Not sure how though. Not I need to buy the dlc for completion :P
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By iPurpleMorph on 10 May 2011 21:19
I know you can get the achievements from the defiant map pack in custom games, but i've never heard of people getting the dlc achiements before buying it. Weird.... Did you get it in Matchmaking?
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By Kennyannydenny on 11 May 2011 14:58
The same thing happened with me and a friend on The cage in the living dead playlist. Neither of us have the DLC yet both of us got the achievement. Is it a weird glitch or what?
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By jleona201 on 23 Sep 2011 04:51
I just got it without having the dlc and i just finished the defiant map pack even though i don't have it!
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By LGS I Hitman on 23 Sep 2011 19:51
Also got it without the DLC, and friend and I were playing Infection on Sword Base and all of a sudden I unlocked this, we were both confused as hell.... tried unlocking the others, but no luck.
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By Leo Ascendent on 19 Oct 2011 19:04
This is still happening.... achievement unlocked for me today during matchmaking living dead on Boardwalk. I do not own any DLC for Reach. really weird that they have not patched it or something.
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By R3BEL 117 on 27 Nov 2011 14:34
Well me and a friend both got the Crackin' Skulls achievement so it seems like you don't need to have the DLC to get some of the achievements. No idea why though.
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By jleona201 on 21 Dec 2011 03:14
Since 343 studios took over from Bungie it has been possible to earn dlc achievements without owning the dlc
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By SvingXD on 19 Mar 2012 22:39
I was playing Halo anniversary multiplayer when i unlocked it.. i have never brought DLC for Halo but still earned the achievement :) i got it on FFA tho not infection xD
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By DankMeLater#6801 on 30 Mar 2012 09:44
I have also unlocked this without owning any DLC.
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By cjsimmons on 20 May 2012 06:55
I recently got this achievement without the DLC as well. Playing a team slayer match.
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By EvilChainsaw27 on 14 Jul 2012 17:32
Ditto, got it on a team slayer match without ever having owned the DLC
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By Quiksilver723 on 21 Aug 2012 20:01
I just got the achievement even though I do not own the DLC. Weird!
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By Vigormaster on 10 Feb 2013 18:50
Same here unlocked it without owning the dlc
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By Rejected Rider on 23 Feb 2013 21:04
Damn it, I didn't want to unlock it, I don't have the DLC, now I have a lot of achievements to do to complete the game =/
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By rafa1000house on 31 Aug 2014 16:51
Happened to me to, got it without buying the DLC, pretty pissed as i only needed 1 more achievement and i finshed it.
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By II Rich Hobo II on 29 Oct 2014 02:39
Still able to get this without dlc as of 1/24/15
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By VVurx on 25 Jan 2015 04:18
Probably their way of getting you to buy the other stuff. Just saw I haven't completed everything and will need to get these DLCs....
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By Leo Ascendent on 25 Jan 2015 11:48
still unlockable without the required dlc. Got cheevo today 1/23/16
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By Jacky chaud on 23 Jan 2016 18:03
You CAN get this without owning the DLC. -negative
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By John Acey on 22 Dec 2016 18:25
I think so. It shouldn't be possible without buying the dlc.
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By Kennyannydenny on 23 Sep 2011 15:11
Sure, will do that when I get home from work smile
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By Kennyannydenny on 23 Dec 2016 09:15
looking to do this add me GT: audgatti
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By audgatti on 03 May 2021 13:27
You probably didn't read the whole solution if you're saying that....
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By Kennyannydenny on 22 Dec 2016 20:38
You could edit your solution more cleverly so that it doesn't say the opposite things on opposite sides of solution. -.-'
Like overline the wrong thing, and/or have it say immidetally after it that you can.
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By John Acey on 22 Dec 2016 22:59
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Edit: Zombies has changed, principal for achievement remains.

An easy achievement, requiring a double kill with the shotgun. First off, this does NOT have to be on a noble map pack map. You simply have to OWN the DLC to get this achievement.

For easy shotgun kills, I suggest the Living Dead playlist. In a 12-player, 3-round game, you have a about a 75% chance of being human each round, you have very good odds of getting put as a human. If you do, try to hang onto your life at least until a couple other humans are infected, this way there are more zombies for you to get a double kill off. Zombies will die from quite the distance with the shotgun so try not to let them get too close.

The Alpha Zombies gametype seems to be a fair bit easier to get doublekills in because the zombies only have sprint to run at you. In the other gametype, Infection, the zombies have evade, which can prove very troublesome when trying to get close-range kills.

goodluck, and enjoy your simple achievement!
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06 Dec 2010 02:22

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You don't have to own the DLC to get the achievement. -negative
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By John Acey on 22 Dec 2016 18:27
I just had this achievement pop for me just a second ago. It was so strange I don't own the Noble DLC what so ever and never have had it on my Xbox, but I was playing on Sword Base and I got the Shotgun and got a double kill and just got the achievement randomly, I assume this happened due to the new title update.
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22 Sep 2011 09:04

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Same happened with me
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By Golden Gawd on 23 Sep 2011 10:46
same with me aswell.
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By LGS I Hitman on 23 Sep 2011 19:14
Hmm, frustrating as now I am probably going to have to buy the DLC xD
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By GuiltySpark#7552 on 25 Sep 2011 03:35
same with me xD
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By ACS Eldres on 04 Oct 2011 20:19
Yeah, I got in on Sword Base as well. Completely random. It worried me because Reach has some of those weird odd numbered achievements, and I don't want those :/
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By Lord Burger on 16 Nov 2011 19:02
Yup! I was just playing Alpha Zombies on Sword Base and it came up after I got a double kill! And No I don't have those or any of the other DLC's so Maybe Sword Base has some type of glitch right now that Bungie doesn't know about, Regardless it was a nice Free 50 gs--11/20/2011
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By KingBadNasty on 20 Nov 2011 10:39
same
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By folicacid on 19 Oct 2012 00:36
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I did this on invasion on the breakpoint map. When you get have to fall back to the final hurdle (defending the bomb from being taken to the helipad bombsite) as a spartan you get the shotgun in your weapon loadout. Simply stick next to the bomb in the large hanger and the opposite team will come flooding at you to retrieve the bomb.

If you sit in the corner next to the door you'll be hidden from view until the enemy is up close and they tend to swarm so you'll get enough chance to take out two or more with the shotgun.

I didn't do it this way, i managed it as an elite in the same area, i simply picked up a shotgun and killed two people on my way to the bomb in the location i described.
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09 Dec 2010 18:23

I got this on the Living Dead playlist - safe haven mode. As a human, just lay low until almost everyone is a zombie. Get in a safe zone and the zombies will swarm it, unable to harm you. It's like shooting fish in a barrel.
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20 Dec 2010 22:58

If you hate Living Dead, or if you for some odd reason can't handle a shotgun (like me - if that is even possible, but apparently it is), you can get this achievement by playing regular slayer on the map Sword Base. Grab the shotgun from under the stairs, and head across the bridge for the tiny room with the lift. People tend to pile up in that room, so simply hide and watch your radar for an enemy team to come up the lift. Stand still on either side of the lift to avoid stickies and granades, and shoot them in the back as they come flying up, one by one.

You will need the Noble Map Pack.
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22 Apr 2011 14:57

I did this on Invasion Spire. As there will be guys trying to defend the core, you can try to go up there and shotgun everyone you see. Works very well if they come in a group trying to take you down together.
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10 Dec 2010 02:05

You don't have to own the map pack yourself, which basically means you can also do it at your friend's house who owns it.

I did it on Living Dead. We were 3 players so once a few left or two of us were zombies, the other was waiting and when the other two showed up, Double Kill -> 50 G

It's not that hard, I'd say on Living Dead it's quite easy and if you are 3 people or more it's even easier: Everyone has a shotty and the enemies are your friends.

Edit: I did this on a usual map!
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21 Mar 2011 17:43

Nice and easy this, even if you don't fancy living dead.

I got this on Anchor 9 (although you don't need to do it on a DLC map)

Run to the shotgun in the centre, and try to take it to one of the passages near the exits to space, a double kill should throw itself at you eventually, more so as it's 6 on 6

EDIT: Action Sack now has Shotgun Assault, as you can imagine, a double kill is very likely to happen at some point during one of these games.
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26 Feb 2011 18:02

I got this by accident on High Noon in anniversary slayer. If you lurk around the area with the ramp, near the shotgun spawn then you get a lot of opportunities for close range kills.

Oddly enough, I don't own the Noble map pack, nor does anyone on my console.
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02 Jun 2012 18:54

As other have said, Living Dead is a good playlist for this achievement, just wanted to expand on that:

I did it on Sword Base. When you start as a human, you are on the ground, sprint to the left to take the Red Lift/Vent up. Stand to the right of the vent's exit with your back against the wall. If they come up the vent, they'll be easy to kill, and if they come down the hallway, you'll see them and be able to kill them. You can also do this facing the vent, so as they come up you can just mow them down. I like next to it so you get their backs and can see hallway incomers.

This works really well if you're the Last Man Standing, but if not zombies will stumble upon you and come back after you kill them. I now do this every time I'm on this map. It works really well for kills.
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12 Dec 2010 10:36

Exactly what it says: you must get a double kill with the shotgun. Strangely, you don't have to own the Noble Map Pack DLC to get this achievement. In my opinion, this was meant to be an original achievement, but didn't they include it as to keep the '7' reference up
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11 Oct 2015 16:35

This achievement can only be unlocked in Matchmaking within any competitive playlist. The achievement requires you to earn a Double Kill medal (2 kills within 4 seconds of each other) with the Shotgun. The easiest playlist to get this achievement is within the Living Dead playlist, as you spawn with a shotgun if you are a human and the zombies are fairly easy to kill. This achievement can be unlocked on any map.

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