Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

75 Achievements

1,500

Wall of Recognition

Got a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission.

0.85%

How to unlock the Wall of Recognition achievement in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide

The Dawn of Don

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05 Jan 2017 01:52

This achievement is obtainable solo or co-op. Unlike the FPS Halo games, difficulty doesn’t play a factor in the gold medal score. So, you can play the entire campaign on easy and get gold on every mission. You also can get gold on any combination of difficulties. For example; if you get a gold medal on the first mission on legendary, you can get gold on easy for the other 14 missions and obtain this achievement.

In co-op, you might have to get gold on the same difficulty like back on the Xbox 360. Also, if you play co-op you need to complete every mission in co-op for your gold medals to unlock this achievement. Solo and co-op count separate for medals. Co-op can be easier if only one person controls units and the other controls bases and revivable units like Forge or Spartans. Transferring all expendable units to one player supposedly circumvents the combat bonus allowing for a x10 combat bonus even with units lost. I have not personally confirmed this (due to no one on my 200+ friends list playing HW:DE), thus my speculative grammar.

Gold medals are earned by a combination of 3 factors.
1. Completing Objectives
2. Multipliers
3. Skull Multiplier

Completing Objectives

Primary Objectives
Cannot be missed as they are required to complete the mission.

Secondary Objectives
These are optional, so they can be missed. Make sure you complete all of the secondary objectives as they can prevent you from getting gold when the multipliers are factored.

Multipliers

Combat Bonus
The max multiplier is x10. Kill enemy units and try not to lose any of your units. Every unit you lose will reduce the combat bonus.

Time Bonus
The max multiplier is x5. Every mission has a par time. If you complete the mission before your timer enters the par time you will get the max multiplier. Refer to the provide achievement link for list of all par times for each mission. Par times are the same no matter what difficulty.

The Mr. Punctual achievement in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition worth 72 pointsFinish all missions under Par Time on Heroic difficulty.

Skull Bonus

This bonus is not necessary. The skulls do not count points until active and you get kills with them on. If you complete all primary and secondary/optional objectives on every mission and get the max combat and time bonus you will never need skull bonus.

The Graverobber achievement in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition worth 105 pointsCollect all Skulls.

All Mission Par Scores ↓

To recap, just remember these simple rules.
1. Try to not lose any units.
2. Complete the mission as fast as you can.
3. Complete all secondary/optional objectives. This will get tricky when trying to get the time bonus on a few missions.
4. Only use skulls if you need the extra points. Otherwise don’t use them at all.

To get a complete record of your gold medals progress on every difficulty go to "Service Record" in "Options and Extras".

Do remember all games have glitches and/or hidden rules.

If you are experiencing trouble trying to get this achievement, try one of the two following methods that have worked for others.

1. Play solo, on easy. Back on the Xbox 360 this was the best way to try and get glitched achievements to unlock. If the achievement still does not unlock, ratchet up the difficulty and go for gold medals again. I personally had to do this on the original Halo Wars.

2. Since HW:DE is a Play Anywhere title, if you have a Windows 10 PC that can handle HW:DE, some people have been having success getting glitched achievements to unlock on their computer.

05 Jan 2017 01:52

15 Comments

I'm currently stuck at 93%. Have all but Mission 4 as gold on Normal. Several missions on Heroic are also gold including Mission 4. Guess I'll try to get gold for Mission 4 on normal, but I doubt that'll help.

I actually noticed precisely when it stopped tracking. At that point I had 2 missions left to get gold on. Mission 8 Ander's signal, and Mission 11 Cleansing. When I got gold on Ander's signal, the progress didn't go up. Then I played Mission 11 Cleansing, and received the gold medal and the progress went up from 86% to 93%.

Suffice to say, that should be pretty clear evidence that Ander's Signal is the problem level. I played that one twice more on the Xbox One. No luck. Played it once on PC. No luck. Played another level on PC. No luck.

Guess the last choice is to do what SMIZZ BEATZ did and just try to get gold on the heroic par time levels, and hope it unlocks.

By Knoell on 13 Apr 2017 07:36

I have completed all missions on solo only and have several missions with multiple golds on different difficulties. I made sure that each mission has at least one gold though in my service record. I've noticed the tracking is just incredibly glitchy overall. I only have a few achievements left for the game and realized you need to check achievement progress after each mission to see if it actually counted. I’m getting the achievement for finishing all missions under par time on heroic and had no issues with missions 1-9 (at 60% completion) then last night I beat 10 and 11 and still at 60% completion. Tonight I’ll likely hard reset my xbox and then try the two missions again and hoping they will count this time.

I’ve had issues with anywhere from the skulls achievement (even though I completed ‘Halo Historian’) to simply getting the scarab achievement. Very frustrating.

By SMIZZ ii on 13 Feb 2017 15:23

Achievement progress stuck at 86%. Service record shows all gold for easy (plus others on heroic). Hard reset, reloaded, and completed another mission but didnt work. Help? (Note: Saying "I have the same issue" isnt help. Need genuine solution).

By Pistol 101 on 02 Feb 2017 01:36

Yeah this just happened to me too... I have all 15 missions with a gold (or multiple on different difficulties) and it hasn't unlocked for me. Stuck at 86%

By SMIZZ ii on 10 Feb 2017 21:53

Pistol 101 and SMIZZ BEATZ, did you get all your gold medals solo, co-op, or possibly a combination of the two? I believe the game won't tell you; you might just have to remember. If we can find a common problem we can solve your common issue or at least confirm whether or not it can be fixed without waiting for a game patch.

By The Dawn of Don on 12 Feb 2017 18:32

Thanks for the more comprehensive reply SMIZZ BEATS. It is what I was afraid of. Glitches of Xbox 360 past come to haunt current gen. Unfortunately glitches are glitches and unless 343i works on patching the game, those glitches will not disappear. Don't expect a patch anytime soon since they are focused on Halo Wars 2 and whatever they will be presenting at E3 this year. Just keep trying those common tricks gamers use to try and get around glitches. I would recommend completing gold on one difficulty as that is what worked for me back on the 360. You should only need the missions you do not already have gold on for your selected difficulty. Playing on a Windows 10 pc might help also. Good luck.

By The Dawn of Don on 13 Feb 2017 19:15

Thanks. And I actually got a couple glitched ones to work for me by playing on PC last week :)

I'll keep trying.

By SMIZZ ii on 13 Feb 2017 20:08

If you're struggling to get gold on mission 3, just kill a few enemies by deactivating the light bridge after Anders hacks it. This will complete an optional objective making the gold trivial. So many attempts until i realised this...

By xBFOGx on 04 Mar 2017 01:04

Their any update on this achievement getting fixed/patched? Im one of the many i presume with the stuck at 86% but have gold medals for every mission. This shit is really annoying.

By Babyblue#1319 on 19 Mar 2017 01:34

Aaaaaaand it popped on level 10 shield world while doing heroic par times. No idea why but I'll take it!

By Knoell on 16 Apr 2017 08:05

Had the same issue. Stuck at 86%. Solution. Played entire campaign on easy with NO SKULLS and get gold on each one. Popped after mission 14. So If you have this issue, just replay the campaign on easy. Annoying i know but its not as badly glitched as i thought

By GoldenKnight II on 21 Jan 2018 19:20

I was going to lost about glitched progress (both gold and par times) and looks like solution is to just play through the whole campaign again

By Echo Poptart on 24 Aug 2020 21:10

Stopped tracking at 66%. Replaying missions on various difficulties and getting golds did not work. Replaying the entire campaign on easy and getting gold on every mission did not work.

Deleted save data and started new campaign on easy on fresh save file. Got gold each mission and progress started tracking again. Achievement unlocked after Mission 11.

So if nothing else works for you- you might try finishing the other achievements and then starting a fresh save.

By QuanticJustice on 05 Apr 2021 03:47

@ SMIZZ BEATZ, I too have the same issue I beat all the missions got gold on normal and easy. Made all part time under the time on heroic and it won't pop. If you want to run the campaign with someone because you are still trying to get them let me know and i'll join you.

By ComanderDrizzle on 26 Feb 2017 21:58

I actually ended up getting them all. When I was going for heroic par times, I tried for gold medals too and so after each mission, I checked to make sure the progress changed for heroic par times. If it did, I was confident it would have counted for the gold medal achievement as well. I ended up getting the achievement prior to finishing all the missions. It's a pain but hope that helps. I had to do this for the skulls too.

If you complete something and you know it should change the achievement progress but it did not, hard reset your xbox and try again. I noticed that helped me as well.

By SMIZZ ii on 28 Feb 2017 15:05

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At the end of each mission you will be given a medal based on your performance. The score is determined on how well you managed your units (the key being to lose as few as possible), the time taken to complete the mission (the faster, the better) and the optional objectives completed. Thus, the key is to beat each mission under par time, losing as few units as possible and completing all objectives.

Unlike other Halo titles, difficulty doesn’t factor so you can obtain gold medals on easy without penalty. You can also play on different difficulties and still unlock the achievement i.e. you can earn gold on half the missions playing on easy and the rest playing on normal or heroic.

Most of these will likely come naturally as you play through on easy/normal, if however you are struggling on any particular mission, activating the negative skulls will give you an added bonus and can be done so on easy difficulty without adding too much of a challenge.

The score for gold medals are as follows:

Mission 01: 27,000
Mission 02: 70,000
Mission 03: 45,000
Mission 04: 50,000
Mission 05: 40,000
Mission 06: 45,000
Mission 07: 32,000
Mission 08: 30,000
Mission 09: 35,000
Mission 10: 55,000
Mission 11: 30,000
Mission 12: 32,000
Mission 13: 40,000
Mission 14: 30,000
Mission 15: 30,000