Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
75 Achievements
35-40h
Steam
Wall of Recognition
Get a Gold Medal on every Campaign Mission.
2.4%
How to unlock the Wall of Recognition achievement in Halo Wars: Definitive Edition - Definitive Guide
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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
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.
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.
MultipliersCannot 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.
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 BonusThe 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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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
