Call of Duty: Black Ops

[Nwehrman11]

Whatsup everyone. Nwehrman11 here with my 10th achievement guide for the site so I figured I would make it a good one. So this guide is gonna be for the new Call of Duty: Black Ops game. This is gonna be a little bit of a roadmap/achievement guide but really I am just gonna tell you how I would go about going for 1k on this game. So here it goes.

Roadmap (At least the way I did it):
1. Play through the campaign on veteran just to beat it. This and zombies are the toughest set of achievements to get but just follow the tips and things in the guide and you should be able to beat it. Campaign is not as hard as people make it out to be so don't let them all scare you off. While going through and beating the campaign on veteran you will get the following achievements (possibly a few others but these will come naturally while playing through on veteran):

Cold Warrior
Down and Dirty
It's your funeral
Not Today
Burn Notice
Stand Down
BLACK OP MASTER
Sacrifice
Give me Liberty
VIP
A safer place
Looks don't count
SOG Rules
Broken English
Some Wounds never heal
Never get off the boat
Clarity

2. After beating the campaign on veteran your going to want to go through on recruit and get all the little ones that you missed while playing veteran. These are all mostly pretty easy and there is a youtube video for most of them by now. Just look at the guide below and I will explain where and what to do to get these achievements. They include:

Death to Dictators
Vehicular Slaughter
Slingshot Kid
Tough Economy
Unconventional Warfare
The Dragon Within
Raining Pain
Double Trouble
Heavy Hand
I Hate Monkeys
Pathfinder
Mr. Black OP
Frag Master
Up Close and Personal
With extreme prejudice
Russian bar-b-q
No Leaks
Light Foot (must be done on veteran but is very easy)
Double Whammy
Lord Nelson

3. After that I would go ahead and get all the intel. There is 42 intel I believe, 3 on each level and 14 levels with intel. Rooster teeth has some great videos on youtube I would recommend while going through and getting the intel, and obviously all credit goes to the rooster teeth men. The achievement you will get for this is:

Closer Analysis

4. After that there are a few achievements you get right there in that room with all the tvs. So you might as well go ahead and get all them. If you want to get these first that is fine also as they are the easiest ones to get I just didn't put them first. While sitting in the chair just keep pulling LT and RT and he will break free from the chair giving you the 'just ask me nicely achievement', then head over to the little computer type thing and type in DOA and that will give you the 'insert coin' achievement'. Play the Dead Ops arcade game for a bit and you should end up getting the 'easy rhino' and 'Sally likes blood' achievements. If not just look at the guide for an explanation and tips for getting them. After that, exit the DOA and use the computer again and tip in ZORK to get the 'Eaten by a Grue' achievement. Achievements obtained on this step:

Just ask me nicely
"Insert Coin"
Easy Rhino
Sally likes Blood
Eaten by a Grue

5. By now your probably itching to play some multiplayer. I know I certainly was. So hop online and head to combat training. Customize the game, play at Nuketown, team deathmatch or free for all its your call, and set the score to 30,000 to win. No time limit. It should take you a couple games at the most to reach level 10 in combat training for that achievement. After that, to get the 'In the Money' achievements for finishing in the money on 5 wager matches, go to Wager Matches, ANTE UP, and I would do GUN GAME. I think it is the most fun, and I would say the easiest to finish in the money, which is 3rd place or better. So play some of those games until you get that achievement, and the last one is very easy. Just go into the theatre, invite a friend that will join, and start up a video or one of your games. Soon as the video starts, you will both get the achievement. Achievements gained:

Ready For Deployment
In the Money
Date Night

6. Last but not least are the zombie achievements. Not a huge fan of zombies, and even less of a fan of the achievements. Just look at my guides and watch the videos I post and you should be able to get these achievements eventually to finish up your 1k. Zombie achievements include:

Hands Off the Merchandise
The Collector
Sacrificial Lamb
See me, Stab me, Heal me

Remember this is just my personal opinion on the orders you might want to go about getting the achievements. If your not a great call of duty player you might want to play on a lower difficulty before veteran, or play multiplayer before the campaign, whatever you want to do it's your call I just think that is the best order to go about trying to 1k this game.

[Nwehrman11]

Alright so I am gonna list the achievements in the order of my roadmap up top so I will start with the achievements you will get as you go through on veteran. Here it goes:

Please bear in mind that as this is an achievement guide for the campaign, there are obviously going to be some spoilers. There is no way to explain some of the achievements without kind of spoiling the campaign a little bit.

VETERAN PLAYTHROUGH


Cold Warrior: 25 GS
Complete "Operation 40," "Vorkuta," and "Executive Order" on Veteran Difficulty

For tips and tricks and help, see "BLACK OP MASTER."

Down and Dirty: 25 GS
Complete "SOG" and "The Defector" on Veteran difficulty.

For tips and tricks and help, see "BLACK OP MASTER."

It's Your Funeral: 25 GS
Complete "Numbers," "Project Nova," and "Victor Charlie" on Veteran difficulty.

For tips and tricks and help, see "BLACK OP MASTER."

Not Today: 25 GS
Complete "Crash Site," "WMD," and "Payback" on Veteran difficulty.

For tips and tricks and help, see "BLACK OP MASTER."

Burn Notice: 25 GS
Complete "Rebirth" and "Redemption" on Veteran Difficulty.

For tips and tricks and help, see "BLACK OP MASTER."

Sacrifice: 10 GS
Ensure your squad escapes safely from Cuba.

This will unlock when you beat "Operation 40" for the first time on any difficulty. It is the first level and after your squad hops in the plane and you jump out to clear the runway the mission will be over and the achievement is yours.

Give me Liberty: 10 GS
Escape Vorkuta.

This unlocks once you complete the second mission, "Vorkuta," on any difficulty. You will be in the back of a truck on a machine gun mowing down enemies and you will jump onto a train, and the mission will be over.

VIP: 10 GS
Receive orders from Lancer.

You receive this achievement in between the third and fourth missions. So after you complete the third mission, "U.S.D.D," you are taken into the pentagon and you have a chat with President Kennedy. He will tell you what he wants you to do and the achievement will unlock as you start the next mission.

A Safer Place: 10 GS
Sabotage the Soviet space program.

You get this after you complete the fourth mission, "Executive Order" on any difficulty. You fight through a bunch of Russians, your buddy tries to stop the missile on the computer but it doesn't work, so you grab the valkyrie rockets and blow the hell out of the missile. BOOM, achievement yours.

Looks don't count: 10 GS
Break the siege in the battle of Khe Sanh.

You should have noticed a pattern by now, all these 10 gamerscore achievements are for beating the levels. You get these for beating them on any difficulty. I don't want to ruin the endings to all the missions so Ill just say you get this at the end of the 5th mission, "S.O.G".

SOG Rules: 10 GS
Retrieve the dossier and the defector from Hue City.

Complete the sixth mission, "The Defector" on any difficulty to receive this achievement.

Broken English: 10 GS
Escape Kowloon

Complete the seventh mission, "Numbers" on any difficulty to receive this achievement.

Some Wounds Never Heal: 10 GS
Escape the Past.

Complete the eigth mission, "Project Nova" on any difficulty to receive this achievement.

Never get off the Boat: 10 GS
Find the Soviet connection in Laos.

Complete the ninth mission, "Crash Site" on any difficulty to receive this achievement.

Clarity: 10 GS
Crack the code.

Complete the fourteenth mission, "Revelations" on any difficulty to receive this achievement.

Stand Down: 35 GS
Complete the campaign on any difficulty.

Simple as it sounds. If you are following my roadmap you will get it after you complete "Redemption" on veteran, or if not whenever you play through all the levels on any difficulty and complete the last mission you will get this achievement.

BLACK OP MASTER: 100 GS
Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty.

Yes it says hardened or veteran, but with all the other achievements for beating most of the levels on veteran you might as well just play through on veteran. Now I won't lie to you, there are some parts on veteran that took me a little bit and I died a few times. But all in all, I did not find veteran to be overwhelmingly hard. Just concentrate on a few things while playing through the game on veteran. One, stay in cover. The enemy AI is pretty good. If they can see you, they will shoot you, and you don't take many shots to die. So what you need to do is get behind some cover, make sure your screen has no red on it from getting shot, and pop out a little bit and shoot as many as you can. Then get right back to cover immediately. Do this until the place is clear. I know what a few of you are thinking, some places have infinite enemy spawns. Okay, use the same strategy pretty much. Get behind cover, get full health, pop out and shoot a few people, sprint forward and get right back behind more cover. That is the only way to break through an area with infinite enemy spawn on veteran. You have to shoot, cover, and move up, shoot, cover, and move up. Those areas are frustrating but just do what I am saying and you will get past them in no time.

If anyone is just really really stuck on a certain part let me know and I will play that level on veteran and develop a good strategy for you to get past it.

[Nwehrman11]

Micellaneous campaign achievements

Okay so after you finished Veteran, if thats what you decided to do first, there are some other achievements for the campaign that you probably missed while playing through is on veteran, but you can get them on recruit now. These include:

Death to Dictators: 15 GS
Take Down Castro with a Headshot

On the Mission "Operation 40", you will fight your way through some buildings and eventually you come to a door where you 'stack up' or get on your buddies back, and bust through the door. Inside the room Castro is with a girl who he holds in front of him like a shield. It will slow down and you have time to aim and kill him with your pistol. Just hit him in the head and you unlock the achievement. Very easy and you will probably get it on veteran your first playthrough because it slows down and you have some time to aim. Just make sure you hit him in the head.

Vehicular Slaughter: 25 GS
Destroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break.

In the mission "Vorkuta" you are escaping from prison and at the end you hop on a motorcycle and escape. You are followed by enemies in trucks, helicopters and motorcycles. Just blow them all up with the shotgun you are given. Another pretty easy one because you don't really have to aim. As long as you shoot somewhere near them you hit them so just make sure you don't miss any of them.

Slingshot Kid: 15 GS
Destroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts.

Also in the mission "Vorkuta" you get to use a slingshot and aim for 3 targets. You can't miss or you will not get the achievement. It is pretty easy just take you time and make sure you aim a little above the targets. It might take a few tries to get the aiming perfect but once you get a feel for where to aim it is a very easy achievements and will not take you more than a couple tries at the most.

Tough Economy: 15 GS
Use no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh.

During the mission "S.O.G." there are 6 tanks you have to destroy with the guided missiles you are given. 6 tanks and 6 missiles so you can't miss any shots. This one isn't all that hard and I did it on veteran but it might give some people some trouble. You just have to dodge the obstacles in your way and make sure you don't shoot until you have a pretty clear view of the tanks to make it alot easier on yourself.

Unconventional Warfare: 15 GS
Use explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies in the campaign.

You get explosive bolts on the missions "Executive Order" and "WMD". It's really not hard to kill 30 enemies with them so there is not much need for a strategy here. When you hit someone with an explosive bolt it sticks in them and lights up green then explodes and has a decent blast to it so if kills most of the enemies that are nearby. Just keep killing enemies with it until the achievement pops.

The Dragon Within: 15 GS
Kill 10 NVA with Dragon's Breath Rounds.

You get a gun with 'Dragon's Breath' during the mission "The Defector" and all you have to do is kill 10 enemies with it. Keep using it until the achievement pops, pretty straightforward achievement.

Raining Pain: 15 GS
Rack up a bodyu count of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City.

In the Mission "The Defector" you get to use air support to help fight through a city with enemies all over. This is very easy because you get unlimited air support and their are enemies everywhere. Just aim it at a building or an area with a bunch of enemies and call it in. Make sure you let it do all the work and don't shoot a bunch of enemies before it even arrives or it won't get any kills.

Double Trouble: 10 GS
Use only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon.

At the start of the mission "Numbers" you get dual weapons. You get plenty of ammo and if your playing on recruit it won't be any trouble at all running through the mission only using your duals. There is a time a little ways into the mission you can pick up dual SMG's if you want but it really isn't all that necessary if your playing on recruit.

Heavy Hand: 15 GS
Use the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement.

During the mission "Victor Charlie" you will come to a little beach where there is an enemy boat docked with a Machine gun on it and a bunch of enemies around. While fighting them off you will be told to pick up the Grim Reaper laying in the middle of the ground. Pick it up and continue killing enemies until you move into another building. In this next building you will look out a window and there will be another Machine Gun covered in debris. The debris will clear off and you shoot and blow up the machine gun for the achievement.

I Hate Monkeys: 15 GS
Kill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs.

During the mission "Rebirth" you will go into a big building with a bunch of labs. There are cages everywhere in this building filled with some ugly looking monkeys. Find an area with a decent amount of them and kill 7 of them in under 10 seconds. You can shoot them and kill them with grenades. Your best bet is to throw a gernade down a hallway with alot of them and start shooting another area with alot of them to make sure you kill 7.

Pathfinder: 50 GS
Guide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed.

In the mission "WMD" you play as two different people. You are in a plane guiding the squad for a while and you are down on the ground with them fighting for awhile. This achievement is for when you are in the air leading them through the outpost. Just make sure you listen to what you are told to do and don't let your squad get caught.

Mr. Black OP: 50 GS
Enter the Soviet relay station undetected.

This one may take a couple tries, but if you are really careful you can get it done on your first few. Later on in the mission WMD you have to enter the relay station. You will have a silenced gun and a crossbow and you have to take out muliple enemies spread out guarding the outside without getting caught. If there are two enemies next to each other just get one of them and your team will automatically take out the guy next to him. Just kill them all without alerting any of them and the achievement is yours.

Frag Master: 15 GS
Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade in the campaign.

During the mission "The Defector" after taking out the ZSU gun you will go up some starts and kill a few enemies and then you will see a bunch of people standing around a car. Throw a frag grenade into or right next to the car so that when the grenade goes off the car will blow up as well and it should kill all the enemies around it. You might not get it on your first try so just keep doing this until you get it.

Up Close and Personal: 15 GS
Silently take out 3 VC.

On the mission "Victor Charlie" there are plenty of oppurtunities to kill a few VC silently with your knife. Your best oppurtunity is not too far from the beginning you will swim under water and come up to a boat and take out the guy in the boat. You will then enter a little hut and see two VC sleeping. You take out one with your knife and your teammate takes out the other. Right after that there is one sitting in a chair facing away from you. Walk up behind him and take him out with your knife and you should get the achievement. If not make sure your next kill is the same way and you should have it.

With Extreme Prejudice: 25 GS
Get to the POW compound in the hind using only rockets.

During the mission "Payback" you and Woods kill a few enemies and steal there Hind. While in this hind make sure you use ONLY YOUR ROCKETS. It is a pain in the butt sometimes because it is tough to kill the enemy helicopters at times just using rockets but you can't use the MG. Just take all the enemy out and once you land the achievement should pop.

Russion bar-b-q: 15 GS
Incinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrow attatchment in the POW compound.

Right after you land the hind in the mission "Payback" you will take out a few enemies right outside the compount. Right before you enter the compound you will pick up the flamethrower and once you take out 10 enemies the achievement will show up.

No Leaks: 50 GS
Make it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island.

In the mission "Rebirth" your tank will get shot and you will put on a suit and mask because the enemy drops NOVA 6 gas everywhere. You have to make it all the way through the NOVA 6 without busting the mask of your suit. Just go slowly and carefully through the level and if your on recruit you shouldn't have any problem with this. The enemy is tough to see through the gas though so be careful and make sure you use the scope on your gun because it is thermal and makes it much easier to see where the enemy is.

[Nwehrman11]

Light Foot: 30 GS
Escape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer on Veteran.

Slightly tough achievement and might take a few tries, but it is very do-able. During the mission "Project Nova" when your on the ship, you set explosives and have a time limit to get off of the ship. Basically what you want to do is set the timer and sprint to where you have to exit. Only kill the enemies you absolutely have to, the other ones just run on by. If you are having trouble with this there are videos on youtube that may help, but really there isn't much strategy to it, you just sprint as much as you can, kill the enmies in your way that you have to kill, and run by all the others. I finished with 5 or 10 seconds to spare on my second try.

Double Whammy: 15 GS
Destroy both helicopters with one Valkyrie rocket from the deck of the ship.

In the mission "Redemption" towards the beginning after you get on the ship you pick up some valkyrie rockets and have to take out the two helicopters with one shot. There is absolutely no guide or strategy to this because the path the helicopters take is completely random. People will tell you it isn't and that you have to wait until a certain time and shoot at a certain place. Basically you wait until the helicopters are really close and explode the rocket right in between the two and hope you take them both out. This took me a ton of tries. It has nothing to do with skill or anything, you just have to wait until they are close enough and get lucky and hope you hit them both.

Lord Nelson: 25 GS
Destroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river.

This achievement is a pain. Not because it's hard but because if you miss one thing, you may not know it and have to start the whole mission over, and it takes awhile. On the mission "Crash Site" you are driving the boat and controlling the rockets. Basically you have to blow up everything. EVERYTHING. Every house every tower every hut every bridge. Everything. They blow up fairly easily but this achievement is particular and if you miss one little tiny thing you won't get the achievement and have to start all over. Once you blow everything up and destory the enemy boat at the end you should get the achievement. If not, sorry, you missed something and have to start all over.

Closer Analysis: 15 GS
Find all the hidden intel.

Alot of work and time for only 15 GS in my opinion but it is easy enough. There are 3 hidden intel on every mission, and there are mulitple videos on youtube for each mission so you shouldn't have any problem finding the intel. I would recommend the RoosterTeeth videos if you can find them because they are slightly funny and make them very easy to find.


NON CAMPAIGN/MULTIPLAYER/ZOMBIE ACHIEVEMENTS

Alright, your finally done with the campaign for this game! Now on to the fun parts, Mulitplayer and Zombies. First there are a few achievements you can get in the room your sitting in during the main menu. These achievements include:

Just Ask Me Nicely: 15 GS
Break free from the torture chair.

One of the easiest achievements you'll ever get. At the main menu just just keep pulling the Right Trigger and Left Trigger and you will break free from the chair and stand up and walk around.

"Instert Coin": 5 GS
Access the terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade.

After breaking free from the torture chair, directly behind the chair is a little terminal, walk up to it and type in 'DOA' and hit enter. This will let you play the Dead Ops Arcade and will get you the achievement.

Easy Rhino: 10 GS
In Dead Ops Arcade, use a Speed Boost to blast through 20 or more enemies at one time.

This is pretty easy you can get it right when you start playing. Just run around and let the enemies build up and once you have alot (20 or more) try and kinda line them up and then aim at them and pull Right Trigger for a speed boost to go right through them all. If you killed at least 20 the achievement should pop. If not, try it again on the next round.

Sally Likes Blood: 15 GS
Demonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet.

There are a couple ways to get this. You can get this in the campaign at certain points or even try to get 3 zombies in a line and get them all with one bullet but I think your best bet would be to try and get it in the Dead Ops Arcade. You pick up different guns and if you get the machine gun and just start shooting when you have alot of enemies following you then you will get it eventually. I picked up the machine gun, let alot of them build up and then just started unloading and got it almost instantly.

Eaten by a Grue: 15 GS
Play Zork on the Terminal.

Similar to "Insert Coin" but instead of typing "DOA" on the terminal, type in "Zork" and you will start playing Zork and the achievement will unlock.

MULTIPLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
Ready For Deployment: 15 GS
Reach Rank 10 in Combat Training.

Just go to combat training and play until you reach rank 10. Your playing againsts bots on whatever difficulty you choose so it is very easy. The quickest way is to see the score to as high as you can and play at Nuketown. You will get it after just a few games.

In The Money: 20 GS
Finish 5 Wager Matches "in the money."

There are a number of different wager matches to choose from and you can bet different amounts of money. The easiest way to get this achievement is in 'ante up' since it is the lowest amount of money being wagered so the people that are that great usually play it. Find a game type you like or are good at and finish in the top 3 5 times to get this achievement.

Date Night: 15 GS
Watch a film or clip with a friend.

This can be done in your lobby or a friends, just invite a friend or join a friend and watch a film or clip of one of your multiplayer games. Achievement pops as soon as the clip starts so you can just exit out right when you get the achievement.

ZOMBIE ACHIEVEMENTS

I don't have most of these achievements yet because I haven't went for them yet, so for now I am just going to explain what to do and once I get them I will try and tell you strategies that worked for me to make them easier to get.

Hands off the Merchandise: 20 GS
Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out.

On the map "FIVE" after you have cleared a path down to the third level and turned the power switch on sometimes the pentagon thief will appear at the end of a round and try to steal your guns. What I did and what I would say is the easiest way to get this is to turn the power switch on, make sure you have a revive, and leave one zombie left to walk around so the round doesn't end until you kill it. Head to the elevator on the ground floor right across from the teleporter. Get in there and kill the last zombie when he catches up to you. If you hear the alarm you know the thief is coming. Cook a grenade and let it go off in your hand and it will put you down. This will give you the dual pistols that tear everything apart. Just unload on him when you are down when he appears and you will kill him very quickly and get the achievement.

The Collector: 20 GS
Buy every weapon off the walls in a single Zombies game.

Just as the description says, you have to buy everything off the walls in a zombies game. Your best bet here is to get a few other players who are pretty good and have them open up all the doors and clear all the paths for you. That way you just need to get enough points to buy everything and you won't have to worry about spending your money on doors and things.

Sacrificial Lamb: 15 GS
Shoot at or be shot by an ally with a Pack-a-Punch crossbow and kill six zombies with the explosion.

You have to obtain a crossbow in the mystery box during a game of zombies and once you have that, make sure the power is turned on and head to the 'Pack-a-Punch' machine and purchase the 'Pack-a-Punch' crossbow which is 5000 points. Once you or a teammate has this then you need to shoot him or be shot by him while your down and have the explosion kill 6 zombies. There are strategies for this and once I obtain the achievement I will post them to help you out.

See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me: 15 GS
Fire a Pack-a-Punch Ballistic Knife at a downed ally to revive them from a distance.

Similiar to Sacrificial lamb, you will need to get a ballistic knife from the mystery box and use it with the Pack-a-Punch machine. You then need to have a teammate downed by a zombie, and from a distance shoot him with your Pack-a-Punched ballistic knife and revive him.


Strategies for the Zombie Achievements will be added shortly.

[Slam Da Brakes]

First of all Nwehrman11 thanks for another great guide and you have written 10 already! I have yet to attempt Veteran so this may come in handy.

However, you might have noticed, there are not too many COD guides published onto the main site simply because most of the achievements require you to play on Veteran. This is very skill based and not easy to some, no matter how some people have said it is. I know quite a few stuck on Veteran.

The criteria for the games is 700-1000 to be obtained EASILY and under the time frame suggested. This is posted above the guides. This is why this site differs from others is that we only post easy games. No Ninja Gaiden II, FFXI, etc.

That said, I know you can get around 625 (?) points playing Recruit on Black Ops so it probably falls short? Not sure. What does everybody else think? Is this game hard or easy? Perhaps a rating might help

6/10? 7/10?

[Nwehrman11]

Only 225 GS are for beating the game on veteran. Which leaves 775 if you absolutely can't beat veteran which everyone should be able to. The other achievements are very obtainable, and like I said, the game is not very hard on veteran. One of the easier ones in my opinion no doubt. Most gamerscore whores are halfway decent at first person shooters so they should be able to take on veteran in a CoD game.

[Slam Da Brakes]

Sounds good and definitely the easiest COD around!

[Nwehrman11]

Haha alright good stuff so I will finish it up here in the next few hours. Been working alot getting my store ready to open so I haven't had the time to finish but it will be finished here shortly for anyone looking to get the other achievements in this game.

[Nwehrman11]

Finally finished this guide, I forgot all about it not gonna lie. Sorry for anyone who was looking to use it and it wasn't finished. Anyways, Slam this is number 10, I believe there is a badge for that ?

[IRELAND NO 1]

Worm maybe you should put in the table glitch on five, the 2 controller method i posted up a method how to get all zombie achievements solo before if its any use.
Brilliant guide, wish i had it before i maxed it out would have helped lol...