There are 71 achievements in Call of Duty: Black Ops awarding 1700 in total.
Achievements and Trophies[]
Name | Description | Points/Trophy | Image |
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Platinum | Awarded when all other trophies have been unlocked. | Platinum | |
Sacrifice | Ensure your squad escapes safely from Cuba. | 10 Bronze |
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Death to Dictators | Take down Castro with a headshot. | 15 Bronze |
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Vehicular Slaughter | Destroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break. | 25 Silver |
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Give me liberty, or give me death (PS3) Give me liberty (Xbox 360) |
Escape Vorkuta. | 10 Bronze |
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Slingshot Kid | Destroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts. | 15 Bronze |
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VIP | Receive orders from Lancer. | 10 Bronze |
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A Safer Place | Sabotage the Soviet space program. | 10 Bronze |
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Tough Economy | Use no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh. | 15 Bronze |
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Looks don't count | Break the siege in the battle of Khe Sanh. | 10 Bronze |
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SOG Rules | Retrieve the dossier and the defector from Hue City. | 10 Bronze |
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Raining Pain | Rack up a bodycount of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City. | 15 Bronze |
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The Dragon Within | Kill 10 NVA with Dragon’s Breath rounds. | 15 Bronze |
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Heavy Hand | Use the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement. | 15 Bronze |
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Up close and personal | Silently take out 3 VC. | 15 Bronze |
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Double Trouble | Use only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon. | 10 Bronze |
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Broken English | Escape Kowloon. | 10 Bronze |
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Lord Nelson | Destroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river. | 25 Silver |
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Never get off the boat | Find the Soviet connection in Laos. | 10 Bronze |
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Pathfinder | Guide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed. | 50 Bronze |
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Mr. Black OP | Enter the Soviet relay station undetected. | 50 Silver |
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With Extreme Prejudice | Get to the POW compound in the Hind using only rockets. | 25 Bronze |
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Russian bar-b-q | Incinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrower attachment in the POW compound. | 15 Bronze |
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Light Foot | Escape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer in Veteran. | 30 Silver |
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Some wounds never heal | Escape the past. | 10 Bronze |
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I hate monkeys | Kill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs. | 15 Bronze |
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No Leaks | Make it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island. | 50 Silver |
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Clarity | Crack the code. | 10 Bronze |
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Double Whammy | Destroy both helicopters with one Valkyrie rocket from the deck of the ship. | 15 Bronze |
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BLACK OP MASTER | Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty. | 100 Gold |
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Stand Down | Complete the campaign on any difficulty. | 35 Silver |
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Frag Master | Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade. | 15 Bronze |
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Sally Likes Blood | Demonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet. | 15 Bronze |
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Unconventional Warfare | Use the explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies. | 15 Bronze |
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Down and Dirty | Complete "SOG" and "The Defector " on Veteran difficulty. | 25 Silver |
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It's Your Funeral | Complete "Numbers", "Project Nova" and "Victor Charlie" on Veteran difficulty. | 25 Silver |
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Cold Warrior | Complete "Operation 40", "Vorkuta", and "Executive Order" on Veteran difficulty. | 25 Silver |
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Not Today | Complete "Crash Site", "WMD" and "Payback" on Veteran difficulty. | 25 Silver |
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Burn Notice | Complete "Rebirth" and "Redemption" on Veteran difficulty. ("Revelations" must also be completed) |
25 Silver |
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Closer Analysis | Find all the hidden intel. | 15 Bronze |
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Date Night | Watch a film or clip with a friend. | 15 Bronze |
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In The Money | Finish 5 Wager Matches "in the money". | 20 Bronze |
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Ready for Deployment | Reach rank 10 in Combat Training. | 15 Bronze |
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The Collector | Buy every weapon off the walls in a single Zombies game. | 20 Silver |
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See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me (secret) |
Fire a Pack-A-Punched Ballistic Knife at a downed ally to revive them from a distance. | 15 Bronze |
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Hands Off the Merchandise | Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out. | 20 Bronze |
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Sacrificial Lamb | Kill 6 zombies after getting shot by a Pack-a-Punched Crossbow bolt. | 15 Bronze |
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Insert Coin | Access the terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade. | 5 Bronze |
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Easy Rhino | In Dead Ops Arcade, use a Speed Boost to blast through 20 or more enemies at one time. | 10 Silver |
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Just Ask Me Nicely (secret) |
Break free from the torture chair. | 15 Bronze |
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Eaten by a Grue (secret) |
Play Zork on the Terminal. | 15 Bronze |
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First Strike | |||
The Eagle has Landers | In Ascension, escape on all three lunar landers. | 35 Bronze |
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They are going THROUGH! | In Ascension, kill at least 5 zombies with 1 Gersch device. | 35 Bronze |
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Space Race | In Ascension, Pack-a-Punch a weapon before round 8. | 45 Silver |
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Chimp on the Barbie | In Ascension, kill a space monkey with a fire trap. | 35 Bronze |
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Escalation | |||
Stand-in | In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in solo or co-op. | 35 Bronze |
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Ensemble Cast | In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in co-op. | 45 Silver |
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Stuntman | In Call of the Dead, make a zombie explode using the V-R11. | 20 Bronze |
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Shooting on Location | In Call of the Dead, kill 10 zombies with one Scavenger shot from over 100 feet away. | 20 Bronze |
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Quiet on the Set | In Call of the Dead, cut the lights on the Director. | 30 Bronze |
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Annihilation | |||
Time Travel Will Tell | In Shangri-La, acquire the Focusing Stone. | 75 Silver |
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Blinded By the Fright | In Shangri-La, kill a Shrieker Zombie while blinded by it. | 30 Bronze |
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Zomb Disposal | In Shangri-La, dispose of a Napalm Zombie without it harming any players. | 30 Bronze |
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Monkey See, Monkey Don't | In Shangri-La, get something from the monkeys. | 5 Bronze |
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Small Consolation | In Shangri-La, use the 31-79 JGb215 on each type of zombie. | 10 Bronze |
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Rezurrection | |||
Cryogenic Slumber Party | In Moon, complete Richtofen's grand scheme. (Open the M.P.D. with Samantha Maxis inside.) |
75 Silver |
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One Small Hack for a Man... | In Moon, hack something. | 5 Bronze |
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One Giant Leap | In Moon, become trapped in the Receiving Area and free yourself through resurrection in co-op. | 5 Bronze |
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Perks in Spaaaaace | In Moon, purchase every Perk in one game. | 30 Bronze |
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Fully Armed and Operational | In Moon, acquire 3 Pack-A-Punched weapons at the same time. | 25 Bronze |
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Ground Control | In Moon, prevent each excavator from breaching the base in one game. | 10 Bronze |
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Big Bang Theory (secret) |
In Moon, gain sweet, sweet, revenge. | 100 |
Notes[]
- Despite not being listed, "Revelations" must be completed on Veteran to unlock the Burn Notice achievement.
- The The Collector achievement requires the Sniper Cabinet to be used if attempted on Nacht der Untoten, as well as Frag Grenades, the Bowie Knife and Claymores.
- Using the "3ARC UNLOCK" code on the terminal in the main menu will unlock the Stand Down trophy on PlayStation 3, but will lock it out on the Xbox 360.
- Using the "3ARC INTEL" code on the terminal will lock the Closer Analysis achievement.
- The Date Night achievement can be earned on PC by watching any Theater Mode clip.[source needed]
- The One Giant Leap achievement is earned by respawning on teammates after bleeding out in the Receiving Bay of Moon, whilst Tunnel 6 and Tunnel 11 are being dug by Excavators.
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Trivia[]
- The Not Today achievement image says "Nov 11", a reference to Veteran's Day.
- The Eaten by a Grue achievement is a reference to the line 'You are likely to be eaten by a grue', which is displayed in Zork when the player hangs in the dark for too long, and upon dying the displayed message is 'You were eaten by a grue'. To be 'eaten by a grue' is a running joke in the Zork series of interactive fiction games.
- The Insert Coin achievement is a reference to arcade machines, which often display the words "Insert Coin" in order to start or continue playing.
- The Sacrificial Lamb achievement is a reference to the phrase 'Sacrificial lamb', meaning someone to be sacraficed for the common good.
- The See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me achievement is a reference to the song "See Me, Feel Me" by The Who, which includes the line "See me, feel me, touch me, heal me".
- The achievement image for The Collector is different on differing consoles. On the PlayStation 3, there is a China Lake, a Dragunov, a Famas and a Grim Reaper, while on Xbox 360 they are in different order and the Famas being replaced by Galil.
- None of the weapons in the background can be obtained from a wall and the Grim Reaper can only be obtained through modding.
- The Sally Likes Blood achievement is a reference to the M1911 pistol with "Sally" carved into it in the main menu, as well as the "Sally likes... but dislikes..." riddles.
- The Stand Down achievement shares its image with the Ninja perk.
- The Never get off the boat achievement is a reference to the line 'Never get out of the boat' from the film Apocalypse Now.
- The Lord Nelson achievement is a reference to Horatio Nelson, a British Admiral that defeated Napoleon's forces at the Battle of Trafalgar.
- The Date Night achievement is a reference to the act of a movie date, watching a movie during a date with someone.
- The Looks Don't Count achievement is a reference to the line uttered by Frank Woods near the beginning of S.O.G., "Looks don't count for shit in the jungle. This is 'Nam, baby!".
- The With Extreme Prejudice achievement is a reference to the film Apocalypse Now, in which Captain Willard is ordered to "terminate the command" of the allegedly insane Colonel Kurtz with "extreme prejudice."
- The Just Ask Me Nicely achievement is a reference to the movie A Few Good Men, where Colonel Nathan R. Jessup demands some respect from Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, after he makes a pivotal request to the Colonel. The last part of the quote is "You gotta ask me nicely."
- The Chimp on the Barbie achievement is a pun on the popular Australian tourism phrase, "Shrimp on the barbie".
- The The Eagle Has Landers achievement is a reference to the phrase said by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 1969 Moon Landing when Lunar Module Eagle landed on the moon, "The Eagle has landed".
- The Space Race achievement is a reference to the Space Race, a mid-20th century competition between the United States of America and the Soviet Union for supremacy of space exploration.
- The Shooting on Location achievement is a reference tot he act of filming at a movie's setting, instead of at a soundstage mockup.
- The Blinded by the Fright achievement is a reference to the song "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
- The Zomb Disposal achievement is an abridgement of the words "zombie" and "bomb disposal," hinting the explosive nature of the Napalm Zombie.
- The Monkey See, Monkey Don't achievement is a reference to the phrase "Monkey See, Monkey Do"., meaning to copy someone's actions.
- The Time Travel Will Tell achievement is a pun over the the phrase "Time will tell" and the time traveling that occurs during the easter egg.
- The Give me liberty, or give me death achievement is a reference to the quote Give me liberty, or give me death! by Patrick Henry.
- The Fully Armed and Operational achievement is a reference to Star Wars: Return of the Jedi when Darth Sidious refers to the Death Star as "fully armed and operational".
- The One Small Hack for a Man... and One Giant Leap achievements are plays on Neil Armstrong's first words when he landed on the moon in 1969, "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind".
- The Perks in Spaaaaace achievement is a reference to "Pigs in Space" from The Muppet Show, where the announcer also extends the a in "space", making it "Pigs in Spaaaaace".
- The achievement image shows Juggernog, Speed Cola, Double Tap Root Beer, and Quick Revive.
- The Ground Control achievement is a reference to the colloquial name for a Mission control center facility that oversees space flights.
- The Big Bang Theory achievement is named after The Big Bang theory, describing the formation of the universe as a sudden explosion of matter.
- The PlaystationTrophies.org (formerly PS3Trophies.org) website elected Call of Duty: Black Ops as the Game with the Most Glitched Trophies at their 2011 Trophy Awards.[1] It was due to a problem that many Veteran trophies were not unlocking despite the levels have been rightfully completed in Veteran, thus, coupled with the popularity of the game, making Black Ops winning that dubious honour.