There are 66 achievements in Call of Duty: World at War for the Xbox 360 and PS3 only. These achievements are worth 1500
on the Xbox 360. Zombies achievements related to Map Pack 2 and Map Pack 3 can only be earned in Shi No Numa and Der Riese respectively.
Achievments and Trophies[]
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| Platinum | Awarded when all other trophies have been unlocked. | Platinum 
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| Get Your Hands Dirty | Complete "Semper Fi" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze 
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| Bloody Peleliu | Complete "Little Resistance" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| The Sword Is Broken | Complete "Hard Landing" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Architect | Complete "Vendetta" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| The Hammer Strikes | Complete "Their Land, Their Blood" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Scorched Earth | Complete "Burn 'em Out" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Fearless | Complete "Relentless" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Hell on Wheels | Complete "Blood and Iron" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| No Return | Complete "Ring of Steel" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| When It Rains, It Pours | Complete "Eviction" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| One Bad Gato | Complete "Black Cats" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Blowtorch & Corkscrew | Complete "Blowtorch & Corkscrew" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Setting of the Sun (Xbox 360)</small The Sun Sets (PS3) |
Complete "Breaking Point" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| For the Motherland | Complete "Heart of the Reich" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Bearing the Burden | Complete "Downfall" on Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 30 Bronze
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| Carlson's Raiders | Complete "Semper Fi" on any difficulty. (Solo only) | 10 Silver 
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| Stormed Peleliu | Establish a beachhead on the island of Peleliu on any difficulty. (Solo only) (Complete "Relentless" on any difficulty) |
15 Silver
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| The Last Stand | Survive the land and air conflict surrounding Okinawa on any difficulty. (Solo only) (Complete "Breaking Point" on any difficulty) |
20 Silver
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| Stabbed In The Heart | Complete all missions on the Eastern Front on any difficulty. (Solo only) | 20 Silver
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| Hardened War Hero | Complete the game on Hardened or Veteran difficulty. (Solo only) | 100 Gold 
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| War Hero | Complete the game on any difficulty. (Solo only) | 40 Gold
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| Saved Private Ryan | Save the soldier before he burns to death. (Solo or co-op) | 10 Bronze
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| Weapon of Mass Destruction | Radio in a naval bombardment that kills at least 4 Japanese soldiers. (Solo or co-op) | 15 Bronze
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| The Professional | Shoot all of Amsel's henchmen, including their attack dog, without reloading. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| Gunslinger | Assassinate General Amsel with a pistol shot. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| Lights Out! | In 'Black Cats', blast out all of the spot lights in the Japanese cargo convoy. (Solo only) | 10 Bronze
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| Rough Economy | Kill 3 enemies with a single bullet. (Solo or co-op) | 15 Bronze
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| Guardian Angel | In the final battle for Okinawa, save Sergeant Roebuck. (Solo or co-op) | 10 Bronze
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| Close Shave | Survive a Banzai attack. (Solo only) | 10 Bronze
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| Snake in the Grass | Take out a Japanese soldier while he is lying in wait in the grass. (Solo or co-op) | 15 Bronze
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| Grave Robber | Collect all Death Cards in the game. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| No Safe Place | Burn an enemy out of a tree with the Flamethrower in 'Hard Landing' (Solo or co-op) | 15 Bronze
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| Throw a Six and a Half | On Hardened or Veteran difficulty, complete a level without dying. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| Purple Heart | When staring into the face of adversity, show courage and persevere. (Die 20 times in a row.) |
5 Bronze
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| Firestarter | Complete a level using only the Flamethrower. Melee, grenades & explosives are OK. | 15 Silver
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| Kamikaze | Complete a level on Regular difficulty or higher using only melee or grenades. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| Iron Fist | Destroy all towers and bunkers in 'Blood and Iron'. (Solo or co-op) | 15 Silver
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| Ruthless | Kill 15 enemies while mounted on a tank in 'Ring of Steel'. (Solo or co-op) | 15 Bronze
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| Mortar-dom | Kill 8 Japanese with thrown mortars in 'Breaking Point. (Solo or co-op) | 10 Bronze
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| Shot in the Dark | Kill 10 enemies while the lights are out in the subway in "Eviction". (Solo or co-op) | 10 Bronze
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| The Sum Of All Zeros | Down 45 Japanese Zeros in 'Black Cats'. (Solo only) | 15 Silver
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| Blue Ribbon | Complete a 4-player Competitive Co-Op match in 1st place over Xbox LIVE/PlayStation Network. (Online co-op only) | 25 Bronze
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| Get Your Left Foot Wet | Complete a match in Campaign Co-Op mode over Xbox LIVE/PlayStation Network. (Online co-op only) | 30 Bronze
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| Get Your Right Foot Wet | Complete a match in Competitive Co-Op mode over Xbox LIVE/PlayStation Network. (Online co-op only) | 30 Bronze
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| It's All About Prestige | You achieved the first level of Prestige. Only 9 more to go. | 0
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| Go Get Some Sun | You achieved the highest level in the game. Time to go outside and find some things to do... | 0
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| Dead Air (Hidden) |
Must have been a wrong number. (Activate "The One".) |
10 Bronze
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| Hammer Time | Repair 200 window boards in a single game | 10 Bronze
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| It's a Trap! | Kill at least one zombie with three different traps in a single round. | 20 Bronze
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| Weapon of Minor Destruction | Kill no more than one zombie with a Nuke. | 20 Bronze
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| Perk-a-Holic | Have all four perks simultaneously active in a game of Nazi Zombies. | 20 Bronze
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| Fertilizer Man | Kill 200 zombies in a single game. | 30 Bronze
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| Deadhead | Get 150 zombie headshots in a single game. | 30 Silver
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| Big Baller | Get 75,000 points in a single Nazi Zombies game. | 30 Silver
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| Big Brawler | Get 10 consecutive zombie melee kills before Insta-Kill expires. | 30 Bronze
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| Soul Survivor | Reach round 15 in Nazi Zombies without getting revived. | 50 Silver
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| Elevate Your Senses | Activate the Fly Trap. | 25 Bronze
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| Locksmith | Open all the doors in the Map. | 25 Bronze
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| 40 Knives | Kill 40 zombies using the Bowie Knife. | 25 Bronze
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| Der Electrician | Link all the teleport pads before Round 7. | 25 Bronze
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| Frequent Flyer | Use the teleporter 8 times. | 25 Bronze
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| Perkaholics Anonymous | Survive until Round 20 without buying a single perk. | 25 Silver
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| Wacker Packer | Upgrade any weapon using the Pack-a-Punch Machine. | 25 Bronze
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| Acquire Waffle Weapons | Obtain the Ray Gun, Wunderwaffe DG-2 and the Monkey Bomb at the same time in one game. | 25 Silver
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| Pack Addict | Upgrade 5 weapons in the same game using the Pack-a-Punch Machine. | 25 Silver
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| The Might of the Monkey | Use the Monkey Bomb. | 25 Bronze
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Notes[]
- The The Professional achievement must be earned by using one bullet to kill multiple enemies.
- Although the Bowie Knife is considered a perk in the game's files, players can still have it and obtain the Perkaholics Anonymous achievement.
- The Dead Air achievement is complete when a disembodied voice, similar to the radio in the Doctor's Quarters, announces "I know when you're sleeping" very slowly. A chime will then ring and "The One" will then play.
Trivia[]
- The Carlson's Raiders achievement is a reference to the Carlson's Raiders. The image is the emblem of the larger Marine Raiders designation of forces.
- The Architect achievement comes from Viktor Reznov in "Vendetta" calling Heinrich Amsel "the architect of Stalingrad's misery".
- The Bearing the Burden achievement references the ancient Greek god, Atlas, who bears the burden of carrying the weight of the heavens on his shoulders.
- The Saved Private Ryan achievement is a reference to the film Saving Private Ryan.
- The The Last Stand achievement image features Shuri Castle.
- The Shot in the Dark achievement references the idiom "a shot in the dark", meaning to take a chance or an uncalculated risk.
- The Mortar-dom achievement is a pun on Martyrdom.
- The Close Shave achievement is a reference to the saying "close shave", meaning to narrowly escape danger.
- The Snake in the Grass achievement is a reference to the saying "a snake in the grass", meaning a deceitful person.
- The Sum of All Zeroes achievement references the sum of all single digit numbers (or in the achievement's case, Zeroes) adds up to 45.
- The Hammer Time achievement is a reference to the song U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer.
- The Weapon of Mass Destruction and Weapon of Minor Destruction achievements are references to the term Weapons of Mass Destruction.
- The Perkaholics Anonymous and Perk-a-Holic achievements are references to Alcoholics Anonymous, with "-holic" being a suffix for an abnormal dependence or desire.
- The It's a Trap! achievement is a reference to the popular meme originating from Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
- The Soul Survivor achievement is a pun over the phrase "Sole survivor", as "Sole" and "Soul" are homophones.
- The weapon the character is holding in the Soul Survivor icon is a Grease Gun, a weapon that does not appear in the game.
- The Elevate Your Senses achievement image is based on the Die Glocke urban legend, a bell-shaped Nazi wonder weapon with mysterious powers.
- The Wacker Packer and Pack Addict achievement images are shared on the Pack-a-Punch machine.
- The Acquire Waffle Weapons achievement is a reference to "Tank" Dempsey calling the Wunderwaffe DG-2 the "Wonder Waffle".
- In the achievement image, the front end of the Wunderwaffe DG-2 looks different than in-game.
- The console name for this achievement is titled DLC3_ZOMBIE_RAY_TESLA.
- The Dead Air achievement is a reference to Dead air, a period where no audio/visual content are played on a broadcast system such as a radio.
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