Campaign Challenges
These are specific in-mission challenges — a headshot here, a stealth section there, a rockets-only run. All can be done on any difficulty and re-attempted via mission select, so grab them on your easy clean-up pass if you miss them on Veteran.
Vehicular Slaughter
SilverFull guideCollapseDestroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break.
Vehicular Slaughter
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During the Vorkuta prison break, destroy every enemy vehicle in the escape — the trucks, the motorcycles and the helicopter. Miss even one and you'll have to replay the mission.
Pro tips
- Play on a lower difficulty and hang back so each vehicle stays on screen long enough to destroy.
- The helicopter near the end is easy to forget — make sure it goes down too.
Slingshot Kid
BronzeFull guideCollapseDestroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts.
Slingshot Kid
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Early in Vorkuta, Reznov hands you a slingshot. Destroy all three targets within three shots — one hit per target.
Tip
Aim slightly ABOVE each target to account for the arc of the shot.
Tough Economy
BronzeFull guideCollapseUse no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh.
Tough Economy
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In SOG (Khe Sanh), destroy all six tanks using no more than six TOW missiles — one guided missile per tank. Hold the reticle on each tank until impact and don't waste a shot.
Raining Pain
BronzeFull guideCollapseRack up a body count of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City.
Raining Pain
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In Hue City you can call in air support. Rack up 20 NVA kills with it — wait for enemies to bunch in the streets, then drop the strike on the crowd.
The Dragon Within
BronzeFull guideCollapseKill 10 NVA with Dragon's Breath rounds.
The Dragon Within
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When you have the shotgun loaded with Dragon's Breath (incendiary) rounds during the Vietnam missions, get 10 kills with it. The flaming rounds down enemies fast at close range.
Heavy Hand
BronzeFull guideCollapseUse the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement.
Heavy Hand
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In Victor Charlie, pick up the Grim Reaper (rocket launcher) and use it to destroy the enemy MG emplacement. A single salvo on the gun nest does it.
Up close and personal
BronzeFull guideCollapseSilently take out 3 VC.
Up close and personal
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In Victor Charlie, silently take down three enemies with your knife (or a suppressed weapon) on unaware targets. The undergrowth and tunnels are full of easy stealth kills.
Double Trouble
BronzeFull guideCollapseUse only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon.
Double Trouble
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During the Kowloon rooftop escape, use ONLY dual-wield weapons the whole way down — don't fire any single-wield weapon during the escape run.
Tip
If it doesn't pop, you fired a non-akimbo weapon somewhere — replay and stick strictly to the dual-wield guns.
Lord Nelson
SilverFull guideCollapseDestroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river.
Lord Nelson
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On the river-boat run through Laos, man the guns and destroy every target and structure along the banks — huts, boats, gun positions, everything. Keep the turret swinging so nothing slips past unshot.
Pathfinder
BronzeFull guideCollapseGuide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed.
Pathfinder
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In WMD you overwatch the squad through the Soviet outpost. Get them through without a single squadmate dying — clear threats ahead of your team and don't let enemies flank them. If one goes down, restart the checkpoint.
Mr. Black OP
SilverFull guideCollapseEnter the Soviet relay station undetected.
Mr. Black OP
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Reach and enter the Soviet relay station completely undetected during the snowy stealth section of WMD. Take the silent approach, knife patrols from behind, and never trigger an alarm — any detection fails it.
Tip
Learn the guard patrol routes on a lower difficulty first, then run it clean using the whiteout and terrain for cover.
With extreme prejudice
SilverFull guideCollapseGet to the POW compound in the Hind using only rockets.
With extreme prejudice
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In Payback you fly a Hind gunship to the POW compound. Reach it using ONLY the Hind's rockets — don't fire the chain gun at all. Rocket every threat on the approach.
Tip
Rockets have travel time, so lead moving targets — you just can't touch the gun even once.
Russian bar-b-q
BronzeFull guideCollapseIncinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrower attachment in the POW compound.
Russian bar-b-q
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In the Payback cave/compound section, use the rifle's flamethrower attachment to incinerate 10 enemies. Torch grouped guards at close range.
Tip
Drop to Recruit difficulty to make farming the 10 kills trivial.
Light Foot
SilverFull guideCollapseEscape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer in Veteran.
Light Foot
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This must be done on Veteran. At the end of Project Nova you escape the ship against a countdown — reach the exit with at least 2:15 still on the clock. Know the route, sprint the whole way, and run past every fight you can.
Tip
Practise the escape route first so you never hesitate — any time spent shooting will cost you the trophy.
I hate monkeys
BronzeFull guideCollapseKill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs.
I hate monkeys
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In the Rebirth labs you pass tanks of test monkeys. Kill seven of them within 10 seconds — line up the cages and hit them fast with grenades or automatic fire the moment the window opens.
No Leaks
SilverFull guideCollapseMake it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island.
No Leaks
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On Rebirth Island, push through the cloud of Nova 6 gas without dying — keep moving forward, never linger, and drive straight to clean air. A lower difficulty makes surviving the enemies alongside the gas far easier.
Double Whammy
BronzeFull guideCollapseDestroy both helicopters with one Valkyrie rocket from the deck of the ship.
Double Whammy
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From the deck of the ship in Redemption you fire a guided Valkyrie rocket. Destroy BOTH attacking helicopters with a single Valkyrie — wait until the two choppers drift close together, then steer the rocket through both.
Tip
Expect a couple of attempts to get the two helicopters lined up.
Frag Master
BronzeFull guideCollapseKill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade in the campaign.
Frag Master
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Kill five enemies with a single frag grenade. The easiest spot is Operation 40 — catch a tight cluster of guards, and use the explosive barrels nearby to amplify the blast. Cook the frag briefly so it detonates in the middle of the group.
Sally Likes Blood
BronzeFull guideCollapseDemonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet.
Sally Likes Blood
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Down three enemies with a single bullet — you need three lined up so one high-penetration round passes through all of them. Victor Charlie has spots where enemies stand in a row; use a powerful rifle and reposition until three line up.
Tip
A high-penetration weapon plus a straight line of enemies is the whole trick.
Unconventional Warfare
BronzeFull guideCollapseUse the explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies in the campaign.
Unconventional Warfare
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Kill 30 enemies across the campaign with the crossbow's explosive bolts. The explosive crossbow appears in several missions (Victor Charlie, Payback and others) — use it whenever it's available and the running total carries over until it pops.