Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 – Trophies and Tips
Here are the names of the Call Of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 trophies, and some tips on how you can achieve them. The tips were written based on my ps3 experience but lots of the tips are also relevant to the xbox and pc versions of the game.
51 Total Trophies: 
1 Platinum 
2 Gold 
13 Silver 
35 Bronze 
0 of these are hidden
Platinum Trophy
Earn all other trophies.
No tips required!
Back in the Saddle
Help train the local militia.
If you have played the campaign then you can’t really miss this trophy. You get it after finishing the training session/running the pit in the very first mission.
Danger Close
Get hand picked for Shepherd’s elite squad.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Team Player’ and you will unlock this one.
Cold Shoulder
Infiltrate the snowy mountain side base.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Cliffhanger’ and you will unlock this one.
Tag ’em and bag ’em
Find Rojas in the Favelas.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Takedown’ and you will unlock this one.
Royale with Cheese
Defend Burger Town.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Wolverines!’ and you will unlock this one.
Soap on a Rope
Storm the gulag.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘The Gulag’ and you will unlock this one.
Desperate Times
Execute the plan to help the Americans.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Contingency’ and you will unlock this one.
Whiskey Hotel
Take back Whiskey Hotel.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Second Sun’ and you will unlock this one.
The Pawn
Assault Makarov’s safe house.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘Loose Ends’ and you will unlock this one.
Out of the Frying Pan…
Complete the mission in the airplane graveyard.
Once again, part of the main campaign – finish ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ and you will unlock this one.
For the Record
Complete the Single Player campaign on any difficulty.
Pretty easy to get this one be it on recruit mode or regular, just complete the main campaign.
The Price of War
Complete the single player campaign on Hardened or Veteran Difficulty.
Some tricky parts but easier than completing the single player campaign on Hardened or Veteran Difficulty on the previous cod games.
First Day of School
Complete ‘S.S.D.D’ and ‘Team Player’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Black Diamond
Complete ‘Cliffhanger’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Turistas
Complete ‘Takedown’ and ‘The Hornet’s Nest’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Red Dawn
Complete ‘Wolverines!’ and ‘Exodus’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Prisoner #627
Complete ‘The Only Easy Day… Was Yesterday’ and ‘The Gulag’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Ends Justify the Means
Complete ‘Contingency’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Homecoming
Complete ‘Of Their Own Accord’, ‘Second Sun’, and ‘Whiskey Hotel’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Queen takes Rook
Complete ‘Loose Ends’ and ‘The Enemy of My Enemy’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Off the Grid
Complete ‘Just Like Old Times’ and ‘Endgame’ on Veteran Difficulty.
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Pit Boss
Run The Pit in ‘S.S.D.D’ and finish with a final time under 30 seconds.
This is a pretty tough achievement to get. I tried it hundreds of times before I realised its quicker to use two pistols than the automatic weapons! You will only get this after you have practised it over and over, some of the targets you can hit multiple with one bullet so work out your route first.
Ghost
Plant the C4 in ‘Cliffhanger’ without alerting or injuring anyone in the blizzard.
This isn’t too difficult as long as you use your heartbeat sensor. Note: The enemies McTavish kills do not ruin this achievement, just don’t kill any yourself.
Colonel Sanderson
Kill 7 chickens in under 10 seconds in ‘The Hornet’s Nest’.
I actually got this achievement with a grenade by accident but don’t count on getting that lucky! Drop all of the bad guys and try not to shoot any of the chickens in the process. This will give you time to find a nice group of chickens to execute and plan your attack. Maybe start with a grenade and then pop any remaining quickly in the group – There are some areas with 7 chickens in a cluster.
Gold Star
Earn 1 star in Special Ops.
Play this on veteran if your going for the platinum trophy, if not, then just play through any special ops level on easy mode.
Hotel Bravo
Earn 4 stars in Special Ops.
Play this on veteran if your going for the platinum trophy, if not, then just play through any four special ops levels on easy mode.
Charlie On Our Six
Earn 8 stars in Special Ops.
Play this on veteran if your going for the platinum trophy, if not, then just play through any eight special ops levels on easy mode. You will probably have to unlock the Bravo levels to get this one.
Goes to Eleven
Earn at least 1 star in 11 different Special Op missions.
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Operational Asset
Earn all 3 stars in at least 5 different Special Op missions.
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Blackjack
Earn 21 stars in Special Ops.
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Honor Roll
Earn at least 1 star in each Special Op mission.
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Operative
Earn all 3 stars in at least 10 different Special Op missions.
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Specialist
Earn 30 stars in Special Ops.
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Professional
Earn all 3 stars in at least 15 different Special Op missions.
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Star 69
Earn 69 stars in Special Ops.
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Downed but Not Out
Kill 4 enemies in a row while downed in Special Ops.
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I’m the Juggernaut…
Kill a Juggernaut in Special Ops.
You can do this on the Estate level in spec ops or Snatch and Grab. These are mean bastards and you need several shots to drop them. Estate level use the Barrett grenade launcher and it should take two or three. On Snatch and Grab the juggernaut should run at you down the path, snipe its head off, still takes two to three shots so try not to miss! They normally spawn in the same places but sometimes their spawn location will vary so don’t get too confident when doing the rest of the op.
Ten plus foot-mobiles
Kill at least 10 enemies with one Predator missile in Single Player or Special Ops.
You should be able to get this easily on the ‘Wolverines!’ level.
Unnecessary Roughness
Use a riot shield to beat down an enemy in Single Player or Special Ops.
Best place to do this is in ‘The Gulag’ mission, you will be told to pick up a riot shield when you are trapped in the armoury about half way through. Just walk up to the bad guy and melee attack button to get this achievement.
Knock-knock
Kill 4 enemies with 4 shots during a slow-mo breach in Single Player or Special Ops.
Lots of opportunities to get this one in spec ops and single player, just restart one breech a few times to learn where the guys are and then head shot four of them with four bullets.
Some Like it Hot
Kill 6 enemies in a row using a thermal weapon in Single Player or Special Ops.
On ‘The Only Easy Day… Was Yesterday’ mission there is a part where the enemy are using smoke grenades. Your second weapon should be a thermal scope. Clear all of the trops on the ground using your other weapon so you are clear to do some thermal sniping. Then go wild through the smoke popping any hiders and troops in windows to unlock this one.
Two Birds with One Stone
Kill 2 enemies with a single bullet in Single Player or Special Ops.
Best place to get this is on ‘Contingency’ mission where your sniping in the snow. Take your time and line up two enemies anywhere throughout the mission (there are lots of opportunities).
The Road Less Traveled
Collect 22 enemy intel items.
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Leave No Stone Unturned
Collect 45 enemy intel items.
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Drive By
Kill 20 enemies in a row while driving a vehicle in Single Player or Special Ops.
Best to be done on the snowmobile in spec ops race or singleplayer. All I did was stick it on one of the easier modes, hold down the fire button permanently (unlimited ammo) driving slowly on the mobile and steering occasionally through the level. The enemies throw themselves in front of your gun so its pretty easy.
The Harder They Fall
Kill 2 rappelling enemies in a row before they land on their feet in Single Player or Special Ops.
Several single play missions and special ops where enemies come down on ropes to get this. In spec ops there are a few bridge missions on the suspension bridge – just run up to one side or the other when it begins and you should be able to get this trophy. In single player, before the toll place in ‘Exodus’ you will see an ammo crate. Run up to it and shoot anything that comes down from the sky on a rope!
Desperado
Kill 5 enemies in a row using 5 different weapons or attachments in Single Player or Special Ops.
You can do this on most levels, its not something you would do while just playing normally so just put it on easy mode and make an effort to change weapons after each kill. Can use grenades or claymores too don’t forget!
Look Ma Two Hands
Kill 10 enemies in a row using akimbo weapons in Single Player or Special Ops.
I don’t personally like using the akimbo weapons but there are a few missions where enemies drop them. The mission I gained this achievement on was ‘Takedown’. Make sure the weapons you pick up has enough ammo for 10 or more kills and don’t switch to another weapon while you are getting the 10 kills as it sometimes resets.
No Rest For the Wary
Knife an enemy without him ever knowing you were there in Single Player or Special Ops.
‘Cliffhanger’ is the mission where most people unlock this trophy. Use your heartbeat sensor to locate an enemy. Make sure you approach them from behind and sneak up to them as quietly as possible before knifing them.
Three-some
Kill at least 3 enemies with a single shot from a grenade launcher in Single Player or Special Ops.
You can get this on the ‘Team Player’ mission fairly early on, your given a grenade launcher and told to use it on the enemy accross the river. There are numerous other opportunities to get this throughout the campaign.