Call of Duty Cold War: Achievements/Trophies - list Call of Duty Cold War guide, walkthrough
Last update: 08 March 2021
This page of the guide to Call of Duty Cold War provides information about the unlockable achievements. We've compiled descriptions of all the trophies. You will learn the requirements for unlocking each achievement.
- Key facts about Call of Duty Cold War trophies
- Desperate Measures
- The Final Countdown
- Jack of All Trades
- Redlight, Greenlight
- End of the Line
- Echoes of a Cold War
- Operation Red Circus
- Operation Chaos
- Nowhere Left to Run
- Everyonnnnnnee!
- Break on Through
- Brick in the Wall
- Old Faithful
- Keep Your Friends Close...
- Combat Hardened
- Combat Recruit
- Fracture Jaw
- Survive the Wild
- Patriot Arrow
- Mind Trip
- Firing Range
- Scorched Earth II
- Explosive Finish
- Ashes to Ashes
- The Red Door
- Scorched Earth
- Calling It In
- The Fixer
- Go the Distance
- Mean Machine
- Party Patrol
- Carpe D. I. E. M.
- Nightmare at 20 Feet
- Reunited with Fidolina
- Dungeon Diver
- Forever Fated
- Craftwork
- Socket-To-Me
- Six Pack
- Two Birds, One Stone
- Entamaphobia
- Seal The Deal
- Heavy Metal
- Fowl Five Piece
Key facts about Call of Duty Cold War trophies
- Call of Duty Cold War features 44 achievements,
- Unlocking all the achievements can take quite a while because you will need to complete the campaign in a few different ways. Some achievements also concern the Zombie and Multiplayer modes,
- If you want to unlock most of the singleplayer campaign achievements in your first playthrough, start the campaign on Veteran level - unlocking Combat Hardened requires completing the campaign on Veteran or Realism,
- Some achievements will require skillful and fast killing - try to deal with your enemies as quickly as possible.
Desperate Measures
Achievement Description: Complete the Desperate Measures mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
The Final Countdown
Achievement Description: Complete The Final Countdown mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Jack of All Trades
Achievement Description: Kill 5 enemies each with an LMG, SMG, AR and a shotgun,
Note: A quite simple task, especially if you do not tend to change weapons, i.e. you play using the default set prepared for you by the game. Of course, you can complete the challenge faster by searching for the other weapons on the map.
Redlight, Greenlight
Achievement Description: Complete the Redlight, Greenlight mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
End of the Line
Achievement Description: Complete the End of the Line mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Echoes of a Cold War
Achievement Description: Complete the Echoes of the Cold War mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Operation Red Circus
Achievement Description: complete the Operation Red Circus mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Operation Chaos
Achievement Description: complete the Operation Chaos mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Nowhere Left to Run
Achievement Description: complete the Nowhere Left to Run mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Everyonnnnnnee!
Achievement Description: Kill 25 enemies using your AC-130 while defending the roof in End of the Line.
Note: The last phase of the roof battle features a moment when you replace a AC-130 shooter. The smallest caliber is the easiest - it allows for quick reloading and better accuracy.
Break on Through
Achievement Description: Complete the Break on Through mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Brick in the Wall
Achievement Description: Complete the Brick in the Wall mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Old Faithful
Achievement Description: Kill 200 enemies with your assault rifle.
Note: a very simple achievement, unlocking it should not be troublesome.
Keep Your Friends Close...
Achievement Description: use the enemy as a body shield 5 times.
Note: very simple achievement - just do not kill while at close range and grab the enemy instead.
Combat Hardened
Achievement Description: Complete the campaign on the Veteran difficulty level.
Note: This achievement is a little bit harder to obtain. You will have to get used to performing body shields more often and using covers. Some moments in the game may prove difficult, e.g. Operation Chaos and Red Circus, which force you to push forward while the area swarms with enemies.
Combat Recruit
Achievement Description: Complete the campaign on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Fracture Jaw
Achievement Description: Complete the Fracture Jaw mission on any difficulty.
Note: This type of achievement is one of the easiest - you can even play even on the lowest difficulty.
Survive the Wild
Achievement Description: Escape from the deep wild.
Note: Zombie mode achievement (on the map: Dead Ops Arcade). At some point, you will have the possibility of teleporting to two locations. Choose a portal to the wild and then cut through a horde of zombies.
Patriot Arrow
Achievement Description: Kill an enemy with the bow while ziplining in Echoes of a Cold War.
Note: The easiest way to get the achievement is while fighting through the hordes of enemies with another agent. While ziplining, the enemy on the left will be the easiest to shoot at. After that, you can trade the bow for something better.
Mind Trip
Achievement Description: See all 7 memory endings and play through 4 paths ends in the Break on Through mission.
Note: To get this achievement, you will have to complete the Break on Through mission twice On your first playthrough, try to follow Adler's orders. If you do it right, you'll meet Perseus at the end of every memory. Then replay the mission from the mission selection screen (this is where you enter the campaign from the main menu and you can choose which mission to repeat).
On your second run, try to ignore Adler's orders. Do the opposite of what Adler tells you. If you do it right, every memory will end in a room with a chair instead of a room with Perseus. In the 3rd memory, instead of going inside the cave, go right - you will see a trapdoor in the floor. Enter through the trapdoor and walk towards the darkness until you see zombies.
No matter which path you've chosen (if you have obeyed or ignored Adler's orders), the last memory will always be a meeting with Perseus. That gives us a total of seven different memory endings.
Firing Range
Achievement Description: Knock down 15 metal targets on the main street in Redlight, Greenlight.
Note: a rather simple achievement, especially since there are a lot of covers nearby. The enemies should not particularly bother you. Some targets move on rails, some are located on the ground.
Scorched Earth II
Achievement Description: blow up all the trucks and guard towers while attacking the monastery in The Final Countdown.
Note: this achievement will require you to focus a little. There are 2 towers at the very beginning - destroy only the one on the right. By the left tower there will be an armored vehicle - shoot it down. The second truck can be found just behind the first line of towers, on the right side (behind the metal fence). The third truck is at the intersection on the left side. The fourth truck is located past the intersection on the right side (also behind the metal fence). A total of 4 trucks to destroy.<br>You still have to destroy 4 towers along the road, but they are easy to spot.
Explosive Finish
Achievement Description: Kill 12 enemies with explosive barrels while riding the server lift in Echoes of the Cold War.
Note: a rather simple achievement because red explosive barrels are set out quite densely. Try to run all over the platform, look for barrels and shoot them when enemies are nearby.
Ashes to Ashes
Achievement Description: Complete the Ashes to Ashes mission on any difficulty.
Note: a fairly simple achievement - the only requirement is that you have to lie to Adler about the whereabouts of Perseus. You will then unlock the mission.
The Red Door
Achievement Description: Ignore Adler's order to go through the door in Break on Through.
Note: at some point, in the 4th memory in Break on Through, your memory will fast-forward and Adler will ask you to go through the red door. Don't do it, go left or right and avoid the falling red door. At some point, the passage will be blocked by a red door. Wait approx. 1 minute until you're teleported to another location. At this point, you should get the achievement.
Scorched Earth
Achievement Description: Destroy all enemy vehicles and mortar teams while defending ripcord base in Fracture Jaw.
Note: a fairly simple achievement - all enemy vehicles are marked as mission objectives, so you'll have no problem destroying them. To find the mortar teams, look for projectiles that leave behind a pile of white smoke. This helps you locate the mortars. You don't have to land at Ripcord, just take a moment and look for the mortars.
Calling It In
Achievement Description: Get 50 kills with lethal scorestreaks in the Multiplayer mode.
Note: Once you score a series of eliminations in Multiplayer, you may call for support - use artillery, missiles and air support to kill your enemies until you get the achievement.
The Fixer
Achievement Description: Get 200 eliminations in Multiplayer.
Note: Just kill other players in Multiplayer.
Go the Distance
Achievement Description: Win 50 multiplayer matches.
Note: Play until you win 50 matches.
Mean Machine
Achievement Description: Kill 100 enemies as a driver, pilot or passenger of a vehicle in Multiplayer.
Note: the fastest way to get the achievement is to opt for the Armada map and get on a boat to shoot the players.
Party Patrol
Achievement Description: Get 10 squad wipe medals in Fireteam.
Note: you must play the Fireteam mode. The task gets much easier if you use some fast weapon (eg. MP5).
Carpe D. I. E. M.
Achievement Description: Find the Lost Decompressive Isotopic Estrangement Machine in Die Maschine.
Note: a time-consuming and problematic achievement because it requires the player to perform several different activites while having to counter a zombie attack. Before you get going with this achievement, you have to complete the Heavy Metal challenge. You can find the description of this achievement in the Achievements section.
Once you have unlocked the Heavy Metal achievement and you have already obtained a Pack-A-Punch Machine, you will have to deal with one specific enemy in Zombie mode - Megaton. The enemy is not that tough. It is radioactive and once killed, it will disintegrate into two smaller radioactive enemies, which you will have to defeat as well. Once killed, they will drop an access card.
Pick up the access card and go to the laboratory (the room is located in an underground facility, on the way to the Pack-A-Punch Machine). Insert the keycard. The D. I. E. remote control should fall out of the cabinet. Take it.
Now return to your main base on the surface (starting point). A hole on the left side of the ground floor is where you'll find the Decompressive Isotopic Estrangement Machine. Turn it on.
Now the zombies will be sucked into a hole next to the machine. Try to gather all the zombies in one large group and go towards the machine where their souls will be taken away. Be careful because it might not kill all the zombies! At some point, when the machine reaches its maximum, you will receive a notification that the machine is full and should be turned off. Turn it off (the same way you turned it on). A door will open in the spot where the machine was located. This is where you'll find the new weapon. Take it - you've just got the achievement.
Nightmare at 20 Feet
Achievement Description: Kill 100 enemies without leaving the top of the crashed plane wing in Die Maschine.
Note: a very simple achievement. It might be a bug (if it is, it might get fixed at some point), but while you're on the plane wing (right past the starting point, even before entering the underground facility), you can get off it and get on again - the kill counter will not reset. In front of the wing you can find a gun for 2000 points: a quick-firing Gallo SA12 shotgun. This will make getting the achievement much easier. Use it to unlock the achievement.
Reunited with Fidolina
Achievement Description: defeat Momaback and save your friend.
Note: It's one of the more difficult achievements to get - it requires killing the boss in Zombie mode in Dead Ops Arcade. It's recommended to defeat the boss together with other players. The boss has quite a lot of health and can jump over to you - a concentrated fire of 4 players should kill her fast. Once you kill the boss, Fidolina will spawn on the map and you will get an achievement.
Dungeon Diver
Achievement Description: Explore every corner of Deadly Dungeon.
Note: A fairly easy achievement to be obtained in Zombie mode on the Dead Ops Arcade map. When in the Wild, stick to the left side of the map until you find an entrance to a cave. Enter the cave and explore the entire location (do not use ladders and avoid traps). Once you have entered each room and explored everything, use the ladder. Then you'll get the achievement.
Forever Fated
Achievement Description: Find your destiny in the Room of Fate.
Note: You have to reach the 20th round and advance to the second Wild. Climb to the top of the volcano, kill the boss, go through the crack on the top of the volcano- you will then get inside the Room of Fate. Choose a stone for yourself, then you will get a bonus that you will have until the end of the game.
Craftwork
Achievement Description: Craft 14 different items in one match in Die Maschine.
Note: a very simple achievement.
It's better to have some salvage on you and craft items between waves of enemies. The production table is located in the starting point, next to the main building.
Socket-To-Me
Achievement Description: Upgrade a skill in Zombie mode.
Note: a very simple achievement, but requires playing a few matches in this mode, collecting resources and achieving a certain level.
Once you do that, upgrade one of your skills in the lobby before a match.
Six Pack
Achievement Description: upgrade 6 Perk Skills to Tier 3 in Zombie mode.
Note: similar to Socket-To-Me achievement. The only difference is that you have to play some more and spend more resources on upgrades.
Two Birds, One Stone
Achievement Description: Kill the two split Megatons with one shot in Die Maschine.
Note: a very simple achievement, especially if you use the weapon that you get for unlocking the Carpe D. I. E. M. achievement. You just need a suitable position (so that the enemies stand more or less in one line) and then you kill the two split Megatons.
Entamaphobia
Achievement Description: Stay in the Yard for 15 rounds in Die Maschine.
Note: An easy achievement, but if staying outside for so many rounds is problematic for you, use other weapons (eg. Gallo, located next to the plane wing), grenades and a crafting table. Buy a bulletproof vest and run around in such a way that the zombies group together. If you really can't make it, try buying a turret.
Seal The Deal
Achievement Description: Close the rift in Die Maschine.
Note: it's a difficult achievement because you will need to have different types of weapon on you at the same time (ice, gas, fire, electric). This challenges is easier to complete together with other players. You have to complete over a dozen steps to get this achievement. We have described all of them in detail on a separate page of this guide.
Heavy Metal
Achievement Description: Forge the Pack-A-Punch Machine.
Note: A time-consuming challenge that you need to do as soon as possible.
First, in the alternate world in Zombie mode, you have to find and assemble the machine. To do this, first get to the underground facility (do it by destroying barricades with explosives as in the photo below). If you do not know where to go exactly, look for purple-glowing arrows.
Once you enter the underground object, keep going straight until you reach the very center of it. Move from target to target - turn on the power and use the two terminals. Then an alternate reality portal will appear. Go through the portal and head up until you find the portal to the laboratory (photo below).
After you get through the portal, take the parts for the Pack-A-Punch Machine. It looks like in the photo below.
Now return to the place where you used the portal to the alternative reality as soon as possible and put away the machine parts. You have to do the whole operation pretty quickly because you can't stay too long in the alternative reality. The game will teleport you to your reality itself. At this point, the achievement should unlock and you should have access to the new machine that will give you various bonuses for fighting zombies.
Fowl Five Piece
Achievement Description: Get a chain of 5 chickens strung together in Dead Ops Arcade.
Note: a simple achievement. You will need to find a cave in the Wild in Dead Ops Arcade (photo below). Stick to the right side of the map.
You will get inside an abandoned temple - collect all possible chests and upgrades (on the other side of the lava as well - you can walk along the footbridge to get there). One of the chests contains 5 chickens. Collect them.