Aliens Colonial Marines Achievements Guide

The Aliens Colonial Marines achievements guide lists every achievement for this Xbox 360 & PC First-Person Shooter game and tells you how to get and unlock them.

There are 50 Achievements (1 Secret) with a total of 1,000 Gamerscore points to earn in the Xbox 360 and PC versions.

Index of Aliens Colonial Marines Guides:

Aliens Colonial Marines Achievements Guide

1. Another Day in the Corps! (20G) — Complete Distress

2. Bad Feeling About This Drop (20G) — Complete Sulaco Falls

3. Quoth the Raven (20G) — Complete The Raven

4. Still Got a Job to Do (20G) — Complete Rampart

5. Dragged Queen (20G) — Complete Home

6. Game Over, Man! (30G) — Complete all Campaign levels on any difficulty

7. Not Bad For a Human (40G) — Complete all Campaign levels on Hardened difficulty

8. State of the Badass Art (50G) — Complete all Campaign levels on Ultimate Badass difficulty

9. Short, Controlled Bursts (20G) — Defeat all Xenomorphs in the Sulaco hangar bay without them crossing your barricade

Location: Mission 1: Distress
Shortly after fighting your first group of Aliens you will come to the hangar bay. Your comrade will throw a grenade and blow up a dropship. After that you will have to defend him until he opens a door. Two AI controlled allies are standing behind a barricade. None of the enemies may get behind this barricade! It’s recommended to play on the lowest difficulty Recruit. Stay in front of the barricade all the time. Enemies are much more likely to attack real players than AI controlled ones. You might take a few hits, but the shotgun will kill all Aliens quickly. Once the door is open, fall back immediately!

10. Fire Drill (20G) — Arm the emergency release and escape in under 2:30 on Sulaco Falls

Location: Mission 3: Sulaco Falls
At the very end of mission 3 you will come to some sort of hangar. The relevant section for this trophy / achievement begins as soon as you enter this area. You have two minutes and thirty seconds to activate three switches and enter the dropship. It’s recommended to play on the easiest difficulty (Recruit). This allows you to rush into the enemy groups without dying. Use a shotgun to take them out while running to the next switch. After all switches are activated you simply drop down and go to the dropship. The missions will end here and the trophy / achievement pops during the next cutscene. Make a backup of your save game so that you can try it again without replaying the entire mission.

11. Mostly Come at Night… (20G) — Find Newt’s doll

Location: Mission 5: The Raven
In the beginning of mission 5 you will have to find a way out of the sewers. When you come to the section where sound-sensitive Aliens are walking around you should look out for a switch that powers up a generator. The aliens will run to the generator and explode. Newt’s doll is not far away. Look for three barrels near a yellow light. The doll head is sitting on one of these barrels.

12. Just a Grunt (20G) — Complete Hope in Hadley’s

13. No Need For Alarm (20G) — Complete One Bullet without setting off the alarm

14. Heavy Lifting (20G) — Defeat the Raven in under 1:10 on Soldier difficulty or higher

Location: Mission 5: The Raven
Make sure to start this mission on Soldier difficulty! Raven is an Alien boss at the very end of mission 5. You will have to defeat him by using the powerloader. Use the LT button for quick punches. Try to force him into a corner and keep punching very quickly. Sometimes the boss attacks you or runs away. The time is relatively short for this trophy / achievement so it might take a few tries. Be aware that the missions ends as soon as the boss is dead. Pause the game when you do automatically jump out of the powerloader and if nothing pops up reload the checkpoint. You might also want to make a backup of your save game so that you can try it again without replaying the entire mission.

15. Adios, Muchachos (20G) — Gib two enemies at once

16. Field Promotion (10G) — Earn Rank 2 as a Marine

17. Lean and Mean (20G) — Earn Rank 20 as a Marine

18. I Love the Corps! (40G) — Earn Rank 60 as a Marine

19. Oorah to Ashes (10G) — Collect a Dog Tag
20. Remember the Fallen (30G) — Collect all 35 Dog Tags

To find them all, check out our Aliens Colonial Marines Dog Tags Locations Guide.

21. Personal Friend of Mine (10G) — Collect a Legendary Weapon
22. I Like to Keep These Handy (30G) — Collect all 6 Legendary Weapons

To find them all, check out our Aliens Colonial Marines Legendary Weapons Locations Guide.

23. Another Bug Hunt (5G) — Complete a Challenge

24. Stay Frosty (20G) — Complete an entire Challenge category

25. Distinguished Service Medal (30G) — Complete all Challenges

26. I Feel Safer Already (10G) — Have another player join your party

27. Don’t Count Me Out (5G) — Revive a teammate

28. Ready to Fry Half a City (5G) — Edit a Marine Loadout

29. Structural Perfection (5G) — Edit a Xenomorph Loadout

30. Perfect Killing Machine (20G) — Upgrade every Loadout slot for a Xenomorph class

31. Field Modified, Kill Certified (20G) — Upgrade every slot for a weapon

32. You Look Just Like I Feel (30G) — Upgrade every Appearance slot once for your Marine

33. Adaptive Morphology (30G) — Upgrade every Appearance slot once for a Xenomorph class

34. I Can Handle Myself (40G) — Purchase all Upgrades for a weapon

35. Majority Shareholder (25G) — Spend 30 Commendations

36. I Heard THAT (25G) — Collect all 12 Audio Logs

To find them all, check out our Aliens Colonial Marines Audio Logs Locations Guide.

37. Entry Prohibited (20G) — Kill 10 Xenomorphs that are using vents

38. Let’s Rock! (20G) — Kill 10 Xenomorphs in a game with the M56A2 Smart Gun

39. Need a Deck Of Cards? (5G) — Set up a UA 571-C Remote Sentry

40. Micro Changes in Air Density (10G) — Track 100 hostile targets with the Motion Tracker

41. It’s a Dry Heat (20G) — Kill 3 enemies with a single U4 Firebomb

42. Eat This! (10G) — Kill a Xenomorph with a shotgun at very close range

43. Coming Outta the Walls! (10G) — Kill a Xenomorph climbing on the walls or ceiling

44. Secreted from What? (20G) — Kill 5 Spitters without being damaged by acid

45. No Offense (20G) — Melee a Lurker that is pouncing towards you

46. Arbitrarily Exterminated (30G) — Kill 2179 Xenomorphs

47. Anytime, Anywhere (20G) — Kill a Crusher without it damaging you

48. Love at First Sight (10G) — Survive a Close Encounter with a Facehugger

49. … But No Cigar (20G) — Rescue a teammate from a Close Encounter

Secret Achievement:

50. Easter Egg (5G) — Find the Easter Egg

Location: Mission 2: Battle for Sulaco
After opening the door with the loader you need to keep going until you come to the dark area with all the Facehuggers. Kill the Facehuggers and when moving on look out for a blue glowing switch. Activate the switch and go back into the room where you came from. A door now opened up. Go into the room and you should see 4 Alien Eggs on the ground. The trophy / achievement will pop as soon as you enter the room.

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