Gears of War: Reloaded Trophy Guide

Welcome to the Gears of War: Reloaded Trophy Guide!

7/10 – Estimated Difficulty
- This is multiplayer skill/some luck dependent. Can be harder or easier depending on the player.
100+ Estimated Hours to Completion
- This can be shortened by boosting some of the multiplayer Trophies
1 – Minimum Play-Through
- 1 playthrough is possible if playing on Insane difficulty through co-op from the very start.
0 – Missable Trophies
4 – Difficulty Related Trophies
- Difficulty Trophies stack
19 – Online Trophies

The majority of time spent here is going to be online. There are only a handful of miscellaneous single player Trophies to earn and the rest are multiplayer.

Single Player

If you’re looking to maximize your time with the single player Trophies, you can play on Insane difficulty through co-op while making sure to find all of the Cog Tags. Doing so will earn all of the story related, co-op, difficulty and collectible Trophies in one playthrough. If you happen to miss any of the miscellaneous Trophies or collectibles, you can earn them via chapter select.

Gears of War: Reloaded Cog Tag Guide

Multiplayer

With single player taken care of, the rest of the list will require you to play online. The big thing here is getting 10,000 kills. The majority of the multiplayer list will come naturally as you work toward getting 10,000 kills. Most of the Trophies cannot be boosted privately, but there is a boosting method for some of them.

2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Boost whatever Trophy you’re currently working on
Repeat the process

Otherwise, doing everything online without a friend to boost with will increase the time and difficulty of earning this Platinum.

Miscellaneous / Collectible Trophies
Co-op Trophies
Multiplayer Trophies
Story Related Trophies

Miscellaneous / Collectible Trophies

Zen and the Art of Reloading

Performed 25 perfect active reloads

Each time you reload, there will be a line that moves across a bar. You need to to stop that line in the white section of the bar by pressing reload again. You need to stop the line in the solid white section of the bar in order to get a “perfect” reload. Doing this 5 times in a row will also earn you the “Zen and the Art Part 2” Trophy. It may take some practice to get the timing down, but you can reload your checkpoint if want to get any shot ammo back if you’re trying get all 5 done at once.

Zen and the Art Part 2

Performed 5 perfect active reloads in a row

See the “Zen and the Art of Reloading” Trophy above for more details.

Clusterluck

Killed 3 enemies at once 10 different times

This can be farmed in Act I – Chapter 2 – Trial By Fire. Playing on Casual difficulty will make this easier. Progress through the chapter until you go up the stairs at the beginning of the chapter. Right after the cutscene at the top of the stairs, there will be 3 enemies that spawn ahead of you. An Emergence hole will open up in the back right corner behind the enemies that are already there. Move forward and the hole will spawn. Get a grenade ready and throw it as the hole opens. Three enemies climb out of the hole at the same time. You can reload the checkpoint to farm this Trophy right here.

G-reader

Read one full comic

The comics in the game are completed by finding all of the Cog Tags. After you’ve found all 33, you can go to the Main Menu > War Journal > Cog Tags. From there, select a comic and tab through the pages until you reach the end.

Cog Tag Collectible Guide

Whack-A-Grub

Closed all 4 e-holes around the fountain in Fish in a Barrel without any Locust fully emerging

This is earned in Act I – Chapter 3 – Fish In A Barrel. Playing on Casual difficulty will make this easier. When you reach the fountain, Emergence holes will begin to open one by one. As one opens, a prompt will come on screen. You can press and you’ll look at where the next hole is opening. Throw a grenade at the opening hole as quickly as you can.

If you’re struggling with this, it can be done in co-op as well. Having another player to cover half of the area can make things easier here.

Time to Remember

Recovered 11 COG tags

See the “For the Fallen” Trophy below for more details.

Honor-Bound

Recovered 22 COG tags

See the “For the Fallen” Trophy below for more details.

For the Fallen

Recovered all 33 COG tags

Cog Tags are collectibles that are found through out the game.

Most of them are pretty easily found as the game is linear. There are sections of the game where you will and your squad will need to split up. You get to choose what path to go down. There are no collectibles found during those sections. You do not have to worry about picking the “wrong” path when going for the Tags. As soon as they are picked up, they are saved as collected.

If you happen to miss any of them, you can load up the Act as well as the required chapter and collect whichever one(s) was missed.

When you see the Crimson Omen logo painted in the environment, that means there is a Tag very close by, so keep an eye out for those.

You can use the Gears of War: Reloaded Cog Tag Collectible guide to help find them all.

Mercenary

Completed all acts on Casual Difficulty

See the “Commando” Trophy below for more details.

Classic Mercenary

Completed all acts on Normal Difficulty

See the “Commando” Trophy below for more details.

Soldier

Completed all acts on Hardcore Difficulty

See the “Commando” Trophy below for more details.

Commando

Completed all acts on Insane Difficulty

Insane is the hardest difficulty in the game. You’ll take more damage and enemies will be harder to kill. Insane will be unlocked from the very beginning so you can play through it right away, if you’d like. You can also complete the Acts out of order via chapter select on Insane.

There is also a way to make things easier here thanks to split screen co-op. Make sure the account that needs the Trophy is set to Insane. Then, have player 2 set their difficulty to Casual. Have player 2 run through the chapters clearing out enemies while player 1 hangs back and stays out of danger. You don’t need another person for this, just another controller. You can play both parts and get through it.

Co-Op Trophies

Dom-curious

Completed 1 co-op chapter in co-op

See the “I Can’t Quit You Dom” Trophy below for more details.

Domination

Completed 10 different chapters in co-op

See the “I Can’t Quit You Dom” Trophy below for more details.

I Can’t Quit You Dom

Completed all acts in co-op

You’ll need to beat all 6 Acts while playing in co-op. This can be done on any difficulty and can be online or split screen.

Brothers To The End

Defeated General RAAM in co-op on Insane without either player being DBNO

General RAAM is the final boss in the game. You will need to beat him on Insane difficulty in co-op without both players going down. This can be done online or local split screen. If one player goes down, you can reload the checkpoint to try again. If both players go down at the same time, you will need to reload the chapter. Just the chapter, not the whole Act.

Make sure that one player has the Torque Bow and the other player has the Longshot. You can get both in the train car before the fight. You also want to have 4 grenades each. Get behind cover as soon as the fight begins. It is possible to kill him where you start the fight before he reaches you. Use the Bow to get the Kryll off of him. As soon as he’s vulnerable, deal as much damage as you can to him. Spam him with grenades when he is close enough and vulnerable. Perfect reloads are going to be key in getting through this fight.

Multiplayer Trophies

I Can See You!

Spotted 100 enemies ending in an assisted kill in Versus

In order to earn this, you’re going to need to tag an opposing player and then a teammate needs to kill them while the tag is still active on the opposing player. Tag enemies as often as you can while playing through the multiplayer. If you see your teammates already engaging an enemy, make sure to tag them. You can even get tags on enemies that are in the middle of being killed via melee.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

You can however use the 2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Use the main account to tag enemies and then use other controller to kill them while tagged.
Repeat the process

Don’t You Die On Me

Revived 100 teammates in Versus multiplayer

Your teammates online can be revived when they go down. So, make sure to stay close to your team and be ready to revive when someone goes down.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

Always Remember Your First

Finished playing a Versus match

This will be unlocked upon completion of your first online multiplayer match.

Don’t Hate the Player

Finished with the highest points in a Versus match

For this, you need to be the highest scoring player in the entire match. Not just on your team. You can earn points by getting kills, revives and playing the objective across the various game types.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

You can however use the 2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Boost the points with a friend.

Mix It Up

Won a match in every Versus game type

There are 5 game types and you need to win in each of them.

Assassination
Execution / 2v2 Gnasher Execution
King of the Hill / Blitz
Team Deathmatch / One Shot One Kill
Warzone

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

Around the World

Won a match on every Versus map

There are 20 maps that you need to get a win on. Make sure to write down or keep track of what maps you have earned a win on.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

Boxes
Bullet Marsh
Canals
Clocktower
Courtyard
Escalation
Fuel Depot
Garden
Gold Rush
Gridlock
Mansion
Mausoleum
Old Bones
Process
Raven Down
Rooftops
Sanctuary
Subway
Tryo Station
War Machine

Can’t Touch Me

Won 10 Versus matches without losing a round

This is actually easier than it may sound at first. You’re going to want focus on playing King of the Hill for this Trophy. The reason being that the game type is only 1 round long. So, if you win the round, you’ve also won the whole match. Another important note about this Trophy is that you do not have to win 10 matches in a row. You can lose matches. You can win King of the Hill 10 different times and earn this Trophy.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

You can however use the 2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Boost wins
Repeat the process

Seriously…

Killed 10,000 people in Versus matches

This is the Trophy that is going require the most time on this list. You will need to kill 10,000 enemies while playing Versus. Only kills earned in competitive or social matches will count toward this. This cannot be boosted in private matches.

2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Boost kills
Repeat the process

THIS! IS! ANNEX!

Complete 100 online ring-based matches, capturing 3 objectives each time

For this, you just need to complete the match. Winning or losing does not matter here. The thing that does matter, is capturing 3 objectives. As long as you’ve captured 3 objectives, it’ll count if the match finishes. It has to be you that gets the capture in order to count.

The ring-based matches are:

Annex
Blitz
King of the Hill

Nub Pwn3r

Win 20 online ring-based rounds by shutting out the opposing team

For this, King of the Hill and Blitz are both only 1 round. So, if your team can hold the zone without letting the other team score, that will count toward this Trophy. The other team cannot score a single point during the match.

CQC

Won 25 matches in Boxes

You can only play the Boxes map in 2v2 Gnasher Execution. There are 7 rounds in the match and you’ll need to kill the other team in order to win.

This cannot be boosted in private matches.

You can however use the 2v2 Gnasher Execution boosting method:

2 players with 2 controllers each. Each player needs to do split screen
Matchmake and try to find each other
Boost wins
Repeat the process

Level 5

Reached level 5

See the “Re-up” Trophy below for more details.

Level 10

Reached level 10

See the “Re-up” Trophy below for more details.

Level 25

Reached level 25

See the “Re-up” Trophy below for more details.

Re-up

Reached Level 100 and re-upped

You’ll reach level 100 as you work toward getting 10,000 kills. Once you reach 100, there will be an option to “Re-Up” in the bottom left corner of the screen. Select that and accept to earn this Trophy.

Handyman

Killed an enemy with every weapon in Versus

There are 10 weapons in Versus and you need at least 1 kill with each of them. Just downing any enemy with a weapon is not enough. You need to finish them off and get the kill with it. You can actually use that to an advantage if you are struggling with a weapon. You can down an enemy with one weapon and then switch to a different weapon to finish them off and get the kill. The weapon used to finish them off will get credited with the kill. You also need to finish the match in order for the kills to be registered.

Boltok Pistol
Boomshot
Fag Grenade
Gnasher Shotgun
Hammerburst
Hammer of Dawn
Lancer
Longshot
Snub Pistol
Torque Bow

Gimme Some Skin

Played one Versus Match with a Custom Weapon Skin

Before a match in Versus, you’ll have the chance to customize your weapon’s skin by pressing or to cycle through any skins you have. Anything other than the default weapon skill count toward this.

Better Late Than Never

Won 25 matches in Team Deathmatch

All you have to do here is win 25 matches in Team Deathmatch. This is something that will come as you work toward 10,000 kills and rank 100.