All Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Trophies & Achievements
Here is a list of all the trophies and achievements to collect in Modern Warfare 3 and how you can unlock them all from campaign to online multiplayer.
If you’re looking to go that little bit further in complete Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, it’s going to be helpful to have a list of all the trophies and achievements you can collect along the way.
Trophies are a great way of indicating just how much time and effort you’ve put into the game and help give you that extra sense of accomplishment alongside collecting all the weapons or completing the campaign.
All trophies and achievements in MW3
Achievement |
Description |
A Soldier’s Purpose |
Collect all the Trophies |
The First Step |
Reach Level 55 |
And So It Begins |
Successfully Exfil in MWZ |
Write Off |
Kill 500 Enemies using an Insured Weapon in MWZ |
Perkaholic |
Have 9 perks active at the same time in MWZ |
Gravestone |
Kill 100 Zombies with a vehicle in a single deployment in MWZ |
Back From The Dead |
Reclaim your gear from a Tombstone in MWZ |
Helpful Stranger |
Revive a player from a different Squad in MWZ |
You Can Pet The Dog |
Pet a Hellhound in MWZ |
Hired Gun |
Complete 20 Contracts in MWZ |
Seeing Red |
Complete 5 Contracts in the High Threat Zone in a single deployment in MWZ |
The End? |
Complete Act III in MWZ |
Slaughterhouse |
Kill 50,000 total Enemies in MWZ |
Conqueror |
Defeat a Warlord in MWZ |
One Against All |
Kill Orcus while in a 6-person squad in MWZ |
No Such Thing as Too Many |
Find and use all Armaments in Open Combat Missions |
Dialed In |
Customize your loadout in every Open Combat Mission |
Gearhead |
Collect all Weapons and Field Upgrades from Supply Boxes in Open Combat Missions |
Sample Platter |
Use 5 different Armaments in Open Combat Missions |
I Call Shotgun! |
Drive a vehicle with a Sentry Gun on the back and have it kill 5 enemies |
Tag, You’re it! |
Use the Spotter Scope to tag 60 enemies or items in Open Combat Missions |
Bulletproof |
Find all Plate Carrier Upgrades in Open Combat Missions |
Have You Tried Turning it Off and On? |
Use a Shock Stick to disable an enemy Sentry Gun |
That’s One Way to Do It… |
Destroy an airborne enemy helicopter with a Mortar Strike |
Hey, Catch! |
Throw and hit an enemy directly with a Flammable Cannister then blow them up with it |
Frequent Flyer |
BASE jump and travel more than 150 m with your parachute |
High Wire Act |
Kill 10 enemies while using a zipline |
Never Bury Your Enemies Alive |
Complete the campaign |
141 Ready |
Complete the campaign on Veteran |
Death Row |
Kill 12 enemies while descending in the panopticon in ‘Operation627’ |
Floater |
Parachute off a Gantry Crane onto the roof of the Harbormaster’s Building in ‘Precious Cargo’ |
Helo Hat Trick |
Destroy each objective helicopter in ‘Reactor’ with a different Armament |
2-fer |
Using the EBR-14, kill 2 enemies with 1 bullet 5 times in ‘Payload’ without sounding the alarm |
Back in the Field |
Acquire the Major’s keycard in ‘Deep Cover’ within 90 seconds without being detected |
Shot Blocked |
Shoot the gun out of the air in ‘Flashpoint’ before a terrorist catches it |
Think She’ll Notice? |
Destroy all of the cars in the mansion garage in ‘Oligarch’ |
Elevator Out of Order |
Reach the roof in ‘Highrise’ under 45 seconds |
Snow Angel |
Execute the forest sniper in ‘Frozen Tundra’ with a takedown |
Hitchhiker |
Defuse the bomb on the truck in ‘Gora Dam’ while it is in motion |
Your tax dollars at work |
Use a missile to take out a single enemy in ‘Danger Close’ |
While trophies and achievements are tied to the campaign story, most of them relate to your activities in the online multiplayer and Zombies mode.
How many trophies are in MW3?
There are 40 trophies in total in Modern Warfare 3, including the Platinum trophy for PlayStation players who can get every other trophy in the game.
The MW3 trophies are broken down into the following rarity:
- 1 Platinum
- 5 Gold
- 5 Silver
- 29 Bronze
Does difficulty affect trophies in MW3?
Difficulty settings will affect one of your achievements in Modern Warfare 3, but only for the campaign section of the game. The ‘141 Ready’ trophy requires you to complete the campaign on Veteran difficulty.
If you’re looking to blast through the trophies quickly in MW3, it may be best to play the campaign on the Veteran difficulty first so you can unlock both the ‘141 Ready’ and ‘Never Bury Your Enemies Alive’ trophies at the same time.
That’s everything you need to get cracking on collecting all the trophies and achievements in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. There is plenty to do in this latest iteration of MW3, so why not find out more about all the Operators in the game to help you along the way?
About The Author
Jack Roberts
Jack is a Guides Writer at GGRecon. With a BA (Hons) & MA in English and Creative Writing, he was also the Gaming Editor for The Indiependent. When not pondering which game has the best cup of coffee (and drinking far too much of it himself), he can often be found playing Dead by Daylight, Street Fighter or making yet another build in Bloodborne.