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MW2 achievements and trophies list

Getting all of the Modern Warfare 2 achievements is a true test of your skill, but to unlock them all you'll need the full list first.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 

Want to know what each of the MW2 achievements entails? We’ve gone through the MW2 campaign and its achievements, and completing them all is no mean feat, requiring dedication, skill, and a little bit of information. They range from being a ghost, eliminating enemies before they know you’re there, to playing ‘the floor is lava’ on the deck of a ship. While most are completed in the campaign, some must be obtained as the story continues in co-op.

To be honest, it’s only once the credits roll in the Call of Duty campaign that the real work begins. Getting every achievement in one of 2022’s best PC games the first time around, at least without a guide, is nearly impossible, so we’re here to give you a helping hand. Luckily, we have listed all 24 Modern Warfare 2 achievements in MW2 Spec Ops mode and campaign below and its description. Where available, we even have a walkthrough to help you complete it.

Modern Warfare 2 achievements: the achievements screen in MW2 displaying the first nine achievements available

MW2 achievements list

Here are all the Modern Warfare 2 achievements and trophies and how to complete them:

  • Crocodile: Shoot three enemies while underwater in ‘Wetwork’.
  • Must be Wind: Rescue the hostages in ‘Countdown’ without the enemies firing their weapons.
  • Gunless: Finish ‘Alone’ without firing a gun.
  • Test Drive: Drive five vehicle types in ‘Violence and Timing’.
  • Ghost-in-Training: Reach the penthouse in El Sin Nombre without killing anyone or triggering the alarm.
  • Don’t Touch The Deck!: In ‘Dark Water’ advance 90 metres towards the front of the ship without touching the deck.
  • Keeping This One: Reach Price using the first vehicle you hijack.
  • Gentleman Thief: Open three safes in the campaign – our guide to the Modern Warfare 2 safe codes will let you complete this with ease.
  • Wall Of Duty: Kill three enemies with the riot shield.
  • Daredevil: While affected by a flashbang, kill two enemies.
  • Practice Makes Perfect: Shoot all the targets in the training area in ‘Ghost Team’ – check out our guide to the Modern Warfare 2 Ghost Team targets to learn where to find them all.
  • A Crappy Way To Die: Kill the enemy in the porta-potty, which we have a guide for too if you don’t know where to find this vulnerable foe.
  • Nessie: Reach the barge without being seen in ‘Wetwork’.
  • No Time To Lose: Complete the CCTV sequence in four minutes.
  • Backpack Guy: Kill gassed or blinded enemies using a molotov, semtex and frag in ‘Prison Break’.
  • Cutting Heads Off Snakes: Finish all campaign missions on veteran or realism difficulty.
  • Time For Pints: Finish the campaign on any difficulty.
  • Nobody Was There: Never trigger the alarm in ‘Recon by Fire’.
  • Night Fight: Earn three stars in ‘Low Profile’.
  • Hellride: Earn three stars in ‘Denied Area’.
  • Kings Of The Mountain: Earn three stars in ‘Defender: Mt. Zaya’.
  • Going Dark: Complete ‘Low Profile’ without triggering any alarms.
  • Only The Beginning: Earn at least one star in co-op.
  • Full SSE: Find 20 intel fragments in co-op.

That’s the full list of all 24 Modern Warfare 2 achievements. Don’t forget to check out our individual guides for specific achievements if we have them, because they’ll help you know exactly what you need to do and where you need to go. And, as you prepare to play through the game multiple times for these achievements, prepare yourself with knowledge of the average.

If you managed to get through the campaign again and are still wondering what it was all about, we’ve got your back with the MW2 ending explained here. Once you’ve unlocked every achievement, it’s time to turn your attention to multiplayer, and we’ve got all the MW2 modes so you know what you’re getting into before a match begins, as well as the best MW2 guns to take into battle with you.

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