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Benchwarmer achievement in Halo 5: Guardians

Benchwarmer

Spectate a game.

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How to unlock the Benchwarmer achievement

  • LadyMagritteLadyMagritte
    13 Apr 2020 13 Apr 2020 13 Apr 2020
    I was able to get this after exiting to the Main Menu after a social multiplayer match by pressing cn_X to bring up the Friends menu and cn_RB to scroll right to "Recent."
    Eventually someone who you were just in a match with will start a new match and a little eye icon will appear to the right of their name. Scroll down to that player and click cn_A to View Options and select "Spectate."

    No need to have friends playing the game.

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    JODAWeasy 10g thanks A*
    Posted by JODAW on 28 Dec 21 at 15:19
    Sylis3DNot sure if multiplayer is dead or if the servers are down. Hoping it's just the servers, 'cause I can't find a soul to match with at the moment.
    Posted by Sylis3D on 04 May 23 at 01:59
    Friggin GreaseTook me a couple minutes to find a ranked match, but I found it. I played the whole match, got destroyed, then waited for someone else to start one, it took a while.

    I wonder if you could quit out of the one you're in, then spectate someone immediately in that match. Might be easier, but I didn't try it
    Posted by Friggin Grease on 30 Oct 23 at 04:24
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  • DjuddDjudd
    16 May 2020 19 May 2020 30 Sep 2020
    The other two solutions didn't work for me personally, so I found another easy solution to get this achievement quickly.

    Just go on Mixer, check Halo 5 under "Categories", see who is streaming right now and add this person as a friend on Xbox. Start Halo 5, go to your friends and your just added friend should show up there and you can spectate his match with cn_X.

    As Microsoft announced to move from Mixer to Facebook, the first solution does not work anymore. But instead of Mixer you can also use Twitch:

    Just go on Twitch, search for Halo 5: Guardians, see who is streaming right now and add this person as a friend on Xbox. Start Halo 5, go to your friends and your just added friend should show up there and you can spectate his match with cn_X.

    After you got the acheievement you can unfriend the person again redface.
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    TheSeaOtterWell you can still use twitch
    Posted by TheSeaOtter on 29 Sep 20 at 22:57
    DjuddHi guys, thanks for the hint, I will update the solution accordingly!
    Posted by Djudd on 30 Sep 20 at 08:00
    FaSCoRPworks like a charm, thank you!
    Posted by FaSCoRP on 24 Oct 20 at 03:24
  • BajerKRBajerKR
    Locked 13 Apr 2021 13 Apr 2021
    In my opinion the best and easiest way to get this achievement is doing the following steps:
    1. Play one match in any mode (You do not have to complete the match, you can leave)
    2. Press cn_guide button on controller go to --> people and choose "Recently played with", add any guy from the list.
    3. In main menu of halo 5 press cn_X and find the guy you have added, press cn_A and you are able to choose "spectate"

    That is all :)
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    TREX1979This was the best solution of them all - worked perfectly - got the achievement within 1 minute - THANKS
    Posted by TREX1979 on 02 May 21 at 00:13
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