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Warlord achievement in Halo 5: Guardians

Warlord

Win a match on all three original Warzone maps.

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How to unlock the Warlord achievement

  • FaceTheCarnageFaceTheCarnage
    16 Apr 2017 16 Apr 2017 11 Apr 2019
    STUCK AT 66%? - Updated: 04-11-19

    IMPORTANT: May require several attempts.

    Game version: Digital Copy*
    *Works with game pass confirmed.

    Solution credit: jetCrownDPrince

    WILL NOT require reinstalling the game.

    1. Go to Halo 5 Hub (NOT your service record). To do this, hit the guide button on controller. Scroll down to "Halo 5" then hit the three line button on your controller. Select "Official Club".

    2. From the Hub, select "Progress" tab at the top. Go to "Stats". Note your matchmaking victories. Now your service record, check to see that you have won at least once on all three maps (storm, arc, spec 7) for both firefight and regular warzone.

    3. Delete profile from console. Do not recover it, you will do that later.

    4. Clear blu ray persistent storage 5 times. (Located in Xbox settings)

    5. Hard reset Xbox (hold down console power button for 10 seconds til it turns off). Don't turn back on.

    6. Unplug power cord. Make sure the power brick light is completely off.

    7. Wait ten minutes. Have a snack, I did. Recommended.

    8. Hook it all up, power on via controller.

    9. Start up halo 5. Remember your profile? It will ask you which profile. Click "add" and recover your profile. Sign in while on the halo 5 main menu.

    10. Wait to be fully sync up. Super important. Without being fully synced, your efforts will not count. A way to tell if this failed, start searching matchmaking but you get booted back to the main menu. If this happens you are not synced. Start over.

    11. Now start heroic fire fight. Win! Yep, try to win the first or second one. Doesn't matter the map.

    12. After win, check halo 5 Hub and make sure the victories I pointed out earlier increased. If NOT, you are not synced. Revert back to step 3.

    13. If it went up, you're good to go! Jump into regular warzone and do not leave queue. Play every match and do not quit. Me, I would run around in the back of the map and watch YouTube til I found one of the three maps since I didn't know which ones I needed.

    Important note: I pick regular over firefight because of better map rotation. This achievement can be unlocked in either.

    14. When you find the maps needed, win/lose keep track on paper. Wait to watch your character leave on a pelican. Stay in queue, load up next match and give it a few minutes before checking the hub again so that data has time to upload and be accuate if counted. If you win and victories doesn't change. Restart back to step 3. If they do change but no achievement then continue onward til it pops.

    15. Achievement has popped. Freedom!

    I popped mine losing on Escape from ARC. It's rough but it's better than doing 60 hours + guessing when it will pop. Total time spent trying to figure this out/ warzone games/ all other sultions and reinstalling digital copy which I did not need to do: 44 hours. Hope this solution saves you time. Good luck!


    IMPORTANT NOTE: I helped people pop this for over a year, however, as of 7-01-18, I will not take anymore requests due to how busy I have become. I do wish you all luck.

    Important: post updated 04-11-19

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    d0x360I got it just by playing and it took about 3 hours, zero reqs used. My avg KD in warzone was 8:1
    Posted by d0x360 on 28 Nov 21 at 06:47
    Chaotic FiascoThis just popped right after I synced my Xbox library with GOG Galaxy on PC...? I haven't played Halo 5 in years and didn't even know this was stuck. Really weird solution, but might be worth a shot if you're stuck.
    Posted by Chaotic Fiasco on 30 Dec 21 at 04:30
    CrimsonBohemianYou do not need to “win” the match, you just need to complete the match.
    Posted by CrimsonBohemian on 05 Dec 22 at 17:07
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  • IMPOSSABLANKIMPOSSABLANK
    16 Nov 2015 16 Nov 2015
    You will need to win a match of Warzone one the original 3 maps, March on Stormbreak, Raid on Apex 7, and Escape from A.R.C.

    If you are reading this before extra Warzone maps are added, unlock this achievement before any more are added, it doesn't NEED to be unlocked before than, but it will make your life a lot easier and you'll regret not getting it because later on when theres more maps, you'll need to keep searching for the original 3 and it will be harder to find them, and it will be frustrating if you're only playing Warzone for the achievement.

    If you're reading this after maps are added just keep playing Warzone casually until you get it, it'll happen eventually.
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    CrimsonBohemianAs of 2022 you do not need to win, just complete the matches
    Posted by CrimsonBohemian on 05 Dec 22 at 17:08
  • ThurminatorVIIThurminatorVII
    31 Aug 2021 31 Aug 2021 31 Aug 2021
    For anyone trying to do this in 2021 - All of the glitches here seem to be gone. I didn't have a single problem with any Halo 5 multiplayer achievements, this one included. I found that if you load into a Warzone Firefight match, but don't want to play the map that was chosen, you can just quit the game from the Xbox menu and reopen the game without any kind of ban or penalty. (It autofills games when people leave so don't feel too bad about ditching people). It probably took me playing about 3-5 hours and 12 rounds before I finally played through and won all three of these maps.
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    GPointExtremeCan confirm that! Just go to Multiplayer > Warzone > Playlist > Warzone Firefight and make sure to win on those 3 maps:
    - March on Stormbreak
    - Raid on Apex 7
    - Escape from A.R.C
    Posted by GPointExtreme on 02 Feb 22 at 12:17
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