| Achievements |
|---|
|
| Action | Result |
| Demonstrate your skill in Casual Versus multiplayer. | Welcome to the Big Leagues (0) |
| Recover 5 Campaign Collectibles (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | Collector (5) |
| Reach level 5. | Level 5 (5) |
| Story Progression in Prologue (Standard or Arcade). | Marcus, It's Your Father (5) |
| Earn the Bronze "Force Multiplier" medal. | All for One, One for All (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 3 Chapter 1 (Standard or Arcade). | Anvil Gate's Last Resort (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 4 Chapter 5 (Standard or Arcade). | Baird's Favorite Kind of Toy (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 3 Chapter 5 (Standard or Arcade). | Brothers to the End (10) |
| Complete all 50 waves of Horde mode (any difficulty, any map). | Enriched and Fortified (10) |
| Get a kill with every possible execution finishing move (any mode). | Judge, Jury and Executioner (10) |
| Reach level 10. | Level 10 (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 5 Chapter 2 (Standard or Arcade). | Look at That, Instant Summer. (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 3 Chapter 3 (Standard or Arcade). | Lost Your Good Driver Discount (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 1 Chapter 5 (Standard or Arcade). | My Turf! Cougars Territory! (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 2 Chapter 5 (Standard or Arcade). | Oh Yeah, It's Pirate Time (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 5 Chapter 5 (Standard or Arcade). | Ok. Faith. Yeah. Got It. (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 2 Chapter 1 (Standard or Arcade). | Okay, Now We Find Hoffman (10) |
| Recover 20 Campaign Collectibles (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | Pack Rat (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 1 Chapter 6 (Standard or Arcade). | Putting it Scientifically
(10) |
| Story Progression in Act 1 Chapter 2 (Standard or Arcade). | Swimmin' in Glowie Gravy (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 2 Chapter 7 (Standard or Arcade). | Thanks For Flying GasBag Airways (10) |
| Complete one match of all six Versus game modes (Standard or Casual). | The Versus Sampler Platter (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 4 Chapter 3 (Standard or Arcade). | Think You Can Handle That? (10) |
| Earn the maximum Consecutive Match Bonus in Versus multiplayer (Standard or Casual). | Wait, What Time is it? (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 3 Chapter 2 (Standard or Arcade). | Was it Good For You? (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 1 Chapter 3 (Standard or Arcade). | We Struck Gold, Son! (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 4 Chapter 6 (Standard or Arcade). | Welcome To -redacted- (10) |
| Complete 5 Arcade Campaign chapters in co-op (any difficulty). | Welcome to Arcade Mode (10) |
| Survive all 12 waves of Beast mode (any difficulty, any map). | Welcome to Beast Mode (10) |
| Survive the first 10 waves of Horde mode (any difficulty, any map). | Welcome to Horde Mode (10) |
| Kill 10 enemies in Team Deathmatch (Standard or Casual). | Welcome to Versus (10) |
| Get a kill with every Locust monster in Beast mode (any difficulty). | Wreaking Locust Vengence (10) |
| Story Progression in Act 5 Chapter 6 (Standard or Arcade). | You're Dead! Now Stay Dead! (10) |
| Recover all 42 Campaign Collectibles (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | Hoarder (15) |
| Reach level 15. | Level 15 (15) |
| Recover all 15 COG Tags during the Campaign (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | Remember the Fallen (15) |
| Earn at least one Onyx medal. | Award Winning Tactics (25) |
| Earn the Silver "Number 1" medal. | First Among Equals (25) |
| Earn the Bronze "Loot Courtesan" medal. | It's All About the Loot! (25) |
| Reach level 25. | Level 25 (25) |
| Complete all campaign Acts on Hardcore Difficulty (Standard or Arcade). | Ain't My First Rodeo (50) |
| Execute an Epic employee, or someone who already has Lambency, in Versus multiplayer (any mode). | Lambency (50) |
| Reach level 50. | Level 50 (50) |
| Complete all Campaign Acts in Co-op (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | My Fellow Gears (50) |
| Complete all campaign Acts on Casual or Normal Difficulty (Standard or Arcade). | Ready for More (50) |
| Complete all Campaign Acts in 4 player Co-op (any difficulty, Standard or Arcade). | We Few, We Happy Few... (50) |
| Earn the Onyx "War Supporter" medal. | Socialite (70) |
| Complete all campaign Acts on Insane Difficulty (Standard or Arcade). | That's Just Crazy (75) |
| Reach level 100 and earn every Onyx medal. | Seriously 3.0 (100) |
| Your respect for the dead earned you access to Griffin's special weapons stash. | Respect for the Dead (5) |
| Unlockable COG Characters |
|---|
|
| Action | Result |
| Receive the Big Money Onyx Medal or
Like
the Gears of War 3 Facebook page to get an unlock code. | Aaron Griffin |
| Receive the bronze War Supporter medal. | Golden Gear |
| Receive the gold MVP medal. | Superstar Cole |
| Receive the silver Veteran medal. | Classic Marcus |
| Finish the campaign on any difficulty level. | Unarmored Marcus |
| Reach Level 75. | Anthony Carmine |
| Reach Level 50. | Colonel Hoffman |
| Reach Level 45. | Civilian Anya |
| Reach Level 34. | Benjamin Carmine |
| Reach Level 23. | Classic Cole |
| Reach Level 30. | Classic Baird |
| Reach Level 17. | Classic Dom |
| Reach Level 14. | Clayton Carmine |
| Reach Level 10. | Jace Stratton |
| Reach Level 7. | Dizzy Wallin |
| Reach Level 2. | COG Gear |
| Reach Level 4. | Samantha Byrne |
| Receive the silver Allfathers medal. | Chairman Prescott |
| Play the multiplayer beta. | Cole Train |
| Preorder code from GameStop. | Commando Dom |
| Preorder code from Best Buy. | Mechanic Baird |
| Preorder code with purchase of the Gears of War 3 Limited or Epic Edition. | Adam Fenix |
| Unlockable Locust Multiplayer Characters |
|---|
|
| Action | Result |
| Play Gears of War 3 the week before and during the Superbowl | Thrashball Drone |
| Reach Level 3. | Miner |
| Reach Level 5. | Beast Rider |
| Reach Level 8. | Hunter |
| Reach Level 12. | Theron Guard |
| Reach Level 20. | Spotter |
| Reach Level 26. | Flame Grenadier |
| Reach Level 39. | Grenadier |
| Reach Level 60. | Hunter Elite |
| Receive the gold Medic medal. | Kantus |
| Receive the bronze Headshot medal. | Sniper |
| Receive the gold Rifleman medal. | Golden Miner |
| Receive the gold Master-at-Arms medal. | Golden Hunter |
| Preorder code from Walmart. | Savage Grenadier Elite |
| Preorder code from Amazon.com. | Savage Kantus |
| Complete Beast Mode without failing, on all difficulties. | Savage Theron Guard |
| Unlockable Xbox Live Avatar Rewards |
|---|
|
| Action | Result |
| Beat the campaign on any difficulty. | Marcus' Doo-rag |
| Get the "Welcome to Beast Mode" achievement for beating Beast mode. | Locust Drone Mask |
| Get the "Welcome to Horde mode" achievement for beating Horde mode. | Horde Shirt |
| Unlockable Mutators |
|---|
| Mutators are special option allowing certain changes to be made to the game as you play. To unlock these, just complete each task below to the corresponding Mutators |
| Action | Result |
| Unlock the Silver Active Reloader medal. | Must Active Reload |
| In any mode, unlock the Hail Mary ribbon 100 times. | Big Explosions |
| In Beast Mode, play as a Wretch and score 200 kills. | Instagib Melee |
| In Versus Mode, unlock the Executioner ribbon 100 times. | Vampire |
| In Arcade Mode, unlock the Silver Afficianado medal. | Enemy Regeneration |
| In Horde Mode, unlock the Combat Engineer ribbon 100 times. | Infinite Ammo |
| In Versus Mode, unlock the Bronze Master at Arms medal. | Super Reload |
| In Versus Mode, unlock the Gold Shock Trooper medal. | Comet |
| In Arcade Mode, unlock the Silver King of Cog medal. | Flower Blood |
| Unlock the Bronze Tour of Duty, For the Horde, I
m a Beast, and Warmonger medals. | Laugh Track |
| In Beast Mode, unlock the Gold Investor medal. | Pinata |
| In Horde Mode, unlock the Gold Horder medal. | Big Head |
| In Co-op Campaign, complete the co-op campaign with four players. | Friendly Fire |
| Weapon Skin Unlockables |
|---|
| These skins can be unlocked by earning achievements or ribbons |
| Action | Result |
| .Have the Gold Lancer from "Gears of War 2" or play a multiplayer match of "Gears of War 3" in the first week. | Gold Lancer |
| Have the Gold Hammerburst from "Gears of War 2" or play a multiplayer match of "Gears of War 3" in the first week. | Gold Hammerburst |
| Unlock the Veteran Gear achievement in "Gears of War 2." | Gold Gnasher |
| Unlock the Commando achievement in "Gears of War." | Gold Sawed-Off |
| Unlocked in "Gears of War 3" beta for getting 100 kills with the Gold Retro Lancer. | Gold Retro Lancer |
| Reach level 100 in "Gears of War 3." | Gold Omen Weapon Set |
| Earn the "Don't Hate The Player" achievement in "Gears of War." | Chrome Lancer |
| Earn the "Dirty, Dirty Horde" achievement in Gears of War 2. | Chrome Hammerburst |
| Earn the "Domination" achievement in Gears of War | Chrome Retro Lancer |
| Complete the campaign in all three games | Chrome Gnasher |
| Earn the Bronze "Veteran" medal | Team Insignia Retro Lancer |
| Earn the Silver "Veteran" medal | Team Insignia Lancer |
| Earn the Gold "Veteran" medal | Team Insignia Hammerburst |
| Earn the Onyx "Veteran" medal | Team Insignia Shotgun Set |
| Earn the Onyx medal of each starting weapons respectively | Onyx Weapon Set |
| Unlock the "Welcome to Beast Mode" achievement | Crimson Omen Hammerburst |
| Unlock the "Welcome to Horde Mode" achievement | Crimson Omen Retro Lancer |
| Unlock the "Welcome to Versus" achievement | Crimson Omen Gnasher |
| Unlock the "Welcome to Arcade Mode" achievement | Crimson Omen Sawed-Off |
| Unlocked by playing (and completing) 1 match during the Gears 3 Beta from 4/18/11 to 4/24/11 | Flame Hammerburst |
| Unlocked by playing (and completing) 1 match during the Gears 3 Beta from 4/25/11 to 5/1/11 | Flame Lancer |
| Unlocked by playing (and completing) 1 match during the Gears 3 Beta from 5/2/11 to 5/8/11 | Flame Sawed-Off |
| Unlocked by playing (and completing) 1 match during the Gears 3 Beta from 5/9/11 to 5/15/11 | Flame Gnasher |
| Have at least 1 achievement unlocked from the PC version of Gears of War | Chrome Sawed-Off |
| Jack-in-the-Box fast food promotion OR purchase from the X-Box LIVE marketplace starting January 2012 | Green Liquid Metal Set |
| Included with the purchase of the Season Pass on the X-Box LIVE marketplace | Liquid Metal Set |
| 12+2 X-Box LIVE gold subscription promotion OR Microsoft Expertzone promotion OR purchase from the X-Box LIVE marketplace | Crimson Omen Lancer |
| Included with the Limited Edition Gears of War 3 controller, limited Edition Gears of War 3 console, or the Epic Edition of Gears of War 3 | Infected Omen Set |
| Mad World played during Gridlock (multiplayer) |
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| To do this is simple, play a match with at least 2 round wins required to finish a match and go a whole round without destroying any of the "ash people" within the multiplayer map. (This includes everyone playing, not just you, noboby can destroy a ash person) The next round, a instumental piano version of "Mad World" will play for about 50 seconds at the beginning of the round. Enjoy the music! |
| CluckShot |
|---|
| A Boom shot that fires exploding Chickens . 1. To start off, you
re going to need to play through Act 4 Chapter 1 on Insane. So this means you either have to beat the game once already, or you
ll need to play coop with someone who has beaten the game once. 2. Go through Act 1 without touching any of the ash bodies. Doing so will get you the secret
Respect For the Dead
Achievement once you arrive at Griffin
s Hideout and enter his secret weapon stash. More importantly though, it will give you access to this little chicken to the right with a pirate hat. Press X to interact with the chicken to cause it to explode, as if to officially kick off our easter egg hunt. 3. Now, play through Act 4 Chapter 2 like normal. Just make sure that you find two special ammo boxes that fall off a cliff as you approach them. The first one can be found at the start of the act on top of a car. The second can be found at the end of a railroad track in the underground section where you
re attacked by Polyps. 4. Now continue playing as normal until you reach Act 4 Chapter 3. After you head past the lift and go through the barbed wire, you
ll come to a fight with a bunch of Formers. Make sure to take them all out and then look for a stack of objects with another ammo box on top. Kick the stack to cause the ammo box to fall. Wait for a second and you
ll spot your
air support.
One specially made Cluckshot for every member of your party! |
| Dom's Beard For Everyone |
|---|
| This Easter Egg will make every character in the game have Dom's beard, during gameplay and cut-scenes. Even NPC's will have it. To get it, you MUST be playing on Insane difficulty. Begin a new game on Insane and stick near Dom when the flashback starts, though you may need to walk away from him for a bit to get him to move at first. You'll know you're doing it right when he says "Yo" but you still need to stay near Dom for the whole flashback. It's okay to fight the Locust though, just be sure you're near Dom while you do it. When the flashback ends, if you did it right, everyone will have Dom's beard on them for the rest of the game. |
| Giant Golden Chicken |
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| On "Chapter 1 - Act " you will reach four giant tubes just after raising the landing pad on top deck. After you eliminate all the enemies around the area, whatever player is playing as Marcus will need to step in front of one of the pipe openings. Stare down the opening until Marcus says "hello", then repeat the same thing for the last three tubes. After saying "hello" down all four tubes, a small, harmless chicken will pop out. If you deal some significant damage to the little chicken, the chicken will then become a giant, golden, enraged, fire-breathing chicken (a.k.a. Lambent Chicken). If you deal more significant damage to the Lambent Chicken, it will then blow up into confetti and ending with a funny quote by Marcus. |
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