Tell me more ×
Arqade is a question and answer site for passionate videogamers on all platforms. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 2 down vote favorite

There is an Halo 4 achievement that reads:

The Challenger

Complete 25 Challenges.

My Spartan record shows 25 challenges complete, but I don't have this achievement.

What am I missing?

Is this achievement broken? If so is there anything I can do to get it to work?

share|improve this question
I don't think it's broken. I achieved it recently, as soon as I hit 25 challenges I got the achievement. – Jasarien Nov 30 '12 at 14:04
@Jasarien that doesn't mean that it's not broken - plenty of times there are game breaking glitches that affect some players but not others. It could just mean that you were lucky. – Keith Nov 30 '12 at 14:48
@Jasarien how do your challenges break down? Are they Campaign, War Games or Spartan Ops? – Keith Nov 30 '12 at 16:30
A mixture. Mostly wargames. Daily challenges probably make up the most. – Jasarien Nov 30 '12 at 18:13

3 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

The achievement isn't "broken" necessarily, as it can still be unlocked. I unlocked it last night with 27 challenges completed.

Basically, it may take more than 25 challenges completed to unlock, but it should eventually happen. I've seen reports of anywhere from 25-50 challenges completed before it unlocks. Just keep playing, and you'll be alright.

Here's a link to a forum post discussing the issue: Xbox.com Halo 4 Challenger Issue

If you do a Google search, you'll find several more websites where people are discussing this.

share|improve this answer
I dunno, an achievement that says "Complete 25 Challenges" but actually requires an unknown number between 25 and 50 still sounds like a bug to me. At least (from your description) it should still be attainable. I guess the question becomes: which challenges actually count? – Keith Nov 30 '12 at 14:47
All of the challenges count, there's just something not right keeping track behind the scenes. Much like the "Seriously..." achievement in Gears of War 1, people received it at wildly different numbers. In my mind "broken" means you can't get it, and you definitely can with this achievement. How many challenges have you completed? – Taylor Kimmel Nov 30 '12 at 14:51
25, like I said in the question - I expected to get the achievement either when the challenge popped during the match or at the end of the match. I'll keep going and update this if the achievement pops. – Keith Nov 30 '12 at 16:29
It popped for me on the 26th challenge. I've no idea what was different about that one. – Keith Dec 3 '12 at 11:35
up vote 1 down vote

Anecdotal evidence, but I completed it with only 25 last night. I tend to complete very few War Games challenges and have focused almost purely on Campaign/Spartan Ops. They have repeated one or two challenges and I don't know if the achievement is looking for unique challenges.

At the end of the day, there are a minimum of 5 extremely easy challenges every week (Spartan Ops) and several other low hanging fruit. I'd expect in all but the most rare of circumstances you'd have it in another week.

share|improve this answer
up vote 1 down vote

Be careful how you're getting the counts of how many challenges you've completed. If you're not careful, you could be counting them twice. For example, if Waypoint says the following:

  • War Games: 7
  • Daily: 4
  • Spartan Ops: 15
  • Weekly: 21
  • Campaign: 3
  • Monthly: 0

You have completed 25 challenges (4+21+0, or 7+15+3), not 50.

share|improve this answer

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.