Or how to get 100% completion in Battlefield 4.
One of the challenges players give themselves is 100% completion of all unlocks and achievements in a game. Battlefield 4 has some assignments which offer weapons and equipment of use in the game, but most awards, assignments, and achievements give only cosmetic items, or fill a place on your wall of achievements.
Most of the useful unlock items are obtained from the DLC assignments. There are four regular assignments which give weapons — the Gold (Kit) Expert assignments.
The Awards are Ribbons (gained by doing something a number of times in a round), and Medals (awarded for every 50 Ribbons of a given type). Ribbons and Medals give you bonus XP when you earn them, and some are requirements for Assignments.
While Weapon, Kit, and Vehicle unlocks are their own reward, you also get Service Stars, and for either 5 medals or 500 kills with a weapon, you get a Mastery Dog Tag.
I won’t go over the Achievements. There are 42 basic achievements, plus 5 from each DLC. A large amount come from the campaign, some of which require you to play it more than once. These don’t show up within the game itself, but are available to view outside the game. It can be fun to figure out how to do them, but there is no reward within the game for doing that.
Your Assignments, If You Choose To Accept Them
http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Battlefield_4_Multiplayer_Assignments
The basic assignments are easy to do. You just have to carry out normal game activities and you will get them. I’m not going to list all of those.
Almost all assignments require a minimum rank of 10. Some require rank 20 or higher, but the rank limit alone isn’t too much of a problem since you will have to get the requirements unlocked first.
A few are harder due to game mode requirements.
Rusher: Rank 20, 10 Rush ribbons, 10 M-Com Attacker Ribbons. It is the second part which can be hard to do without working specifically for it. You must destroy (not just arm) 2 of the 8 M-Coms in a round. Even when you are good at that, being the player who sets two which then blow up can be hard. Especially since many of your team mates will be trying to do the same job. Still, this is just a matter of liking Rush and playing.
Blade Runner: Rank 20, 5 Knife Kills, 10 Melee Ribbons. Again, it is the ribbon requirement, not the kill requirement, which makes it tough. You have to go for knife kills deliberately and succeed, though counterknife kills also count, and get at least 4 in a round. Longer game modes with close combat situations make this easier.
The Silver (Stealth Assassin) and Gold (Melee Expert) just require more Melee Ribbons to reach, but are otherwise the same.
The Silver Veteran assignments are just harder versions of the basic ones, and don’t require any special effort. The four rank 50 assignments (Tin Foil Hat, We’ll Meet Again, Leave No Man Behind, Wrecking Ball) are similar, just takes a bit more time.
The Gold Expert assignments are all mostly a matter of continuing effort with the kit weapons and tools. The engineer is required to use Carbines, not PDWs, but otherwise that assignment is straightforward. The Recon Expert requires Marksman ribbons. Those require marksman headshots at 50+ meters, either one headshot kill of 250 meters or more or several in the same round which add up to at least 250. For example. two 60 meter shots and two 70 would do.
Each of these unlocks a weapon, which makes them extra special.
Assault Expert (Ace 23): 50 Medkit Ribbons, 200 Assault Rifle Kills, 10 Assault Rifle Ribbons
Engineer Expert (UMP-9): 10 Carbine Ribbons, 50 Repair Tool Ribbons, 200 Carbine Kills
Support Expert (RPK-12): 50 Ammo Ribbons, 200 LMG Kills, 10 LMG Ribbons
Recon Expert (FY-JS): 50 Marksman Ribbons, 200 Sniper Rifle kills, 10 Sniper Rifle Ribbons
The Offensive Commander is another one which requires sustained play in that role.
There are nine rank 100 Gold assignments. All only require sustained effort, with only Hitman requiring a little special attention to go after the High Value Targets when you see them. The Land Warrior And Air Warrior require two MEDALS (that is 50 ribbons) in two vehicles each, which will take some time.
Premium Accomplishments
Premium players have two special assignment sets. The Ultimate assignments — complete the Gold expert assignments and then do a whole lot more — are not meant to be accomplished quickly and easily. The Phantom Assignments are part of the “secret” Phantom Program. These also require a fair amount of time spent playing to accomplish. The tasks aren’t, for the most part, especially hard, but you have to do a lot of them. I’ll cover the special Phantom Program later in this article.
The Premium Ultimate assignments all require rank 20, and the previous Gold Expert assignment.
Ultimate Assault: 200 kills with Assault Rifles, 50 kills with gadget Grenade Launchers (any M320 type), perform 100 heals, revive 50 allies, kill 10 enemies with the Defibrillator. Only the last can be difficult, as you have to catch enemies by surprise to pull them off.
Ultimate Engineer: 200 Kills with PDWs, 75 kills with Rocket Launchers, Destroy 50 vehicles with Rocket Launchers, destroy 25 vehicles with Mines, perform 100 repairs.
Ultimate Support: 200 Kills with LMGs, 50 kills with XM25 (any type), 50 kills with C4 or Claymores (can do this playing Recon or Support), 50 kills with Mortar or UCAV, perform 100 resupplies.
Ultimate Recon: 200 kills with Sniper Rifles, 50 kills with C4 Or Claymores, spot 100 targets with the MAV or SUAV, paint (laser) 25 vehicles, get 25 motion sensor assists (either Motion Balls or T-UGS).
Ultimate Commander: 100 Scan Assists, 100 EMP assists, Promote 75 Squads, Get 50 Ammo Drops Used, Get 25 Vehicle Drops Used.
Expansion Missions
http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/Battlefield_4_DLC_Assignments
The DLC assignments all require you to have, obviously, that DLC installed. Most require rank 10, some rank 20, but you are likely to have either rank fairly quickly.
City Slicker, Frostbite, Air Mail, Scorched, Remastered, all require rank 20. But none of those unlock weapons.
The DLC weapon and gadget assignments are what I consider the high value ones to go after. These can be divided into two classes:
Normal: Actions taken for each requirement are carried over from game to game until you complete them all.
“In A Round”: All the actions indicated must be completed within one game (round). Any actions performed which do not complete the assignment are cleared, requiring you to start over the next game. Of these, some have parts which do persist, but it can be confusing to figure out which are which. I’ll try to spell them all out here.
The “In A Round” Assignments
Second Assault:
Dead Stop (Unlocks the DAO-12): Get one shotgun ribbon, and in the same round operate the Caspian Border Gate (by the wall at either road). Only Caspian Border map works, obviously.
Express Train (F2000): One Assault Rifle Ribbon, 2 Kill Assist Ribbons, and 10 kills inside the Metro (underground). Pretty much any match where you can get a lot of shots off will allow you to do this one. Operation Metro only.
Dust Devil (M60-E4): Get an Anti Vehicle Ribbon in a round. Destroy 5 vehicles in Gulf Of Oman. While this one doesn’t seem to require you to get the ribbon on the same map, you will get the ribbon (2 vehicles destroyed) while completing the map requirement.
Eagle’s Nest (GOL Magnum): Get a Sniper Ribbon (6 kills) in a round. Also, in a round, kill 5 players from the Caspian Border or Firestorm tallest towers. As you must complete both assignments in the same round, you may as well go in with a sniper and try to get your kills while standing on the tower. This is easier to do on Firestorm, both because the Caspian Border tower can be destroyed, and because the Firestorm tower offers more cover and more constant action around it. Note that you don’t need to use a sniper rifle to get the 5 kills — any kill done while on the tower counts, with any weapon.
Gold:
Perfect Landing (Jump Master Dog Tag): Play 10 hours of Second Assault maps. Note that you must complete this before the next step can be recorded as successful, even though it will show you completing those elements.
Land On The Top Of The Tallest Tower in Caspian or Firestorm, in a round. Also, get a kill-streak of 10, in a round. You actually must do both in the same round. The easiest way to get a shot at this is to make your landing at the start of the round, then play on and hope to get the killstreak. The top means the highest point you can stand on, which is above the highest spot you can reach by climbing. You must jump from an aircraft, or if careful, land the aircraft (helis can do this) on the top of the tower, or just get out of the craft while it is hovering right above it. It is also possible to use a Spawn Beacon and jump and make the landing, but it is far, far easier to do from an aircraft.
China Rising:
Open Fire (L85A2): 3 Assault Rifle Ribbons — these don’t have to be in the same round. Then, once you have those, get a kill with a pistol, a 40mm Grenade (M320 HE), and the defibrillator, all in the same round. The first two kills are straightforward. The Defib will kill if you hit an enemy with it at full charge, or with a lesser charge if they are already wounded. If you can knife someone, you can use the Defib to kill.
Need Only One (L96A1): 3 Sniper Rifle Ribbons — as with the above, they don’t have to be in the same round. When you have those, get a kill with a shotgun, a DMR, and C4, all in the same round. The Shorty 12G sidearm counts as a shotgun, so you can do this all with a Recon using a DMR and C4, along with that. Or you can just change weapons between lives, as long as you score the needed kills before the round ends.
Silver:
Multi Talent (MTAR-21): In a round, get a kill with a Sniper Rifle, an Assault Rifle, an LMG, and a hand grenade. This will require you to change kits to get all the weapons, but otherwise isn’t too hard.
The Normal DLC assignments:
Second Assault:
Firestarter (paint): start 5 fires in Second Assault. There are patches of dry grass on Caspian Border and the park area of Operation Metro (available in Rush or Obliteration). Firestorm has lots of pools of flammable material to set off.
Co-Pilot (unlock AS VAL): Spend 10 minutes (600 seconds) in helicopters. Do 10 Squad Repairs. Just pick a passenger seat with the repair torch equipped, and go to work.
Silver:
Air Mail (paint): Transport a flag carrier in a helicopter which results in a capture. Play CTF and be a heli pilot, and help get a score. Note that though the assignment says helicopter, any vehicle which can get off the ground will count.
Scorched: Get a kill using the Firestorm Tower burnoff. There is a switch at the bottom of the tower. Hit it when enemies are at the top of the tower, and if you are at all lucky, they’re toast.
Remastered: Get 25 kills each with M60-E4, F2000, DAO-12, AS VAL, and Gol Magnum.
China Rising:
Safe Raiding (SUAV): Get a kill with the bombing raid. Just go in the bomber truck and work it.
Eyes In The Sky (UCAV): Air Superiority Ribbon, plus 3 Jet Fighter Ribbons. The first is easy, just play a winning game of Air Superiority. The second depends on your skill in jets. For many, scoring the 5 kills in a round can be hard. One way to pull it off is to use the Attack Jet in conquest maps, and engage ground targets. High ticket Air Superiority also offers you a way to do this.
Make A Dent (MP7): Destroy an air vehicle with portable AA. That is, use a Stinger or Igla to get a vehicle destroyed when you fire it. Plus, 3 anti-vehicle ribbons, which you can earn using any weapon.
Powder Keg (RPK-74M): 1 Mortar kill, plus 3 LMG ribbons.
Silver:
Mother Of All Bombs (Cruise Missle for Bomber): Get 15 kills with the bombing raid (bomber), destroy an enemy bomber.
I’m Dynamite (Air Bust for UCAV): Bomber Delivery Ribbon x3 (3 kills with a bomber in a round), score a multikill (with any weapon, explosives are easiest), and get 20 UCAV kills.
Gold:
Middle King: Play 10 hours on China Rising Maps. Get A Kill Streak Of 5. Get a kill with SUAV. The SUAV will kill an enemy if it hits directly (it will be destroyed doing it).
Naval Strike:
Titans Of Steel: Destroy an Objective in Carrier Assault.
Spare Time Sniper (AR160): 3 Assault Rifle Ribbons, 20 headshots with assault rifles.
Packing A Punch (SR-2): Destroy 20 boats. Any naval map will make this easy to do, as you can use any vehicle or weapon to get the kills.
Swiss Cheese (AWS): 3 LMG ribbons, destroy 3 vehicles as Support.
Always Deadly (SR338): 3 Sniper Rifle ribbons, 5 kills with C4 on Naval Strike maps.
Silver:
Curve Ball (SW40): 10 kills with RGO Impact Grenade
Multi-Tool (M320 3GL): 10 Kills with M320 DART, 10 Kills with M320 LVG.
Death From Below (AA Mine): 3 PDW Ribbons, Destroy 10 Air Vehicles with Rocket Launchers (MBT LAW, Javelin, SRAW, RPG, SMAW).
Gold:
Scourge Of The Sea: Get One Kill With AA Mine. The AA Mines don’t do enough damage to kill by themselves, but if you get enough targets in range which are damaged, it will work. Because the AA Mines\ use the Rocket slot, you can’t use your own AA missiles to help it — but you can used fixed or vehicle weapons to help out.
Giant Slayer: Win 20 rounds of Carrier Assault
Dragon’s Teeth:
Big Splash (Unica 6): Activate the floodgates on the Sunken Dragon map. Located in a control room by the dam, operate the control inside. Get 5 kills while swimming. This is most easily done using pistols, especially inside the flooded B Flag in Sunken Dragon where other players will be in the water, but can be done anywhere the water is deep enough to swim.
Lions And Tigers… (Bulldog): While on foot as Assault, kill enemies who are also on foot: 10 Support, 10 Engineer, 10 Recon. Pretty much, go around on foot as assault and kill people until you get enough.
Not The Weakest Link (MPX): 2 PDW ribbons, get “Squad Order Followed” 10 times, and Link 10 Points in Chainlink. Most easily done by playing Chainlink as squad leader, using a PDW.
The ‘I’ In Team (CS5): 2 Sniper Rifle Ribbons, 10 Radio Beacon spawns, 20 Spot assists. In essence, play a sniper and use the Spawn Beacon.
Vanguard (Ballistic Shield): 5 Savior Kills, 20 Suppression Assists, Destroy 3 explosives. Just help your team mates out.
Road Warrior: 10 Capture Point Attacker Kills & Defender Kills, 25 kills with shotguns.
Silver:
Remote Operator: Destroy A Vehicle WIth the EOD BOT, get 5 Kills with the RAWR, get 10 Kills with Mortar, Spot 20 targets with the MAV.
Recoil Kinetics (Deagle 44): Get 20 Headshots with the Unica 6. Use your newly unlocked Unica 6 and aim well.
Killjoy: Get 10 kills while under 30 health, Break 30 enemy links in Chainlink, Win a round of Chainlick with 50 tickets or less left. This is doable by playing Chainlink enough, with balanced teams, or a strong team willing to let the tickets run down. The low health kills will happen just from not being able to heal during fights.
Gold:
City Slicker: Play 10 hours on Dragon’s Teeth maps. Get 100 Kills on Dragon’s Teeth Maps
Final Stand:
Disinformation (DS-3 Decoy): Affect 10 enemies with M84 Flashbangs, get 3 Melee kills. Run around with flashbangs and stab people.
Eye Spy (Target Detector): Get 2 spotting ribbons, 20 DMR or Carbine kills. Spot and shoot, baby!
Silver: Note — all five use vehicles or equipment only found on Final Stand maps. You just have to play them and use these items a lot. XD-1 Deathbringer (Accipiter), Snowmobile Slayer, Hovertank Harbinger, Railgun Rampage, Mechanized Mayhem (SC-42 and Launcher Pod).
Gold:
Frostbite (Paint): Play 10 hours on Final Stand maps. Win 10 rounds on each of the Final Stand maps.
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The Phantom Program:
For people who played since the game came out, doing these came naturally as you played. But for all of you who are just getting into BF4, this may seem daunting. On the good side, though, is the fact that you can do all three assignments at the same time, because the unlock passwords are all known.
Phantom Prospect (Dog Tag): 200 kills with Assault Rifles, 200 with Main Battle Tanks, get a total of 300 meter headshots
Phantom Trainee (paint): 200 pistol kills, 20 kills in a jet, 2 shotgun ribbons in a round.
Phantom Initiate (camo): 200 LMG kills, 50 explosive kills, 25 roadkills.
In order to gain access to the last assignment, you must do all of the above assignments in order to get the items required to complete the access to the secret Phantom room on Hanger 21. You must also have one of the hidden dogtags found on the Final Stand maps.
Phantom Operative (Dog Tag 2): 200 Kills with Phantom Bow, with 50 headshots with the bow.
The Phantom bow is a tricky weapon to use effectively. Battlefield 3 had a crossbow, which was a little more lethal but more importantly, was able to be carried ready to fire. You must load and aim the Phantom bow every time you fire it, or walk around aiming down the sights (ADS). Its damage is similar to a scout sniper rifle, and can be countered by the Defense upgrade Armor. Kills are most easily achieved with headshots. As a result of the last, getting the required headshots will come naturally while getting the kills required.
Do You Need Rewards To Enjoy The Game?
The general class of arena shooters — Quake, Halo, Unreal Tournament, etc. — give all players the same weapons, or access to them from pick up locations on the map. Once you have all the weapons and gadgets you need unlocked in Battlefield, you can just play the game for fun, with no goals other than playing well. You aren’t required by the game to do any of the assignments, nor will it drastically affect your options as a player. The DLC equipment unlocks aren’t that hard to do.
It can be fun to go for the assignments. It provides an incentive to try out things you might not otherwise do in the game. As I get closer to finishing every assignment, I’m not too worried about becoming bored, but it will change a part of how I play the game. Fortunately, for me and most other players, Battlefield 4 has loads of assignments and achievements to go for, and you can “work” on them while playing the game and having fun doing it.
