The Orange Box Achievements

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The Orange Box for the Xbox 360 sets the record for the most achievements of any Xbox 360 game.

For Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One, all achievements are exclusive to the Xbox 360. For Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2, all the achievements are available on PC. Note: The Team Fortress 2 achievements are not detailed here.

Contents 1 Statistics 2 Achievements 2.1 Any Half-Life 2 game 2.2 Half-Life 2 2.3 Episode One 2.4 Episode Two 2.5 Portal

[edit] Statistics

Game	Score	Achievements	%
Any Half-Life 2 game	40	6	%
Half-Life 2	275	32	%
Half-Life 2: Episode One	175	12	%
Half-Life 2: Episode Two	165	19	%
Portal	175	14	%
Team Fortress 2	170	17	%

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Any Half-Life 2 game

There are 6 achievements worth a total of 40 gamerpoints shared by the 3 Half-Life 2 games in The Orange Box.

	Achievement	Description	Score	How-to
	Bone Breaker	Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects	5G	Once Gordon gets the Gravity Gun use it to pick up items and kill 30 enemies with it (the Gravity Gun must be used for the fatal blow to count).
	Deadly Harvest	Kill an enemy by planting a Hopper Mine.	5G	Once the Combine starts leaving Hopper Mines in levels, Gordon may pick them up with the gravity gun. Plant one in the path of an enemy for the achievement.
	Hack Attack!	Kill five enemies with a Manhack.	5G	Grab a Manhack with the gravity gun and either walk up to an enemy with the manhack in tow or throw it at them.
	Hot PotatOwned	Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade.	10G	When a combine soldier throws a grenade at Gordon, grab it with the gravity gun and fling it back. The original thrower must be caught in the blast for the achievement to unlock.
	Conservationist	Kill five enemies with the same energy ball.	5G	Gordon can do this with the alt fire on the AR2 Pulse Rifle. Fire into a narrow area with 5 or more combine soldiers and let it bounce around, killing them. Gordon can also grab the ball from an Overwatch Elite, or an energy ball in the Citadel.
	Think Fast!	Kill an Elite Soldier with his own energy ball.	10G	Once the Elite Soldiers are available sometimes they will fire an energy ball at Gordon. Catch it with the Gravity Gun and fire it back at them.

[edit] Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 has 32 achievements with 275 gamerpoints unique to it.

	Achievement	Description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Submissive	Put the can in the trash.	5G	Point Insertion	When instructed by a Civil Protection officer to pick up the soda can and put it in the trash, do as he says and dispose of the can.
	Defiant	Hit the trashcan cop with the can.	5G	Point Insertion	When instructed by a Civil Protection officer to pick up the soda can and put it in the trash, throw the can at him instead. This will result in a beating, but at least you get to keep your dignity.
	Malcontent	Escape the apartment block raid.	5G	Point Insertion	Story related.
	What cat?	Break the mini teleporter in Kleiner's lab.	5G	Point Insertion	If Gordon piles the teleporter up with large items eventually it won't hold-up and it will break. It will also self-destruct on its own simply after using it several times.
	Trusty Hardware	Get the crowbar.	5G	"A Red Letter Day"	Story related.
	Barnacle Bowling	Kill five barnacles with one barrel.	5G	Route Kanal	While in the sewers Gordon will come to a downward ramp. An explosive barrel will be at the top. Roll the barrel down so that it is picked up by one of the 5 barnacles at the bottom. Shoot the barrel as it nears the top so it will ignite and detonate, killing the barnacles and getting the achievement.
	Anchor's Aweigh!	Get the Airboat.	5G	Route Kanal	Story related.
	Heavy Weapons	Get the Airboat's mounted gun.	5G	Water Hazard	Story-related.
	Vorticough	Discover the hidden singing vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard.	13G	Water Hazard	Meet the All-Knowing Vortigaunt in his cave, in a drain near the end of the chapter. For specific information on finding him, check his Wiki page.
	Revenge!	Destroy the Hunter-Chopper in Half-Life 2.	10G	Water Hazard	Story related boss fight.
	Zero-Point Energy	Get the Gravity Gun in Black Mesa East.	5G	Black Mesa East	Story related.
	Blast from the Past	Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli's scrapyard.	10G	Black Mesa East	While you're in the scrap yard where you first get the gravity gun, look near the broken washing machine next to the door, it should be found close by.
	Two Points	Use Dog's ball to make a basket in Eli's scrapyard.	2G	Black Mesa East	When DOG's "ball" is available, grab it with the gravity gun and successfully shoot it through the large basketball hoop on the far wall.
	Zombie Chopper	Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun.	25G	"We don't go to Ravenholm..."	Use no weapons other than the Gravity Gun the entire time you are in Ravenholm. The biggest threats are the Fast Zombies as they will often come into rooms and can follow Gordon across the whole level if he doesn't kill them. When Grigori starts to send the cart over to Gordon jump back down to the balcony (Gordon will lose 5 health) open the door, run through and close it, locking out any fast zombies. Gordon can hear Grigori when it is there and only go through the trapdoor then. Note that ONLY the Gravity Gun can be used. Simply shooting another weapon or swinging the crowbar, even if an enemy is not hit, will automatically void this achievement. The traps Grigori has laid out are fine to use, however. The achievement will unlock once the player has exited the mines into the railyard.
	Hallowed Ground	Escort Grigori safely through the church cemetery.	5G	"We don't go to Ravenholm..."	Story related.
	OSHA Violation	Kill 3 enemies using the crane.	5G	Highway 17 (Chapter)	Use the loading crane to drop the cargo containers onto the soldiers in the area.
	Targetted Advertising	Pin a soldier to the billboard in chapter Highway 17.	5G	Highway 17	Right after getting the crossbow there should be a billboard in the distance. Zoom in and you will see a soldier on it. Shoot him and his corpse will be pinned to the billboard.
	Where Cubbage Fears to Tread	Defend Little Odessa from the gunship attack.	5G	Highway 17	Story related, also counts towards the One Man Army achievement (see next item).
	One Man Army	Destroy six Gunships in Half-Life 2.	5G	N/A	Kill 6 gunships. There is ample opportunity to do so over the course of the game, there are often caches of RPGs where the fights occur.
	Keep Off the Sand!	Cross the antlion beach in chapter Sandtraps without touching the sand.	20G	Sandtraps	From the point where Gordon encounters the two stranded resistance members until the cliff before the Antlion Guard fight Gordon must not touch the sand (regardless of whether or not it triggers an Antlion attack).
	Bug Hunt	Use the Antlions to kill 50 enemies.	10G	Sandtraps and Nova Prospekt	Single playthrough. Once Gordon gets the Bugbait use it to direct the Antlions at the enemies. There will be more than 50 in the relevant chapters.
	Flushed	Kill an enemy with a toilet.	5G	Nova Prospekt	Grab a toilet in Nova Prospekt with the Gravity Gun and fling it at an enemy.
	Warden Freeman	Survive the second turret standoff in Nova Prospekt.	10G	Nova Prospekt	Story related.
	"Radiation Levels Detected"	Get through the toxic tunnel under City 17 in Half-Life 2.	5G	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Plaza Defender	Survive the generator plaza standoff in chapter Anticitizen One.	10G	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Counter-Sniper	Kill all of the snipers in City 17.	5G	"Follow Freeman!"	Throw grenades into the windows where the Combine snipers are. It's mainly story related but it is possible to miss a sniper and not get the achievement.
	Fight the Power	Shut down the suppression device by disabling its generators.	10G	"Follow Freeman!"	Story related. Shut down all of the Suppression Device Generators in the Nexus.
	Giant Killer	Survive the rooftop strider battle in the ruins of City 17.	10G	"Follow Freeman!"	Story related.
	Lambda Locator	Find all lambda caches in Half-Life 2.	15G	N/A	All playthroughs. Simply grab any item in the cache to have it recorded.
	Atomizer	Disintegrate 15 soldiers by throwing them into a Combine ball field.	10G	Our Benefactors & Dark Energy	Using the enhanced Gravity Gun, pick up a Combine soldier and throw them any of the plentiful ball generators. Okay, now do it fourteen more times.
	Follow Freeman	Gain command of a squad of rebels in the uprising.	10G	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Singularity Collapse	Destroy the Citadel's reactor core.	25G	Dark Energy	Story related.
	Unnamed (cut achievement)	?	?	?	?
	Unnamed (cut achievement)	Find at least one G-Man.	?	?	?
	Unnamed (cut achievement)	Find all G-Men.	?	?	?

[edit] Episode One

Half-Life 2: Episode One has 12 unique achievements worth 135 gamerpoints.

	Achievement	Description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Grave Robber	Steal a Zombine's grenade.	5G	N/A	When a Zombine pulls a grenade, use the Gravity Gun to grab it and throw it to a more advantageous position.
	Zombie-que	Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire.	5G	Lowlife, Urban Flight	Pick up a flare to ignite it. Then run up to any zombie and hold the flare against it, causing it to ignite. Gordon may also use the Gravity Gun to throw a flare. Each flare should be good for at least 2 zombies. There are three locations with flares in Episode One: Right after the train derailment and another before the elevator in Lowlife & in the hospital in Urban Flight.
	Watch Your Head!	Make it to the bottom of the Citadel's main elevator shaft in one piece.	5G	Undue Alarm	Story related.
	Containment	Contain the Citadel core.	5G	Direct Intervention	Story related.
	Pacifist	Contain the Citadel core without killing any stalkers.	10G	Direct Intervention	There are 2 stalkers in the core room that reset the energy ball holders with their lasers. This is tremendously annoying, but if you avoid killing them, you'll get this achievement. Just move quickly when loading the two ball receptacles that Gordon needs to cross any given bridge. The achievement is received at the same time as Containment.
	Car Crusher	Use the cars to squash 15 antlions in Episode One.	5G	Lowlife, Urban Flight	Use the Gravity Gun's to push a car into an antlion, killing it.
	Elevator Action	Survive long enough to get on the parking garage elevator.	10G	Lowlife	Story related. Also a good time to get Zombie-que.
	Live Bait	Help Alyx snipe 30 enemies in Episode One.	10G	Urban Flight	When Alyx grabs a sniper rifle, run around and draw enemies out into her view instead of killing them yourself. Use the Gravity Gun to remove obstacles so she can get a clearer shot as well.
	Attica!	Destroy the gunship in the hospital attic.	5G	Urban Flight	Story related.
	Citizen Escort	Don't let any citizens die when escorting them to the escape train.	15G	Exit 17	Before going in to Barney clear the area of hostile mines and set them up where they will do some good. Put Alyx at the machine gun nest in the train depot. From there deal with enemies as they show up, being sure to do any cleanup needed between escorts. Gordon will make about 4 trips. It is possible to do while going for The One Free Bullet, just not as easy. This achievement will take precise timing and patience.
	Escape From City 17	Escape City 17 with Alyx.	20G	Exit 17	Story related.
	The One Free Bullet	Finish the game firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravity Gun kills are okay!	40G	Whole game	From the time you start Episode 1 to the time the credits role, you must have fired one and only one bullet. Of course, you need to fire at least one bullet in a runthrough, to shoot a padlock on the other side of a chain link fence door in Lowlife. Let Alyx do most of the shooting for Gordon instead. Awarded at the same time as Escape From City 17 if the condition are met. The achievement is similar to the Zombie Chopper achievement from Half-Life 2, except that you must keep it up throughout the entire episode, and that you are also allowed to use the rocket launcher, crowbar, and grenades, in addition to the Gravity Gun. The crossbow is also verboten.

[edit] Episode Two

There are 19 achievements in Half-Life 2: Episode Two worth 210 gamerpoints.

	Achievement	Description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Grave Robber	Steal a Zombine's grenade.	5G	Any chapter with a Zombine in it	When a Zombine gets a grenade out, use the Gravity Gun to pull it out of their hand.
	Acid Reflex	Kill an acid Antlion Worker.	5G	Any chapter that has an Antlion Worker in it.	Fairly obvious, kill an Antlion Worker.
	Get Some Grub	Squish every Antlion Grub.	20G	To the White Forest, This Vortal Coil and Freeman Pontifex	Go through the first three chapters killing all 333 Antlion Grubs. Many guides can be found to locate all the grubs.
	Piñata Party	Find and break every web cache.	5G	This Vortal Coil	Go through the chapters breaking open all 9 Antlion Grub caches.
	Into the Breach	Help Griggs and Sheckley hold off the antlion invasion inside the mine shaft.	5G	This Vortal Coil	Story related. Kill all of the Antlions that come from the tunnels.
	Twofer	Defeat both antlion guards outside the White Forest.	5G	Freeman Pontifex	Story related. Kill the Antlion Guardian and the Antlion Guard by the lift.
	Hit and Run	Run over 20 enemies with the car.	5G	Riding Shotgun and Under the Radar	Kill 20 enemies by running them over with the Muscle Car.
	Meet the Hunters	Survive the Hunter ambush with Alyx.	10G	Riding Shotgun	Kill all of the Hunters at the radio transmitter area.
	Puttin' On a Clinic	Defeat the chopper in Episode Two without any misses.	15G	Riding Shotgun	When Gordon has to kill the Hunter-Chopper by using the Gravity Gun to launch its mines back at it, do not miss and the achievement will unlock. Save after each hit to help in case Gordon misses.
	Gunishment!	Destroy the Combine Autogun in the junkyard.	5G	Riding Shotgun	Story related. Blow up the Autogun.
	Cache Checker	Find every radar cache in chapter Under The Radar.	10G	Under the Radar	Find all 5 caches in that chapter.
	Gordon Propelled Rocket	Unlock the rocket launcher lambda cache in chapter Under The Radar.	5G	Under the Radar	Find the Rocket Launcher cache.
	Pedal to the Metal	Beat Dog in a race to White Forest.	5G	Under the Radar	When the race with dog starts, beat him to White Forest and the achievement will unlock.
	Quiet Mountain Getaway	Survive the ambush at the White Forest Inn.	10G	Under the Radar	Story related. Survive the Ambush by Combine forces at the White Forrest Inn.
	Little Rocket Man	Send the garden gnome into space.	30G	Begins in To The White Forest, ends in Our Mutual Fiend	At the beginning of the game, where Alyx first makes contact with White Forest, if Gordon looks under the table, there will be a gnome. Pick up the gnome and take it all the way through the game until Gordon gets to the rocket at White Forest base. Put the Gnome into the rocket and close the door, the achievement will then unlock.
	Secondary Silo Secured	Secure the launch doors on missile silo 2.	5G	Our Mutual Fiend	Story related. Close the big doors on the ceiling in silo 2 by going into the little control room with two Overwatch Soldiers in it and using the switch.
	Neighborhood Watch	Save all buildings outside the missile silo from destruction.	35G	Our Mutual Fiend	Destroy all Striders before they can blow up any buildings, this is quite hard. Use the save button after every defeat of a strider, therefore Gordon can start from the last point if he misses a strider.
	Defensive of the Armament	Save the missile silo from the Combine offensive.	20G	Our Mutual Fiend	Story related. Keep all Striders away from White Forest base.
	Payback	Kill a Hunter with its own flechettes.	10G	Any chapter with a Hunter on it	When a hunter fires the blue/green things make them go onto an object that can be lifted by the Gravity Gun. When the flechettes stick to the object, launch it back at them to kill them, if it doesn't kill them then repeat it.

[edit] Portal

Portal has 14 achievements worth 175 gamerpoints.

	Achievement	Description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Lab Rat	Acquire the fully powered Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device.	5G	Test Chamber 11	Story related. Achieved after upgrading the Portal Gun so it can create both kinds of portals.
	Fratricide	Do whatever it takes to survive.	5G	Test Chamber 17	Story related. Achieved after "euthanizing" the Weighted Companion Cube.
	Partygoer	Make the correct party escort submission position decision.	5G	Test Chamber 19	Story related. Achieved after escaping a fiery death at the metaphorical hands of GLaDOS.
	Heartbreaker	Complete Portal.	10G	End of Test Chamber 19	Story related. Achieved after defeating GLaDOS.
	Terminal Velocity	Fall 30,000 feet.	5G	Any chapter where the Portal Gun is fully powered up.	After upgrading the Portal Gun, aim all the way up and place a portal in the ceiling directly above you. Then aim all the way down and place a portal directly beneath you. After this, just let her fall for a few minutes. It is important that Chell does not move, as this will force her out of the loop she is trying to create.
	Long Jump	Jump 300 feet.	5G	Test Chamber 19	Best done in the room with many turrets.
	Cupcake	Beat two Portal advanced maps.	10G	Any advanced maps	Self-explanatory.
	Fruitcake	Beat four Portal advanced maps.	20G	Any advanced maps	Self-explanatory.
	Vanilla Crazy Cake	Beat all six Portal advanced maps.	30G	All advanced maps	Self-explanatory.
	Basic Science	Earn bronze medals on all Portal challenges.	10G	All challenge maps	There are 18 challenges on 6 maps. Get at least Bronze on all of them for this achievement.
	Rocket Science	Earn silver medals on all Portal challenges.	20G	All challenge maps	Get at least silver in all of the challenge maps. Stacks with Basic Science, i.e. if you have silver on all the challenges except one you haven't played yet, and you complete the final challenge and get a silver medal on your first try, you'll unlock both achievements simultaneously.
	Aperture Science	Earn gold medals on all Portal challenges.	40G	All challenge maps	Earn gold in all of the challenge maps. Stacks with Basic Science and Rocket Science, i.e. if you have gold on all the maps except one which you haven't played yet, and you complete the final challenge and get a gold medal on your first try, you'll unlock all three achievements simultaneously.
	Camera Shy	Detach security cameras from the walls.	5G	All chambers with cameras on portal-friendly walls	Single playthrough. Detach all 33 detachable cameras in the game. Chell will encounter some cameras attached to portal-proof surfaces, don't worry about them.
	Friendly Fire	Knock down a turret with another turret.	5G	Any map containing Sentry Turrets	Either pick up a turret and bump it into another turret so it falls down and deactivates, or use portals to cause one turret to fall onto another, also ending in deactivation.

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