Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s campaign has 18 Trophies and Achievements. Two of them come from finishing the story. The other 16 are tied to specific missions, encounters, or collectibles, and many can be missed on a normal playthrough. Anyone who preordered any edition has been able to play the campaign in early access since October 16 at 1 PM ET. The full game launches on October 23, 2026, at midnight local time.
Quick answer: There are 18 campaign unlocks, 8 Gold and 10 Silver, worth 1,000 Gamerscore on Xbox. There is no Platinum on PS5. Four unlocks require Hardened, Veteran, or Realism difficulty.
Some requirements below name characters and reveal story events, including a death in the “Assassins” mission.
Modern Warfare 4 mission trophies in campaign order
The campaign has 16 missions. Thirteen unlocks belong to 10 of them. The table follows the order you play the missions in, so you can earn each one on your first pass instead of replaying missions later. Traffic, Gone Dark, Survivors, Deflection, Decapitation, and Greater Good have no unlock of their own.
| Mission | Trophy | Requirement | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayhem | Skeet Shooting | Kill 10 paratroopers before they land | Silver |
| Out in the Cold | Safety’s On | Clear the kitchen without firing (Hardened+) | Gold |
| Following Orders | No Stone Unturned | Confiscate all contraband, read all notes | Silver |
| Following Orders | No Harm Done | Get the defector’s location, hurt no civilians | Silver |
| Hired Gun | Bullet Train | 50 kills while standing on train cars | Silver |
| Losing Ground | Raining Thunder | 15 kills with 3 mortar rounds in a row | Silver |
| Assassins | Revenge | Kill everyone after Shin dies (Hardened+) | Silver |
| Assassins | Pacifist | Finish with only 1 kill | Gold |
| Stranded | Time to Crate | Open every Yellow Supply Crate | Gold |
| Stranded | Incoming! | Destroy all SAM Site vehicle reinforcements before they unload | Silver |
| Counter Attack | Long Shot | Snipe all 4 mortar operators | Silver |
| Escape | Never Forgotten | Recover the Dog Tags | Silver |
| Entrenched | Trench Boom | Shotgun kills before securing the Target Building | Silver |
Every mission unlock above is worth 50 Gamerscore on Xbox. Skeet Shooting requires you to hit the paratroopers while they are still in the air, and Long Shot requires sniping all four enemies operating the mortars, so take your time lining up each shot.
Campaign-wide and encounter trophies
Five unlocks fall outside the mission table. Three are tied to a location, an encounter, or a running count across the campaign. The other two are for finishing the story.
| Trophy | Requirement | Tier | Gamerscore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can’t Touch This | Beat Makarov in the alley without being hit (Veteran+) | Gold | 50 |
| Scavenger | Repair everything in Base Camp | Gold | 50 |
| Noteworthy | Read 50 different Notes | Gold | 50 |
| Hold the Line | Finish the campaign on any difficulty | Gold (hidden) | 100 |
| Was It Worth It? | Finish the campaign on Realism | Gold (hidden) | 100 |
Hold the Line unlocks on the easiest setting, so any completed run counts. Was It Worth It? only counts a full clear on Realism, and that makes it the largest time commitment on the list. With 16 unlocks at 50 points and the two story unlocks at 100, the Xbox list totals 1,000 Gamerscore.
Difficulty requirements for Modern Warfare 4 achievements
Only four unlocks check the difficulty setting. Every other unlock can be earned on any difficulty, including the lowest.
- Safety’s On: Hardened or higher
- Revenge: Hardened or higher
- Can’t Touch This: Veteran or higher
- Was It Worth It?: Realism, for the entire campaign
Safety’s On also requires clearing the kitchen in “Out in the Cold” without firing your gun at all. Can’t Touch This fails as soon as Makarov lands a single hit during the alley fight.
Missions that need careful or repeat runs
Assassins: Revenge and Pacifist
These two unlocks ask for opposite things. Revenge wants every remaining enemy dead after Shin dies, on Hardened or higher. Pacifist allows one kill across the whole mission. You need two separate runs of “Assassins” to get both.
Following Orders: No Stone Unturned and No Harm Done
Both unlocks can come from a single run. Search every area for contraband and notes, and keep your weapon away from civilians while you track down the defector’s location. One stray hit on a civilian costs you No Harm Done. The four notes here also count toward Noteworthy.
Entrenched: Trench Boom shotgun kills
The shotgun unlock appears in the game under two spellings, Trench Boom and Trench Broom. Most versions of the requirement ask for 15 shotgun kills before you secure the Target Building, but one lists 50. Keep using the shotgun and rack up as many kills as you can before securing the building, and you will cover the higher number too.
Stranded: crates, SAM Site, and Notes
“Stranded” is a large open area. It holds Time to Crate, which requires opening every Yellow Supply Crate, and Incoming!, which requires destroying each vehicle reinforcement at the SAM Site before it unloads. It also holds most of the campaign’s Notes, so clear it thoroughly before moving on.
Noteworthy Note locations by mission
Notes appear in three missions, for 64 in total. You need 50, which leaves room to miss 14.
| Mission | Notes |
|---|---|
| Following Orders | 4 |
| Stranded | 58 |
| Escape | 2 |
The math is simple. Even with every note from “Following Orders” and “Escape,” you still need at least 44 from “Stranded.” Noteworthy is effectively a “Stranded” unlock.
How long it takes to unlock every Modern Warfare 4 achievement
A straight story run through all 16 missions on the lowest difficulty takes about 9 hours. Higher difficulties stretch that out. Clearing every mission and all 18 unlocks takes roughly 16 to 18 hours, most of it spent on the Realism run, the two “Assassins” attempts, and searching “Stranded.”
A Realism completion also satisfies Hold the Line, since that unlock accepts any difficulty. If you are confident on the hardest setting, one full Realism run can cover both story unlocks.
Hidden trophies and the missing PS5 Platinum
Hold the Line and Was It Worth It? stay hidden until you earn them. In the trophy list they show up as Secret Achievement. Select the entry and choose Reveal to see its requirement. Every unlock appears as earned in that same list once its condition is met, which is the quickest way to confirm a tricky one like Pacifist actually registered.
The PS5 version has no Platinum Trophy. Modern Warfare 4 runs inside the Call of Duty HQ hub instead of as its own app, so the console treats its campaign trophies as an add-on list under HQ, and add-on lists don’t get a Platinum. On PlayStation, the 8 Gold and 10 Silver trophies are the complete set. On Xbox, the same 18 unlocks make up a full 1,000 Gamerscore list.
