The Orange Box Achievements

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The Orange Box features numerous in-game Achievements throughout its five included games.

On its Xbox 360 release, the compilation contained 99 Achievements across all the games on the disc. On this platform, it has the most Achievements of any Xbox 360 game, with 99 of them. However it has only 1000 available Gamerscore points, whereas Dragon Age: Origins, Halo 3, and Gears of War 2 tie for the most Gamerscore points in a single game with 1750.

Upon the compilation's release on PC, only Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 had Achievements, the Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One Achievements being exclusive to the Xbox 360. They were eventually implemented on Steam on May 26, 2010. The Nvidia Shield versions of the games also include Achievements.

Since Team Fortress 2 is not set in the Half-Life and Portal universe, its Achievements are not detailed here.

Statistics​

Game	Score	Achievements
Any Half-Life 2 game	40	6
Half-Life 2	275	33 (Steam) 32 (Xbox 360)
Half-Life 2: Episode One	175	13 (Steam) 12 (Xbox 360)
Half-Life 2: Episode Two	210	23 (Steam) 19 (Xbox 360)
Portal	175 (Xbox 360) 47500 (Nvidia Shield)	15 (Steam) 14 (Xbox 360) 7 (Nvidia Shield)

Achievements​

Any Half-Life 2 game​

There are 6 Achievements worth a total of 40 Gamerscore points shared by the three Half-Life 2 games in The Orange Box. In the console versions of the games, all six are attainable through Half-Life 2 alone, though they may also be unlocked in Episode One and Episode Two. On the PC and the Nvidia Shield, these Achievements are split between different games in the series, depending on which game uses the respective gameplay mechanics most extensively.

Cut Achievements
Image	Achievement	Official description	PC game	Score	How-to
	Bone Breaker	Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects.	Episode Two	5G	Once Gordon gets the Gravity Gun he must 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.	Episode Two	5G	Once the Combine start using Hopper Mines, Gordon may pick them up with the Gravity Gun. Plant one in an enemy's path so that it activates to kill them. (The achievement will not unlock if the mine is thrown directly like a grenade; it must be planted then tripped.)
	Hack Attack!	Kill five enemies with a Manhack.	Half-Life 2	5G 1500 XP	Gordon must grab a Manhack with the Gravity Gun and use it to kill an enemy, either thrown as a projectile or held as a melee weapon. The achievement is cumulative; it is not necessary to kill five enemies using a single Manhack.
	Hot Potat0wned	Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade.	Episode Two	10G	When a Combine soldier throws a grenade at Gordon, he must 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.	Episode One	5G	Using the alt fire on the AR2 Pulse Rifle, or using the Gravity Gun to control one of many energy balls found in the Citadel (or one fired at him by a Combine Elite), this feat can be achieved by firing into a narrow area with 5 or more Combine soldiers and letting it bounce around, killing them. It is possible to catch and fire the same ball multiple times.
	Think Fast!	Kill an Elite Soldier with his own energy ball.	Episode One	10G	Combine Elites will sometimes fire an energy ball at Gordon. When one does, Gordon must catch it with the Gravity Gun and fling it back. The specific Elite Soldier who fired the Energy Ball must be disintegrated in order for the achievement to unlock.
	Man of Mystery	Find at least one G-Man. (No official description)	Episode Two		See the G-Man in one of his locations in Half-Life 2 or Episode Two.

Half-Life 2​

Half-Life 2 has 32 Achievements with 275 Gamerscore points unique to it. The Nvidia Shield version contains all the Achievements from the PC version excluding "Lambda Locator", with 100000 XP attainable by unlocking all of them.

Cut Achievements
Image	Achievement	Official description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Submissive	Put the can in the trash.	5G 1500 XP	Point Insertion	When instructed by a Civil Protection officer to pick up the soda can and put it in the trash, Gordon must do as he is told and dispose of the can.
	Defiant	Hit the trashcan cop with the can.	5G 1500 XP	Point Insertion	When instructed by a Civil Protection officer to pick up the soda can and put it in the trash, Gordon must throw the can at him instead.
	Malcontent	Escape the apartment block raid.	5G 1500 XP	Point Insertion	Story related.
	What cat?	Break the mini-teleporter in Kleiner's lab.	5G 1500 XP	"A Red Letter Day" or Entanglement	If Gordon uses the mini teleport repeatedly, it will eventually break. Piling multiple objects on both ends or trying to teleport one large object might achieve this more quickly.
	Trusty Hardware	Get the crowbar.	5G 1500 XP	"A Red Letter Day"	Story related.
	Barnacle Bowling	Kill five barnacles with one barrel.	5G 1500 XP	Route Kanal	While in the sewers Gordon will come to a downward ramp. An explosive barrel will be at the top. Gordon should roll or throw the barrel down so that it is picked up by one of the five barnacles at the bottom. If Gordon shoots the barrel as it nears the top, it will ignite and detonate shortly thereafter, killing the barnacles.
	Anchor's Aweigh!	Get the airboat.	5G 1500 XP	Route Kanal	Story related.
	Heavy Weapons	Get the airboat's mounted gun.	5G 500 XP	Water Hazard	Story related.
	Revenge!	Destroy the hunter-chopper in Half-Life 2.	10G 3500 XP	Water Hazard	Story related boss fight.
	Vorticough	Discover the hidden singing vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard.	13G 4500 XP	Water Hazard	Gordon just has to meet the Singing Vortigaunt in his cave in a drain near the end of the chapter. Detailed instructions for finding him are on his page.
	Zero-Point Energy	Get the Gravity Gun in Black Mesa East.	5G 1500 XP	Black Mesa East	Story related.
	Blast from the Past	Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli's scrapyard.	10G 3500 XP	Black Mesa East	While in Black Mesa East's scrapyard where Gordon first gets the Gravity Gun, the face-plate can be found on the ledge from which Alyx instructs him to pull some barrels down from. Gordon may have to use some crates and other items to be able to reach the ledge. Once he's spotted the plate, the achievement will unlock.
	Two Points	Use DOG's ball to make a basket in Eli's scrapyard.	2G 500 XP	Black Mesa East	When Dog's "ball" is available, Gordon needs to pick it up with the Gravity Gun and successfully shoot it through the large basketball hoop on the far wall of the scrapyard. A green light on the hoop will indicate success. The ball must enter from above, although it is possible to stack some objects near the hoop and simply drop the ball in.
	Zombie Chopper	Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun.	25G 12000 XP	"We Don't Go To Ravenholm..."	Gordon must exclusively use the Gravity Gun—he may not use any other weapon—throughout the Ravenholm chapter. (Using Grigori's various traps will not void this achievement, nor will the act of wielding/switching weapons.) If Gordon even swings his crowbar or fires a single shot from any other weapon in his inventory, regardless of whether he hits a target, the achievement is voided. If successful, the achievement will unlock once Gordon exits the mines into the railyard.
	Hallowed Ground	Escort Grigori safely through the church cemetery.	5G 1500 XP	"We Don't Go To Ravenholm..."	Story related.
	OSHA Violation	Kill 3 enemies using the crane.	5G 1500 XP	Highway 17	Unlocked when Gordon uses the electromagnetic shipping crane to kill 3 Combine soldiers.
	Targetted Advertising	Pin a soldier to the billboard in the chapter Highway 17.	5G 1500 XP	Highway 17	Near the Petroleum Station, visible from the hill where Gordon first finds the crossbow, there is a billboard in the distance. Using the crossbow's scope, Gordon will see a soldier standing in front of the billboard. A successful hit will pin the soldier to the billboard, unlocking the achievement.
	Where Cubbage Fears to Tread	Defend Little Odessa from the gunship attack.	5G 1500 XP	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 1500 XP	Highway 17 and Sandtraps	Gordon must destroy all 6 combine gunships. The first one is fought at New Little Odessa, the second one is encountered on the road after leaving Dock 137, the third one on the bridge at Bridge Point, the fourth one on the lighthouse at Lighthouse Point and the last two are fought in the Nova Prospekt courtyard.
	Keep Off the Sand!	Cross the antlion beach in the chapter Sandtraps without touching the sand.	20G 8000 XP	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 11000 XP	Sandtraps and Nova Prospekt	Once Gordon gets the Bugbait he can use it to direct the Antlions to attack at enemies. There will be plenty more than 50 of them in the relevant chapters. The Antlions must kill all the enemies in the same playthrough of the game in order to get the achievement.
	Flushed	Kill an enemy with a toilet.	5G 1500 XP	Black Mesa East, Nova Prospekt	Gordon must grab a toilet in Nova Prospekt with the Gravity Gun and fling it at an enemy, killing them. This can also be done in Eli's Scrapyard once the Headcrab Shell hits, as there is a toilet nearby.
	Warden Freeman	Survive the second turret standoff in Nova Prospekt.	10G 3500 XP	Entanglement	Story related.
	Follow Freeman	Gain command of a squad of rebels in the uprising.	10G 3500 XP	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Radiation Levels Detected	Get through the toxic tunnel under City 17 in Half-Life 2.	5G 1500 XP	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Plaza Defender	Survive the generator plaza standoff in the chapter Anticitizen One.	10G 3500 XP	Anticitizen One	Story related.
	Counter-Sniper	Kill all of the snipers in City 17.	5G 1500 XP	"Follow Freeman!"	Gordon must throw grenades into the windows where the Combine Snipers are. This is 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 3500 XP	"Follow Freeman!"	Story related.
	Giant Killer	Survive the rooftop strider battle in the ruins of City 17.	10G 3500 XP	"Follow Freeman!"	Story related.
	Lambda Locator	Find all lambda caches in Half-Life 2.	15G	"A Red Letter Day" through "Follow Freeman!"	Gordon simply has to grab any item in a found cache to have it recorded. The caches do not all have to be found in the same playthrough of the game.
	Atomizer	Disintegrate 15 soldiers by throwing them into a Combine ball field.	10G 3500 XP	Our Benefactors and Dark Energy	Using the enhanced Gravity Gun, Gordon has to pick up 15 Combine soldiers and throw them into ball generators.
	Singularity Collapse	Destroy the Citadel's reactor core.	25G 10000 XP	Dark Energy	Story related.
	Catching Air	Float five seconds in the air with the airboat.		Water Hazard	Can be achieved at the dam before Black Mesa East.
	Eagle Eye	Find all of the G-Man's appearances in Half-Life 2.		Most chapters	See the G-Man in all of his locations.
	Uninvited Guest	Kill both gunships in the Nova Prospekt courtyard.		Sandtraps	Story related.

Half-Life 2: Episode One​

Half-Life 2: Episode One has 12 unique Achievements worth 135 Gamerscore points.

Image	Achievement	Official description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	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 Episode One starts, to its conclusion, only one shot must be fired. The only shot necessary is a padlock on a fence door. Gordon should let Alyx do most of the shooting instead. Awarded at the same time as Escape From City 17 if the conditions are met, the achievement is similar to the Zombie Chopper achievement from Half-Life 2, except that it must be kept up throughout the entire game. The rocket launcher, crowbar, grenades, and the Gravity Gun are allowed to be used. The crossbow is also forbidden.
	Grave Robber	Steal a Zombine's grenade.	5G	Most chapters	When a Zombine pulls a grenade, Gordon must use the Gravity Gun to grab it and throw it.
	Watch Your Head!	Make it to the bottom of the Citadel's main elevator shaft in one piece.	5G	Undue Alarm	Story related. Gordon must use the gravity gun to deflect the falling debris before it hits and breaks the elevator. It is easy to miss one, so it is recommended to save after each successful deflection.
	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. To get the achievement Gordon cannot kill them, but instead has to move quickly after loading the two ball receptacles that are needed to cross any given bridge. If successful, the achievement is received at the same time as Containment.
	Zombie-que	Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire.	5G	Lowlife, Urban Flight	When Gordon picks up a flare, it ignites. Then, he can run up to any zombie and hold the flare against it, causing it to ignite. Gordon may also use the Gravity Gun to pick up and 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 before the elevator in the City 17 Underground in Lowlife, and in the Hospital in Urban Flight.
	Car Crusher	Use the cars to squash 15 antlions in Episode One.	5G	Lowlife, Urban Flight	Gordon must kill 15 Antlions by using the Gravity Gun to push a car onto them.
	Elevator Action	Survive long enough to get on the parking garage elevator.	10G	Lowlife	Story related. Also a good time to get Zombie-que. The image is recycled from that of "Watch Your Head!".
	Live Bait	Help Alyx snipe 30 enemies in Episode One.	10G	Urban Flight	When Alyx grabs a sniper rifle, Gordon has to run around and draw enemies out into her view, letting her kill them instead of Gordon. He can 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. Reference to Al Pacino's character shouting "Attica!" in Sidney Lumet's film Dog Day Afternoon.
	Citizen Escort	Don't let any citizens die when escorting them to the escape train.	15G	Exit 17	When escorting Citizens from Barney to the train in Exit 17, Gordon must not let any of them die. There are about four trips that must be made without a single Citizen death. It is possible to do this while going for The One Free Bullet, it just will not be as easy.
	Escape From City 17	Escape City 17 with Alyx.	20G	Exit 17	Story related.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two​

There are 19 Achievements in Half-Life 2: Episode Two worth 210 Gamerscore points. One additional Achievement, "Gnome Alone", is exclusive to the PC version of the game.

Image	Achievement	Official description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Grave Robber	Steal a Zombine's grenade.	5G	Any chapter with a Zombine in it	When a Zombine presents a grenade, Gordon must use the Gravity Gun to steal it from its hand.
	Acid Reflex	Kill an acid antlion Worker.	5G	Any chapter with a Antlion Worker in it	Gordon must kill any of the Antlion Workers found in the Antlion caves. The name is a play on "acid reflux" and "reflex".
	Get Some Grub	Squish every antlion grub in Episode Two.	20G	To the White Forest, This Vortal Coil and Freeman Pontifex	When going through the first three chapters, Gordon must kill all 333 Antlion Grubs. Many guides can be found on the internet to help locate all of the grubs.
	Piñata Party	Find and break every web cache in Episode Two.	5G	To the White Forest and This Vortal Coil	Gordon must go through the chapter breaking open all 9 Antlion Grub caches. The first is found during To the White Forest; the rest are found during This Vortal Coil.
	Into the Breach	Help Griggs and Sheckley hold off the antlion invasion inside the mine shaft.	5G	This Vortal Coil	Story related.
	Twofer	Defeat both antlion guards outside the White Forest.	5G	Freeman Pontifex	Story related.
	Hit and Run	Run over 20 enemies with the car in Episode Two.	5G	Riding Shotgun, Under the Radar and Our Mutual Fiend	Gordon must kill 20 enemies by running them over with the Muscle Car.
	Meet the Hunters	Survive the Hunter ambush with Alyx.	10G	Riding Shotgun	Story related.
	Puttin' On a Clinic	Defeat the chopper in Episode Two without any misses.	15G	Riding Shotgun	When Gordon must kill the Hunter-Chopper by using the Gravity Gun to launch its mines back at it, if he does not miss any shots then the achievement will unlock. It is recommended the player save the game after each successful hit.
	Gunishment!	Destroy the Combine Autogun in the junkyard.	5G	Riding Shotgun	Story related.
	Cache Checker	Find every radar cache in chapter Under The Radar.	10G	Under the Radar	Gordon must 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	The second lambda cache that Gordon encounters is protected by a brief puzzle that requires him to use a grenade to fling himself onto a previously unreachable platform. Doing so successfully will unlock the achievement.
	Pedal to the Metal	Beat DOG in a race to the White Forest base.	5G	Under the Radar	When the race with Dog starts, Gordon must beat him to White Forest base.
	Quiet Mountain Getaway	Survive the ambush at the White Forest Inn.	10G	Under the Radar	Story related.
	Little Rocket Man	Send the garden gnome into space.	30G	Begins in To The White Forest, ends in Our Mutual Fiend	Very soon into the game, located in the communications center where Alyx first makes contact with White Forest, Gordon may crouch to find a Garden Gnome lying beneath a low platform. Escort this gnome through the bulk of the game until Gordon arrives at the missile silo at White Forest base. (It is not required that the gnome be with Gordon at all times; there are sections where the gnome can be left behind and retrieved later.) Gordon must place the gnome inside the rocket capsule and close the capsule door in order to unlock the achievement.
	Secondary Silo Secured	Secure the launch doors on missile silo 2.	5G	Our Mutual Fiend	Story related.
	Neighborhood Watch	Save all buildings outside the missile silo from destruction.	35G	Our Mutual Fiend	Gordon has to destroy all of the Striders before they can blow up any buildings. Saving after each successful Strider defeat is recommended.
	Defensive of the Armament	Save the missile silo from the Combine offensive.	20G	Our Mutual Fiend	In what amounts to the final boss of Episode Two, the player must take down around ten striders before they reach White Forest. Doing so successfully will unlock this achievement.
	Payback	Kill a Hunter with its own flechettes.	10G	Any chapter with a Hunter in it	When a Hunter fires its flechettes, Gordon must collect them using an object held by the Gravity Gun (such as a tire), then fire that object back at the Hunter in a kill shot. Note: not all objects with flechettes stuck into them will unlock this achievement.
	Gnome Alone	If you are reading this achievement, Gabe Newell has successfully launched Gnome Chompski into space. If you did not also receive the achievement 'Manufacturing Ascent', Newell has abandoned his plans to shoot Noam Chomsky into space.	N/A	Any map loaded	This achievement is exclusive to the PC version of the game. It is awarded to any player who launches the game at any time after November 20, 2020. It is a reference to the real-world event in which Valve president Gabe Newell collaborated with the space launch service provider Rocket Lab to launch a replica of the Garden Gnome into space. The event itself was a homage to the Episode Two achievement "Little Rocket Man", which is obtained by leaving the gnome in the space-bound White Forest satellite so that it will be launched into space, as well as the Half-Life: Alyx achievement "Gnome Vault of My Own", in which the player must carry the gnome (or a gnome magnet) all the way from Russell's Lab to the Vault.

Portal​

Portal has 14 Achievements worth 175 Gamerscore points and an additional Achievement only available in the Steam version of the game that was a part of the game's ARG. The Nvidia Shield version contains 7 Achievements worth 47500 XP. It lacks the Achievements related to the Advanced Chambers, which are not included in the Shield version, and Camera Shy.

Image	Achievement	Official description	Score	Chapter	How-to
	Lab Rat	Acquire the fully powered Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device.	5G 7500 XP	Test Chamber 11	Story related.
	Fratricide	Do whatever it takes to survive.	5G 7500 XP	Test Chamber 17	Story related. Achieved after "euthanizing" the Weighted Companion Cube.
	Partygoer	Make the correct party escort submission position decision.	5G 7500 XP	Test Chamber 19	Story related. Achieved after escaping a fiery death at the metaphorical hands of GLaDOS.
	Heartbreaker	Complete Portal.	10G 7000 XP	End of Test Chamber 19	Story related.
	Terminal Velocity	Fall 30,000 feet.	5G 7500 XP	Any chapter where the Portal Gun is fully powered up	Sometime after upgrading the Portal Gun, Chell should look straight up and place a portal on the ceiling above, then look straight down and place the complimentary portal on the floor directly beneath herself. If done correctly, Chell will fall in an endless loop. It will take a few minutes to reach 30,000 feet and have the achievement unlock. It is important that Chell does not move, as this will break the loop.
	Long Jump	Jump 300 feet.	5G 3000 XP	Any test chamber where the Portal Gun is fully powered up	Chell must fly 300 feet through the air with the aid of portals.
	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. Refers to a collection of cut GLaDOS voice lines which ramble on about a nonsensical cake recipe, during part of which she repeatedly says "vanilla crazy cake" in various ways. Some of these lines were modified and reused for the Cake Core.
	Basic Science	Earn bronze medals on all Portal challenges.	10G	All challenge maps	After completing the game proper, 6 maps can be replayed for 3 challenges each (Least Time, Least Portals and Least Footsteps), totaling 18. The player must win bronze medals in all 18 challenges in order to unlock the achievement. (Bronze is fulfilled if the player earns the better silver or gold medals.)
	Rocket Science	Earn silver medals on all Portal challenges.	20G	All challenge maps	Requires winning silver medals in all 18 challenge maps. This achievement stacks with Basic Science—if the player has won silver in all challenges except for one they haven't played yet, then they win silver on the 18th challenge (bettering bronze on the first attempt), both Achievements would unlock simultaneously.
	Aperture Science	Earn gold medals on all Portal challenges.	40G	All challenge maps	Requires winning gold medals in all 18 challenge maps. This achievement stacks with Basic Science and Rocket Science.
	Camera Shy	Detach security cameras from the walls.	5G	Test Chambers 2-5, 10, 11, 13, 15-19	Using portals, Chell must detach all 33 detachable cameras in the game, during a single playthrough. Chell will encounter some cameras attached to portal-proof surfaces; since they cannot be detached, they are not part of the requirement.
	Friendly Fire	Knock down a turret with another turret.	5G 7500 XP	Any map containing Sentry Turrets	Requires either picking up a turret and bumping it into another turret so it falls down and deactivates, or using portals to cause one turret to fall onto another, also ending in deactivation.
	Transmission Received	..?	N/A	Every chamber	Steam only. Requires finding the 26 radios and changing their frequency so that the red sprite turns green. See Portal ARG.