Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore. The numbers between the () is the points given for each achievement.
| Achievement | How to unlock |
| Death to Dictators (15) | Take down Castro with a headshot. |
| Sacrifice (10) | Ensure your squad escapes safely from Cuba. |
| Vehicular Slaughter (25) | Destroy all enemies on vehicles during the prison break. |
| Slingshot Kid (15) | Destroy all slingshot targets in 3 attempts. |
| Give me liberty (10) | Escape Vorkuta. |
| VIP (10) | Receive orders from Lancer. |
| A safer place (10) | Sabotage the Soviet space program. |
| Tough Economy (15) | Use no more than 6 TOW guided missiles to destroy the tanks in the defense of Khe Sanh. |
| Looks don't count (10) | Break the siege in the battle of Khe Sanh. |
| Raining Pain (15) | Rack up a body count of 20 NVA using air support in Hue City. |
| The Dragon Within (15) | Kill 10 NVA with Dragon's Breath rounds. |
| SOG Rules (10) | Retrieve the dossier and the defector from Hue City. |
| Heavy Hand (15) | Use the Grim Reaper to destroy the MG emplacement. |
| Up close and personal (15) | Silently take out 3 VC. |
| Double Trouble (10) | Use only dual wield weapons to escape Kowloon. |
| Broken English (10) | Escape Kowloon. |
| Lord Nelson (25) | Destroy all targets and structures while making your way up the river. |
| Never get off the boat (10) | Find the Soviet connection in Laos. |
| Pathfinder (50) | Guide the squad through the Soviet outpost without them getting killed. |
| Mr. Black OP (50) | Enter the Soviet relay station undetected. |
| With extreme prejudice (25) | Get to the POW compound in the Hind using only rockets. |
| Russian bar-b-q (15) | Incinerate 10 enemies with the flamethrower attachment in the POW compound. |
| Light Foot (30) | Escape the ship with 2:15 left on the timer in Veteran. |
| Some wounds never heal (10) | Escape the Past. |
| I hate monkeys (15) | Kill 7 monkeys in under 10 seconds in the Rebirth labs. |
| No Leaks (50) | Make it through the NOVA 6 gas without dying on Rebirth Island. |
| Clarity (10) | Crack the code. |
| Double Whammy (15) | Destroy both helicopters with one Valkyrie rocket from the deck of the ship. |
| Stand Down (35) | Complete the campaign on any difficulty. |
| BLACK OP MASTER (100) | Complete the campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty. |
| Frag Master (15) | Kill 5 enemies with a single frag grenade in the campaign. |
| Sally Likes Blood (15) | Demonstrate killer economic sensibilities by taking down 3 enemies with a single bullet. |
| Unconventional Warfare (15) | Use the explosive bolts to kill 30 enemies in the campaign. |
| Cold Warrior (25) | Complete "Operation 40," "Vorkuta," and "Executive Order" on Veteran difficulty. |
| Down and Dirty (25) | Complete "SOG" and "The Defector" on Veteran difficulty. |
| It's your funeral (25) | Complete "Numbers," "Project Nova," and "Victor Charlie" on Veteran difficulty. |
| Not Today (25) | Complete "Crash Site," "WMD," and "Payback" on Veteran difficulty. |
| Burn Notice (25) | Complete "Rebirth" and "Redemption" on Veteran difficulty. |
| Closer Analysis (15) | Find all the hidden intel. |
| Date Night (15) | Watch a film or clip with a friend. |
| In The Money (20) | Finish 5 Wager Matches "in the money." |
| Ready For Deployment (15) | Reach rank 10 in Combat Training. |
| The Collector (20) | Buy every weapon off the walls in a single Zombies game. |
| Hands Off the Merchandise (20) | Kill the Pentagon thief before it can steal your load-out. |
| Sacrificial Lamb (15) | Shoot at or be shot by an ally with a Pack-a-Punch crossbow and kill six zombies with the explosion. |
| "Insert Coin" (5) | Access the terminal and battle the forces of the Cosmic Silverback in Dead Ops Arcade. |
| Easy Rhino (10) | In Dead Ops Arcade, use a Speed Boost to blast through 20 or more enemies at one time. |
| Secret Achievements | - |
| Just ask me nicely (15) | Break free from torture chair on openning screen |
| See Me, Stab Me, Heal Me (15) | Fire a Pack-a-Punched Ballistic Knife at a downed ally to revive them from a distance. |
| Eaten by a Grue (15) | Play Zork on the terminal. |
| DLC Achievements | First Strike |
| The Eagle has Landers (35) | In Ascension, escape on all three lunar landers. |
| hey are going THROUGH! (35) | In Ascension, kill at least 5 zombies with 1 Gersch device. |
| Space Race (45) | In Ascension, Pack-a-Punch a weapon before round 8. |
| Chimp on the Barbie (35) | In Ascension, kill a space monkey with a fire trap. |
| DLC Achievements | Escalation |
| Stand-in(35) | In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in solo or co-op. |
| Ensemble Cast(45) | In Call of the Dead, send the crew to Paradise in co-op. |
| Stuntman(20) | In Call of the Dead, make a zombie explode using the V-R11. |
| Shooting on Location(20) | In Call of the Dead, kill 10 zombies with one Scavenger shot from over 100 feet away. |
| Quiet on the Set(30) | In Call of the Dead, cut the lights on the Director. |
| DLC Achievements | Annihilation |
| Time Travel Will Tell(75) | In Shangri-La, acquire the focusing stone. |
| Blinded By the Fright(30) | In Shangri-La, kill a Shrieker zombie while blinded by it. |
| Zomb Disposal(30) | In Shangri-La, dispose of a Napalm zombie without it harming any players. |
| Monkey See, Monkey Don't(5) | In Shangri-La, get something from the monkeys. |
| Small Consolation(10) | In Shangri-La, use the 31-79 JGb215 on each type of zombie. |
| DLC Achievements | Rezurrection |
| Cryogenic Slumber Party (75) | In Moon, complete Richtofen's grand scheme. |
| One Small Hack for a Man... (5) | In Moon, hack something. |
| One Giant Leap (5) | In Moon, become trapped in the Receiving Area and free yourself through resurrection in co-op. |
| Perks in Spaaaaace! (30) | In Moon, purchase every perk in one game. |
| Fully Armed and Operational (25) | In Moon, acquire 3 pack-a-punched weapons at the same time. |
| Ground Control (10) | In Moon, prevent each excavator from breaching the base in one game. |
| Big Bang Theory (100) | In Moon, gain sweet, sweet, revenge. |