[LessThan3]

The Ultimate Battlefield 3 Thread!

This thread is split into 2 sections:
Singleplayer and
Multiplayer

WARNING
This thread contains a large amount of spoilers that may ruin the games ending or story for you.
Do not continue if you don't want to know what happens.

Achievements

Spoiler: Achievements

Not on my watch - 25G
Protect Chaffin from the soldiers in the street in Operation Swordbreake


Involuntary Euthanasia - 25G
Kill the 2 soldiers before the building falls on them in Uprising

The Professional - 30G
Complete the street chase in Comrades in under 2 minutes 30 seconds without dying

Army of Darkness - 30G
Shoot out the 4 lights with 4 bullets in Night Shift

Practice makes perfect - 15G
Headshot each of the targets in the gun range in Kaffarov

What the hell *are* you? - 20G
Take a russian Dog Tag in the forest ambush in Rock And A Hard Place

Roadkill - 20G
Kick the car to kill the soldiers in Uprising

You can be my wingman anytime - 30G
Complete Going Hunting in a perfect run

Scrap Metal - 25G
Destroy 6 enemy tanks before reaching the fort in Thunder Run

Butterfly - 25G
Take down the jet in one attempt in Rock And A Hard Place

Twofor - 15G
Take down 2 enemies with 1 bullet in Night Shift

Ooh-rah! - 30G
Complete the campaign story

Between a rock and a hard place - 15G
Beat Solomon, flawlessly, in The Great Destroyer

Semper Fidelis - 50G
Complete the campaign story on Hard

Push On - 20G
Reach the garage without going into man-down state in Hit and Run

Two-rah! - 30G
Complete all co-op missions

Lock 'n' Load - 30G
Unlock all unique co-op weapons

Car Lover - 20G
Complete the mission without losing a humvee in Operation Exodus

In the nick of time - 20G
Disarm the bomb in under 20 seconds in The Eleventh Hour

Bullseye - 20G
Reach and save the hostages without alerting any enemies in Drop 'em Like Liquid

Untouchable - 20G
Complete the mission without using the fire extinguisher in Fire From The Sky

Army of Two - 50G
Complete all co-op missions on Hard

Ninjas - 20G
Reach the VIP without setting off the alarm in Exfiltration

Vehicle Warfare - 30G
Obtain all 3 vehicle warfare ribbons

Infantry Efficiency - 30G
Obtain all 4 weapon efficiency ribbons

Decorated - 50G
Obtain one of each ribbon in the game

It's better than nothing! - 30G
Finish as 3rd MVP in a ranked match

Support Efficiency - 30G
Obtain all 4 support efficiency ribbons

Colonel 50G
Achieve rank 45

1st Loser - 30G
Finish as 2nd MVP in a ranked match

Most Valuable Player - 30G
Finish as MVP in a ranked match

M.I.A - 20
Obtain your first enemy Dog Tag

Secret Achievements

This is the end - 20G
Failed to prevent the attack

Wanted: Dead or Alive - 20G
Captured Al Bashir

Shock Troop - 15G
Survived the quake

Where are the other two? - 20G
Found the nuke

No Escape - 30G
Captured Kaffarov

FlashForward - 10G
Completed Semper Fidelis

Singleplayer

Overview

Spoiler: Overview

Play Your Way In the Biggest Battlefield Ever! From city streets to open rural landscapes, Battlefield 3 offers unparalleled depth and gameplay variety. Classic 'Rush' and 'Conquest' modes are complemented by newly introduced 'Team Death Match' for an instant action fix.

Frostbite 2 Enabled Destruction
Frostbite 2 creates a whole new level of life-like destruction. Enhanced large and small scale destruction now has a tactical purpose. Chip away at cover, blow holes in walls, deform the terrain, and bring down entire building facades on enemies.

Vehicle Warfare
The signature Battlefield vehicle warefare experience is even richer and more rewarding. Damaged vehicles can now retreat or be defended until they automatically regain armor, while disabled vehicles become static gun platforms to cover players doing repairs.

Dog Tags
Players can express their individuality with their own dog tag that gets displayed to defeated enemies. Players choose a design with a dynamically tracked in-game stat that expresses their personality and play-style.

Environment
Use the environment to your advantage. Deploy your machine gun bipods on any mountable surface for greater accuracy. Claim the dog tag of enemies via skillful knife takedowns. Lay down suppressive fire to limit the combat capabilities of enemies.

Unlockables
There is always a new rank or reward to unlock in Battlefield 3. The depth and vast range of unlockable weapsons, vehicles, upgrades, and tools will keep Battlefield 3 players occupied for years to come.

Specifications
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: DICE
Release Date: October 25th in North America, October 27th in Europe.
Players:
1-24 (Console)
1-64 (PC)
Platforms: PS3, PC, Xbox 360

Campaign Chapters

Semper Fidelis

Spoiler:

Starting off in the campaign you play as Sergeant Blackburn, however throughout your story you play different roles such as Lieutenant Hawkins and a russian soldier called Dimitri “Dima” Mayakovsky, but for the most part it follows the story of Sergeant Blackburn.

For first mission, you start off on a train fighting off enemies and advancing quickly on a subway train. You have to maneuver around the train and fight against a small number of enemies. It is the tutorial of the game. Towards the end of the first mission you try to stop the train but get knocked down by the an man in civilian clothes, who you find out later to be Solomon.

Operation Swordbreaker

Spoiler:

Then, It cuts into a scene when you are in an interrogation room a few hours before the events of the train. There are two Detectives who are really rude and have pretty much already labeled you as guilty for previous events you are about to explore on. They’re asking you all kinds of questions about the PLR and the Russians. And then you flash back to a mission where you are Sgt.Blackburn and you make your way up to rooftop where your being attacked by a sniper.

As you advance to the edge of the roof, you shoot an RPG at the building and blow it up killing the sniper. After that you provide some cover for troops advancing across the street below. You then work your way down to street level and fight a few waves of enemies before an hugh earthquake occurs and a building falls where you get knocked out by debris.

Uprising

Spoiler:

You start back in the interrogation room where they asked how long you were out and they want to know exactly how much time had passed down to the minute. Then you are back into the battlefield after the big earthquake. You start to sneak your way around the city until entering a building where you fight some enemies and hit them by surprise since they think most of the Americans had died after the earthquake.

After a while you find one of your squad members Montes and follow him to an extraction point because enemies are closing in around you. You have to hold out for the airplane where you get to escape and go back for some more interrogation.

Going Hunting

Spoiler:

With this next mission you get to play as a fighter pilot. You start off back in the interrogation room trying to figure out what the main story is about, the PLR and the Russians because at this point your are trying to piece together bits of information on the events that they allow you to explore. In this mission you’re playing as Lieutenant Jennifer “Colby” Hawkins and you’re on a naval Aircraft Carrier.

You get into the second seat on an F-18 Fighter controlling the weapons on the Fighter Jet. You have to defend against other Fighters while deploying Flares to fend off oncoming missiles. Then you fly over an enemy airport and mark Targets for MIGs to fly over and bomb enemy air plane; also a group of PLR People that are meeting out in the open. This mission was not too difficult and it was a lot of fun where they showed off the amazing graphics engine that they used for the game. Then after you complete the mission and land you go back into the Interrogation room once again.

Operation Guillotine

Spoiler:

The detectives are getting more and more anxious now because the story is playing out and it seems like they aren't getting any useful information out of you. After a few arguments they ask you how you found the nuke in Iran and you then cut to your next mission. You start an assault against the PLR and fight off a large number of enemies as you make your way to a bank. There is supposedly heavy intel in the bank and that is why your squad is advancing on the building. On your way to the bank you get to try out some new weapons like a mortar and a RPG as well which is used to take out enemy tanks.

After you make your way into the bank and the bank vault, you find that there are WMDs and that there are two missing. However, you are pinned down because there are enormous amounts of enemies closing in and you can’t push with your smaller force. You then cut back out into the interrogation room.

Comrades

Spoiler:

On the next mission you play as Dimitri “Dima” Mayakovsky and you’re a Russian inside a SUV driving through France. You then bust into a PLR facility in search of the nuclear weapons. The Americans and the Russians are fighting each other both in search of nukes. You battle your way through the street against terrorists and police officers in pursuit of the bomb carrier. You must capture the bomb carrier alive before he detonates the Nuke.

At the end you capture him near a train and find out that he was just a decoy and didn’t have the bomb at all. Moments later the bomb explodes and you are knocked out. That mission kind of gives you a look into the other side of the battle where the Russians are trying to secure the nuclear weapons.

Thunder Run and Fear No Evil

Spoiler:

Your next mission you’re playing as staff sergeant Jonathan “Jono” Miller and you are inside of a tank looking at a dinosaur toy that he has for his kid’s birthday. Your partner inside the tank assures you that you will be home for your son’s birthday. You then have to fight off enemy tanks and advance through the city. At one point you run into heavy resistance and have to get out of the tank and talk to a frantic soldier that has set up some explosives down the road where the opposing force are.

However, he is to afraid to go out into heavy fire to get to the detonator. So you have to go and get the detonator then run back and blow up the enemies. You then advance along the highway towards the city destroying suicide bombers in cars along the way.

After advancing into the city, your tank eventually blows up and you get captured by the PLR. The PLR executes you on camera and Broadcasts it on the internet as a Fear tactic and then right after you’re through it cuts you back to the Interrogation room once again.

Night Shift

Spoiler:

You start off back into the interrogation room where you asked a bunch of questions about the Russians and then you start off where you left off as Sgt. Blackburn. You go into this mission where you’re trying to find Al-Bashir and the room where Sergeant Jonathan Miller was executed. In this mission you are extensively using the sniper weapon and you make use of the thermal imaging on the sniper scope.

I took advantage of that fact and used it during the street scenes as well. It is pretty dark so the thermal imaging comes in handy. After fighting a few enemies you eventually find the room where Sergeant Miller was killed and then find Al-Bashir trying to escape. You shoot at his car and it crashes into a near by street. Then, you secure him and try to keep him alive while being attacked by waves of Russian soldiers trying to get to Al-Bashir as well. Just before Al-Bashir dies he realizes that Solomon the leader of the PLR had betrayed him so he reveals Solomon’s plan to Sergeant Blackburn.

Rock and A Hard Place

Spoiler:

Your next mission starts off in northern Iran where you are Sergeant Blackburn advancing towards your newest target Kaffarov who works with Solomon. As you make your way there you get ambushed by Russians who are also in pursuit of Kaffarov. This seems very daunting to you because you see a bunch of Russian soldiers deploying from parachutes. But Cole (your commanding officer) says you still have a job to do so you have to advance on the enemy. As you make your way around the terrain and enemies you come across a fighter pilot that has your squad on lock.

You have to navigate through buses and cars in order to survive the fly arounds. There is a missile launcher called the “Stinger” that will help you take down the fighter jet however, after doing so you find that two of your team members get killed. This is where the detectives use their sentimental card by asking you wouldn’t you feel mad at your commanding officer since he is potentially the reason your squad members are dead. You start to uncover why the detectives feel that they know you are already guilty but you don’t know why just yet.

Kaffarov

Spoiler:

As you start in the interrogation room, you go into a mission as Dimitri again, attacking Kaffarov’s house for information about the nukes. You advance into the house and kill a bunch of enemies pursuing Kaffarov. After killing more enemies you make your way to the roof where you find Kaffarov escaping in a helicopter. You then have to jump on the helicopter to stop him. You jump onto it before it takes off and fight him out of the helicopter and jump down into a pool. He then tells you that Solomon has the nukes and he will give you information if you let him live you. However, he dies and it cut scenes back to the interrogation room.

After the Russian's point of view, you end up seeing Sergeant Blackburn’s side of what happened after the Russians arrived. This mission is fairly quick as you make your way around the villa. As you travel to the pool where Dima and Kaffarov were in a previous missions you finally see where Dimitri and Sergeant Blackburn meet for the first time. It all starts to make sense after this point as you find out thats why the detectives were wondering why Blackburn chose to help the Russians instead of betraying his country. He is told by Dima that there are two nukes in Solomon’s possession and that Solomon intends to use them on Paris and New York. He wants to make pact with you and go after Solomon without the annoyance of the government and politics. However, Cole starts to enter the building so cuts the conversation short and Dimitri tells you to shoot him in order to let him go so that millions of lives can be saved. You must shoot Cole. You then let Dimitri go in order to try to stop the Nuke in Paris. Even though you know already that Dimitri fails, this is the scene that links him to the first Nuke explosion.

The Great Destroyer

Spoiler:

You then cut scene back to the interrogation and where they ask you repeatedly why would you shot Cole. They make a claim that you were played by the Russians and that there is no real evidence that Dimitri was trying to help the Americans. They bring in Montes and as the detectives leave the room, one of them gets a call where you overhear that they lost a train.

Blackburn sort of has an epiphany at that point where he figures out that Solomon is probably the one that hijacked the train and you ask Montes to follow your lead. You end up knocking out one of the detectives and killing a guard in order to escape from a window and jump onto the train. And then you start off like in the very first mission. However, now you find out what happens after Soloman points the gun at you during the first mission. Here you knock away Solomon’s gun and blow up smaller bomb on the train.

Solomon has the WMD still in his possession so you pursue him into the sewers and onto the street. Montes finds you miraculously with a Police Car and tells you to get in. You then shoot at Solomon’s car and make him crash by running into him. You both end up crashing in Times Square, New York where you and Montes are pinned down while Solomon grabs a gun. He shoots Montes and you then fight him off because he’s out of bullets.

You are made to press a number of buttons to attack Solomon and then stop the WMD from going off in New York. It ends the game with the Dimitri who helped you escape and he talks about how you only die once and how you should make it worth it. He talks about how he and Blackburn had to make tough choices in order for people to survive. It fades to black as you hear his house getting raided. So in the end you save thousands of lives in New York and prevent war between America and Russia even though you had to break every traditional rule and kill some people that were on your side in order to stop the main threat, Solomon.

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Vehicles

Spoiler: Vehicles

Fast Transport
Growler ITV
VDV Buggy

Armored Transport
HMMVVV
G3937 Vodnik

Infantry Fighting Vehicles
LAV-25
BMP-2M

Mobile Anti-Air
LAV-AD
9K22 Tunguska-M

Main Battle Tanks
M1 Abrams
T-90

Scout Helicopters
AH-6J Littlebird
Z-11 W

Transport Helicopters
UH-1Y Venom
KA-60 Kasatka

Attack Helicopters
AH-1Z Super Cobra
MI-28 Havoc

Fighter Jets
F/A-18E Super Hornet
SU-35BM Flanker-E

Attack Jets
A-10 Thunderbolt
SU-39

Naval Transport
RHIP

Amphibious Assault
AAV-7A1

Weapons

Spoiler: Weapons

Assault Rifles
M16A4
AK74M
M416
AN84
KH2002
AEK971
F2000
G3
ASVAL

Carbines
M4A1
AKS74u
SCAR H CQB
G36C
A-91
SG553LB

Machine Guns
M249
RPK-74M
M27 IAR
Pecheneg
M60
M240
Type88

Sniper Rifles
Nk11
SVD
SV98
M98B
M40A5
M82A3

Battle Rifles
M39
SKS

Submachine guns
P90
MP7
PDR
UMP-45
P90TR
PP2000

Shotguns
870MCS
M1014
USAS-12
DAO-12
Saiga 20k

Rocket and Grenade Launchers
SMAW
RPG-7
Javelin
FIM-92 Stinger
SA-18 IGLA
M136 AT4

Pistols
M9
PYa MP443
G17
M1911
T44
MP412
G18
M93R

Multiplayer

Classes

Spoiler: Classes

Assault - The Assault class carries a primary weapon consisting of an assault rifle — like the M4 and AK-47 — and is now merged with the medic class — the Assault class can now heal and revive teammates. It can also function as a more offensive class with ability to swap out the revive kit for a grenade launcher.

Recon - The Recon class carries a sniper rifle for long range engagement, but for Battlefield 3, the Recon class has a more active role as well. The Recon also has the ability to call in artillery strikes (expected unlock). Furthermore, the Recon can equip C4 explosives to blow up enemy vehicles or map objectives.

Support - The Support class returns to its role it had in Battlefield 2, with its main purpose to provide heavy fire from a Light Machine Gun (like an M249 SAW), and resupply teammates with ammunition. In Battlefield 3, the Support class is broadened with the ability top use lighter weapons and assault rifles like the M4, with several attachments, including a powerful flashlight which has the ability to blind enemies in dark places.

Engineer - The Engineer class in Battlefield 3 is very similar to the class in Bad Company 2: its primary role is to engage tanks and armored vehicles with an array of rocket launchers such as the RPG-7 and the AT4, or use anti tank mines. The primary weapon is a carbine rifle, with a variety of unlocks available, ranging from shotguns to sub machine guns.

Maps

Spoiler: Maps

Operation Metro

The first Battlefield 3 map to be showcased is Operation Metro, which was playable during E3 2011. The map is set in Paris, where the battlegrounds range from parks, to city streets, to underground subways.

Caspian Border

Caspian Border is large, open Battlefield 3 maps with 64 player support and features both jets, helicopters, tanks, APCs and many other vehicles.

Operation Firestorm

Operation Firestorm is a desert map set around an oil refinery. It features both jets, helicopters, tanks and more.

Grand Bazaar

Grand Bazaar is an infantry-focused map with a dense urban setting.

Damavand Peak

Damavand Peak is set around the snowy mountains of Damavand in Iran.

Tehran Highway

Tehran Highway is a nighttime map set in and around the capitol of Iran, Tehran.

Kharg Island

Kharg Island is based on the real-world island off the coast of Iran.

Seine Crossing

Centered on a crossing of the famous French river Seine.

Noshahr Canals

Noshahr Canals is based on the Iranian province of Noshahr in northern Iran.

Modes

Spoiler: Modes

Conquest
Conquest is the classic Battlefield mode where teams battle control flags/capture points on the map. There are two versions of conquest: Conquest and Conquest 64.

Conquest Assault
Conquest Assault is part of the Back To Karkand expansion pack and is available on two maps: Strike At Karkand and Wake Island.

Team Deathmatch
After a long absence from the series, Team Deathmatch is back in Battlefield 3.

Squad Deathmatch
A popular alternative to Deathmatch, Squad Deathmatch pits 4 squads against each other.

Rush
First introduced in Bad Company, Rush has become a popular mode in the Battlefield series, and it returns to Battlefield 3.

Co-op
Co-op will makes an appearance in Battlefield 3 and supports up to 2 players on a different campaign, set away from the main storyline.

Medals

Spoiler: Medals

General

RU Army Service Medal
Spend 100 hours in the RU Army

US Marines Service Medal
Spend 100 hours in the US Marines

Combat Efficiency Medal
Obtain the Combat Efficiency Ribbon 30 Times

Avenger Medal
Obtain the Avenger Ribbon 50 times

Accuracy Medal
Obtain the Marksman Ribbon 50 times

Nemesis Medal
Obtain the Nemesis Ribbon 50 times

Savior Medal
Obtain the Savior Ribbon 50 times

Suppression Medal
Obtain the Suppression Ribbon 50 times

Weapons

Assault Rifle Medal
Obtain the Assault Rifle Ribbon 50 times

Light Machine Gun Medal
Obtain the Light Machine Gun Ribbon 50 times

Carbine Medal
Obtain the Carbine Ribbon 50 times

Handgun Medal
Obtain the Handgun Ribbon 50 times

Sniper Rifle Medal
Obtain the Sniper Rifle Ribbon 50 times

Shotgun Medal
Obtain the Shotgun Ribbon 50 times

PDW Medal
Obtain the Person Defense Weapon Ribbon 50 times

Melee Medal
Obtain the Melee Ribbon 30 times

Kits

Assault Service Medal
Spend 50 hours as Assault

Engineer Service Medal
Spend 50 hours as Engineer

Support Service Medal
Spend 50 hours as Support

Recon Service Medal
Spend 50 hours as Recon

Medical Medal
Obtain the Medical Ribbon 50 times

Maintenance Medal
Obtain the Maintenance Ribbon 50 times

Resupply Medal
Obtain the Resupply Ribbon 50 times

Surveillance Medal
Obtain the Surveillance Ribbon 50 times

Radio Beacon Medal
100 Spawns on your Radio Beacon

M18 Claymore Medal
Kill 300 enemies with the M18 Claymore

Laser Designator Medal
Kill 300 enemies with the Laser Designator

Mortar Medal
Kill 300 enemies with the Mortar

Vehicles

Tank Service Medal
Spend 20 hours in Tanks

Stationary Service Medal
Spend 2 hours in Stationary Weapons

Helicopter Service Medal
Spend 20 hours in Helicopters

Jet Service Medal
Spend 20 hours in Jets

Transport Warfare Medal
Obtain the Transport Warfare Ribbon 30 times

Armored Warfare Medal
Obtain the Ground Warfare Ribbon 30 times

Air Warfare Medal
Obtain the Air Warfare Ribbon 30 times

Stationary Emplacement Medal
Obtain the Stationary Emplacement Ribbon 30 times

Surveillance Medal
Obtain the Surveillance Ribbon 50 times

Anti Vehicle Medal
Obtain the Anti Vehicle Ribbon 50 times

MVP

Ace Squad Medal
Obtain the Ace Squad Ribbon 50 times

MVP Medal
Obtain the MVP Ribbon 50 times

2nd MVP Medal
Obtain the 2nd MVP Ribbon 50 times

3rd MVP Medal
Obtain the 3rd MVP Ribbon 50 Times

Game Modes

Flag Defender Medal
Obtain the Flag Defender Ribbon 50 times

Flag Attacker Medal
Obtain the Flag Attacker Ribbon 50 times

Squad Deathmatch Medal
Obtain the Squad Deathmatch Ribbon 50 times

Team Deathmatch Medal
Obtain the Team Deathmatch Ribbon 50 times

Squad Rush Medal
Obtain the Squad Rush Ribbon 50 times

M-COM Attacker Medal
Obtain the M-COM Attacker Ribbon 30 times

M-COM Defender Medal
Obtain the M-COM Defender Ribbon 50 times

Rush Medal
Obtain the Rush Ribbon 50 times

Conquest Medal
Obtain the Conquest Ribbon 50 times

Ribbons

Spoiler: Ribbons

Weapons

Assault Rifle Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Assault Rifles

Light Machine Gun Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Light Machine Guns

Carbine Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Carbines

Hand Gun Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 4 enemies with Handguns

Sniper Rifle Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Sniper Rifles

PDW Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Personal Defense Arms

Shotgun Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with Shotguns

Melee Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 4 enemies with melee weapons

Other

Avenger Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 2 avenger kills

Savior Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 2 savior kills

Nemesis Ribbons (200 XP)
In a round, do 2 Nemesis kills

Accuracy Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, get 5 headshots.

Suppression Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, get 7 Suppression Assists.

Anti Explosives Ribbons (200 XP)
In a round, destroy 2 enemy explosives

Squad Spawn Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, get 7 squad spawn bonuses

Streaks

Squad Wipe Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 2 squad wipe bonuses.

Combat Efficiency Ribbon (500 XP)
In a round, get 3 streak bonuses.

Kits

Medical Efficiency Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 5 revives

Resupply Efficiency Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 7 resupplies

Maintenance Efficiency Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 7 repairs

Surveillance Efficiency Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, get 5 motion Sensor Assists.

Vehicles

Anti Vehicle Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, destroy 3 enemy vehicles

Disable Vehicle Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, disable 4 enemy vehicles

Air Warfare Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 6 enemies with air vehicles

Stationary Emplacement Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 2 enemies with emplaced weapons

Surveillance Efficiency Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 5 UAV spot assists

Transport Warfare Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 4 enemies with transport vehicles

Armored Warfare Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, kill 7 enemies with land vehicles

MVP

Ace Squad Ribbon (500 XP)
In a round, be part of the best squad

MVP Ribbon (500 XP)
In a round, be the best player

MVP 2 Ribbon (400 XP)
In a round, be the 2nd best player

MVP 3 Ribbon (300 XP)
In a round, be the 3rd best player

Game Modes

M-COM Attacker Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, blow up 3 M-COM Stations

M-COM Defender Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, defend 4 M-COM Stations

Flag Defender Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 5 flag defends

Flag Attacker Ribbon (200 XP)
In a round, do 4 flag captures

Squad Rush Ribbon (200 XP)
Finish a Squad Rush round

Squad Deathmatch Ribbon (200 XP)
Finish a Squad Deathmatch round

Rush Ribbon (200 XP)
Finish a Rush round

Conquest Ribbon (200 XP)
Finish a Conquest Round

Team Deathmatch Ribbon (200 XP)
Finish a Team Deathmatch round

Squad Deathmatch Winner Ribbon (500 XP)
Win a Squad Deathmatch round

Squad Rush Winner Ribbon (500 XP)
Win a Squad Rush Round

Rush Winner Ribbon (500 XP)
Win a Rush round

Conquest Winner Ribbon (500 XP)
Win a Conquest round

TDM Winner Ribbon (500 XP)
Win a Team Deathmatch round

Camoflauge

Spoiler: Camoflauge

Camouflage is the colored outfit your multiplayer character wears. You can change your apperance at the customize screen in multiplayer. There are twelve different camos. Each one is unlocked at a certain Rank.

• Default Camo
  
• Woodland Pattern
  
• Ranger Camo
  
• Army Green
  
• Expeditinary Force
  
• Paratrooper
  
• Navy Blue
  
• Jungle Pattern
  
• Desert Khaki
  
• Urban Pattern
  
• Vetern Kit
  
• Spec Ops Black
  

The SPECACT Kit gives you eight additional Multiplayer camos.

Additionally, you can head over to Dr Pepper - EA with a bottlecap and code and unlock the Dr. Pepper promotional Camouflage.

Dog Tags

Spoiler: Dog Tags

Dog Tags are the small metallic tags each soldier wears. Every player will be given the default Dog Tags when they start playing. As you level up, you will unlock more rank themed Dog Tags. If you get 100 kills with a weapon, you will unlock that weapon themed Dog Tag. Your Dog Tag will always show when you kill a player.

You can collect other player's Dog Tags by killing them with the knife melee attack.

There are a total of 375 Dog Tags that can be unlocked. 157 make up the left dog tags while 218 make up the right dog tags. Some are promotional specific from the Pre-Order Dog Tag Pack, Alienware, Razer, and Dr. Pepper. You will also get a dog tag if you played Bad Company 1 or 2.

Soldier Equipment

Spoiler: Soldier Equipment

[LEFT]

• Knife
  
• M67 hand grenades
  
• M18 smoke grenades
  
• Medkit
  
• Defibrillators
  
• M15 Anti-Tank mine
  
• Welding Tool
  
• EOD Bot
  
• 60mm Mortar
  
• Ammunition box
  
• C4 explosives
  
• M18 Claymore mines
  
• UG Sensors
  
• Radio Beacon
  
• SOFLAM
  
• MAV Micro UAV

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Soldier Specializations

Spoiler: Solder Specializations

[LEFT]

• Sprint boost
  
• Squad Sprint boost
  
• Flak vest
  
• Squad Flak vests
  
• EOD EXPL vest
  
• Squad EOD EXPL vest
  
• Suppression Reduction
  
• Marksman training
  
• Extra grenades
  
• Squad extra grenades
  
• Extra ammo
  
• Squad extra ammo
  

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Vehicle Specializations

Spoiler: Vehicle Specializations

[LEFT]

• Coaxial MG
  
• Coaxial HMG
  
• Canister Shells
  
• Guided Shells
  
• Zoom Optics
  
• Thermal Optics
  
• IR Smoke
  
• Reactive Armor
  
• Maintenance
  
• Belt Speed
  
• Thermal Camo
  
• Auto Loader
  
• Proximity scan
  
• CITV station
  
• ATGM Launcher
  
• APFSDS-T shells
  
• Guided rockets
  
• Air Radar
  
• Heatseekers
  
• Laser painter
  
• TV Missile
  
• IR Flares
  
• Extinguisher
  
• ECM jammer
  
• Rocket guidance system
  
• Below radar
  
• Guided missile
  
• Beam scanning
  

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Weapon Accessories

Spoiler: Weapon Accessories

[LEFT]Optics
M145
RDS Reflex
Kobra
Holographic
PKA-S
ACOG
PSO-1
PK-A
IRNV
PKS-07
8x Rifle Scope
12x Ballistic

Ergonomics
Foregrip
Bipod

Performance

Heavy Barrel
Suppressor
Tactical light
Laser sight
Flash Suppressor
Straight pull bolt

Underslung Weaponry
-M320
40mm grenades
Buckshot
Smoke grenade

-M26 MASS
12 gauge
Flechettes
Frag round
Solid slugs
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Please let me know if I have missed anything!



Information gathered from various sites including the Battlefield 3 Wiki.

[Judas]

Just thought I'd let you know that all the 'Map' images are broken.

[LessThan3]

Just thought I'd let you know that all the 'Map' images are broken.

Thanks, haven't done the dlc yet either.

[Exiled]

Spectacular thread! Very HQ and helpful too. Keep up the good work, <3.

[Mafia]

Great thread! I love it have some rep!

[Hemps]

Awesome thread, ill look deeper into this soon!

[Feat]

Wow, this thread has a shit ton of information..my God.

Very nice thread, keep up the work.