Battlefield 3 Assignments

For Assignments available to Battlefield Premium members, see Battlefield 3 Premium Assignments

Assignments are a feature in Battlefield 3 that reward players with additional content upon completion and were first introduced in the Back to Karkand expansion. The release of downloadable content has resulted in a total of 40 assignments (10 Back to Karkand, Close Quarters and Aftermath, 5 Armored Kill and End Game.)

Back to Karkand

Tier 1

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Best Friend Forever	Default B2K	10 Revives 10 Heals	FAMAS Professional Russian
	Fixing It	Default B2K	10 repairs with repair tools Kill 1 enemy with repair tool	G53 It Goes Boom!
	Let It Rain	Default B2K	20 Kills with LMGs 2 M224 Mortar Kills	QBB-95 Keep Your Head Down
	Specops	Default B2K	20 Kills with Sniper Rifles 5 Laser Designations with SOFLAM	QBU-88 Creeping Death
	Familiar Territory	Default B2K	Arm 10 M-COMs in Rush or Squad Rush Capture 10 Flags in Conquest Play 2 hours on Strike at Karkand	PP-19 Scarred Veteran

Tier 2

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Professional Russian	Complete Best Friend Forever	100 Kills with Assault Rifles 20 Kills with M320 or GP-30 Win 5 Rounds of Squad Deathmatch	L85A2	Reference to the YouTube star FPS Russia, and his claim to being qualified to handle big guns and explosives, as he is a "Professional Russian". He also made a video using a L85A2.
	It Goes Boom!	Complete Fixing It	50 Kills with Shoulder-Fired Missiles Destroy Enemy vehicle with repair tool Win 5 Rounds of Conquest	QBZ-95B
	Keep Your Head Down	Complete Let It Rain	100 Kills with LMGs 50 Suppression Assists 50 Resupplies	MG36
	Creeping Death	Complete Specops	50 Headshots 50 Spot Assists 5 Knife Takedowns	L96	Reference to the song "Creeping Death" by Metallica
	Scarred Veteran	Complete Familiar Territory	10 kills with the PP-19 5 kills with the DPV 10 kills with the BTR-90 Play 2 hours on Sharqi Peninsula Play 2 hours on Gulf of Oman	MK3A1	The assignment icon says that the MK3A1 fires the 5.56mm NATO round when it actually the 12 gauge shotgun round.

Close Quarters

Close Quarters introduced ten new assignments and were revealed through the June Maintenance of Battlelog.

Tier 1

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Shepard	Default CQ	10 Squad Revives 30 Assault Rifle Kills	AUG A3 Set Us Up The Bomb
	Done Fixing	Default CQ	20 Rocket Kills 30 Carbine Kills	ACW-R My Own Terminator	The assignment illustration contains a typo, stating that the ACW-R carries 100 rounds in its magazine, despite only holding 26+1 rounds. Name likely related to the Fixing It assignment.
	No Shortage	Default CQ	20 Squads Resupplys 20 Kills with LMGs	L86A2 Point Blank
	Team Player	Default CQ	10 T-UGS Assists Capture 20 Flags	M417 Bullet Point
	These Hurt Too	Default CQ	20 Pistol Kills 20 Shotgun Kills	SPAS-12 Hold the Trigger

Tier 2

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Set Us Up The Bomb	Complete Shepard	20 Underslung Grenade Launcher Kills 15 Hand Grenade Kills	SCAR-L	Reference to the European Sega Mega Drive version of the video game Zero Wing. "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb" is another poorly translated line from the game's intro. Kills with the M26 MASS and 40mm Dart count towards the necessary grenade launcher kills.
	My Own Terminator	Complete Done Fixing	EOD Bot Kill 100 Carbine Kills	MTAR-21
	Point Blank	Complete No Shortage	10 C4 Kills 10 Knife Takedowns	LSAT
	Bullet Point	Complete Team Player	50 Sniper Rifle Kills Win 3 Rounds of Conquest Domination	JNG-90
	Hold the Trigger	Complete These Hurt Too	Finish Top 5 in Gun Master 100 Submachine Gun Kills	M5K

Armored Kill

Armored Kill introduced five new assignments which were revealed on September 3, 2012. Since the pack contains no new weapons, the assignments unlock vehicle specializations and, unlike most assignments in other expansions, can only be completed on the respective maps.

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Explosive Danger	Default AK	15 Tank Destroyer Kills	Cannon HE for Tank Destroyer
	Need Repair	Default AK	Repair 20 Friendly Vehicles	Fire Extinguisher for Tank Destroyer
	Wired Attack	Default AK	Destroy 10 Tank Destroyers Destroy 1 Mobile Artillery	ATGM Launcher for Tank Destroyer
	Rocket Specialist	Default AK	10 Mobile Artillery Kills	Airburst for Mobile Artillery
	Anti-Air Support	Default AK	15 Gunship Kills	Anti-Air Missiles Mobile Artillery

Aftermath

Aftermath introduced ten new assignments that were revealed on November 20, 2012 through maintenance on Battlelog. These pertain to the expansion's new weapon, the XBOW, and dog-tags.

Tier 1

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Archery 101	Default AM	5 Xbow Kills	Old School Dogtag William Tell
	Sticks and Stones	Default AM	Win 3 Rounds of Scavenger	XBOW This Is My Boomstick All XBOW Related Assignments	Play on the phrase "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you," and the fact that early crossbow bolts used "sticks and stones" in construction. Likely reference to Albert Einstein's quote - "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
	This Is My Boom Stick	Default AM	50 Carbine Kills 50 Assault Rifle Kills		Reference to infamous line in the film, Army of Darkness. Dogtag image a possible reference to film The Terminator (1984) when T800 assaults the police station armed with a SPAS-12 and AR-18. Before Patch 1.09, the image of the soldier in the "Squeezing The Trigger" dog tag occupied the whole dog tag. Afterwards, its size has been reduced so it looks the other left side dog tags.
	Go Play Close Quarters	Complete Sticks and Stones	Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Sniper Rifles. Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Assault Rifles. Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Carbines.	7x Scope for XBOW	Reference to the Close Quarters Expansion
	Riding Shotgun	Default AM	5 Kills in Phoenix 5 kills in Barsuk 5 kills in Rhino		The Monkey Wrench is an adjustable wrench used for much heavier tasks that a normal wrench is too weak for.

Tier 2

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	William Tell	Complete Archery 101	Cumalative Total of 150 Meters headshots with XBOW 50 XBOW Kills		Reference to William Tell, a Swiss folk hero and expert with the crossbow who was told to have shot an apple on his son's head.
	It Is Ok To Thank Me	Complete Sticks and Stones	20 Spot Assists Designate 10 Vehicles 1 Designated Assist	Scan Bolt for XBOW
	Stay Away From My Tent	Complete Sticks and Stones	50 Sniper Rifle Kills 10 Handgun Headshots	Balanced Bolt for XBOW	The assignment's name bears resemblance to the visual representation of the video game term camping. The symbol is a tent, symbolic of camping in real life.
	A Good Demo Man	Complete Sticks and Stones	5 Hand Grenade Kills 5 Underslung Grenade Kills 5 C4 Kills	High Explosive Bolt for XBOW	Possible reference to the Meet the Demoman promotional video of video game Team Fortress 2, where a character is asked what makes him a good Demoman.
	On Top Of the Richter Scale	Default AM	Play 1 hour on Epicenter Play 1 hour of Markaz Monolith Play 1 hour of Talah Market Play 1 hour of Azadi Palace Pick up 200 weapons in Scavenger		The Richter Scale is a scale that is used to assign a magnitude number to an earthquake depending on how powerful it was.

End Game

End Game introduced five new assignments which were revealed on March 1, 2013 Battlefield Blog post. While all five assignments pertain to unlocking dog tags, one allows the player to unlock the M1911 S-TAC, a variant of the M1911 with both a Tactical Flashlight and a Suppressor attached.

Image	Name	Unlocked	Criteria	Reward	Notes
	Defender of the Earth	Default EG	Destroy 5 Air Vehicles using the AA jeeps.
	Scar Spangled Banner	Default EG	Return 5 flags in Capture the Flag Capture 2 flags in Capture the Flag Win 1 round of Capture the Flag.	Standard Bearer Dogtag
	Fatal Drop	Default EG	Kill an enemy soldier with airdropped IFV Destroy a transport vehicle with airdropped IFV Destroy an enemy IFV with airdropped IFV
	Road Warrior	Complete Defender of the Earth, Scar Spangled Banner, and Fatal Drop	Destroy 20 vehicles Get a road kill with the Dirt Bike		A reference to the Mad Max series of films.
	All About Precision	Complete Road Warrior	20 Pistol Headshots	M1911 S-TAC