Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s Campaign features plenty of unique gameplay changes to the core formula, creating many memorable moments. One mission in particular, “El Sin Nombre” has you sneaking through enemy territory like a ghost in the night. Speaking of ghosts, “El Sin Nombre” has an achievement related to the phantom. It’s easier than you might think, so here’s everything you need to know about getting the “Ghost in Training” Achievement in MW2 as easily as possible.
**This next part will feature spoilers, as it will discuss what takes place in “El Sin Nombre”. If you have not played and completed this mission yet, please come back when you do.**
Getting “Ghost in Training” Trophy/ Achievement Easily
The eleventh mission in CoD: MW2’s campaign finds Soap and Alejandro deep in enemy territory as the duo look to discover who the weapon dealer, “El Sin Nombre”, is. Following an interrogation by Valeria, Soap is escorted upstairs and tasked with reaching the penthouse, by any means necessary, to meet with the villain.
The achievement attached to this mission, “Ghost in Training”, requires that you reach the penthouse without alerting and killing anyone. While seemingly complex, if you mess up your stealthy playthrough of this mission, you are allowed to reload the checkpoint and still get the achievement. Here’s the easiest way to get that accomplished:
- Once Alejandro lets you run free, head straight until you see the back gate of the compound on your left.
- Enter the gate, head directly to the wall with the grass, climb up the wall and mantle up the open window.
- This is the easiest way to get to the second floor with zero hassle. This also bypasses the guard blocking access to the second floor in front of the staircase.
- Once at the top of the second floor stairs, make sure to look down and pick up the bottle on the floor. (Trust me, you’re going to need it later.)
- Head down the dimly lit corridor, and turn right into the first room with the door closed.
- Just a fair warning, be sure to open the door, not bash.
- Go through the window, and after taking in the cinematic view of the hills, on your right you’ll see a ladder that leads directly to the roof of the compound.
- Once on the roof, head straight to the chairs with bottles on it, and pick up one bottle.
- There are three enemies patrolling the roof so be careful to avoid detection while up here.
- After completing the previous step, be sure to hug the skylight next to you, as a sniper will pass directly in front of you.
- Once the sniper moves past you, move past him to the edge of the roof. There will be a lowered wall, that’s actually a grilling station, in front of you that you’ll need to hide behind in order to proceed.
- As you move to said wall, there will be a guard directly to your right. Enemy visibility isn’t as good as you’d think so just make sure to move hastily to avoid full detection, which will force you to restart the checkpoint.
- While you move to the grilling station/wall, look behind you and throw two bottles at the blue patio chair. The guard who is to your right will move over to inspect the noise you made.
- Once the guard moves to investigate, head directly to the space he was blocking. There will be a ladder in the back wall that you’ll need to climb to reach the top of the compound.
- Once up top, Alejandro will conveniently be up there to regroup with you. Make sure to crouch while you’re at the top as in my playthrough the sniper turned around and spotted me.
- Once you climb the ladder, the achievement will be awarded once you complete the next part of the mission which is straight forward.
That’s everything you need to know on how to easily nab the “Ghost in Training” achievement in Modern Warfare 2. We have plenty of campaign-related content to help you navigate your story playthrough. Check out how many missions are in the campaign, all the multiplayer rewards you nab for completing the campaign, or check out the historical launch weekend MW2 experienced.
