Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Guide

Ranks

Level / Rank / XP Needed (Total)/ Unlock
1. Private I – 6,500XP
2. Private II – 4,500XP (11,000XP) – Saiga 20k Semi
3. Private III – 7,500XP (18,500XP) – MP-443 Grach
4. Specialist I – 9,500XP (28,000XP) – WWII M1911 .45
5. Specialist II – 12,000XP (40,000XP) – Lightweight Combat Equipment
6. Specialist III – 13,000XP (53,000XP) – Ammo Hip Bandolier
7. Corporal I – 15,000XP (68,000XP) – Grenade Vest
8. Corporal II – 16,000XP (84,000XP) – Explosives Leg Pouch
9. Corporal III – 16,000XP (100,000XP) – Extended shotgun Magazine
10. Sergeant I – 20,000XP (120,000XP) – WWII M1A1 Thompson
11. Sergeant II – 18,000XP (138,000XP)
12. Sergeant III – 20,000XP (158,000XP) – MP-412 REX
13. Staff Sergeant I – 21,000XP (179,000XP) – M93R Burst
14. Staff Sergeant II 21,000XP (200,000XP) – Ceramic Body Armor
15. Staff Sergeant III – 24,000XP (224,000XP) – Magnum Ammunition.
16. Master Sergeant I – 23,000XP (247,000XP) – 12 Gauge Slugs
17. Master Sergeant II – 25,000XP (272,000XP) – Improved Demolitions
18. Master Sergeant III – 25,000XP (297,000XP) – SPAS-12 Combat
19. First Sergeant I – 26,000XP (323,000XP) – M14 Mod 0 Enhanced
20. First Sergeant II – 27,000XP (350,000XP) – Neostead 2000 Combat
21. First Sergeant III – 27,000XP (377,000XP) – USAS-12 Auto
22. Warrant Officer I – 28,000XP (405,000XP) – G3
23. Warrant Officer II – 32,000XP (437,000XP)
24. Warrant Officer III – 35,000XP (472,000XP)
25. Chief Warrant Officer I – 65,000XP (537,000XP)
26. Chief Warrant Officer II – 83,000XP (620,000XP)
27. Chief Warrant Officer III – 100,000XP (720,000XP)
28. Second Lieutenant I – 112,000XP (832,000XP)
29. Second Lieutenant II – 124,000XP (956,000XP)
30. Second Lieutenant III – 136,000XP (1,092,000XP)
31. First Lieutenant I – 148,000XP (1,240,000XP)
32. First Lieutenant II – 160,000XP (1,400,000XP)
33. First Lieutenant III – 172,000XP (1,572,000XP)
34. Captain I – 184,000XP (1,756,000XP)
35. Captain II – 196,000XP (1,952,000XP)
36. Captain III – 208,000XP (2,160,000XP)
37. Major I – 220,000XP (2,380,000XP)
38. Major II – 232,000XP (2,612,000XP)
39. Major III – 244,000XP (2,856,000XP)
40. Lieutenant Colonel I – 256,000XP (3,112,000XP)
41. Lieutenant Colonel II – 268,000XP (3,380,000XP)
42. Lieutenant Colonel III – 280,000XP (3,660,000XP)
43. Colonel I – 292,000XP (3,952,000XP)
44. Colonel II – 304,000XP (4,256,000XP)
45. Colonel III – 316,000XP (4,572,000XP)
46. Brigadier General I – 328,000XP (4,900,000XP)
47. Brigadier General II – 340,000XP (5,240,000XP)
48. Brigadier General III – 352,000XP (5,592,000XP)
49. General – 364,000XP (5,956,000XP)
50. General of the Army – 376,000XP (6,332,000XP)

Points

There are various ways to get points in Battlefield Bad Company 2. The simple ways are getting a kill. I will list all ways and the points you get for doing each way below. If you are in a squad, you get more points for doing the same things you normally do. To get in a squad, just invite some friends to a party in the menu or you can let the game put you in a squad on some game modes. Only a max of 4 people can be in a squad a a time.

Kills and Assists
Killing an Enemy = +50XP
Double Kill = +30 XP
Triple Kill = +50XP
Multiple Kill = +100XP
Parachute Kill (Kill someone while you are parachuting) = +30XP
Saviour Kill (Save a team mate from being killed by killing the enemy who is injuring your team mate) = +50XP
Avenger Kill (Kill someone who killed your team mate within a few seconds) = +50XP
Headshot = +10XP
Marksman Headshot (Get a headshot at over 100M away, more points for each Meter.) Between +1-?XP depending on the distance
Kill Assist (Injury an enemy and have your team mate kill them. You may need to keep firing to get the points) = +10XP
Critical Kill Assist (Injury an enemy a lot and have your team mate kill them) = +30XP
Spot Assist (Spot an enemy and have a team mate kill them) = +20XP
Defensive Kill (Kill someone while defending an objective) = +30XP
Squad Kill Assist = +20XP
Squad Critical Kill Assist = +40XP
M-COM Station Attack Kill (Rush) = +30XP
M-Com Station Defend Kill (Rush) = +30XP
Suicide = -10XP
Team Damage (Hardcore) = was -10XP, now -25XP
Team Kill (Hardcore) = was -15XP, now -100XP

Vehicles
Damage Vehicle = +30XP
Destroy Vehicle = +100XP
Destroy Vehicle Assist = +30XP
Vehicle Kill Assist = +40XP
Driver Kill Assist (while you’re a passenger the driver will get a kill) = +30XP
Passenger Kill Assist (While you’re a driver the passenger will get a kill) = +30Xp
Tracer Dart Plant = +30XP
Tracer Damage Assist = +10XP
Tracer Dart Kill Assist = +20XP
Tracer Damage = +10XP
Squad Passenger Kill Assist = +50XP
Squad Driver Kill Assist = +50XP
Squad Destroy Vehicle Assist = +40XP
Squad Tracer Dart Assist = +20XP
Squad Tracer Dart Kill Assist = +40XP

Kit
Heal = +10XP
Revive = was +50XP
Motion Mine Assist (Drop a motion detector mine and have a team mate kill someone that comes up on the radar) = +20XP
Repair = +20XP per few repair points
Resupply = +10XP
Squad Heal = +20XP
Squad Revive = was +80XP
Squad Repair = +30XP
Squad Resupply = +20XP
Squad Motion Mine Assist = +30XP

Objectives
Objective Arm(Rush) = was +30XP, now +50XP
Objective Disarm(Rush) = was +30XP, now +50XP
Objective Destroyed(Rush) = was +100XP, now +250XP
Objective Damage(Rush) = +50XP
Base Capture (Conquest) = was +80XP, now +150XP
Base Capture Assist (Conquest) = was +50XP, now +75XP
Flag Defense (Conquest) = was +30XP, now +50XP
Flag Offense (Conquest) = was +30XP, now +50XP
Squad Attack Order = +30XP
Squad Defend Order = +30XP
Team Objective Damage (Damage Your M-COM Station in Rush) = -100XP
Team Objective Destroyed (Destroy Your M-COM Station in Rush) = -500XP

Awards

In Bad Company 2 there are awards you can get in multiplayer for doing certain things which gives you pins and insignias and XP for each one. You can gain pins multiple times, but only once per round of whatever game mode you’re playing. You gain insignias one time by adding up whatever the objective of the insignia is.

You can download all the pins and insignias from EA at http://www.badcompany2.ea.com/downloads

Pins

Assault Rifle Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 7 enemies with assault rifles. 100XP
Submachine Gun Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 7 enemies with sub machine guns. 100XP
Light Machine gun Efficiency Pin – In a round kill 7 enemies with light machine guns. 100XP
Sniper Rifle Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 7 enemies with sniper rifles. 100XP
Resupply Ops Pin – In a round, do 7 resupplies. 100XP
Maintenance Ops Pin – In a round, do 7 repairs. 100XP
Medical Ops Pin – In a round, do 5 revives. 100XP
Surveillance Ops Pin – In a round, do 5 motion mine assists
Grenade Launcher Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with grenade launchers. 100XP
Rocket Launcher Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 5 enemies with rocket launchers. 100XP
Shotgun Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with shotguns. 100XP
Anti Vehicle Efficiency Pin – In a round, destroy 4 enemy vehicles. 100XP
Emplacement Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 5 enemies with stationary weapons. 100XP
Handgun Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with handguns. 100XP
Melee Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with melee weapons. 200XP
Explosive Efficiency Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with explosives. 100XP
Combat Efficiency Pin – In a round, reach a kill streak of 6. 100XP
Kill Assist Pin – In a round, do 7 kill assists. 100XP
Savior Pin – In a round, do 2 savior kills. 100XP
Nemesis Pin – In a round, kill an enemy 5 times. 200XP
Combat Excellence Pin – In a round, reach a kill streak of 8. 200XP
Marksman Pin – In a round, do 5 headshots. 100XP
Avenger Pin – In a round, do 2 avenger kills. 100XP
Payback Pin – In a round, kill your nemesis. 200 XP
Ace Pin – In a round, be the best player. 200XP
Gold Squad Pin – In a round, be part of the best squad. 200XP
Squad Member Pin – In a round, obtain one attack and one defend order. 200XP
Squad Rush Winner Pin – Win a Squad Rush round. 100XP
Rush Winner Pin – Win a Rush Round. 100XP
Wheels of Hazard Pin – In a round, do 3 road kills with any vehicle. 200XP
Tank Warfare Pin – In a round, kill 7 enemies with tanks. 100XP
Car Warfare Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with cars. 100XP
Naval Warfare Pin – In a round, kill 4 enemies with sea vehicles.
Squad Deathmatch winner Pin – Win a Squad Deathmatch round. 100XP
Air Warfare Pin – In a round, kill 5 enemies with air vehicles. 100XP
Flag Defender Pin – In a round, defend 4 flags. 100XP
Flag Attacker Pin – In a round, capture 4 flags. 100XP
M-COM Defender Pin – In a round, defend 4 M-COM stations. 100XP
Conquest Winner Pin – Win a Conquest round. 200XP
M-COM Attacker Pin – In a round, blow up 4 M-COM stations. 100XP
SPECACT Assault Excellence Pin – In a round, kill 8 enemies with the M16 SPECACT. 200XP
SPECACT Engineer Excellence Pin – In a round, kill 8 enemies with the UMP SPECACT. 200XP
SPECACT Medic Excellence Pin – In a round, kill 8 enemies with the MG3 SPECACT. 200XP
SPECACT Recon Excellence Pin – In a round, kill 8 enemies with the M95 SPECACT. 200XP
M16 SPECACT Efficiency Pin – Reach a kill streak of 5 with the M16 SPECACT. 0 XP
UMP SPECACT Efficiency Pin – Reach a kill streak of 5 with the UMP SPECACT. 0 XP
MG3 SPECACT Efficiency Pin – Reach a kill streak of 5 with the MG3 SPECACT. 0 XP
M95 SPECACT Efficiency Pin – Reach a kill streak of 5 with the M95 SPECACT. 0 XP

Insignias

Anti Vehicle Combat – 200 vehicle damages. 5000XP
Combat Veteran – 5000 Kills. 5000XP
Conquest Good Conduct – 100 flag captures. 5000XP
Distinguished Anti Vehicle Combat – 500 Vehicles destroyed. 5000XP
Distinguished Artillery Combat – 100 Kills using mortar strike. 5000XP
Distinguished Battlefield Knowledge – Get all bronze stars. 10000XP
Distinguished Combat Efficiency – 50 Combat Efficiency Pins. 5000XP
Distinguished Combat Excellence – 50 Combat Excellence Pins. 10000XP
Distinguished Explosives Combat – 100 Kills using mines. 5000XP
Distinguished Grenade Combat – 100 Kills with grenades. 5000XP
Distinguished Marksman Combat – 100 headshots. 5000XP
Distinguished Melee Combat – 100 Kills with knife. 5000XP
Distinguished Remote Explosives Combat – 100 C4 Kills. 5000XP
Distinguished Retaliation Combat – 5 nemesis pins, 5 payback pins. 5000XP
Distinguished Service Duty – Played Online for 2 days. 5000XP
Distinguished Sidearm Combat – 100 Kills with pistols. 5000XP
Distinguished Vehicle Knowledge – Get all vehicle bronze stars. 5000XP
Distinguished Weapon Knowledge – Get all weapon bronze stars. 5000XP
Elite Battlefield Knowledge – Get 5 Gold stars. 10000XP
Elite Marksman Combat – 500 headshots. 10000XP
Elite Melee Combat – 200 Kills with knife. 10000XP
Elite Multiple Target Combat – Get 50 double kills. 5000XP
Elite Service Duty – Played online for 5 days. 10000XP
Elite Service – Get all pins. 10000XP
Exemplary Battlefield Knowledge – Get 10 Silver Stars. 10000XP
Exemplary Combat Service – Get all combat pins. 5000XP
Exemplary Marksman Combat – 100 Sniper rifle marksman headshots. 5000XP
Exemplary Vehicle Service – Get all vehicle pins. 5000XP
Exemplary Weapon Service – Get all weapon pins. 5000XP
Long Service Assault Weapons Combat – 500 Kills with Assault Rifles. 5000XP
Long Service Light Weapons Combat – 500 Kills with submachine guns. 5000XP
Long Service Maintenance Ops – 100 Repairs. 5000XP
Long Service Medical Ops – 100 Heals. 5000XP
Long Service Radio Warfare – 100 Tracer Plants. 5000XP
Long Service Resupply Ops – 100 Resupplies. 5000XP
Long Service Sniping Weapons Combat – 500 Kills with sniper rifles. 5000XP
Long Service Support Weapons Combat – 500 Kills with light machine guns. 5000XP
Long Service Surveillance Ops – 100 motion mine spot assists. 5000XP
Long Service Tactical Weapons Combat – 500 Kills with shotguns. 5000XP
Rush Good Conduct – Destroy 100 M-COM stations. 5000XP
Squad Combat Assistance – 100 Squad Assists. 5000XP
Squad Medical Ops – 50 squad heals and 50 squad revives. 5000XP
Squad Repair Ops – 100 squad repairs. 5000XP
Squad Resupply Ops – 100 Squad resupplies. 5000XP
Squad Retaliation Ops – 20 squad avenges and 50 squad kill assists. 5000XP
Squad Surveillance Ops – 50 squad motion mine spots assists. 5000XP
Squad Tactical Ops – 200 squad spawns on you. 5000XP
Squad Teamwork Ops – 20 squad defend orders and 20 squad attack orders. 5000XP
Superior Service Duty – Played online for 1 Day. 5000XP
Valorous Battlefield Knowledge – Get 2 platinum stars. 10000XP
Assault SPECACT Knowledge – 100 kills using the Assault SPECACT Kit. 5000XP
Engineer SPECACT Knowledge – 100 kills using the Engineer SPECACT Kit. 5000XP
Medic SPECACT Knowledge – 100 kills using the Medic SPECACT Kit. 5000XP
Recon SPECACT Knowledge – 100 kills using the Recon SPECACT Kit. 5000XP

Dog Tags

In the multiplayer when you kill someone with a knife you can collect their dog tags. There are Total Dog Tags and Unique Dog Tags. The total is how many people you’ve killed with a knife. The Unique is how many different people you’ve killed with a knife. Say you killed bob 3 times and harry 1 time. You’ll have 4 total dog tags and 2 unique dog tags. There are bronze, silver, and gold dog tags. The dog tag you get depends on the rank of the person you knifed.
* Bronze: Knife a player with the ranks 1-21 which is up to First Sergeant III and stops before officers.
* Silver: Knife a player with the ranks 22-45 which is from Warrant Officer I to Colonel III
* Gold: Knife a player with the ranks 46-50 which is from Brigadier General I to General of the Army.

Stars

In the multiplayer, if you kill people a certain amount of times with a particular weapon you get stars on that weapon or vehicle and an adds XP Bonus. There are Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum Stars. The emblem in the middle of the star is different between guns and vehicles.

Bronze Stars
Bronze stars are given to all primary guns after 25 kills with that particular gun. Along with the Bronze star you are awarded 500 XP. The secondary weapons, gadgets, and vehicles only need 10 kills to receive the bronze star.

Silver Stars
Silver Stars are given to all primary guns after an additional 25 kills after the bronze star adding up to 50 Kills total. Along with the Silver Star you are awarded 500XP. The secondary Weapons, gadgets, and Vehicles only need 15 kills to receive the silver star making the total 25.

Gold Stars
Gold Stars are given to all primary guns after an additional 50 kills after the Silver star adding up to 100 Kills total. Along with the Gold Star you are awarded 1000 XP. The secondary Weapons, gadgets, and Vehicles only need 25 kills to receive the Gold star making the total 50.

Additional Gold Stars
Additional Gold Stars (2-9) are given to all primary guns after an additional 100 kills after the Gold star adding up to 200 Kills total. Along with the Additional Gold Star you are awarded 5000 XP. The secondary Weapons, gadgets, and Vehicles only need 50 kills to receive the Extra Gold star making the total 100. There will be a gold star next to the name plus a number (2-9)

Platinum Stars
Platinum Stars are given to all primary guns after an additional 9 gold stars (and the tenth would be platinum) meaning 1000 kills total. Along with the Platinum star you are awarded 10000 XP. The secondary weapons, gadgets, and vehicles only need 500 total kills to receive the Platinum Star.