"Rewards Card" Achievement: Earning and Tracking Loyalty Packages

To get the "Rewards Card" Achievement, we're supposed to "Earn a Loyalty Package from each weapon manufacturer." Unfortunately, there's no obvious way to track progress towards getting this Achievement. This guide recommends a few ways to try optimizing your path towards the Achievement.

NEW! IMPROVED!

I've totally redone this guide. My initial version was based on my faulty observations and procedures and led to a highly detailed and complex document that was entirely wrong. As one person mentioned in the Comments: "this is the dumbest guide for a achievement ever that isnt even correct. To get it, all you need to literally do is just kill 100 and get the mail awarding you with a weapon in the mailbox."

Based on that input, I used a different Steam Profile (so I could see if the Achievement popped), started up the game using Family Sharing, created a new character, and ran through the early part of Pandora repeatedly. I did nothing but kill enemies with each manufacturer's guns (guns only) until I got an email congratulating me. The Achievement popped immediately after I got the last manufacturer's email. So, I was wrong and that person was right.

I think the problem is that grenades don't count towards this Achievement (though I can't prove that).
Once I started wondering why I wasn't getting the Achievement, I noted I had more than enough kills under certain manufacturer's Challenges (which recorded grenade kills) and used other manufacturer's weapons instead. I didn't get the Achievement in my original game until I went back and killed enemies with actual guns by that manufacturer. But, by then, I'd come up with a complex mess trying to explain what I had seen.

So, if you read the earlier version of this guide, I apologize. Hopefully, this version will be of more help in getting the Achievement.

Recommendations for Getting the Achievement

The Achievement:

The "Rewards Card" Achievement in Borderlands 3 requires us to "Earn a Loyalty Package from each weapon manufacturer." Simply put, that means you have to kill 100 enemies with each of the nine manufacturer's guns (not grenades -- from my earlier experience, it appears that grenades don't count). Nothing fancy is needed. Just shoot enemies.

If you're brand new to the game:

It's not likely you'd be reading this guide if you're new to the game. But, if that's the case, you're in luck. Tracking your progress towards the Achievement is easy.

• Those Loyalty Packages are simply recurring "emails" from manufacturers congratulating you on killing 100 enemies with their guns and giving you a gift weapon. You'll know when you get one because a temporary notification will appear at the upper-left of your screen saying something about a manufacturer sending you an email. You also see a more persistent "new mail" icon below your mini-map and above your current mission. Simply hit ESC to bring up your game menu, go to Social, and click on the mail icon to see your emails.
  
• You can keep track of your progress towards the Achievement by simply writing the nine manufacturer's names (Atlas, COV, Dahl, Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore, Torgue and Vladof) on a piece of paper and checking them off as you get those emails. Or, if that's too 1980s, just don't read/accept the email until you've gotten all nine manufacturer's emails and the Achievement has popped. Accepting an email, along with putting the gift weapon in your inventory, will delete it. If you don't accept the email, you can just glance at them to track your progress. If you get multiple emails from a single manufacturer, just keep one around and accept the rest.
  
• If you want to hurry the Achievement up, just use one manufacturer's weapons at a time (it doesn't have to be the same weapon -- just the same manufacturer) until you get their email. Then change to the next manufacturer's weapons. Repeat until done.

If you're already a good way into the game:

Most likely, you're reading this guide because you've been playing the game long enough to realize the Achievement exists and you're wondering how you're progressing towards it. Unfortunately, you've probably also been reading, accepting, and thus deleting those Loyalty Package emails as they've come in. So, you have no email history to track your progress.

• One tracking method I've seen suggested is to look at the vehicle skins at a Catch-A-Ride station. The assumption seems to be that each manufacturer's Loyalty Package will include a skin for some vehicle. But, I haven't found anything that confirms that. Also, each vehicle type seems to come with a different set of default manufacturer's skins. I suppose if a certain manufacturer's skin is not present in ALL vehicle types, that might indicate that that manufacturer's Loyalty Package is missing. But, I found this to be not very helpful.
  
• The obvious solution is to resign yourself to having to go through all nine of those manufacturer's weapons as I've described in the "If you're brand new to the game" section, above: just continue to play the game while cycling through the manufacturer's weapons and noting the new emails as they come in until the Achievement pops.
  
• With a bit more work, it's likely you can winnow the list of manufacturers down by referring to the full list of Manufacturer Challenges at the Galaxy Map level. To see that list, hit "M" to bring up the local map, keep hitting "X" until you get to the Galaxy map, L-ALT to get to the Challenges list and hit "Q" three times to get to the Manufacturer's Challenges. From there, scroll through the list and add up the "Kill..." Challenges for each of the manufacturers (but not grenade kills). If you have 100 or more of those for any given manufacturer, you've probably gotten that Loyalty Package. Unfortunately, all kills aren't recorded on that list. So, it's likely you've gotten Loyalty Packages for many of the remaining (less than 100 total recorded kills) manufacturers and will end up re-doing them. Remember, not all the Challenges are gun kill Challenges and (likely) won't count towards this Achievement. There are grenade ones, tagging ones, absorbing ammo ones, critical hit ones, and many of the Challenges are not mutually exclusive (so adding up their numbers will give an overly high number of kills).
  
• If you want to focus solely on getting this Achievement instead of getting it through continuing normal game play, you can go back to any map where the enemies are level-capped way below you. I used the Drought area of Pandora. When I ran out of easily accessible cannon fodder to kill, I simply quit to the main menu and started the map up again.

Note:

The following sections show the Challenges for each Manufacturer. They're not necessary for doing the Achievement. But, I've included my thoughts on which of the Challenges are good or not good for helping you get the Achievement

First Manufacturing Challenges to Check

It looks like the COV, Dahl and Torgue Challenges will let you know if you HAVE or DON'T HAVE the Loyalty Package. So, start by checking their Challenges.

COV

• Junkheap Juggernaut: Kill enemies with COV heavy weapons.
  
• Keep It in Family: Kill COV with COV weapons.
  
• Turn Up the Pressure: Kill enemies with COV weapons while overheated.
  
• Warming Up: Kill enemies with COV weapons while not overheated.

The first two of these COV Challenges are not mutually exclusive to anything else. The last two are mutually exclusive and define the whole universe of COV gun kills. So, ignore the first two Challenges and add up the numbers from the last two.

If the last two COV Challenges add up to 100 or more, you've got the COV Loyalty Package. If they don't, you don't have the COV Loyalty package. So, grab a COV gun and shoot enemies until you do. If you don't get the Achievement, check the others in this section.

Dahl

• Burst of Inspiration: Kill enemies with Dahl weapons in burst-fire mode.
  
• Going Loud: Kill enemies with Dahl weapons in full-auto mode.
  
• Precision Above All: Kill enemies with Dahl weapons in semi-auto mode.
  
• Through the Looking Glass: Kill enemies with Dahl weapons while zoomed.

The first three of these Dahl Challenges are mutually exclusive and define the whole universe of Dahl gun kills. The fourth is not mutually exclusive to the first three and adding them into the others might give an artificially high kill score. So, add up the numbers for the first three and ignore the last one.

If the first three Dahl Challenges total 100 or more, you've got the Dahl Loyalty Package. If they don't, you don't have the Dahl Loyalty Package. So, grab a Dahl gun and shoot enemies until you do. If you don't get the Achievement, check the others in this section.

Torgue

• BOOM! Ker-SPLOOSH!: Kill enemies with Torgue weapon splash damage.
  
• Howitzer Haymaker: Kill enemies with Torgue impact bullets.
  
• Stuck On You: Kill enemies with Torgue sticky bullets.
  
• The Flexington Fastball: Kill enemies with Torgue grenades.

The fourth of these Torgue Challenges is for grenades. So, ignore it. The first is not mutually exclusive with the second and third. So, adding it in might give an artificially high kill score. The second and third are mutually exclusive and define the whole universe of Torgue gun kills.

If the second and third Torgue Challenges add up to 100 or more, you've got your Torgue Loyalty Package. If they don't, you don't have the Torgue Loyalty Package. So, grab a Torgue gun and shoot enemies until you do. If you don't get the Achievement, check the others in this section.

Next Manufacturer Challenges to Check

For Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore and Vladof, if certain of their Challenges have specific scores, that will let you know if you HAVE the Loyalty Package. But, if those scores aren't met, you can't tell anything. These are the next set of Challenges to check. Make sure you've checked the COV, Dahl and Torgue Challenges first.

Hyperion

• Business Bombardier: Kill enemies with Hyperion grenades.
  
• I Turned Your Bullets into Hate: Kill enemies with Hyperion weapons while buffed by an Amplify shield.
  
• I'll Take That: Absorb ammo with Hyperion weapon shield.
  
• Keep It Tight: Kill enemies with Hyperion guns with increased accuracy.

The first of these Hyperion Challenges is for grenades. So don't count it. The third is for just absorbing ammo, not killing. So ignore it. The second and fourth are for kills, but aren't mutually exclusive. So, adding them up might give you an incorrect number of kills. Also, they don't define the entire universe of Hyperion gun kiils.

If either of the second or fourth Hyperion Challenges is 100 or greater, you've got the Hyperion Loyalty Package. But, if neither of them is, you can't tell. So, grab a Hyperion gun and shoot enemies until you get the Hyperion Loyalty Package.

Jakobs

• Bank Shot: Kill enemies with Ricochet bullets with Jakobs weapons.
  
• Between the Eyes: Get critical hits with Jakobs weapons.
  
• Fan the Hammer: Kill enemies with Jakobs pistols while firing from the hip.
  
• The Old-Fashioned: Kill enemies with critical hits with Jakobs weapons.

The second of these Jakobs Challenges is for critical hits. Not kills. So, ignore it. The first, third, and fourth are not mutually exclusive. So, adding them up might give an artificially high kill score.

If any of the first, third or fourth Jakobs Challenges are 100 or more, you've got the Jakobs Loyalty Package. But, if none of them are, you can't really tell. So, grab a Jakobs gun and start killing enemies until you get the Jakobs Loyalty Package.

Maliwan

• Deadstream: Kill enemies with Maliwan beam weapons.
  
• Elementary: Kill enemies with status effect with Maliwan weapons.
  
• Futurekill/Deathsounds: Kill enemies with Maliwan charging weapons.
  
• Shockwave and Awe: Kill enemies with Maliwan shockwave weapons.

The second of these Maliwan Challenges is not mutually exclusive with the other three. So, adding it into the others might lead to an artificially high kill score. I'm not sure, but I believe the first, third and fourth Challenges are mutually exclusive. But, they don't define the entire universe of Maliwan gun kills.

If the first, third and fourth Challenges add up to 100 or more, you should have the Maliwan Loyalty Package. But, if they don't, I don't believe you can tell. So, grab a Maliwan gun and start killing enemies until you get the Maliwan Loyalty Package.

Tediore

• C-C-Combo Killer: Kill enemies with Tediore target combo reloads.
  
• Good to the Last Drop: Kill enemies with empty Tediore reloads.
  
• Trade-In Value: Kill enemies with Tediore reloads with over half clip.
  
• Yeets Shoots and Leaves: Kill enemies with Tediore shooting turrets.

The first (target combo reloads -- when you reload/throw your gun it shows a "Shoot Me" sign and someone has to shoot it to get it to explode) and fourth of these Tediore Challenges aren't mutually exclusive with the second and third Challenges. The second and third are mutually exclusive, but don't define the whole universe of Tediore gun kills.

If the second and third Challenges total 100 or more, you've got your Tediore Loyalty Package. Ditto for having any one of the four scoring 100 or more. But, if none of that is true you can't really tell. So, grab a Tediore gun and start killing enemies until you get the Tediore Loyalty Package.

Vladof

• Boomstick: Kill enemies with Vladof shotgun underbarrel.
  
• Missile at Command: Kill enemies with Vladof micro-missile underbarrel.
  
• Steadfast and Furious: Kill enemies with Vladof weapons in bipod mode.
  
• Underslung Hero: Kill enemies with Vladof grenade launcher underbarrel.

All of these Vladof Challenges are for specific use cases of certain weapons. So, the total won't reflect your total number of kills. I believe the third might not be mutually exclusive with the others. So, adding it into their numbers might give an artificially high kill score.

If the first, second, and fourth numbers add to 100 or more, you've got your Vladof Loyalty Package. If not, you can't really tell. So, grab a Vladof gun and start killing enemies until you get the Vladof Loyalty Package.

Last Manufacturing Challenge to Check

For Atlas, its Challenges tell you nothing one way or the other. If you've tried all the other manufacturer's weapons, it's time to try Atlas.

Atlas

• A Death-Centric Orbit: Kill enemies with Atlas grenades.
  
• Knuckle Puck: Tag enemies with Atlas tracker pucks.
  
• No Escape: Tag enemies with Atlas tracker grenades.
  
• Once Bitten: Tag enemies with Atlas tracker darts.

None of these Atlas Challenges should be considered towards the 100 kills needed for the Loyalty Package. The first is for grenades and the remaining three are for tagging. Yes, you can tag AND kill. But, the Challenge seems to be for just tagging.

Basically, no matter what the numbers are with these Atlas Challenges, they're of no use in determining whether or not you've got the Atlas Loyalty Package. If you're not getting the Achievement, check the COV, Dahl and Torgue Challenges first. Then check Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore and Vladof. If you still haven't gotten the Achievement, grab an Atlas gun and shoot enemies until you do.

Observations

If I'm thinking this through correctly, the above Manufacturer Challenges can help you narrow down the list of manufacturer weapons you still have to use to get the Achievement:

• For COV, Dahl and Torgue, their Challenges will let you know if you HAVE or DON'T HAVE the Loyalty Package. So, start by checking their Challenges.
  
• For Hyperion, Jakobs, Maliwan, Tediore and Vladof, if certain of their Challenges have specific scores, that will let you know if you HAVE the Loyalty Package. But, if those scores aren't met, you can't tell anything. These are the next set of Challenges to check.
  
• For Atlas, its Challenges tell you nothing one way or the other. If you've tried all the other manufacturer's weapons, it's time to try Atlas.

[Fae]

Me trying to figure out which of the 7 out of 9 I already have 😬

[Tulip]

Exceptional write-up with good detailed analysis - nice to understand that "kills" don't refer to grenades if you're going for the achievement.

Slightly off-topic... but for farming BAR challenges, it's possible to us a tactical choice of weapon and kill that ticks several boxes. For example, I used a high-level Jacobs handgun and strolled through CoV camps in The Droughts, headshotting CoV in groups without aiming, which appeared to give me all four in one hit (provided there was another CoV in the rico line of sight).

I've made a note of what weapons I've been offered, so know I've notched up the 100 kills for some manufacturers. I'll be looking at other weapons more closely now to score this one!

[nashadoe]

This was exactly what I needed, thank you

[Proud Facebook Mom]

111 hours and I have yet to get this achievement. Ridiculous.

[Amjo]

thank you for this guide. also, kudos in taking a feedback positively and amending your tutorial. it worked like a charm

[KevinMariano]

tks

[DALCOhstangultion]

Looks like I was wrong. I started up a new game with a new profile under Family Sharing and just ran through the initial Pandora areas for a while. I shot with each manufacturer's guns until I got the email reward from them. At the end of the last one, up popped the Achievement. I'm either going to delete or heavily rewrite this guide. Thanks.

[DALCOhstangultion]

I'm going to try loading this up under Family Sharing (with an account that doesn't have the Achievement) and see if the "kill 100 enemies each" works. Looking my numbers over, I'm wondering if it was my belief that grenades counted toward the 100 kills that was the problem.

[DALCOhstangultion]

I'm sorry, but both my wife and I tried just that. Getting 100 kills per manufacturer just didn't work for us. I don't know if something changed that now prevents the Achievement from popping at 100 kills. But, we absolutely had to do more than that. That's why I included those spreadsheets showing our numbers.

[Unforseen Lemonquences™]

this is the dumbest guide for a achievement ever that isnt even correct. To get it, all you need to literally do is just kill 100 and get the mail awarding you with a weapon in the mailbox. There are even youtube videos of this very thing and all that dumbv "rank 1 2 3 4" bs is just gonna waste people time as they think its more than just 100 kills per manufacturer.