Kena Bridge of Spirits Trophy Guide & Roadmap

September 21, 2021 by PowerPyx 141 Comments

Kena Bridge of Spirits Trophy Roadmap

Estimated trophy difficulty: 7/10 due to Master difficulty being quite challenging
Approximate amount of time to platinum: 20-25 Hours
Offline Trophies: 42 (1, 3,9, 29)
Online Trophies: 0
Number of missable trophies: Basically all 9 of the combat-related trophies, because there are very limited enemies outside of the story and they don’t respawn, but you need 2 playthroughs anyway so you get a second chance if you missed anything – Piercing Blow, Weigh Them Down, Quick Draw, Bow Master, Sharpshooter, Between the Eyes, Return to Sender, Triple Threat, Triple Tap
Glitched trophies: 2 – No Stone Unturned, Zen Master (there are some reports of the trophies for all Rots / Meditation Spots not unlocking, even though all have been collected. This only affects some players, not everyone)
Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, must beat game on the highest difficulty “Master difficulty” for Master Spirit Guide.
Minimum Playthroughs: 2 (1 on any difficulty to unlock Master difficulty, then 1 Master difficulty playthrough).
PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: No Save Transfer available, no Autopop available.
Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, after finishing the story you will be put back in the Title Screen and can select “Continue” to be put back before the final cutscene. Can continue exploring and go back to all regions to still gather all Collectibles.
Release Date: September 21, 2021

Introduction

Welcome to the Kena Bridge of Spirits Trophy Guide! This is a relatively straightforward platinum trophy. About half the trophies are automatic story unlocks, a quarter is combat-related, and the other quarter is for finding all Collectibles of each type. To get platinum you need 100% completion, which means all 210 Collectibles and beating the game on the highest difficulty. Because the highest difficulty isn’t available from the start you must beat the game once on any difficulty to unlock it (the easiest difficulty will suffice) and then replay it a second time on Master difficulty. The only thing to really watch out for are the combat-related trophies because enemies don’t respawn. But with some clever saves (explained in Roadmap Step 1) you can go back to important sections quickly. Do note that there is no save game transfer between the PS4/PS5 versions, so if you want to platinum both console versions you must redo everything and can’t autopop the trophies.

Step 1: Finish Story on Any Difficulty & Combat-Related Trophies

Because Master difficulty isn’t unlocked from the start, you must first beat the game on any other difficulty to unlock it. Playing on the lowest difficulty “Story Mode” will suffice for this. Along the way you’ll want to pay attention to the combat-related trophies, because all of them are technically missable. There are very limited enemies outside of the main story and enemies don’t respawn.

Piercing Blow – Hit 3 Enemies with a single Rot Infused Arrow.
Weigh Them Down – Destroyed a Moth enemy with a Bomb.
Quick Draw – Hit 3 critical hit spots in 3 seconds.
Bow Master – Hit 3 enemies with a single Multi-shot.
Sharpshooter – Defeated an enemy by shooting a Bomb out of the air.
Between the Eyes – Destroyed a Shield Sticks without breaking his shield.
Return to Sender – Destroyed a Mage with its own bomb.
Triple Threat – Destroyed 3 enemies with a single Parry.
Triple Tap – Destroyed 3 enemies with a single dash attack.

If you miss anything don’t worry, you’ll need a 2nd playthrough on Master difficulty anyway and can do it then. Additionally, feel free to keep Manual Save Games from the start of the following regions so you can reload later to still get the combat trophies: Forgotten Forest, Fields, Village Heart, Village after getting “Dash” Ability.

Many of the Collectibles won’t be available on the first visit to a region and some are automatic story unlocks later in the game. You can grab what you find on your own, but it’s easier to clean up Collectibles after the story when you have access to all abilities and fast travel points.

You should also spend your skill points as soon as you can afford a new skill. There are some reports of a glitch that randomly resets your skill points. Normally, you get more than enough points to max out all skills just from story and collectibles, but if you had large amounts of skill points reset due to the glitch, it could lock you out of the trophy for buying all skills.

Step 2: Collectibles Cleanup

After the story you are placed in the Title Screen. Simply click “Continue” and it will put you back before the final cutscene. From there you can return to all regions and still find all Collectibles. There are 210 Collectibles in total (100 Rots, 51 Hats, 24 Flower Shrines, 10 Spirit Mail, 13 Cursed Chests, 12 Meditation Spots). Everything is needed for trophies. There’s a tracker on the map for each region, except for Meditation Spots which aren’t tracked.

» Kena Bridge of Spirits – All Collectible Locations

Step 3: Master Difficulty Playthrough

The last step and the only difficult part for Platinum is finishing Master Difficulty. There is no New Game+ option, so you need to start a completely new game from scratch. Beat the game a second time on this difficulty. If you missed any combat trophies earlier you can do them along the way too.

If you bought the game before patch 1.06 and never updated it, you’re in luck. There’s an exploit that works up to Patch 1.05 (and all older patches) on both PS4 & PS5. However, this has been patched as of 1.06 and no longer works. Only if you got the game before the patch and never updated it you can do this. The physical disc release is already patched to 1.06 and can’t be downgraded, same if you buy the digital edition it already comes with latest patch preinstalled. If somehow you still have access to a non-patched version of the game from when it first released, see Master Difficulty Exploit.