A Plague Tale Requiem Trophy Guide & Roadmap

October 17, 2022 by PowerPyx 59 Comments

A Plague Tale Requiem Trophy Roadmap

Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10
Approximate amount of time to platinum: 20-25 hours
Offline Trophies: 36 (1, 4, 9, 22)
Online Trophies: 0
Number of missable trophies: 3 Sneaky , Fighter , Malignant – maxing out all Skills (Prudence / Aggressive / Opportunism) is semi-missable. Which skill you gain XP for is based on the percentage of enemies you kill per encounter. You can’t max out all Skills in one playthrough. The Skill Progress carries over into 2nd playthrough New Game+ but there is no 3rd playthrough New Game++. So if you finish New Game+ but didn’t max out a Skill you would have to replay parts of the game via Chapter Select (it resets your progress to what you had at the start of the Chapter and you must replay everything from there). This is explained in Roadmap Step 2, no need to worry about Skills on the 1st Playthrough, they will all increase automatically without trying, depending on how many % of enemies you kill during an encounter. Then in 2nd playthrough you adjust your playstyle until you finished one skill, then readjust your playstyle to max out the next skill.
Glitched trophies: Everything is obtainable, but there are some reports of the trophy tracker for Explorer breaking and it doesn’t unlock the trophy. Reinstalling the game and recollecting the Chests via Chapter Select might help to fix it. There are also some reports of Old protector not unlocking when it should, but reinstalling the game and redoing the trophy should fix it.
Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, can do everything on Narrative difficulty (Easy)
Minimum Playthroughs: 2 (one on Narrative difficulty, one New Game+ to max out remaining Skills)
PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: No, there is no PS4 version, the game is PS5 only
PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: No, there is no PS4 version, the game is PS5 only
Level Select after Story?: Yes, there is Chapter Select after the story. Everything can be replayed via Chapter Select. Everything carries over into New Game+ (Collectibles, Skills, Upgrades, anything related to trophies). You can get all Collectibles via Chapter Select, none of them are missable.
Release Date: October 18, 2022

Introduction

Welcome to the A Plague Tale Requiem Trophy Guide! This is the second game in the Plague Tale series, a story-driven experience that takes about 15 hours to complete on the first playthrough and another 5-10 hours spent in New Game+ to fully level up all Skills. Two playthroughs are necessary because it’s impossible to max out all skills in a single run. There are 43 Main Collectibles consisting of 21 Souvenirs, 12 Hugo’s Herbarium Entries (in the trophy list they are the 5 Flowers and 7 Feathers), 10 Secret Chests. However, to open the Secret Chests you also need Knives and to fully upgrade your gear you need Tools. There are 16 Knives and 24 Tool Chests, those are technically Collectibles too. Even though they don’t have their own trophies they are still needed for other trophies. It’s recommended you grab the Collectibles on the first playthrough and play on Narrative difficulty (Easy) because on higher difficulties and New Game+ there are fewer Knives for opening Secret Chest Collectibles. After the first playthrough you should have all trophies except the Skills, which we will focus on in the New Game+ playthrough. It’s a relatively linear game with a straightforward trophy list.

Step 1: Play through Story on Narrative (Easy) Difficulty, Get All Collectibles

For the first step simply complete the Story while getting all Collectibles: 21 Souvenirs, 12 Hugo’s Herbaria (called 5 Flowers and 7 Feathers in trophy list), 10 Secret Chests, 24 Tool Chests for the upgrade-related trophies, 16 Old Protector’s Items. It’s highly advised to play on Narrative difficulty (Easy) because it spawns more Knives, needed to open the 10 ‘Secret Chest’ Collectibles. At higher difficulties you may find yourself locked out of some Collectibles due to not having enough Knives. New Game+ also spawns fewer Knives which is why it’s better to do Collectibles on the first playthrough.

You can follow the guides below, these All-in-One guides include all Trophies and Collectibles in chronological order to get everything in one playthrough:

A Plague Tale Requiem: Collectible Guide (includes all collectible types)

Or if you prefer a complete Story Walkthrough step-by-step to guide you through puzzles:

A Plague Tale Requiem: Walkthrough (includes full story walkthrough + all collectible types)

Important things to keep in mind:

[IMPORTANT] DON’T use Knives against enemies! Knives are one-use only and instantly break if used to kill an enemy. This would leave you unable to open the 10 Secret Chest Collectibles, they require 1 Knife each. Sometimes you automatically use a Knife to defend from a killing blow, if this happens restart checkpoint/section immediately. If unsure, check the Item Wheel (bottom right corner) whether you still have a Knife or not. Try to always keep 1 Knife for the next Secret Chest Collectible! The Knives are included in the Collectible Guide & Walkthrough. If you reach a Secret Chest but don’t have a Knife, you must use Chapter Select to replay everything from the last Knife location onward.

Anything you miss can be gotten via Chapter Select. Keep in mind that Chapter Select only tracks Souvenirs and Hugo’s Herbarium (called “Flowers” and “Feathers” in the trophies but “Herbarium” in-game). The following are NOT tracked in Chapter Select: Secret Chests, Knives, and Tools.

General Note about Progression Bugs: Sometimes there can be game-breaking progression bugs such as not being able to interact with a mandatory story item. If the game seems bugged, you can double-check in the Walkthrough how it’s supposed to work. If it is indeed a bug, replaying the Sub-Chapter via Chapter Select almost always fixes it. You don’t need to replay the entire Chapter, only the Sub-Chapter.

Step 2: New Game+ Playthrough to finish All Skills

The only trophies you will have left after the 1st playthrough are for maxing out Skills. It’s impossible to max out all 3 skills in one playthrough because there are not enough enemy encounters in a single playthrough. That’s why a second playthrough in New Game+ is necessary.

To start New Game+ go to Title Screen > press to see Saves > press on completed story save to start New Game+. It won’t overwrite your old save. It creates a new save slot, you can still go back to your old save to use Chapter Select if needed.

Check your Skill progress as soon as the “Skills Menu” becomes available during Chapter 2 (after 1st enemy encounter that has an archer). Finish the remaining skills throughout New Game+. They always increase after enemy encounters. If you want to compare your progress before & after each encounter you can take a screenshot of the Skills Menu. If the skill you need didn’t increase, replay the last encounter via chapter select and continue from there. The skill progress is entirely based on how many enemies you kill during an encounter. Killing none or very few gives Prudence, killing all gives Aggressive, killing only half gives Opportunism.

Prudence = Kill 0-30% of enemies during an encounter by any means (any weapon / type of kill is allowed). It’s best to stay in stealth, complete a section without being seen and without killing anyone. Then you will always get Prudence skill after the encounter.
Aggressive = Kill 71-100% of enemies during an encounter by any means (any weapon / type of kill is allowed). It’s best to get spotted intentionally, then kill all enemies in an encounter. For enemies with helmets, try to lure them into tall grass and shoot Ignifer at the grass to make them burn, or use chain reactions in the environment to burn them. Later you can also use the crossbow to kill them. The last crossbow upgrade for unbreakable bolts is very useful, allows you to pick up the bolts again from enemies you killed.
Opportunism = Kill 31-60% of enemies during an encounter by any means (any weapon / type of kill is allowed). It does not matter if you are in stealth or open combat, you are allowed to get spotted. It’s best to count the exact number of enemies per encounter, then kill exactly half of them and you will earn Opportunism after the encounter. Only the number of kills matters, not how you kill the enemies.

Some players might need a nearly full playthrough to max out the remaining skills, others might only need to replay half the game. If you are still missing a Skill after this playthrough, you must use Chapter Select to replay from a point with many enemy encounters. It resets your progress to what it was at the start of the Chapter, meaning you can’t “farm” Skills by replaying the same Chapter repeatedly. You’d have to replay everything from that point on and then get the skill maxed out by the end of the game. It gives progress to only one Skill depending on how many enemies you killed in the encounter. Unfortunately, there isn’t a New Game++ to carry over your progress into a third playthrough. If you are already too late into the game it may become impossible to complete a remaining Skill, then it’s better to start replaying from Chapter 3 onward, this time focusing exclusively on the 1 missing Skill.

Useful Tips, Tricks, and Guides: