Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Trophy Roadmap

• Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10 (with Reputation Exploit), 7/10 (without Reputation Exploit) – see  War Hero for exploit
• Approximate amount of time to platinum: 30-35 hours
• Offline Trophies: 39 (1, 4, 9, 25)
• Online Trophies: 0
• Number of missable trophies: 0 – however, you should focus all materials (Iron, Wood, Sulfur, Coins) on one single weapon per category until you have all weapon upgrade trophies (fully upgrade ONE sharp melee weapon, blunt melee weapon, primary firearm, helmet, grenades, secondary firearm). Even better, save enough materials to fully upgrade one of them, then make a PS+ save backup, spend the materials to unlock the upgrade trophy, download the save to get the materials back, spend them on the next weapon to pop the next upgrade trophy and repeat, restore save after each fully upgraded weapon to get materials back. If you misallocate materials across different weapons it can get tricky to upgrade everything and will require more searching.
• Glitched trophies: 3 (they are all obtainable but can glitch out for some players) – War Hero, The Home Front, and Red Flag
  •  War Hero: this trophy can become buggy because you don’t get any Reputation after killing the game’s final boss. Fortunately, there’s an exploit that makes this trophy very easy to obtain. Check the trophy description for more information.
  •  The Home Front: there are reports of side quests bugging out (objectives not triggering or registering, NPCs not spawning etc.). It’s recommended to make a backup save in PS+ Cloud before and after each main- and side quest.
  •  Red Flag: there are reports of the Banner count not updating after shooting them down. It’s recommended to make a backup save in PS+ Cloud before and after shooting down each Banner.
• Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, must play the game on at least Normal difficulty for trophies to unlock. Trophies DON’T unlock on Story difficulty.
• Hardest Trophy:  War Hero (if done legit)
• Minimum Playthroughs: 1 + optional post-story clean up
• PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: No, the game is only available on PS5.
• PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: No, the game is only available on PS5.
• Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, all three maps can be freely explored after the story.
• Supports Manual Saves?: No, only 1 Autosave
• Release Date: July 18, 2024

Introduction

Welcome to the Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Trophy Guide & Roadmap. In Flintlock, you play as Nor, a Sapper who must save mankind from extinction by fighting against old Gods. The game features swashbuckling combat and rewarding exploration. For the Platinum, you must play the game on at least Normal difficulty because trophies don’t unlock on Story difficulty. In addition to completing the story, you must also gather a variety of Collectibles, finish all Side Quests as well as knock out a bunch of exploration and miscellaneous trophies. Nothing is missable!

Step 1: Finish the story and do as much side content as possible

Start a new game and make sure you select the Normal difficulty option. You can’t earn trophies on the Story difficulty! While playing through the game, it’s highly recommended to do as much side content as possible. Follow this guide to get everything – Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Collectible Locations.

While nothing is missable and can be taken care of even after the story, it’s beneficial to collect things during the story to become as powerful as possible. Doing side content before the main one allows you to get more Reputation points, which are needed to unlock more skills and weapon upgrades. Leaving all of this for after the story would unnecessarily increase the difficulty of the game.

VERY IMPORTANT: Every time you kill an enemy, you acquire Reputation. However, there’s a slight twist to this: every time you kill an enemy, you also unlock a percentage multiplier. The more you hold on without getting hit and the more diverse your attacks are, the higher your Reputation multiplier goes up. The moment you get hit, your Reputation multiplier is reset to 0 and you get as much Reputation as you’ve stacked thus far, but without the multiplier. If you want the multiplier to count, you must manually claim it by pressing on the d-pad. Knowing all of this is consequential to unlocking Skills but even more so to maxing out a weapon in each category. This is because the weapon upgrades are very expensive, not in terms of resources, but in terms of Reputation. Some upgrades even require more than 30k Reputation just for one upgrade tier! It is very likely that you’ll still miss some upgrade tiers by the time you reach the first Campsite in Dawn (game’s final region), even after doing all side content. There’s luckily a farming spot not too far from the first Campsite in Dawn. Check  War Hero for more information. Once you have enough Reputation, make your way back to the Campsite and make a manual backup save in PS+ Cloud. Then dump all of your earned Reputation points into maxing out one weapon from a chosen category and copy back your save when you’ve unlocked a trophy. Continue doing this until you’ve earned all weapon upgrade trophies. By the time you do this, you should hopefully be missing only 2-3 tiers per weapon. If you don’t have a PS+ subscription, you must abuse the exploit until you have enough Reputation to get all missing weapon upgrade trophies in one go.

Step 2: Clean-up

If you’ve followed the Collectible Guide, you shouldn’t have any trophies left to unlock. If you forgot anything, you can still travel anywhere and clean anything up after the game’s final boss by loading your save from the main menu.

Useful Guides, Tips & Tricks

• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All-in-One Collectible Guide
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Side Quest Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Banner Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Firearm Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Melee Weapon Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Enki Feather Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Inaya Shrine Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Revenant Locations
• Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn All Hamlet Locations

General Tips:

1. Play offline to avoid the patch that could potentially fix the Reputation Exploit detailed under  War Hero.
2. Leave no stone unturned. Explore each area as much possible for materials (Iron, Wood, Sulfur, Coins). If you do, you’ll have more than enough to upgrade one weapon from each category. As explained above, the problem isn’t materials, but Reputation. Coins can be redeemed for some extra Reputation points.
3. Once you’ve unlocked  Kit Inspection, don’t waste your Reputation on the cosmetics sold by the Host at Coffee Shops. These are just cosmetic items which don’t serve any real purpose. Ignore them completely.
4. Try to evenly distribute your Reputation points when unlocking Skills. This is because you can abuse a very effective combat mechanic: for an Enki attack immediately followed by melee attacks (Shadow Partner skill from the Magic tree), then for a flintlock shot. Doing all of this in quick succession almost always warrants an endless stack of bullets, allowing you to repeat this over and over and thus overpowering bosses. You should be able to do this by the time you reach the first map’s main boss and if you’ve evenly purchased skills from all Skill trees and especially the Shadow Partner skill.
5. Always accept an Ancestor’s favor if you have one nearby. This is great to get a temporary Reputation buff.
6. Nor can cover pretty large gaps with her jumping abilities. As such it’s very easy to get out of bounds. Getting out of bounds has been reported to bug the game (confirmed from Patch 1.002.200).

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Trophy Guide

	Hero of the Coalition Obtain all other trophies
Earn all other trophies in Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn to unlock Platinum (no DLC needed)!
	God Killer Defeat Rammuha.
Automatic, story-related unlock, cannot be missed. You will unlock this trophy after defeating Rammuha during Main Quest “Powder and Steel”.
	Truth Hurts Defeat Dukmar.
Automatic, story-related unlock, cannot be missed. You will unlock this trophy after defeating Dukmar during Main Quest “Divine Intervention”.
	A Life Left Behind Defeat Inaya.
Automatic, story-related unlock, cannot be missed. You will unlock this trophy after defeating Inaya during Main Quest “No Rest ’til Dawn”.
	Free At Last Defeat Uru.
Automatic, story-related unlock, cannot be missed. You will unlock this trophy after defeating Uru during Main Quest “Back Where You Belong”.
	Full Metal Find all three pieces of a single armor set.
To complete an armor set, you must acquire a helmet, a pauldron and gauntlets. The first opportunity you have to unlock this trophy is with the Sapper’s Set, whose final piece, the Pauldron, can be found in a side room when you get to the Workyard territory as part of the “Powder and Steel” Main Quest. The side room is located in the tunnel where you can use the Rifts. If you thoroughly explore each area, you’ll unlock multiple armor sets by the time you reach the game’s final boss.
	Thicker than Blood Complete the Cerith family saga.
To unlock this trophy, you must first complete the “In Safe Hands Sapper” Quest. This Sapper Quest can only be completed in the second region of the game, Wanderer’s Rest. After rescuing Johara and convincing her to join you and the gang at the Campsite (unmissable, story-related event), talk to Luca after resting at the next available Campsite down the hill. Complete this Sapper Quest and then talk to Johara to start “The Family Condition” Sapper Quest. Talk to her again to travel to Cerith Estate. This is a new location specific to this Sapper Quest that you cannot revisit after. There’s nothing trophy-related in this area, so you can’t miss out on anything. Simply complete this linear side quest and when you’re back in Wanderer’s Rest, talk to Johara again to complete it and unlock this trophy. If you’ve followed the suggested roadmap, this should be one of your last Side Quests, potentially earning you  The Home Front trophy. Lastly, if this is your last Sapper Quest, you will automatically fully upgrade your Campsite, thus earning you  Fully Furnished.
	Headhunter Kill 20 enemies with a headshot.
First, you must unlock the Marksman’s Musket, an unmissable story-related unlock during Main Quest “Battle Hardened”. Then simply headshot and kill 20 enemies with it. The enemies must die from the headshot and the birds don’t count for this.
	Malediction Apply three different status effects onto a single enemy at the same time.
One way to apply three different elemental statuses to an enemy is through at least one Cursed Stone and a Grenade. The first Cursed Stone you find is in the Flooded Pit area. By the time you’ve reached this area, you’ll have already unlocked some grenade types. Here’s what you must do to obtain this trophy: to curse attack an enemy with Enki to inflict Curse and the curse of the stone you’ve equipped. Then, throw the grenade. If the Grenade hits your status-inflicted enemy, the trophy will unlock.
	Top of the Class Purchase a skill from the top row of the skill tree.
To reach the top row of the skill tree, you must earn enough Reputation points to reach it. Check the roadmap for more information on how to farm Reputation and what the best approach to Reputation distribution is when unlocking new skills. Once you’ve acquired any of the Skills from the top row you will unlock this trophy.
	Rift Finder Activate 20 skulls.
See the trophy below  Sure Beats Walking.
	Sure Beats Walking Activate 50 skulls.
While you will automatically unlock 20 skulls as you play through the story, the rest will depend on how thoroughly you explore each area you came across. Most of these are found near ledges and serve as shortcuts or to reach new otherwise unreachable areas. You can also tell you’re near one of them because your DualSense will start vibrating. They’re also colored in a vivd blue, making them stand out. If you’re thorough enough, you can unlock your 50th skull even before reaching the second map in the game.
	Cataclysm Averted Defeat all Revenants.
There are 3 Revenants in the game. While one is fought during the main story, the remaining 2 must be found. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Revenant Locations.
	A Place to Call Home Free all Hamlets.
There are 9 Hamlets in the game. To free a Hamlet, you must kill its Leader. Most Hamlets are freed while playing through the main story. Only some of them are not mandatory. However, all of these get marked on the map when you get close to them. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Hamlet Locations.
	Leadership Vacuum Defeat all Bandit leaders.
You will automatically unlock this while going for  A Place to Call Home and  The Home Front, so don’t worry about it.
	Fully Furnished Fully upgrade your Campsite.
To fully upgrade your Campsite, you must first convince all possible side characters to join you. These are Jung, Luca, and Johara. Convincing them to join you is an unmissable, story-related event. Once you have convinced each side character to join you, you’ll unlock their respective Sapper Quests. To unlock this trophy you must complete all Sapper Quests. If you’ve followed the suggested roadmap, you will unlock this trophy after completing “The Family Condition” Sapper Quest from Johara.
	Impostor Syndrome Defeat the dark version of you.
Automatic, story-related unlock, cannot be missed. You will encounter your dark self during Main Quest “The Enemy’s Grasp”.
	Rift Rider Maintain Rift travel without entering a rift for 60 secs.
To hold your Rift travel without entering a Rift you must continuously rotate your camera to face a new Rift and press before you enter a Rift. This is best done at Mercy’s Step during Main Quest “Powder and Steel”. When you eventually reach this area after the City of Writ you’ll have to rift-travel through the cathedral and out of it. After destroying the rose window is your best chance to do it given how close to one another the Rifts are. If it helps, set your camera sensitivity to 50% in the Settings.
	Massacre Kill 5 enemies within 2 seconds.
The easiest and fastest way to get this trophy is with a horde. Hordes are mainly made up of particularly weak enemies that go down in 2-3 hits. The first opportunity to get this trophy is immediately after reaching Mile End’s Barricade as part of Main Quest “Battle Hardened”. Right after stepping into the barricade, you’ll be ambushed by a horde. If you can perform a Withering, storm into the horde itself and unleash it. This will kill most enemies in one hit, netting you this trophy. Alternatively, you can lure the enemies near one of the few explosive barrels in the barricade and then shoot it when there’s enough near it. There will be other Hordes you can get this trophy with later in the game, so don’t worry if you’ve missed this chance.
	Ruffled Find all Enki feathers.
There are 5 Enki Feathers in the game and their purpose is to level up Enki all the way to the Mythical tier. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Enki Feather Locations.
	Axe to a Gun Fight Deflect ten bullets back at enemies.
First, you must acquire the Deflection Skill from the Steel skill tree. Then, fast travel to the Lodestone north-west of Pilgrim’s Bend in the game’s first region (Three Peaks). Right next to it is a markswoman, which makes this a great spot to unlock this trophy. Get her to spot you and then press right before the bullet is about to hit you. The markswoman will go down in two hits, meaning that you’ll have to repeat this another 5 times.
	A Shot of Espresso Shoot your gun in a Coffee Shop.
The best time to do this is right after liberating a hamlet. When confronting the enemy leader, prioritize melee combat over ranged to stock up on bullets. This way you’ll have bullets at your disposal when entering the Coffee Shop. Then, when inside a Coffee Shop, press to shoot a bullet.
	Good Things Come in Threes Win three games of Sebo in a row against different opponents.
Sebo is a minigame. To unlock this trophy, you must win one Sebo match against three different opponents in a row. This trophy is best done after you’ve found enough special coins. These coins make winning against opponents much easier and are found in wells in the world. Especially, the Death God’s Obol special coin is worth picking up to make matches faster and easier (location below). Your next step is to travel to the Campsite in Pilgrim’s Bend in the Three Peaks region where you can find 3 different Sebo players next to each other (4 if we include Baz at the Campsite). Play any opponent and win. To win a match you must create a Rift triangle using your coins as well as making sure that your opponent doesn’t. Once you have won a match, move to another player and win against them. If you ever lose or forfeit a match, you must start the sequence from scratch and play against the first opponent again. It is therefore suggested to make a backup save in PS+ Cloud once you’ve won against an opponent, then you can redownload the save should you lose. Once you’ve won your third consecutive match, you will unlock this trophy.
	Mistakes Were Made Die ten times.
Self-explanatory. You will most likely die more than 10 times throughout the game.
	Small Mercies Find all Shrines of Inaya.
Inaya Shrines are red crystals that increase your health. There are 7 Inaya Shrines in the game. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Shrines of Inaya Locations.
	Cutting Edge Fully upgrade a sharp melee weapon.
First, you must know what the game refers to as sharp melee weapons. There are 4 sharp melee weapons in the game, they are: Nor’s Axe, Harbinger’s Axe, Herald’s Blade, and Irregular’s Axe. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Melee Weapon Locations. To fully upgrade a sharp melee weapon, you must level it up to Masterwork, which is equal to the final and six tier upgrade level. You must have lots of upgrade Materials (Iron, Wood, Sulfur) as well as Reputation points. Check the roadmap for more information on how to farm Reputation. It’s best to fully upgrade the Herald’s Blade which is the best axe in the game to build your Reputation multiplier much more easily.
	Blunt Instrument Fully upgrade a blunt melee weapon.
First, you must know what the game refers to as blunt melee weapons. There are 2 blunt melee weapons in the game, they are: Judge’s Hammer and Sunderer’s Hammer. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Melee Weapon Locations. To fully upgrade a blunt melee weapon, you must level it up to Masterwork, which is equal to the final and six tier upgrade level. You must have lots of upgrade Materials (Iron, Wood, Sulfur) as well as Reputation points. Check the roadmap for more information on how to farm Reputation. It’s best to fully upgrade the Sunderer’s Hammer which is the best hammer in the game to build Prime on enemies.
	Full Arsenal Collect all firearms.
There are 11 Firearms in the game (5 Primary Firearms and 6 Secondary Firearms). You unlock most of these by completing Side and Sapper Quests. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Firearm Locations.
	Never Outgunned Fully upgrade a primary firearm.
You can upgrade your Primary Firearm at any Campsite by talking to Baz. To upgrade any Primary Firearm, you need Iron, Wood, and Sulfur as well as lots of Reputation. Check the roadmap for more information on how the Reputation farming mechanic works. It’s best to level up Nor’s Pistol which has the best bullet-to-damage ratio.
	Forgemaster’s Favor Fully upgrade a helmet.
First, you must convince Jung to join you and Baz at the Campsite. This is an unmissable, story-related event which takes place after liberating Whitebridge. Once you’ve convinced him, he’ll become available at the next Campsite you come across. To upgrade any helmet, you need Iron, Wood, and Sulfur, and lots of Reputation. Check the roadmap for more information on how the Reputation farming mechanic works.
	Let Them Cook Fully upgrade one of your grenades.
First, you must rescue Johara and convince her to join the Campsite. This is an automatic, story-related event taking place at the end of Main Quest “The Enemy’s Grasp”, after defeating the dark self. After rescuing her, slide down the hill and rest at the Campsite where she’ll now be available for grenade upgrades. To upgrade a grenade you need Iron, Sulfur, and lots of Reputation. Check the roadmap for more information on how the Reputation farming mechanic works.
	Land Surfer Slide down a hill for 5 seconds.
You can get this trophy relatively early in the game after liberating Whitebridge during the Main Quest “Battle Hardened”. Face the Coffee Shop and then head south-west until you come across a giant wooden crane. Under the crane is a skull you can activate. Then, fly through the Rifts, going up when possible. You’ll eventually land on a small platform near a muddy slide. Simply slide down the hill to unlock this trophy. Alternatively, you will naturally unlock this after rescuing Johara in the game’s second map, Wanderer’s Rest.
	Red Flag Shoot down all enemy banners.
Banners are red flags found in both Three Peaks and Wanderer’s Rest. The first two regions feature a total of 15 Banners each, for a total of 30 in the game. To shoot them down you must either use your flintlock or your musket if they’re not otherwise reachable. Refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Banner Locations.
	A Name for Yourself With a single claim convert at least 1,000 battle experience into Reputation.
To convert 1,000 battle XP into Reputation, your multiplier or Reputation acquired must be high enough so that the conversion score is equal to or higher than 1,000. You will most likely unlock this trophy after defeating the Whitebridge Horror Revenant as part of Main Quest “Battle Hardened”.
	A Battle to Remember With a single claim convert at least 15,000 battle experience into Reputation.
To convert 15,000 battle XP into Reputation, your multiplier or Reputation acquired must be high enough so that the conversion score is equal to or higher than 15,000. You will most likely unlock this trophy after defeating Inaya as part of Main Quest “No Rest ’til Dawn”.
	War Hero With a single claim convert at least 50,000 battle experience into Reputation.
To convert 50,000 battle XP into Reputation, your multiplier or Reputation acquired must be high enough so that the conversion score is equal to or higher than 50,000. While this should unlock naturally after beating the game’s final boss, it currently won’t as of game version 1.002.200 because the game triggers the end credits immediately after defeating the final boss. Exploit: Thankfully, there’s an exploit that makes this trophy very easy to obtain. This will most likely get patched soon, so it is recommended to play the game offline to avoid the fixing patch. Here’s what you must do: after defeating Inaya in Dawn, don’t continue on. Instead, sprint back to the Lodestone in the Fire Belt territory. Here, continue past it until you see a shield-wielding enemy. Go past him and through the area with the shaman and the two Viking-looking enemies until you’re basically at the opposite side of the shield-wielding enemy’s location in the trenches. What you want to do here is lock on either Viking-looking enemy, get spotted and let him rush towards you. Once the Viking-looking enemy is far enough away from the shaman, press for an Enki’s curse attack (you don’t want to do this too soon, otherwise your Enki attack will curse the shaman, too, who should remain untouched for as long as possible). The enemy you’ve locked on will come rushing towards you. Let him and retreat into the trench. When he’s far enough away from the shaman spawning him, he’ll die. Upon dying, you’ll get the Reputation XP. This is the exploit and you want to keep doing this until you have a high enough multiplier to safely make a 50K Reputation conversion. Never kill the shaman. If you like taking chances, you can even equip the Herald’s Blade and hold for an attack that builds your Reputation multiplier. Once you have stacked around 25k in Reputation and have a multiplier of at least 150% you can safely claim your Reputation by manually pressing . You can now use all the Reputation you’ve earned to buy the final upgrades for your weapon trophies. You can also back up the save to PS+ cloud before buying upgrades, then reload it after buying an upgrade to get the Reputation back and repeat for other weapons.
	Ahead Of Its Time Fully upgrade a secondary firearm.
To upgrade your secondary firearm, you must first rescue Luca. This is an unmissable, story-related event taking place during Main Quest “Powder and Steel”. Once you’ve rescued him, he’ll become available at the next Campsite you come across. To upgrade any secondary firearm, you need Iron, Wood, and Sulfur as well as lots of Reputation. Refer to the roadmap for more information on how the Reputation farming mechanic works.
	Kit Inspection Change your trousers and jacket.
To change your trousers and jacket, you must first visit a Coffee Shop. Coffee Shops become available in Hamlets after they’ve been liberated. The first opportunity to do this is after liberating the Port Solace hamlet shortly after the start of the game. Then, enter the Coffee Shop, speak with the host and open the Shop. Here you can buy your first new jacket and trousers for 500 Reputation a piece. Because you need all the Reputation you can for the weapon upgrades, it’s best to make a backup save in PS+ Cloud, unlock the trophy, and reload your save to get your Reputation back. After obtaining this trophy, it is suggested to not waste hard-earned Reputation on cosmetics, so download your save from PS+ Cloud afterward.
	The Home Front Complete all side quests.
To unlock this trophy you must complete all Side and Sapper Quests. There are 9 Side Quests and 4 Sapper Quests in the game. Side Quests can only be claimed by talking to the Host at the Coffee Shop only after freeing a Hamlet which has one. You can claim multiple Side Quests at the same time and these are a great way to explore the world and find some of the collectibles. Sapper Quests can only be started once you have rescued and convinced all Campsite members to join it. Once you’ve completed all Side and Sapper Quests you will unlock this trophy. For all Side Quests refer to Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn Collectible Guide or Side Quest Locations.