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Ghost of Tsushima Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Ghost of Tsushima Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 40-60 hours (50 hours average for most players)
  • Offline Trophies: 52 (1trophy, 2trophy, 9trophy, 40trophy)
  • Online Trophies: 0 (there is no online mode)
  • Number of missable trophies: 0 – Nothing Missable! Can do everything after the story in free-roam.
  • Glitched trophies: 0 – but there are many game-breaking progression bugs so make Manual Saves regularly to reload if something goes wrong.
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, can do everything on easy.
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 1
  • PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: Yes, can transfer save from PS4 version to PS5 Director’s Cut and it autopops all trophies, except the one for using Photo Mode which you can redo within a few seconds, so basically a free platinum. There is no save transfer from PS5 to PS4 (only from old gen to new gen).
  • Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, there is still free roam after the story. You can still do everything after the story.
  • Release Date: July 17, 2020

Introduction

Welcome to the Ghost of Tsushima Trophy Guide! This Trophy Guide is also valid for the PS5 Version of Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut. Ghost of Tsushima is a Singleplayer open world Samurai fighting game. It’s doable for players of all skill levels and nothing difficult like Dark Souls games (similar to Assassin’s Creed in difficulty). It’s an easy platinum that is purely completion-based. Just finish the story, liberate all regions, do all Side Tales (Quests), and find the various types of Collectibles. 90% of trophies will come naturally while working on those tasks. The rest is a couple of miscellaneous trophies. Nothing is missable, you can get everything after the story in free-roam. You can already work on side tasks during the story if you like. Cutscenes and dialogues in this game are unskippable. The story on its own takes about 15 hours to complete. Each region takes another 15 hours or so to clear. There are 3 regions in total (the 3rd region is shorter). Most players should be able to achieve platinum in 50 hours when playing on easy difficulty. There are no difficulty-related trophies and you can switch difficulties at any time.

Step 1: Complete the Story, work on Side Tasks as you wish

Your first step is to complete the story. There are no difficulty-related trophies, so you can play on easy if you like. You can work on side tasks as you see fit (any Liberations, Side Tales, Collectibles you come across). Nothing is missable and you can still do everything after the story in free-roam.

There are just a few things you should keep in mind for maximum efficiency:

  • Equipping the Charm “Charm of Inari” is very useful, it increases the amount of Supplies you find. It’s obtained from Shinto Shrine Collectible: Arrow Peak Shrine in Region 1. Supplies are essentially the “money” in this game. You need a lot of supplies to fully upgrade your sword and the Sakai Clan Armor.
  • The only trophy-relevant Weapon/Armor upgrades are for fully upgrading the “Sakai Katana” (your sword) and the “Sakai Clan Armor” (automatic unlock in Act 2). Keep all your Supplies for these, don’t waste too many Supplies on other things (but putting a few into bow upgrades is okay, just don’t put it all into pointless armor upgrades that you’ll never need). Upgrading the Sword unlocks “The Perfect Storm” and fully upgrading the Sakai Clan Armor is required for “All in the Wrist”.
  • Wear the Traveler’s Armor to make the controller vibrate when artifacts & records are nearby (upgrading this armor a little bit is okay). You unlock it for free by talking to merchants, for example the one at the Hiyoshi Survivor Camp. It also allows you to press :right: on the world map to be led to the next artifact automatically.
  • Try to get trophy “Have a Nice Fall” early (kicking someone off a ledge to make them die from falling damage). Or at least get it while you still have a few Occupied Mongol Territories left. It’s best to do this at Mongol Outposts, because enemies are placed in fixed positions there. Once you’ve liberated all camps you can’t reset them. Then you’d have to rely on random enemy patrols which would make this more tricky.

Should you get stuck at any mission, refer to the Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough (All Tales).

Game-Breaking Progression Bugs Warning: There are lots of reports of quest markers bugging out and entire main- or side quests becoming impossible to complete. There’s about a 20% chance of this happening at some point throughout the game. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to make Manual Saves regularly. At least once every hour, or even better after every Quest. Make it a habit to always make a Manual Save each mission and when you run out of save slots, always overwrite the oldest one. If you have a game-breaking bug, the only way to fix it is by reloading an old Manual Save. Also don’t start a Side Tale and leave it incomplete. You don’t want to spend 60 hours and then come back to it only to realize it has a game-breaking progression bug. Always finish each Tale you start before moving on to the next!

Step 2: Liberating all Areas / Enemy Outposts (collect all resources you can find in camps to fully upgrade your Sword & Sakai Clan Armor)

After the Story all remaining Mongol Camps get marked on the map automatically (red icons). But just in case, here are their locations » Ghost of Tsushima – All Mongol Territories (All Occupied Areas to Liberate).

Liberate ALL of them now. This will clear the fog from the map and reveal all Collectibles & Side Tales as Question Marks “?” on the map. This takes out a lot of the manual search work.

Make sure to search the enemy camps thoroughly for materials and supplies while liberating them. You will need them to fully upgrade your Sword for “The Perfect Storm” and the Sakai Clan Armor for “All in the Wrist”. This consumes a lot of materials, don’t underestimate it. Being somewhat thorough will do, you don’t have to grab every single item. Just get more than half and you’ll end up with enough.

Step 3: Collectibles, Side Tales, Mythic Tales

Finish all Collectibles, Side Tales, Mythic Tales. They get marked on the map as Question Marks “?” after having liberated all regions.

Here are all the completion-tasks you need for platinum:

The only Collectibles you don’t need at all are Sashimono Banners, everything else is tied to trophies. For a list of all Quests you can also refer to the Ghost of Tsushima Walkthrough (All Tales) which includes unlock requirements, starting locations and a full walkthrough of each quest.

Step 4: Miscellaneous Trophies

At this point you may still have some of the not-so-obvious miscellaneous trophies left, for example: Cooper Clan Cosplayer, Dirge of the Fallen Forge, All in the Wrist. Refer to the trophy guide below for their solutions. They are quickly done in free-roam after the story.

Importing Save from PS4 to PS5 Director’s Cut & Automatically unlocking all PS5 Trophies

With the release of the PS5 Director’s Cut on August 20, 2021 you can get an instant platinum by transferring your save game. If you’ve already played the PS4 version, you can import your save into the PS5 version and it will automatically unlock all trophies, except the trophy for using photo mode (which only takes 1 second to do). The Legends Mode trophies and New Game+ trophy automatically unlock too. You can import the save from the title screen either via USB or via PS+ Cloud. Everything carries over from the PS4 version. However, it is NOT possible to import from PS5 > PS4 (only works from PS4 > PS5). For DLC Trophies see Iki Island DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap.

Useful Tips, Tricks, Guides:

Ghost of Tsushima Trophy Guide

DLC Trophy Guides:

DLC #1: Iki Island Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Living Legend
Obtain all trophies.
Earn all other trophies in Ghost of Tsushima to unlock Platinum (DLC not required).
Gathering Storm
Recover the katana of clan Sakai.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during the Prologue, after you pick your horse.
Point of No Return
Break your code to help a new friend.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 1: Rescue Lord Shimura – after completing Tale: The Warrior’s Code.
Company of Wolves
Recruit the Straw Hat ronin.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 1: Rescue Lord Shimura – after completing Tale: The Tale of Ryuzo.
Stoking the Flame
Rescue Taka from Mongol captivity.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 1: Rescue Lord Shimura – after completing Tale: The Broken Blacksmith.
Family Reunion
Free Lord Shimura from the Khan’s clutches.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 1: Rescue Lord Shimura – after completing Tale: Shadow of the Samurai.
Leader of the People
Rally the peasants of Yarikawa.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 2: Retake Castle Shimura – after completing Tale: The Ghost of Yarikawa.
Birthright
Recover your father’s armor.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 2: Retake Castle Shimura – after completing Tale: Ghosts from the Past (unlocks after the Tale, not immediately when putting on the armor).
Dying Embers
Eradicate the traitors in the name of a fallen friend.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 2: Retake Castle Shimura – after completing Tale: A Reckoning in Blood.
The Ghost
Embrace your new identity.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 2: Retake Castle Shimura – after completing Tale: From the Darkness.
The Exiled Alliance
Reunite with your allies in the frozen north.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 3: Kill the Khan – after completing Tale: Wolves at the Gates.
Sovereign End
Confront the Khan.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 3: Kill the Khan – after completing Tale: Eternal Blue Sky.
Mono No Aware
Leave the past behind and accept the burden of your new mantle.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks after finishing the story (After Tale: The Tale of Lord Shimura).
The Warrior Monk
Complete all of Norio’s Tales.
See trophy “Helping Sword Hand”, you will automatically get this while going for all Tales of Tsushima.

The required Norio Tales are:

  1. The Last Warrior Monk (Norio Tale 1 of 9)
  2. Three Actions, Three Illusions (Norio Tale 2 of 9)
  3. Ghosts in the Fog (Norio Tale 3 of 9)
  4. The Birth of Suffering (Norio Tale 4 of 9)
  5. The Blood Sutra (Norio Tale 5 of 9)
  6. The Cause of Suffering (Norio Tale 6 of 9)
  7. The End of Suffering (Norio Tale 7 of 9)
  8. The Guardian of Tsushima (Norio Tale 8 of 9)
  9. This Threefold World (Norio Tale 9 of 9)
The Vengeful Warrior
Complete all of Masako’s Tales.
See trophy “Helping Sword Hand”, you will automatically get this while going for all Tales of Tsushima. (The Masako Tale “A Mother’s Peace” is not required for this trophy, because it’s not part of her questline)

The required Masako Tales are:

  1. The Tale of Lady Masako (Masako Tale 1 of 9)
  2. The Headman (Masako Tale 2 of 9)
  3. The Husband (Masako Tale 3 of 9)
  4. The Traitor (Masako Tale 4 of 9)
  5. The Fool (Masako Tale 5 of 9)
  6. The Family Man (Masako Tale 6 of 9)
  7. The Thief (Masako Tale 7 of 9)
  8. The Conspirator (Masako Tale 8 of 9)
  9. The Sister Betrayed (Masako Tale 9 of 9)
The Unbending Archer
Complete all of Ishikawa’s Tales.
See trophy “Helping Sword Hand”, you will automatically get this while going for all Tales of Tsushima.

The required Ishikawa Tales are:

  1. The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa (Ishikawa Tale 1 of 9)
  2. The Sensei and the Student (Ishikawa Tale 2 of 9)
  3. The Past Never Passes (Ishikawa Tale 3 of 9)
  4. The Way of the Bow (Ishikawa Tale 4 of 9)
  5. Dreams of Conquest (Ishikawa Tale 5 of 9)
  6. The Ghost and the Demon Sensei (Ishikawa Tale 6 of 9)
  7. The Terror of Otsuna (Ishikawa Tale 7 of 9)
  8. Friends in Passing (Ishikawa Tale 8 of 9)
  9. Laid to Rest (Ishikawa Tale 9 of 9)
The Headstrong Thief
Complete all of Yuna’s Tales.
See trophy “Helping Sword Hand”, you will automatically get this while going for all Tales of Tsushima.

The required Yuna Tales are:

  1. The Tale of Yuna (Yuna Tale 1 of 4)
  2. Silent Death (Yuna Tale 2 of 4)
  3. The Black Wolf (Yuna Tale 3 of 4)
  4. Message in Blood (Yuna Tale 4 of 4)
Teller of Tales
Complete all of the Mythic Tales.
See trophy “Helping Sword Hand”, you will automatically get this while going for all Tales of Tsushima.

The requires Mythic Tales are:

  1. The Heavenly Strike
  2. The Curse of Uchitsune
  3. The Legend of Tadayori
  4. The Six Blades of Kojiro
  5. The Unbreakable Gosaku
  6. The Spirit of Yarikawa’s Vengeance
  7. The Undying Flame
Helping Sword Hand
Complete all Tales of Tsushima.
In total there are 61 Side Tales, also called “Tales of Tsushima”. They are the Side Quests in the game. You can tell it’s a Side Quest because they have a silver icon on the map (either a silver face icon if it’s part of a side quest line, or 4 silver dots if it’s a short quest not part of a quest line).

You must complete all 61 of these for the trophy. This will automatically unlock the silver trophies for doing the side quest lines from Norio, Masako, Ishikawa, and Yuna.

None of the Tales of Tsushima are missable. It doesn’t matter what dialogue choices or what ending you pick during the story. You can still do all of them after the story in free-roam. You can also reveal them on the map as question marks “?” by liberating all of the Occupied Mongol Territories.

However, a few side quests don’t get marked on the map even after liberating all regions. If you’ve uncovered all question marks and are missing a side tale, check The Cost of Fear & A Debt Repaid. These two aren’t marked on the map and are the most likely ones to overlook.

You can see which ones you’ve completed under Pause Menu > Journal > Tales of Tsushima.

For a list of all Side Tales with their starting locations, check this guide (you can also compare with the list from your Journal to find what you’re missing):

» Ghost of Tsushima Complete Walkthrough – All Tales of Tsushima
Flash of Steel
Defeat 20 enemies with a counterattack after a Perfect Parry.
First you must buy the skill “Perfect Parry” (Techniques > Samurai > Deflection). Then you can press :l1: right before being hit by an attack and follow up with :square: or :triangle: . Kill 20 enemies using this method. It’s important you actually KILL them with the counterattack and don’t just wound them. If you have trouble with this, you can either weaken the enemies first, or wait until the end of the game when you have a fully upgraded Katana to kill weaker enemies in one hit.
Witness Protection
Shoot a Terrified enemy with an arrow while they are fleeing.

First you need to terrify an enemy. An enemy counts as “terrified” when they see something gruesome and fall to the floor in shock, then they start running away from the fight. There are a few ways to terrify enemies:

  • Ghost Stance (can terrify enemies upon activation or while killing enemies in Ghost Stance)
    • Unlocked during Act 2 – Main Quest: The Ghost of Yarikawa.
  • Blowgun Poison Darts (shooting an enemy with poison darts from stealth will make them puke blood, doing this to two enemies almost always makes other enemies terrified)
    • Unlocked during Act 2 – Main Quest: Ghosts from the Past.
  • Deflection Skill “Terrifying Parry” (Perfect Parry counterattacks have a 20% chance to Terrify nearby enemies)
    • Bought for 2 skill points.
  • Mythic Arts (every Mythic Art has a decent chance to terrify some enemies)
  • Have fully upgraded Sakai Clan Armor and defeat enemies in Standoff for a 25% chance to terrify
    • Automatically obtained during Act 2 – Main Quest: Ghosts from the Past.
  • Have a fully upgraded Ghost Armor for 30% chance to terrify enemies
    • Automatically obtained during Act 2 – Main Quest: From the Darkness.

Now find any group of enemies. If you’ve already done all quests and liberated all areas, you can still find random enemy patrols on the main roads all over the map. Terrify an enemy using one of the methods above. When they run away, get out your bow and shoot them in the back. The enemy does not have to die from the arrow, just hitting them is enough!

The safest bet to terrify enemies is by combining two methods: Wearing upgraded Ghost Armor and shooting 2 enemies with Poison Darts from stealth. Let other enemies see it and there’s a 90% chance someone will run off terrified. If not, restart the Checkpoint to get the Poison Darts back (or make a Manual Save beforehand to not waste ammo).
All in the Wrist
Defeat the maximum amount of enemies within a single Standoff.

There are some prerequisites needed for this.

  1. Fully Upgrade the Armor “Sakai Clan Armor”. It’s unlocked automatically during Act 2 – Main Quest: From the Darkness. It adds a +2 Streak to Standoffs.
  2. Buy the two Skills “Standoff Streak” & “Improved Standoff Streak” (Techniques > Ghost > Evolving Tactics). This adds another +2 Streak to Standoffs.

By default you can only kill 1 enemy per standoff. But the above adds +4 to the Streak, bringing the total to 5. You must kill 5 enemies in one Standoff for this trophy. Standoffs are activated by pressing :up: when the button prompt shows up on-screen. Then you hold :triangle: and release it when the enemy is starting their attack. To add another strike, keep your finger off the :triangle: button and only tap it shortly when an enemy comes rushing at you. Repeat the last step to more enemies for 5 Standoff Kills in a row.

Standoffs usually happen when you approach enemies head-on, or when only a few last survivors are scattered around an enemy camp. You always get the option when approaching random enemy patrols that show up along main roads.

The enemies in late-game areas (yellow, green armor) get much harder to defeat in standoffs. In particular, they will try to disorient you with fake attack attempts and their attacks are also much quicker, which requires a better reaction time from you. It’s better to go back to the 1st region where enemies are slower in standoffs (white robes or red armor). Finding a random patrol of bandits (white robes) in the 1st region is the easiest option that requires the least reaction time.

If you’ve already liberated all regions you can still find random enemy patrols on the main roads all over the map, so this isn’t missable.
Open for Business
Successfully Stagger enemies 50 times.
To “stagger” an enemy you need to deplete the white bar above their head by breaking through their defenses. The Stagger bar is essentially the enemy’s guard/defense. Deplete it and they will be “staggered” for a moment, allow you to land some hits.

It helps to use the correct stance for the enemy:

  • Stone Stance = Swordsmen
  • Water Stance = Shieldmen
  • Wind Stance = Spearmen
  • Moon Stance = Brutes

The easiest option against any type of enemy is to hold down :triangle: in Water Stance which unleashes a series of strikes that staggers all enemies quickly.
There Can Be Only One
Successfully complete every duel.
Duels are “Boss Fights” where you face off against a single named enemy with a health bar at the top of the screen. Some are part of the story, the rest comes from liberating certain Mongol Territories, is found in the open world, in Mythic Tales, and Side Tales. As you go for all other trophies this will come automatically along the way (liberating all regions, doing all Tales of Tsushima, and all Mythic Tales).

» Ghost of Tsushima – All 25 Duel Locations
Have a Nice Fall
Kill an enemy with fall damage by knocking them off a ledge.

First you need to buy one of these two skills: “Shoulder Charge” (Techniques > Samurai > Evasion) or “Strengthened Typhoon Kick” (Techniques > Stances > Wind Stance).

Shoulder Charge can be unlocked sooner and allows you to press :circle: while sprinting to knock enemies backward over ledges. However, it is countered quite often and harder to control than Typhoon Kick.

Strengthened Typhoon Kick is unlocked later in the game (after killing lots of enemy leaders) and is activated by holding :triangle: in Wind Stance. It’s easier to use and enemies don’t usually counter it.

Either move will work for it. Now all you need is a ledge or cliff. This could be the cliffside of a mountain, or it could be a rooftop or archer’s watchtower. There should be at least a 5 meter drop, more is better. Line up the enemy at the ledge and knock them off. You don’t have to be in stealth for it, this can be done in open combat. You can also weaken the enemy beforehand. He needs to die from the fall to unlock the trophy, if he survives it won’t count.

It’s recommended to do this trophy as early as possible! The more outposts and tales you’ve completed, the more limited your options become. When you’ve liberated all areas, you will only have random enemy patrols in the open world left. Then you’d have to get lucky to get some to spawn near a cliff, or lure them there from further away. It’s easier to do this at enemy outposts where enemies have fixed positions.

For example, I did it at “Derelict Mine” in the 3rd Region, which is surrounded by many cliffs.

 
Haunting Precision
Kill 20 enemies with Ghost Stance strikes.
Ghost Stance is unlocked during Act 2 – Main Mission: The Ghost of Yarikawa. It’s an automatic unmissable story-unlock.

Once you have it, you can activate Ghost Stance in two ways: Either by stealth-slaughtering an enemy leader, or by killing 7 enemies in a row without being hit. Doing 7 kills without getting hit may sound tricky at first, but there are a few ways to make it super easy – do stealth kills, if you’re spotted run away quickly and move on to another enemy camp. Or shoot enemies with arrows from afar, and run off before they get to you. Once you’ve fully upgraded your weapon and armor, you can kill enemies in 1-2 hits. Especially the bandits (white robes without armor) in the south of the first region will die in 1 hit easily after the story. At that point it gets very simple to do 7 kills in a row.

You will see the Ghost Stance bar fill up in the bottom right corner. When it’s all red you can press :l3: + :r3: to activate this Stance.

It will kill everyone in a single hit. Defeat 20 enemies while this stance is active. It’s not possible to defeat 20 in a single usage! You can only kill up to 3 enemies per use, so keep activating it whenever possible. After having liberated all regions, you can still find random enemy patrols along main roads.
The Ghost of Legend
Build your Legend to earn the title Ghost of Tsushima.
Happens automatically by completing all Main Tales, Side Tales, Mongol Territories. Each of these activities increases your legend rank, which is shown in the top right corner of the map. Don’t even worry about it. While working on all other trophies this is guaranteed to unlock automatically. You can also earn a small increase in Legend from defeating random enemy patrols, but this isn’t needed (I never engaged a single one of them and got the trophy before finishing all side tales).
Quick Study
Learn the Stone, Water, Wind, and Moon combat stances.
You only new stances by defeating enemy leaders. They stand out from other enemies because they have better armor. This trophy will come automarically while completing all Main Tales, Side Tales, Mongol Territories. Don’t even worry about it, this happens automatically over time with more game completion as you encounter leaders very frequently.
Every Trick in the Book
Acquire all the throwable Ghost Weapon techniques.
For this you must buy the following 6 skills under Pause Menu > Techniques > Ghost > Ghost Weapons: Kunai, Black Powder Bomb, Smoke Bomb, Sticky Bomb, Wind Chime, Firecracker. The other “Ghost Weapons Skills” aren’t required. You unlock new throwable categories by increasing your Legend Level. You gain Legend from completing Main Tales, Side Tales, Mongol Territories. This will happen naturally as you work on the other trophies for all Side Tales and all Liberations. When you increase your Legend Level you can choose a new Ghost Weapon to unlock. After unlocking the 5 Ghost Weapon Skills in the first row, all you need is the “Firecracker” under the “Wind Chime” (this is bought manually using a skill point and not from Legend Increase).
The Perfect Storm
Fully upgrade your sword.
You only have one sword in the game, the “Sakai Katana”. You can upgrade it at Swordsmiths, for example at Golden Temple in the 1st region. For the upgrades you need Supplies, Iron, Steel, and Gold. All of these are obtained from Mongol Outposts. Supplies and Iron are the most common. Supplies are found just about everywhere (mostly at enemy camps and farms) and are also dropped by dead enemies. Iron is found especially often at small Mongol Camps marked by a red dot on the map. Steel is rarer but is also found at Mongol Camps and in larger Mongol Strongholds (often times from boxes that say “Collect” when you approach them). Gold is a reward for liberating large Mongol Strongholds and is the rarest of these materials (not found in the world, only obtained as a liberation reward).

It’s highly recommended to search all Mongol Camps/Strongholds/Farms thoroughly when liberating them. You can also find tons of these materials during Main- and Side Tales. The materials can also be bought from merchants. The main thing you want to keep an eye on are the Supplies. You don’t want to spend them on unnecessary stuff. The only things you must upgrade for trophy purposes are the Katana and the Sakai Clan Armor. Keep all Supplies for those and ignore everything else until you have the trophy.

Equipping the Charm “Charm of Inari” is very useful, it increases the amount of Supplies you find. It’s obtained from Shinto Shrine Collectible: Arrow Peak Shrine in Region 1. Get it as early as possible for best results. But even without it you find more than enough Supplies, as long as you don’t waste them on unnecessary upgrades. After you’ve liberated all regions and done all quests, you can still find Supplies infinitely in the open world by defeating random enemy patrols (mostly found at main roads). They often have 25 Supplies or so.
A Charming Man
Equip a charm in all 6 slots.
First you will have to complete the Fox Dens (Inari Shrines) to unlock 6 charm slots. This is the only way to unlock all 6 slots. They are available from the beginning of the game. Once you have the 6 slots unlocked, you only need 6 charms. You get these from all sorts of completion-based tasks, mainly from Side Tales & Inari Shrines.

After you’re done with the Inari Shrines just keep doing Side Tales and you’ll get the required amount of Charms. You can equip them under Pause Menu > Gear > Sakai Steel.
Gifted
Collect 10 gifts.

Gifts are collected from Gift Altars, for example at Golden Temple in the 1st region (a story location you automatically visit during Act 1).

 

More gifts become available automatically through story progress. Don’t worry about this at all. You can check the gift altars during the story from time to time. Or just ignore them and check after the story, then you will have more than 10 gifts available. The gifts include resources and some wearable masks.
Slay
Acquire 30 pieces of Vanity Gear.
The fastest way to get this is by collecting the Haiku and Pillars of Honor. Each one of them (except the story-related ones) give you a piece of Vanity Gear. You can also buy the Wind of Vanity skill, then press :right: on the world map to activate Wind of Vanity which leads you to them. There are 59 Vanity Gear Pieces in total, but you only need 30.

» Ghost of Tsushima – All 19 Haiku Locations
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 23 Pillars of Honor Locations
Light the Way
Rekindle all the lighthouses of Tsushima.
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 8 Lighthouse Locations
Den of Thieves
Discover Umugi Cove.
Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Act 2: Retake Castle Shimura – when starting Tale: A Message in Fire. It’s the first mission in the 2nd Region Toyotama and leads you to the Umugi Cove automatically, so don’t even worry about this trophy.
Favor of the Kami
Find and honor all of the Shinto Shrines on Tsushima.
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 16 Shinto Shrine Locations
Honor the Unseen
Bow to 10 hidden altars across Tsushima.
» Ghost of Tsushima – 10 Hidden Altar Locations
Lost and Found
Discover a Pillar of Honor and collect its Sword Kit.
There are 23 Pillars of Honor, but for this trophy you only need to locate a single one.

» Ghost of Tsushima – All 23 Pillars of Honor Locations
Monochrome Masters
Purchase an item from the Black and White Dye Merchants.
» Ghost of Tsushima – All Dye Merchant Locations
Cooper Clan Cosplayer
Dress up as a legendary thief.
» Ghost of Tsushima – How to Get Legendary Thief Outfit
Dirge of the Fallen Forge
Play the “Lament of the Storm” at a friend’s grave.

The “Lament of the Storm” is a song for your flute. You can view your Flute Songs under Pause Menu > Gear > Accessories > Flute.

To unlock “Lament of the Storm” you must collect 5 Singing Crickets. They are Collectibles found at Cemeteries. Refer to this guide: Ghost of Tsushima – All Singing Cricket Locations.

Once you collected 5 of them the song is instantly unlocked. Select it from the Gear > Accessories > Flute menu.

Now you must play at least to the end of Main Quest: A Reckoning in Blood (Act 2). This unlocks Taka’s Grave on the map. You can return to it at any time (it even has a fast travel point on it). Swipe the Touchpad :touchpad: left to play the song.

Here’s the exact location – it’s in Region 2: Toyotama, in the Yarikawa Prefecture on the right side of the map:

 

 
A Moment in Time
Personalize a scene in Photo Mode.
At any time while playing, press :right: to activate photo mode and then :up: to add a personalization (such as “Chinese Bars” for example).
Avid Reader
Collect 20 Records.
There are 40 Records but for this trophy you only need 20. The rest isn’t needed for any trophies.

» Ghost of Tsushima – All 40 Record Locations
Know Your Enemy
Collect 20 Mongol artifacts.
There are 50 Mongol Artifacts but for this trophy you only need 20. The rest isn’t needed for any trophies.

» Ghost of Tsushima – All 50 Mongol Artifact Locations
Body, Mind, and Spirit
Complete all Hot Springs, Haiku, Inari Shrines, and Bamboo Strikes.
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 18 Hot Spring Locations
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 19 Haiku Locations
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 49 Inari Shrine Locations
» Ghost of Tsushima – All 16 Bamboo Strike Locations
Hero of the People
Liberate 12 occupied areas in Izuhara.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
A Fight For The Isle….
Liberate all occupied areas in Izuhara.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
Good Riddance
Liberate 8 occupied areas in Toyotama.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
Securing Sanctuary….
Liberate all occupied areas in Toyotama.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
Mass Eviction
Liberate 7 occupied areas in Kamiagata.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
A New Safe Haven
Liberate all occupied areas in Kamiagata.
See trophy “Master Liberator”.
Master Liberator
Liberate the entirety of Tsushima Island.
Tsushima Island has 3 Regions: Izuhara, Toyotama, Kamiagata. You must liberate all of the Mongol Territories (Enemy Outposts/Strongholds/Farms) to clear the map. Liberating an entire region will also clear the fog from the map and reveal all Collectibles and Side Tales via Question Marks “?”. Initially, these Liberation areas aren’t marked on the map, but after the story they will all get marked automatically for you. The concept is the same – for small camps (red dots on map) you only need to defeat all enemies. For Strongholds (big red icons on map), you need to find some banners, kill all enemies, and blow up some powder kegs. For Farms you need to kill all enemies and free the farmers. There are 56 Mongol Territories in total – 24 in Izuhara, 17 in Toyotama, 15 in Kamiagata.

For their locations see the guide below:

» Ghost of Tsushima – All Mongol Territories (All Occupied Areas to Liberate)

DLC Trophy Guides:

DLC #1: Iki Island Trophy Guide & Roadmap

 Special Thanks / Credits 

Massive thanks to the following people for sending tips:

Hakoom, FranciRoosters, dalailama1989, Darth_Krid, LordMaim, imbroken963


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    • Awesome PP, so glad you’re covering this. Been waiting a while for this and this is my sort of historical setting of interest, so I’m very excited. Sucks there are progression bugs but I would hope these are sorted pretty quickly, and a manual save mitigates this issue.

      How did you find the game? 🙂

    • Hello Powerpyx,

      Can you explain exactly how these game breaking progression glitches present themselves?

    • Well, it’s a co-op mode. So no. Stuff like Survival (especially Gold/Nightmare difficulty) and Raids you wouldn’t be able to beat solo. You’ll need an internet connection for it.
      There is player search though, so no need to bring your own team (it automatically matches you up with others – however, Raids aren’t released yet so not sure if those will have player search).

    • Hey Powerpyx !!

      I have noticed that playing on easy difficulty gives you more supplies while looting, and increases the chances of finding supplies. I think its a useful tip and its up to you to confirm it and put it in the guide for those struggling especially after finishing the story

      and as always, awesome guide <3

  4. Awesome guide, thanks so much! Hoping some of those game breaking bugs are what was addressed in the recent patch.

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  5. How bad is the game breaking glitch? Reloading the previous save file is enough? Will the day one patch fix this?
    Great guide btw!

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    • Loading a previous Manual Save should be able to fix these bugs (in some cases restarting checkpoint may be enough) 🙂

      The day-one patch has addressed some bugs, but there’s always something wrong in huge open world games like this Better to be safe and have a backup, just in case.

  6. As always great work Pyx ! i hope that the day one patch 7.7 gb is a big one , will adress the Game-Breaking Progression Bugs

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  7. Great guide PP. Just curious about the game breaking bugs, what version did you find them in? Could they already be solved by update 1.04?

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  8. I hope they patch the game breaking bugs. Saving every hour sounds anoying. Other then that looks like a duoable platinum

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  9. Thanks for the amaazing guide as always. I have two questions about the game:

    1. I like to complete a region 100% first (side quests, collectible etc.) before moving on to the Main Quest. Is it possible to do this from the get go or is some stuff locked behind a skill/equipment that unlocks via MQ?

    2. Can we max out skills (and weapon upgrades/equipments) or is it like Odyssey where you have to choose?

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    • For 1) You can complete the regions as you go. Because the enemy camps don’t get marked on the map until after the story, I’d recommend referring to the Outpost Locations Guide. You can already complete them, they just aren’t marked on the map during the story. Once you’ve liberated those, the fog clears from the map. One thing worth noting is that the last mission in each area is tied to a story-related liberation. So technically, you can’t 100% complete a region until finishing the story missions there. Region 1 in particular has some missions & camps that don’t unlock until you’ve reached the 2nd region. Some backtracking is required but you can complete about 85% of it from the get-go.

      For 2) Yes, you can max out everything. But for armor upgrades you want to be careful to not waste it on stuff that’s not trophy-related (described in Roadmap). You can buy more resources from Trappers when you run out, but the rare resources are very expensive. This could result in some extra grinding if you want to fully upgrade absolutely every armor (possible, but not recommended for trophies).

    • Cant get last technique point. I am already Ghost of tsushima and no figths or freeing fotresses give me anything.

  11. Many game breaking bugs? Yikes. I figured if they spent 6 years making this game, Sony wouldn’t mind giving them a few more fucking weeks to iron these out, but I guess not!

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    • I appreciate the update from Powerpyx in the reply to the user below, I’m sure more patches will be released in the next week, but man this is disappointing for a Sony 1st party game. Amazon already shipped my copy but kinda wish I could cancel it tbh. Anyway, thanks a lot for another great guide.

    • Odds are you’ll be fine :p
      It’s not that much more buggy than other open world games of this size. Some bugs you can fix quickly via checkpoint restart, but when that doesn’t work the Manual Saves will fix it. If you keep a Save after every mission you’ll be good and can’t lose much progress in the worst-case-scenario. Only takes a few seconds to make a save, no big deal.

  12. I am baffled – non of the reviews mentioned these game breaking bugs

    And considering there have been 4 patches released so far, how reliable and up-to-date is your information?
    And have you confirmed with those who’ve experienced them which version they were playing

    This puts people off playing

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    • The bug reports I received are from the last few days, so quite current, but I think they were from before version 1.04. These include quest objectives/markers not spawning in various quests (thus making the quests impossible to advance) and even grappling hooks not spawning in main missions (makes it impossible to continue on mandatory story path). I want to point out that I didn’t have issues myself, but I received an alarming amount of confirmed reports from people I trust. There are always bugs in big games, but not to the point where every 3rd player I talk to tells me their quests got stuck.

      How much the day-one patch (1.04) truly fixed isn’t known. It only shows the generic patch message “General bug fixes”. Which could be 1 minor bug fix or 100 major bug fixes, it’s not specified. The game only went gold 4 weeks ago and if they didn’t find those bugs in years of development, it’s unlikely they would find and fix all of them within a few weeks.

      Even if they patch half the bugs, you still have a noteworthy chance of running into something game-breaking. Sadly, this is the case with most big open world games these days (at least the trophies are all obtainable, which is more than you can say for some other AAA games). Making frequent Manual Saves is good in any huge open world game as a precaution. I give it a 20-30% chance that a game-breaking progression bug will occur at some point in the game. The average gamer won’t care if they can’t complete a side quest, but for us trophy hunters it’s a deathblow without a backup save. I’m sure the community will gather bug reports over the coming days and the devs will patch what they can.

  13. Looks good. One thing I’ve learned from open world games is save a lot and back it up regularly. So that won’t be a big deal.

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  14. Hey Powerpyx I just found a person on youtube who straight up stole your “Have a Nice Fall” trophy video. Looks like they just put text boxes over your graphics.

    YouTube

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    • Thanks for reporting, the stolen video has been taken down.
      It seems that person’s entire channel were reuploads of mine, but that’s being dealt with now 🙂

  15. Somebody know if the camps are bugged? I clear the first camp and nothing happens,… The fog didnt get away and the post stills in red…

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    • Are you sure you complete all the camp-related objectives? The big Strongholds (red building icon on map) require you to find banners and blow up some explosives too.
      The small outposts (Red Dots on map) only require killing all enemies. Maybe there’s some enemy left hidden away.

      I didn’t have issues with the camps. This doesn’t sound normal. I’d try restarting from checkpoint, reloading last manual save, or using fast travel to revisit the location.

    • Yeah I’m sure, only defeat mongols objective. Reestarting checkpoin didn’t work and fast travel either, the camp reestart again but when I defeat all enemies nothing happen. Load a previois manual save wprks fone and can finish the camp.

  16. Well I finished 7 tale for Masako after that i went for 6 tale and number 8 and 9 I dont see on map. I did not complete single quest in ACT 2 i went straight for this tales. It is bug?

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    • It may require more story progress. Continue with the story for now and it should unlock (if you could let me know after which main mission it became available that’d be great). I don’t think that it’s a bug, just needs more story progress.

    • Okay u were right the last one was in ACT III and when i finished one or two story quest it was there. Btw for “Every Trick in the Book” trophy u dont have to “buy” and upgrade all 14 skills only main ghost weapons are required not upgrades for them.

    • I had to buy all sub-skills for the throwable weapons to get the trophy (as circled red on the screenshot here in guide).

  17. Hello! Thank you for this awesome guide! Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I think you can farm precious loot like “Steel” by closing and reopening the app after looting it. When I reopened the game the Steel was there again and also in my inventory.

    Maybe it helps someone who’s stuck on getting one or two more precious loot for trophies but otherwise it would spoil the experience.

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  18. Will the game breaking bugs be fixed with an update?? The side tail “fit for the khan” doesn’t have an ojective for me as i collected all pieces but i cannot find the blacksmith in his camp. This really sucks

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  19. My quest marker for a side quest doubled, but I was able to finish it, would that be considered a bug that can ruin my save file? Or as long I was able to finish it doesn’t matter?

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    • Was it “Incident at Hiyoshi Pass”? (the one at a bridge where you kill archers to save a guy)
      That one has 2 starting point markers by default, which is normal. You can approach it from either side of the bridge. As long as it counts as complete in the Journal it will be fine 🙂

  20. Hey bro,
    Thank you for this nice work!
    I’d like to ask about something, today I fully upgraded Samurai Clan Armor . Then I found out it was the wrong armor for the stand-off trophy. I really wasted resources by mistake. So should I start the game again? I’m still in Act 1.
    Thanks!

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    • You’ll be fine, there are more than enough materials. You get tons from side quests as rewards and can buy more from merchants when you run out. It will just take you a little longer to get the required materials for Sakai Clan Armor but you will get enough by doing the other trophies.

    • Thanks for this question and reply. I did the same damn thing. I fully upgraded that silly armor thinking it was the right one. My reading skills are poor, clearly.

      Thank you again

  21. Sashimono Banners bugg ?

    The monk in the Komatsu Quarry does not accept Sashimono banners.

    I have 3 sashimono banners

    I’m talking to him tells me to find more

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  22. This game is full of bugs and the platinum is impossible to get, i have many missions without objectives to do which im guessing is a bug well sucker punch fix all these issues or this will be forever like this?? I cannot finish side tale missions, they have no objective to do and it doesn’t even show up on the map, what is this ? Lol.. i feel like this game is s waste of money. 60$ for a game filled with bugs. Now i get it why the game got good score and not a masterpiece scores.. any fix other than load save??

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  23. I got the have a nice fall trophy by shooting a guy climbing a ladder on a watch tower with a short bow. Also why do you need to upgrade your armour, I can’t see a trophy in relation to this?

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    • The maximum number of ppl killed in a single standoff. The upgraded armour is the only way to reach 5 kills for the trophy

    • the ‘All in the Wrist’ trophy describes why. You need to pull off a maximum stand off and to do that you need to upgrade the Sakai Clan armor which has that bonus effect, along with buying the standoff skills with technique points.

    • Thank you for the clarification. I missed that part of the trophy. Was driving me crazy too

  24. Hey PP great guide!

    Quick question, are the Artefacts and Banners missable? I’m just curious because there’s a location that was occupied by Mongols and I had to destroy the camp. I collected the Banners and Artefacts but left the chests thinking I could loot them after I burned the camp but they disappeared. If I didn’t pick up the collectibles would they have disappeared too?

    Thanks

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  25. Once you liberate all outposts in a region. does that clear up ALL of the fog in the entire region? So far it’s kind of annoying how the outposts don’t clear enough fog to the point where youll get these spots where there’s no outposts or anything and you just have to manually go there to clear up the fog.

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    • NVM I just found out lol. I liberated the last one in the first region and it all cleared up.

  26. It might’ve already been said, but you don’t need to unlock everything under ghost weapons to get the trophy. I only bought the ones in the first row, bought none of the ones in the second row, and got the trophy to pop. Saves you 8 skill points!

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    • I had to buy all skills. Maybe last patch changed it? Someone else reported the same as you that not all skills were needed (but for me they definitely were, can see the trophy pop in my screenshot here in trophy guide).
      Needs additional confirmation.

      If anyone else sees this:
      – Please report if you got it after buying all Ghost Weapon skills
      – Or if you only needed the first row

    • I believe it is all skills in the first row, and the firecracker skill from the second row

      it is not all 14, just all throwable items from what i can tell as i did the same thing

    • The last one you bought was the Firecracker I believe? That’s a throwable one in the first row which is required for the trophy, and please correct me if I’m wrong but you bought that after buying all the ones in the second row for the other ghost weapons I think. If someone could test buying all the ones in the first row including Firecracker before buying the second row upgrades to help confirm/deny that’d be great.

    • Can confirm as OTPYG and others below have said, you don’t need to purchase them all.

  27. Just a heads up for the “Every Trick in the Book” trophy. You don’t actually have to buy all 14 skills in the tree. You need the 5 unlocks that you get as you raise your Legend, but then all you need is to go under Wind Chime and unlock Firecrackers. I think they aren’t specific with their wording. Firecrackers count as a separate thrown item, while all other techniques in that tree are just general upgrades to the existing thrown items you use.

    I got the trophy spending a single skill point there only on the Firecrackers.

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  28. Thanks for the great guide!!
    I did some digging on the Every Trick in the Book trophy and it unlocked after 1. Unlocking the whole first row for the ghost weapons + 2. Unlocking the firecracker one (the last one in the second row) so it just basically needs you to unlock all the ghost weapons. Hope this helps.

    Here’s my screenshot for the trophy: Imgur

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  29. For the “Every Trick in the Book
    Acquire all the throwable Ghost Weapon techniques.”

    You actually only need to purchase the five top Ghost Weapons and the “FIRECRACKER” skill under Wind Chime.

    The trophy unlocks after that.

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  30. With the trophy ‘Every Trick in the Book’, you only actually need to buy the firecracker skill under Wind Chime to unlock it. I got the trophy to pop when I bought the firecracker skill AND it was the first technique point I allocated to Ghost Weapons. You don’t have to get all of them, just the firecracker skill.

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    • And looking up in the comments, I see that multiple people pointed it out already. It’s definitely a misleading trophy description for sure lol

    • You’re right, I just happened to buy the Firecrackers skill last and that’s when the trophy popped. But indeed only specific skills are needed and not all of the Ghost Weapons skills (the wording in the official trophy description was slightly misleading). I’ve corrected this in the guide 🙂

  31. Body, Mind and Spirit trophy bugged for me. Only have 18/19 Haiku, yes I done the one at yoshi springs. I think que Haiku from that side mission didn’t register because I’ve done all tales(got the trophy for it).

    Annoying bug.

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  32. Really easy trick for “Haunting Precision” (20 Ghost Stance Kills). Just keeping reloading the checkpoint during the ‘tutorial’ for Ghost stance, which is after the boss duel in Act II, “The Ghost of Yarikawa”. It is a very obvious encounter, you can’t miss it, you have to slaughter the boss fight and then activate Ghost Stance or it won’t let you continue. Just reload this checkpoint 7 times (3 kills per usage) and it will unlock the trophy!

    Just done it myself so this definitely works. I imagine this is significantly easier than actually getting Ghost Stance 7 times.

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    • P.S. Checkpoint is right as you are prompted to ‘slaughter’ the boss (i.e. after the duel), so you can get this done in 1-2 minutes. You don’t need to repeat the duel.

    • What an awesome method. Just pulled it off and it’s the best way I’ve seen to get this trophy.

  33. Anyone dealing with problem in finding records at Yarikawa Stronghold? Because, I’m unable to find the record near /inside sword Smith’s building and tower…even after my control kept on vibrating near the area
    ( travelers armour)yett the records never showed up. Any solution?

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    • I think the guys that carry flags, like the one near the Yarikawa Stronghold, make your controller vibrate as well. This is what I’ve seen others say, at least.

  34. Powerpyx, can you please make a guide on places where you can OBSERVE enemy leaders for extra skill points?
    I just started the game, and the only Leader I’ve found you can observe is at a place called “Yoichi’s Crossroads”. It looks like a mini cemetery, and there should be one RED armoured leader there.

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  35. The trophy ,,open for business” won’t unlock for me,i have staggered enemies the entire game(depleting their defense with triangle) and the trophy didn’t pop up,i even used loads of kunai but the trophy isn’t there,i got all the trophies and this one is preventing me from getting the platinum.I even started a new game and staggered over 100 enemies and it’s not working.I also noticed that this is a common trophy so this is strange.

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    • It’s not working for me either. Only trophy left before the plat and I’ve been using triangle exclusively throughout the game 🙁 tried to Google the issue but no one seems To have it. Any idea on how to fix it Powerpyx ?

  36. Not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but the last light house I needed to do is bugged I think. It doesn’t bring up the R2 button to interact with it, ive fast travelled there and away, completely reset the game but still wont allow me to light it. Anyway good job on this walkthrough.

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    • It’s not bugged you need to do a mission in act 3 before you can light it. Gave me problems too.

  37. “Have a nice fall” easy way to get it is unlock the kick in the third stance then find an enemy camp with a lookout tower. Climb the ladder then shoot arrows down at enemies and they will come up the ladder after you and you can easily charge up your kick to knock them off. I ended up killing five in a row with this method.

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  38. Just got the plat. Really good game, story and some of the twists amazing. Plat very reasonable just a grind. They could have made it HORRIBLE. Not sure how many hours as don’t think there is an in-game timer? Been playing a hell of a lot since late Friday afternoon.

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  39. hi there
    i am being locked out of entering some camps does that mean i have a bug, for example i finished the story and i am not being allowed back into lord shimura camp in the Old Toyotama Hills well north east of it near the kushi region centre of the map, i dont know if it is a glitch but i have been locked out from entering the village and i think there is a side quest in there. Please get back to me

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  40. Has anyone had issues with the tales, I’ve done 6 of ishikawas tales and no more are popping up for me to do, there is supposed to be 9. I feel like I won’t get that trophy or the complete all tales trophy now ??‍♂️

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    • How far are you with the story? You may just need a little more story progress 🙂
      If you’ve already beaten the story the next tales should become available immediately.

  41. I’ve completed the main story, got the trophies for Yuna and Norios Tales, but Ishikawas only gave me 6 tales, no more popping up to do. Feels like I’ll miss out on he platinum now ?

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  42. Love the game but I am so disappointed that there are game breaking bugs. I really hope they fix these because I want to just enjoy the game and the journey to the platinum but instead I’m constantly checking the map to see if something’s bugged out and I’m not very good at attention to detail which means I’m likely to miss something. It’s infuriating really.

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    • I didn’t have any bugs. Only the fox that didn’t showed but after the next I did it was there.
      Just save after every mission to be sure.

  44. Hello Powerpyx. The fox den in kamiagata near Silk Farm, the fox does not appear for me. Then when I watched your video for the route to the shrine, it doesn’t register without the fox. I have tried reloading previous saves, but no fox to follow. I have patch 1.05 installed.

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    • Sounds like a bug.
      Have you tried restarting your PS4? I heard of some people who didn’t get certain quests and rebooting the console (or rebooting the game) fixed it for them.
      Other than that, reloading an old manual save might be the only way.

  45. Every trick in the book is bugged for me. I have all 6 throwables and almost all the 3rd tier and trophy never popped.

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    • You just have to buy the first row + the fire crackers (last skill on the right, one below that one)

  46. Love the game but I am so disappointed that there are game breaking bugs. I really hope they fix these because I want to just enjoy the game and the journey to the platinum but instead I’m constantly checking the map to see if something’s bugged out and I’m not very good at attention to detail which means I’m likely to miss something. It’s infuriating really.

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  47. The trophy “Birthright” glitched for me. I didn’t notice I never got it until some time after, so it seems like the story related trophies can mess up.

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  48. Just purchased this game online today, and it should be here within the next week or 2. can anyone confirm if a patch has fixed the majority of these reported bugs? I want to make sure I know what to expect before embarking on this 50 plus hour platinum chase. thanks!

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  52. Ive encountered a game breaking bug in act 2. Went to do a Yuna side tale in the Otsuna area and she wasnt there, also when i try to reload checkpoint i get a black screen. Tried to reload to latest manual save and got the same. Cleared the fortress nearby to see if that helped but when the screen cuts out to the cutscenes after i just get the black screen. Also i tried to get there from another direction and i hit an invisible wall. Could not enter the area from the north. Looks like im gonna have to fully restart the game as i am not in the habit of having multiple saves.

    Gonna uninstall, reinstall and start again. But this is the sort of thing that normally makes me quit a game. However, i enjoy it so ill give it 1 more chance. I didnt know about any bugs when playing this game til today as i avoid looking up game info online til ive played it at least once.

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  53. @powerpyx Has anyone says how far back in manual saves you have to go if you encounter a gamebreaking bug? Just in case it happens to me again lol.

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    • Just load the last manual save before starting the bugged mission. If that doesn’t work, reload the save from the mission before that. Ideally, you should manual save in a different slot after every mission.

  55. Have they fixed the gamebreaking bug yet? Ive held off starting again til i know its fixed. Last thing i want is to spends 50+hours in the game again to find i cant complete it….again.

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    • They’ve patched some of the game-breaking bugs, but with a game this size there will always be some weird issues. I’d still make a manual save after each mission.

  56. I had no problems at all with the game.
    I got all collectables (except the last haiku) before killing the last 2 Mongol camps, thinking that I might not be able to go back for a lighthouse etc, as I hadn’t read a guide.

    I was surprised that there isn’t a pair of trophies for the do it/don’t do it scenario just before the post game (trying not to do any spoilers)

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  57. The Open for business Trophy is glitched… I’ve played through and staggered well over 200 enemies with ease… nothing. It’s the only trophy preventing my platinum. Have you guys heard this before? I’ve seen it in numerous chats but there is no reply on correcting the issue…

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    • I got this trophy very early in the game, delete all saves and start over and stagger everyone eventually you’ll get it.

  58. The current version of the game is 1.18. I think we all should be good to go. I’m about to start playing it, I’ll still save after every quest just to be on the safe side.

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  59. Hey! Why can’t you wait to complete a side tale?? If you leave a side tale uncompleted, spend 60 hours doing other things, come back and find out it has a bug, why can’t you just reload your previous save? (The save just before finding out the tale has a bug).. Or doesn’t the bug go away if you retry it?

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  60. I’ve completed the game at 100% (including all duels and liberated all areas of the island), but can’t seem to unlock the following trophies.

    Securing Sanctuary…. – Liberate all occupied areas in Toyotama
    A New Safe Haven – Liberate all occupied areas in Kamiagata
    Master Liberator – Liberate the entirety of Tsushima Island
    There Can Be Only One – Successfully complete every duel

    Can anyone help ? 🙁

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  61. Hey PowerPyx, I just got Have a Nice Fall by Typhoon kicking an archer out of an archery tower. Doesn’t have to be a cliff edge.

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  62. Hello, I need help. I’m playing the Director’s Cut on PS5. First time playing, never played the PS4 version. I have completed the main story and done all 61 side tales and mythic tales (yes, even A Debt Repaid and The Cost of Fear) and I still haven’t gotten the Helping Sword Hand trophy. I have checked and double checked, all side tales show completed in my journal. Do I have to do the Iki island tales as well? Do those tales now count towards the Helping Sword Hand trophy on the PS5 (Director’s Cut) version of the game? If so, should there be a separate trophy list for the PS5 version? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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  64. Hi. COngratulations on the guide. I played and platinum the PS4 regular version of the game. Now I bought the PS5 director’s cut. I transfered my save, was able to load from the point I left, with everything done. But the PS5 trophies did not unlock for me.

    What am I missing?

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  66. Thanks for the guide. I just completed all in including each and every collectible and hidden stuff (78h main, 30h Iki DLC) in Director’s Cut on PS5. Every throphy popped up as expected – no bugs, no delays, all fine

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  67. Thanks PP for this awesome guide, like all the others, excellent material. Didn’t have any bugs on PS5 version, the platinum was very pleasant. Too bad I have no mood or pacience for coop, so won’t be 100% due to Legends mode.

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