Steelrising Trophy Guide & Roadmap

September 7, 2022 by FranciRoosters 156 Comments

Steelrising Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Estimated trophy difficulty: 5/10
Approximate amount of time to platinum: 20-30 hours (skill dependent)
Offline Trophies: 50 (1, 2, 4, 38)
Online Trophies: 0
Number of missable trophies: All trophies are semi-missable except for story- and combat-related ones. You can always unlock what you’re missing provided you make a manual back-up save on PS Cloud before heading to Versailles. Several trophies can’t be earned in Assist Mode, including Completionist which requires a playthrough in Normal Mode.
Glitched trophies: 0
Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, you cannot use the Oil Burette, including during the tutorial, for an entire playthrough to unlock Completionist.
Minimum Playthroughs: 1 + PS Cloud save reload to clean up missing trophies, including all non-mandatory side quests
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?: No, fast travel becomes unavailable once you travel to Versailles (point of no return) unless you’ve made a back-up save before Versailles to return to after completing the game. After the end credits, if you press “Continue” in the main menu, you’ll be locked into the end credits. This is why everything is missable, except automatic story trophies.
Release Date: September 08, 2022

Introduction

Welcome to the Steelrising Trophy Guide! Steelrising is a Soulslike RPG set in a dystopian 1789 France invaded by Automats. It is possible to earn the platinum in 1 playthrough provided you play on Normal Mode, but you’d still need to make a manual save to the PS Cloud before heading to Versailles in order to unlock missing trophies after finishing the game. Additionally, the other important thing to keep in mind is that you can’t heal yourself with the Health Flask (“Oil Burette”), but using alternate potions “(Oil Vials)” is fine. The difference is that the Oil Burette restores health instantly and doesn’t cost anything while the Oil Vials restore health over 20 seconds and can be purchased at Upgrade Stations (“Vestals”) or found in the world. Luckily, you can stock up on these Vials from the store (“Boutique”) found at every Vestal. There’s a very generous number of Oil Vials at stores, but bear in mind that you can run out. As usual with other Soulslike games you can farm enemy groups infinitely for more XP (called “Anima Essence”) and use this to level up as much as you want. The more level-ups you farm the easier it gets. If you get stuck on a boss, you can always farm more XP to make it easier. Simply interact with a Vestal to respawn all enemies. There is no online co-op in Steelrising, meaning other people can’t drop you overpowered endgame gear. The game is solo only, therefore relies on your individual skill.

Step 1: Finish the Story WITHOUT Using the Oil Burette on Normal Mode and WITHOUT Doing Any Non-Mandatory Side Quests, Complete Citizen Stories, Make a Back-Up Save on PS Cloud Before Heading to Versailles (BEFORE Starting Story Mission “Checkmate”), Unlock Robespierre Ending

When you start a new game, you must choose to play the game on Normal Mode. It’s important you pick Normal Mode, because in Assist Mode several trophies do not unlock, including Completionist. For starting class the “Dancer” is recommended because of how well-balanced its stats are. Check out Steelrising Starting Class Guide if you want to learn more about all classes. Next, do NOT equip the “Oil Burette” in your quick selection menu when the game prompts you to do so after encountering the first enemy (30 seconds into the game). You don’t want to accidentally use it during your playthrough to heal as this will void Completionist. Instead, you can stock up on “Oil Vials”, a one-time consumable that can be purchased for just 100 Anima Essence at Vestals (Upgrade Stations that look like cages), in the “Boutique” menu. There’s a very generous number of Oil Vials at stores. They are also found in the world and can be farmed infinitely from enemies. These Oil Vials restore your health continuously over 20 seconds. Put these in your quick selection menu. Healing with these Oil Vials is perfectly fine and doesn’t void the trophy.

Play through the story, ignoring every non-mandatory side quest until you unlock story mission “Checkmate“, but don’t start it yet. Ignoring every side quest (except for those necessary to advance the story) is the safest way to unlock one of the two ending trophies, Incorruptible. Side quests start once you’ve released the side quest giver from the sarcophagus guarded by Titan bosses (unmissable, story-related) or after talking to them at Cordeliers Convent in the Luxembourg district. If the side quest starts immediately after the Titan boss fight and is not required to advance the story, ignore it. If the side quest giver doesn’t give you the side quest immediately, do NOT interact with him at Cordeliers Convent in the Luxembourg district unless you have no other option to advance the story. Completing some side quests is necessary to advance it and this won’t void the trophy. Additionally, as you play through the story, complete Citizen Stories as soon as they become available. There are reports of some Citizen Stories becoming unavailable after a certain point. Refer to Steelrising – All Citizen Stories Locations for more information.

Right before starting story mission “Checkmate” and heading to Versailles, the game will warn you about the point of no return, here’s what it looks like:

BEFORE advancing, make a manual backup save to the PS Cloud. You can download this save when you’re done with the story and still unlock missing trophies without having to replay the game. To upload save: Go to PS5 Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Saved Data (PS5) > Console Storage > Steelrising > Upload to Cloud Storage > go back one menu and select Sync Saved Data > Auto-Sync Saved Data = DISABLED (this is to ensure it doesn’t automatically overwrite your Cloud Save).
Starting Checkmate mission will lock you into Versailles until the end of the game, every incomplete side quest will auto-complete and fast travel will be locked, even after the story. This is normal, but because we have a backup save on the PS Cloud, we will use it to clean everything up after the story.

Quick Summary:

Don’t equip Oil Burette, only use Oil Vials to heal
Do Citizen Stories as you go through the game
Ignore all side quests (a few are forced to advance story, that’s fine)
When reaching point of no return make a backup save in PS+ Cloud, you need it for other endings

Step 2: Download your PS Cloud Save, Do Royalist Ending

Once you’ve completed the story, download your save from PS Cloud (PS5 Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Saved Data (PS5) > Cloud Storage > Download to Console Storage > Steelrising > Download). This time you’ll want to get the 2nd Ending for Royalist.

To get this ending you must do the following 4 side quests and make the following choices during them:

Gunpowder Trail – Do nothing when finding the gunpowder
Glory and Dishonor – Obey La Fayette and don’t reveal conspiracy
The Lanterns of the Dead – Collect cannonball and complete the quest
For the Future of the Kingdom – Complete quest

After this, continue to defeat the endboss Iron Queen again, the trophy will unlock after that.

Step 3: Download your PS Cloud Save, Complete all Missing Side Quests, Collect Outfits, and Unlock Miscellaneous Trophies

Once you’ve completed the Royalist ending, download your save from PS Cloud again. Now you can safely complete all missing side quests, with special attention to The bodyguard. Check the trophy description for the steps to safely obtaining this trophy. During this step, because you can free roam all of Paris again, find missing Outfits and unlock whichever miscellaneous trophy you’re still missing. For Outfits refer to Steelrising – All Outfit Locations.

Step 4: Go Back to Versailles, Find the Last Athenais’s Echo and Oil Burette Upgrade Material, Unlock The Bodyguard and Blacksmith trophies, Farm Kills

Once you’ve completed all side quests, you are safe to go to Versailles one more time. While in Versailles, you can pick up Athenais’s last echo and the last upgrade material for the Oil Burette, which should unlock Résurgence and Professional Care respectively. Refer to Résurgence and Steelrising – All Oil Burette Upgrade Locations for more information. While in Versailles, you must also collect the Queen’s echo memories to unlock The bodyguard and upgrade one weapon from each class to tier 5 for Blacksmith. You can still unlock Blacksmith here because the last Oricalchum is dropped by the final Unstable Automat in the labyrinth. After defeating it, interact with the Vestal. Should you still need them, this spot is great for farming kills because there are 6 low-level Prototype enemies who stand still and do nothing and you can use the Vestal to reset the area and buy consumables. Before going for any of the combat trophies you can make another backup to PS Cloud, this way you can reload the save and get your Anima Essence back to buy or upgrade whatever you need for the next trophy. Once you’re done with all combat-related trophies, you should have the platinum.

General Gameplay Tips:

Here are some general tips to make your playthrough easier:

When leveling up, rotate your Anima Essence allocation between Power (damage output), Durability (health) and Vigor (stamina). You can level up Agility a couple of times, but Elemental Alchemy and Engineering can be ignored. Occasionally, use your Anima Essence to upgrade your weapons. When Power, Durability, and Vigor are all a couple of points away from 10 and your weapons are fully maxed out, your Anima Essence can now safely be used to buy consumables, specifically Improved Explosive Grenades for quick boss fights.
Avoid Heavy Weapons. These are fairly slow and won’t deal any more damage than fully maxed-out Medium Weapons. A great loadout is the Falchion and Sabre (found in a chest in Saint-Cloud in the area just before the dock) and the Requiem Mallet (found in the room where you need to decide what to do with the dynamite). The first is a Medium Weapon, allowing for swift combos and Blade Tornado as its Special Move, which is basically a quick flurry of dancing attacks that doesn’t consume much Stamina. The second one is a Heavy Weapon that even at its lowest ranks deals considerable damage when using its Special Move, Ranged Attack. You can easily beat the game with only these two weapons and just focus on upgrading them. If you feel like experimenting, you’re welcome to try any other Medium Weapons such as Claws, Fans, or Daggers, but Heavy Weapons are just not worth your while.
While exploring, you will notice some blocked-up paths and areas that you cannot visit on your first run through the districts. This is intended and you need to come back here after unlocking the hook and the kick to bring down walls (both story-related unlocks).
Never ignore Unstable Automats (all on story and side quest related paths). Unstable Automats are a bigger, more rogue version of standard street-level automats. You know you’re close to one because you’ll start seeing blue fog everywhere. Fighting and eliminating them all counts for Stabilizer. If you’ve fought them all before Versailles, the last one will be in the labyrinth in Versailles itself.
Don’t forget to loot enemies, especially Titan bosses. These drop a precious material called Oricalchum, which is essential to upgrading weapons to the highest tier and unlocking Blacksmith. This material only drops after boss fights and may disappear if not looted immediately after the boss fight. It can be bought from Vestals, but there’s only a few samples.

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