Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy: full platinum guide step by step

«Complete Chapter 1» · Blood ties

Finish Chapter 1. It comes on its own, the game's first trophy.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

90.90% of players

It is also the only chapter whose trophy is not hidden... and actually it is not the exception either: all thirteen chapter trophies are hidden, this one included. The one visible from the start is A new beginning, for finishing the campaign.

This chapter hands you the Rusty Sword, the first of the eight Plunderer asks for. It is part of the story and cannot be missed.

90.9% have it.

«Complete Chapter 2» · Felons

Finish Chapter 2.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

81.60% of players

This chapter has two things not to walk past. The first is the carnival: when you reach the square full of celebrating people, right before you leave on the far side there is a puppet stand with an audience sitting down. Staying for the whole show — it takes a minute — gives you Theater enthusiast.

The second is the Braquemart, the second of the eight blades, handed to you when you recover your gear from the barrel after crossing the square. That one cannot be missed.

And from the end of this chapter you can start buying skills, which is when the resonance-point clock starts running.

81.6% have it.

«Complete Chapter 3» · Those before us

Finish Chapter 3.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

67.40% of players

Right as it starts, with the boat at your back, head left along the shoreline. You will see a group of gulls and, a little further on, a turtle walking towards the water. Interact with it and wait for the dialogue between Sophia and Leni to finish: that is Sea you later!

Only 29.7% have it, and not through difficulty. It is to the left, and the chapter pulls you forward.

The chapter itself is at 67.4%.

«Complete Chapter 4» · From hell it rose

Finish Chapter 4.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

53.50% of players

It is the game's most profitable chapter in trophy terms. Almost as it starts you reach a bridge with several soldiers and a great many bottles: that is where No holds barred and Overboard farm together, bottle then kick, restarting the section.

Further on, in the puzzles-and-traps section, sits the first giant monolith with the Kopis, the third blade.

And at the end of the chapter you unlock the focus attack, the mechanic three more trophies depend on.

53.5% have it: nearly half of everyone who started drops off here.

«Complete Chapter 5» · Desolation it wrought

Finish Chapter 5.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

41.00% of players

Two things start here. The first is the petrified: those "statues" that dissolve when you sweep light across them, and which feed They were people — 100 in total.

The second is a convenient spot for Cannon fodder: at the start of the chapter, after clearing the first enemies, head left to a chest. Opening it spawns several enemies including a Brute. Take it to half health so it goes into a rage, dodge so a soldier ends up between you and it, and let it swing.

The Greek Sword is also here, in the four-symbols section.

41.0% have it.

«Complete Chapter 6» · What Lies Beneath

Finish Chapter 6.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

36.10% of players

This is the chapter where the creature shows up, the "worm" that hunts you by following the trail of blue dust you leave when running. And it is where both of its trophies farm:

- Close call: when it detects you, run for a light and arrive just as its head enters frame. Five times. - Unpredictable: in the stretch where the game forces you to jump two gaps there are three parallel platforms. Jump between them non-stop, restart the section and repeat: you get ten jumps per attempt.

The Sica is also here, right after taking Daedalus's key.

36.1% have it.

«Complete Chapter 7» · Death it sowed

Finish Chapter 7.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

29.50% of players

In the whole-army section, after leaving a machinery room by bringing the ceiling down — several bodies fall — move on a little and look up and to the left to spot the monolith. The puzzle's metal plate is at ground level, so find it there, line up the lights and go in for the Khopesh.

It is also a good spot for Inherited brutality if you do not have it yet: the groups are large and the focus attack has been unlocked since the previous chapter.

29.5% have it.

«Complete Chapter 8» · Resonance

Finish Chapter 8.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

28.10% of players

It is the game's only chapter with no collectibles at all. No relics, no charms, no echoes, no loose resonance points. If you are cleaning up from chapter select, skip it.

That makes it a good mental checkpoint: finishing it puts you eight chapters into thirteen, and if you are under 100 resonance points this is the moment to correct, not Chapter 12.

28.1% have it.

«Complete Chapter 9» · Night has come

Finish Chapter 9.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

24.10% of players

In the chase section, when you reach the area where the creature snatches an enemy soldier right in front of you, head left from that frozen soldier. You will see the tomb between two beams of light.

This is the only one of the eight with no puzzle: you walk in and take the Broken Spear straight from the sarcophagus.

24.1% have it.

«Complete Chapter 10» · Parallel paths

Finish Chapter 10.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

19.10% of players

This is the other key chapter for trophies. The first fight is against a very large group on a bridge, and five trophies fit there: Returning the favor, Inherited brutality, Untouchable, Skilled maneuverer and Sharp enough for you?

On top of that, near the end of the chapter the Light Concentrate unlocks, which is the prerequisite for Refraction — burning the creature — and one more tool for dissolving the petrified.

And in the section following the raiders' tracks sits the Xiphos, the eighth and last blade.

19.1% have it.

«Complete Chapter 11» · Patera

Finish Chapter 11.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

16.10% of players

This is where the Corrupted appear, those walking corpses that expose blue tentacles when they take damage. They are the prerequisite for Excessive force, the game's lowest combat trophy at 2.7%: you have to let one grab you with the focus meter already full, and then use the focus attack.

The chapter also has a section with a great many petrified blocking the way, so if you have been dissolving them with light as you go, They were people will probably pop here on its own.

16.1% have it.

«Complete Chapter 12» · Fading Light

Finish Chapter 12.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

15.00% of players

It is the second to last, and the point where there is no margin left on the missable. If you start it not around 150 resonance points, Chapter 13 will not hand you the missing 15 by itself: you will have to comb it.

Check the per-chapter collectible counter in chapter select before moving on. It shows exactly which chapter you left things in.

The drop between Chapter 11 and this one is only 1.1 points — from 16.1% to 15.0%: whoever gets this far, finishes.

«Complete Chapter 13» · As One

Finish Chapter 13.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

13.70% of players

This is the chapter where the two remaining creature trophies close out. In the surviving-the-corruption section there is a room full of petrified with a spotlight in the far corner: switch it on, sweep it over all of them, restart the section and repeat. That finishes They were people.

And in the final-trial section is the spot for Baitfish: slip through the hole, sneak to the spotlight in the middle without switching it on, then run and drop down to the left to wake every petrified at once, and climb quickly onto a high platform.

Refraction also lands here: the creature is around for most of the chapter and there is light.

13.7% have it.

«Complete all Chapters» · A new beginning

Finish all 13 chapters.

Category

Story

Missable

No

Unlocked by

13.20% of players

It pops on completing the campaign and it is the only progress trophy that is not hidden, exactly the reverse of the norm. The reason is obvious from reading the other thirteen: they are verses that tell the ending.

The interesting number is in the comparison. Chapter 13 is at 13.7% and this one at 13.2%: half a point of people finish the last chapter and never see the credits. After 13 there is a Chapter 14 that awards no trophy and has no collectibles either.

From here chapter select opens up, which recovers everything except the resonance points.

«Kill an Archer with a throwing knife» · Returning the favor

Kill an archer with a throwing knife.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

49.90% of players

Knives are not bought: you pick them up off the ground with R3 after killing an enemy carrying one. With the Predestined Impact skill Sophia pockets the first one instead of throwing it, so you press R3 twice.

The convenient spot is the start of Chapter 10: drop a knife-carrying enemy, grab the knife, move to the far end of the bridge and there will be at least one archer there. On low difficulty he goes down in one; on high ones you need to weaken him first.

It also comes almost by itself in Chapter 4, in the lever section: two archers on the sides and two knives on the floor.

49.9% have it.

«Lure a Brute into killing 1 soldier while in a rage» · Cannon fodder

Get a Brute to kill one of its own soldiers while in a rage.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

26.40% of players

Brutes are the big mace-carrying enemies. Take them to half health and they go into a rage, swinging wildly forwards and catching their allies. The trophy asks that one of those swings kills a comrade.

The detail people miss: hitting him is not enough, it has to kill him. So it helps if the ally is already hurt.

The best place to provoke it is the start of Chapter 5: after clearing the first enemies, head left to a chest. Opening it spawns several enemies and a Brute. Take it to half health and dodge so a soldier is always between it and you.

The game's first Brute shows up near the end of Chapter 4. 26.4% have it.

«Kill 4 enemies simultaneously with a Focus attack» · Inherited brutality

Kill 4 enemies at once with a single focus attack.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

4.00% of players

The focus attack unlocks at the end of Chapter 4 and is used with triangle + circle when the meter is full. The meter fills by parrying, hitting and finishing enemies.

And here is the nuance that explains the 4.0%: the focus attack takes two or three health bars off the enemies it catches, it does not kill them outright. For four to drop you have to weaken them first. Fired into four full-health enemies, it does nothing.

The spot is the bridge at the start of Chapter 10: there is plenty of group. Spread damage across all of them without finishing any, fill the meter, stand in the middle and let it go.

Chapter 7 works too.

«Successfully parry 6 attacks in a row» · Untouchable

Land 6 perfect parries in a row.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

15.40% of players

The perfect parry is an L1 press just as the enemy is about to hit you, and it drains their resistance fast. You can do it almost from the start of the game.

The description does not say so, and that is why only 15.4% have it: the six parries have to fit inside two or three seconds. The chain breaks if you take a hit, mistime a parry, attack in between, or leave too long between them. They can be different enemies.

The comfortable way to get it is counter-intuitive: raise the difficulty to Nightmare and turn invincible mode on. On Nightmare the enemies are far more aggressive, which is exactly what you need, and invincible mode blocks no trophy, so you can keep at it without reloading the checkpoint.

Place: the bridge at the start of Chapter 10.

«Break free from a Corrupted's grab with a Focus attack» · Excessive force

Break free from a Corrupted's grab with a focus attack.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

2.70% of players

The Corrupted are walking corpses that show up from Chapter 11 on, in the marionettes section. They do not grab from close range: they lunge at you from mid distance intending to pin you.

At 2.7% it is the game's least-earned combat trophy, and the reason is that it asks you to do the opposite of instinct on two counts at once:

1. Arrive at the grab with the focus meter already full. The normal thing is to spend it as soon as it charges. 2. Let yourself be grabbed. Do not attack or parry when you see one lunge.

Once it has you, press triangle + circle to release the focus attack and break out.

Chapter 11 is the best place because there are several Corrupted and you can retry by restarting the section.

«Kill at least 1 enemy with each blade» · Adaptable

Kill at least one enemy with each of the 8 blades.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

3.30% of players

A warning that saves grief: the Heroic Sword and any DLC blade do not count. Only the eight from the base game, the same ones Plunderer asks for.

You equip them from the touchpad → Sophia → Swords, and each has different upgrades.

The way to avoid doing the work twice is to do it as you go: every time you get a new blade, equip it and kill with it. Leave all eight to the end and you will be going fight to fight swapping weapons.

If you missed one, chapter select recovers them all.

3.3% have it.

«Stun 20 enemies with throwables» · No holds barred

Stun 20 enemies with throwables.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

18.20% of players

Many fights have bottles on the ground that you throw with R3. They do not kill: they leave the enemy stunned and out of resistance.

Watch out for the Predestined Impact skill: with it, the first R3 makes Sophia pocket the bottle instead of throwing it. Press twice.

The spot to farm it is the bridge at the start of Chapter 4, which has plenty of enemies and a great many bottles. And it goes together with Overboard: bottle to stun, triangle kick to send him off the bridge, next one. When only the archer is left, pause and restart the section.

Two or three rounds and both trophies are done. 18.2% have it.

«Kill 20 enemies by pushing them down a drop» · Overboard

Kill 20 enemies by pushing them down a drop.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

17.10% of players

The kick is triangle, and it makes the enemy stagger backwards. If there is a ledge behind them, they fall and die instantly. It is the fastest way to remove someone in the whole game.

It works far better on an already stunned enemy, which is why this trophy and No holds barred are done together.

Same spot: the bridge at the start of Chapter 4. Bottle to stun, kick to drop him, and when only the archer is left, pause and restart the section. Two or three rounds gets you to 20.

17.1% have it.

«Destroy 100 petrified with light» · They were people

Destroy 100 petrified with light.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

15.70% of players

The petrified are the human "statues" that start appearing in Chapter 5. They dissolve when light sweeps over them, and any source works: environmental spotlights, mirror reflections and, later, the orb's Light Concentrate.

A hundred sounds like a lot and is not. In Chapter 11 there is a section where they literally block the way and dissolving them is near-mandatory, so a good share comes naturally.

If you are short, the place to farm is Chapter 13, the surviving-the-corruption section: as it opens you are in a room packed with petrified with a spotlight in the far corner. Switch it on, sweep them all, pause, restart the section and repeat. Two rounds does it.

15.7% have it.

«Kill 25 enemies with a critical strike» · Sharp enough for you?

Kill 25 enemies with a critical strike.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

29.80% of players

The critical strike comes from holding square: Sophia stabs with her dagger and, if the enemy is weak or low on health, an animation starts that finishes them in one.

That is the key, and why only 29.8% have it despite it being trivial: it is not an attack, it is a finisher. Used on a full-health enemy, it does not count.

So the rule is simple: whenever an enemy is about to drop, finish him with a critical instead of a normal hit. Play that way and you reach 25 without thinking about it.

If you would rather farm it, the start of Chapter 10 has enemies to spare: finish as many as you can, restart the section and repeat.

«Stun 3 enemies at the same time using the skill Echo's Return» · Skilled maneuverer

Stun 3 enemies at once with the Echo's Return skill.

Category

Combat

Missable

No

Unlocked by

18.70% of players

Echo's Return is one of the skill-tree abilities, so you have to buy it — available from the end of Chapter 2. It works by pressing circle just as an enemy is about to hit you: instead of taking the blow, you grab him and throw him into his comrades.

And here is a nuance that saves attempts: although the description says "stun", in practice it is enough for the thrown enemy to hit two others, even if one of them does not end up stunned.

The spot: the bridge at the start of Chapter 10. Move around a little so two enemies bunch up, wait for one of them to attack and throw him into the group.

18.7% have it.

«Say hello to the turtle» · Sea you later!

Say hello to the turtle.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

29.70% of players

It is in Chapter 3, right at the start. With the boat at your back, head left along the beach shoreline. A little further on you will see a group of gulls and, beside them, a large turtle walking towards the water.

Interact with it and wait for the dialogue between Sophia and Leni to finish: the trophy pops at the end of the conversation, not on the button press.

It is one of the game's only two trophies that are neither story, collectible nor combat, and even so only 29.7% have it. It is not hard: it is to the left and the chapter pulls right.

«Watch the entire puppet show at the carnival» · Theater enthusiast

Stay until the carnival's puppet show is over.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

20.10% of players

It is in Chapter 2. After taking the shortcut with Leni to dodge the guards searching people at the entrance, you reach a square full of celebrating people. The game's objective there is to cross it.

Before leaving on the far side, right next to the exit, there is a small stand with an audience sitting in front of it. Stand facing it and wait: a puppeteer starts telling a story. It lasts about a minute and the trophy pops when it ends.

It is the second of the game's two "stop and watch" trophies, along with the turtle, and only 20.1% have it for the same reason: the square is a thoroughfare and nobody stops.

«Collect all Relics of the Present and the Past» · Hoarder

Collect all 37 relics of the present and the past.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

2.00% of players

They are the game's purely narrative collectible: no upgrades, just context on the story and the characters.

The important part is that they can be picked up from chapter select, and you can leave the chapter the moment you have one, without reaching the end. The game tracks the count per chapter, so you know exactly where something is missing.

They are spread across twelve of the fourteen chapters: 8 and 14 have none.

2.0% have it, tied with Superstitious as the least earned trophy after the platinum.

«Collect all Blades from the Heroes' Graves» · Plunderer

Collect all 8 blades from the heroes' graves.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

5.70% of players

The tombs are visible from a distance: they are marked by huge monoliths. Nearly all of them ask for a short puzzle — stand on a metal plate and line up the orb's coloured lights with the monument's crystals — and then open the sarcophagus.

The first two cannot be missed: the Rusty Sword is from Chapter 1 and the Braquemart from Chapter 2, both story items. The other six are in Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10, and the Chapter 9 one is the only one with no puzzle.

Do it alongside Adaptable: equip each blade as you get it and kill an enemy with it. Otherwise you will have to go looking for them twice.

5.7% have it, the highest of the five collectibles.

«Collect all Charms» · Superstitious

Collect all 30 charms.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

2.00% of players

They are not decorative: each gives Sophia a different upgrade, so picking them up early makes the rest of the game easier.

They come from two places and the difference matters: 25 sit in small hidden chests around the environments, and the other 5 are pierced coins that appear on altars. Those five altars are also what In the name of my kin asks for, so the two trophies close out together.

Like the other collectibles, they can be recovered from chapter select.

2.0% have it.

«Unlock the 6 mastery branches» · Like a warrior

Unlock the 6 mastery branches.

Category

Missable

Yes

Unlocked by

2.20% of players

This is the game's only missable trophy. Buying all six branches costs 165 resonance points, and the run contains 200: the margin is 35.

The reason it is missable is specific and no description says it: resonance points are the only collectible that does not carry over when you replay a chapter. Relics, blades, charms and echoes do. The points do not. And there is no New Game+ either.

So if you finish the campaign on 150, the only way out is a second full run.

The reassuring part: most of the points are on the path or handed out by story fights. Exploring normally gets you there. What you cannot do is play the game like a corridor.

2.2% have it.

«Find all the Theseus' Echoes» · In the name of my kin

Find the 5 Theseus echoes.

Category

Missable

No

Unlocked by

2.90% of players

It is not a separate collectible: the echoes are the five altars holding the pierced coins, and those coins are five of Superstitious's thirty charms. Which means this trophy closes itself if you are going for the charms.

The other 25 charms sit in small chests; these five do not, they are in plain sight on their altars. It is the game's shortest collectible.

They recover from chapter select like the rest.

2.9% have it.

«Unlock all “Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy” trophies» · The Sea Scorpion

Earn the other 36 trophies.

Category

Other

Missable

No

Unlocked by

1.40% of players

1.4% have it, but that figure misleads: the game is four days old. What the spread does say is where the work is. No trophy depends on difficulty and none is online, so you can play the whole thing on Narrative with invincible mode on.

The only one that can cost you a second run is Like a warrior: 165 of the 200 resonance points, and they are the only collectible you cannot recover by replaying chapters.

Around 20 hours if you reach the points. Twice that if you do not.