Earning the Platinum Trophy in Stellar Blade is a rewarding challenge for dedicated players. This comprehensive guide will provide you with a detailed roadmap, ensuring you unlock every trophy and achieve 100% completion. Whether you’re a seasoned trophy hunter or new to the world of platinum achievements, this Stellar Blade Platinum Guide will lead you through every step, maximizing your efficiency and enjoyment of the game.
- Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 3/10 on Story Mode – 5/10 on Normal Mode
- Approximate Time to Platinum: 40-50 Hours
- Offline Trophies: 43 (1, 3, 12, 27)
- Online Trophies: 0
- Missable Trophies: Technically, all trophies except automatic story-related ones are missable. Stellar Blade features two significant Points of No Return that can lock you out of content and trophies. The first occurs after completing the “Abyss Levoire” area, preventing access to side quests and collectibles in Xion City. The second is after “Spire 4,” before the final area. Once you proceed to the final area, backtracking is impossible. To mitigate risks, complete everything before each Point of No Return or utilize PS+ Cloud Saves for backup and cleanup. New Game+ allows for missed trophy cleanup, carrying over progress.
- Glitched Trophies: None reported.
- Difficulty Affects Trophies?: No, Platinum is achievable on ‘Story Mode’ (Easy).
- Hardest Trophy: Cost of Lost Memories (Ending-related, requires specific playthrough choices).
- Minimum Playthroughs: 2 (Potentially 3 if final boss defeats occur without PS+ Cloud Save).
- PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: No PS4 version exists.
- PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: No PS4 version exists.
- Free-Roam / Level Select After Story?: No post-story free-roam or mission replay. The final area is a point of no return after entry.
- Manual Saves?: Autosaves only, single save slot.
- Release Date: April 26, 2024
Roadmap to Platinum: Your Stellar Blade Trophy Journey
This Stellar Blade platinum guide is structured to maximize efficiency and minimize missable opportunities. The platinum journey requires at least two playthroughs due to mutually exclusive endings tied to Lily’s progress bar. This bar dynamically changes based on collectible acquisition and side quest completion.
One ending requires a 100% Lily progress bar, while the other necessitates it being below 100%. These conditions are mutually exclusive within a single playthrough. New Game+ resolves this, allowing you to obtain the remaining ending.
For your initial playthrough, pursuing the “Making New Memories” ending is strongly advised. This path, requiring a 100% Lily progress bar, encourages full exploration and engagement with Stellar Blade’s rich side content. Subsequent playthroughs, especially New Game+, can then focus on the “Cost of Lost Memories” ending cleanup. Crucially, while Data Bank entries persist in New Game+, Lily’s progress bar resets to 0%, and all collectibles respawn.
Step 1: Pre-Point of No Return 1 – Abyss Levoire Completion
Your initial focus should be on comprehensive exploration up to the first Point of No Return, which triggers upon completing the “Abyss Levoire” area. Before advancing past this point by speaking with Adam, ensure thorough completion of all available content. This Stellar Blade platinum guide strongly recommends utilizing a detailed collectible guide, such as the Stellar Blade Collectible Guide, throughout your journey to minimize backtracking.
Prioritize the following before the first Point of No Return:
- Xion City Collectibles: Meticulously gather all collectibles within Xion City. This includes Data Banks (Memory Sticks, Documents, Passcodes), Cans, and Nano Suits. Refer to the Stellar Blade Collectible Guide for precise locations.
- Xion City Side Quests: Complete all available side quests in Xion City. These quests often reward valuable items and contribute to character progression, essential for later challenges and trophy acquisition.
- Early Combat Trophies: While progressing through Eidos 7 and Matrix 11 leading to Abyss Levoire, aim to naturally unlock combat-related trophies. Focus on utilizing Perfect Dodges, Perfect Parries, Beta Skills, Burst Skills, and Ranged Attacks. These trophies are cumulative and will unlock naturally with consistent gameplay.
Once you have diligently completed all side quests and collected all items within Xion City, you are prepared to proceed beyond the first Point of No Return.
Step 2: Pre-Point of No Return 2 – Spire 4 Completion
Following the completion of “Spire 4,” the second Point of No Return looms. This point, triggered before engaging Lily to proceed to the final game area, is even more critical. Advancing past this point restricts access to all previous game areas. Therefore, meticulous preparation is essential to ensure no missable trophies are left behind.
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Bulletin Board Requests: Exhaustively complete all Bulletin Board Requests. Many of these requests are directly linked to trophies and collectible acquisition. Consult a Bulletin Board Request guide, such as the Stellar Blade Bulletin Board Requests Guide, to ensure comprehensive completion.
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Collectible Cleanup: Revisit the Stellar Blade Collectible Guide and meticulously collect any remaining collectibles across all accessible areas. At this stage, you should aim to have nearly completed the collectible trophies: Naytiba Researcher should be at approximately 63/67 entries, and Meticulous Explorer around 87/89 Camps activated. The final collectibles will be located within the last game area and are sometimes tied to specific endings.
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Combat Trophy Completion: Prioritize obtaining all combat-related trophies before entering the final area. The final area primarily consists of boss encounters, significantly limiting opportunities to farm regular enemies for combat-related trophies. Ensure trophies like Battlefield Martial Artist, Agile Gladiator, Silent Executioner, Naytiba Hunter, Relentless Destroyer, Revenging Agent, and Cold-blooded Sniper are unlocked.
Upon completing all Bulletin Board Requests, maximizing collectible progress, and securing all combat-related trophies, creating a PS+ Cloud Save is highly recommended. This save serves as a crucial backup for obtaining both endings efficiently. Dying to final bosses can complicate the ending acquisition process without this backup. If you successfully defeat the final boss on your first attempt, reloading the autosave allows for the alternate ending choice without needing a Cloud Save. When fully prepared, engage Lily to proceed to the final area. After achieving either the Making New Memories or Return to the Colony ending, reload your save or download your PS+ Cloud Save to pursue the alternative ending.
Step 3: New Game+ Playthrough and Final Trophy Cleanup
Commence a New Game+ playthrough to efficiently acquire the remaining ending trophy, either Cost of Lost Memories or Return to the Colony, depending on your first playthrough choice. To ensure you unlock the “Cost of Lost Memories” ending, it’s crucial to keep Lily’s progress bar below 100%. Actively avoid collecting Memory Sticks, Documents, and Passcodes and refrain from completing side quests during this playthrough. Skipping Eidos 9 and proceeding directly to Spire 4 confirms you are on the correct path for this ending.
Useful Tips, Tricks, and Guides:
- Difficulty Setting: Play on Story Mode (Easy) to simplify combat and focus on exploration and collectible gathering. Difficulty does not impact trophy acquisition.
- Collectible Guides: Utilize comprehensive collectible guides, such as the Stellar Blade Collectible Guide, to efficiently locate all collectibles.
- Skill Point Farming: If additional Skill Points (SP) are needed, a highly effective farming location exists in Spire 4. From the Space Center camp, enter the adjacent room and proceed through the large door on the left. This area contains numerous droid and tentacle enemies that respawn upon resting at the camp, facilitating rapid SP accumulation.
Stellar Blade Trophy Guide: Detailed Trophy Breakdown
| Trophy | Description | Trophy Type |
|---|---|---|
| EVE Protocol Acquired | Earn all other trophies in Stellar Blade to unlock Platinum! | Platinum |
| Camp Preparation Activated | Activated the first Camp. | Bronze |
| Abaddon Defeated | Defeated Abaddon. | Bronze |
| Corrupter Defeated | Defeated Corrupter. | Bronze |
| Gigas Defeated | Defeated Gigas. | Bronze |
| Brute Defeated | Defeated Brute. | Bronze |
| Altess Levoire Retrieved | Retrieved the Hyper Cell from Altess Levoire. | Bronze |
| Stalker Defeated | Defeated Stalker. | Bronze |
| Juggernaut Defeated | Defeated Juggernaut. | Bronze |
| Tachy Defeated | Defeated Tachy. | Bronze |
| Behemoth Defeated | Defeated Behemoth. | Bronze |
| Abyss Levoire Retrieved | Retrieved the Hyper Cell from Abyss Levoire. | Bronze |
| Belial Defeated | Defeated Belial. | Bronze |
| Karakuri Defeated | Defeated Karakuri. | Bronze |
| Demogorgon Defeated | Defeated Demogorgon. | Bronze |
| Raven Defeated | Defeated Raven. | Bronze |
| Return to the Colony Achieved | Achieved Return to the Colony ending. | Gold |
| Cost of Lost Memories Achieved | Achieved Cost of Lost Memories ending. | Gold |
| Making New Memories Achieved | Achieved Making New Memories ending. | Gold |
| Can Collector Collected | Collected all cans. | Silver |
| Nano Suit Collector Acquired | Acquired 30 Nano Suits. | Silver |
| Records Collector Collected | Collected 200 Data Bank entries (Memorysticks, Documents, or Passcodes). | Silver |
| Lonely Fisherman Caught | Caught 20 different fish. | Silver |
| Box Hunter Opened | Opened 200 boxes. | Silver |
| Naytiba Researcher Got | Got information on all Naytibas. | Silver |
| Meticulous Explorer Activated | Activated all Camps. | Silver |
| Perfect Exospine Enhanced | Enhanced 10 Exospines to their max. | Silver |
| Perfect Blood Edge Enhanced | Enhanced Blood Edge to its max. | Bronze |
| Perfect Rechargeable Tumbler Enhanced | Enhanced the Rechargeable Tumbler to its max. | Bronze |
| Perfect Physical Enhancement Enhanced | Enhanced HP to its max. | Bronze |
| Perfect Beta Energy Enhancement Enhanced | Enhanced Beta Energy to its max. | Bronze |
| Thorough Technician Learned | Learned all skills. | Bronze |
| Beyond Fate Completed | Completed Enya and Su’s story. | Silver |
| Sisterly Love Completed | Completed Kaya’s story. | Silver |
| Beep! Completed | Completed D1G-g2r’s story. | Silver |
| Battlefield Martial Artist Perfect Dodged | Perfect Dodged 200 enemy attacks. | Bronze |
| Agile Gladiator Perfect Parried | Perfect Parried 300 enemy attacks. | Bronze |
| Silent Executioner Defeated | Defeated 50 enemies by execution. | Bronze |
| Naytiba Hunter Defeated | Defeated 100 enemies with Beta Skills. | Bronze |
| Relentless Destroyer Defeated | Defeated 50 enemies with Burst Skills. | Bronze |
| Revenging Agent Defeated | Defeated 50 enemies in Tachy Mode. | Bronze |
| Cold-blooded Sniper Defeated | Defeated 150 enemies with ranged attacks. | Bronze |
| Cruel Liberator Defeated | Defeated 1,500 enemies. | Silver |
New Game+ DLC Trophy Guide
| Trophy | Description | Trophy Type |
|---|---|---|
| Repeating Protocols Completed | Completed New Game +. | Bronze |
| Infinite Blade Learned | Learned all skills in New Game +. | Bronze |
Special Thanks / Credits
Massive thanks to the following people for their contributions:
Gage – Side Quest Walkthroughs
DK & LuckySlime – Collectible Search
