Returnal platinum trophy checklist
The full grind. Plan for ~50-80 hours. Most missable trophies are tied to early-game weapon traits — start tracking from run 1.
Story (auto-unlock)
- Beat Phrike (The First Cycle)
- Beat each subsequent boss
- Beat Ophion (Helios)
- Beat Act 3 (The Tomorrow That Was Promised)
Collectibles
- All Cipher Logs (across all 6 biomes) — Cipher of Atropos
- All Scout Logs — Voices of Atropos
- All Xenoglyph Ciphers — Linguist
Weapon proficiency
- Reach max level with each weapon. The grindy ones: Spitmaw Blaster, Pyroshell Caster.
Action trophies
- Use Astronaut Figurine to revive — Live Again
- Reach Adrenaline level 5 — Adrenaline Junkie
- Defeat 4 enemies in 5 seconds — Crimson Tide
- Tower of Sisyphus floor 20 — The Climb to the Top
Hidden trophy traps
- The melee finisher trophy requires the kill to be the exact final hit of an enemy with bare-fist or Atropian Blade. Specifically with melee, not melee residue damage.
Speed tip
- Most ciphers respawn each run. Use a fresh-run loop on biome 1 for the Crimson Wastes ciphers if you missed them — they respawn in subsequent runs even if you collected them.
If stuck: the Tower of Sisyphus floor 20 trophy is the longest grind. Save it for last.