PS5 trophy route: protect tales before cleanup
Protect missable tales and the true ending during the first run.
Quick answer
Protect missable tales and the true ending during the first run.
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First run
Keep region-boundary saves. Complete healer tasks and start Baishan before the forest finale; start the driver and Lan tales before Pangzhen. Audit purple quests before Mirage Estate. Use the linked guides for the tasks themselves.
After the story
Before starting New Game+, return for remaining accessible collectibles and optional bosses. Failed tales need an earlier save or another run. The cited roadmap has no difficulty trophy requirement. Weapon and Phantom Edge upgrade counters are separate.
Targets
The trophy route includes ten Memory Flowers, thirty accessories, ten weapon tempers, ten Phantom Edge tempers and a level-30 item in each equipment category. These are trophy targets, not total item counts. Steam and PS5 lists differ; check the platform.
PS5: 36-objective checklist
Names follow the cited PS5 list; this is not the separate Steam list.
Story and platinum
| Name | Objective |
|---|---|
| Defy Destiny | Earn all remaining trophies |
| The Heart’s Journey | Escape the Pursuers on the Main Road |
| With Heart and Blood | All Comes to Light |
| All Dreams Must End | All Schemes Come to Nothing |
Named boss encounters
| Name | Objective |
|---|---|
| The Axe’s Grudge | Defeat Axemaster Peng Meng |
| Scarlet Wraithblade | Defeat Hua, the Bride |
| The Hunt | Defeat the Hunt, Hunter of the Order |
| A Thousand Cups Drained | Defeat Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic |
| The Shattered Mirror | Defeat Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents |
| Will We Meet Again? | Defeat Mu Xiaokui, the Young Mistress of the Order |
| The Lion’s Spirit Lives On | Defeat Flame, the Lion Dance Grandmaster |
| Sword Against the Seven-Stars | Defeat the Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars |
| Crossroads of Blood | Defeat Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade |
| Nothing Goes to Waste | Defeat the Puppet Scavenger |
| All Return to Dust | Defeat Lei Dang, the Order’s Envoy |
| The White Shadow | Defeat the Blizzard Blademaster |
| Saw It Through | Defeat the Saw and the Crusher |
| Master of the Misty Waters | Defeat Blackwater Leader You Loong, Zither Maiden Yan Qiansui, and the One-Eyed Archer |
| The Four Freed | Defeat the Four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding, and Yucong |
| The Two Blade Masters | Defeat Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng |
| Three Wardens Fall | Defeat the three Shadow Wardens: Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer, and Heartpiercer. |
Tale completion
| Name | Objective |
|---|---|
| Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake | Complete [Secrets at the Heart of the Lake] |
| Phantom and Blade | Complete [Bloodline Awakening] |
| The Last of Baishan | Complete [Secrets of the Baishan Sect] |
| Together Till the End | Complete [The Journey Home] |
| A Wanderer’s Honor | Complete [Young Master Lan] |
| Spectral Blade | Complete [A Severed Mindseal] |
| The Healer’s Legacy | Complete [Flesh Lily], [Apprentice Healer], and [A Healer’s Mercy] |
| Lost and Found | Complete All [Quick Hand’s Requests] |
| Even Trees Know Sorrow | Complete [Heart of the Banyan] |
Growth and collection
| Name | Objective |
|---|---|
| A Tempered Ten | Perform Tempering on 10 weapons |
| Overwhelming Force | Upgrade a weapon to Level 30 |
| Listen to Every Flower | Collect 10 Memory Flowers |
| Collector’s Notes | Collect 30 Accessories |
| Phantom Arsenal | Perform Tempering on 10 Phantom Edges |
| Skill Over Strength | Upgrade a Phantom Edge to Level 30 |
Next steps
Evidence
Guide evidence checked November 1, 2026; not our own gameplay test.
Steam goals and the PS5 platform difference
The roadmap above targets 36 PS5 trophies. Steam’s own page reports 66 achievements, so these totals must stay separate. The 26 publicly visible action goals below are not presented as a complete hidden-achievement list.
| Steam identifier | Action goal |
|---|---|
| The Heart's Journey | Finish the road pursuit. |
| Way of the Phantom | Complete a chained assassination. |
| The Rusted Blade | Trigger Blood Loss with Jagged Steel. |
| Way of the Blade | Complete a chained execution. |
| The Blade's Thirst | Activate Outlaw Warblade’s life-drain frenzy. |
| A Drunken Dream | Reach Drunk with the Fanatic’s broken blade. |
| Listen to Every Flower | Complete 10 Memory Flowers. |
| A Friend from Thin Air | Call an ally with a Summon Phantom Edge. |
| Fists of Fury | Use the Iron Gauntlets’ perfectly charged punch. |
| A Wanderer's Honor | Finish Young Master Lan. |
| Collector’s Notes | Collect 30 accessories. |
| Delayed Blast | Detonate Fiend Saws’ erosion. |
| Together Till the End | Finish The Journey Home. |
| The Healer’s Legacy | Finish Flesh Lily, Apprentice Healer and A Healer’s Mercy. |
| Overwhelming Force | Raise one main weapon to 30. |
| The Last of Baishan | Finish Secrets of the Baishan Sect. |
| Skill Over Strength | Raise one Phantom Edge to 30. |
| Lightning Fast | Inflict Paralysis with Thunder Spear. |
| Phantom Arsenal | Soul Temper 10 Phantom Edges. |
| Baishan Tempest | Release the Stormswords’ Lightning Storm. |
| Bloodless Victory | Redirect an attack using Soft Snake Sword’s reversal. |
| Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake | Finish Secrets at the Heart of the Lake. |
| Even Trees Know Sorrow | Finish Heart of the Banyan. |
| A Tempered Ten | Soul Temper 10 main weapons. |
| Phantom and Blade | Finish Bloodline Awakening. |
| Heavenfall Strike | Hit an enemy with Bashpole’s airborne slam. |