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The Last of Us PS5 Remake Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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The Last of Us PS5 Remake Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 2/10
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 15-25 Hours
  • Offline Trophies: 29 (1trophy, 7trophy, 7trophy, 14trophy)
  • Online Trophies: 0
  • Number of missable trophies: 0, all trophies are available through chapter select
  • Glitched trophies: 0 – but some collectibles can bug out for a small number of players (either can’t interact with them or they don’t count in chapter select/trophy tracker), if this happens reinstalling the game should fix it
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, can play on any difficulty, everything is obtainable on the easiest setting “Very Light”
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 1 The Last of Us playthrough, 1 Left Behind playthrough
  • Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, after the story there is Chapter Select, Encounter Select (to replay specific enemy encounters), and New Game Plus
  • Release Date: September 02, 2022

Introduction

Welcome to The Last of Us PS5 Remake Trophy Guide! This remake introduces many of the features that were present in The Last of Us Part 2, such as a robust selection of accessibility options, unlockable rewards, updated graphics and animations, as well as a permadeath mode and speedrun mode (which is unlocked after beating the game once).

The remake also has a modified trophy list compared to the original and remaster, making it a much easier experience. There are no difficulty trophies, nor do you need to fully upgrade your abilities or weapons, meaning only one playthrough is necessary. The game also includes Left Behind in the base list, which will also need to be completed. The majority of the trophy list is comprised of collectibles, so your main focus will be collecting everything in the game. There are new Collectibles, namely Safes and Workbenches are now needed, there are also new Optional Conversations and some old Collectible Locations have changed due to the game being redesigned completely.

Step 1: Complete The Last of Us on any difficulty, find all Collectibles

Play through the main game while getting all Collectibles. Playing on the easiest setting “Very Light” is fine for trophy purposes. Feel free to customize the accessibility options for an easier experience. The main focus during your playthrough will be collecting every type of collectible throughout the game. You can follow this updated All-in-One Guide for the Remake that includes all Collectibles, Trophies, and new Locations: The Last of Us Remake Collectible Guide.

There are also a selection of miscellaneous trophies to work towards, some of which are cumulative and some of which are situational. While you do not need to fully upgrade all weapons in the remake, you will need to fully upgrade at least one weapon, so make sure that you don’t split your upgrades across all weapons to the point that you don’t fully upgrade any. You will also want to craft each type of item, including each of the five upgraded melee weapons. Keep enough materials (tape & scissors) to build shivs for opening all shiv doors and to build/break one of every upgraded melee weapon. Don’t waste your shivs on killing enemies.

Below are the chapters and subchapters where the situational trophies take place (when following the Collectible Guide you get these automatically):

  • Bill’s Town, High School Escape – In Memorium :bronze:
  • Pittsburgh, Escape the City – Lights Out :bronze:
  • The Suburbs, Sewers – Waterlogged :bronze:
  • Tommy’s Dam, Hydroelectric Dam – Left Hanging :bronze: and Who’s A Good Boy? :bronze:

Nothing is missable, you can replay any chapters through Chapter Select. Do note however that when playing a chapter through Chapter Select, you will be locked out of any chapters after that. This can be resolved by loading your Autosave Backup, which will return you to the furthest point. You can also make a manual save at your furthest point before chapter selecting to make sure.

Step 2: Complete Left Behind on any difficulty, find all Collectibles

You will also need to complete the expansion, Left Behind. Once again, play on a difficulty of your choosing and collect everything. See The Last of Us Remake Collectible Guide.
Left Behind will also have selection of situational trophies for you to obtain, which can be done in the below chapters:

  • Mallrats – Brick Master :bronze:
  • So Close – Nobody’s Perfect :bronze: , Angel Knives :bronze: and Skillz :bronze:
  • The Enemy of My Enemy – Live Bait :bronze:

Step 3: Clean Up

If you happen to miss any collectible or miscellaneous trophies, now is the time to clean them up. This can be done through Chapter Select, or Encounter Select for crafting/breaking weapons, or New Game Plus if you chose to do a blind playthrough and still need most collectibles. When going via Chapter Select you will be locked out of later chapters, which can be resolved by loading your “Story Complete” Autosave. As a precaution, you may want to make a manual backup in PS+ Cloud before using Chapter Select.

Useful Tips, Tricks, and Guides:

The Last of Us PS5 Remake Trophy Guide

The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide It can’t be for nothing
Collect all trophies		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
Earn all other trophies in The Last of Us Part 1 to unlock Platinum.
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide No Matter What
Complete Part 1		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
Complete The Last of Us on any difficulty. There are also a wide array of accessibility options you can utilise to make this easier if need be, particularly under the Combat Accessibility and Navigation and Traversal sections.
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Don’t Go
Complete Left Behind		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
Complete Left Behind on any difficulty. There are also a wide array of accessibility options you can utilise to make this easier if need be, particularly under the Combat Accessibility and Navigation and Traversal sections.
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Look for the Light
Find all Firefly pendants		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 30 Firefly Pendants in the main game, which are traditional collectibles to be picked up throughout the chapters. Some will need to be shot down from objects before they can be collected.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Endure and Survive
Collect all comics		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 13 Comics in the main game, which are traditional collectibles to be picked up.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Chronicles
Find all notes and artifacts		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 97 Artefacts to be collected across the main game and Left Behind, which are traditional collectibles to be picked up, or automatically acquired through story progression.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Getting to Know You
Engage in all optional conversations		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 54 Optional Conversation to engage in across the main game and Left Behind. These are triggered by interacting with certain objects, or talking to people when standing in certain locations.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide That’s all I got
Survive all of Ellie’s jokes		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 6 sets of Jokes that Ellie will tell across the main game and Left Behind. These typically require some form of set up and waiting around to trigger. The trophy tracker for this will show 3 instead of 6, and will only update on the last 3 Jokes. In Chapter Select, these will be listed as Optional Conversations rather than Jokes.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Something to Fight For
Find all training manuals		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 12 Training Manuals in the main game, which are traditional collectibles to be picked up. These will give upgrades to your gear, such as stronger melee weapons or stronger healing.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Combat Ready
Fully upgrade a weapon		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
Weapons can be upgraded at Workbenches throughout the game, and can be done so by collecting pieces of scrap littered throughout the game. As you only need to fully upgrade one weapon, this should come pretty naturally, as long as you don’t spread your upgrades across all weapons too thinly or actively ignore collecting scrap. Many of the shiv doors you open will have 25-50 scrap within them, so you shouldn’t need to hunt much down.

The cheapest weapon to fully upgrade is the Revolver, which only costs 155 scrap parts to fully upgrade. Do note you will need Workbench Tools to upgrade weapons to higher level tiers.
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Master of Unlocking
Break into every locked door using shivs		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 13 Shiv Doors in the main game, which are doors that can be opened by using a shiv on them. This will break the shiv, but give you access to a room filled with supplies, and occasionally collectibles. Always make sure to keep some shivs on you, as if you waste all your shivs on stealth kills, you may not be able to open some doors.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Prepared For the Worst
Find all workbenches		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 11 Workbenches in the main game, where you will be able to upgrade your weapons. These are typically in your main path, occasionally in side rooms. You don’t need to upgrade any weapons for these to count, simply interacting with them is sufficient.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Sticky Fingers
Open All Safes		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 4 Safes in the main game, and these can be opened by inputting the correct combination code, typically found on an artefact in the area. These will contain various supplies, and occasionally other collectibles. Make sure to grab the items within each safe to make sure they register.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Sharpest Tool in the Shed
Find all workbench tools		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are 5 Workbench Tools in the main game, and these will allow you to upgrade your weapons at Workbenches to higher levels. Unlike all other collectible types, these are not tracked in Chapter Select. They can be picked up like normal collectibles, and appear in red toolboxes.

» The Last of Us Part 1 PS5 Remake – All-In-One Collectible Guide
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Build Em Up, Break Em Down
Upgrade and then break one of every melee weapon		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Throughout the game you will find various melee weapons. Starting from Bill’s Town, you will be able to upgrade melee weapons using Binding and Blades to give them instant kill attacks and more durability, with 1-3 extra attacks depending on how many training manuals you have.

You will need to upgrade each melee weapon and then break off the upgrade by killing enemies for it to register. Blunt weapons will appear throughout the whole game but more in early chapters, while sharp weapons will start appearing in later levels.

If you don’t have it after finishing the story, an easy way is to use Encounter Select to quickly farm it. See the encounters listed below.

  • 2×4 – Found throughout whole game, very common (Encounter: Pittsburgh – Hotel Rooms – go through the first window on the left, there are two hunters, one of them has a 2×4 piece of wood. Loot it from him, then go to the hotel rooms on the right to find tape and scissors materials for crafting the upgrade)
  • Baseball Bat – Found throughout whole game, common (Encounter: Pittsburgh – Hotel Rooms – a baseball bat is found upstairs in the hallway on a cabinet, it’s not held by an enemy but instead sits around in this fixed spot. Tape and scissors materials are found downstairs in the hotel rooms on the right from where the encounter starts)
  • Lead Pipe – Found throughout whole game, common (Encounter: Pittsburgh – Hotel Rooms – go through window on right, first enemy in corridor has lead pipe, you also find tape and scissors in a hotel room on the right on the same floor)
  • Machete – First found in The Suburbs, and appears throughout later chapters (Encounter: Tommy’s Dam – Ranch House – guy upstairs has it, there’s also tape and scissors material upstairs)
  • Hatchet – First found in Tommy’s Dam, and appears throughout later chapters (Encounter: Bus Depot – Tunnel – from where you spawn a hatchet is behind you on the left in the corner, turn around and run to the end of the area to pick it up. You already start the encounter with enough crafting materials, perform 1 kill on any of the runners to break the upgraded hatchet)
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Fallen Firefly
Find a Firefly pendant		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
See Look for the Light :gold: .
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Self Help
Find one training manual		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
See Something to Fight For :silver: .
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Savage Starlight Fan
Find a comic		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
See Endure and Survive :gold: .
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Geared Up
Craft every item		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide
There are six items that you can craft, and they can be crafted by collecting various supplies throughout the world. Each item will require multiple components to craft. You will be able to craft all items from Pittsburgh onwards.

  • Health Kit – Alcohol and Rag
  • Molotov – Alcohol and Rag
  • Shiv – Binding and Blade
  • Melee Upgrade – Binding, Blade and Melee Weapon
  • Bomb – Explosive and Blade
  • Smoke Bomb – Sugar and Explosive

You can also farm this via Checkpoint Restart as to not waste crafting materials. If you still don’t have it after the story, load up a chapter where you have plenty of crafting materials, craft what you need, if you run out of materials restart checkpoint and repeat. You can also do it via Encounter Select, you start some encounters with plenty of materials already, such as “Bus Depot – Tunnel”.
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide In Memorium
Pick up Frank’s note after it’s discarded		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Bill’s Town – High School Escape

At the end of Bill’s Town, you will arrive at a house with a vehicle. In the back room is a note you can pick up and give to Bill. He will throw it on the ground, at which point you can grab it. All of these interactions are collectibles.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Lights Out
While in stealth, turn off the spotlight generator in Pittsburgh.		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Pittsburgh – Escape the City

At the end of Pittsburgh, you will need to get through a hunter checkpoint. Sneak up to the first two guards and stealth kill one, Henry will kill the other. Now all you have to do is sneak behind the barriers, going clockwise while avoiding the searchlight. There will be a hunter roaming near the generator, but you can wait until he is out of range before sneaking up to turn off the generator.

If you get spotted before or while turning off the generator, restart the checkpoint.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Waterlogged
Ride the sewer contraption with Henry and Sam		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: The Suburbs – Sewers

Inside the sewers, you will reach a room full of water with a contraption in the middle. You will need to retrieve a wooden pallet to help Ellie across the water, so that she can turn on the generator. Shortly after turning on the generator, the sewer contraption will automatically move across the room with Henry and Sam on board. As soon as you move Ellie across to the generator, quickly swim over to Henry and Sam and get on the contraption before it moves.

If you are too slow and miss your ride, restart the checkpoint.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Left Hanging
Leave Ellie hanging after a job well done		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Tommy’s Dam – Hydroelectric Dam

Near the beginning of Tommy’s Dam, you will need to raise a dam gate to be able to cross the water. After fetching a wooden pallet and assisting Ellie across, she will raise the gate for you to be able to cross. She will ask for a high five, simply ignore her request and move on.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Who’s A Good Boy?
Pet Buckley the dog		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Tommy’s Dam – Hydroelectric Dam

During Tommy’s tour of the dam, you will go across the top of the dam into another building. Just before heading inside, Buckley the dog will be chewing a ball. Interact with him to give him the attention you didn’t give Ellie earlier.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Nobody’s Perfect
Played the Jak X game in Left Behind		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Fun and Games (Left Behind)

Once at Raja’s Arcade, head inside and go to the back left to find a Jak X racing machine. Interact with it and watch the short scene for the trophy. Make sure you do this before interacting with The Turning arcade machine, otherwise the game will advance.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Brick Master
Win the brick throwing contest		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Mallrats (Left Behind)

After going through the halloween store, Riley will challenge you to a brick throwing contest. You must destroy all seven windows on the red car before Riley destroys all seven windows on the blue car. This is relatively simple, grab bricks in the area and take your time to aim at the closest window. Missing will waste more time than taking a moment to aim. Work around the car counter-clockwise and you should have more than enough time.

If Riley says she is on her last window, reload checkpoint to make sure she doesn’t win. Feel free to make a safety save before this in case you mess up.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Angel Knives
Defeat Black Fang without getting hit		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Fun and Games (Left Behind)

Once at Raja’s Arcade, interact with The Turning arcade machine on the right to have an imaginary fight with Black Fang. This is essentially a sequence of quick time events, requiring you to input what is on screen. The timing is very lenient for this, so follow the inputs and don’t rush so that you don’t make an incorrect input.

If you take damage at any point, reload your checkpoint. Feel free to make a safety save before this in case you mess up.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Skillz
Win the water gun fight		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: Fun and Games (Left Behind)

Immediately after Raja’s Arcade, Riley will challenge you to a water gun fight. Initially you will just soak each other, but afterwards it will be a best-of-3 match where Riley hides and whoever hits the other person first will win the round. Make sure to load your water gun while looking for Riley, and remain stealthy while keeping an eye and ear out for Riley. As soon as you see her, blast her.

If you lose a round and think you might lose another round, reload your checkpoint. Feel free to make a safety save before this in case you mess up. After winning 2 rounds you get the trophy. Easiest option is to sneak behind the shelves from where you start, then wait for Riley to come to you, ambush her from the side.

 
The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide Live Bait
Use bricks or bottles to lure an infected into attacking a human		 The Last of Us Remake Trophy Guide

Chapter: The Enemy of My Enemy (Left Behind)

The second last chapter of Left Behind will have several encounters where both humans and infected are in the same room, allowing for some third party action. This can be done in any encounter after the first one, but it is easiest to do this immediately after going through the ventilation shafts.

You will be on a ledge with several bricks and bottles, with some infected below you and hunters walking into the area. Throw a brick or bottle between the groups and they will fight. A hunter will need to be killed for this to pop, so if the hunters kill them all without getting attacked simply reload checkpoint or attempt it in a later encounter.

 

 

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  2. Thank you for the trophy guide. No way am I spending £69.99 on this remake but I do love the original and the trophies in this version are better, so I do want to play it when it comes to PlayStation Plus Extra (hopefully).

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  3. When using Chapter Select. Do you load the chapter, collect any missing collectibles, redownload the Story Complete save from the cloud, and repeat for the other chapters?

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    • Correct, except you don’t need to download the save from cloud, you can load it directly in-game. Making a cloud backup should be done as a precaution in case the “story complete” autosave is accidentally overwritten or deleted. But normally the game doesn’t overwrite that autosave anyway. It worked like this in the PS3 version too.

  5. So basically you can’t used your Save for PS4, too bad for me I don’t want to start again when I’m only missing a few trophies.

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    • Correct, there is no save game import. They probably didn’t add save transfer because this is a full Remake with new trophies, new collectibles etc. and they want people to replay it.

    • That was in regards to the Deluxe Editon DLC not being needed for anything, you can get plat using the standard edition, without having to spend extra money.
      I didn’t think of Left Behind as DLC in this because it’s part of the standard main game in the Remake, but I can see what you mean and will rewrite that part to avoid confusion.

  9. Pretty meh trophy list, this is going to be a cakewalk. Wish they had worked grounded mode into it to at least give a little bit of a challenge

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    • Agreed not best pleased myself was looking forward to doin a speed run trophy and a grounded trophy this is far to easy

  10. Thank you so much for putting this together before release day! I’m so excited to replay this masterpiece 🙂 It’s cool they made it an easy plat. The ps4 version took me forever to get and I didn’t want to deal with it again.

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  11. After you beat the game and when collecting through chapter select and loading the save again, do your collectibles carry over? Because aren’t you overwriting the previous save by the main save?

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    • As the guide says, there is nothing missable. You can simply load up any encounter post-story on Very Light and will spawn with enough crafting materials to craft everything. The melee weapons can be farmed in encounter select as described in the guide.

  13. In case there’s cleanup to do, wouldn’t it be more convenient to work backwards from the latest chapters to the earliest without having to reload the complete save file?

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  14. So just to clarify, the “That’s All I Got” trophy now counts the jokes from Left Behind? Hit all 5 jokes in base game and never got the trophy. Tracking stuck at 66%

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  15. It´s a a pity that there are no difficulty trophies.. This trend of Sony to make platinums so much easier really devalues the trophy itself.

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    • I disagree that it “devalues” the trophy itself. I don’t like playing games on one of the harder difficulties. If a platinum doesn’t require any difficulty specific trophies, I will play the game on the easiest setting so I can just enjoy the game without stressing too much.

  16. For Build Em Up, Break Em Down you actually might not have to get each different melee weapon. I just got it by replaying the same section and breaking an upgraded baseball bat over and over. It may just be a glitch that will get patched eventually though, but it popped for me that way.

    I wasn’t even intentionally trying to see if it worked that way either. I was just trying to break the bat and still survive the clickers that were left and it popped randomly.

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  17. I’m missing an optional conversation in pitsburg it’s the one where the dead guy is hanging from a tree in the financial district and nothing pops up when you approach it

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  18. I have two glitched trophies. One artifact and one optional conversation won’t count towards my progress. I’ve tried rebooting the game and nothing. Really unfortunate.

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  19. Thanks for all the guides. Really appreciated!
    I have a little problem, I did everything and still missing either a note or artifact but when I check all my chapters everything is completed 100%
    Weird thing is the trophy ”chronicles” didn’t pop and according to it I’m still missing either a note or artifact. And like I said, went back to check all the chapters and everything is completed including the dlc. All the lists are done. example…3of3, 11of11 etc…

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  20. I have a problem with the collectibles.

    Dock notes from chapter 1 doesnt count for me. I deleted and reinstalled the game, but it still doesnt work. Even the activity card stays. I dont knwo what to do.

    I didnt finished the game yet. I hope this will be patched soon.

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    • Same here… I’m tired with these games and glitched trophies, at least PlayStation studio games should not have these issues.

  23. I missed the shiv door when Joel goes into town to save Ellie from David. When I went back to try the encounter again all of my supplies were gone! Is that normal?

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  26. Does anyone having an issue with Ellie’s jokes trophy? I did all Ellie’s jokes, but it didn’t popup. I only have 2/3 jokes. 🙁 Should i start game all over?

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  27. I’ve got all the collectibles in the game but the trophy tracker is saying I’ve only got about half of them. Is there anyway to sort out the trophy tracker displaying the wrong information, I can’t get the platinum due to this. It should be noted at the start of the guide that collectibles trophy tracker glitches and there is no fix, I’ve tried reinstalling several times and it does nothing.

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    • I have a similar problem, there’s something wrong for some of us. Hoping a new patch will solve the issue.

  28. FYI

    As of 6th January 2023, “Getting to Know You” trophy can bug out in the Suburbs.

    I’m sitting with 91% trophy completion. I have popped every other trophy apart from engaging in all optional conversations.

    My trophy list says I have 53/54 optional conversations done. Though in-game chapter select for every area says I have complete everything.

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  32. Thanks for the great guide!

    I’m coming to this late, but just a note that Sharpest Tool in the Shed needs to be got in order. You can not get them out of order like other collectables.

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    • Check the help cards. It turned out I still had the Pittsburgh collectibles card not completed. I replayed the chapter and the trophy popped up with the first joke.

  34. Build Em Up, Break Em Down Unlocked after using the Machete in the sewers so there has to be a weapon used that makes it unlock early.

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