Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Master Vacation Pack Trophy Roadmap
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: DLC: 20 – 25 hours (after completing everything in Main Game)
- Offline Trophies: 9 (4, 5)
- Online Trophies: 0
- Number of missable trophies: We’re Probably the Best! if you don’t keep a save before the final boss on Legend to reload for Hard, because difficulty trophies don’t stack
- Glitched trophies: 0
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes must complete a playthrough on Legend difficulty in New Game+
- Do difficulty trophies stack?: No, beating the game on Legend doesn’t unlock the trophy for beating it on Hard. But a workaround is to make a save before the endboss, finish on Legend, reload save, finish the endboss again on Hard.
- Hardest Trophy: We’re Definitely the Best! (Completing NG+ on Legend difficulty)
- Minimum Playthroughs: 1+ (Complete Big Swell in first playthrough > NG+ Playthrough on Legend > redo the final boss on Hard)
- PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: PS4 saves can be imported from the main menu on the PS5 version, autopops all trophies earned on that save
- PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: Yes, DLC is cross buy
- Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Premium Adventure is available after completing the story, with all side content available to complete
- Supports Manual Saves?: Yes, 3 rotating autosaves + over 20 manual save slots
- Release Date: January 26, 2024
Introduction
Welcome to the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Master Vacation Pack DLC Trophy Guide! The Master Vacation Pack is a day-1 DLC included with the Deluxe & Ultimate edition of the game, or available for separate purchase. It is set up similarly to the DLC that was released after the launch of the Japanese version of Yakuza: Like a Dragon and includes NG+, Hard/Legend difficulties, an extra post-story dungeon, and some minor extras such as new swimsuits, Sujimon, and Dondoko Island guests.
Trophy wise this DLC is much easier than it was in the initial release of the prior game. The added dungeon “the Big Swell” is balanced around being played in Premium Adventure after the two main game dungeons, with the recommended level in the last sector being level 65. Legend difficulty in NG+ is also not too bad, only requiring a bit of preparation in your first playthrough before starting NG+, and a bit of extra grinding in a few spots to meet levels for story fights.
Step 1: Complete the Big Swell in your first playthrough
The Big Swell is an extra dungeon added with the Master Vacation Pack, similar to the Hawaiian Haunt and Yokohama Underground from the main game. If you are worried this will be like the final dungeon in the prior game you don’t need to worry, as it is balanced much more fairly and doesn’t require setup or a ton of grinding. The recommended level maxes out at level 65 in the final sector, so you can complete this while working on the trophy from the main game for Kasuga reaching level 70.
Step 2 (Optional but Recommended): Preparing for NG+ Legend playthrough
After completing the dungeon you could jump right in New Game+, but there are some recommendations on how you can spend a bit of time in your first playthrough to make the Legend playthrough easier.
- After completing the Big Swell dungeon, spend some extra time grinding it to be close to level 75. This will make the initial parts of the Legend playthrough easier, as well as give some time to easily level jobs.
- While grinding this you want to try and craft/upgrade every character’s base job best weapon, and upgrade it to as close to +50 as you can. Due to the issue of drops not being adjusted in NG+ you’re not going to be able to upgrade anybody’s weapons during that playthrough, so it is much easier to just grind that before going into NG+ and make sure you’re set up. Prioritize the weapons for Nanba, Seonhee, Saeko, and Zhao.
- Make sure you have somewhat leveled Kasuga’s Freelancer job if you didn’t use it anymore during the first playthrough, as you will be forced to use it for the first part of NG+ and having the extra skills is helpful.
- Make sure every character has at least 1 healing skill on them. This will make the playthrough much easier and is more or less required by the end of the playthrough, so while grinding Big Swell you can get this done ahead of time. Male characters can use the healing skills from the Aquanaut job, and Females can use the healing skills from the Idol job.
- Make sure you have a number of the Battle Items such as Rocket Launchers. You will want these for the fight early in the playthrough where Kasuga is changed to the Hero class through the story Events. If you’ve used these during your playthrough and don’t have many you can purchase some from the Aloha Links character Bill who walks around the park south of Sakura St., or from Qing Long Chinese Market located in the northwest corner of Hawaii.
Step 3: Complete NG+ on Legend difficulty, keeping a save before the final boss
Now when you’re ready, select New Game+ from the main menu using your Premium Adventure save and start a playthrough on Legend. Legend isn’t a huge jump-up that you need to overly grind before starting, just follow the above recommendations. You can check out some specific tips for the harder spots in the playthrough under We’re Definitely the Best!.
Important: When you reach the end of the game make a save before the final boss, don’t overwrite that save when you complete the game.
NOTE: The requirement for this trophy is only actually that you beat the final boss on Legend, how you play through the rest of the game doesn’t matter, and you can raise and lower the difficulty as much as you want. It is still recommended you play through most of the game on Legend though, as NG+ is not scaled aside from on Hard/Legend, and if you played through to the very end on normal you would need to do a bunch of extra grinding before entering the final dungeon as Kiryu to be leveled specifically for the final boss. To save time though you can drop the difficulty to normal in the Kasuga chapter’s after Kiryu leaves the party, as the levels of Kasuga’s party no longer matter at that point.
Step 4: Reload your save before the final boss, complete the ending on Hard difficulty
The difficulty trophies in this DLC don’t stack, but as long as you’ve kept that final save you can just reload it, drop the difficulty to Hard from the settings menu, and then complete the final boss once more to earn your final trophy.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Master Vacation Pack Trophy Guide
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Vince says
Thank you so much for this, if I may ask, what characters were in your main crew most of the time, and what skills and jobs did you spam/use the most? I’m excited to start this up!!
Gage says
For the party members you can really use whoever you want, there’s enough variance in jobs and available skills that you can set up whoever is your favorite and it doesn’t require being as specific as 7. Both party leaders get a skill similar to the laser that you can use to blast through most fights in NG+.
Nikki_boagreis says
Kind ridiculous they have NG+ locked behind a paywall, between the base game and the Master Vacation pack only the “We’re only the best” trophy might require an additional play through, everything else can ge earned during the post game or premium adventure. I already planned on getting the dlc, but it’s almost like the devs are forcing paid dlc on the fanbase when NG+ could have been implemented before release or added with a free title update.
Kuba says
This dlc is required for platinum?
Nikki_boagreis says
No, the dlc isn’t required for the platinum. According to the trophy guide, nothing is missable everything can be completed during premium adventure. You don’t need the dlc trophies for the platinum, only the trophies from the base game.
Vince says
I noticed in the NG+ Legend preparation part you said to upgrade “every character’s base job best weapon to +50”, does that mean you only used every character’s starter job the whole time in NG+ and just leveled the other jobs beforehand to transfer their skills? Can you give an example for a “base job best weapon” for one of the characters? Like do I upgrade Ichiban’s starter hero bat to +50 or craft/find the best one later on and upgrade that instead? I may be reading the wording wrong, I don’t want to waste crafting materials. Thank you.
Gage says
I’m working on clarifying a bit. The best version for everyone’s base job weapon is crafted from the weapon you get for finishing the party member’s Drink Links, then leveled to +50. The + upgrades transfer if you “Craft” the weapon, just at a converted rate to the next crafting level so you can’t actually waste any crafting materials.
For most party members you can leave them on their base job when working through NG+, then only worry about leveling alt jobs for skills like healing before starting the playthrough, then any extra grinding you want during the NG+ playthrough. You can level the alt jobs extremely fast for the permanent stat boosts if you want to grind a bit extra in NG+.
LilyMu says
Would it be possible to play NG+ on Hard, then make a save before final boss and switch to Legend and get the trophy that way?
falsaai says
I would appreciate it if someone can confirm this as well. I read somewhere that you can play the entire NG+ on Normal if you want, and you will still get both Hard and Legend trophies (if) you switch the difficulty right before the final boss, respectively.
Can someone PLEASE confirm?
Urmom says
You could but the final bosses are level 95 and playing NG+ on hard won’t get you to 95 without a ton of unnecessary grinding.
Mike says
So I got the platinum in the main game and finished big swell. However, I’m hesitant to start the NG+ run because my weapon levels are so low. To clarify, I have all of the best weapons for each class and money is not an issue because of big swell. What’s the best way to get luster steel and other weapon enhancement items in order to get weapons to +50? The drop rate is so bad, I’m getting like 1-4 steels per encounter just from street fights (at least those are quick because I just spam L2 to finish the fight quickly). Dungeons are much slower (at least big swell) because I have to actually fight in order to even roll for a change for 1-4 steels. And tips on getting more weapon enhancement items quicker? Thanks again for your helpful guides.
littlejay says
Someone on PSN profiles says you can NG+ on normal until the final boss and up it to Legend
Neme says
Hi Gage i read is possible to play all game on normal and change legend or hard before the last boss for getting trophies is true?