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Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Guide & Roadmap

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Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Roadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 on Easy (6/10 Normal)
  • Approximate amount of time to platinum: 30-40 hours
  • Offline Trophies: 36 (1trophy, 3trophy, 14trophy, 18trophy)
  • Online Trophies: 0
  • Number of missable trophies: 7 – :gold: With Heart and Blood, :silver: Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake, :bronze: The Last of Baishan, :bronze: Together Till the End, :bronze: A Wanderer’s Honor, :bronze: Spectral Blade, :bronze: The Healer’s Legacy
  • Glitched trophies: 0
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, can play on any difficulty
  • Hardest Trophy: :gold: With Heart and Blood (True Ending)
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 1
  • PS4/PS5 Autopop, Save Transfer, Crossbuy: No PS4 version
  • Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: After the story before entering New Game+, you can return to all areas and collect any missed collectibles or complete any remaing tales (except missable tales)
  • New Game+ Mode?: Yes
  • Supports Manual Saves?: 20 manual save slots + 3 rotating autosave slots
  • Release Date: October 29, 2026

Introduction

Welcome to the Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Guide! Phantom Blade is a fighting game with a mostly linear progression through 9 regions. You can rest and fast travel between the “Bells”, which function like Campfires in Soulslike games. Unlike Soulslikes, enemies do not respawn once you defeat them (so you can’t grind XP infinitely), and you don’t lose anything when you die. There are 4 difficulty settings but all trophies can be done on the easiest difficulty. You don’t need 100% collectibles for trophies, but it’s worthwhile to collect as much as you can to get stronger. You become stronger by finding collectibles that open up new skills for purchase (Sha-Chi Amber, Blackstones, and Memory Flowers), and by improving your weapons with materials you find throughout the world. You can still return everywhere after the story, but a few side tales (side quests) become missable when you advance the story too far. It’s best to finish all side tales as you go, before exiting a region. Also keep a manual save at the start and end of each region, in case you missed something you can replay from there. Scroll down the quest page in the Journal at the start of each region if anything got marked red as “failed”, if so you can reload the prior save. Talk to all NPCs you meet to get their quests. The trophy-relevant missable quests are outlined in Step 1, other than that you don’t need to worry about anything.

Step 1: Complete the Game up to the Mirage Estate

Play through the game normally and grab any items you find to become stronger. You’ll want to pay close attention to a couple of trophies that become missable early on. It’s also recommended to make use of the 20 manual saves. Keep a manual save from the start and end of each region – if you failed a quest you can reload the nearest save.

Once you get the objective to enter Region 8: Mirage Estate through the Green Serpent House in Pangzhen, you can move onto Step 2 (this is near the end of the game).

Step 2: Complete True Ending Requirements

Once you get the objective to enter Region 8: Mirage Estate through the Green Serpent House in Pangzhen, you can start working on the true ending requirements, which is the only ending you need for trophies (the normal ending isn’t trophy-relevant). For the true ending, you’ll need to complete all of the tales with a purple icon in your journal. For all the required steps refer to the True Ending Guide.

Step 3: Obtain the True Ending

After completing all the true ending requirements, you can progress through the game until reaching Region 9: Mount Soulrend. From here, you can clean up anything you’ve missed from previous locations or clean up any of the other true ending requirements you’ve yet to complete.

After you’ve completed everything, you can go ahead and trigger the True Ending.

Step 4: Trophy Clean Up

After the final boss, you can resume the game in free-roam and return to all areas to grab anything you still need (except the missable trophy-related tales), or continue in New Game+ if you like.

Useful Tips, Tricks and Guides:

Phantom Blade Zero Trophy Guide

Defy Destiny
Earn all remaining trophies
Earn all other trophies in Phantom Blade Zero to unlock Platinum (no DLC required).
The Heart’s Journey
Escape the Pursuers on the Main Road
Story-related and cannot be missed.
With Heart and Blood
All Comes to Light
MISSABLE

This trophy is awarded for completing the “true” ending of the game.

» Phantom Blade Zero – True Ending Guide
The Axe’s Grudge
Defeat Axemaster Peng Meng
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Axemaster Peng Meng is a required boss located mid-way through the Weeping Creek Valley region.
Scarlet Wraithblade
Defeat Hua, the Bride
Hua, the Bride is an optional boss located in the Weeping Creek Valley region. From the Valley Sha-Chi Tower 1st Floor Bell, go behind the tower on the right side and you’ll see a hole in the ground where you can slide down a wooden bridge. Once you make it down, follow the path to the left all the way to the end to her. Make sure to also pick up the Flesh Lily in her arena since it’s required to complete :bronze: A Healer’s Legacy as well.
The Hunt
Defeat the Hunt, Hunter of the Order
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The Hunt is a required boss located at the end of the Weeping Creek Valley region.
A Thousand Cups Drained
Defeat Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Hua Qianxiao is a required boss located at the start of the Crimson Forest region.
The Shattered Mirror
Defeat Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Bai Chilian is a required boss located at the end of the Crimson Forest region.
Will We Meet Again?
Defeat Mu Xiaokui, the Young Mistress of the Order
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Mu Xiaokui is a required boss located at the end of the Village of Lu region.
The Lion’s Spirit Lives On
Defeat Flame, the Lion Dance Grandmaster
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Flame is a required boss located at the start of the first section of the Pangzhen region.
Sword Against the Seven-Stars
Defeat the Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars
Chief Disciple is an optional boss located midway through the Mandate Encampment region.
Crossroads of Blood
Defeat Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade
Huangxing is an optional boss located at the end of the Mountain of Imprisonment region.
Nothing Goes to Waste
Defeat the Puppet Scavenger
Puppet Scavenger is an optional boss located in the Weeping Creek Valley region, in the Crimson Manor side area.
All Return to Dust
Defeat Lei Dang, the Order’s Envoy
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Lei Dan is a required boss located at the end of the Mirage Estate area in Pangzhen.
The White Shadow
Defeat the Blizzard Blademaster
Blizzard Blademaster is an optional boss located at the end of the Phantom Illusionist Ruins area in Meigu Lake.
Saw It Through
Defeat the Saw and the Crusher
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The Saw and the Crusher is a required boss located midway through the Mount Soulrend region.
All Dreams Must End
All Schemes Come to Nothing
Story-related and cannot be missed.

This trophy is awarded for defeating Meng Hua, the Merciful Lady of the Blossom Veil, who is the normal final boss of the game.
Master of the Misty Waters
Defeat Blackwater Leader You Loong, Zither Maiden Yan Qiansui, and the One-Eyed Archer
This trophy is awarded for defeating three optional bosses that are located throughout the Meigu Lake region. You Loong can also be encountered in Pangzhen, but the one you need to defeat for the trophy is in Meigu Lake.
The Four Freed
Defeat the Four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding, and Yucong
This trophy is awarded for defeating all four of the Great Puppet bosses. These bosses are located throughout the game, with some being story-related and some being bosses in optional locations.

  • Yuzan is a required boss located at the end of the Village of Lu region.
  • Yubi is an optional boss located at the end of the Mandate Encampment region.
  • Yuding is a required boss located midway through the Mirage Estate.
  • Yucong is an optional boss located across the frozen lake in the Crimson Forest region, associated with the Triple Threat side quest. You can first do this near the beginning of the game which starts the side quest, but the rest of the steps cannot be completed until you reach Mirage Estate region, and then completed by progressing through the snowed-over area of Crimson Forest.
The Two Blade Masters
Defeat Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng
This trophy is awarded for defeating the optional bosses Zhu Yuan and Bi Feng. While optional bosses, both required to be defeated for the true ending of the game.

  • Zhu Yan is an optional boss located at the Sha-Chi Tower in Meigu Lake region.
  • Bi Feng is an optional boss located midway through the Mountain of Imprisonment region.
Three Wardens Fall
Defeat the three Shadow Wardens: Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer, and Heartpiercer.
Story-related and cannot be missed.

This trophy is awarded for defeating the three Shadow Warden bosses.

  • Shadow Warden Cavalrybane is a required boss located midway through Pangzhen.
  • Shadow Warden Soulclaimber is a required boss located by the entrance to Meigu Lake in the Pangzhen region.
  • Shadow Warden Heartpiercer is a required boss located at the White Serpent House in the Meigu Lake region.
Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake
Complete [Secrets at the Heart of the Lake]
MISSABLE

Secrets at the Heart of the Lake is a story tale that is required to complete the True Ending.

This story tale is accepted when collecting one of Firefly’s Memory Flowers in the Village of Lu. This tale has multiple steps you’ll have to complete, all related to getting the true ending, so refer to the True Ending Guide for a step-by-step breakdown of what’s required.
Phantom and Blade
Complete [Bloodline Awakening]
Bloodline Awakening is a story tale that is required to complete the True Ending.

This story tale is accepted once you find your first Long Pillar. In order to complete it, you’ll need to complete all 5 of the Long Pillar encounters throughout the game. While you can do the Long Pillars in any order, you’ll also do the fights in the same order no matter which Long Pillar you do first. Once accepted, they’ll all be marked on the map.

  1. Weeping Creek Valley
  2. Crimson Forest
  3. Meigu Lake East
  4. Meigu Lake Phantom Illusionist Ruins
  5. Pangzhen

After completing all 5 Long Pillars, you’ll unlock the trophy.
The Last of Baishan
Complete [Secrets of the Baishan Sect]
MISSABLE

You can accept this tale by talking to Lanlan on the giant bridge near the Thieves’ Camp Bell in the Crimson Forest. Make sure to accept this tale BEFORE defeating Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents at the end of the Crimson Forest, or else you will no longer be able to accept it.

Afterwards, go to the Cliffside Lodge Bell in the Crimson Forest and pick up the Crimson Forest Cellar Crank. Use it to unlock the cellar. Go down and drop onto the plank between the 2 platforms and pick up the Crimson Forest Secret Chamber Crank, then drop down all the way down and use it to unlock the door and talk to the girl inside.

After completing the previous objective, go to The Confinement Bell in the Mandate Encampment and defeat Wu Lengshuang, The Soft Sword. From there, continue up the path and interact with the body in the flowers. If you don’t interact with this body before the next step, you’ll fail the tale. After that, you can freely complete the Mandate Encampment region and after defeating Yubi, No. 21 Swordfighter Puppet, you’ll get a unique cutscene and unlock the trophy afterwards.
Together Till the End
Complete [The Journey Home]
MISSABLE

You can accept this tale by talking to Old Man Gen by the Old Man Gen’s Hideout Bell in the Village of Lu.

After opening the locked door at the end of the Village of Lu region that progresses you into Pangzhen, return to Old Man Gen and accept his request.

Once in Pangzhen, go to the Pong of Fading Song Bell and turn around. Follow the path going to the right and burn the branches to get access towards the area. Continue following the area and you’ll eventually find Old Man Gen’s House towards the end. Open the door and interact with the corpse inside, then return to Old Man Gen in the Village of Lu and you’ll unlock the trophy afterwards.
A Wanderer’s Honor
Complete [Young Master Lan]
MISSABLE

You can accept this tale by talking to Young Master Lan by the Young Master Lan Hideout Bell in the Village of Lu.

After opening the locked door at the end of the Village of Lu region that progressing you into Pangzhen, return to Young Master Lan.

Once in Pangzhen, go to the Pavilion of Knowledge Crossroads and follow the road ahead and a cutscene will automatically start with Young Master Lan where he’ll give you the Lan Manor Key. After getting the key, rest at any bell and then return to where you talked with him and defeat the enemies there, then speak with him again. Afterwards, enter the manor and you’ll unlock the trophy after the cutscene.
Spectral Blade
Complete [A Severed Mindseal]
MISSABLE

You can accept this tale by talking to Shadow Warden by the Valley Sha-Chi Tower Summit Bell in Weeping Creek Valley.

After accepting it, defeat the enemy down the giant ladder near the Valley Sha-Chi Summit Tower Bell in Weeping Creek Valley to get the Sha-Chi Tower Furnace Inspection Crank. Return to the Valley Sha-Chi Tower 1st Floor Bell and use the Sha-Chi Tower Furnace Inspection Crank on the furnace to get the Primal Stone, and take it back to the Shadow Warden.

The second step occurs in the Meigu Lake region, but the Sha-Chi Tower is first accessed from the north of Pangzhen at the dock where you first encounter the Sha-Chi powered boat. Instead of riding the boat, go east along the docks where you can follow the path all the way up to the tower, and to the top where you can encounter the Friendly Shadow Warden again.

This third step occurs in the Crimson Forest region, but is only accessible after you have completed the Mirage Estate (Pangzhen) region and gain access to Mount Soulrend. This causes the southeast area of Crimson Forest to be covered in snow, which freezes water and allows you to reach the entrance to the Sha-Chi Tower. Progress to the top like before where you can encounter the Friendly Shadow Warden a final time. After you give him the final Primal Stone you will complete the side quest and earn the trophy.
The Healer’s Legacy
Complete [Flesh Lily], [Apprentice Healer], and [A Healer’s Mercy]
MISSABLE

This trophy requires completing 3 different tales. All of them are easily missable, so it’s best to do them as early as possible and if you fail one, you’ll need to reload a prior save or progress into NG+ to complete them.

Flesh Lily Part 1
Automatically accepted during the story when you meet Yu’er.

After it’s accepted, you can find the Flesh Lily in the arena where you fight Hua, Deathly Betrothed. You can refer to :bronze: Scarlet Wraithblade for her location. After picking it up, go to the Outpost Bell in Weeping Creek Valley and give it to Yu’er.

Apprentice Healer
You can accept this tale from Yu’er by the Outpost Bell in Weeping Creek Valley after defeating Peng Meng.

You’ll need to collect the 3 herbs spread across the Weeping Creek Valley region.

  1. Blood-Stopper Vine – Near the Axemaster’s Holding Cell Bell.
  2. Congealeaf – Near the door you unlock with the Rusted Loong Key.
  3. Blemish Goldweed – Near the Weeping Creek Valley Long Pillar.

After collecting all 3, return to Yu’er. Make sure you complete this tale before defeating Jing Ye, The Outlaw in the Crimson Forest, or else you’ll fail the tale.

A Healer’s Mercy
You can accept this tale from Yu’er by the Thieves’ Camp Bell in the Crimson Forest.

You’ll need to heal all 4 of the thieves located around the Crimson Forest region.

  1. In the small cave near the Outlaw Trap Bell.
  2. In the larger cave near the Outlaw Trap Bell.
  3. Down the giant ladder near the Cliffside Lodge Bell.
  4. On the other side of the locked door in the Thieves’ Camp. Requires the Thieves’ Camp Dungeon Key, which can be found under the lodge cellar near the Cliffside Lodge Bell.

After saving all 4, return to Yu’er. Make sure you complete this tale before defeating Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents at the end of the Crimson Forest, or else you’ll fail this tale.

Flesh Lily Part 2
Once you arrive in Pangzhen, progress through the area until you defeat Chang Hong, The Thunder Spear, then head into Yu’er’s home directly ahead. Talk to the old man and you’ll use the normal Flesh Lily on him to revive him. If you’ve completed the other 2 tales as well, you’ll unlock the trophy afterwards.
Lost and Found
Complete All [Quick Hand’s Requests]
You can accept this tale by talking to Quick Hand Zhang at his hideout near the Thieves’ Camp Bell in the Crimson Forest after rescuing him near the Trail of Cages Bell.

For this tale, you’ll have to collect all the treasures in each of the regions you can find Quick Hand Zhang in, and return them to him at the hideout in that region. You can refer to the Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide for their exact locations.

  • Crimson Forest – 3 Treasures
  • Village of Lu – 3 Treasures
  • Pangzhen – 4 Treasures
  • Meigu Lake – 4 Treasures
  • Mirage Estate – 3 Treasures

After turning in the last set of treasures, you’ll unlock the trophy.
Even Trees Know Sorrow
Complete [Heart of the Banyan]
Automatically accepted during the story after meeting the Illusion of Inanis for the second time.

For this tale you’ll have to complete all 5 of the Banyan Tree Challenge Locations spread across the game. These challenges have you fight waves of enemies and eventually a rematch with a boss you’ve fought already. If you die at all during any of your attempts, you’ll pick up from whichever wave you died on, so there is no need to worry about if you die on the boss as you’ll just resume from there. You can refer to Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide for their exact locations.

  • Crimson Forest
  • Pangzhen
  • Mandate Encampment
  • Meigu Lake
  • Mountain of Imprisonment
A Tempered Ten
Perform Tempering on 10 weapons
After meeting Myst in Pangzhen, you’ll be able to Soul Temper weapons. Unlike regular weapon upgrades, each weapon can only be soul tempered once and requires a unique material for each weapon. You can refer to Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide for their exact locations.
Overwhelming Force
Upgrade a weapon to Level 30
After meeting Forge in Weeping Creek Valley, you’ll be able to spend materials in order to upgrade your weapons. Depending on what type of weapon you use, it’ll take different materials. Weapon upgrade materials can be found all over the map, and also bought from the store. You can access the upgrade menu from any bell after meeting with Forge. You’ll need to upgrade 1 weapon to the maximum level of 30.
Listen to Every Flower
Collect 10 Memory Flowers
Memory Flowers are a collectible located through the game. Each Memory Flower will have a set of 2-6 petals you must collect in order to create a full Memory Flower, which will boost your HP by a range of 5%-10% afterwards. For the trophy, you’ll need to complete 10 full Memory Flowers.

» Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide
Collector’s Notes
Collect 30 Accessories
For this trophy, You’ll need to collect a total of 30 accessories. Accessories act as your equipment in the game, making you stronger. There are over 60 accessories throughout the game so even if you miss some of the missable ones, you can still get the trophy very easily.

» Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide
Phantom Arsenal
Perform Tempering on 10 Phantom Edges
After meeting Myst in Pangzhen, you’ll be able to Soul Temper your Phantom Edges. Unlike regular phantom edge upgrades, each phantom edge can only be soul tempered once and requires a unique material for each phantom edge. You can refer to Phantom Blade Zero Collectible Guide for their exact locations.
Skill Over Strength
Upgrade a Phantom Edge to Level 30
After meeting Forge in Weeping Creek Valley, you’ll be able to spend materials in order to upgrade your phantom edges. Depending on what type of phantom edge you use, it’ll take different materials. Phantom Edge upgrade materials can be found all over the map, and also bought from the store. You can access the upgrade menu from any bell after meeting with Forge. You’ll need to upgrade 1 Phantom Edge to the maximum level of 30.

 


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  3. Thanks for the guide!! Great job as always!
    I have one question: If I follow your collectible guide in the exact order you recommend, are there any other missable trophies or specific things I should watch out for to avoid missing the platinum? In other words, are there any missable trophies I should keep an eye on while following the collectible guide?

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    • The collectible guide will list everything required for the platinum in order. You will have to revisit certain regions after progressing past certain points or unlocking a new phantom edge that unlocks new exploration options as well

  5. I’m glad you can play on any difficulty, and it doesn’t have any difficulty related trophies, because why make things more difficult than necessary unless you just like making things difficult so you can brag about it for some odd reason.

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  6. Thanks a lot for the guide. Only one question though—why is the estimated trophy difficulty set to 6? I’ve seen in previous discussions multiple times that the game is so easy even on normal that the estimated trophy difficulty should be a 2, isn’t that true? I really want a good challenge from this game.

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    • A 2 would be crazy since that’d basically be the game playing itself for you, which it doesn’t. Most people forget that a 5/10 is the base average rating & I would say on Normal that the game is slightly above average difficulty to your regular games. & even on Easy I could still see people, especially those unexperienced with the genre, struggle on certain bosses for sure

    • There are 30. Only 7 are required for trophies. The other ones are related to the “True Ending”, which are listed under the story missions section

    • Commenting to say this! This is becoming a bit of a trend, same thing happened with Black Myth: Wukong and Hollow Knight: Silksong. PS lists are often condensed.

  12. Powerpyx my man thanks first of all. I have a question do I get the platinum by following only the collectible guide?

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    • Yes, following the collectible guide also includes everything required for the platinum, including completing the side tales that are linked to trophies.

  13. Man.. why missables, i hate missables so much, was excited for no missables one play. Even some difficulty challenge would be better then missable, you planning to make some missable only guide? Like at what exact points we should be careful? Because it looks little messy now. Like i get to finish sides before going another region, but maybe would be helpful to say like after this main fight which is unimissable you must do this, so we would just write down what to watch for?

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    • The collectible guides warn you of when the next action will make something trophy related missable. Usually related to defeating certain bosses & with entering the Mirage Estate being the point of no return for a majority of the missables.

  14. Could you make a more comprehensive guide or a part of the guide that we’ll… guides you each step for all 7 missable trophies? I find it convoluted …

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    • All the missable trophies themselves are straight forward and following the collectible guide will also lead to earning all of those

  15. Thanks once again for the great guide! Do you have a weapon/Phantom Edge you recommend? I know you can refund and try weapons out, just wondering if one made it easier to get through bosses.

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    • I personally used the Saw Fiends & Scarlet Wraithblade for pretty much the entire game, with the Dread Axe & Hunter’s Chain Sickle for the Phantom Edges. Pretty much all weapons in the game I found were good & it mostly heavily depends on your playstyle, but I do recommend having at least 1 weapon/phantom edge that does heavy guard break damage for enemies with shields

    • Story is kind of mediocre & confusing since it basically don’t know anything for a vast majority of the game & just kinda feel like you’re just along for the ride. But the combat feels extremely fun

  19. This game looks so damn good. I’m in for my last platinum run before GTA drops. I thought BeamNG would take me up to GTA but alas it was done in 5 days. Leeeeeets goooooo Phantom Blade!!!

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  20. The trophy “The Healer’s Legacy” for some reason didn’t appeared for me, even though i did exactly as described in the guide. Have no idea if it’s bugged or something else

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  21. Thanks for the guide

    Does the difficulty setting matter? I tried to lower from hard to medium difficulty and I couldent see any difference? Atleast not for the boss i was on. ( golden mask dude, second encounter)

    This game is not as easy as some people say

    Thanks again

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    • I personally haven’t tried the game on Hard so I’m not sure the differences there, but you can tell a pretty big difference between Easy & Normal

  22. To be honest, I’ve always been curious about how you discover missable trophies. Do the developers tell you anything? Or do you go through various save file backups trying to track down every possible unfinished quest? The second option would be madness – doing that for every game without knowing what to look for.

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  23. Attention ya un bug sur la 2 ème quête apprenti guérisseur qui ne ce valide pas j’ai raté le trophée a cause de cela

    Translation: Watch out—there’s a bug in the second “Apprentice Healer” quest; it won’t complete, and I missed out on the trophy because of it.

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    • No, it’s not required. It does reward you with 2 accessories, but there are more than enough in the game to get 30 that you can miss quite a bit.

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