Sifu Trophy Roadmap
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 10-20 Hours (highly skill dependent)
- Offline Trophies: 43 (1
, 3
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, 26
) - Online Trophies: 0
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: 0
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, you can do everything on Student (easy) difficulty
- Minimum Playthroughs: 1 Playthrough (but will likely need multiple to practice for a near-perfect run with low death count to get
Prodigal Child) - PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: Not available
- PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: Yes
- Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, can replay all chapters
- Release Date: February 08, 2022 Standard Edition / February 06, 2022 Digital Deluxe Edition.
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)Introduction
Welcome to the Sifu Trophy Guide! This is going to be a relatively challenging platinum. There are two difficult trophies Prodigal Child & 
Scareless that require you to finish the game with the age of 25 & 50 years or less. You start at the age of 20 and with each death, your age rises up. This means if you die one time your age goes up to 21, if you die a second time your age goes up by two to 23, if you die a third time your age goes up by 3 to 26, and so on. Your maximum age is 78 and if you get over that age you will die. If that happens you can either start at Mission 1 again (you will lose all your unlocked skills and perks except skills that you unlocked permanently) or restart the story completely. The good thing is that the game only has 5 missions. Each mission is about 25 minutes long, even quicker if you rush through them. Also, there are two ways to reduce your death counter – after big group fights/boss fights your age gets lowered by one – and you can spend 1000 XP at shrines to reset your age. It is highly recommended to back up your save after each mission and before each boss fight because as mentioned above you only have limited lives and by backing up your saves you can repeat the fight without deaths. When your age goes up your health will go down a bit, but you will get a little bit stronger with increased age. The last thing to note is that you can replay each Mission after you complete it, which will update your starting age for the next mission as well. For example, if you finished a Mission at Age 30 on the first try and then you replay it and finish it at Age 24, your new starting Age for the next mission will also update to Age 24. This is the case with every mission, thus allowing you to keep replaying the previous one until you finish it at a lower age.
With Update 1.08 from May 3, 2022, an Easy Mode was added. It comes with these benefits:
Student Difficulty (Easy Mode) :
- More life and structure for the Main Character
- Enemies are less aggressive
- Enemies are less reactive in defense
- Simplified patterns for various archetypes and bosses
- The Death Counter cannot go beyond 1
- Better shrine rewards
This Easy mode makes the game much easier, but you still need to complete it at the age of 25 or lower. So this is not a cakewalk.
Step 1: Play through the Story on Student difficulty & Get the Talismans
Start a New Game on Student and while playing the Prologue you can choose to play as Boy or Girl. It does not matter which one you choose, there is no difference between them and it does not change the Story. After the Prologue, you start at your house. Just play through the Story and don’t worry about both “Finish the game with age 25/50 or less” trophies just yet. You need to get familiar with the game first. So enjoy it and see this as your practice run. You can still replay each level after you complete it (e.g. to mop up collectibles later).
Try to unlock some permanent Skills, this will be useful when you go for the Prodigal Child Trophy.
Also, you should go for the Talismans in your first playthrough. You get a talisman from each boss at the end of every Mission when you spare the respective boss instead of killing them. Each boss gives one Talisman/Trophy. To spare bosses, do not kill them in their second phase with the Takedown ( 
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), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break their Structure again and you will see the option to spare their life with the left D-Pad 
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If your age gets too high, feel free to replay the previous mission via mission select. This will update your starting age for the next mission too. Example: if your first playthrough of Mission 1 was at Age 30, then you replay Mission 1 and finish it at Age 24, you will start Mission 2 at Age 24. This then makes the next mission somewhat easier because you go into it at a lower age. This applies to all missions. You can also farm XP for permanent skills via mission select which further helps to make it easier.
Step 2: Pick up Collectibles, Grind XP for Permanent Skill Unlocks, Practice every Mission
Pick up every collectible. There are overall 85 collectibles across all 5 Missions, needed to complete the “Detective Boards”. You need all 85 Collectibles for trophies, each mission rewards you with one trophy for having found all collectibles in it. Most of them are automatically unlocked from the story, so you don’t have to pick up too much after the story. As mentioned above you can replay every mission after you complete it once.
It is recommended that you replay any mission you like to get more XP for permanent skill unlocks. This will also help for the next step. For example, when you played Mission 1 for the first time and finished it at the age of 30, you start Mission 2 at the age of 30. But if you replay Mission 1 and you finish it now at the age of 24, you start Mission 2 at the age of 24. This is the case with every Mission, so keep that in mind for the next step. If you replay a Mission you will lose the Shrine bonuses and skills not permanently unlocked, from your first playthrough of that mission.
Step 3: Finish the Story at Age 25 or Younger (Avoid Deaths)
This will be the hardest part on your way to Platinum. You have to finish the game at the age of 25 or less. It’s recommended that you practice each Mission until you can breeze through it. There are Shrines in each Mission where you can reset your Death Counter. As mentioned in Step 2, replaying a Mission via Mission Select and finishing it at a lower Age will update your starting age for the next mission as well (if your first playthrough of Mission 1 was at Age 30, then you replay Mission 1 and finish it at Age 24, you will start Mission 2 at Age 24).
It helps to back up your save regularly. If you die you can simply copy back your save. To back up your save:
Console Settings > Saved Data Management > Saved Data > Console Storage > Upload your save to PS+ Cloud [PS5/PS4] or USB flash drive [PS4 only]. If using PS+ cloud (the only option on PS5) make sure you have automatic save sync uploads disabled or else it could automatically overwrite your cloud save (PS5 Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Saved Data PS5 > Sync Saved Data > Auto-Sync Saved Data = Disabled). To copy back the save, go to Console Settings > Saved Data Management > Saved Data > PS+ or USB > Copy to Console Storage > Overwrite.
Sifu Trophy Guide
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Fist of the Immortal All trophies unlocked! Thank you for playing SIFU! |
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| Earn all trophies in Sifu to unlock platinum (DLC not required) | ||
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The Old Grandmaster Clear the prologue. |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks after you finish the prologue. | ||
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The Assault Kill Fajar at the end of the Squats. |
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| You need to kill Fajar with a takedown + at the end of Mission 1″The Squats” to earn this trophy. |
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The Hateful Pole Fighter Kill Sean at the end of the Club. |
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| You need to kill Sean with a takedown + at the end of Mission 2 “The Club” to earn this trophy. |
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A Lady’s Blood in the Snow Kill Kuroki at the end of the Museum. |
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| You need to kill Kuroki with a takedown + at the end of Mission 3 “The Museum” to earn this trophy. |
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Lady Wing Chun Kill Jinfeng at the end of the Tower. |
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| You need to kill Jinfeng with a takedown + at the end of Mission 4 “The Tower” to earn this trophy. |
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Furious Fists Exact your vengeance (kill Yang at the end of the Sanctuary). |
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| You need to kill Yang with a takedown + at the end of Mission 5 “The Sanctuary” to earn this trophy. |
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Muk Yan Master Obtain the Wood talisman. |
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| To unlock this, you have to spare the life of Fajar at the end of Mission 1 “The Squats”. To spare his life do not kill him in his second phase with a Takedown ( + ), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break his Structure again and you will see the option to spare his life with the left D-Pad . An alternative cutscene will play and at the end, you will get the trophy.
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Tiger on Fire Obtain the Fire talisman. |
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| To unlock this, you have to spare the life of Sean at the end of Mission 2 “The Club”. To spare his life do not kill him in his second phase with a Takedown ( + ), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break his Structure again and you will see the option to spare his life with the left D-Pad . |
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Source of Flying Daggers Obtain the Water talisman. |
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| To unlock this, you have to spare the life of Kuroki at the end of Mission 3 “The Museum”. To spare here life do not kill here in here second phase with a Takedown ( + ), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break here Structure again and you will see the option to spare here life with the left D-Pad . |
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Iron Money Obtain the Steel talisman. |
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| To unlock this, you have to spare the life of Jinfeng at the end of Mission 4 “The Tower”. To spare here life do not kill here in his second phase with a Takedown ( + ), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break his Structure again and you will see the option to spare his life with the left D-Pad . |
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Legendary Talismans of Wuxing Obtain the Earth talisman and attain Wude. |
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| To unlock this, you have to spare the life of Yang at the end of Mission 5 “The Sanctuary”. To spare his life do not kill him in his second phase with a Takedown ( + ), instead wait a few seconds until the prompt disappears and break his Structure again and you will see the option to spare his life with the left D-Pad . A third phase will start now and you have to a takedown again here with + to finish him. Don’t worry you can not die here.
IMPORTANT: You need to spare the life of all other bosses before you can spare Yang’s life because if you don’t do this, the spare option won’t appear. |
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Scareless Beat the game while being 50 years old or less. |
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Prodigal Child Beat the game while being 25 years old or less. |
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This will most likely be your last trophy for platinum. You start with the age of 20 and each Death increases your age. One Death adds one year, a second Death adds two years, a third Death adds three years, and so on. There are two ways to reduce your death count:
A combo of blocking and using the leg sweep ( You can make this easier by buying permanent skills first, so doing a few extra playthroughs in preparation for this will reduce the difficulty. Replaying Missions via Mission Select also updates what age you will have at the start of the next Mission. For example, when you played Mission 1 for the first time and finished it at the age of 30, you start Mission 2 at the age of 30. But if you replay Mission 1 and you finish it now at the age of 24, you start Mission 2 at the age of 24. The biggest help with this is to back up your save game regularly. If you die you can simply copy back your save. This makes the trophy much more doable but you should still do a few practice playthroughs until you know how to defeat all enemies. If you die all the time it would take too long to copy saves back and forth each time. If you need 5 playthroughs that is fine, practice the game as much as you need before attempting this trophy. To back up & restore your save: Console Settings > Saved Data Management > Saved Data > Console Storage > Upload your save to PS+ Cloud [PS5/PS4] or USB flash drive [PS4 only]. If using PS+ cloud (the only option on PS5) make sure you have automatic save sync uploads disabled or else it could automatically overwrite your cloud save (PS5 Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Saved Data PS5 > Sync Saved Data > Auto-Sync Saved Data = Disabled). To copy back the save, go to Console Settings > Saved Data Management > Saved Data > PS+ or USB > Copy to Console Storage > Overwrite. Update: As of Patch 1.08 this can be done on easy difficulty which makes it vastly easier. |
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Kill Nil Beat any boss without dying. |
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Detective Story Complete the Squats’ detective board. |
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Drunken Fighter Complete the Club’s detective board. |
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Martial Artist Complete the Museum’s detective board. |
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Knowledge Greed Complete the Tower’s detective board. |
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Healing Memory Complete the Sanctuary’s detective board. |
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San Kok Ma Posture Climbing and going across the environment allows you to control the flow of the fight. |
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| You have to use the environment during a fight and jump over a few barricades or other obstacles. It can even be the same barricade over and over again. A good opportunity is the boss fight against Fajar in Mission 1 “The Squats”
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Dance of the Praying Mantis Throwing enemies around makes handling big groups easier. (Ignored in training mode.) |
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During a fight in a big group parry an attack with  and immediately press  +  to throw an enemy around. |
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Street Fighting Anything can be a weapon, so keep using your environment to your advantage. All is fair in such fights! (Ignored in training mode.) |
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| You need the Environment Mastery Skill to get this trophy. It costs only 500XP. Once you bought it you will notice that you can throw some stuff off the ground into enemies. Do that whenever you can and the trophy will unlock.
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Life is your teacher Unlock your first skill. |
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| There are 25 Skills in total. Buy one of them and the trophy will unlock. To buy Skills you need XP and you earn XP by defeating enemies. You can buy skills in your apartment on the tree in the garden:
When you are dead (before reviving yourself), you can see and buy Skills on the right-hand side of the screen:
While at a Shrine, you have to press
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State of constant learning Permanently unlock a skill for the first time. |
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| To permanently unlock a skill you have to buy a Skill five times again after you unlocked it once. This means in total you need to buy a Skill six times. You pay always the same amount of XP, which means if a Skill costs 500XP to unlock once, you need another 2500XP to unlock it permanently.
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Qi Gong: Mind Receive the highest XP-based shrine reward for the first time. |
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| The highest XP-based shrine reward is the Death Count reset, which costs 1000XP. Whenever you find a shrine and you have 1000XP you can buy it. But you can only buy it two times total throughout your playthrough. Be aware that if you buy one shrine reward, you can not buy another reward on the same shrine. You can only get one reward per shrine.
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Qi Gong: Breath Receive the highest score-based shrine reward for the first time. |
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The highest score-based reward is the Parry Impact and costs 4000 Score in Mission 1 and varies in each Mission, look down below to see how much it costs each Mission. You can buy it three times in total throughout the game. It increases the impact of Parry on an enemy’s Structure. The Structure is basically the Shield that you need to break to beat an enemy. Once the Structure breaks you can take down an enemy instantly with + . Your Score rises by defeating enemies and if you don’t get touched your multiplier goes up to 5, thus earning you more Score. You can raise your multiplier also by taunting your enemies with the right D-Pad 
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Qi Gong: Essence Receive the highest age-based shrine reward for the first time. |
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| The highest age-based shrine reward is the weapon durability. To buy it you just need to be age 25 or less. You can buy it three times in total throughout the game. It increases the weapon durability which is highly recommended to damage your opponent’s Structure. Weapons are very useful to defeat large groups of enemies.
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The 36th Chamber of Kung-Fu Bare handed or with a weapon, standing up, against a wall, a ledge, or on the ground… Perform each takedown type at least once. |
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To take down an enemy you need to break the Structure of your opponent, once the Structure breaks you can take down an enemy instantly with + . Here is a list of what is needed for the trophy.
That’s it. 22 Takedowns in total. Once you did them all, the trophy will unlock.
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Master of the Phoenix Eye Fist Use each Focus Attack at least once. (Ignored in introduction level.) |
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| This is pretty straightforward. Once you used all Focus Attacks, the trophy unlocks right away. Keep in mind that you have to upgrade your Focus Bar at the shrines for 250XP and you need to buy this 4 times = 1000XP total because the Thigh Cut Focus requires 3 Focus Bars.
There are 8 Focus Attacks in total:
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I know Kung-Fu Reach a level score of 3000. |
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See trophy  Ferocity, speed, strength, accuracy |
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Ferocity, speed, strength, accuracy Reach a level score of 5000. |
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For this, you must get 5000 score in a single mission. You can not get 2000 Score in Mission 1 and 3000 in Mission 2 etc, it has to be in one single mission. It is best to get and keep a multiplier of 5 and beat a lot of enemies. You will lose your multiplier when going down or getting killed. You will most likely get this on your “Finish the game while being 25 or less” playthrough. To increase your age you can taunt your enemies with pressing  on the D-Pad. You can do this 5 times in a row to get a x5 multiplier. |
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Old Child Reach your oldest appearance. Will you still have enough strength left to reach your goal? |
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Sword Stained With Blood Successfully use a blade weapon’s one-shot attack on an enemy. (Ignored in training mode.) |
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| To get this, you need the Charged Backfist Skill first. You can buy it for just 500XP. Now all you need is a bladed Weapon and an enemy. Weaken that enemy until he is nearly dead, now just hold with a bladed weapon in your hand so that you kill the enemy with your bladed weapon.
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Lightning Hands Perform 3 takedowns within 12 seconds. (Ignored in introduction level.) |
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| You perform Takedowns by damaging your opponent’s Structure and pressing + . In Mission 1 “The Squats” you will come across a long corridor with a lot of weak opponents. There you have a very good opportunity to weaken 3 opponents and defeat them with takedowns.
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Kung-Fu Tussle Hit 3 enemies in a single strike. (Ignored in introduction level.) |
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To do this you need to buy the 360 swing focus from the Skill tree. It is the first skill and costs 500XP. Now all you need is a big group of enemies and a staff weapon like a broom. In Mission 5 “The Sanctuary” right before the final boss you will fight some enemies. There is an enemy with a long weapon before the door to enter the boss area, first run into him with  and do a leg sweep with , take the weapon, and run down to the balcony where you also can throw enemies into the mountains. Make sure you have at least two focus bars (you can see it on the bottom left of your screen), hold  , and choose the 360 swing focus with the  when at least 3 enemies are around you.
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Path of the Prospect Unlock the mighty Calbot move. |
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| You can unlock this move in Mission 3 “The Museum”. When you first reach the fourth floor, turn to your right and go through both black gates.
After that go down the stairs to floor 3 and turn to your right and you will see a blue-haired lady watching a mask, defeat her.
Now just pick up the mask which will unlock the trophy and a new focus attack to buy
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Rumble in the Hangar In the Squats, clear the hangar in less than 1 minute 20 seconds after being detected by the main group. |
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| You come across the hangar in Mission 1 “The Squats”. You can not miss it. It’s part of the Story. You should stay stealthy and kill the first 4 enemies without alerting anyone before you try this or else you might run out of time. The main group consists of 6 opponents, which are all in the middle of the warehouse.
Once you enter the warehouse, turn to your left and jump over the barricade & down the edge and kill the enemy there.
Turn to your right and jump down the ledge, turn to your left and watch out for the enemy there. You need to go to the right where the stairs are.
Before you go up the stairs kill the enemy on the left and go up the stairs.
Once you go up the stairs take the stairs on the right and walk up to the enemy slowly.
Walk a bit further and go to the stairs, there is an enemy on the left side, kill him.
After that jump down the ledge and kill the 6 enemies in the middle of the warehouse. Once they spot you, the timer begins. After you killed them all within the time limit the trophy will pop.
IMPORTANT: If you are using the shortcut to reach the warehouse faster it does NOT unlock the trophy even if you meet the requirements. |
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The Pit Protector In the Club’s pit, beat the Big Guy before any other enemy is beaten. |
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| You come across the Pit in Mission 2 “The Club” on your first playthrough, it is part of the Story, you can not miss it.
Jump down the pit and defeat the Big Guy before any of the other enemies.
It is not too difficult. Fully concentrate on him and unleash some combos and you will kill him really fast. |
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Be like water my friend In the Museum, throw an enemy into the fountain from a higher floor. |
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| You can do this as soon as you enter the second floor. There are 2 weak enemies which you can throw into the fountain.
Make sure you stand on the edge of that barricade, weaken one of them and throw him with
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Take damage to save time In the Tower’s caves, drop from a high point to get deeper faster. |
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| Near the end of Mission 4 “The Tower” you will reach the caves.
Now turn to your left and go down the stairs. Instead of going to the left go to the right and jump down the edge.
this will earn you the trophy. Be aware that this will kill you and you lose a life but you will respawn down there.
There are two more spots in the caves, this is just the first opportunity. |
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Warriors from the Mountain In the Sanctuary, throw an enemy into the mountains. |
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| Before you enter the boss fight, you have to kill a few enemies outside. There is your chance to get the trophy. Go down onto the balcony and weaken an enemy until you can takedown him, but instead of taking him down, press + to throw him into the mountains.
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Come Snap With Me Give the Photo Mode a shot! |
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The Photo Mode is accessible at any time. You just have to press  on the D-Pad, select Photo Mode and confirm it with . It does not matter what settings you use with it. Once you select an Option and back out of it, the trophy will unlock.
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Changelog 2022-05-06:
- Lowered difficulty from 7/10 to 3/10 because of the newly added Easy mode.
- Changed estimated time to platinum from 20-50 hours to 10-20 hours.
- Added Info on Student difficulty to the Introduction.
- Added Info on Step 1 to play on Student difficulty.
Bila says
So, no checkpoints during the missions?
Nice guide!
HardyBoy says
You have checkpoints, watch out for the 3 white dots on the bottom right corner, that’s how you know you got a checkpoint
ANUBUSNYC says
Great guide so far, game is intense, like any game of this type, you get better with repetition.
Matthew Donjon says
Question on the trophy where you have to beat it at age 25 or less. You mentioned if you are at age 30 after mission one you can replay it and start mission 2 with a lower age.. Does this apply to the other 4 missions as well or just mission one. So if I die alone in mission 2, can I replay mission 2 again until I get a better outcome.
HardyBoy says
This applies to every mission. So yes you can replay mission 2/3/4 to get an lower age.
Mark Emmanuel Brown says
In which levels are the death counter resets (1000xp)? Ungodly you can’t get to the end and just reset it right?
HardyBoy says
Shrines are in every level, so you can reset in any level.
Eric says
Worth noting Rumble in the hangar will not pop if you take the shortcut.
HardyBoy says
Are you sure about that? Did you get spotted when you entered through that shortcut?
Eric says
I tried to pop the trophy about 10 times, even used a timer, and was doing it on average close to 1 minute and was not spotted and tried it on multiple runs. Trophy popped first try coming coming from the top not using the shortcut.
HardyBoy says
Ok, I’ll try it myself on a second account just to be sure. But thank you for the info.
Eruyom says
got the same proble, do phase 1, do phase 2, wait to promp, wait, then Boss Grunts, but when i continue the fight i kill him before any other promt, his life down quicker than his posture. Im missinng something? anyway to lower posture faster than his life?
HardyBoy says
@Eruyom, try to block more. and use more of the weak attacks (square button), This should help
Brett says
Your order is kinda backwards. Doing step 2 first makes step 1 a hell of a lot easier.
HardyBoy says
Maybe, i still working on the guide. I’ll maybe edit the steps a bit. Thanks for the comment.
Rob F. says
May want to correct this guide for the Talisman. You cannot earn those until you have beaten all the bosses at least once. So essentially a second playthrough is needed.
HardyBoy says
That’s not true. I spared the boss in Mission 2 when I first encountered him and got the trophy. I’ll test it again just to be safe.
Radical says
Yeah, where did you hear/read this? I just did the first boss and got the talisman on my first encounter, you just beat his second form and don’t finish him immediately, and then beat him again to get the spare option.
HardyBoy says
I have an idea about that. You probably have to spare from mission 1, then mission 2, then mission 3, then mission 4 and mission 5. I think you can not spare boss 2 before boss 1 etc.
Mixtract says
Nah you can spare the bosses in any order you like, I spared lvl 4’s boss without sparing neither 2 nor 3’s.
HardyBoy says
I found out that you indeed can spare boss 1-4 in any order. BUT you need to spare all of them before you can spare Yang.
Jonnhy says
You can raise your multiplier by taunting enemies (pressing right on your D-pad) also possible to get it to 5 on the same enemy
HardyBoy says
Thanks for the comment. Just found that out myself though :D
Asthenia says
Amazing guide! But are you sure you can only reset death count through shrines twice in a single play through?
I did not confirm it but I think the two dots (diamonds?) for death count reset in shrines looks like it’s supposed to be an infinite symbol…(instead of “you can only reset twice”?)
HardyBoy says
I will check again, but i’m pretty sure I wasn’t able to use it a third time.
Edit: You were right, you can use it multiple times.
Asthenia says
Thanks for checking!
I tried a bit but it was kind of hard to manage the death count and age at the same time during that run…
Sérgio Ricardo says
Hi, i used the death count reset through shrines multiple times in the game, inclusive 3 times at the last mission.
Shadowlord says
I dont see a way to back up a save before a boss fight. If I go to application save data management to upload, it closes the game. When I reload the game and click continue, it resets me at the beginning of the level and doesn’t register any mid check points. Is this only available through the ps5?
HardyBoy says
You should quit to the main menu in-game first before you back up the save. That’s how it works on PS5 and most likely on PS4 too.
Buhzirk says
Sword stained with blood:
Charged back fist while holding a blade
HardyBoy says
Thank you, will try that and update the guide.
SweetCheezus says
The 360 Swing Focus requires 2 focus bars, not 1.
SilentGroove says
Great guide.I’ve already got all the trophies.I want to mention that in the ‘Qi Gong: Breath’ trophy,different level has different score requirement.Level 1 is 4000,level 2 is 5000,while level 3 is 8000.I’m not quite sure but it seems to be depended on the number of the enemies in one level.
And in ‘Kung-Fu Tussle’,the 360 swing needs 2 focus bar so how to do this in level 1?I unlock this achievement in level 5 and it took me quite a few time. It’s the last trophy I got.
Anyway,keep up the great work.
HardyBoy says
Yea about the Qi Gong: Breath trophy i just thought about mission 1. But you are right if you wanna unlock it in other missions you need more score. I’ll update the guide.
And for the 360 trophy you are right, I don’t know why I thought of mission 1, it is just not possible there.
OtsBrett says
How exactly do you perform a ledge takedown? And where would be the best location?
HardyBoy says
In Mission 2 The Club, there is a hallway with 2 big guys at the end and a few small enemies. There is a good spot. But also the Museum should be good, the same spot where you throw an enemie into the mountain.
OtsBrett says
I mean like the “perform a ledge takedown”, what does that encompass?
Jun says
Any tutorials for the 36th chamber and the kung-fu tussle can’t get them because it doesn’t show the move for me even after permanent unlock and staff weapon it says it costs 2 bars
HardyBoy says
As posted below, I’ll need to get the trophy myself, I wrote the information in the guide because a friend who unlocked it, told me that this is what he did. I’ll update it as soon as possible.
Eric says
For the staff focus move, upgrade the focus bar at shrines. Hope this helps.
Ashley Shenton says
Could do with some more info on the 36th trophie the takedowns.. some people it’s not popping for them because we don’t know what type of takedowns we need to do. Even though it says. It’s just not popping!
HardyBoy says
I’ll need to get the trophy myself, I wrote the information in the guide because a friend who unlocked it, told me that this is what he did. I’ll update it as soon as possible.
SilentGroove says
Try takedown while running.This is the last type of takedown i did and I perform it just by accident.Slocap should’ve explained more details about this trophy.
Ashley Shenton says
Quick question, I beat the first level age 20, I went back and did it again, spared the boss, but I chose different perks, more focus etc, I then went to mission 2, with my perks, died, restarted it and I had my old perks from the first time I beat the level.. do it only save the first time you beat that level?
HardyBoy says
I don’t know yet. That’s something I have to check.
Edit: Yep that’s true The game saves only the first playthrough/shrines
HellOfaHunter says
it saves the shrine upgrades.
HardyBoy says
On the first playthrough yea, but it doesn’t save the shrine upgrades on my 2nd / 3rd, etc playthrough. Maybe it only saves if you get a better age at the end. Which would be a problem for me since I reached every Mission at the age of 20.
Vainseason says
About ‘The 36th Chamber of Kung-Fu’
You need to use all weapons to takedown while enemy is standing and on the ground
In my case I figured out that I missed ‘staff’ takedown while enemy is on the ground, then I achieved the trophy.
Sloclap must explain more detail about this trophy!
HardyBoy says
That’s a good tip, thank you. I’ll look into it and try things out.
OtsBrett says
What weapons are they? Can you do a knife takedown when someone’s on the ground?
Vainseason says
The weapons cover staff, broom, bat, pipe, stick, knife
The easy way to takedown on the ground; Choose a easy enemy(not a big guy or a Muay Thai man), fill enemy’s structure enough, enter L(down) + L(ip) + triangle, and you can fall the enemy knockdown on the ground. If you’re holding staff or broom, you will use it to fall the enemy. Bat, pipe, stick, or knife you will use your foot. Anyway after then, enter takedown buttons(△ + ○) while you’re holding weapon.
Trophy says
I just got the platinum for sifu, the one I had missing was the bat takedown on the ground.
Mdsp says
Are there also ledge specific takedowns and ones for when you’re getting up from the ground? Thesr are the ones I can’t seem to trigger. How/where to try and get them?
HardyBoy says
I updated the guide with what’s needed for the trophy. You don’t have to get a takedown when you are on the ground. The guide should be now clear about that.
Asthenia says
Regarding “Kung-Fu Tussle”, I’d like to suggest the Spin Hook Kick (△△-△). It can hit multiple target with the third hit. It can be a bit tricky to land on 3 people but the corridor fight in the Squats level has plenty of enemies so you can try many times.
Might be helpful since it’s very early into the level and doesn’t require any Focus.
HardyBoy says
That’s interesting. But since you need to upgrade your focus bar anyway, I found it is best to do it with the focus variant.
Eruyom says
What happens if you repeat a level (usually level 1) to get all the shrines (one can only get it by the shorcut) and then end with a worst age?
already got level one at 20 years old but it would be nice for the long run get the 4 shrines, do i need a perfect run? or can i just beat at 20 repeat to get the 4 shinres and get to the club with 20 and 4 shrines?
Maximmillian says
its not possible to get the 4 shrines if you use the shortcut.
only 3 going normal and max 2 if using shortcut (on stage 1)
… and if you already passed at AGE 20, that save is kind of locked, like for example:
finish stage 1 at AGE 20 with 3 Shrines unlocking the endurance passive
if you redo the stage one and get to stage 2 at AGE 20 again but use 3 Shrines to unlock the kill regen passive
… then in Stage 2 you will get the passives from the first run (if you restart the run). So, only way to get new passives in a new stage is only if you get there with the AGE below the first run (and since 20 is the minimum, its not possible to change anymore).
Allan says
So i wont get an option to spare the First boss after Ive beat him once .
Maximmillian says
Did you break his posture 2x times in his second phase ? Need to break doing parry, cause if its punching you could kill him before filling the posture bar.
Noctis Morgan says
Are collectibles missable?
In the sanctuary, I didn’t look at the Inner Garden Door and went on my way. When I pick the garden key, I could open all the gates to the garden, as so the first one.
But when I opened it with the garden key, I couldn’t unlock the collectible.
Will that block the trophy?
Maximmillian says
nothing is missable, in stage 1 got the key before checking the locked door (shortcut), and when i returned after finish the game i got everything (samething in the club with the code door), and did like you too on sanctuary and got everything. (i rushed because i had already finished the game in a pirated copy before buying)
but of course as always … bugs exist … so if didnt unlocked for you ….
Sérgio Ricardo says
Hi, the maximum age at the game it’s 79 years old. For that you have to die at 69 and have a death count of 10. It’s rare but it can happen. congratulations for the guide, it’s very good.
Alphabeat says
The “Kung-Fu Tussle“ trophy description is incorrect.
1. The 360 Swing focus cost 2 bar so its imposible to do it in the first mission, without reaching the shrine first.
2. Cannot doing with the baseball bat.
HardyBoy says
Yea I updated the guide. I mixed some things up. It is correct now.
Maximmillian says
i got the 36th achievement after 11h of gameplay, needed to made a table in office to get this =P
so …
there is a takedown as it says for each “place”, a wall, standing, ground and ledge (table, half wall, whatever). And the place is for the enemy, there is no takedown where you are on the ground and you do a crazy comeback … so the enemy that must be on the ground, at the wall as so on …
so i made a table and went checking each takedown,
1- barehand – enemy position: ground, standing, wall and ledge.
2- now repeat each one using a different weapon: staff, bat and a knife (for me it was the knife takedown at the ledge that was missing)
3- now repeat again each one but on the big fat enemies
(i think this enemies only has different takedowns when standing, for me all the takedowns on ground was the same no matter which weapon i had, at the wall and ledge too (maybe?), don’t remember now, just try, if see its different then do for each one)
4- one takedown when running
5- and last just to be sure: one takedown for each boss (spec, since i did it after finish the game)
after redoing each one it popped for me.
tips:
Sanctuary has all the weapons, and enemy types and its relative small map.
Probably the ones that are missing for you guys are the ledges one, especially for the knife and staff, so start with those ones.
HardyBoy says
This is it. I tested this on 2 different accounts and the trophy unlocked. Huge shout out to you for this list. I added this into the guide. really thank you for this.
Chris says
But i cant do the knife on ground takedown, it only kick their head if i have katana in my hands
HardyBoy says
Then skip it for now and do the other takedown. I’m not sure what the takedown looked like. I did this not often enough to remember :D Try the other takedown in the meantime.
Chris says
Sorry guys i think the knife takedown on the ground is the kick, because, now i have take the trophy, i miss the bat on the ground takedown, all for this splendid guide, many thanks
Wai says
Can i kill all enemies and redo the map
Matthew says
Anyone willing to share play? Would be beyond appreciated, trying to get the Prodigal Child trophy. Add me if you’re willing to help! As of now stuck on boss 2, Age 20.
PSN: Melange-Addicted
Mixtract says
I accidentally unlocked ‘Kung-Fu Tussle’ in a super easy way that doesn’t require any skills/weapons, might be helpful for anyone struggling to get it. In the hanger in level 1 let all the enemies there follow you up the stairs, while you’re standing up the stairs make sure that most of the enemies are near each other and still on the stairs, parry any of the enemies then throw them down the stairs using
+ :x:. If they hit 3 people while falling it’ll count for the trophy.
HardyBoy says
It is a funny way ti unlock it :D But since you need to upgrade your focus bar anyway, I found it is best to do it with the focus variant.
jorr1313 says
For Master of the Phoenix Eye Fist, I am not able to use the Double Palm Fist once I unlock it. It does not show up on the focus wheel for selection. I’ve tried openhanded, with a knife, bat, and staff. I have had at least 2 focus bars every time I try. Is anyone else having this issue?
jorr1313 says
I found the problem. If you don’t tough the left stick at all and leave the wheel selector in the center, that is where Double Palm is. Duh, but also unintuitive.
CanadianBacon says
Looks tough. I might not be able to get the Platinum, but I’ll pick up the physical/retail edition soon, as I want to support the devs. Plus, I really dig the concept of this game.
Thanks for the guide, HardyBoy.
HardyBoy says
No problem, this game is awesome. I struggled a bit in the beginning, so you will maybe struggle too. But I’m sure you’ll get the platinum sooner or later.
Da_Broda says
For the Prodigal Child trophy, does it have to be in one run or if lower my age via mission select and I’m under 25 at the last mission can still unlock it?
HardyBoy says
Yes you can lower your age via mission select and it will still count for the trophy.
EroomEkim says
I’m not sure if this is ever mentioned but the Multiplier directly effects difficulty level. 5x multiplier, 5x harder enemy.
Lackooo says
I hope 1.06 didn’t fix 3rd boss cheese. :D
Lackooo says
They did sheeet. :D
KoB says
Difficulty setting for Easy with 1.009. Curious to know if this will help the difficulty to plat – I still haven’t started this game.
Mark says
as of 3rd May, there is now a difficulty setting and the game can be played on student difficulty with more health, more damage and you age slower. I’m on mission 3 now and haven’t died once
Ahmed Talal says
any one can confirm Platinum can be done on easy difficulty with the new patch ?
JB says
I can confirm this is the case. I’d say it drops the Plat difficulty rating down to like a 4.
Mark says
yes 🙂 this has changed things drastically. platinum diffi ulty is now 2/10 and can be done between 10-20 hours
Expertsamir says
Yes it can
Jack says
Hi Power, will you update your map after udpate with new diificulty added to game? How will it change rate of platinum? And can you do platinum playing on easy mode?
Thx
HardyBoy says
I updated the guide. I just wanted to verify that everything can be obtained on easy. Now i can confirm you can get platinum playing on easy. It will change the platinum difficulty from 7 to like 3/10. You still need to complete at the age of 25. But it is way easier now.
Junaid says
WIll you update this guide now that the latest patch allows to play and platinum the game on easier mode?? I would really appreciate that.
HardyBoy says
I updated the guide. I just wanted to verify that everything can be obtained on easy. Now i can confirm you can get platinum playing on easy. It is way easier now.
Jay says
For “Be Like Water My Friend”, you have to parry before being able to throw. In general you have to parry before you throw. Unless there’s a skill I’m not seeing that lets you do it when they’re weak.
Lackooo says
With the patch they made the game platinumable for ponies… pathetic.
Jay says
You’ll be fine. Forbid more folks can just enjoy the game. Lmao
Darius says
For “Legendary Talismans of Wuxing” trophy, should we start sparing bosses sequentially from Level 1? Or we could chapter select each level and then spare Yang the latest? I’m currently on Student difficulty, but unable to spare Yang in the end (so sad if I have to restart my game in Normal difficulty).
Lazypleb says
For the 36th takedown trophy, The Sanctuary is a pretty good place to try to get a lot of them. The ones I was missing were running and staff on fat guy takedowns
Carlos says
The 36 takedowns trophy has to be one of the worst trophies ever.. A lot of them look similar and theres no tracker lol.. sucks!!
Dias says
do modifiers affect trophy progression ?
DJConnor says
Where do you get 2000 and 3000 from for the score trophies? On my list the two score-based trophies are for 10,000 and 20,000, both of which seem completely impossible.
Damnation_VII says
Will there be a trophy guide for the new Sifu Arena trophies they added?
major_tom says
cheat and modifiers disable trophies?
ADDMOORE says
Was going to ask the same thing.
ADDMOORE says
*UPDATE*
So far the modifiers do not impact trophies so if you wish to use them you can.