The short version

36 trophies, one run, no difficulty requirement — but four fights and nine quest chains decide whether you actually get the platinum. Everything else comes naturally.

Category Count Can you miss it?
Boss kills 17 Yes — several are optional and two are late-region only
Side quest chains 9 Yes — four chains close permanently
Gear upgrades and tempering 4 No — but they need material planning
Collecting 3 Partly — Memory Flowers are region-bound
Story progression 3 No

The list also has 13–19 hidden trophies depending on who is counting; both figures appear in launch coverage and neither changes what you have to do. The full table below names every one, so the hidden count stops mattering.

The nine trophies that can close

These are the only real failure states in the trophy list. Each needs a complete quest chain, and four of the chains end the moment a specific boss dies.

Trophy Quest chain Where it closes
Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake Secrets at the Heart of the Lake Meigu Lake — needs the Acolyte Mask route
Phantom and Blade Bloodline Awakening Story-gated, completes late
Even Trees Know Sorrow Heart of the Banyan Village of Lu
The Last of Baishan Secrets of the Baishan Sect Mandate Encampment — closes if Yubi dies first
Together Till the End The Journey Home Story-gated
A Wanderer's Honor Young Master Lan Village of Lu
Spectral Blade A Severed Mindseal Region-gated
The Healer's Legacy Flesh Lily + Apprentice Healer + A Healer's Mercy Crimson Forest — three quests, one trophy
Lost and Found Every Quick Hand's Request Weeping Creek Valley — includes the caged Quick Hand Zhang

Two of the four permanent closures are covered in detail on our missables page: Bai Chilian rewrites Outpost and Thieves' Camp, and Yubi's Baishan objective ends with her. The other two are Jing Ye and Mu Xiaokui, whose third phase only exists if her quest is done.

Practical rule: the quest log warns you when advancing the story would orphan an open quest. That warning is a hard stop. Finish everything open before confirming.

The four multi-kill trophies

Four trophies need more than one named kill, and each only pops after the last one falls. They are the reason a "boss rush" approach fails.

Trophy Requirements Note
The Four Freed (Gold) Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding, Yucong — the Four Great Puppets All four are in late regions; Yucong needs the Triple Threat quest
Master of the Misty Waters (Bronze) You Loong, Zither Maiden Yan Qiansui, One-Eyed Archer All three around Meigu Lake
Three Wardens Fall (Bronze) Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer, Heartpiercer The three Shadow Wardens, spread across three regions
The Two Blade Masters (Bronze) Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng Both optional, both true-ending adjacent

Every name here is on the boss list with its region and required/optional status, which is the fastest way to check what you are still missing.

All 36 trophies

Grades below follow the PS5 list. Where a source disagrees on a grade, the disagreement is noted under the table rather than silently resolved.

Trophy Grade Requirement
Defy Destiny Platinum Earn every other trophy
With Heart and Blood Gold Story completion (hidden)
All Dreams Must End Gold Story completion (hidden)
The Four Freed Gold Defeat the four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding, Yucong
The Hunt Silver Defeat the Hunt
The Shattered Mirror Silver Defeat Bai Chilian, Lady of the Twin Serpents
Will We Meet Again? Silver Defeat Mu Xiaokui, Young Mistress of the Order
The Lion's Spirit Lives On Silver Defeat Flame, the Lion Dance Grandmaster
Sword Against the Seven-Stars Silver Defeat the Chief Disciple of the Seven-Stars
Crossroads of Blood Silver Defeat Huangxing, the Kunlun Renegade
Nothing Goes to Waste Silver Defeat the Puppet Scavenger
All Return to Dust Silver Defeat Lei Dang, the Order's Envoy
The White Shadow Silver Defeat the Blizzard Blademaster
Saw It Through Silver Defeat the Saw and the Crusher
Forbidden Arts Beneath the Lake Silver Complete Secrets at the Heart of the Lake
Phantom and Blade Silver Complete Bloodline Awakening
Even Trees Know Sorrow Silver Complete Heart of the Banyan
Collector's Notes Silver Collect 30 accessories — out of about 60, so the accessory list lands this in the Village of Lu or Pangzhen on a normal run
The Heart's Journey Bronze Escape the pursuers on the Main Road (prologue)
The Axe's Grudge Bronze Defeat Axemaster Peng Meng
Scarlet Wraithblade Bronze Defeat Hua, Deadly Betrothed
A Thousand Cups Drained Bronze Defeat Hua Qianxiao, the Sword Fanatic
Master of the Misty Waters Bronze Defeat You Loong, Yan Qiansui and the One-Eyed Archer
The Two Blade Masters Bronze Defeat Zhu Yuan and Commander Bi Feng
Three Wardens Fall Bronze Defeat Cavalrybane, Soulclaimer and Heartpiercer
The Last of Baishan Bronze Complete Secrets of the Baishan Sect
Together Till the End Bronze Complete The Journey Home
A Wanderer's Honor Bronze Complete Young Master Lan
Spectral Blade Bronze Complete A Severed Mindseal
The Healer's Legacy Bronze Complete Flesh Lily, Apprentice Healer and A Healer's Mercy
Lost and Found Bronze Complete every one of Quick Hand's Requests
A Tempered Ten Bronze Temper 10 weapons
Overwhelming Force Bronze Upgrade a weapon to level 30
Phantom Arsenal Bronze Temper 10 Phantom Edges
Skill Over Strength Bronze Upgrade a Phantom Edge to level 30
Listen to Every Flower Bronze Collect 10 Memory Flowers

One sourcing note: one English guide counts an extra trophy, Unsung Legend (complete the enemy journal), and omits Collector's Notes while still arriving at 36. Both totals match, so at least one list has an error. We follow the PS5 list above because its grades add up to 1/3/14/18. If your journal trophy appears in-game, that settles it — and the requirement is simply to fill the journal.

What order to do it in

The route that avoids every closure:

  1. Weeping Creek Valley — talk to everyone, free Quick Hand Zhang, take Boulderguard. This is where Lost and Found and two quest lines open.
  2. Crimson Forest — Yu'er's three herbs, A Healer's Mercy, the Shieldbreaker Talisman detour before Jing Ye. Finish everything before the region boss.
  3. Village of Lu — Mu Xiaokui's quest before the lift, and Heart of the Banyan. Loot the dock first: the lift breaks.
  4. Mandate Encampment — Yubi's Baishan objective before killing her, or The Last of Baishan is gone.
  5. Meigu Lake — the Acolyte Masks, Zhu Yuan, the three Misty Waters targets, and the mask-gated realm for Whiteshadow.
  6. Mountain of Imprisonment — Bi Feng, then commit to the ending.
  7. Cleanup — 30 accessories, 10 Memory Flowers, tempering.

For the boss half of this list, the boss list marks every fight required or optional and gives the drop, which is how you tell what you still need. If you are choosing a difficulty for the run, our difficulty page explains why Wayfarer costs you nothing, and the length page has the hour split.

The upgrade trophies, concretely

Four trophies sit in the crafting systems, and they are the most common last-two-items problem:

Trophy What it needs Where the material comes from
A Tempered Ten Soul Temper 10 weapons Mist in Pangzhen, from Chapter 4; needs weapon-specific material + Remnant Dust
Overwhelming Force Any weapon to level 30 Forge upgrades; materials drop from bosses and elites
Phantom Arsenal Soul Temper 10 Phantom Edges Same system, Edge-specific materials
Skill Over Strength Any Phantom Edge to level 30 Forge upgrades

Soul Tempering is irreversible, so these two trophies are the one place where a casual decision costs you. Plan the ten weapons before you spend material — our weapon table lists the full arsenal and where each one drops.

What is not confirmed

Question Status
Hidden trophy count (13 vs 19 across sources) Disputed — both figures appear in launch coverage
Whether Unsung Legend exists in the PS5 build Unresolved — one English list has it, the PS5 list does not
Whether any trophy is currently bugged No reports in the sources checked
Whether DLC or a future patch adds trophies Nothing announced
Exact platinum time across players Estimated only — 50–70 hours is a completionist figure

Sources