The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon: PS5 & PS4 Platinum Trophy Guide

PS4 / PS5

Plan two cycles: one for timed content and logs, the next to finish Law, Gray and Chaos with carried progress. Check chests, quests and reading before changing dates or routes. Handle the Grim Garten during the story; there is no free postgame access for cleanup.

Western PS4 and PS5 versions. This route covers Trails beyond the Horizon's trophy list, separate from Trails through Daybreak.

Difficulty: Nightmare required on at least one run
Missables: Quests, chests and logs change by date and route
Online: No online trophies

Choose when to attempt Nightmare

For Bear the Nightmare, finish a run set to Nightmare. If you want to learn the systems on the first run, save Nightmare for the second cycle with carried levels and stats. Keep separate saves before switching between Van, Rean and Kevin's routes either way. Do not assume another route has the same choices or chest locations.

Check the Nightmare setting before starting that run.

Finish 4SPGs, topics and logs before the date changes

Open the notebook each time the story unlocks a new phase. Check 4SPG requests, topics, recipes, films and books. Visit shops for newspapers when new issues become available. The chest trophy needs 187 outside Grim Garten; chests inside that dungeon do not count. Check for unique monsters on each route too.

Check your chest count before leaving the final area.

Manage gifts, orbment slots and Onyx Steel

Review connection events and levels for each group. Gem Cards help connections, but the 45-gift trophy excludes them. Check the orbment slots for all 24 members as well. Once Onyx Steel weapons open, record who already has one before spending more material; the larger trophy tracks every party member.

Check the 24 weapons and 24 orbments in two separate lists.

Finish Grim Garten domains before the finale

Progress Grim Garten through the Ninth Domain. Open the marked chest for the final Memento Orb and view the memory; collecting it alone is not enough. Take down the domain boss and clear Grim Arena Challenge Battle 7 for separate trophies. If Loki is missing, check your S rank in the Eighth Domain. Do not leave this dungeon until after the credits.

Verify memories, bosses and challenge battles before finishing the Finale.

Use the cleared save to finish LGC alignments

Start New Game+ from the cleared file and enable the items, achievements and notebook carryover to keep alignments. Choose outcomes that raise the lagging LGC value. Use the second cycle for missing activities and Nightmare if still needed. Check the 4SPG achievement list before platinum: Overachiever requires the standard entries, excluding EX.

Keep the Clear Save and do not restart from an ordinary New Game without carryover.

Trophies to watch

Overachiever

Unlocked all achievements. (Other than EX)

Use the in-game 4SPG achievements list, separate from PlayStation trophies. Entries marked EX are excluded.

Perfectly Balanced

Raised all LGC alignments (law, gray, and chaos) to their maximum level.

Carry alignments into New Game+ and target the ones still below maximum.

Chest Matters Only

Opened 187 treasure chests. (Other than those in the Grim Garten)

Count story and regular area chests, including Orbal Locked Chests; Grim Garten is excluded.

Days of Reminiscence

Viewed all Memento Orbs.

View each Memento Orb at the appropriate pedestal. The last one is in Grim Garten's Ninth Domain.

Bear the Nightmare

Completed the game on nightmare difficulty.

If you skip it on the first run, select Nightmare when loading the Clear Save into New Game+.

Frequently asked questions

Why plan a second playthrough?

The walkthrough uses New Game+ to max out Law, Gray and Chaos together. Alignment progress carries over with items, achievements and notebook entries.

Can I return to Grim Garten after the story?

There is no free postgame Grim Garten. Domains and ranks reset in New Game+, so keep a pre-finale save for missing challenges or memories.

Does Overachiever require EX entries?

No. Track non-EX entries in the in-game list. Some Grim Garten activities are still required for separate trophies, so check the PlayStation list too.

Sources

Trophy lists

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