PS5
The Talos Principle 2 platinum goes beyond numbered puzzles. New Jerusalem, Doge’s messages and political decisions can demand longer recovery than an unfinished puzzle room. Prepare conversations from the beginning while keeping a separate record of laboratories and historical evidence. This route concerns the PS5 base list; Road to Elysium puzzles form a separate group and do not replace the original expedition requirements.
Roadmap for the PS5 base list. Additional trophy groups must be distinguished from platinum requirements.
- Required difficulty: No combat difficulty is required; puzzle completion and specific conditions matter.
- Missable trophies: Conversations, Doge’s tasks and elections can depend on choices made throughout the story.
- Online: The route can be completed offline and has no multiplayer trophies.
Explore New Jerusalem before departing
Visit the museum and accessible city spaces, talk to characters and inspect messages rather than treating the prologue as a corridor to the puzzles. Respond when Doge proposes contacts and meetings, sign the relevant petition and speak to Rand in the museum to prepare his political route. Track interactions involving Thecla, Purple and Schuyler as well; narrative objectives are not repaired by solving another puzzle.
- Complete city visits and conversations before each departure.
Solve rooms while respecting special challenges
For each region, distinguish eight main puzzles, two lost puzzles and the golden gate. Some trophies demand a particular method: Switcheroo without keeping connections, Loop without multiple circuits, and Seesaw while picking up only one connector. Read those conditions before solving their rooms rather than automatically using every shortcut. If a Prometheus spark skips a puzzle, record it for a proper later solution.
- Track skipped puzzles and complete the three method-specific challenges correctly.
Connect laboratories, monuments and historical evidence
Do not stop at the laser opening a region’s bridge. Explore lost laboratories and listen to Trevor and Lifthrasir recordings, keeping their counters separate. Monuments involve different tasks such as spark pursuit, colour connections and environmental riddles; note which one is complete locally. Record manifestations of the past and human artifacts too, preventing cleanup from becoming another full inspection of all twelve regions.
- Keep a regional checklist of completed labs, recordings and monuments.
Prepare mayor outcomes before the functioning Somnodrome
The three political trophies are not earned by selecting three responses after the ending. Rand’s route needs Doge’s contacts, dialogue and preparation before the functioning Somnodrome in Anthropic Hills; where its data goes affects the outcome. Hermanubis and Byron follow different conditions. Preserve useful saves where available and plan any narrative replay, since revisiting a completed region does not automatically rewrite conversations recorded throughout the expedition.
- Choose the target candidate before Somnodrome decisions and the final expedition.
Finish golden puzzles and different outcomes
Before the final Megastructure entry, verify main puzzles, lost puzzles and monuments, then finish golden gates and the interactions enabling the better future. Narrative endings and mayors are separate targets; one ending does not certify every election. After completion, use the appropriate save for remaining conditions without automatically adding Orpheus Ascending, Isle of the Blessed or Into the Abyss, which belong to Road to Elysium.
- Finish the original list before tackling Road to Elysium’s three sections.
Trophies to watch
Renaissance Robot
Solve all puzzles and monuments.
Finish lost and golden puzzles and monuments, not just towers.
A New Morality
Help Rand get elected mayor.
Prepare dialogue and tasks before the Somnodrome data decision.
Single Rod
Solve "Seesaw" puzzle by picking up only one connector.
Respect the single-picked-up-connector condition in Wooded Plateau’s Seesaw.
Frequently asked questions
Are all numbered puzzles enough?
No. Optional activities, monuments and narrative conditions also matter. Elections and some conversations need planning separate from the puzzle collection.
Are all three mayors chosen in the final scene?
No. Choices throughout the story affect candidates. Prepare the route and save before the Somnodrome rather than expecting a one-response cleanup.
Is Road to Elysium necessary?
Not for the base platinum. The expansion’s three sections have an additional trophy group separate from the original expedition.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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