PS5
Forspoken places many activities on the map before Frey has every convenient traversal tool. Chasing each icon immediately can turn the first story into unproductive detours. Develop magic, activate upgrade challenges and then clean up Athia by category. Learning a spell and improving it through a challenge are different actions; track both. Equipment completion also follows the exclusions in the official condition rather than imposing extra purchases.
PS5 base game. In Tanta We Trust is an additional group; items explicitly excluded by a requirement are unnecessary.
- Required difficulty: Low difficulty and accessibility options can be used.
- Missable trophies: The base equipment condition excludes items available only through sub-quests, as stated by the trophy.
- Online: No mandatory online trophy.
Progress to unlock Athia’s tools
Explore useful diversions during the first story without forcing every inconvenient route. When a new magic family unlocks, reassess unfinished areas. Record why a visit remained incomplete; a traversal obstacle differs from a missing collectible and calls for different tools on returning.
- Record areas to revisit after magic unlocks.
Activate spell challenges
Before exploring another region, check available challenges and select those compatible with its enemies. Casting magic without preparing its objective can leave upgrade progress behind. Replace finished challenges rather than repeat the same combination throughout exploration.
- Check Spellcraft objectives before combat sessions.
Separate founts, monuments and points of interest
These activities do not all serve the same role. Founts unlock powers, while monuments and other points have their own conditions. Choose a missing category and plan a geographical route covering useful locations; a general icon total does not prove every spell has been learned.
- Compare founts with the spell list before chasing generic points.
Check equipment and original crafts
For equipment, read the exclusion covering sub-quest-only items. Do not turn an excluded item into a mandatory missable. Check crafting Frey’s original equipment separately from owning cloaks and necklaces discovered during exploration.
- Distinguish collected items, exclusions and crafted originals.
Prepare abominations and finish challenges
The four abominations are encounters to prepare after developing useful tools. Before the final audit, also inspect familiars, photos and monument challenges rather than confuse them with Archive percentage. Each category has its own check; an almost-cleared map does not replace checking spells still awaiting upgrades.
- Check collections and upgrades before considering Athia complete.
Trophies to watch
Paragon
Learn every spell.
Compare learned spells with unvisited founts.
Kit and Caboodle
Acquire every piece of equipment (except those only obtainable via sub-quests).
Follow the requirement’s exclusions and separate base equipment from sub-quest items.
Above and Beyond
Upgrade all your spells.
Activate and finish spell challenges; learning the spells alone is not equivalent to upgrading all of them.
Frequently asked questions
Do accessibility options block the platinum?
The verified roadmap allows low difficulty and accessibility options; a high setting is unnecessary.
Must I buy In Tanta We Trust?
No. The expansion has its own group, separate from the base platinum.
Does learning every spell complete Above and Beyond?
No. The condition also requires upgrading them; check outstanding challenges.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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