PS4 / PS5
Night City’s main risk is not choosing the wrong background, but losing access to a side storyline or unique item. Before the finale, protect Takemura’s route, your allies’ stories and Johnny’s collection. Other objectives can be organised by district and activity type. Check your version carefully: many launch-era guides describe skills and character-building requirements that work differently after the PS5 2.0 systems overhaul.
PS4/PS5 base-game platinum roadmap with PS4 versus PS5 update 2.0+ system differences. Phantom Liberty excluded.
- Required difficulty: Any difficulty; PS5 skill systems differ from PS4.
- Missable trophies: Takemura, certain ally stories and Johnny’s items need attention before their quests are completed.
- Online: Base-game trophies do not require multiplayer.
Protect the route to The Devil
Make a manual save before Search and Destroy. When the route points towards leaving the building, do not assume Takemura’s situation is resolved: his survival matters for the ending trophy. A save before this quest is more useful than one made at the final decision after an earlier requirement may already be lost.
- Retain a save from before Search and Destroy.
Finish ally stories before choosing an ending
Follow Panam, Judy, River, Kerry and Rogue when their jobs become available and avoid abandoning them through hostile decisions. Ending routes depend on preparation before the point of no return. Before meeting Hanako, inspect the journal and separate completed stories from those still waiting for a call or meeting.
- Review ally questlines before Nocturne OP 55 N 1.
Check unique items before leaving
Pay special attention to Psychofan and Family Heirloom for Johnny’s collection. Searching the relevant room or container is different from completing the gig’s main objective. Before leaving the area permanently, compare your inventory against the collection: a successful job marker does not certify that every unique item was picked up.
- Check Johnny’s items before closing their associated gigs.
Separate gigs from NCPD activities
District trophies combine different activity types. Use map filters and check whether a fixer still has gigs to offer before treating a missing unlock as a bug. Walking an entire district without checking its categories can leave a single unfinished event while providing little indication of what actually remains.
- Check gigs and NCPD activities separately for each district.
Use requirements appropriate to your version
PS5 update 2.0 reorganised skills into five progressions and introduced a one-time attribute reset; do not automatically apply old advice about hoarding points. For Ten out of Ten, choose a skill progression and keep using its associated play style. PS4 retains earlier systems, so check console and version before rebuilding a character.
- On PS5 track the chosen skill rather than only V’s character level.
Trophies to watch
The Devil
Help Takemura avenge the death of Saburo Arasaka.
Save Takemura during Search and Destroy; the corporate ending alone is insufficient.
Breathtaking
Collect all items that once belonged to Johnny Silverhand.
Check unique Johnny items before leaving their associated mission areas.
Ten out of Ten
Reach the max level in any skill.
On updated PS5 concentrate actions on one of the five skill progressions.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need Phantom Liberty for the platinum?
No. Expansion trophies form an additional group and are not required for the base-game platinum.
Can one character earn all ending trophies?
You can prepare multiple routes and replay the finale from the point of no return, provided earlier conditions for those stories were fulfilled.
Does importing a PS4 save guarantee every PS5 trophy?
No. Save transfer and trophy unlocking are separate systems; some objectives may require additional actions or a new playthrough.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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