PS4 / PS5
Finish the required difficulty run, then carry the same character into New Game Plus to reach level 30. Before switching, plan your collectible sweep: Death Tombs need the book pages and hold other collectibles inside.
Deathinitive on PS4 and PS5, with 50 trophies per set. The original PS3 Darksiders II requires Pay It Forward, unavailable through its closed service.
- Editions: 2015 PS4 Deathinitive release and October 15, 2024 native PS5 edition.
- Difficulty: Completing Deathinitive also covers lower difficulty trophies.
- Progression: Level 30 requires New Game Plus.
Choose which run to play on Deathinitive
If you already know the combat, start on Deathinitive and keep that setting until the ending awards register. If you want to learn the bosses first, play an easier opening run and select Deathinitive for New Game Plus. Upgrade a possessed weapon and practise dodges before relying on potions.
- Check the Deathinitive trophy before lowering difficulty for the Crucible.
Trade pages with Vulgrim before the tomb sweep
Collect all forty Book of the Dead pages in groups of ten. Take the chapters to Vulgrim for the four tomb keys. Return as soon as you can enter each tomb, since items for other sets are inside. If a relic seems absent from a region, check whether its tomb is still locked.
- Track tombs, stonebites, relics and gnomes on separate lists.
Finish and hand in the side quests
Having the items in your inventory is not enough for collection quests. Return to the quest giver, such as Ostegoth for relics, and check the hand-in in your journal. Include Thane’s four hunts and the Soul Arbiter as separate objectives outside the main story.
- Finish hand-ins before switching cycles so you know what is still open.
Use New Game Plus to reach level 30
After the ending, continue with the same Death in New Game Plus. Do quests and use experience-boosting gear when it does not compromise combat. Level 25 opens the last part of the Crucible, but Epic! needs level thirty. Collect the challenge cards from the tome if you have not claimed them yet.
- Track the Crucible unlock separately from the level 30 milestone.
Prepare for one hundred waves and Wicked K
Bring potions and a weapon that sustains you across waves. The Crucible has four sets of twenty-five; for a full run, take waves one to one hundred without quitting. Then check access to the secret Wicked K fight. Completing the waves and defeating the boss are separate trophies.
- Once the campaign difficulty trophy is safe, you can lower difficulty for the arena.
Trophies to watch
Abracadabra
Open all Death Tombs
Trade all four chapters with Vulgrim before searching the tombs for the last collectibles.
Epic!
Death Reaches Level 30
Continue progression in New Game Plus; the first cycle does not let you reach 30.
It's Definitive
Complete the game on DEATHINITIVE
Choose Deathinitive at the start of the intended run and do not lower it before the ending.
Is There Anyone Else?
Complete The Crucible
Claim the cards and open the fourth set after reaching its required level.
Bravo Old Chap
Defeat Wicked K
Check the secret fight after the waves and defeat Wicked K separately.
Frequently asked questions
Does this include the original PS3 platinum?
No. The PS3 list has Pay It Forward, reported unobtainable after its service closed. The Deathinitive lists do not require it.
Must the Crucible be played on Deathinitive?
No. After earning the campaign difficulty trophy you can use a more comfortable arena setting.
Why can I not reach level 30 in the first run?
Progression to level 30 is finished in New Game Plus. Keep the character and continue in that advanced cycle.
Sources
- THQ Nordic — uscita della versione PS5
- PlayStation Universe — uscita PS4 annunciata da Nordic Games
- PlayStationTrophies — difficoltà, livello 30 e Crogiolo
- PowerPyx — pagine, reliquie e tombe
- PlayStationTrophies — Pay It Forward su PS3
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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