PS4 / PS5
Your weapon choice immediately shapes the Death’s Door platinum route. An umbrella playthrough can also include exploration and upgrades, but you must obtain it before using another melee weapon. The story ending is not the end of the adventure: night changes several locations and opens the true conclusion. Separate the campaign, daytime collections and nighttime tasks instead of abandoning the save after the first final boss.
Full-game PS4/PS5 lists; the umbrella restriction concerns your melee weapon.
- Required difficulty: No mandatory difficulty setting; the umbrella restriction is a separate challenge.
- Missable trophies: Academy of Umbrellas requires planning from the beginning.
- Online: The platinum route is single-player and offline.
Take the umbrella before attacking
In the Hall of Doors, follow the side route near the office and collect the discarded umbrella before using the sword. Equip it as your only melee weapon throughout the story. Other weapons can be collected, but do not test their damage. Spells remain important resources: the restriction does not require abandoning fire, bombs, the bow or the hookshot.
- Equip the umbrella immediately and avoid testing other weapons.
Use bosses for special actions
Some bosses host a specific trophy action beyond reducing their health. Prepare the bomb spell against the Frog King when his behaviour offers the chance to swallow it; watch Grandma’s pot and its interaction with fire. Attempt these conditions before finishing the encounter. If you choose an unrestricted first run and a later umbrella run, record which boss actions have already unlocked.
- Read each major boss’s special action before the fight.
Unlock exploration tools
The bow, fire, bombs and hookshot reopen previously inaccessible paths. Record blocked doors, anchors and braziers rather than immediately seeking another solution. After acquiring an ability, revisit the relevant areas and seek its upgrade; the guarding encounters improve a tool usable during the umbrella run. Health and magic shrines form a separate collection from shiny objects, so audit both sets independently.
- Record closed routes and the ability needed to reopen them.
Treat seeds and pots as pairs
Completion requires planting seeds, not merely collecting them. Track empty pots alongside spare seeds and record their locations by region. Revisit Pothead’s secret garden during cleanup. If a shiny object is missing, compare the relevant inventory collection rather than repeating every shrine route: the two categories are independent. Keeping these records during the campaign makes the later world audit substantially more focused.
- Track collected seeds, planted pots and empty containers.
Revisit the world at night
After the Last Lord, retrieve the dropped key and use the bell tower to change the time of day. Night opens another exploration phase: seek owls, accompany Jefferson and follow mysteries that previously led nowhere. The true ending and full completion require these chains rather than another viewing of the credits. Preserve the completed save and identify each nighttime task’s starting point before setting out.
- Check the final key and tasks available only at night.
Trophies to watch
Academy of Umbrellas
Beat the game only ever using an umbrella as your melee weapon
Collect the umbrella before using another melee weapon.
Reap what you sow
All seeds collected and planted
Audit seeds and pots rather than inventory alone.
Lord of Chores
100% Complete the game
Finish the nighttime phase and remaining tasks rather than only the first ending.
Frequently asked questions
Do spells invalidate the umbrella run?
No. The restriction concerns melee weapons. Spells and their upgrades remain available while the umbrella is your only used melee weapon.
Does the first ending finish platinum?
No. Nighttime activities, the true ending and collections remain. Return to the completed save and inspect the bell tower.
Is owning every seed enough?
No. Reap what you sow requires collecting and planting seeds. A forgotten pot can block completion even after exploring the map.
Sources
- Death’s Door spreads its wings on PS4 and PS5 November 23
- Death's Door Trophy Guide & Road Map (PS4 & PS5)
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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