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Devil May Cry 3 HD

Devil May Cry 3 HD platinum: S ranks and Bloody Palace

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Devil May Cry 3 HD

PS3 / PS4

The Devil May Cry 3 platinum mixes goals to develop with Dante and trophies you can combine in a more comfortable Vergil run. Use Dante to level styles and unlock difficulties, then reserve a Yellow Orb run for S ranks. Bloody Palace has a different goal than in the second game: here you have to finish it.

Special Edition in the HD Collection on PS3 and PS4. This is not the first PS2 release.

  • Edition: Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition HD
  • Trophies: 34 per list, all offline
  • Secret missions: 12
  • Bloody Palace: Clear the final floor, 9,999

Start as Dante and rotate the four styles

Start the campaign on Normal and rotate Trickster, Swordmaster, Gunslinger and Royalguard. Trend Setter uses the four styles that gain experience; Quicksilver and Doppelganger do not have those levels. Use Divinity Statues to select a style before a series of fights and buy Devil Arm moves along the way.

  • Check the four levels in the menu and switch styles when the current one reaches level 3.

Fight Jester and mark the secret rooms

Check for Jester in Missions 5, 12 and 17: the later encounters can be bypassed, so look for their entrances before heading to the main boss. Keep a separate list for the twelve secret missions. Revisit chapters through the menu when you want to retry with more health or the right style for the trial.

  • Check off all three Jester encounters and clear the secret trials on one save so you can track them.

Work through the difficulties on one save

Carry Dante's save through Normal, Hard, Very Hard and Dante Must Die. Heaven or Hell opens after Dante Must Die and uses one-hit kills on both sides; keep firearms ready. Revisit the final mission on a suitable difficulty if you still need to defeat one hundred enemies during the credits.

  • Check each difficulty trophy; do not mistake a Heaven or Hell clear for the Yellow Orb run.

Combine Vergil, Yellow Orbs and S ranks

Start Vergil in Yellow Orb Mode and choose Easy to lower the pressure on ranks. Finish all twenty missions and aim for S in each. When a result falls short, check time, damage and style points on the results screen: repeating the same plan faster may not fix the category that lowered the rank.

  • Keep a list of missing S ranks and replay those missions on Vergil's save.

Finish Bloody Palace

After the first campaign you can enter Bloody Palace; wait until you have the health, weapons and costume you want. Use the fire portals to climb a hundred floors at a time and continue beyond the intermediate thresholds. Floor 9,999 ends with Vergil: preserve resources for the finish rather than spending everything on the first difficult wave.

  • Check Bloody Hell after the final fight, not just Blood Donor at the 5,000-floor threshold.

Trophies to watch

Left No Stone Unturned

Complete all Secret Missions with any Character.

Clear all twelve secret missions; use mission select to revisit missing entrances.

Bloody Hell

Complete Bloody Palace Mode.

Do not stop at the intermediate milestones. Win the Vergil fight on the final floor as well.

Hellish Honor

Achieve an S Rank on all missions (any difficulty or character).

Aim for S in all twenty missions of one run; Easy is allowed.

The Path Less Travelled

Clear every mission in Yellow Orb Mode.

Select Yellow Orb Mode when starting Vergil and finish every mission on Easy or another standard difficulty.

Trend Setter

Reach the highest level in all Styles with Dante.

Raise Trickster, Swordmaster, Gunslinger and Royalguard to level 3 as Dante.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get the S ranks on Easy?

Yes. Easy works for Vergil's Yellow Orb run and for rank cleanup through mission select.

Do Quicksilver and Doppelganger need leveling?

No. For Trend Setter, focus experience on Dante's four base styles.

Is passing 5,000 floors enough?

No. The 5,000-floor milestone unlocks Blood Donor. The platinum also needs a full Bloody Palace clear.

Sources

Trophy lists

Buying the game

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