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This guide covers the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake. Its platinum combines collections, Merchant requests, shooting-range challenges and playthroughs with different restrictions: one run cannot replace planning. Use the first campaign to learn routes and finish collectibles, then assign difficulty, rank or restrictions to later runs. Check progression boundaries before each chapter and retain separate saves. Separate Ways adds its own trophies: its Professional difficulty is not the requirement for Leon’s campaign platinum.
Base-game trophy roadmap. Expansions and additional trophy groups are separate from the platinum.
- Required difficulty: Specific difficulty and rank clears are required, including Hardcore S+ and Professional.
- Missable trophies: There is no chapter select: collections and actions need saves and planning.
- Online: The campaign platinum can be earned in single-player.
Give each playthrough a purpose
Plan a collection-and-request run, progress towards Professional and cover the list’s S+ rank clears. Restrictions can be combined, but doing so is not automatically wise on a first attempt. Decide before starting which item you will not use and what to check at every save. If a restriction fails, restore the previous file rather than discovering it only after the ending.
- Write down the run’s objective and keep a save before each delicate transition.
Finish each region before leaving it
Bandit, Raider and Burglar check village, castle and island treasures within one playthrough. Compare the map before moving to the next region; a treasure found in another run does not repair this run’s counter. Also destroy Clockwork Castellans and check Merchant requests before finishing a chapter. A separate list for each region is safer than one generic total.
- Compare treasures and requests before leaving the village, castle or island.
Separate weapon unlocks from shooting-range challenges
Gun Fanatic requires all weapons; compare an unlocked reward with what you have actually obtained in-game. Plan Chicago Sweeper and Handcannon around the Extra Content Shop conditions, checking available Mercenaries alternatives. At the range, Real Deadeye needs S ranks in every game: first learn target order, then pursue accuracy and score instead of randomly repeating one exercise.
- Check obtained weapons and every range game’s rank rather than merely unlock notifications.
Prepare S+ attempts as new games
S+ rank attempts must use a new game rather than New Game+. Before starting, check the rank limit for the selected difficulty and prepare a route with planned purchases and detours. After a difficult clear, verify which rank trophies unlocked: do not assume any S or higher-difficulty completion automatically satisfies every required S+. Reserve riskier attempts until you know the campaign.
- Start a new game for S+ and check actual unlocks after each ending.
Distinguish weapon, healing and Merchant restrictions
Minimalist concerns knives and handguns only, Frugalist forbids recovery items and Silent Stranger forbids talking to the Merchant. These are three different rules. Check challenge statistics after a doubtful action and before saving: a habitual item use can spoil a long run. Combining all three reduces playthroughs but also removes safety margins; separate them if still learning.
- Separately check weapons used, healing and Merchant interactions during restricted runs.
Prepare chapter actions before their sequences
Hope You Like Thrill Rides! requires both minecart sections without damage; Capacity Compliance needs the lift not to stop and Smooth Escape requires a damage-free escape. Prepare these before their sequences. Retain an earlier save and make focused attempts instead of overwriting immediately after failure. Recovery depends on retained saves, not on a post-ending chapter select.
- Keep saves before the minecart, lift and escape before attempting their no-error conditions.
Trophies to watch
Bandit
Obtain all treasures indicated on the village treasure map in a single playthrough.
The condition is one playthrough: check the village map before losing access.
S+ Rank Investigator
Complete the main story on Hardcore mode with an S+ rank.
The requirement is S+, not S; prepare a new game at the correct difficulty.
Minimalist
Complete the main story using only knives and handguns. (Excluding specific battles.)
Check used items and do not habitually add grenades or other weapons during this run.
Silent Stranger
Complete the main story without talking to the Merchant once.
Handle necessary purchases on another run: speaking to the Merchant breaks this run’s condition.
Real Deadeye
Earn an S rank in all games at the shooting range.
Complete every range game until its summary shows the required S rank.
Frequently asked questions
Can I earn S+ in New Game+?
No. Plan a new game for S+ rank. New Game+ helps with other tasks but does not replace that condition.
Should I combine Minimalist, Frugalist and Silent Stranger?
It is a route choice, not mandatory. Familiarity can make combining them save runs; while learning, separating them makes mistakes easier to identify and correct.
Is Separate Ways required for the platinum?
No. Ada’s campaign has separate additional trophies. Do not confuse its ranks and difficulties with Leon’s base-campaign requirements.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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