SteamWorld Heist II

SteamWorld Heist II: PS5/PS4 platinum guide

SteamWorld Heist II

PS4 / PS5

Leeway’s submarine doubles as an exploration tool and a way to manage your calendar. The SteamWorld Heist II platinum asks for a campaign under 35 in-game days and no world-map deaths; missing hats and missions can be cleaned up after the ending. Recruit early and use several squads each day to build a margin.

Roadmap for the 35 trophies, separating campaign constraints from post-credits cleanup.

  • Required difficulty: No trophy requires a difficulty setting; choose one that lets you manage the three campaign constraints.
  • Missable trophies: The ending checks days, casualties and world-map deaths. Other activities can be cleaned up afterward.
  • Online: No online trophies.

Use multiple squads before resting

Visit bars early and expand the crew as soon as you have slots and resources. Send fresh crewmates on separate missions in one day instead of resting after every win. Use short jobs when you only have a few members left. For Running at Full Steam, watch the in-game days: taking time to think through a turn is fine.

  • Finish the story with a margin before 35 days pass.

Protect your crew and submarine

Avoid tactical casualties for Acceptable Losses: use cover, healing and firing lines without exposing several crewmates in one corridor. Do not count on a checkpoint reload to erase a recorded casualty. For Unsinkable, avoid sinking in world-map fights: upgrade the submarine and leave a bad engagement before putting the hull at risk.

  • Track mission casualties separately from world-map losses.

Earn reputation and collect the gears

Clear a region’s reputation goals as you pass through if you have enough time. Look for epic loot in missions, artifacts and important ships on the map. The seven Coglike gears are regional rewards: once you meet the requirement, return to the local bar to claim them. Also track submarine upgrades and recruitable crewmates.

  • Verify that you claimed each gear, not merely earned its reputation.

Aim at hats without destroying them

Shoot hats off enemies with aimed shots and pick up hats that fall to the floor. For Hat Trick, look for a line or ricochet through the head level of three enemies. For the collection, check recruited crewmates and Convenient Chapeaux merchant ships as well as enemies and bosses. Replay the mission that contains the hat you are missing.

  • Compare hats in the wardrobe, including ones sold by merchants.

Clear the three ending checks, then clean up

Before the last mission, review days, casualties and your navigation record. After the credits, return to unfinished missions and max every job on one crewmate for Renaissance Bot. Review artifacts and flagships region by region, and use replays for the remaining status combinations or trick shots.

  • If an ending trophy is missing, plan a new run around its specific constraint.

Trophies to watch

Running at Full Steam

Complete the game before 35 days have passed.

Recruit early and split the crew across several missions before advancing the day.

Acceptable Losses

Complete the game with at most 4 crewmates dying.

Keep casualties low from the start; do not assume a checkpoint will wipe them.

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Collect all hats.

Check enemy, boss, recruit and shop hats separately.

Unsinkable

Complete the game without dying on the World Map.

Keep the submarine alive on the world map until the ending.

Close to Cogliness

Get all 7 Coglike gears.

Earn the required reputation in the seven zones and claim each gear at the bar.

Frequently asked questions

Are the 35 days real-world days?

No. The limit tracks the in-game calendar and crew rests. Send fresh crewmates on another mission before ending the day.

Can I collect hats after the ending?

Yes. Continue after the credits and replay missions containing a missing hat. You can also finish exploring without sacrificing the time target.

Does a tactical casualty count against Unsinkable?

Unsinkable concerns the submarine’s defeat on the world map. Mission casualties are checked by Acceptable Losses instead.

Sources

Trophy lists

Buying the game

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