PS4
Watch Dogs 2 allows cleanup around San Francisco, but an organized route separates story operations, key data and online encounters. You do not need every available purchase or every side mission. Certain purchases do have specific requirements, while the drone makes exploration easier. Preserve money for useful tools, unlock research through key data, and reserve a session for modes involving other players. This guide concerns Marcus’s base trophy list.
Base-game platinum roadmap for PS4. Additional trophy groups are separate.
- Required difficulty: You may choose a comfortable difficulty.
- Missable trophies: Base activities support post-story cleanup.
- Online: The list includes co-op, invasions and online events/bounties.
Buy tools before a car collection
The jumper and quadcopter let you inspect terminals and approach objectives without exposing Marcus. Before spending heavily at dealerships, secure the tools needed for data collection. One-Man Garage requires purchases, but buying them too early slows exploration and does not replace story operations.
- Reserve money for infiltration tools.
Finish trophy-linked operations
Advance the story and separately check eKart Challenge, Shadow, Ubistolen and $911. Some are side activities with their own trophies, so a side label does not make them optional for platinum. Open the operations log when a chain seems stalled and inspect its follow-up assignments rather than searching for one completed mission.
- Check the four required side operations.
Follow key data by district
Researcher concerns key data rather than every research point on the map. Inspect surroundings through cameras and drones to find a terminal route, often opening a path for the jumper first. Group travel by district and inspect the research-tree node to distinguish a closed route from data already collected.
- Track key data in the research tree.
Separate bounty-hunt roles
Natural Born Killer and Please Marcus, Don’t Hurt Them assign different bounty-hunt goals. Check whether you need to stop a hunter or neutralize fugitives; reversing roles does not advance the intended counter. Also complete a co-op operation and a successful invasion. Test platform matchmaking before organizing the session.
- Record the role and outcome for each online mode.
Group photos, races and specific purchases
ScoutX requires registered photographs, while the footwear and shirt purchases specify particular shops. Use data-collection travel to visit photo locations, then group sailboat, bike and drone races. Expansions add other operations and Showd0wn, which are not requirements for the base platinum.
- Use ScoutX and verify the named purchases.
Trophies to watch
Researcher
Collect all the Key Data hidden in the world
Key data differ from ordinary research points.
Please Marcus, Don't Hurt Them
Successfully neutralize 5 fugitives in Bounty Hunter
Make sure you are in the role that neutralizes fugitives.
Hold My Hand
Successfully complete an online Co-op Operation
Finish an online co-op operation rather than just a story mission.
Pimp My eKart
Get all the eKart upgrades
Complete the eKart chain and its upgrades.
Frequently asked questions
Must I finish every side mission?
No. Focus on trophy-linked operations and the four indicated chains alongside the story.
Does Researcher require every research point?
No. It requires key data. The object type matters as much as its map marker.
Are expansions required?
No. Human Conditions, No Compromise and additional requirements have separate groups.
Sources
Trophy lists
Buying the game
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