You often need keys or other items found in later chapters to open locked drawers, shrines and so on. If you see a treasure icon in an area and it’s not listed in the guide at that point, it means we need some other key items and will backtrack there in a later chapter. You should collect everything at the first opportunity to avoid missing something in a place that can’t be revisited. Certain side areas also become inaccessible as you advance through these areas so they aren’t fully free-roam. When you advance to the next location you can’t go back to the previous location during this playthrough. You play in 3 main areas: Village (Chapter 1-6), Castle (Chapter 7-12), Island (Chapter 13-16). The game has a semi-open & semi-linear layout. If you missed something you can reload that save and replay the game from there without having to redo everything from scratch. It’s best to keep a manual save from the “completed” screen after each chapter. If you die you must recollect all items after the point of death, except Castellans which stay saved. Crafting Recipes and Weapons Parts are mostly bought from the merchant, they are not needed for trophies but count for challenges that reward you with CP to buy items from the Extra Content Shop.įiles don’t count as collectibles and also don’t count towards challenges or trophies, they are not needed for anything and can be ignored. Treasures can also be sold and don’t need to be kept in the inventory. Selling Weapons is fine and still counts for the trophy, you only need to have owned each weapon once at any point and they count across all playthroughs. Unlocking these Bonus Weapons is the hardest task in the game, which means getting all weapons is the hardest part of the Platinum Trophy & 1000 Gamerscore. Weapons are bought from the merchant, but you also need the ones from New Game+ (Infinite Rocket Launcher for 2 Million ptas) and the Extra Content Shop (Chicago Sweeper & Handcannon) which requires beating the game on Professional difficulty with an A-rank, and beating a New Game (not New Game+) on Professional without using Bonus Weapons. Merchant Requests are blue letters usually found near merchants that require doing little tasks, such as clearing rat infestations or shooting medallions. The required items are outlined here too. Some require small keys or other key items, then you must backtrack to the treasure.

Treasures get marked on the map after buying the treasure map from the merchant. They count across saves, so if you missed one you can load an older save and get it there. Castellans are little figurines that make a sound when nearby, there’s one per chapter.

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