Beyond Blue Trophy Guide & Road Map

Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue Trophy Guide

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Overview:

Estimated trophy difficulty: 2/10 (poll)
Offline trophies: 31 (6, 20, 4, 1)
Online trophies: 0
Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 4-6 hours (poll)
Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
Number of missable trophies: 0
Glitched trophies: 0
Does difficulty affect trophies?: No

Introduction:

Beyond Blue is a pseudo-educational underwater diving/adventure game, developed and published by E-Line Media (Never Alone) and ported to the PS4 in 2020. You play as Mirai, over the course of 8 dives, where she researches a pod of sperm whales and comes to terms with her strained famlly relationships. If you like games like Afrika but with less to keep track of, this game is for you. It's pretty peaceful, with a laid-back Platinum and it has two lists: EU and NA.

Walkthrough:

Step 1: Play thorugh story mode

Just play through all 8 dives. If you want to cut down on post-game play, try to scan as much as possible during each dive but don't worry if you don't.

By the end of this step, you will have unlocked:

The Ocean Is In My Blood
One Ton Baby Girl
Whale, Whale, Whale...
Clicks and Echoes
Everybody's Gotta Eat
Hope and Worry
Diving Deep
Hot Water
Sleeping Whales
Goodbye Old Friend
A New Beginning

Step 2: Insights and Music

By progressing through the story, you will unlock short 2-5 minute video clips called Ocean Insights. Now is the time to watch all of them and fiddle with the music tablet on the submarine for two easy trophies.

By the end of this step, you will have earned:

A Little Insight
Binge Mode
Don't Touch My Radio
High Fidelity

Step 3: Free Diving

Once you've cleared the game, you will unlock free diving mode. Go back into each region and scan whatever sealife you didn't your first time through. See Scan All the Things

for some tips.

By the end of this step, you will have earned:

You Jelly?
My Hat is Like a Shark's Fin
Reef Shark Madness
You Guys Made Me Ink!
Thanks for all the Fish!
MOLA MOLA
Keep Clam and Carry On
It's Only a Model
Because We Scan: Atoll
Because We Scan: Brine Pool
Because We Scan: Coastal Region
Because We Scan: Open Ocean
Because We Scan: Seamount
Because We Scan: Vents
Scan All the Things

...and finally: Master of the Sea

! Congratulations!

Master of the Sea

Earn all other Trophies
"No water, no life. No blue, no green" - Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer
Don't Touch My Radio

Choose your own music at least once from the playlist
See High Fidelity
High Fidelity

Choose your own music more than 5x in the game
In the section of the submarine just before the chair where you make phone calls is a mounted tablet. Interact with it to choose music - choose at least 6 different songs to unlock this trophy.
A Little Insight

Watch an Ocean Insight video
See Binge Mode
Binge Mode

Watch all of the Ocean Insight videos
Wait until after you've completed all 8 dives for this trophy, as Ocean Insights are short movies you unlock after completing dives/doing story progression. There are 16 in total, each between 2-5 minutes in length.
You Jelly?

Unlock every type of jelly in the Scan Model Viewer
If you're diligent with scanning while playing through your dives, you can unlock this during the fifth dive of the game, the Brine Pool.

There are 3 types of jelly/jellyfish in the game:

Atolla Jellyfish
Comb Jelly
Moon Jellyfish
My Hat is Like a Shark's Fin

Unlock every type of shark in the Scan Model Viewer
If you're diligent with scanning while playing through your dives, you can unlock this during the sixth dive of the game, the Vents.

There are 5 types of shark in the game:

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Sleeper Shark
Swell Shark
Whale Shark
Whitetip Reef Shark
Whale, Whale, Whale...

Unlock every type of whale in the Scan Model Viewer
Story-related and cannot be missed.

There are three whale types in the game: sperm whale, sperm whale - juvenile and humpback whale. You will be required to scan all of them to progress through your dives. This should unlock during Dive 2 (Atoll - Sunset) when you're required to scan the juvenile sperm whale.

This will unlock en route to Scan All the Things .
You Guys Made Me Ink!

Scan all of the octopuses in the game
There are three total octopuses in the game but you will be scanning one of twice. You will scan both species once for story reasons; the third and final scan is in the Atoll region. If you didn't chase this annoying guy down during your story dive - it's located near the middle of the screen - it's hiding in a cave. Look for the buoy/signal balloon, then swim down to the ground. Nearby on the rock is a small cave entrance - that's where you can enter to scan the octopus.

This will unlock en route to Scan All the Things
Keep Clam and Carry On

Unlock the Giant Clam in the Scan Model Viewer
You can unlock this as early as the first dive (Atoll - Day) - there will be a dead sensor where you will need to swim down into a cave to get it. Before swimming down into the cave, explore the little area surrounding the cave and you'll find the clam.
It's Only a Model

Unlock all of the models in the Scan Model Viewer
For this trophy, you just need to scan every species in the game once. This is the first step to Scan All the Things .
Scan All the Things

Scan everything in the game
Whenever you scan a creature, you may notice a progress bar and a count. The count represents the total number of said creature in the game - not necessarily just in the level.

About a third of the trophy list ties to this trophy, between the species-specific stuff and the "scan everything in a given dive location" trophy so this isn't as grindy as you may think. The game gives you quite a bit of help towards this trophy. All of the dive areas are pretty small, the distance from which you can see the scanning circle is pretty generous (remember: a circle comprised of dotted lines is something you haven't scanned) and if you bring up the map, you will see gray circles that indicate a creature you haven't scanned. This will take far less time than you might think.

See each dive site's individual trophy for lists of what creatures are first seen at each site.
Because We Scan: Atoll

Scan everything in all dives to the Atoll Region
List of creatures in the Atoll Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Blue-Green Damselfish
Bottlenose Dolphin
Childean Devil Ray
Clown Triggerfish
Giant Clam
Great Barracuda
Humpback Whale
Mailed Butterflyfish
Northern Pacific Seastar
Octopus - this guy hides. See You Guys Made Me Ink! for directions to its location
Quoy's Parrotfish
Remora
Royal Angelfish
Soldierfish
Sperm Whale
Sperm Whale - Juvenile
Splended Alfonsino
Titan Triggerfish
Tricolor Parrotfish
Whale Shark
White Spotted Pufferfish
Whitetip Reef Shark

While there are three different dives in the Atoll Region (Day, Sunset and Night), during freeplay all of the sea life will be on the same map, so pick whichever one you want. I recommend Day or Sunset, for visability reasons.
Because We Scan: Open Ocean

Scan everything in the Open Ocean Region
List of creatures in the Open Ocean Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Leatherback Turtle
Moon Jellyfish
Orca
Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola)
Pilotfish
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Spotted Sardinella
Because We Scan: Seamount

Scan everything in the Seamount Region
List of creatures in the Seamount Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Comb Jelly
Dana Octopus Squid
John Dory
Leatherback Turtle - Baby
Octopus (more likely to be the first one you scan)
Orange Roughy
Silver Chimaera
Spider Crab
Splitfin Flashlightfish
Swell Shark

There is one Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) that likes to hang out outside of the boundary of the map. Swim to the boundary and keep your scanner on it; eventually it will wander in close enough that you can scan it. It took me several minutes in my game (fewer than 10) but it did happen.
Because We Scan: Brine Pool

Scan everything in the Brine Pool Region
List of creatures in the Seamount Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Atlantic Footballfish
Atolla Jellyfish
Barreleye Fish
Giant Squid
Hagfish
Lanternfish
Because We Scan: Vents

Scan everything in the Vents Region
List of creatures in the Vents Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Seven-Armed Octopus
Sleeper Shark

Note that during your story dive, you will have no map for this location. However, when you return during free play, you will have access to a map to help you clean up scanning the area.
Because We Scan: Coastal Region

Scan everything in the Coastal Region
List of creatures in the Coastal Region (alphabetical, not in the order they are in the science log). There may be repeats from other regions but this is the first region where you will enounter the following sea life:

Blackwedged Butterflyfish
The Ocean Is In My Blood

Start your journey
Story-related and cannot be missed.

You will unlock this on the loading screen after the game's introduction.

One Ton Baby Girl

Complete Dive 1
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 1 (Atoll - Day) consists of scanning a group of five sperm whales. Once you've done so, the trophy will unlock.
Clicks and Echoes

Complete Dive 2
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 2 (Atoll - Sunset) involves you recording the sound of Andrea, the juvenile sperm whale. The trophy will unlock soon after.
Everybody's Gotta Eat

Complete Dive 3
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 3 (Open Ocean) involves you tagging two sperm whales then playing a sound for Andrea, the juvenile sperm whale. The trophy will unlock soon after.
Hope and Worry

Complete Dive 4
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 4 (Seamounts) involves you swimming to the bottom edge of the map to watch a cutscene of a large pod of sperm whales emerging from deeper in the ocean. The trophy will unlock soon after.
Diving Deep

Complete Dive 5
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 5 (Brine Pool) involves you activating a camera on a sperm whale that is hunting a great squid. The trophy will unlock soon after.
Sleeping Whales

Complete Dive 7
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The final segment of Dive 7 (Atoll - Night) involves you scanning several sperm whales. The trophy will unlock soon after.
Goodbye Old Friend

Complete Dive 8
Story-related and cannot be missed.

The only segment of Dive 8 (Coastal Area) involves you scanning Andrea and its mother. The trophy will unlock soon after.
A New Beginning

Complete the game
Story-related and cannot be missed.

You will unlock this during the game's ending credits.
Reef Shark Madness

Unlock everything for the White Tip Reef Shark
You may notice that every time you scan something, you'll see a scan count. The game will unlock various facts / animations / etc for creatures the more you scan them. For the Whitetip Reef Shark, you will need to scan a total of 27 of them.

This will unlock en route to Scan All the Things .
Thanks for all the Fish!

Unlock everything for the Bottlenose Dolphin
You may notice that every time you scan something, you'll see a scan count. The game will unlock various facts and animations etc. for creatures the more you scan them. For the Bottlenose Dolphin, you will need to scan a total of 36 of them.

This will unlock en route to Scan All the Things .
MOLA MOLA

Unlock everything for the Ocean Sunfish
You may notice that every time you scan something, you'll see a scan count. The game will unlock various facts and animations etc. for creatures the more you scan them.

For the Ocean Sunfish/Mola, you will need to scan a total of 21 of them.

There is one Ocean Sunfish in Seamount (certainly in free play; I'm not sure if its behavior is the same during the story dive) that likes to hang out outside of the boundary of the map. Swim to the boundary and keep your scanner on it; eventually it will wander in close enough that you can scan it. It took me several minutes in my game (fewer than 10) but it did happen.

This will unlock en route to Scan All the Things .
Hot Water

Complete Dive 6
Story-related and cannot be missed.

Dive 6 (The Vents) works differently from other dives. You have no map and no objective markers. You must do the following:

Scan 5 hydrothermal vents (dormant)
Scan the broken drone
Scan 4 hydrothermal vents (active)
Scan the seven-arm octopus - At this point, you should be on a fairly linear path to lead you through the rest of the objectives
Scan the lava (volcano rock)
Scan the drill bit
Scan the sediment pipe

After all this, you should soon come across another volcanic rock/lava area and an objective will pop up called Whalefall. Complete that and the dive will end. The drone marks the point where the dormant vents end and the active vents begin. Always have active so you can see scannable items near you. Since there's no map, complete one objective before moving on to the next so you don't get turned around.

You will have a map when you return to this area in free play to clean up scanning all of the creatures.