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Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 2/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 34 (20
, 7
, 6
, 1
)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to Platinum: 10-12hrs (Estimated Time to Platinum)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 1 - Master Decorator
- Glitched trophies: 1 - Master Decorator
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
Introduction:
Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a playable coloring book adventure that puts you in a world full of cute animals and locations all named after kinds of food. While the game deals with topics such as the stress of success and feelings of inadequacy in creating works as an artist, it eases the player into the creative mindset by handing you a paint brush and allowing you to paint the world. The game has only a few instances of combat that are not difficult by any means and can be adjusted through the accessibility options for further ease, if you wish.
At its heart, Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a therapeutic experience that allows you to paint as much of the world of Picnic Province as you want and gives you the chance to create 20 different paintings as well as designing clothing items, brush styles and color palettes. Whether you are a true artist or just along the ride for the fun, there is something for everyone on the creativity scale and no judgement--only heaps of praise--from everyone (well, everyone except Radish, that is).
GLITCH WARNING: This game was created by a small team and is packed with love and an open canvas for you to color as you see fit and place decorations wherever you want. Because of the level of customization this game offers, it is known for crashing quite often the more you customize the world. The game has a fairly robust auto-save cycle so you shouldn't lose too much data if you do experience a game shutdown and most of the times I ran into a crash was on startup but backing up your save data regularly may be prudent the further you get into this game.
A second minor bug the game has is involved with the collection of one of the Decor items, The Family Portrait. Please see Master Decorator

Walkthrough:
For this Roadmap, I will be suggesting a specific order of quests and trophies to be completed following the story trophies. This will be based on my personal experience with tracking the wide variety of collectibles the game contains and the metroidvania-esque way areas of the map are unlocked through the story. As you play through the game and move about the map you may choose to pick up clothing items (found in small gift boxes), litter, Lost Kids (kittens hidden in shaking trees) and brush styles (found in large gift boxes) as you find them - and you are welcome to do so. Please keep in mind that the guide leaves 99% of the collectibles for after story completion so your experience following along with the collectible guides may vary based on what you pick up along the way.
The only two items I would suggest you get your paws on (Get it?...because you are a dog?) are the brush Style Starter pack and the Fill Color brush style. You are given the Starter Brush Style Set during your first class at the Art Academy, which you can start taking classes at onc eyou open up the area called Potluck. The Fill Color Brush Style is located four screens right and two screens up from the Art Academy in the same region. The Starter Pack will unlock the ability to use brush styles and the Fill Color will make it much easier to fill in areas such as caves and tunnels or paint full screens in a few seconds of time in order to swim through at a greater speed.
Step 1: Play through the story
When you begin the game you will have a limited move set that will block you from most of the map outside the opening areas of Luncheon, Supper Woods and Potluck. As you play through Chapters One through Five, you will acquire new abilities that will allow you to enter dark areas, swim through cracks, jump over small openings, swim up walls and through water.
Once in Chapter Six, you will be given four Wielder Trials you can complete in any order. See Apprenticeship

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

Meet Your Hero

Phone Call

Muse

Ancient Beast of the Darkness

Apprenticeship

Standing on the Mountain Top

Honored History

More Than Myself

Respect

Something New

End of an Era

Step 2: Lost Kids, Mail Delivery, Brush Styles and Art Classes
Once you enter the post game, I would suggest you stop in at the Art Academy from time to time to knock out a few of the 20 classes you will need to finish for Graduate


You can also talk to Beans in Luncheon and help her find some of her lost kittens for Kitten Caboodle



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

Such Great Heights

Explorer

Kitten Caboodle

Lost and Found

Casual Decorator

Serious Decorator

Stylist

Style Pro

Step 3: Cleanup trophies
Before gathering all the remaining collectibles, I would suggest you finish filling in the map (See Cartographer





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

Cartographer

Picture Perfect

Turnabout Squeeze

Passion for Fashion

Step 4: Collect all remaining Clothing Items, Litter and Decor
By now you should have more than half of the decor (130 or more of 223 items) and at least 25 of the 120 clothing items. If you haven't talked to many of the NPCs in Picnic, you should have only been given 3 of the 130 pieces of litter.
Continue picking up the clothing items stored in small gift boxes around the map and underground and begin picking up all the litter you pass by. Some clothing, litter and decor will be given through NPCs, whether they need you to paint something, decorate a room or outside area or simply talk with them. Other decor items will need to be purchased through the litter exchange vendors in Dinners, the Feast in Grub Deep and in Tea Time Meadows. Please follow the guides provided in Master Decorator

Once you have completed all collectibles, bought the rest of the decor and received all painting rewards, you should have 100% and your platinum!
By the end of this step, you will have earned:
Clothing Curious

Clothing Hunter

Trash Mammal

Good Samaritan

Clothing Hunter

Ultimate Samaritan

Master Decorator

The Whole Picture
