Overview:?
Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
Offline: 51 (1 , 1 , 14 , 35 )
Online: 0?
Approximate amount of time to : 100+ hours (Estimated Time to Platinum)
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1?
Number of missable trophies: Oblivion Walker, War Hero (potentially, see the trophy for more info), With Friends Like These..., Bound Until Death, Hail Sithis!
Glitched trophies: None
Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No cheats available.
Do trophies stack? They sure do. The PS4 remaster is an additional trophy list.
PS4 Note: Using mods on the PS4 remaster will disable trophies.
Introduction/Walkthrough:
Welcome to Skyrim, the biggest RPG of the year and one of the most rewarding experiences you're ever likely to have on consoles. Let’s get started!
You want a Platinum Trophy from this game, huh?
Prepare yourself for a long and arduous ride. It's not a hard trophy list in any way, shape or form but there are a few trophies that could take you anywhere in the region of 150-200 hours – namely the level 50 trophy. Everything else will come along the way if you do all the main questlines and visit a ton of places.
So, you want two Platinum Trophies?
Well aren't you in luck because there is an additional trophy list for the PS4 version. If you want to run this marathon again, have at it because you can!!
Where do I start?
The truth is, you can start wherever the hell you want. If you want to start by doing the main questline, go ahead. If you want to start by doing the Thieves Guild, carry on. What I would say though is that when you’re working through the game and whatever else you do around Skyrim, keep one eye on a few of the cumulative trophies (like collecting 100,000 gold, reading 50 skill books and picking 50 pockets & 50 locks), other than that, just do what you want and consult this guide when you need more guidance on how and when to do something.
Oh and remember to persuade, bribe, and intimidate someone whilst in game… theoretically, if you do hundreds of quests, only sticking to one, you could miss this. Supremely unlikely, but true.
NOTE: Now, I’m not sure what happens if you kill a major questline giver, like the leader of the Thieves Guild or the leader of the Dark Brotherhood or even if you can, so try not to. The Radiant Storytelling system should offer new quest givers, but we didn't find ourselves in that position.
What about those missable trophies?
Oblivion Walker, for getting 15 Daedric artefacts is the only one missable, which we discovered after extensive testing. This is basically because in these 16 quests you need to obtain the artefact in 15 of them, and some of them you can come away without it. So take heed and keep an eye on these artefacts - anything that involves a shrine or some other-worldly spirit of power, take heed. There are only a handful of those that result in no Daedric artefact, but you only need to get 2 wrong and you're out of luck.
Additionally see the War Hero trophy for information on it being potentially missable.
4/4/2013 Update: Because of recent patches, the issue with The One With Shadows has been fixed and is no longer missable. Thanks to Xortin for the heads up.
The Dark Brotherhood trophies are potentially missable if you kill Astrid in the cabin and choose to "Destroy the Dark Brotherhood."
So, is there anything else about the PS3 Ultimate Edition and PS4 Remaster?
Well, what do you know, there is. Here's the thing. Both of those come with the three DLC's on the disk. Unfortunately, as they tend to do, vampires really screw things up. Their indiscriminate bloodsucking can kill NPC's that may also hold questlines. Until you're level 10 though, there is smooth sailing. After that though, it's best to do Dawnguard and shut them down.
While we're here, can I have links to the DLC guides?
Since I'm in a giving mood, you sure can. Thanks to Darth_Krid for writing those.
Dawnguard
Hearthfire
Dragonborn
Is there anything else?
Well, no, not really. The beauty with Skyrim's trophy list is that you can just enjoy your time with the game, from start to finish, without fear of missing any trophies along the way. There are a few trophies that are tricky unless you know how, things like marriage and activating the Dark Brotherhood for one. There’s also some neat tricks on how to get many of the game’s more arduous trophies and clarification on others. At the end of the day though, enjoy yourself. That level 50 trophy is going to take you some time!
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Good luck and enjoy your time in Skyrim. It’s a blast! And if you need help finding a location, check out this reference map, courtesy of gamebanshee.com.
[PS3T Would Like to Thank Webb & Olsen77 for this Road Map]
Dawnguard DLC
Overview:
- Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 3/10
- Offline trophies: 10 (3, 7)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 12-15 hours (highly level dependent)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 1: Werewolf Mastered
- Glitched trophies: 0
- Does difficulty affect any trophies: No, all trophies can be earned on Novice.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies: No cheat codes available
8 months after it was released on the Xbox360 as the first Skyrim DLC pack, Dawnguard finally sees a release on the Playstation 3. Boasting a substantial amount of additional content, Dawnguard revolves around an ancient prophecy that foretells the blotting out of the Sun. The player has the choice of joining the Volkihar (a powerful clan of Vampires attempting to fulfil the prophecy) or the Dawnguard (a group of Vampire hunters battling to prevent the world from being plunged into irrevocable darkness). Also included in Dawnguard are a bunch of new side-quests, three new Shouts, two new perk trees and the highest species of dragon (the Legendary Dragon).
The trophies in this DLC are related to all of the side-quests and the main quest, but should not pose any more difficulty than the main game. They can, however, be particularly time consuming. Legend in particular requires you to be around Level 78 before Legendary Dragons start appearing. If you reached Level 50 in the main game for the Master trophy and then stopped playing, you'll be looking at a minimum of 30 hours of solid levelling to reach Level 78. Luckily, there is an exploit to reach max level (81) in around 8 hours. See the trophy description for Legend for more details.
Note that from this point on, this guide will contain spoilers for the Companions questline. If you do not want to know important details about that particular questline, do not read on here until you have completed the Companions quest "The Silver Hand".
Note on the missable trophy: There is one missable trophy in Dawnguard, but thankfully this time it is not caused by something you may have done much earlier in the main game, therefore it is avoidable if you are mindful of it before you start the DLC. The trophy in question is Werewolf Mastered which requires you to learn all perks in the Werewolf perk tree. The only way you can become a werewolf is by completing "The Silver Hand" for the Companions (which is mandatory if you wish to continue the Companions questline). At the end of the Companions questline you have the choice to keep your Lycanthropy or be cured of it. If you chose the latter don't worry as, with the installation of Dawnguard, you can visit Aela the Huntress in Jorrvaskr in Whiterun and she will turn you into a werewolf again but this can only be done once. Therefore if you cure your Lycanthropy again or choose to turn into a Vampire before you have earned this trophy, you will be unable to achieve it.
Step 1 - Complete the main quest
Your first step should be to complete the main quest, which comprises the following missions:
- Dawnguard
- Awakening
- Bloodline
- A New Order (Dawnguard) / The Bloodstone Chalice (Vampire)
- Prophet
- Chasing Echoes
- Beyond Death
- Seeking Disclosure
- Unseen Visions
- Touching The Sky
- Kindred Judgement
In order to start the DLC you must be level 10 or above then enter one of the 9 major cities in Skyrim. You should be approached by an Orc named Durak, who will ask the player to join the Dawnguard by visiting them at Fort Dawnguard. If he does not appear, talk to one of the cities' guards and they will tell you that the Dawnguard are recruiting. Make sure that you activate the quest in your quest menu to bring up the quest marker, since you are unable to walk directly to Fort Dawnguard as the game blocks your way. You must instead go through Dayspring Canyon, located South-East of Riften.
When you start the quest "Bloodline", make sure to make a new save. This is because this mission gives you the choice of sides: Dawnguard or Vampire, so if you wish to play through both sides (which isn't required for a trophy), you can do so without having to start a new character. I would highly recommend earning the Auriel's Bow trophy as soon as you receive the weapon of the same name at the end of "Touching The Sky".
I would also recommend working towards unlocking perks for either the Werewolf or the Vampire Lord during the main quest to save you from excess grinding later. Once you complete this step, you are guaranteed to earn at least the following trophies:
Awakening
Beyond Death
Kindred Judgement
Step 2 - Miscellaneous trophies
Once you complete the story, you should mop up some of the miscellaneous trophies, such as completing the "Lost to the Ages" sidequest, learning the "Soul Tear" Shout, changing your character's appearance and using the power of Auriel's Bow if you didn’t already get it during the main quest. By the end of this step you should have the following trophies:
Lost to the Ages
Soul Tear
Auriel's Bow
A New You
Step 3 - Completing the Werewolf and Vampire Lord perk trees
This step is a bit of a grind as you will need to kill quite a lot of enemies in order to unlock all 11 perks in each tree. There are also many ways to go about this step. If you are already a Werewolf before starting Dawnguard, you can unlock all perks before "Bloodline" and then accept Harkon's Gift and become a Vampire Lord and then unlock all those perks. Conversely you may not have started the Companions questline, which means you can become a Vampire Lord first, then later obtain Lycanthropy and earn all the Werewolf perks. You can even decline Harkon's Gift if you wish, and become a Vampire Lord or Werewolf at a later time, as that option is available to you too. The choice is yours but either way you will probably have to grind one or both of the perk trees upon completion of the main story. By the end of this step you will have the following two trophies:
Werewolf Mastered
Vampire Mastered
Step 4 - Legend
This step may have been completed earlier if you were already at level 78 or above when you started the DLC. However, if you are at a lower level, this will likely be the last trophy you earn. You will need to either grind for many hours to be at a high enough level for a Legendary Dragon to spawn or use an exploit to level up quickly. See the trophy description for more details. Either way, at the end of this step you will have the following trophy and 100% for this DLC:
Legend
[PS3T would like to thank Darth_Krid for this DLC Road Map]
Hearthfire DLC
Overview:
- Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 2/10
- Offline trophies: 5 (5 )
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 3-5 hours (Gold dependent)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 2: Land Baron and Master Architect
- Glitched trophies: 0
- Does difficulty affect any trophies: No
- Do cheat codes disable trophies: No cheat codes available
The second DLC released for Skyrim, Hearthfire, is a radical departure from the usual questing and adventuring found in the main game. This add-on allows you to build your own house and decorate it with a wide variety of different rooms and furnishings. Furthermore, you can adopt children and allow them to move into your house along with your wife to create a true family home.
The trophies for Hearthfire are really easy but require a certain amount of Gold to unlock. If you have around 50-60,000 Gold you can get the trophies within 3 hours as you can buy all the materials you need. If you don't have the Gold or don't wish to spend it, then you can mine/smith all the materials but this will add a couple of hours to your playthrough.
Note on missable trophies: Unfortunately there are two missable trophies in this DLC. If you have at any point completed "Contract: Kill Helvard" for the Dark Brotherhood, the option to buy Lakeview Manor in Falkreath will never be available. Luckily, this is a radiant quest once you have completed the Dark Brotherhood quest-line and so chances are you haven't received it. If you have then you will need to load a save from before you carried out the contract. Check your quest log to see if it has been completed or not. Note that you can still have the quest in your list of active quests but Helvard must be alive, otherwise you're out of luck.
Step 1 - Adopt a child:
You should do this first as it's the easiest and quickest trophy to earn in the DLC. If you have completed the first Dark Brotherhood quest "Innocence Lost", once you have installed the add-on, as soon as you enter one of the 7 main cities a courier will approach you and give you two letters. One will be to inform you that you can build a children's bedroom in any of your currently-owned homes. The other will be to announce that the Honorhall Orphanage in Riften is looking for parents to adopt children. If you have not completed "Innocence Lost", then the courier will only give you the first letter and will only bring you the second one once you complete that quest. You should then build a children's bedroom in one of your homes then go to the orphanage to adopt a child. For a more detailed explanation, see the trophy guide below. This step will earn you the following trophy:
Proud Parent
Step 2 - Buy all 3 plots of land
There are 3 plots of land to buy in Hearthfire, one each from the cities of Falkreath, Dawnstar and Morthal. To buy a plot of land from the Jarl or their Housecarl in these cities, you will have to have completed certain quests to get the conversation option to buy a plot of land. Once you do, ask about houses in the area, and you will have the option to purchase the plots of land for 5,000 Gold each. Purchasing all 3 plots will net you the following trophies:
Landowner
Land Baron
Step 3 - Fully build all 3 houses:
This is the most time-consuming step and the main focus of this DLC. Once you have bought all three plots, go to each one in turn by finding it on the map and travelling there. Once there, you will need to start off by going to the Drafting Table and selecting "Small House", then use the Carpenter’s Workbench to build the house. Repeat this again for the "Main Hall", then three more times for the three different Wings. You will have to do this for all three houses. For a more detailed explanation, see the trophy guide below. At the end of this step, you will have unlocked the following trophies and achieved 100% for this DLC:
Architect
Master Architect
[PS3T would like to thank Darth_Krid for this DLC Road Map]
Dragonborn DLC
Overview:
- Estimated 100% difficulty: 2/10 (level/equipment dependent)
- Offline trophies: 10 (3, 7)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 6-8 hours (+ possible time required for level 80 Smithing)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 1: Stalhrim Crafter
- Glitched trophies: 0
- Does difficulty affect any trophies: No, all trophies can be earned on Novice
After many infamous and well-documented delays, the first piece of DLC for Skyrim on the PS3 is finally here! Titled Dragonborn, this substantial addition sees the player travel to the island of Solstheim in Morrowind to investigate the Cult of Miraak, who believe their eponymous leader, the first Dragonborn, is about to return to Tamriel.
As well as the main quest, Dragonborn comes packed with additional content such as new sidequests, locations, shouts and materials to find on Solstheim. All of these have a trophy related to them, meaning that getting 100% will involve you sampling everything the DLC has to offer.
Note on missable trophy: There is one missable trophy in this DLC, which is Stalhrim Crafter. During “The Fate of the Skaal” quest, you will learn the first word of the “Bend Will” shout. Once you have done this and are told to use it on the Wind Stone, make a new save. This is because when you use the Bend Will on the Stone, an enemy called a Lurker will attack you and the Skaal villagers around the stone. You must ensure that Fanari Strong-Voice, Deor Woodcutter and Baldor Iron-Shaper all survive. In most cases, you will be fine as the Lurker doesn’t take long to kill; but after you kill it, look around the villagers to make sure those three are there and talk to you. If one has died, reload the save you made a few seconds earlier and do it again. I didn’t realise until I’d finished everything else in the DLC that Fanari had died, leaving me unable to start “A New Source of Stalhrim”. I hadn’t hard-saved either, meaning I had to load a pre-Dragonborn save and do the first part of the DLC again. See the description of Stalhrim Crafter for more details.
Note on Perks: Once you complete “A New Source of Stalhrim”, you must have the ability to smith Ebony to be able to create weapons or armour out of Stalhrim. The Ebony perk can be unlocked in the smithing skill tree once you hit level 80 in smithing. In rare cases, your character may be at overall max level (81) and never unlocked the ability to smith Ebony, and thus have no perks left to assign to it. However, do not worry, as Dragonborn introduces the ability to re-spec your perks once you complete the main quest. Simply read the Black Book entitled “Waking Dreams” and you will be able to spend one dragon soul to remove all perks from one skill tree, allowing you to reassign them wherever you like. Place as many perks as necessary in Smithing to unlock Ebony and then craft a Stalhrim item to unlock the trophy. You can put the perks back in their original place once you have done this if you so wish.
Step 1 - Complete the main quest
To initiate the Dragonborn DLC, you must first have at least started "The Horn Of Jurgen Windcaller" in the Skyrim main questline and been deemed "Dragonborn" by the Greybeards (thanks to erdvilla for confirming). Then, enter any of the 7 major cities in Skyrim. You will be attacked by Miraak Cultists. Kill them and loot their bodies to find a note which will lead you to a small harbour next to Windhelm. Take the boat that the quest marker indicates, and you will travel to Solstheim.
Once in Solstheim you will be directed where to go. There are 7 quests in total for the main story in the DLC, which are:
- Dragonborn
- The Temple of Miraak
- The Fate of the Skaal
- Cleansing the Stones
- The Path of Knowledge
- The Gardener of Men
- The Summit of Apocrypha
In this step I highly recommend travelling everywhere on foot instead of fast-travelling, discovering as many locations as you can as you go. This way, by the time you complete the main quest you should have worked a considerable way towards discovering 30 locations for Solstheim Explorer. Completing the main quest will earn you the following four trophies:
Outlander
The Temple of Miraak
The Path of Knowledge
At the Summit of Apocrypha
Step 2 - Miscellaneous trophies
Now that the main quest is finished, it’s time to mop up the other six trophies. Start by completing the various sidequests in Solstheim related to the trophies, such as earning a house in Raven Rock, crafting an item out of Stalhrim and finding 5 Black Books. Completing these sidequests will naturally earn you all 3 words of the “Dragon Aspect” shout. If you are travelling on foot, you should also have discovered 30 locations in Solstheim by now. The last trophy you will likely earn is Dragonrider, which requires you to tame and ride 5 dragons. See the trophy descriptions for more details. Completing this step will earn you the following trophies and your 100% for this DLC:
Stalhrim Crafter
Dragon Aspect
Solstheim Explorer
Hidden Knowledge
Raven Rock Owner
Dragonrider
[PS3T would like to thank Darth_Krid for this DLC Road Map]