Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 9/10 (Trophy Difficulty Thread)
- Offline trophies: 55 (46, 6, 2, 1)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 30-50 hours (Depends on if you use a guide or not)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 2+ (1 run on Normal, 1 run on Hard, and an extra reload for the final boss fight)
- Number of missable trophies: 19
- Glitched trophies: 0, but 1 requirement of a few ending trophies is slightly bugged, see Let’s Go Together! for details.
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, the game must be played on hard in order to get 7 trophies.
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: N/A
Introduction
Welcome to La-Mulana Ex, a remake of an old Steam game of the same name. The game is a classic Metroidvania game. If you’ve played the older side-scrolling Castlevania titles, you’ll love this one! The game is really fun if you love exploring around, finding secrets, and not always knowing where to go and what to do. It also has a great soundtrack too!
Don’t let the game’s difficulty and number of missable trophies scare you. While the game may seem really tough the first time around, you’ll get used to the gameplay after a while and it will become second nature. There is only 1 optional area near the end of the game that is legitimately tough, and this is where the difficulty rating comes in. As far as the missable trophies go, most of them are fairly easy and are only missable due to 1-2 collectibles that you might miss if you don’t pay attention. There are 3 speedrun trophies, but only one for beating the game in 10 hours will require planning, the others will probably be unlocked without even trying. But there are 3 ending trophies that will require a lot of careful planning. Luckily there are a few 100% walkthrough guides out there, which are listed below.
The game will require at least 2 runs. One on Normal just going through the game and getting a few easy missable trophies, then 1 final run on Hard mode speedrunning the game and getting 100%. I have written the guide in a way so that you should be able to unlock every single trophy in these 2 runs.
My advice for playing the game is to play a first run on normal without using a walkthrough (although use the trophy guide for the missable trophies that you need to get), and just enjoy exploring and finding your way around. This will be tough and you’ll probably die a lot, but trust me it’s the best way to get used to the game. I also advise not going for 100% your first run, as a few ending trophies will be easier to track if you purposely don’t unlock a few trophies until Hard Mode.
If you get stuck use a walkthrough. Only use the 100% guide from start to finish once you are ready for the speedrun on Hard mode. Don’t bother using it for your first run, or else it will make it annoying to track some ending requirements later on.
Good luck and enjoy this amazing game!
Important Links:
HERE is a link to a PC 100% guide, which will suffice along with the next link.
Changes to the Vita Version + Software Combination Hints
All Maps (Use these at all times to make travelling easier!)
NOTE: The PS4 version uses this same guide, but the Curry Addict trophy has been replaced with The Penitent Man instead.
Walkthrough
Step 1: Start the game, play up to just before the 5th guardian (Viy), and get one of the missable trophies.
Just play through the game normally, and kill the first 4 guardians. Get 1 of the easy missable trophies here. Also make sure that you DO NOT get the Fairy’s Vest item (It’s located in a locked chest in the Gate of Illusion which requires a key fairy and is tough to find anyways). This is important for a highly missable trophy in Step 4.
Trophies Unlocked: (Some others might pop here depending on how much you explore, but these ones will unlock for sure)
Welcome to La-Mulana
Watch Where You’re Whipping
Twin-Headed Snake
Giant’s Rage
This Is La-Mulana: Part II *Missable*
High Speed Beast
Dangerous Raid
Step 2: Get the Hidden Road trophy, another missable trophy, and kill the remaining 4 guardians.
Make sure you get The Hidden Road BEFORE fighting Viy or you lose your chance at the trophy. Then simply defeat the remaining 4 guardians. Keep an eye out for the other missable trophy This Is La-Mulana: Part III as well during the latter part of the game.
Trophies Unlocked:
Lights Of The Fairies
The Girl Awakens
Seek a Higher Place
Eden, Here Was
You Are A Small One
At The Bottom
The World Of 8-BIT
The Beginning Of Hell And Awakening
The Four Philosophers Were Awakened
Slippery Serpent
Black Misa
Ancient Machine
This Is La-Mulana: Part III *Missable*
The Hidden Road *Missable*
The Penitent Man (PS4 Exclusive)
Step 3: Complete the game and clean up a couple miscellaneous trophies.
Simply defeat the final boss and complete the game. But do not attempt to start/beat the optional area Hell Temple or you will get locked out of the Curry Addict trophy. Reload your save before the final boss and get a few miscellaneous trophies if you didn’t unlock them earlier. The rest will come naturally in hard mode.
Trophies Unlocked:
Dive Deep Down
This Is La-Mulana: Part I
Take A Walk On The Dark Side
La-Mulana Mania
Read All The Paleographies
You Are The Strongest Archaeologist!
I Love Hot Springs!
Curry Addict *Missable* (Vita Exclusive)
Step 4: Start and Complete Hell Temple
Only start this step AFTER getting Curry Addict or else you will need to do another run of the game. Also make sure you did not find the Fairy’s Vest item (listed in Step 1), otherwise you’ll need to replay the entire game to get back to this point. This is the hardest area of the game, and you need to complete the entire thing up to and including the hidden boss fight at the very end for a few trophies.
Trophies Unlocked:
This Is La-Mulana: Part IV
The Gate To Hell Has Opened
This Was Not For Human Eyes
This isn’t even my final form! *Missable*
Step 5: Start a new game, play on Hard Mode going for a 100% run under 10 hours, and without using any subweapons against the bosses. Make an extra save immediately after completing Hell Temple before doing anything else! Then fight the final boss and complete the first ending.
This is the hardest step of getting the . You will want to use the walkthrough for this run, since you will need to get every single item and collectible along the way. You also cannot use any subweapons (Don’t use ) against any bosses, otherwise you’ll have to do another run on Hard mode for 2 more trophies.
Also make a few extra save files in case you mess up! At the very least, I recommend one before activating Hard Mode, another before killing Tiamat, and another before starting Hell Temple.
Finally, MAKE AN EXTRA SAVE AFTER BEATING HELL TEMPLE. There are 2 ending trophies which don’t stack, and if you forget to make an extra save, you could risk doing another full 100% run on Hard!
Trophies Unlocked:
Once You Read It, You Can Never Go Back
Dear Foolish Adventurer
Maximum Power *Missable*
Skilled Adventurer *Missable*
A One Time Challenge
Indomitable Spirit *Missable*
Speed Runner *Missable*
Map Collector *Missable*
Master Key
Sound Track Mania
NIGORO MANIA
Treasure Hunter
Fairy Light Completionist *Missable*
Xelpud’s Pen Pal *Missable*
Great 8th child *Missable*
Let’s go together *Missable*
The Masochist King *Missable*
Playful but Lonely or Running Out in the open! *Missable*
All I need is one arm. *Missable*
All I need is one finger! *Missable*
Step 6: Load the extra save file and get the remaining ending trophy.
Easy step, just replay the final boss fight 1 more time and get the last ending and the !.
Trophies Unlocked:
Playful but Lonely or Running Out in the open! *Missable* (Whichever one you didn’t do first)
Ultimate Archaeologist
Special thanks goes out to the following people:
FranckKnight on Steam - For making all the maps.
MalikNZZ on Steam - For a really good PC walkthrough for getting 100%!
Everyone that posted in the forums in the Short Guide thread!
[PST Would Like To Thank Jerry Appleby for this Roadmap]