Man vs. Wild Trophy Guide & Road Map

Man vs. Wild
Man vs. Wild Trophy Guide

Overview:

Estimated difficulty: 3/10 (Platinum Difficulty Rating)
Offline trophies: 22 (1, 7, 8, 6)
Online trophies: 0
Approximate amount of time to : 3-10 Hours
Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
Number of missable trophies: 0
Glitched trophies: Born Survivor
Do trophies stack: no
Does difficulty affect any trophies: no
Do cheat codes disable trophies: none
Additional accessories required: no

Introduction:

Man vs Wild is a survival game based on the television show on the Discovery Channel. There is one training level and five episodes. There is a completion trophy for each of these. There is also one trophy for reaching a certain level and one for not becoming incapacitated (potentially glitched, see Born Survivor for more info). The rest of the trophies are collectibles so expect to spend much more time in the Collectible Thread.

Walkthrough:

Step 1 - Complete the game and get all the collectibles
There are five chapters plus a tutorial level. You can play on normal difficulty. Each episode (excluding the training level) has a number of collectible sets within them. There are two or three sets of collectibles in each episode. If you don't get all of the collectibles within a specific set during each level, you will need to use Episode Select to go back and get them. They do not save after you complete a level so you will need to get each of them again if you miss one. Same is true if you restart a checkpoint or become incapacitated. These are the collectible trophies, by chapter:

Episode 1
Reminders of the Rush
Animal Kingdom
Horticulturist Grylls

Episode 2
Pack Rat Grylls
Bob's Boats
All God's Creatures

Episode 3
Patton Was Here
Osteologist Grylls
These Belong in a Museum

Episode 4
Casted Away
Flight 815

Episode 5
Nice Place You Had Here
Hard to Pronounce, Hard to Find

Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Collectible Thread. In addition to not missing any collectibles, try to avoid being incapacitated. See Born Survivor for more information. If you do manage to get incapacitated, just remember which chapters it occurs in and you can clean it up in Step 2.

Step 2 - Complete each episode without becoming incapacitated and collectible cleanup
You will need to complete the game without becoming incapacitated for Born Survivor. Try to complete each chapter during your first playthrough without becoming incapacitated. Any episode where you see the "Bear is Incapacitated" screen with the option to exit or continue, will need to be redone. After completing the game the first time, just play any chapter you pass out in through episode select. However, this trophy can glitch. See Born Survivor for more information. For any collectibles that you have failed to complete, this is the time to get them.

Step 3 - Reach the Level 'Bear Grylls'
You gain SP (Survivor Points) for doing certain activities. This includes building fires, making camps and killing animals. You will need 8,000 SPs. The quickest way to level up is to replay the first episode (not the tutorial) and complete as many tricks in the skydiving section. Once on the ground, and after an autosave, you can restart the skydiving section and repeat this until you reached level 8.

[PS3T Would Like to Thank Wozamil for this Road Map]

Get All Trophies

Get all the Trophies.
(2)
Rocky Mountain High

Complete the 'Rocky Mountains' campaign.
This is story related and can't be missed. It will pop after Episode 1.
Animal Kingdom

Locate all animals of interest in the Rockies.
There are four animals of interest that you must locate. You just need to get close enough that it registers as you seeing them. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Reminders of the Rush

Locate all of the Gold Rush trash in the Rockies.
(1)
There are nine pieces of trash found around Episode 1. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Horticulturist Grylls

Locate the rare plants in the Rockies.
There are four specific plants that you must find. There is only one of each. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Down in the Low Low Land

Complete the 'Everglades' campaign.
(1)
This is story related and can't be missed. It will pop after Episode 2.
Pack Rat Grylls

Tag all of the junk in the Everglades.
There are six pieces of junk that you must find. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Bob's Boats

Find all of Bob McClure's boats in the Everglades.
There are five boats hidden in the Everglades for you to find. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
All God's Creatures

Locate all animals of interest in the Everglades.
There are eight animals lurking around the Everglades. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
As I Scan This Wasted Land

Complete the 'Sahara' campaign.
This is story related and can't be missed. It will pop after Episode 3.
Osteologist Grylls

Find all of the camel bones in the Sahara.
There are four camel bones in the Sahara. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Patton was Here

Find all of the WWII artifcats in the Sahara.
There are five WWII artifacts to locate. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
These Belong in a Museum

Find all of the ancient artifacts in the Sahara.
There are four ancient artifacts to discover. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Only Hope Can Keep Me Together

Complete the 'Deserted Island' campaign.
(3)
This is story related and can't be missed. It will pop after Episode 4.
Flight 815

Find all of the plane debris in Deserted Island.
There are five parts of an airplane that are "Lost." Thankfully there are no smoke monsters. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Casted Away

Find all of the man-made items in Deserted Island.
Recover all five of these items that have been cast away. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
A Winter's Tale

Complete the 'Patagonia' campaign.
This is story related and can't be missed. It will pop after Episode 5. This episode features a frustrating sequence at the very end. It requires you to balance yourself on a horse while standing up and jumping into a moving train. It's important to note that any failed attempts during this final part will not count against you for Born Survivor, unless you become incapacitated due to the cold or hitting the branches. If your screen starts flashing red you should restart checkpoint.

For this part with the horse, you will need to do two things simultaneously i.e Control the speed of the horse and keep your balance. To control the speed of your horse, you need to hold down , but not all the way. At the start of this sequence you will need to hold it just right to turn the light green. That's the amount of pressure you need to hold throughout this entire part. The light will disappear once you find the right pressure but keep this held in for the entire duration, even when the light goes off. Some people recommend using a rubber band with the just the right amount of tension with to keep it steady and consistent.

The second thing you must do is balance yourself, this is accomplished with the left stick. It's not that hard to balance yourself once you know what you're looking for. Use small and gentle movements. The best way to do this is by looking at the bottom of the train. Keep the bottom of the train horizontal on your screen, don't look at Bear or the Horse. Here's an illustration:

The final part of this is the jump to the train. Don't make the mistake and attempt the jump the moment you see the prompt. Wait until you are sure the door is open and that your parallel to it. Just because it says jump, it doesn't mean that you will be successful. Make no mistake, this will take several attempts.
Nice Place You Had Here

Locate all of the trash in Patagonia.
There are five pieces of trash littered around. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Hard to Pronounce, Hard to Find

Find all five Andiperia Willinki bugs in Patagonia.
There are five bugs you must collect. While I can't tell you how to pronounce their names, I can tell you that they are incredibly hard to see. You can be just a few feet from one and not be able to see it, so keep an eye out for the button prompt. Please follow the text and video guides in this thread: Man vs Wild Collectible Guide.
Wild, Man!

Complete the 'Base Camp' campaign.
This is story related and can't be missed. You will earn this after you complete the Tutorial level.
Bear Grylls

Reach the Level 'Bear Grylls.'
(1)
You will earn this trophy one of three ways. Either while going for all the collectibles, going for Born Survivor or you'll have to farm it once you have earned the rest of the trophies. If you have to farm this, I recommend loading up episode 1 and performing the skydiving stunts. As soon as you land you will auto save. Then hit restart and repeat until you earned the required 8,000 Survivor Points for Bear Gyrlls.
Born Survivor

Complete all episodes without passing out.
Glitched
This could potentially be a headache. After you have completed the game the first time, you can simply Episode select any chapter you passed out in. You will know when you have passed out when you see "Bear is incapacitated" on your screen with the option to continue or exit. If you die and get respawned without the incapacitated screen, you should be alright. These are ways that you can pass out.

Dehydration
Hunger
Freezing
Hot Steam
Attacked by animals

In theory, you should be able to fall off a cliff, rocks, die in quicksand, fall off the horse at the end, and it "shouldn't" count against you. If you feel like you are about to pass out, immediately hit start and restart checkpoint. As long as you do that before passing out, you'll be fine. If you do get knocked out, there are reports of people claiming that they quickly hit the PSN button and returned to XMB and restarted the game again successfully. That seems to be hit or miss if it works. There are glitch reports where people swear that they haven't died or been incapacitated and the trophy didn't pop. There's a few things you should do to limit the possibility of a glitch.
- Complete the entire game (including the tutorial) in one sitting. If you have reached the maximum level, then you will have pretty high resistance to the elements and won't get thirsty as fast. You should be able to "carefully" run through the levels.
- Restart the Chapter if you get incapacitated. You can try the XMB trick, but you won't know if it worked until you complete the game so better safe than sorry and just restart chapter.
- Answer the quizzes that appear after each episode. While not important to answer correctly, you will get a little SP boost by doing so.
- If the above didn't work, play on a new save.
- Worst case scenario, delete your game data and saves and start fresh, then complete the game in one sitting without any kind of deaths, and don't skip the quizzes.
Episode specific things to watch out for:

Episode 1 - Attacks from animals are your biggest threats. Be careful of the Bears and the Puma. Also watch out for your hydration. When you find water, make sure to top of your hydration level and fill the canteen. Both should be full before moving on.

Episode 2 - There's plenty of water so there isn't much worry about hydration here but keep an eye on it, especially if you get lost in the saw-grass area. Your biggest threat is from the alligators. Avoid them, especially when you're gathering supplies to build the shelter.

Episode 3 - The only real challenge is not to get dehydrated. Avoid sprinting at all. There's only a couple places to refill water, so make sure you drink enough to refill your hydration bar and then refill your canteen to 100% before moving on. When you get thirsty, drink only enough to refill you halfway.

Episode 4 - This episode's biggest challenge is crossing some fallen logs above lava where hot steam shoots out at you. You won't instantly become incapacitated from the steam, but it quickly lowers your health. When you reach the steam and log combo, try to have full health. Cross the first log up until the steam and wait for the steam to stop before crossing. Then you'll have one more to contend with, this time with two steam showers along a single log. You will most likely take a little health damage on that last log, so if you're low on health you may as well restart checkpoint. Also, watch out for sharks when you're in the water.

Episode 5 - This has a couple tricky parts. The first is the ice sheets that you must jump across. If you miss your jump, you can swim to the opposite side and there is a place to get out of the water on the right. The second part that can possibly trip you up is in the ice cave when you are instructed to use the leg to look for thin ice. When you equip it, move really slow for Bear to check for thin ice. The final thing this is that you can become incapacitated when you are on the horse if you hit the branches or succumb to the cold. When your screen turns red, hit restart checkpoint to avoid being knocked out.