There is a lot of hype behind Rise of the Ronin, besides looking like a more action-oriented take on Ghost of Tsushima, the game is developed by Team Ninja, creators of the Nioh series. With that caliber of talent and experience behind it, Rise of the Ronin looks to be yet another hit game in a year of surprise hits.
Since the game has been given to reviewers, the game’s trophy list has started appearing online before its scheduled release. One such list was shared on Reddit by user slickfiz. In this article, I’ll share some thoughts on the contents of the trophy list.
From the list, we can see that there are a total of 51 trophies to collect. Many of these trophies seem to be connected with story elements – so, read at your own risk. Spoiler alert has been issued.
- 1 Platinum trophy
- 2 Gold trophies
- 9 Silver trophies
- 39 Bronze trophies
Rise of the Ronin Trophy List
Platinum trophy
- Unknown
Gold trophies
- Midnight Crossing: Complete an optional Ronin mission with the ‘Midnight’ difficulty setting enabled
- Friendly Neighborhood Ronin: Completed all Bond Missions
Silver trophies
- Tears of the Blue Demon: Managed to beat the Blue Dragon aboard the Black Ship
- Cats Over All: Collect all cats
- Sightseer: Complete all photograph spots
- Shadow Stalker: Succeeded in carrying out 100 assassinations
- Keeper of the Peace: Defeated 50 fugitives
- Veiled Vow: Started your first romantic relationship
- A Veiled Edge’s Future: Sealed the fate of your Blade Twin
- The Dawn of a New Japan: Cleared Chapter 3
Bronze trophies
- Dive of the Ronin: Glided from the elevated deck at Kiyomizudera Temple
- Twilight Fencer: Save Ryoma Sakamoto’s life
- Farewell, Black Cat: Saved Soji Otika’s life
- The Great Opportunity: Saved Shinsaku Takasugi’s life
- Life Saver: Completed a No-Kill Mission’s objectives
- Solitary Ronin: Completed a mission without allies
- The Battle of Toba-Fushimi: Brought the Battle of Toba-Fushimi to an end
- The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance: Persuaded Takamori Saigo
- Cities of Darkness: Cleared Chapter 2
- Strange Bedfellows: Brokered a truce between the Roshigumi and the Choshu Clan
- A Show for the Shogun: Learned the identity of the mysterious samurai at the duel
- Meeting Saishu Katsu: Spoke with Saishu Katsu at the Saumida River
- A Happy Memory: Took a photograph at the request of Taka Murayama
- Black Ship, Long Shadows: Cleared Chapter 1
- Infiltrate the Prison Complex: Made your way to Shoin Yoshida
- Curtain Falls, Curtain Rises: Learned that your Blade Twin is still alive
- Flying the Next: Cleared the Prologue
- Martial Arts Maniac: Defeated enemies using every weapon
- Moneybags: Saved 150,000 sen
- Well-Rounded Ronin: Reached Level 55
- Fancy Meeting You Here: Had 50 chance encounters
- Cheater Beater: Caught 5 cheaters while playing Odds and Evens
- Style Guru: Mastered three combat styles
- A Jack of One Trade is a Master of All: Mastered one of the four stat types
- Contraption Creator: Conducted Technology Development 15 times
- Striver’s Licence: Received the highest rank (Master) at the dogo
- Horseback Hero: Received the highest rank (Master) in horseback archery
- Winged Warrior: Received the highest rank (Master) in gliding training
- Firearm Genius: Received the highest rank (Master) in firearms training
- Resonance: Equipped four or more pieces of equipment with the same set bonus for the first time
- Fresh Start: Remodelled your longhouse for the first time
- Traveling Through Time: Retried a mission for the first time using the Testament of the Soul
- Home Sweet Home: Archived your first Level 3 Area Bond
- Collector: Earned your first Completion Reward
- Good to Go: Upgraded your armor, weapon, and sub-weapon
- Transfer of Power: Performed your first Bond Transfer
- Threads of Fate: Established your first bond
- One Good Turn Deserves Another: Gave your first gift
- Fateful Encounter: Achieved your first Level 4 Personal Bond
This page will be updated as soon as more Rise of the Ronin content becomes available.
Considering that Rise of the Ronin is a choice-driven narrative game, it is hard to estimate how long it’ll take to get the Platinum trophy for the game. There are various points in the story that require player input and all have consequences that are felt at the moment and down the line, impacting how potential NPC allies will perceive the player character.
The ‘Solitary Ronin’ is an interesting trophy. From what we know of the game, Rise of the Ronin allows for up to 3 AI companions and/or custom player characters. The fact that you can dismiss allies opens up the possibility of more stealth-like gameplay.
The game seems to be split between four chapters. You get the ‘Flying the Next’ for completing the Prologue, ‘Black Ship, Long Shadows‘ for Chapter 1, ‘Cities of Darkness‘ for Chapter 2, and ‘The Dawn of a New Japan‘ for Chapter 3.
Cat lovers, rejoice! A trophy called the ‘Cats Over All’ trophy requires the player to collect all cats in the game. It is not known how we will catch the felines, whether we will chase them rooftop to rooftop like a chase sequence in Assassin’s Creed or we’ll somehow have to convince them to come with us. Either way, this will please a good number of players.
There are two trophies tied to using a camera. The ‘A Happy Memory‘ trophy is unlocked for taking a photo at the request of Taka Murayama and ‘Sightseer‘ for completing all photograph spots. I’m assuming that the photos will be saved in the images folder. And hopefully, not exclusively monochromatic images.
The ‘Fancy Meeting You Here‘ trophy is unlocked after having 50 chance encounters. Does this mean that we’ll have to keep our eyes open or do we go to (?) markers ala Red Dead Redemption 2? I hope that encounters aren’t locked behind chapters. That would really be annoying.
The most surprising trophy I didn’t think I’d come across is the ‘Veiled Vow‘ trophy for starting a romantic relationship for the first time. This does imply that our character might be involved in multiple relationships.
This wouldn’t be a Team Ninja game if it didn’t have armor sets with bonuses for completing the whole set. They did the same thing in Nioh and they’re doing it again with the ‘Resonance’ trophy. To get this trophy, you’ll have to equip four or more pieces from the same set for the first time. If my guess is right, some armor sets will have a matching set of weapons that go together for more passive buffs.
The second most surprising trophy to come out of the list is the ‘Midnight Crossing‘ trophy. From what we were previously told, there would be three difficulty settings in the game: Dawn (easy), Dusk (normal), and Twilight (hard). Midnight appears to be an even harder difficulty, and the trophy requires you to complete an optional Ronin mission with it enabled. I don’t know if it’s unlocked after beating the game once or if it’s unlocked after beating that mission on a lower difficulty. We’ll have to find out.
Rise of the Ronin is set to release on March 22, 2024, exclusively on the PlayStation 5.