In the world of Warhammer 40,000, it is a Rogue Trader’s job to explore the far reaches of the Milky Way galaxy and help the Imperium of Man in ways it might deem ‘Heretical’. That’s what you can expect in Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader. The vastness of the Void hides many a treasure but it also has hidden dangers lurking in every corner.
In this guide, I’ll tell you what you need to know to get the Platinum trophy for the 40K game with the most freedom in the grim dark future, Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trailer. Prepare yourself. There are many secrets you can find by not only riding currents but carefully listening in on conversations.
There are 41 trophies to strive for in your many journeys into the void:
- 1 Platinum trophy
- 3 Gold trophies
- 15 Silver trophies
- 22 Bronze trophies
Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader Trophy List
Platinum trophy
- Valancius Immortalitas: You unlocked all trophies
Gold trophies
- Overcome and Overpower: You complete the game on Core difficulty or above
- How Did It All End?: You raised your own abomination
- Frog Trader: You found a gold xeno-idol
Silver trophies
- Grand Finale: You finished the game
- Deepest Conviction: You completed the game with any Conviction: Zealot or Core difficulty or above
- Void Wolf: You won all void combats
- The Dynasty Restored: You reclaimed all the colonies of the von Valancius dynasty
- Highrise: You completed a colony project of the highest tier
- No Stone Unturned: You visited all the systems in the Koronus Expanse
- Don’t Touch This: Playing on Core, you did not let the Chaos Spawn consume any cultists at the end of the Prologue
- Aviation Saviour: Playing on Core, you did not let any shuttles be destroyed at the end of Chapter 1
- Preserve the Architecture: You killed a defiler without destroying any of the 4 plasma batteries strengthening it
- A Flame: You found your true love
- Whodunit?: You discovered the truth about Theodora’s death
- Amends to the Dead: You wore the Halo Device
- Knee-Deep in Chaos: You surrendered Eurfrates II to Chaos
- The Possessed Ship: You discovered the truth about Nomos
- The Not-So-Bottomless Pit: You subdued the Pit
Bronze trophies
- Conspiracy: You completed the Prologue
- Stolen Star: You completed Chapter 1
- Trade Empire: You completed Chapter 2
- Commorragh Survivors: You completed Chapter 3
- Expanse Calamity: You completed Chapter 4
- Too Fast to Die: You dodged 500 enemy attacks with your party members
- Doom Trader: You performed 500 critical hits with your party members
- Fear Not Obliteration: You killed an enemy with 100 damage dealt by one attack
- Pentakill: You killed 5 enemies with one attack
- Rookie Skipper: You won your first void combat
- Purge the Unclean: You destroyed at least one ship of every enemy fleet (pirates, Asuryani, Drukhari, Necrons)
- Master of Trade: You completed 20 orders
- Light of the Astronomican: You charted a new path through the warp from one system to another
- Those Who Are About to Die Salute You: You let the Khymerae tear apart all the gladiators in the first battle in the Commrragh arena
- Fully Prepared: You removed all debuffs from the Rogue Trader before meeting Malice
- Jungle Heat: You resolved the crisis on Janus
- Iron Judgement: You decided the fate of Kiava Gamma
- No Place Like Home: You secured Dargonus
- A Spark: You started a romance
- This is a Job for the Lord Captain!: You stepped willingly into sewage on Footfall
- Sweet Perdition: You obtained Sweet Perdition
- Thank You for Waiting: You queued patiently with the commoners in Jae’s second quest
Getting the Platinum trophy in Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader is not as simple as being a loyal citizen of the empire. Your character has the potential of skirting imperial doctrine and working with zenos to complete objectives. You can say that you are doing it for the sake of humanity, but you can’t say that to an Inquisitor with a straight face and hope to live out the rest of your contract.
Because of how your choices will affect the course of events within the game, you will need to do two or more playthroughs to get all event trophies. You can do the first one as a loyalist on easy mode and get the majority of trophies. And then doing another run to check off traitorous (or traitor-like) trophies.
The Knee-Deep in Chaos Silver trophy is one such trophy. In Warhammer 40K, any commander willing to yield ground to the forces of Chaos is seen as a traitorous act to Loyalists. But we may not have a choice in the matter. The brave soldiers of blessed Cadia fought to the last to keep Chaos at bay. In the end, they were wiped out. A rogue trader would cut their losses and look elsewhere. I wonder if we will make that kind of choice.
This also applies to the How Did It All End? Gold trophy. I’m sure the Inquisition will not turn a blind eye to anyone who raises an abomination. No matter how useful they are to the Imperium.
Most skill trophies you’ll be able to get after playing enough of the game. Trophies like the Pentakill Bronze trophy require you to kill 5 enemies with one attack. The best way to do this is with a flamer and perhaps with a little assistance from the Warp. The rest is only a matter of angering enough factions until you have encountered all possible enemy types.
At certain points in the story, you need to do some actions that above and beyond what’s needed to succeed in the campaign. Actions such as protecting all shuttles and keeping safe all batteries require forethought and positioning. These trophies you can save for another playthrough. But if you are willing, you can do what most X-Com players do and save scum your way to your preferred outcome. (Nobody but the Emperor would know.)
Your companions are the people who fight under your command. They have their reasons for following you and they expect their missions to be prioritized if you want to gain their loyalty. Of course, there will be friction in the workplace from time to time as opposing views clash and involved parties get into a word war. It’ll be up to you to ease tensions and remind everyone that the mission is the only thing that matters.
Just don’t leave the psyker and the Sister of Battle in the same room. The hull won’t be able to sustain the damage.
And finally, we have trophies tied to romantic interests in the game. They are the ‘A Spark‘ Bronze trophy and the ‘A Flame‘. You can always watch Owl Cat Game’s character trailer to get to know all your companions and you may even like a certain someone even before starting the game. You can also check their romantic preference from said profiles.
And that’s everything I’ve got for now on this Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader trophy guide. I can’t wait to dive right in and explore a facet of Warhammer 40K that’s not centered around Chaos or space hulks. Maybe I just want to raid unsuspecting fleets and serve the Imperium as a privateer. I hope it lives up to expectations.