Baldur's Gate 3 Trophy Guide and Platinum Walkthrough

Baldur's Gate 3 has no chapter select. A completed quest, dead character, hostile faction, or closed region can permanently remove a trophy opportunity from that save. Manual saves are therefore part of the roadmap, not merely a convenience.

Leave No One Behind

This is the longest missable chain in the base list. Keep the tiefling refugees alive from the Emerald Grove through Last Light and into Act 3.

In Act 1, stop the grove ritual or expose Kagha, resolve the goblin conflict in the refugees' favour, convince Rolan's group to remain, and rescue exposed tieflings such as Arabella and Mirkon. Avoid choices that trigger the grove massacre.

In Act 2, protect Isobel, rescue Rolan from the shadows, and free the Moonrise prisoners before entering the Shadowfell. If Last Light falls or the prison is left until the assault, the chain is usually lost.

The route's dependency on named survivors is similar to The Witcher 3's trophy planning, although Baldur's Gate 3 starts tracking the consequences much earlier.

She Cannot Be Caged!

Sazza must survive three separate locations in one playthrough. Stop Arka from shooting her in the Emerald Grove, free her, and protect her after she introduces you to Minthara. In Act 2, release Sazza and the other goblins when Ketheric asks you to decide their fate at Moonrise Towers.

Save before every Sazza conversation. Killing the goblin leaders without first securing her survival can end the chain without a clear failure message.

Hot Date and Companion Chains

Karlach needs Dammon alive in Acts 1 and 2, both engine upgrades, sufficient approval, and the correct romance scenes before her Act 3 date becomes available. Do not start a conflicting committed romance.

Astarion's bite, Gale's orb stabilization, Shadowheart's night orchid, Wyll's pact, Voss's alliance, Scratch, and the owlbear cub all depend on optional scenes. Long Rest more often than the minimum four rests because camp events can queue behind one another.

Moonrise, Shadowfell, and Act Transitions

Under Lock and Key must be completed before the Moonrise assault. Entering the Shadowfell advances several quests and can remove the prison rescue, Last Light characters, vendors, and companion steps.

Use these permanent save points:

1. Before leaving Act 1 for the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
2. Before entering the Shadowfell.
3. Before resolving Orin and the Murder Tribunal.
4. Before entering the Morphic Pool.
5. Before choosing the mind flayer and before the final Netherbrain command.

Boss Condition Trophies

The conditional boss trophies do not have a replay menu. Save immediately before Commander Zhalk, the Spider Matriarch, Grym, Malus Thorm, Gerringothe Thorm, the Apostle of Myrkul, Gortash, Orin, Ansur, and the final red dragon.

Several conditions are lost when the boss uses a specific move. Reload as soon as an egg hatches, Malus performs surgery, Gerringothe uses gold, Myrkul consumes a Necromite, a Gortash trap activates, or Ansur dies while grounded.

Yes. Critical Hit requires a complete Tactician playthrough. Select Tactician when creating a new campaign and do not lower it at any point. A Custom campaign with Tactician-style settings should not be treated as trophy-safe for this requirement.

New Game Plus does not exist. Progress, equipment, and levels do not carry into the second playthrough, so the practical advantage comes from knowing the quests, encounters, and fastest safe route.

Foehammer requires Honour Mode but is not part of the Platinum. Honour is effectively Tactician with stricter rules, one save, and stronger boss mechanics. A failed Honour run can continue in Custom Mode, but it will no longer qualify for Foehammer.

First-Run Character and Party

A high-Charisma protagonist reduces the chance of failing route-saving checks. Bard is the most convenient option because it combines Persuasion, utility magic, skill expertise, and the Perform action needed for Busker.

Keep a balanced four-character party:

1. A durable frontliner such as a Fighter, Paladin, Barbarian, or Monk.
2. A support character with healing, buffs, and control, such as a Cleric or Bard.
3. An arcane caster with Counterspell and area damage.
4. A high-Dexterity character for locks, traps, and initiative.

Withers can respec your companions freely without affecting trophies. Jack-of-all-Trades only checks the character receiving one level in every class, so leave one hireling or late recruit untouched for that task.

Tactician and Honour Combat Tips

High initiative is more valuable than raw defence because removing an enemy before its turn prevents more damage than absorbing the attack. Alert is a strong general feat, and Dexterity remains useful even on characters wearing heavy armour.

Use crowd control, Counterspell, Haste, summons, elixirs, weapon coatings, and terrain rather than relying on basic attacks. Inspect enemies before committing resources so you can target weak saving throws and avoid resisted damage types.

Approach each major fight at an appropriate level, Long Rest before bosses, and keep emergency invisibility or mobility available. A surviving character can often flee to camp and revive the party, including in Honour Mode if the entire group has not wiped.

Honour Mode's boss knowledge can feel closer to Elden Ring's trophy challenge than a normal story-led RPG run because one misunderstood mechanic can end many hours of progress.

Trophy Counter Tips

Use a note for Busker gold, Punch Drunk kills, books, and buried chests because the game does not expose every trophy counter clearly.

For Action Surge, use a level 5 Fighter with Extra Attack, Action Surge, and a bonus-action attack. For Kill Two Birds with One Gnome, select Improvised Melee Weapon rather than Throw. For Fists of Fury, land the final blow with the basic Unarmed Strike command.

Do not sell every readable item before opening it. Reading a book is enough, so you can inspect it and leave it behind. For Bottoms Up, select only alcohol when assigning the full supply cost, which is normally 40 on Explorer or Balanced and 80 on Tactician.

Act 1 Bosses

For Commander Zhalk, let the mind flayer tank while your party attacks from behind. Command: Drop can remove Zhalk's flaming sword and reduce his threat. Ignore the cambion reinforcements and touch the transponder as soon as Zhalk dies.

For the Spider Matriarch, enter stealth and destroy all three egg clusters before starting combat. Fire arrows, Alchemist's Fire, and ranged attacks work well. Once every cluster is gone, fight the Matriarch normally.

For Grym, keep lava flowing so the Superheated condition remains active. Use bludgeoning weapons, position party members around the arena, and pull Grym between attackers. Never activate the central Forge Hammer during the winning attempt.

Act 2 Bosses

Malus Thorm is easiest when dialogue checks remove his nurses before combat. Once the fight starts, use control and burst damage so he never receives or uses a surgical instrument.

Gerringothe Thorm can be defeated entirely through dialogue. This avoids her gold attack and earns Penny Pincher with the least risk. Save before the conversation because the checks are demanding.

For the Apostle of Myrkul, free Dame Aylin quickly, remove nearby Necromites, and keep the boss under concentrated damage. Do not let a Necromite reach the platform while Myrkul is able to consume it.

Act 3 Bosses

Destroy the Steel Watch Foundry before confronting Gortash. In Wyrm's Rock, disarm or destroy wall devices before they trigger, keep the party away from marked danger areas, and then burst Gortash.

Against Orin, strip her Unstoppable charges with multi-hit spells such as Magic Missile, then focus every attack on her. Do not damage the chanting cultists until First Blood unlocks.

Against Ansur, lower him to a small amount of health without killing him. Protect the party from lightning, wait for him to fly and begin Hoarding Energy, then use your strongest ranged attacks to finish him before he lands.

The dominated red dragon is optional during the final battle. Focus it before entering the Netherbrain portal so Interfectorem Draconis cannot be missed by ending the encounter early.

There are no online trophies, server-dependent tasks, or required co-op actions. Every requirement can be completed offline in a solo campaign.

Cross-play allows PS5 players to join PC, Mac, and Xbox parties, but co-op adds risk to long missable chains. Keep the host as the main dialogue character, agree on route choices before major scenes, and let the same player perform action-specific trophy requirements.

Mods disable trophies. A save created or played with active mods should not be used for the Platinum route, even when the mod is available through the official in-game browser.

Critical Hit

Tactician is the hardest requirement inside the Platinum. Build for initiative and reliable control, avoid unnecessary optional bosses on the second run, and use the knowledge gained from the first campaign. The difficulty is manageable when you enter encounters at the intended level and prepare the correct damage types.

Leave No One Behind

The challenge is tracking, not combat. One dead refugee or missed rescue can invalidate a campaign with little feedback. Use the good-aligned first run, keep Rolan's group in the grove, protect Last Light, and clear Moonrise prison before the Shadowfell.

Crash Landing

Ansur must die during his airborne Hoarding Energy phase. Lower him carefully, stop attacking before the next flight, protect the party with lightning resistance or Globe of Invulnerability, and then unload ranged damage while he is in the air.

Foehammer

Foehammer is the hardest trophy in the full 100% set, but it is not required for the Platinum. Learn boss Legendary Actions before each encounter, keep escape tools ready, and do not take optional fights unless their rewards materially improve the build.

The optional Honour trophy pushes full completion toward the hardest PlayStation trophy sets, while the base Platinum remains achievable through a normal Tactician run with manual saves.

Baldur's Gate 3 has one trophy outside the original Platinum list. Foehammer was added with Honour Mode and asks you to complete an Honour campaign.

Foehammer is classified separately from the base list on PlayStation. You need it for a displayed 100% completion rate, but Pride of Baldur's Gate still unlocks after the original 53 non-Platinum trophies.

There are no conventional story-expansion trophy packs required for the Platinum.