Batman: Arkham Origins Trophy Guide and Unobtainable Platinum Status

First section after the Quick Info box. The multiplayer trophies can no longer be earned, so the platinum is unobtainable. But the date almost everyone repeats, 4 December 2016, was a PC only shutdown. A March 2020 comment confirms the servers were still working on PS3 at that point.

The real sequence is unusual enough to tell properly. In March 2023 someone at the developer apparently discovered that part of the online infrastructure was still running years later and shut it down. Weeks later it was back, because a member of the community contacted a developer who turned the servers back on. They then closed permanently, dated July 2023 by one source and August 2023 by another. Publish the sequence, since it is why three different closure dates circulate.

This is a dead platinum rather than a dead game. All the single player content remains fully obtainable, including the campaign, New Game Plus, I Am the Night, the 288 challenge medals and the DLC trophies.

Genuinely useful and still applicable since it does not involve the servers. Provided you have the patch installed, delete it, and then upon getting 3 medals in a training challenge you will unlock BOTH Initiation DLC trophies whether or not you own the DLC. If you have already completed all the training challenges, replaying any one of them has the same effect. Two trophies without buying the DLC is worth its own section.

Point Counter-Point and Silent Knight, both taken during the Normal difficulty playthrough. Since New Game Plus requires completing the game on Normal or Hard first, your opening run is where these need catching.

Unlocked after New Game Plus and giving you a single life. The practical approach is regular save backups and restarting from checkpoint whenever it looks like you will die, rather than treating it as a genuine one life run. Note that side missions are NOT required in New Game Plus, unlike Arkham City, which is a meaningful reduction.

The most useful mechanical correction available. Any takedown that ends in a knockout smash counts only as a knockout smash, regardless of whether it was a silent, ledge or corner takedown, so you must hold off finishing until each takedown type has been ticked off individually. The same applies to gadgets, an ultrasonic batarang will not count if you have already used explosive gel and vice versa. Without this the challenge is repeatedly failed for no visible reason.

• The platinum is unobtainable because the multiplayer trophies can no longer be earned.
• The widely cited 4 December 2016 shutdown was PC only. PS3 servers were still working as of March 2020.
• The servers were shut down in March 2023, restored weeks later after a community member contacted a developer, then closed permanently around July or August 2023.
• Everything on the single player side remains obtainable, including the campaign, New Game Plus, I Am the Night, all 288 challenge medals and the DLC trophies.
• 2 single player missables, Point Counter-Point and Silent Knight, both during the Normal difficulty playthrough.
• New Game Plus requires completing the game on Normal or Hard first, and I Am the Night unlocks after New Game Plus.
• Side missions are not required in New Game Plus, unlike Arkham City.
• For Predator Paragon, any takedown ending in a knockout smash counts only as a knockout smash, so tick off each takedown type before finishing. The same applies to gadget overlap.
• A DLC glitch grants both Initiation DLC trophies without owning the DLC, by deleting the patch and getting 3 medals in a training challenge.
• The commonly used guide lists the glue grenade inputs for One of Each incorrectly as L2 L2 rather than R2 R2.