Dark Souls III Trophy Guide and Platinum Walkthrough

The collection trophies are the real platinum workload. DLC items do not count, but every required base-game item must be registered on the same character for its category.

Required Boss-Soul Transpositions

Master of Infusion requires Refined, Raw, Fire, Heavy, Sharp, Poison, Crystal, Blessed, Deep, Dark, Blood, Hollow, Chaos, Simple, and Lightning infusions. Use inexpensive spare weapons so your main weapon keeps its preferred scaling.

The Usurpation of Fire

This ending has the most failure points. Recruit Yoel, draw out strength five times before entering the Catacombs, keep the Dark Sigils, and make sure Yuria appears. Follow Anri's route through the Church of Yorshka without killing the disguised pilgrim. After Pontiff Sulyvahn, speak to Yuria and complete the Darkmoon Tomb ceremony before finishing the game.

Healing the Dark Sigil, missing Yoel's deadline, killing the pilgrim, or breaking Anri's route blocks the ending for that cycle.

Covenant: Mound-makers

The safest discovery method is available before the Curse-rotted Greatwood. From Undead Settlement, reach the cliffside cage carrier and enter its cage without attacking it. You are taken to Holy Knight Hodrick, who grants the covenant.

A later route becomes available through Sirris's quest, but it also depends on several correct NPC steps. Taking the early covenant removes that risk.

Master of Expression and the Sirris Conflict

Master of Expression is missable because several gestures require NPC summons or quest states. The main conflict is between Sirris and Yellowfinger Heysel. Sirris supplies Darkmoon Loyalty, while Heysel supplies Proper Bow after you offer a Pale Tongue to Rosaria. You cannot safely complete both routes in the same cycle, so finish Sirris in NG and Heysel in NG+.

Other easy-to-miss gestures include Silent Ally from Orbeck, Duel Bow from the Londor Pale Shade, By My Sword from Black Hand Gotthard, and Toast and Sleep from Siegward. Summon the required phantoms before their available bosses are defeated.

Master of Sorceries, Pyromancies, Miracles, and Rings

The four large collection trophies become missable when vendors leave, NPCs die, quests fail, boss souls are consumed, or covenant rewards are skipped. Recruit every spell trainer, deliver the correct tomes and scrolls, and buy their full trophy-related inventory before completing their questlines.

Master of Rings also depends on Sirris, Orbeck, Yuria, covenant ranks, boss souls, and NG++ pickups. Use one character for all 107 rings and check the standard, +1, and +2 versions as separate items.

Dark Souls III has no selectable difficulty, so there is no difficulty trophy. Your build, level, summons, and equipment determine how demanding each encounter feels.

NG+ increases enemy health and damage while keeping your character level, equipment, spells, covenant items, and most inventory. Key items and world progression reset. New +1 rings appear in NG+, while NG++ makes the remaining +2 rings and Life Ring +3 available. Earlier ring versions remain available, so collect anything you missed while revisiting each region.

All three ending trophies can be earned across the required cycles. The clean route is Usurpation in NG, End of Fire in NG+, and Link the First Flame in NG++.

No trophy requires an online connection or PlayStation Plus. Online co-op and invasions can make covenant ranks much faster, but every required covenant item also has an offline enemy drop.

You can find a few covenant items as fixed world pickups during each cycle. Save them across NG, NG+, and NG++ before calculating the remaining farm.

Knight is the simplest starting class. Raise Vigor toward 27 early, add enough Endurance to attack and roll comfortably, then invest in Strength, Dexterity, or both based on your chosen weapon. Keep equip load below 70 percent to retain a normal roll.

A Longsword, Lothric Knight Sword, or another familiar straight sword can carry the entire route. Use a Raw infusion before your damage stats are developed, then switch to Heavy, Sharp, Refined, or an elemental option that matches the finished build. Upgrade one dependable standard weapon to +10 for Supreme Weapon Reinforcement.

Carry a shield with 100 percent physical damage reduction for fast enemies and unfamiliar areas. The combat is quicker and more aggressive than the original Dark Souls, with timing closer to Bloodborne, but patient stamina management remains more reliable than repeated panic rolls.

Reach 10 Intelligence for Orbeck even on a melee build. Rosaria can reallocate levels later if those points no longer fit your final setup, preferably after Sirris's quest is complete.

Pontiff Sulyvahn

Pontiff punishes retreating with long combinations. Stay close to his side, roll through the final swing, then take one or two attacks. His opening leap can be parried with practice, but blocking and controlled dodges are safer for a first clear.

During phase two, damage the forming clone before it becomes active. The clone telegraphs Pontiff's next attack, so dodge the copy first and expect the real strike immediately afterward.

Lothric, Younger Prince

Stay near Lorian's back and avoid locking the camera into a wall. His teleports have delayed follow-ups, so react to the attack rather than rolling as soon as he disappears.

In phase two, Lothric rides on Lorian's back. Continue damaging Lorian, then attack Lothric during the revive animation and after moves that expose his back. Defeating Lothric ends the fight even if Lorian still has health.

Soul of Cinder

The first phase rotates through sword, curved sword, spear, and sorcery styles. The curved-sword form is the least forgiving, so create distance until it changes. The sorcery form leaves the longest punish windows.

In phase two, avoid the extended flaming combo and its final explosion. Stay at medium range, bait the leap or grab, then punish with one or two attacks before resetting.

Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City have no separate trophies. Their rings, sorceries, pyromancies, and miracles are not required for the base-game collection trophies.

The DLC can still help the platinum. The Covetous Gold Serpent Ring +3 improves item discovery, and extra upgrade materials can support alternate weapons. Both expansions are optional for the full 43-trophy list.

There are no consistently unobtainable trophies on the current game version. Most collection complaints come from a missing variant, a ring left in storage, or an item granted to a starting class without being registered as a pickup.

Sorcerers should drop the Young Dragon Ring and immediately pick it up again if Master of Rings does not unlock. Move every required ring from storage to inventory, then compare the full list before dropping anything. Never leave a dropped ring behind or reload the area before recovering it.

Cloud or USB backups are useful before ending choices and large covenant turn-ins. They protect against an accidental NPC kill or ending interaction, but a backup cannot replace the NG++ ring requirement.