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Mad Max Trophy Guide Quick Info
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Trophies at a Glance
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Mad Max Trophy Guide and Platinum Roadmap
Follow these phases in order to protect the missable work and keep the Mad Max Platinum cleanup efficient.
Phase 0: Understand what you can and cannot get
The platinum is unobtainable unless you completed A Penny Saved and Dividend before the 2020 server shutdown.
Everything else on the list is still earnable, so this is not a dead game, only a dead platinum.
Ignore guide claims that Craggy Crew, Buckle Down, The Messenger, The Guardian or Running Wild are unattainable. Patch 1.06 fixed them.
Confirm whether Halls of Valhalla is genuinely affected before assuming a second trophy is lost.
Phase 1: Story and the strongholds
Play through the acts and build up the strongholds for Jeet, Gutgash, Deep Friah and Pink Eye.
Complete the Scrap Stockpile projects at each stronghold, which drive most of the progression trophies.
Work the vehicle and ground combat trophies naturally as you clear camps and convoys.
None of this is affected by the server closure.
Phase 2: Scavenging and the challenges
Loot all remaining scavenging locations across every territory. There are 191 in total.
Recheck your balloon locations even where they show a green check mark, since the tick does not mean everything at that location was collected. This is why players stall at 190 of 191.
Work the non-repeating challenges. All of them except A Penny Saved and Dividend can still be completed.
By the end you should hold everything except Up to the Task and the platinum.
Phase 3: What is left
There is no final step to a platinum here, so set that expectation clearly in the closing section.
Readers who want a complete Mad Max trophy list are chasing something that is no longer possible, and saying so plainly is the honest service.
Carry no commercial mention on this page, since the platinum cannot be earned or provided.
Guide notes
The Platinum Is Gone, but Almost Nothing Else Is
First section after the Quick Info box. The servers closed in 2020 and Up to the Task became unobtainable, taking the platinum with it. But the mechanism is narrow. That trophy requires all non-repeating challenges, and only two of them, A Penny Saved and Dividend, depended on server-generated Scrap from your Scrap Crew. Every other trophy on the list is still earnable.
Guide notes
The Guide You Will Find Is Wrong About Several Trophies
The most widely read guide marks Craggy Crew, Buckle Down, The Messenger, The Guardian and Running Wild as unattainable. Commenters have corrected all of these. Craggy Crew and Buckle Down were obtained fine on patch 1.06, The Messenger is not unattainable, and the glitches affecting The Guardian and Running Wild were patched in 1.06. Correct this explicitly.
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WB Said the Platinum Was Safe, and It Was Not
An official statement from Avalanche and WB support dated 16 September 2020 said that shutting down the servers would not affect trophies, only leaderboards and add-ons, and that the platinum was still obtainable. A player later confirmed the statement was wrong, since the shutdown did stop Scrap Crews generating Scrap. Record this plainly. It explains why some players were caught out despite doing their research.
The Two Dates
The PlayStation Store listed the online functionality ending on 31 October 2020, and the actual closure appears to have been 2 November 2020. The leading guide keeps the earlier date as the more commonly cited one.
Why a Few People Earned It Later
Reports of players getting Up to the Task well after the shutdown, including one in May 2024, look impossible but are not. Only two of the non-repeating challenges needed servers, so those players had already completed A Penny Saved and Dividend before closure and finished the offline challenges afterwards.
The Scrap Crew Mechanic, for the Record
Your Scrap Crew generated Scrap while you were away, tallied when you booted the game. You needed 2,500 Scrap total to complete the two challenges, with a rumoured daily cap around 500. Document it as history, since it is why the challenges could not be rushed.
Guide notes
The Scavenging Locations Gotcha
Still useful for anyone completing the rest of the list. A balloon location can display a green check mark without you having collected everything at it, which is why players stall at 189 or 190 of 191 scavenging locations. Recheck your balloon locations even where they appear complete.
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The Shadow of Mordor Contrast
WB shipped a patch for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that converted its online trophies to offline before that server shutdown, keeping the platinum alive. Players submitted tickets asking for the same treatment here and it never came. Cross-link our Shadow of Mordor page, since the two pages together show that a publisher can save a platinum and chose not to in this case.
Halls of Valhalla
Also listed as unobtainable due to the closure by one guide.
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Platinum Trophy
Earn all Trophies
Story and Ending Trophies
Collect all History Relics
Collectibles and Completion
Complete all Wasteland Missions
Complete at least one race at every Death Run Location
Successfully complete a Death Run with every Archangel
Complete a Death Run in legendary time with every Archangel
Defeat an enemy vehicle with every Archangel
Clear all threat in Jeet's territory
Clear all threat in Gutgash's territory
Clear all threat in Pink Eye's territory
Collect all hood ornaments
Build all projects in all strongholds
Have 10,000 scrap in your inventory
Take down all Scrotus camps
Fly the balloon at every Vantage Outpost
Clear all minefields
Destroy all scarecrows
Take out all Scrotus snipers
Collect all body colors
Loot all Scavenging Locations
Complete all optional objectives in all camps
Fully upgrade Max
Complete all non-repeating challenges
Challenges and Difficulty
Be airborne in a vehicle for 4 seconds or more and land without dying
Miscellaneous Trophies
Complete Act 01
Complete Act 02
Complete Act 03
Complete Act 04
Complete Act 05
Complete the Dinki-Di Wasteland Mission
Reach a new legend rank
Reach Road Warrior legend rank
Complete a Time Bomb Death Run
Complete a Scatter Death Run
Complete a Barrel Bash Death Run
Complete a Death Run in an Archangel
Reduce threat to 0 in the Balefire Flatland region around Jeet's Stronghold
Reduce threat to 0 in the Parch Moon region around Gutgash's Stronghold
Reduce threat to 0 in the Knit Sack region around Pink Eye's Stronghold
Give water to a wanderer
Drive the Magnum Opus off a Wasteland jump
Build two projects in Jeet's Stronghold
Build two projects in Gutgash's Stronghold
Build two projects in Pink Eye's Stronghold
Have 5,000 scrap in your inventory
Travel 1300 car lengths in a vehicle
Take down a Top Dog camp
Eat a meal of maggots
Own the best V6 and V8 Engines
Travel 650 car lengths on foot
Guide notes
Mad Max Missable, Glitched, and Difficulty Notes
- The platinum is permanently unobtainable for anyone who did not complete the Scrap Crew challenges before the 2020 server shutdown.
- Up to the Task requires all non-repeating challenges, and only two of them, A Penny Saved and Dividend, needed server-generated Scrap.
- Every other trophy on the list remains earnable. This is a dead platinum, not a dead game.
- The leading guide wrongly marks Craggy Crew, Buckle Down, The Messenger, The Guardian and Running Wild as unattainable. Patch 1.06 fixed them.
- Avalanche and WB support stated on 16 September 2020 that trophies would be unaffected by the shutdown. That statement was incorrect.
- The PlayStation Store listed closure on 31 October 2020 while the actual closure appears to have been 2 November 2020.
- Scavenging location balloon markers can show a green check mark without everything being collected, which is why players stall at 190 of 191.
- WB patched Shadow of Mordor to preserve its platinum before that shutdown and did not do the same here, despite player requests.
- Halls of Valhalla is also listed as unobtainable by one guide. Confirm before repeating it.
Quick answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you still get the Mad Max platinum?
No, not unless you completed the Scrap Crew challenges before the 2020 server shutdown. Up to the Task needs all non-repeating challenges and two of them required server-generated Scrap.
Which Mad Max trophies are actually unobtainable?
Only Up to the Task, and possibly Halls of Valhalla. Everything else on the list is still earnable, so the game is far from a write-off.
Why do some people say Mad Max trophies were patched?
Because several were. Craggy Crew, Buckle Down, The Messenger, The Guardian and Running Wild are commonly listed as unattainable, and patch 1.06 fixed them. The leading guide is out of date on this.
When did the Mad Max servers close?
The PlayStation Store listed 31 October 2020, though the actual closure appears to have been 2 November 2020. Guides generally use the earlier date.
Did the publisher warn players about the Mad Max platinum?
The opposite. Avalanche and WB support stated on 16 September 2020 that the shutdown would not affect trophies and the platinum remained obtainable. That turned out to be wrong.
How did anyone get Up to the Task after the shutdown?
Because only two of the required challenges needed servers. Players who had already completed A Penny Saved and Dividend before closure could finish the remaining offline challenges at any time afterwards.
Why am I stuck at 190 of 191 scavenging locations?
A balloon location can display a green check mark without you having collected everything there. Go back and recheck your balloon locations even where they appear complete.
Could WB have saved the Mad Max platinum?
They did exactly that for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, patching its online trophies to work offline before that shutdown. Players requested the same for Mad Max and it never happened.
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