Chasing the Platinum in The Blood of Dawnwalker? Here's the short version: there are 47 trophies on PS5 (46 achievements on Steam and Xbox), the Platinum is called "Every Last Drop," and you can earn the entire set in a single playthrough of roughly 40–60 hours if you plan the run correctly. The one thing that trips people up is difficulty — one specific trophy forces you to clear a full ending on the hardest preset, and if you lower that difficulty even once, it's gone.
| This guide lays out the full trophy breakdown, the fastest Platinum roadmap, the trophies you can permanently miss, and the handful of fiddly ability trophies that need setup. Everything below is cross-checked against trophy trackers and the live post-launch build — The Blood of Dawnwalker released on September 3, 2026 for PS5, Xbox Series X | S and PC. |
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Key Takeaways
- 47 trophies on PS5: 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 5 Silver, 38 Bronze. 17 are hidden. Xbox and Steam have 46 achievements (no Platinum trophy on those platforms).
- The Platinum is "Every Last Drop" — earn every other trophy to unlock it. No DLC required.
- It's a one-playthrough Platinum, rated around 5/10 difficulty and 40–60 hours, because all endings can be reached by reloading one save made before the final quest.
- Start on Duelist (the hardest preset) from the very beginning. One trophy requires finishing a full ending on Duelist with no difficulty tweaks — lower or customize it once and the trophy is voided.
- Two trophies are genuinely missable: the Fishmonger sell trophy (the vendor disappears at Infamy Level 9) and "Together Forever" during a specific boss activity. Keep lots of manual saves.
How many trophies does The Blood of Dawnwalker have?
The Blood of Dawnwalker has 47 trophies on PlayStation 5, broken down as:
| Tier | Count |
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| Platinum | 1 |
| Gold | 3 |
| Silver | 5 |
| Bronze | 38 |
| Total | 47 |
| On **Xbox Series X\ | S and Steam the list is 46 achievements — the same content minus the Platinum trophy, which only exists on PlayStation. 17 of the trophies are hidden**, meaning their names and descriptions stay masked until you trigger them (most are story and ending beats). As trophy tracker Game8 notes, "Out of all 47 trophies in The Blood of Dawnwalker, 17 are hidden trophies, and their unlock conditions are unknown until the player meets certain conditions." |
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The headline target is the Platinum, "Every Last Drop," which has the standard description: "Earn all other trophies in The Blood of Dawnwalker to unlock Platinum (no DLC required)."
How hard is the Platinum, and how long does it take?
The Platinum is moderately easy — commonly rated around 5/10 — and takes roughly 40–60 hours depending on how much you explore. Insider Gaming reported one of its writers secured the Platinum in under 30 hours (with heavy save-reloading), so an efficient, focused run can beat the average.
Two design facts make this one of the friendlier open-world Platinums of 2026:
- No New Game Plus is required. The Blood of Dawnwalker has no NG+ mode, but it doesn't need one — every ending can be seen in a single save file by reloading before the final quest, so you never replay the whole game. (We cover why there's no NG+ in our New Game Plus explainer.)
- Side content stays open after the ending. Although the story is built around a 30-in-game-day limit, once you finish an ending you can continue past day 30 with all side content still available, so you can mop up collection and level trophies at your leisure.
The single real difficulty spike is the Duelist ending trophy — more on that below — plus the usual "do everything" grind of a 50-hour RPG.
The fastest Platinum roadmap
This is the efficient route. The guiding principle: do the hardest difficulty-locked trophy first, while the difficulty is high, then drop the difficulty for everything else.
Step 1 — Start on Duelist and clear the Prologue
Begin a brand-new save on Duelist, the hardest difficulty preset. Finish the Prologue; during the quest "Withering Away," brew the correct medicine for Coen's mother Esme (hot water + three spoonfuls of herbs) before time runs out, or she dies and you miss content tied to her.
Step 2 — Climb the 11 Towers and level up to ~20–25
Once the open world opens up, your first job is strength, not story. Climb all 11 Towers to reveal points of interest, then clear open-world activities — Monster Lairs, Bandit and Soldier Camps, Persons in Danger, Ancient Circles — to earn XP and Skill Points. Buy Shapeshift (Vampirism) and Mercurial Fervor (Witchcraft) early; both massively increase movement speed, and there are no mounts. Aim for Level 20+ before pushing south into higher-level regions (enemies with a red skull icon will one-shot you until then).
Watch your in-game days. Stay under ~15 days during leveling. You need roughly 7–10 days of your 30-day budget reserved for the main story. Clearing open-world points of interest costs far less time than side quests, so prioritize them while leveling.
Step 3 — Beat the three court bosses
The story is gated behind three main bosses — the boyars Ambrus, Bakir and Xanthe. You raise each one's anger by completing Court Activities (track them in the Court menu); you need roughly 75% of them before each boss fight unlocks. Defeating all three triggers the ending quest and pushes you to maximum Infamy (Level 9), which hands you the "peak Infamy" trophy almost for free. Our full boss guide covers each fight in detail.
Step 4 — Take The Turncoat ending to clear Duelist
After the three bosses, skip to the next day to trigger the Infamy Edicts cutscene and Brencis's offer to parley — this starts the final quest, "A Deal with the Devil." Make a dedicated manual save here and never overwrite it. For your first ending on Duelist, accept Brencis's deal (The Turncoat ending). It lets you skip the final boss fight entirely, which is by far the easiest way to complete a "full" ending on the hardest difficulty. That unlocks the gold Duelist trophy, "Uphill Battle" (complete the game saving the people of Laslea on Duelist).
Step 5 — Reload, drop to Story, and clean up the other endings
Reload your pre-final-quest save, lower the difficulty to Story, and work through the remaining endings using our all-endings guide. You'll need to have completed Lacra's and Crake's side questlines to unlock their respective endings, so set those up before the finale.
Step 6 — Hit Level 50 and buy an Ultimate Perk
Reload before the endings and clean up all remaining side content to reach Level 50 (the max). The two grindiest trophies here are the Ultimate Perk unlocks ("Master of Arms" and "Arch Warlock"). An Ultimate Perk costs 39 Skill Points (35 on the tree plus 4 for the perk itself), and you can earn 160–170 Skill Points total from full clears. Since you can't fully max every tree in one save, the trick is: save, buy everything in one tree to grab its Ultimate Perk, reload, then do the other tree. You'll also need the right Manuals to purchase advanced perks.
Missable trophies — don't lose these
A clean "keep manual saves" habit makes almost nothing truly missable (the game gives you 54 manual save slots and does not autosave in free-roam). Save in a fresh slot every in-game day, before and after bosses, and before the final quest. These are the ones to watch:
- The Duelist ending trophy — you must finish one full ending on the Duelist preset from start to finish without altering any difficulty modifier. Turning on the directional attack indicator or auto-block switches the preset to "Custom" and voids it. You also can't play easy and swap to Duelist for the ending — it has to be the whole run. The "early endings" don't count; it must be a full ending that saves the people of Laslea.
- Fishmonger sell trophy — awarded for selling a fish consumable to the one fishmonger in the game (a "Food Vendor" in Svartrau City's market during the day). She disappears once you reach Infamy Level 9 and the city gates shut, so do this before finishing the court bosses.
- "Together Forever" — tied to Xanthe's Court Activity "Home Sweet Home," and brutal on Duelist. Skip it on your Duelist run and grab it after you've dropped to Story difficulty.
The fiddly ability trophies
A few trophies need specific ability setups rather than progression. Make a quicksave, trigger the condition, and reload-retry if it doesn't pop:
- Decapitation trophy — behead an enemy with the Artery Strike ability while under the Burning Blood Witchcraft effect. Artery Strike needs Manuals to unlock, and its base decapitation chance is only ~10%, so upgrade it; it also only works in the daytime (Burning Blood is day-only). Afflict the target with Bleed first for a near-guaranteed trigger.
- Blood Surge explosion — use the Vampirism ability Blood Surge to make an enemy explode. You unlock the ability by consuming Xanthe's blood (either drink it after her boss fight or find it as a consumable), then use it on a non-skull enemy.
- Three passive abilities equipped — slot any three Passive abilities into active slots at once. Mercurial Fervor and Shapeshift both count, so you effectively need one more.
- Legendary gear trophies — complete "Forge It Anew" to craft the legendary greatsword Imbued Sword of St. Mihai (bring 3 Sword Shards + the Broken Sword to the Uriashi blacksmith in Briar Sloughs), and "A Bulwark Against Darkness" for the legendary Enhanced Armour of the Arbiter (the letter to start it spawns randomly after Infamy Level 4).
Platinum checklist at a glance
| Milestone | Why it matters |
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| Start on Duelist, finish one full ending | Hardest difficulty trophy — do it first |
| Climb 11 Towers, reach Level 20+ | Opens the map and survives higher regions |
| Beat Ambrus, Bakir, Xanthe | Unlocks the finale + Infamy Level 9 trophy |
| Sell a fish to the Fishmonger before Infamy 9 | Missable — vendor vanishes |
| Reload, drop to Story, see all endings | Cleanup; needs Lacra & Crake questlines |
| Reach Level 50 + one Ultimate Perk | Grindiest trophies; 39 SP each |
| Together Forever on Story difficulty | Missable on Duelist, trivial on Story |
FAQ
| How many trophies does The Blood of Dawnwalker have? There are 47 trophies on PS5 — 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 38 Bronze — of which 17 are hidden. On Xbox Series X | S and Steam the list is 46 achievements, identical in content minus the PlayStation-only Platinum. |
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What is the Platinum trophy called? The Platinum is "Every Last Drop," unlocked by earning every other trophy in the game. No DLC is required.
Can you get the Platinum in one playthrough? Yes. All endings can be seen in a single save by reloading the manual save you make right before the final quest, so you never replay the whole game. There is no New Game Plus, and side content stays available after you finish the story, so you can clean up collection and level trophies past day 30.
How long does the Platinum take? Roughly 30–60 hours for most players, at an estimated difficulty of about 5/10. A focused run can finish faster — one outlet reported the Platinum in under 30 hours.
Which trophies are missable? The main ones are the Fishmonger sell trophy (the vendor disappears at Infamy Level 9 when Svartrau City's gates close), "Together Forever" during Xanthe's "Home Sweet Home" activity, and the Duelist ending trophy if you ever lower or customize the difficulty. Keeping frequent manual saves prevents almost all accidental losses.
Do I have to beat the game on the hardest difficulty for the Platinum? You must complete one full ending on the Duelist preset without changing any difficulty modifiers. The efficient route is to take The Turncoat ending on Duelist (it skips the final boss), then drop to Story difficulty to clean up every other ending and trophy.
Is there New Game Plus in The Blood of Dawnwalker? No. The game has no NG+ mode, but the Platinum doesn't need one because the branching endings are all reachable from a single pre-finale save.
Want more help saving Coen's family inside the 30-day clock? Our full Blood of Dawnwalker library covers the systems that make or break a Platinum run:
- All Endings Guide — every ending and how to trigger it from one save
- All Bosses Guide — the three court boyars and the finale
- Difficulty Settings Explained — what Duelist actually changes
- Missable Items Guide — don't lock yourself out of content
- How to Level Up Fast — hit Level 50 without wasting days
Trophy data as of October 2026, cross-checked against post-launch trophy trackers; names and counts may differ slightly by platform.
