Find every item.
Early unlocks and collection-counter problems have been reported across versions. Complete the item lists and preserve the normal save before considering ascension.
Keep all collections on the same save lineage. Complete the normal run and expansions before ascending.
The trophy has a history of unlocking early, including on normal saves. If it unlocks during cleanup, you can stop pursuing its additional requirements. If it remains locked, plan for the six True Torment reward items as well. I would not build the route around an early unlock.
Check the original collections
Finish Acta, Non Verba, Full Devotion and Weight of Penance. Their solutions list the original prayers, beads and figures. Then use the following expansion lists to compare names in your inventory.
Mea Culpa beads
| Item |
Starting point and action |
| Raven Amulet |
Expanded Choir of Thorns, cross the glass-platform route |
| Blood-Stained Chain Link |
Upper Grilles and Ruin, approach from Elevated Temples |
| Antique Locket |
Beneath Her Sacred Grounds, break the right wall in the second Ruego Al Alba upgrade room |
| Bandage of the Heretic |
Icebound Mausoleum, finish the timed gate and climbing course |
| Pearl of the Punished |
Execute the prisoner, or buy it in Crimson Rains after meeting him alive in Santa Vigilia |
| Traitor's Gaze |
Deliver ten gold lumps to the golden tree in eastern Labyrinth of Tides |
Mea Culpa prayers
| Item |
Where to look |
| Carcelera of Tender Relief |
Open both sides of the new Sacred Entombments to Repose shortcut, then complete its glass and golden-ring course |
| Cante Jondo of the Polluted Heart |
Expanded Choir of Thorns, climb above the new eastern portal through the blue barriers |
| Temple of the Three Winds |
Above the eastern Choir Prie Dieu, take the second right-hand exit from the top of the tall room and complete the traversal course |
| Praviana of the Golden Dawn |
Labyrinth of Tides, upper-right branch from the portal, combat chest |
| Cabal of the Deep Wound |
Far eastern Labyrinth, break the lower left wall below two hanging bodies |
| Rondeña of the Unyielding Pledge |
Icebound entrance from Choir, use the golden ring and Mea Culpa to phase left above the first mausoleum |
| Prayer of the Penitent One |
Complete the three weapon fights in Post-Mortem |
Mea Culpa figures
| Item |
Where to look |
| The Sisters |
Hidden right wall above the lower Choir Prie Dieu |
| The Mercy |
Elevated Temples, use the upper-right statue in the long room, then reach the upper-left timed chest |
| The Family |
Chest behind the gate beside eastern Choir's Prie Dieu, approach clockwise from above and right |
| The Aide |
Far eastern Labyrinth, hidden right wall beyond the long golden-ring spike route |
| The Beatified |
Above and left of the Labyrinth portal, complete the four-mirror route |
| The Thief |
Above Santa Vigilia's upper Prie Dieu, loop around from the right using the raven carriage |
| The Liberated |
Deliver all twenty gold lumps |
| The Prisoner |
Meet him after freeing him, or buy the figure if he was executed |
| The Dance |
Lower-left Streets of Wakes, complete the hidden statue's timed mirror and glass-platform route |
Bring all movement abilities, Broken Step and Mea Culpa for these routes. The external expansion item maps from GamerFocus show the chest positions if you need to distinguish nearby branches.
Twenty gold lumps
Speak with the golden tree in the eastern Labyrinth of Tides, beside the eastern Prie Dieu, and deliver the lumps. Ten award the bead and twenty award The Liberated. Break suspicious walls and finish the traversal courses in the expanded areas.
Use this count to narrow a missing pickup:
| Area |
Lumps |
| Grilles and Ruin |
1 |
| Choir of Thorns |
4 |
| Mother of Mothers |
1 |
| Beneath Her Sacred Grounds |
1 |
| Elevated Temples |
1 |
| Sunken Cathedral |
1 |
| Labyrinth of Tides |
3 |
| Icebound Mausoleum |
4 |
| Santa Vigilia |
4 |
The numbering here is our checklist order. Bring all movement abilities, Broken Step, the three original weapons and Mea Culpa.
| # |
Area |
Starting point and pickup |
| 1 |
Grilles and Ruin |
Enter the upper extension from Elevated Temples. In its second-highest room, break the fleshy barrier and the hidden left wall by the descending ladder. Ring the concealed bell and reach the gold gate |
| 2 |
Choir of Thorns |
From the eastern portal, climb west and north to the last room before Crown of Towers. Use the golden rings and air dash |
| 3 |
Choir of Thorns |
Go two rooms west from the eastern Prie Dieu. Climb the upper branch using golden rings and air dash |
| 4 |
Choir of Thorns |
Follow the route west from the lowest Prie Dieu towards Palace of the Embroideries. Approach the gold room from the right |
| 5 |
Choir of Thorns |
Enter its Mud Door and follow Hilaria's branch. Climb the upper reward route in the second room |
| 6 |
Mother of Mothers |
Enter the eastern extension from Streets of Wakes. Activate its statue and complete the timed bell, mirror and plunging-attack course |
| 7 |
Beneath Her Sacred Grounds |
Take the central shaft's upper-right branch. Follow it east to the highest room, using golden rings and air dash |
| 8 |
Elevated Temples |
Go two rooms west from the Chapel Prie Dieu. Climb the large chamber and take its western room. Move the mirrors with the statues and cross to the gold |
| 9 |
Sunken Cathedral |
From the entrance Prie Dieu, go west, climb two rooms and follow the eastern extension. Raise its moving mirror and ride repeated mirror strikes to the upper-right pickup |
| 10 |
Labyrinth of Tides |
From the western Prie Dieu, go three rooms east, take the upper-right branch, then the lower-right exit into the green-orb route. Break the hidden left wall to reach the green-wall switch. Toggle it, then use the hanging urn and air dash to cross east. Continue down through two rooms, plunge through the fleshy floor with Ruego Al Alba and follow the remaining green-orb route to the lump |
| 11 |
Labyrinth of Tides |
Follow the eastern Prie Dieu's connection towards the golden tree. Collect the lump in the room immediately before the tree |
| 12 |
Labyrinth of Tides |
Beyond the Mud Door, descend and continue east to the gated gold. Find the timed statue behind the upper-right hidden wall, then race back through the course |
| 13 |
Icebound Mausoleum |
At the upper entrance Prie Dieu, climb the ledge on its right |
| 14 |
Icebound Mausoleum |
Go west from that Prie Dieu and enter the mausoleum. Leave the platform below the visible gold extended. Descend, exit east, go down and west, then climb back from the opposite side |
| 15 |
Icebound Mausoleum |
From the same upper Prie Dieu, go west into the mausoleum, descend and take the eastern room. Check beside its doorway |
| 16 |
Icebound Mausoleum |
Open the lower shortcut back towards the snowy upper Prie Dieu. At the far eastern end of its outdoor room, break the hidden right wall |
| 17 |
Santa Vigilia |
Ride the raven from the room left of The Severed Tower's central Prie Dieu. From its destination, climb the urn-switch platform course to the upper-left gold |
| 18 |
Santa Vigilia |
From the nearby lower Santa Vigilia Prie Dieu, descend and go east. In the following chamber, stay high and collect the gold beside the lever |
| 19 |
Santa Vigilia |
Return to that Prie Dieu and climb north using Mea Culpa until you reach another raven. Ride to the western section near Sacred Entombments, break the shortcut chain and climb the ledge by the landing |
| 20 |
Santa Vigilia |
From the easternmost island's Prie Dieu, take its eastern room. Climb the phasing route. On the final wall jump, send a projection east, hit the urn while falling to remove the green wall, then transfer to the projection and continue upward |
For #20, the final urn-controlled wall must be off when you reach the upper-right pickup. If it is still blocking you, reset the urn state and repeat the last wall-jump sequence. For #12, locate the concealed statue before attempting the timed return. A missed timer can be retried.
There are no enemy drops to farm for this quest. Each is a fixed world pickup. Use the external gold-lump room maps as a visual comparison for the numbered routes. Return to the tree after the sweep and confirm all twenty were delivered. Keep the game updated, as older builds could lose gold-lump progress.
The castle's extra items
The Third Sin also adds four prayers and nine figures. Collect these on the normal sweep even if the smaller base collection trophies have already unlocked.
| Type |
Items and landmarks |
| Quick Verses |
Garrotín of the Forgotten Ones, behind breakable books on the eastern Geometry route. Carcelera of Bitter Blood, combat reward in The Vibrating of the Organs |
| Chants |
Vidalita of Blind Eyes, Geometry's bell and wolf-head ledge below the western Prie Dieu. Jaleo of the Injured Dawn, hidden drop route in Castle of the Mist from the western Organs connection |
| Usurped Halls figure |
The Lady of the Mist, hidden left wall on the upper eastern branch |
| Geometry figure |
The Ascension, movable-ladder route above and right of the eastern Prie Dieu |
| Stone Entrails figures |
The Grief, hidden right wall at the bottom of the lift shaft. Eliseo, west from the western Prie Dieu. The Perfidy, ring-gate course below and right of that Prie Dieu |
| Organs figures |
Cartography of Bones, lift roof and upper-left landing. The Judicious One, mechanism on the eastern hook route. The Inner Voice, hooked mechanism midway down the western shaft |
| Castle figure |
Crescencia, hidden drop route leading towards Jaleo of the Injured Dawn |
For a missing castle item, use the external prayer routes and external figure maps. Clear the purple mist and finish Eliseo's ring first so every listed branch is reachable.
If True Torment rewards are still needed
Copy the completed normal save into another available slot before choosing Ascend on that copy. Keep the original intact. Ascension restarts progression and removes movement abilities and most quest items. The Steely Battle Lance and golden-flask reward can remain when equipment is retained. Without Ultimate Torment, equipment carries over, including weapons, memories, prayers, beads and figures, apart from the ending Envoys.
At the opening challenge altar, choose modifiers totalling four Retribution points. One workable combination is:
| Challenge |
Points |
| Vow of Poverty |
1 |
| Spilled Blood |
1 |
| Chalice of Guilt |
1 |
| Barefoot Procession |
0.5 |
| Endless Thirst |
0.5 |
This trades away fervour and bead upgrades, changes health to orbs and adds penalties for hits, deaths and mark gains. Retaining the upgraded weapons helps. Do not select Ultimate Torment if you want to retain equipment.
Choose the full setup at the start. You cannot add another modifier later, and removing one from this combination drops the total below four. Complete the main game with the total intact. Any ending is enough. Full map completion is not needed just to earn the challenge rewards.
After the finale, check for Bleeding Chalice, Soleá of Excommunication, The Mournful, The Crying, The Executed and The Oblivion. These are the two prayers and four figures from the full reward tier. Continue that save for any missing item cleanup. Use the prisoner's execution branch on this run if you freed him previously.
If the trophy remains locked after the six rewards, finish outstanding quest progression on that ascended save too. Follow the five-dove boss route for its keys, repeat the Cursed Letters in A Leap of Faith, collect the sibling quest items in Two Old Ones Eating Soup, regain the Ceramic Key through At the Mercy of the Grievous Miracle and obtain the incense through Canvas of Light and Time. Use True Martyrdom for Besamanos and the Broken Key. Complete the grave quest below if its golden flask is missing. Quest-object counting has conflicting reports, so I recommend this cleanup rather than discarding the save or ascending again.
The grave quest and golden flask
The grave quest is a useful addition to the collection sweep. Visit the four blue-flame graves, two in Icebound Mausoleum and two in Santa Vigilia. Clear every enemy in each room, stand on the grave without moving for about ten seconds and accept each Imperfectus Lacrimatorio piece. The four combine into Plenus Lacrimatorio.
Take it to the final grave in lower-western Icebound Mausoleum and wait again. Beatus Lacrimatorio replaces one regular flask with a golden flask that restores health and fervour. The external grave maps distinguish the four pickup graves from this final destination.