Start a new game and follow Gerry's first autopsy and burial, then repair the graveyard until its quality reaches 5. Report to the Bishop on Pride to open the church. That unlocks the Faith, study and workshop systems on which the rest of the hunt depends.
Follow Roadmap for the order of work. Its eight stages are our completion plan, rather than story chapters. Trophies contains the exact character handoffs, crafting checklists, fishing setups and DLC decisions. Read the linked solution before a one-time dialogue or a major camp construction.
Choose your scope
| Goal |
Scope |
Planning time |
| Platinum |
63 base trophies, including the platinum |
About 60–80 hours |
| All trophies |
Base game plus 13 trophies in each of three DLC packs, 102 total |
About 85–120 hours in total |
One continuous save can cover everything if the missables are protected. Breaking Dead's zombie automation is optional and has no trophies. Stranger Sins, Game of Crone and Better Save Soul are not required for the platinum.
Build the routine before rushing the ending
Unlock the garden, plant carrots for the Donkey and keep burying bodies. Visit all six weekly characters while improving your workshops. Work on fishing, varied cooking and alchemy between their visits rather than leaving every counter until the end.
Keep alchemy-recipe scrolls unused until Master alchemist. When the Astrologer later wants a silver book, give him the book, not Stranger Sins' Research Obsidian shortcut. The next gold book earns Best seller. After supplying the Inquisitor's dark organs, return the following week and use the Gerry answer in He trusted you....
Advance the six characters together. Snake and the Astrologer exchange the dungeon key and restoration tools, Ms. Charm connects their family investigation, and the Merchant and Bishop share the cathedral ceremony. Their three paired conclusions provide the six portal relics. Save the final portal activation for after those missable checks.
If Better Save Soul is installed from the start, obtain the Bishop's ode while Vagner is still in the Dead Horse, before his late love-song departure. Long-awaited appreciation explains that early detour and the correspondence route for an existing save.
Protect the DLC endings
In Stranger Sins, finish the artifact memories before repeated Graveyard Fests, which have a reported save issue. Then upgrade the tavern, prepare the excellent-event stock and finish 15 events.
In Game of Crone, defeat all four ambushes for Exterminate! before building the Observation tower. Prepare the quality upgrades for Paradise, save with a separate backup, then follow the complete three-gold Koukol route in Refugees are safe.
In Better Save Soul, do not clear the village damage as soon as it appears. Back up after Dissatisfied villagers, then take Help the villagers one assigned group at a time. Finish Smiler's farewell afterwards.
Time and saving
The six-day cycle repeats and there are no seasons forcing crop deadlines. Missing a visitor usually means waiting for their next day. Relationship is the number beside a character, while church, graveyard, camp and tavern quality are separate ratings.
Sleep in a bed to save. Merely quitting is not a substitute. For risky choices, sleep beforehand and keep a separate copy of the PS4 save through your console's supported USB or cloud save-data controls. Keep that copy until the trophy unlocks. Restoring an older save replaces later gameplay progress, so check the copy's date before doing it. There is no chapter select that reverses a missed dialogue.