Welcome to the Rise of the Ronin Trophy Guide!Rise of the Ronin is a new IP from Team Ninja, taking place in an open world. There are 3 story chapters, each one unlocking a new main region. The map you see in Chapter 1 is only a third of the overall game world, withthe rest unlocking in Chapters 2 and 3. The game’s content consists of Main Missions, Bond Missions (which are tied to specific Allies), Grass Roots Missions (Side Quests), and Collectibles. For Platinum you need to finish most of the content but not 100% completion. You need all Main Missions, Bond Missions, Cats, Photo Spots, 50 of 80 Fugitives, enough Treasure Chests to buy 15 Technology Upgrades. The way Collectibles work is that each region has an “Area Bond”. Complete the Public Order events, raise the Veiled Edge Banners, and find a few Collectibles to reach Area Bond 3. Then the remaining collectibles get marked on the map automatically. Luckily, there is a Mission Select called “Testament of the Soul” which is unlocked in Chapter 2. Through this you can go back in time to previous Chapters/Regions and replay any Mission to change your decisions. Hence, nothing is missable.
Your first step is to complete the story. What difficulty you pick doesn’t matter, you can play oneasy (called “Dawn”) if you like. It also doesn’t matter what decisions you make in the story, you can go with either the Anti-Shogunate or Pro-Shogunate choices. These will cancel out each other but you can replay the alternate path through Mission Select after the story. Feel free to work on side tasks as you see fit (anySide Missions and Collectibles you come across). Nothing is missable and you can still do everything after the story in Free-Roam and Mission Select.
After the story you will unlock “Midnight Difficulty” and can replay mission from the “Testament of the Soul”at any Longhouse. Replay the first Main Mission on Midnight Difficulty to unlock
Midnight Crossing. The mission is for Level 56.If you have problems with this, do some side content to level upto make this easier.
Also replay the 2nd Main Mission “Infiltrating the Black Ship” on easy difficulty. This time, defeat the second boss at the end of the mission called “Blue Demon” to unlock
Tears of a Blue Demon. On the first playthrough he was very difficult but now that you are leveled up you can defeat him in a few hits.
Collectibles:Collectiblesget marked on the map when reaching Area Bond Level 3. You increase the Area Bond by finishing the Public Order Events, raising the Veiled Edge Banners, and finding a few more Collectibles.
For trophies you don’t need the Veiled Edge Banners and Landmarks. However, collecting them will help increase your Area Bond to reveal the other Collectibles. Feel free to skip them but if you walk past them it’s still worth picking them up. The Banners act as fast travel points. Landmarks sometimes contain other Collectibles like Fugitives or Treasure Chests. Public Order Events aren’t directly linked to any trophy but are often required to unlock other Collectibles.
Bond Missions:You will need to complete all 58 Bond Missions. Their starting location can be marked from the Missions Menu. You will need to fast travel back to their relevant Region using the Testament of the Soul at the Longhouse.As you play through them you will gradually unlock more Bond Missions. Each set of Bond Missions is tied to one Ally, doing one mission unlocks the next (1 to 5 Bond Missions per Ally). You can see exactly which missions you have left and what the unlock requirement is by going to the Longhouse > Testament of the Soul > select Bond Missions > press 
to switch between allies.
If you need to increase the relationship with an ally to advance their missions, find them in the open world and exhaust all dialogues and give them a gift, then replay short missions with them until your Bond Level has increased. You can quickly locate any ally or their bond mission by going to the Bond Menu > 
for Allies > press 
on an Ally for Details > click 
on the Location or Related Mission. It will immediately jump to the location in the world or the relevant mission in the menu.
At this point you might still be missing some of the allies. You will have gotten almost all of them from playing through the Bond Missions, but a few of them are tied to certain story choices and will require mission replays. For any you have left refer toRise of the Ronin How to Unlock All Allies.
The trophies for saving “Shinsaku Takasugi” & “Soji Okita” should automatically have unlocked from their Bond Missions. You might still need to save “Ryoma Sakamoto”.
Then clean up anything else you have left, such as catching 5 Cheaters at the “Odds and Evens” minigame, and buying 15 Tech Upgrades with the books you found from Treasure Chest collectibles.
Obtained all trophies.
Cleared the Prologue.
Learned that your Blade Twin is still alive.
Made your way to Shoin Yoshida.
Took a photograph at the request of Taka Murayama.
Cleared Chapter 1.
Spoke with Kaishu Katsu at the Sumida River.
Learned the identity of the mysterious samurai at the duel.
Brokered a truce between the Roshigumi and the Choshu clan.
Cleared Chapter 2.
Persuaded Takamori Saigo.
Brought the Battle of Toba-Fushimi to an end.
Sealed the fate of your Blade Twin.
The Dawn of a New Japan. It doesn’t matter if you picked the Anti-Shogunate or Pro-Shogunate decisions throughout the game, or which decision you make at the ending.
Cleared Chapter 3.
The Dawn of a New Japan. It doesn’t matter if you picked the Anti-Shogunate or Pro-Shogunate decisions throughout the game, or which decision you make at the ending.
Established your first bond.
Gave your first gift.
There are two ways you can give gifts: at the Longhouse (unlocked in Chapter 1) use the “Talk” Menu to speak to an ally, then you get the option to give a gift. The trophy unlocks after leaving the Talk Menu. The second method is to talk to allies in the open world, they are usually found at their faction bases, then you can give a gift directly without doing it at the Longhouse.
Started your first romantic relationship.
The trophy comes almost automatically whenyou collect all the cats for Usugumo Dayu, as you will have maximized both levels for herafter collecting all cats.
Achieved your first Lv.4 Personal Bond.
Achieved your first Lv.3 Area Bond.
Earned your first Completion Reward.
Upgraded your armor, weapon and sub-weapon.
You can do this at Blacksmiths found in most major towns or at the Longhouse. Talk to the Blacksmith and from his inventory select the “Upgrade” menu. You will need resources for this. Weapons require Iron Ore, Armor requires Cotton-Linen Threads. The quickest way to get these materials is from disassembling other weapons and armor at the Blacksmith. You can make a manual save beforehand, disassemble lots of gear, pick the cheapest upgrades, then reload save after popping the trophy to get your materials back.
Performed your first Bond Transfer.
Equipped four or more pieces of equipment with the same set bonus for the first time.
You should get at least one full set automatically from story progress, but you still need to equip it.
Here’s an example of what set pieces look like in the equipment menu:
Remodeled your longhouse for the first time.
Retried a mission for the first time using the Testament of the Soul.
Received the highest rank (Master) at the dojo.
To unlock the Chiba Dojo, you have to complete the mission “Those Who Lead”. You then find it in the 2nd Main Region “Edo” > Sub-Region “Kyobashi” > at the named location “Chiba Dojo” (marked on map). Talk to Shusaku Chiba inside the dojo to practice. To get the highest rank (Master) in the dojo, you have to complete a fight as quickly as possible while taking minimal damage to score at least 7,000 points. An easy battle is to play against Naosuke Li, as you can kill him quickly byblocking his attacks and spamming to perform countersparks when he attacks, when his Ki (Stamina) is depleted press again for a critical hit. Make sure you play on Dawn difficulty (Easy) for this, can change it in the Systems Menu > Game Settings > Difficulty = Dawn. Also change your stance to themost effective stance to deal more damage (press and Right Stick to the stance marked with blue arrows pointing up).
Received the highest rank (Master) in horseback archery.
You can find a Horseback Archery course in Main Region 1: “Yokohama” (Chapter 1) > Sub-Region: “Yoshida-Shinden” (in the west of Yokohama map).
Talk to the NPC there to start the training. You need to reach 9000 points at this location for Master Rank. This is done by hitting all targets with a bull’s eye while riding the horse, and reaching the finish line as fast as possible. Press 
to speed up with the horse. There are multipleHorseback Archeriesthroughout the open world, it doesn’t matter at which one you do the Master Rank.
Received the highest rank (Master) in gliding training.
An easy Gliding Training is in Main Region 2: “Edo” (Chapter 2)> Sub-Region “Shiba” (in the middle of Edo map).
In the north-west edge of this sub-region you will find the Gliding Training next to a Veiled Edge Banner fast travel point. You just need to fly in a straight line through all targets, use the grappling points in mid-air when your stamina runs out. There will be two moving targets (blue) that move from left to right, the other targets are stationary (red) and easy to hit. There are 8 targets total to hit for the master rank. You need 7800 points for Master Rank at this location but hitting all targets will give you 8400. There are multiple Gliding Trainings throughout the open world, it doesn’t matter at which one you do the Master Rank.
Received the highest rank (Master) in firearms training.
You can find a Firearms Training course in Main Region 1: “Yokohama” (Chapter 1) > Sub-Region: “Yoshida-Shinden” (in the west of Yokohama map).
Talk to the NPC there to start the training. You need to reach 7000 points at this location for Master Rank. This is done by hitting all paper targets and metal targets before time runs out, and lining up shots to hit multiple targets with one bullet.There are multipleFirearm Trainings throughout the open world, it doesn’t matter at which one you do the Master Rank.
Caught 5 cheaters while playing Odds and Evens.
“Odds and Evens” is a minigame that can be played at the Gambling Den, located in Main Region 1:Yokohama (Chapter 1) > Sub-Region: Miyozaki. It’s in the north-west of the main city on the Chapter 1 map.You have to catch a total of 5 cheaters in this minigame.Play until you get a purple screento compete against a cheater, then pick “Tell on Him”. Repeat this a total of 5 times until you get the trophy. When you tell on the cheater you must defeat the cheaters in combat, then you leave the Gambling Den. You can immediately go back in and talk to the gamemaster to start another game. If you have the speechcraft “Persuade” you can convince him to let you back into the game, or you can bribe him.
Mastered three combat styles.
Mastered one of the four stat types.
You will also gain a lot of skill points from finishing all main missions and bond missions. On your way to Platinum you will get enough skill points to max out at least one Stat. You can also play the Odds and Evens minigame at the Gambling Den (see
Cheater Beater)and exchange the tokens for skill points, which are only available to a limited extent.
Conducted Technology Development 15 times.
Todevelop Technology you needForeign Books, which are obtained from Treasure Chest collectibles:
»Rise of the Ronin Collectible Guide
»Rise of the Ronin All Treasure Chest Locations
Succeeded in carrying out 100 assassinations.
andpress to assassinate him. Once we have done this 100 times, we will receive the trophy.This can be farmed by interacting with Veiled Banners to make enemies respawn, defeat the same enemies and interact with the Veiled Banner to respawn them infinitely. The trophy tracker in the trophy list shows how many assassinations you have done.
Defeated 50 fugitives.
»Rise of the Ronin Collectible Guide
»Rise of the Ronin AllFugitive Locations
Had 50 Chance Encounters.
.You must complete 50 of these random encounters. While going for all collectible trophies you should come across 50 of them, just be sure to always do them when you see them. You can also get them relatively after the story by riding along main roads. Theyinclude different tasks such as enemies you must defeat, tossing jars at an NPC, catching a thief, following a wolf etc. It will usually be obvious what to do when you get there, as you’ll have to interact with something in the immediate surroundings, rescue someone, or follow someone. If an NPC is there make sure you get the encounter reward from him to count it as completed.
You can see how many you’ve doneon the trophy tracker in the trophy list.
Saved 150,000 sen.
Reached Level 55.
Completed all Bond Missions.
Took part in missions with all available allies.
»Rise of the RoninHow to Unlock All Allies
Defeated enemies using every weapon.
Completed all photograph spots.
»Rise of the Ronin All Photograph Spot Locations
Collected all cats.
»Rise of the Ronin All CatLocations
Completed a mission without allies.
Completed a No-Kill Mission’s objectives.
Managed to beat the Blue Demon aboard the Black Ship.
The “Blue Demon” is the endboss in Main Mission 2: Infiltrating the Black Ship. The first time you fight him, he will be very difficult to kill and if you die the story will automatically skip the fight. To make this much easier, do it after the story via Mission Replay. When you finished the story you can go to any Longhouse and select the “Testament of the Soul” Menu to replay this mission.After the story you will be Level 50+ and will defeat the boss in a few hits if playing on Dawn (Easy) difficulty. You have to rush through the mission again, defeat the Matthew Perry boss at the end of the ship, then the Blue Demon boss spawns.
Completed an optional ronin mission with the “Midnight” difficulty setting enabled.
“Midnight” difficulty is unlocked upon finishing the main story. You can then interact with any Longhouse > select the “Testament of the Soul” Menu > press to switch to Midnight difficulty > the first time you do this, you’ll have to fast travel back to Yokohama (Chapter 1 Region) > interact with the Longhouse there again and use the Testament of the Soul > press 
to switch to “Ronin Missions” (main story missions). Now you can replay any story mission on Midnight difficulty.
The easiest option is to replay the first main mission “Veiled Edge Village”. It only has two enemies with wooden weapons and one boss at the end. The mission is Level 56, you should be the same level or higher to make it easier. Having bought the stat upgrades for more Medicine Pills is particularly helpful so you can heal more often. An easy strategy against the boss is to run away and wait for your AI teammate to distract her, then land a combo from behind, rinse and repeat. Using charged attacks from a safe distance is also a decent method, or blocking and using Countersparks on the last hit of the combo to stagger the boss.
The more you level up, the easier this becomes. If you are having trouble, keep it until you’ve finished all Bond Missions which will level you up a lot. After the story you also unlock the “Breakthrough” stats, you can buy passive stat boosts there to become stronger.
Saved Shinsaku Takasugi’s life.
At the end of his bond mission you will have to fight Shinsaku, then you have to give him medicine to cure his tuberculosis, which will give you a results screen that says he was saved.
His first 3 missions unlock gradually from story progress. The 4th mission requires reaching Bond Level 3 with Shinsaku. After doing his first 3 bond missions you should already be Bond Level 2.To quickly increase the bondgo talk to Shinsaku at any of his open world locations, for example in Edo (Chapter 2) he’s found in Sub-Region: Azabu > Choshu Clan Villa (green map icon). Exhaust all dialogue options. You can also give him a gift (the ones with a heart icon give the most bond). For the remaining bond progress, use Testament of the Soul to replaymain quests and take him with you as an ally. After each quest you play you can also give him another gift if you like, or just keep grinding more missions until you reach Bond 3. Then you get a notification that a new mission is available.
What dialogue choices you pick during his missions doesn’t matter, you will always give him the medicine in the end. If he already died during Chapter 3 that’s okay, you can still play his Bond Missions after the story by using the Testament of the Soul to travel back to previous time periods/regions. If you sided with the Anti-Shogunate faction (green) he will die in Chapter 3 but it doesn’t void the trophy, it still unlocks regardless when completing his 4th bond mission, so this isn’t missable.
Saved Soji Okita’s life.
For the first mission to be available, you have to pick the Pro-Shogunate faction choices (purple). You can change your faction by using the Testament of the Soul, replay from the Chapter 2 main mission “A Rift in the Roshigumi” > finish “The Ikeda Inn Incident” where Soji is with you as an ally > continue playing until you finished “Fate of the Vanquished” Main Mission. After this Soji’s first bond mission will appear.
It’s not available if you pick the Anti-Shogunate decisions (green).
Saved Ryoma Sakamoto’s life.
Glided from the elevated deck at Kiyomizudera Temple.
The location for this is in Main Region 3: Kyoto (Chapter 3) > Sub-Region: Higashiyama (south-east corner of the map) > Landmark:Kiyomizudera Temple.
It will get marked on the map as a Landmark when going near it. You must go to the balcony where the Veiled Edge Banner fast travel point is, slightly west of the Landmark icon on the map. Next to the Veiled Edge Banner jump off the balcony and glide for a few seconds until the trophy unlocks. It’s the big main building with the wooden scaffolding below it on the side of the mountain, not the tall red-roofed temple. You will visit this location as part of the Chapter 3 main story, then theKiyomizudera Temple will automatically get marked on the map.
