Trophy Guide

Below is the complete list of all 48 trophies for NieR: Automata. I will elaborate further on the requirements as soon as I unlock these trophies myself.

Trophy Name: Final Words

Trophy Type: Platinum

Description: Thank you for playing. Or unlock all the other trophies.

Trophy Name: Resuscitated Body

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Stare into space from the Bunker.

Trophy Name: Vestiges of Prosperity

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Arrive at the city ruins.

Trophy Name: It's a Healthy Baby Boy!

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the desert area.

Trophy Name: We Await Your Next Visit

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the amusement park ruins.

Trophy Name: Creation and Insurrection

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the alien ship.

Trophy Name: The Mechanical Kingdom

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the forest castle.

Trophy Name: Ruler of the Deep

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the flooded city.

Trophy Name: Those Who Love Humans

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the Copied City.

Trophy Name: Iron Soul

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete the abandoned factory.

Trophy Name: One Battle Ends

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Achieve ending A.

Trophy Name: A New Battle Begins

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Achieve ending B.

Trophy Name: Final Wish

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Watch 2B die.

Trophy Name: Treacherous Blade

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Control A2 for the first time.

Trophy Name: Farewell, Pascal

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Grant Pascal's final request.

Trophy Name: Justice

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Stop all resource recovery units.

Trophy Name: Crime and Punishment

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Watch the final moments of Devola and Popola.

Trophy Name: Leaving for the New World

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Achieve 9S's ending. Or unlock Ending D.

Trophy Name: Beautiful World

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Achieve A2's ending. Or unlock Ending C.

Trophy Name: The Minds That Emerged

Trophy Type: Gold

Description: View the final credits. Or unlock Ending E.

Trophy Name: The Circle of Death

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Have your body collected. Dying in this game is quite similar to the Souls series, wherein you must retrieve your stuff from your body when you die in order to get them back. Do just that for the first time and this trophy will pop.

Trophy Name: Cherish Our Resources

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Have 100 bodies collected. You need to enable the game's network features to go online and retrieve the bodies of other players. To successfully collect a body, stand next to one, select "Pray and Continue" then choose "Retrieve". You can easily farm for this trophy at the Amusement Park boss chamber, where plenty of other players likely died. Go in and out of that room and there should be at least two bodies to retrieve each time you enter.

Trophy Name: First Errand

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Complete your first quest.

Trophy Name: The Mercenary

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: 80% of all quests completed.

Trophy Name: Information Master

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 80% of all archives found. Check the Archives Locations page for details.

Trophy Name: Destruction is My Job

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 80% of all unit data unlocked. This should pop naturally as long as you take the time to complete sidequests, and destroy at least one of every new enemy you encounter throughout the game.

Trophy Name: Chip Collector

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 80% of all plug-in chips collected.

Trophy Name: Weapons Maniac

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: All Pod programs obtained. Check the Pod Program Locations page for details.

Trophy Name: Tools of the Trade

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Any weapon upgraded to the highest level. The highest level that a weapon can achieve is level 4 and there's only one special blacksmith in the game that can do this. Masamune's forge is in the Forest Castle. Move the crate on the ledge directly below the entrance to the royal chamber to access it.

Trophy Name: Inorganic Blade

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: All weapons upgraded to the highest level. Check the Weapon Locations page for more information.

Trophy Name: Supreme Support Weapons

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: All Pods upgraded to the highest level. The majority of the materials needed to upgrade Pods A and B can be purchased from the shop in the back alleys of the Amusement Park, once you've unlocked chapter select. You can also buy Pure Water from the same shop, but only before you complete Route C. For Pod C, you can farm Simple Gadget and Elaborate Gadget from the king's cradle in the royal chamber (Forest Castle). Complex Gadgets can be farmed by not turning in the items during "The Weapons Dealer's Request" side mission.

Trophy Name: Fighting's Not My Thing

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Play your first hacking game. When you start a second playthrough as 9S, successfully hack an enemy or device for the first time and this trophy should pop.

Trophy Name: A Scanner's Power

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 100 machine lifeforms destroyed by hacking.

Trophy Name: Machines vs. Machines

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: 50 machine lifeforms destroyed by remote control. You have to use a machine to destroy another machine. To do this, have 9S hack an enemy and choose Remote Control as the method for disposal. The best location for this is the Amusement Park where you can take over the largest robot and spam the light attack button to quickly destroy the other machines.

Trophy Name: The Power of Hate

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 50 machine lifeforms destroyed with berserk mode.

Trophy Name: Ruler of the Skies

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: 255 enemies destroyed using a flight unit. This should pop naturally during the big aerial battle at the Flooded City.

Trophy Name: Harvest King

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: Materials gathered at a hidden harvest point 10 times. Use the pod program A170: Scanner to locate invisible items and pick them up.

Trophy Name: Pod Hunter

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: All Pods found. You need to have all three pods to unlock this trophy. Pod A is given you by default. Pod B is found by fishing at the spot behind the first yellow bus at the Flooded City. Pod C is in the Desert Zone. marked by a red hotspot during the mission you get upon arriving there for the first time.

Trophy Name: Desire Without Emotion

Trophy Type: Silver

Description: At least 100,000 G in possession. This one is not cumulative. You need to have 100,000 G in your possession at once for the trophy to unlock.

Trophy Name: Animal Rider

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Any animal ridden for 5 kilometers. The earliest you can get this one is in the city ruins, where the moose is a common sight. Use a Sachet or Animal Bait first and wait for the creature to walk up to it. That should prevent your would-be mount from running away so approach it and press the action button, From there, just run around the area for a while until the trophy pops.

Trophy Name: A Round by the Pond

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 20 different kinds of fish caught. For this trophy to pop, you'll have to use the pod to hook 20 different types of items from the water, be it actual fish or random junk. Most of the items or fish are obtained in the sewers and the deep waters of the Flooded City. Although some can be caught in the clear shallows as well.

Trophy Name: Wait! Don't Kill Me!

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 10 friendly machine lifeforms destroyed. Friendly robots have a green health bar rather than the typical white. There are plenty of these to smash in the amusement park ruins.

Trophy Name: What Are You Doing?

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 2B's secret discovered 10 times. Stand on anything that keeps 2B off the ground like crates or containers, then turn the camera up so you can look at her underwear, Stare at it until 2B turns away. Repeat this questionable act 10 times and the trophy will pop.

Trophy Name: Not That I Mind...

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: 1 hour played with 9S in a certain state. Play for an hour with 9S in just his boxers. To do this, have him self-destruct to literally blow his shorts off and stay that way until you hit the required time. Reload your save if you want 9S to have his shorts back.

Trophy Name: Come Take a Look!

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: Emil's shop used for the first time.

Trophy Name: Naughty Children

Trophy Type: Gold

Description: Emil destroyed. To fight Emil, you must first complete the sidequest "Emil's Memories", then have 9S visit his home inside one of the pipes above the cave section of the City Ruins. Take one of the masks on display then go talk to Emil. He'll say that a bandit broke into his home and that he put his stuff in a safe place. Have 9S return to the house and loot the contents of the locked chest. Emil will stop you when you try to leave. Defeat him here.

Trophy Name: Transcendent Being

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: All endings achieved. The triangle in the above image is the DLC ending, which isn't required to unlock the trophy. This really should have been a gold one instead.

Trophy Name: Lunar Tear

Trophy Type: Bronze

Description: The place of memories has been visited. Complete "Emil's Memories" quest.