Journey Road Map and Trophy Guide

[Halon50]

Overview

Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 2.3/10 based on the Difficulty Rating Poll.
Offline: 10 (9, 1).
Online: 4 (2, 2).
Estimated Time to 100%: 4 - 6 hours.
Minimum Playthroughs: 1, 2+ recommended.
Number of Missable Trophies: 0
Glitched Trophies: 0, but see the description for Companion.
Do cheats disable trophies? No cheats.
Does difficulty affect trophies? No difficulty settings.

Introduction

Journey is the third in a series of unique PS3-exclusive titles from ThatGameCompany, created and helmed by Jenova Chen. The first two games were Flow and Flower, and each introduced gameplay elements that tied the player’s emotions to the gaming experience without using an intricate and complex storyline, something rarely seen since the iconic titles Ico and Shadow of the Colossus from legendary game designer Fumito Ueda.

Personally, I played through the entire game about a dozen times within the first 48 hours of installing it. Without giving away any spoilers, Journey is by far the most emotionally invoking game I have played, especially when done with a companion who stays with you the entire journey. For me, it affirmed the profound joie de vivre that you can experience in a mutually beneficial relationship, but this is only my own interpretation. I highly recommend keeping an open mind and forming your own opinions and experience your own emotional path on your Journey!

One particular game element stands out from the overall experience: flight. Flying in Journey is joyous and fun, especially when done with a companion who helps recharge your energy while mid-flight. Entire levels are designed around the flight mechanic, and it is possible to fly for an unlimited length of time if you and your companion use calls near each other while in mid-air!

If you’re looking for a quick and easy 100% trophy title, Journey may fill your need, but you’ll be missing out on the whole game’s raison d'être. The “collectibles” referenced in Ancestors and Transcendence are easily found and are only a small part of the overall game.

For your Roadmap, I highly recommend first doing a full playthrough without using a walkthrough, guide, videos, or any sort of spoilers at all! Figuring out how to play the game and what to do with your companion is an enormous part of the experience. The game is short; veterans can run through all the levels in consecutive order in well under an hour. If you’re solely after trophies, go ahead and skip to Step #2. Otherwise, dim the lights, find a comfy place to sit, relax, and enjoy your Journey!

Road Map

Step 1: Normal playthrough (online)
Do one complete playthrough. Journey is a reasonably short game, and even if you decide to explore every nook and cranny your first time through, overall play time won’t last much more than 2 hours total. I highly recommend not bothering to look at trophies or guides for this step -- just relax and enjoy the experience!

At the end of this step, you should receive Rebirth, and will likely get Crossing as well if you waited at the summit for your companion before entering the light. If you’re lucky, you may also get Companion, if your companion joined your game at the Surfing level or earlier and stayed with you until the credits rolled. If not, don’t worry – you will do another complete playthrough in step #3 specifically aiming for this trophy. All travelers you meet during this playthrough will count toward the 10 needed for Wonder.


Step 2: Threshold trophy (offline)
This is where trophy hunters should start, and is a separate step because it is the only trophy I recommend getting offline without a companion. Please see the Threshold trophy description for details.


Step 3: Companion trophy and Collectibles (online)
For this step, you will want to conduct a complete playthrough of the game if you skipped step #1. This playthrough, you are aiming to keep a companion starting at the Bridge, Desert, or Surfing areas and play all the way through to the very end for the Companion trophy, but note that you can "boost" Companion later by only playing through the final 2 levels with another traveler. Try to time entering transitions to the next levels at the same time so you don’t desynchronize with your companion and potentially pick up a new one in the next level. Along the way, follow a video guide or my handy Collectibles Walkthrough below to locate every glyph and symbol for History and Transcendence, respectively.

Also keep an eye out for level-specific trophies, but note that in the Surfing level, you may not be able to get the third Symbol and the Adventure trophy (pass through 15 gates) in one playthrough, so save Adventure for the cleanup in Step #4 if you need to.


Step 4: Cleanup
Any other trophies you may be missing should be cleared in this step. Congratulations on your 100%!

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Trophy Guide

Threshold
Cross the broken bridge without completely rebuilding it.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

For this trophy, you will want to sign out of your PSN account by pressing at Account Management on the XMB, then choosing Sign Out. This prevents any travelers from joining your game and potentially interfering with this trophy’s progress. After signing out, start a new game and progress through the hub to the Bridge level. Once in the Bridge level, build the last three sections of the bridge without touching the carpet that builds the first section (the first carpet is directly in front of where you spawn, just in front of the first broken column). After creating the final 3 sections, return to the carpet that would build the first section but do not touch its base! Instead, fly up and try to land on top of the carpet (use the small flying pieces to the left by calling them if needed). Once atop the carpet, rest a bit to let your flight meter refill, then fly up and to the left to land atop the first broken column. Once there, head to the meditation circle at the end of the level as normal, and your trophy will pop when you reach the statue! If you are having trouble landing atop the column, make sure you pick up all 3 symbols in the Bridge level first to extend your flight time. If you are still having trouble reaching the top of the pillar, here is a short video showing how to get up there: Journey - Bridge - Threshold Trophy Shortcut - YouTube Journey - Bridge - Threshold Trophy Shortcut - YouTube

Mirage
Find the hidden desert flower.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

In the Desert level, you will find this secret between three dunes in the middle-right section of the area. Release the first cloth creature directly in front of where you spawn, then follow it to the next section. Release the next set of creatures from their prison, then let one pick you up and deposit you at the top of the high ridge in front. Instead of following the creatures over the ridge, head along the top edge all the way to the right, past a hill on the right side. You will see the plant from Flower among some broken stones down and to the right in a valley. Touch the Flower, and the trophy is yours! Journey - Desert - Mirage Trophy - YouTube Journey - Desert - Mirage Trophy - YouTube

Explore
Discover all cloth creatures in the desert.

Including the first cloth creature directly in front of where you spawn, there are 7 areas that have 1 or more creatures to release. In order as reached by following my Collectibles Walkthrough, they are:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

In front of where you enter the Desert level, over 2 sand dunes. Follow the first flying creature forward to the next set of ruins, and release a group of free-range fliers there. After getting a free lift to the top of the high ridge in front, turn to the southeast and head over a hill to see some ruined pillars in the distance. Atop these pillars is symbol #2, and next to them is the third trapped creature. After freeing the creature next to symbol #2, follow your friends past the area where you freed the very first creature and reach glyph #2. To the left of this glyph is a ribbon with the next creature trapped beneath it. Turn around to face the cleft mountain, then climb up the tall hill behind glyph #2 to see a ruined tower in the distance with symbol #3 atop it. To the left of this tower are some ruins with the fifth creature trapped beneath them. 2 creatures are stuck in a grate near the top of the first machinery tower; use a call to free them. Several creatures are released when you meditate at the statue at the end of the level. (Required to finish the level). Once you exit the meditation cutscene, wait a few seconds and the trophy will appear. Here is a map with approximate locations of interest in the dunes area: Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Adventure
Pass through 15 gates while surfing through the sunken city.

This is probably better done on a separate playthrough of the Surfing level. If you concentrate on only sliding through gates (the arches that are usually presented 3-in-a-row), you should easily get this trophy well before dropping into the pit at the end. On my second playthrough of the level, I passed through 17 gates without trying too hard.

If you have trouble reaching the number required for the trophy, in the second sliding section, try sticking to the right-side path for a few extra gates to slide through.

Trials
Sneak through the underground passage without tearing your scarf.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

In the Underground level, once you are introduced to the flying stone serpents, try to stay off the central path by walking next to it to the left. The serpents will scan the main path with spotlights, and if you get caught in the light, the serpent will attack and “tear” your scarf, voiding this trophy. Simply walking a bit to the left of the path will give you enough room to avoid the spotlights, and has the added benefit of getting you closer to a glyph and a symbol on the way to the final gate. After passing through the final gate, you will slide down to the meditation circle – it is nigh impossible to avoid the serpents’ lights at this point, so hold (forward on the ) to get to the end before the serpents can charge you. Once you exit the Underground level, your trophy will pop!

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Ancestors
Find a mysterious creature hidden in the temple.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

In the Temple level where you uncover glyphs to fill up the level with glowing light/water, reveal all 5 of the mandatory historical glyphs to reach the meditation circle. Once there, drop off the edge and float all the way down to the second floor just above ground level. Enter one of the two arches leading into the central column, and you will find a creature from Flow. Touch this creature to get your trophy! The creature looks like this: Here is a video showing how to reach the creature: Journey - Temple - Ancestors Trophy - YouTube Journey - Temple - Ancestors Trophy - YouTube

History
Uncover all 10 ancient glyphs.

A glyph is a wall mural that shows a bit of the history presented in the meditation cutscenes. There are 10 “secret” glyphs spread throughout the game, and these are separate from the 5 glyphs that are needed to progress through the Temple level.

Upon completing the Journey for the first time, all gated portals will be open in the hub. When you enter a building and approach a portal, a picture of the level the portal leads to appears, and any glyphs you have collected will fill out the frame(s) to the left (and right) of the portal. If the frame remains empty, you need to collect that specific glyph in that level.

The number of “secret” glyphs to find in each level are:
Hub(1) – Bridge(1) – Desert(2) – Surfing(2) – Underground(1) – Temple(1) – Snow(2) – Flight

There are no glyphs to uncover in the Flight level.

For detailed information on where to get each glyph, refer to the Collectibles Walkthrough, below.


Crossing (ONLINE)
Reach the summit with a companion and return to the beginning.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Complete the game by entering the light at the end of the Flight level with a companion, and you will receive this trophy at the “Companions Met” screen.

Rebirth
Finish the game and return to the beginning.

Cannot be missed; simply finish your Journey solo or with a companion, and you will receive this trophy at the “Companions Met” screen.

Companion (ONLINE)
Finish the game with the same partner for the majority of the journey and return to the beginning.

Try to pick up a companion at the Bridge, Desert, or Surfing level and stay with him/her until the very end of the game. If your companion remains the same from one of these levels to the end, you will receive this trophy at the “Companions Met” screen. Note that you must complete the game with the same companion – picking up a new companion in the Snow or Flight levels will invalidate this trophy. To help ensure that you remain synchronized with your companion, try to enter transitions to the next level at the same time.

If you have already completed a full playthrough and only want to get this trophy, you can start a new game in the Hub (you must select the option that discards the game in progress, if any), then take the teleport to the Snow level and wait for a traveler. Once linked, complete the Snow and Flight levels and enter the light together, and you will receive Companion at the "Companions Met" screen.

Glitch Warning: Do not sync or check your trophies during the credits! If you are looking at trophies or syncing when the game reaches the “Companions Met” screen, you will not receive trophies for completing the game, including Companion. You will have to complete another playthrough to get these trophies again.

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Reflection (ONLINE)
Sit and meditate with another player for more than 20 seconds.

Press next to your companion to sit and meditate. Try to let your companion know that you’re aiming for this trophy first (and not just logging out) by pinging once or twice before sitting. Once both of you are meditating, wait 20 seconds and your trophy will pop.

Wonder (ONLINE)
Meet 10 or more unique travelers.

Journey keeps track of the total number of travelers you have met in your save file. It is possible to “boost” this trophy by entering a level from the hub, waiting for a traveler to appear, then exiting back to the hub by pressing and , and repeating the process. Once you have met at least 10 travelers, the trophy will pop immediately – there’s no need to complete the game.

Return
Start the journey again after a weeklong break.

After starting the game and at least reaching the hub, simply exit to the XMB, set your system clock forward by at least 7 days, and start Journey again. Press to begin a new game, and you will receive this trophy.

Transcendence
Collect all unique glowing symbols across one or more journeys.

There are 21 symbols to collect across your Journey. These are indicated by the glowing stones at the end of each level, between the statue and the meditation circle. If a stone is dark, you have missed that symbol and will need to return later to collect it. A symbol is a glowing rune that extends the amount of flight energy stored in your scarf when you pick it up.

In the hub, there is a portal that is not surrounded by a building. In front of this portal are rows of stones that also indicate which symbols you have collected. When facing the portal from these stones, in order from top-left to top-right, the rows correlate to these levels:
Hub(3) – Bridge(3) – Desert(4) – Surfing(3) – Underground(4) – Temple(4) – Snow – Flight

The rows of stones look like this:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Note that the two rows in the upper-right have no stones on them, meaning that there are no symbols to collect in the final two levels, Snow and Flight.

For detailed information on where to get each symbol, refer to the Collectibles Walkthrough, below.

[Halon50]

Collectibles Walkthrough

This walkthrough will guide you to any Glyphs and Symbols you may have missed during your first playthrough(s). I will progress level-by-level and in a logical collection order that makes sense to me. Video clips are included to give you a general idea of how to get to a specific location. If you would prefer to view the walkthrough with YouTube previews instead of external links, please refer to the separate Collectibles Walkthrough thread instead, but note that 31 YouTube previews take up a lot of memory on your PC.

If you are after a specific glyph or symbol for a level, you may need to collect them all again, as my guide does not necessarily collect them in the order they appear in the hub. For example, the first symbol you pick up in the Hub (it gives you the scarf) is actually displayed as the third symbol stone for the level.


Hub

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Symbol #1: Journey - Hub - Symbol 1 - YouTube After climbing to the top of the hill at the beginning and looking at the mountain in the distance, slide down the hill toward the small glowing object in the distance. This is the first symbol, and it gives you the scarf which enables flying for short distances. Collecting more symbols will increase the length of time you can fly. Glyph #1: Journey - Hub - Glyph 1 - YouTube After collecting Symbol #1, turn to the right and head toward the ruins in the distant fog. Once there, enter through the broken door and approach the blank wall flanked by 4 small pillars. Follow the on-screen instructions and activate all 4 pillars by holding until you release a large ping, and Glyph #1 is yours. Symbol #2: Journey - Hub - Symbol 2 - YouTube From the Hub Glyph, head out the left side and down into the crater toward the central pillar. Head to the right of this pillar and you will see the second Hub symbol glowing atop a pedestal in the sand. Fly up to the top of this pillar to collect it. If you need to recharge your flight energy, there are 4 small flying cloth pieces in front of the pillar that will fill your energy, or you can climb to the top of the central column and release a multitude of pieces to refill your energy, then drop off the right side to reach this symbol. Symbol #3: Journey - Hub - Symbol 3 - YouTube From the second symbol, head left and climb up the central column to the middle level. Instead of continuing up to the top of the column, keep going around the left side and hop over a small gap to reach the third and final symbol of the Chapter Select hub.

Bridge

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Symbol #1: Journey - Bridge - Symbol 1 - YouTube From the entry point, look down and to the left and you should see a tiny glow on the ground just past some rocks. Fly down toward these rocks to pick up symbol #1 for this level. Symbol #2: Journey - Bridge - Symbol 2 From symbol #1, head all the way to the back cliff face by keeping the broken bridge to your right side. Aim for a small dark rock hill that has two thin sand streams running down its front. You will pass by the two banner carpets that activate bridge sections 3 and 4 on the way to the cliff wall. Once there, look for a small cave behind two small sand rivulets; inside this cave is the second symbol for the level. Symbol #3: Journey - Bridge - Symbol 3 - YouTube From symbol #2, head along the cliff wall to the right. Pass beneath the bridge and you will eventually see a thin ribbon atop a tall set of rocks, one of which has a wide flat face. Release the trapped cloth pieces and head over to the flat area. Look toward the cliff wall, and once the pieces float above you, ping them with a full call to get them to lift you high up into the air. You can then fly straight across to the third symbol halfway up the cliff face. Glyph #1: Journey - Bridge - Glyph 1 - YouTube From symbol #3, drop down directly next to the cliff face and head inside a cave partially hidden behind the sand waterfall. Inside is the glyph for this level.

Desert

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

The first dunes area of the Desert can be a bit confusing, so here is a not-to-scale map of the area for the following videos: Spoiler! (click here to reveal) Glyph #1: Journey - Desert - Glyph 1 - YouTube From the entry point, move straight ahead and release the first flying creature, then follow it over the next hill and release the next set of flying creatures. Once one of them floats you up to the top of the ridge in front of you, look slightly to the right and head over the next dune. Follow the creatures as they lead you directly to a ruined building. Inside this building is glyph #1. Symbol #1: Journey - Desert - Symbol 1 - YouTube From glyph #1, ignore the flying creatures trying to get you to go to the left (they want you to free their trapped friend), and instead aim slightly to the right of the cleft mountain. Head over two sand ridges to reach a ruined coliseum of sorts. At first, there will be nothing there, but look up to the mountain and you will see some flying sparks approach! Wait a bit, and the first symbol will appear on top of the wall. Use to call in some flying cloths and boost you up to symbol #3 Symbol #2: Journey - Desert - Symbol 2 - YouTube Now head back toward glyph #1 and past it; you will cross over two sand hills. You will pass right next to the Flower for the Mirage trophy on your way to symbol #2. Look for it in a small valley behind the second hill! Your flying friends will eventually catch up to you and dart ahead to show the way to symbol #2. Keep following your friends to some ruined pillars sticking up out of the sand, and atop one of the pillars is the next symbol. Glyph #2: Journey - Desert - Glyph 2 - YouTube Release the creature trapped next to symbol #2, then follow your friends across the desert to the next glyph. On the way to the glyph, you will pass close to the area where you released the very first flying creature. Symbol #3: Journey - Desert - Symbol 3 - YouTube Release the trapped flier next to glyph #2, then turn around and look toward the cleft mountain. Follow your flying friends straight toward it, and head toward a ruined tower hidden behind a tall sand dune. Symbol #3 is on top of this tower, and can be reached by activating the small flying pieces atop the broken ramp around behind the tower. Symbol #4: Journey - Desert - Symbol 4 - YouTube At the end of the level atop the machinery towers, you will reach the meditation circle. Before activating and entering the circle, drop off to the left of the statue to find the last symbol of the level.

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Collectibles Walkthrough, Part 2

Surfing

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Symbol #1: Journey - Surfing - Symbol 1 - YouTube From the start, head around the left side of the tower down the hill, then move behind the tower. You will see the first symbol at the end of a ruined stone path flanked by archways on one side. Note that in the video, one of the flying creatures actually pushed me to the left of a gate, nearly making me miss the turn to the symbol! Symbol #2: Journey - Surfing - Symbol 2 - YouTube At the bottom of the first hill, you will enter a tunnel. As you reach the exit and the camera view changes, immediately hold (forward on the ) and tap a couple of times to reach the symbol on top of a pipe in the wall. If you happen to miss this chance, don't worry -- you can get the symbol after freeing the trapped creatures below, then using the flying pieces to boost back to the symbol instead of heading to the exit. Glyph #1: Journey - Surfing - Glyph 1 - YouTube Head to the bottom of the area after collecting symbol #2. From the center of the stone platform, look to the back of the arena to find 3 small windows in a wall. To the left of this wall are some flying pieces. Head to them and use a call to fly up behind the windows and reveal glyph #1 for this level. Symbol #3: Journey - Surfing - Symbol 3 - YouTube During the second surfing sequence, you will once again be heading downhill toward a tower. Skirt around the tower to the left, then to the right of the next tower and follow the path counterclockwise around it. The path will branch off to a jump to the right -- take it, and a flying creature will help boost you over the gap. Use as necessary to complete the jump, and symbol #3 will be at the end of the passage. Glyph #2: Journey - Surfing - Glyph 2 - YouTube After completing the surfing sequences, you will be in a dark area with the meditation circle in front. Head to the left behind some pillars to discover the second glyph.

Underground

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Symbol #1: Journey - Underground - Symbol 1 - YouTube From the start, follow the lights until you reach a set of tubes parallel to each other. On the left will be a broken tube sticking up at an angle. Head up to the opening and look inside for the first symbol. Symbol #2: Journey - Underground - Symbol 2 - YouTube From symbol #1, head forward to the section of cloth kelp and broken tubes. Toward the back-right of this area is the second symbol, inside a tube. Use the kelp to maintain your flight energy and float into the tube opening to retrieve symbol #2. Symbol #3: Journey - Underground - Symbol 3 - YouTube After collecting symbol #2, continue forward to a section of more kelp and a new creature -- cloth jellyfish! Climb up the kelp and first pair of jellyfish to reach a second pair (look up). Atop the second pair of jellyfish awaits symbol #3. Glyph #1: Journey - Underground - Glyph 1 - YouTube After being introduced to the scary stone serpent that springs up from the ground, head through the Z-turn hallway and head towards the large cloud of flying cloths. When the stone serpent crosses your path from right to left, follow it around the corner to the left to find the glyph against the wall. Symbol #4: Journey - Underground - Symbol 4 - YouTube From glyph #1, pass through a gate to the next section and stay to the left of the path to avoid the serpents' spotlights. Pass through the next gate and again stay to the left to avoid 2 more spotlights. Ahead of you will be a small broken wall section with many arches. Behind this wall piece will be the final collectible of the level, symbol #4.

Temple

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Symbol #1: Journey - Temple - Symbol 1 - YouTube After revealing the first mandatory glyph, hop up to the platform above and look towards the central column. You will see the first symbol across the way. Float across and pick up symbol #1. Symbol #2: Journey - Temple - Symbol 2 - YouTube Reveal the second mandatory glyph, and cloth jellyfish will float up. Instead of following them to the left, turn to the right of the central column and float up and to the right. You will see an intricate grate set into the wall to the right; head toward this grate and look behind it to find symbol #2. Glyph #1: Journey - Temple - Glyph 1 - YouTube Revealing mandatory glyph #3 will prompt a large leviathan to appear from the wall! Float across to where the leviathan emerged and enter a room containing the glyph for this level. Symbol #3: Journey - Temple - Symbol 3 - YouTube Look to the left of glyph #1. Behind the leftmost hanging tapestry is symbol #3. Symbol #4: Journey - Temple - Symbol 4 - YouTube Head out of the leviathan's room and float up and to the left to enter the central column through an archway. Inside is symbol #4.

Snow

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Glyph #1: Journey - Snow - Glyph 1 - YouTube Head through the level and you will eventually reach a cliff edge. Follow the path to the left and up some stone steps to a cave set in the left-side cliff. Enter the cave and activate all the small stones with a call to light the lantern inside. Once the lantern is lit, a bunch of small cloths will fly down from above and recharge your energy. call them to help float up and into the back of the cave to find glyph #1. Glyph #2: Journey - Snow - Glyph 2 - YouTube Exit the lantern cave, cross the nearby cloth bridge and enter a large snowy expanse where a flying stone monster awaits. You can head past the first stone serpent either by hugging the left wall or heading straight to the small shelters, then bearing left after passing through the last shelter. I recommend hugging the left wall, as it will lead you directly to the ice cave containing glyph #2, the final glyph in the game!

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Tips

Companions: Try to stay near your companion, even if they appear to be lost or unable to navigate the world well. The benefits for this are twofold: both of your flight energy (the symbols on your scarf) recharge when you are directly next to each other, and you greatly reduce the risk of desynchronizing with your companion when traveling to the next level. This is important for the Companion trophy.

Calls: Use calls to signal to your companion. Holding and releasing it before the game automatically does it for you is a faster way to release a larger call sphere. Call spheres have important uses in Journey: they release cloth creatures and unfreeze cloth much faster than just running over them, they signal to your companion if they get too far away (your position shows up as a white bar along the edge of their screen), and if your sphere intersects with your companion, it recharges some of their flight energy! Two companions that stay close together can have unlimited flight just by periodically recharging each other with call spheres.

Hooking up with friends: It is possible to play Journey with a friend! If you enter a level such as Bridge at the exact same time, you are very likely be matched up with each other. This means if you can send a signal to time entering the level, such as through AIM or over the phone, the matchmaking server will recognize your entry at the same time and will try to match both of you to the same game. Make sure you’re with your friend first by setting up some sort of signal beforehand like “jump twice and ping once” or “ping twice and meditate”.

Take your time: Try not to get frustrated with your companion. Journey is an intrinsically short game intended to last no more than 2 hours, and there is so much to discover that patience is far more valuable than trying to rush through to the end. The game is about the Journey you take, and not so much about the destination!

Chapter Select: After completing your first Journey, you can return to the hub by starting a new game, or pressing , , then in-game. In the hub you will find a large pit with a central platform and several gates and portals around it. This is your Chapter Select! Here is a not-to-scale map of the general Hub area:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Glyphs: When you approach a portal in the hub, a picture floats above it showing the level it will transport you to, and the glyphs you’ve found in that level will appear in the empty frames on the left and right walls. If a frame remains empty, that means you have not picked up that glyph for the level. See the Collectibles Walkthrough for glyph and symbol locations.

Symbols: One portal in the hub does not have a gate leading to it and a building over it – this is a secret bonus for players who have picked up every symbol in the game.
The bonus is:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

The white cloak. In addition to looking really spiffy, the white cloak immediately extends your scarf to a full 8 energy symbols, and will automatically regenerate depleted energy after a short period of time. You can toggle the white cloak by briefly entering then exiting the portal light, but note that you will lose any symbols you’ve picked up in the Hub prior to entering the portal! Just replay the Hub level (or start a new game) if you feel that the extra symbol or two is important enough to warrant a fresh start.

Next to this lone portal are rows of stones set in the ground. They represent the symbols you have picked up in each level. When facing the portal from these stones, the levels the rows represent in order from top-left to top-right are:
Hub – Bridge – Desert – Surfing – Underground – Temple – Snow – Flight

The rows of stones look like this:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

If you are missing any symbols or glyphs, use these techniques to discover which you need, then revisit those levels to clean them up. There are no symbols to pick up in the Snow and Flight levels, and no Glyphs to reveal in the Flight level.

[Halon50]

[Reserved just in case]

EDIT: Re-added walkthrough to this thread. Disabled video embedding by request.
EDIT: Condensed the Collectibles Walkthrough spoiler tags by request(?). Moved Tips section to the very end.
EDIT: Revised Companion with verified info.
EDIT: Swapped out Desert Glyph and Symbol videos, and added a revised map to match the videos. Also updated the walkthrough for Explore.

[Maldron]

As detailed in this topic, Companion can be earned by starting from Snow and sticking with the same person you meet there until the end of Flight. I just did that earlier, and it's a LOT less potentially frustrating than starting from the beginning.

[Halon50]

Originally Posted by Maldron

As detailed in this topic, Companion can be earned by starting from Snow and sticking with the same person you meet there until the end of Flight. I just did that earlier, and it's a LOT less potentially frustrating than starting from the beginning.

Thanks for the info, but I'll have to verify it as the trophy itself is glitched in several ways, not just the way I detailed it. A few people (including myself) have completed the game from start to finish with the same companion and not gotten it, while others such as yourself have gotten it just by replaying the last 2 levels. Judging by the results so far, it may be tied in directly with when or if your companion would have gotten the trophy.

EDIT: Verified & added. Thanks!