Resistance: Burning Skies - Road Map & Trophy Guide

[Kolm]

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Roadmap

Overview:

• Estimated trophy difficulty: N/A - Personal guess: 3/10
• Offline trophies: 23 (10, 7, 6)
• Online trophies: 2 (1, 1) - Online pass required!
• Approximate amount of time to : 5-10 hours
• Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
• Number of missable trophies: None - Level select
• Glitched trophies: None
• Does difficulty affect trophies? No
• Do cheat codes disable trophies? No cheat codes available

Introduction:

The story is about a firefighter named Tom Riley that initially stays behind when the rest of his family and the city escapes so he can hold up the chimera. He hopes to hold them up long enough so they can escape safely but he ends up in a small war against the chimera.

The platinum trophy in this game is extremely easy and you shouldn't have any problems obtaining it. The only trophies that might require level select after completing the game are the kill trophies. But keep in mind that if you start the game again without using load level (New Game or New Game+), the 'Load level'-menu will be reset. So you need to complete each part again to make it available again in this menu.
Glitch: Sometimes the multiplayer will kick you out to the singleplayer. If you already finished the game, this will start New Game+, resetting the 'Load level'-menu!

The upgrade trophies require you to collect Grey Tech (collectibles), but you only need 9 to get all upgrade trophies and I had over 30 when I finished the game without searching too hard. It's not required to collect all intel if you want the platinum trophy. I also noticed that Grey Tech you picked up during your first playthrough, respawns during a New Game+ playthrough and picking it up a second time also adds to the number of pieces of Grey Tech you have.

You can check your progress towards each trophy in the pause menu.

You can find the Grey Tech guide over HERE

If you're intrested you can find the Intel guide over HERE

Note: Sometimes the game has problems when you want to start it if your wifi-connection is turned on. There are two possible things that can happen.
The first one is that the game keeps loading forever.
The second one is after you have touched the screen to continue and the 'Please wait' popup appears because it's checking your wifi-connection. The popup will disappear, but the screen stays grey.
To fix those problems, just turn off wifi before you start the game. Then start the game and once you're in the game (at least in the main menu), use the playstation button to go back to the interface of the vita. Turn on wifi and go back to the game.

Walkthrough:

Step 1 - Complete the story

Just play through the story in the way you want. There are no difficulty related trophies so you're free to choose the difficulty you want. You can always change it whenever you wish to.
Most trophies are unmissable but you might want to focus on getting melee kills, heatstack overheat kills, headshots, making a kill with all weapons and using the secondary fire of each weapon. Check the trophy descriptions for more informations on those kills.
You'll also want to search for Grey Tech (little blue cubes) to upgrade all your weapons. Those are hidden in corners or dead ends and you need 9 to get all upgrade trophies. Finding them is extremely easy when you just look around a bit. I found over 30 by the end of one playthrough.

At this point you should have unlocked at least all story related trophies and most of the kill and upgrade trophies.

Step 2 - Clean up singleplayer (Optional)

You might still miss some kill related trophies. Now is a good time to farm the kills. You can use 'Load Level' to load a chapter of your choice. For some kill related trophies a nice farm spot is included in the trophy description.
And it might also be possible that you didn't upgrade all weapons at this time, so now is the time to do so! You can use the Grey Tech guide found HERE if you still need some extra pieces of Grey Tech.

At this point you should have unlocked all offline trophies.

Step 3 - Online

There is one online trophy in this game and it simply requires you to complete one online game. An online pass is required to play online.

Glitch: Make sure to complete all offline trophies before going online. Sometimes multiplayer kicks you out to singleplayer. When you already finished the game, this means that it'll start New Game+ and reset your 'Load Level'-menu making level select impossible until you complete the level again in New Game+.

At this point you should have unlocked all trophies and earned the platinum trophy.

Trophy Guide

Platinum
Earn all trophies

Like every other platinum trophy: earn all trophies in the game and the platinum will unlock!

Staten Island
Successfully complete level 1

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

You'll earn this trophy during the cutscene after killing your first Executioner. The Executioner is one of the bigger enemies that has a cannon arm. See Executed for information on how to kill the Executioner.

Military Ocean Terminal
Successfully complete level 2

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

You'll earn this trophy during the cutscene after killing the Abomination. See Unnatural for information on how to kill the Abomination.

George Washington Bridge
Successfully complete level 3

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

You'll earn this trophy during the cutscene after killing your first Impaler. The Impaler is one of the bigger enemies that has two big 'sticks' on his back. See Impaled for information on how to kill the Impaler.

Ellis Island
Successfully complete level 4

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Shortly after getting your final weapon the chapter is over and you'll earn the trophy during the cutscene.

Glitch note: Not trophy related, but you might get stuck on a certain spot in the chapter.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

After you board the elevator you fight in a room with a bunch of explosive barrels. Sometimes Ellie keeps firing at some random enemy but you can't see it and all the enemies have to be killed to advance the story. The problem is that one enemy is stuck in the ground, throw a grenade to kill it. (Thanks to TheGeonaut)

Protection Camp
Successfully complete level 5

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

You'll earn this trophy during the cutscene where you and Ellie are taken by a big flying octopus.

Conversion Tower
Successfully complete level 6

Story related - cannot be missed.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

You'll earn this trophy during the cutscene after you killed Gorrell.

[Kolm]

Upgrade
Upgrade a weapon in the Single Player Campaign

To upgrade a weapon you need a piece of Grey Tech. Grey Tech looks like a lightblue cube and you'll encounter it for the first time during a cutscene with Ellie in chapter 1.
After the cutscene ends, press and you'll be in the menu to upgrade weapons. Select a weapon by using the two arrows at the top of the screen. To upgrade a weapon, tap on the cube in the center and then drag your finger over the screen to rotate it until the desired upgrade is on the front. Tap the cube again and confirm to upgrade the weapon.

You can find the Grey Tech guide over HERE

Combine
Upgrade both slots of a weapon in the Single Player Campaign

For each weapon you can select two upgrades at the same time. One red and one blue. But before you can select them you have to 'buy' them by using a piece of Grey Tech. When you 'buy' one red and one blue upgrade for one weapon, the trophy will pop.

How to upgrade a weapon: see Upgrade.

Customize
Upgrade all weapons in the Single Player Campaign

For this trophy you need to upgrade all weapons at least once. You don't need to upgrade it completely or buy multiple upgrades for each weapon. You'll need 8 pieces of Grey Tech to upgrade all weapons at least once.

How to upgrade a weapon: see Upgrade.

Overview of upgradable weapons:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Carbine Bullseye Mauler Sw.A.R.M. Sixeye Hunter Auger Mule

Indiscriminate
Kill an enemy with every weapon in the Single Player Campaign

This should come naturally. Make a kill with every weapon in the game. There are 8 weapons in the game and you’ll pick up the last one at the end of chapter 4. Just use every weapon to make a kill and this trophy unlocks. I suggest that you make at least one kill as soon as you pick up a new weapon, just to make it easier to keep track of your progress.

Overview of weapons:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Carbine Bullseye Mauler Sw.A.R.M. Sixeye Hunter Auger Mule Axe (Confirmed by Lazzeri) Frag Grenade (Confirmed by Lazzeri) Hedgehog Grenade (Confirmed by Lazzeri)

Variety
Use the secondary fire of each weapon in the Single Player Campaign

This should come naturally. There are 8 weapons in the game with secondary fire and you’ll pick up the last one at the end of chapter 4. Just use the secondary fire for each weapon to unlock this trophy. I suggest that you use the secondary fire once as soon as you pick up a new weapon, just to make it easier to keep track of your progress and you'll also see a small tutorial about the secondary fire when you pick it up or shortly after.

Overview and use of secondary fire for each weapon:

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Carbine - Grenade Launcher - Tap the touchscreen on the spot where you want to fire the grenade. Bullseye - Tag - Tap the touchscreen on the spot where there is an enemy. Once tagged your primary fire will home in on the tagged enemy. Mauler - Exhaust mode - swipe the screen from top to bottom on the left side of the screen, an arrow will appear while you're swiping. Wait until the red bar in the lower right corner is full and use to fire the overheated blast. Sw.A.R.M. - Multiple rockets on one target - Press to zoom in and keep the enemy in your scope, when you press , multiple rockets will be fired towards that enemy. Sixeye - Burr Charge - Tap the touchscreen on the spot where there is an enemy. Once you hit the enemy, you can tap the detonate icon in the lower right corner and the charge will explode, killing all enemies nearby. Hunter - Drone - Tap the screen on the spot that where you want the drone to fly towards initially. You can steer the drone by tapping on the left or right side of the touchscreen. Once fired, the drone will shoot at all enemies nearby. Auger - Shield - To fire a shield you have to put your two thumbs in the center of the touchscreen and swipe one to the left side and one to the right side at the same time. Mule - Napalm Crossbow - Swipe diagonally on the upper right side of the screen from top to side to load a Napalm Crossbow. An arrow will appear while you're swiping. Once you loaded the Napalm Crossbow, press to fire it. The crossbow will explode on impact, causing a napalm that kills all chimera nearby.

Dangerous
Kill 250 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign

See Lethal. I earned this trophy at the beginning of chapter 3.

Deadly
Kill 500 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign

See Lethal. I earned this trophy in chapter 4.

Lethal
Kill 1000 Chimera in the Single Player Campaign

I earned this trophy in chapter 6.

All 'kill x chimera' trophies should come naturally from completing the story once. If in some way you didn't get the 1000 kills by the end of chapter 6, just replay chapter 6 as it has a lot of enemies.

[Kolm]

Axed
Kill 50 Chimera with Riley's axe in the Single Player Campaign

Axe kills are actually just the melee kills of the game. You’ll use the axe of Riley to execute them. Press the axe logo on the right side of the touchscreen to execute one. This might come naturally if you’re someone that uses melee regularly. Else you can farm this. I got this trophy in chapter 4.

Overheat
Kill 50 Chimera by detonating their heatstacks in the Single Player Campaign

The heatstack of a chimera are the electric sticks on their back. To get an overheat kill, you have to hit the heatstack without killing the chimera by that hit. If you do so, you’ll see that the chimera goes crazy and explodes shortly after because of overheating. Sometimes the nearby chimera also get killed.

Every kill you make in this way counts towards the trophy. You might get this trophy before finishing the story, but if you don’t do so I suggest you to farm it.

The best spot to farm it is at the very beginning of chapter 6. You’ll slide down a pipe and there will be three enemies at the other side of the room. They’ll shoot you and hide behind cover from time to time. But when they go in cover, their heatstacks are still visible. Just go to the left to take cover and take them out from left to right by going a little bit out of cover so you can see the rightmost enemy, but the other enemies can’t hit you. Use the sniper and aim slightly above the cover and shoot as soon as the chimera ducks into cover. If you still have ammo left, there will be two snipers to the right and their heat packs are very easy to hit because they don’t move a lot. When you run out of ammo, die and repeat until you get the trophy.

Another trick thanks to CloudStrife768

Originally Posted by CloudStrife768

While I don't have a specific place for farming the heatstacks trophy, you can use the auger on the armored Hybrids. They tend to stay in cover a lot when you are in cover, for whatever reason, so you can pick them off. 4 shots to the heatstacks will do it.

Boom
Kill 100 Chimera with headshots in the Single Player Campaign

This trophy should come naturally. You have to kill enemies by shooting them in the head. When you make a headshot you'll also hear some splatting/squeezing sound of the brains that explode. I got the trophy in chapter 5 and I was never aiming for headshots, so it shouldn’t be a problem at all. If you would miss some, you can also farm them in chapter 6 as it has a lot of enemies.

Impaled
Kill an Impaler

Unmissable - You'll get it at the end of the third chapter.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

At the end of the third chapter, you’ll be in front of barricades on the bridge. Ellie will try to crack a lock to continue. While she’s doing that a big monster appears, this is the Impaler. You have to destroy the two big cooling units on his back to kill it. The easiest way is to hit him first with a secondary fire of the carbine or with a grenade. Then he’ll bow down and you’ll have an easy aim on the cooling units. I used a bullseye tag on it so I could continue firing the cooling units after he stood up. You can also use the carbine once he’s on his knees. There’s plenty of ammo for the carbine around, but if you run out of secondary fire, use grenades to get him on his knees. Impaler - YouTube Impaler - YouTube

Executed
Kill an Executioner

Unmissable - You'll get it at the end of the first chapter.

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

Towards the end of the first chapter you’ll meet a big guy with an arm that is a big cannon. Defeat the guy by shooting his cannon arm and the trophy will pop. I suggest using a bullseye tag on the enemy. Just tap on the enemy on your screen, to shoot a bullseye tag on him, it'll automatically lock on his cannon arm. Executioner - YouTube Executioner - YouTube

Giant
Kill any combination of 18 Impalers or Executioners

You have to kill any combination of 18 Impalers (See Impaled for more information) and Executioners (See Executed for more information). So it doesn’t matter how many you kill of each type. When you complete the story you’ll encounter them a few times, but not enough to get the trophy during the first playthrough. But when you die right after killing it, the kill will be added to the count, so it’s easy to farm this.

The best way to farm this is towards the end of chapter 6, if you use ‘Load level’ select ‘Conversion tower’ and then ‘Impalers’. You’ll be right in front of the perfect spot!

As soon as you gain control, you’ll enter a room with an executioner after tapping the screen to open a door. There is a red light on the ground to the right that explodes when you shoot at it. The Executioner will walk past it and if you shoot the red light when he’s right next to it, he’ll be killed by the explosion. There are enough enemies left to shoot you so you can die and repeat the process until the trophy pops.

Incite
Complete one round of multiplayer

You need an online pass for this trophy!

Select 'Multiplayer' from the main menu and then 'Matchmaking'. You can choose a mode of choice and the size of the room also doesn't matter. Just complete the game and the trophy will pop when the stats are shown.

[Kolm]

Secret Trophies

G-man
Kill Gorrell

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

It’s the final kill in the game. When you meet him after killing the Leviathan he’ll knock you down and he’ll try to kill you. You’ll knock him off you automatically, but be ready to tap the screen as soon as you gain control. The final cutscene will start and the trophy will pop.

Unnatural
Kill the Abomination

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

At the end of chapter 2, you’ll drop down on a gigantic monster and fight it ‘from the inside out’ at first. To continue you’ll have to shoot the enemy in the vertical pipe that opens up every few seconds. You have to shoot it until it blows himself up and destroys the pipe a little bit. Repeat until the pipe is completely destroyed. The easiest way to kill the enemy in the pipe is by tossing in a grenade right when it opens or use a the secondary fire of the Carbine. You can kill the arms that come out of the ground by shooting them in their mouth that sprays fire. You’ll have to repeat this later on with two vertical pipes at the same time. When the last pipe explodes, you’ll drop off the monster on a platform with a lot of ammo. Shoot the eyes first (use bullseye tag) so it’ll open his mouth to scream and inside the mouth you’ll see two white/yellow balls. When the mouth is open, fire a secondary bomb from the carbine in his mouth to destroy a ball. Shoot his eyes again until he opens his mouth again so you can fire a second grenade in it to destroy it. When both balls are destroyed, the monster is dead and the trophy will pop. Abomination - YouTube Abomination - YouTube

Inhuman
Kill the Leviathan

Spoiler! (click here to reveal)

The Leviathan is the final big boss of the game and it was resurrected by Gorrell. You’ll enter a platform with a lot of ammo when the battle starts, grab the ammo to the left of you. To kill him you need to destroy all the red explosives on his body. I used the primary fire of the Mauler to shoot the ones that were above the platform and very good visible. For the ones that are under the platform and hard to reach, I just shot a drone (the secondary fire of the Hunter) and it took care of that one and sometimes even of the next one. After destroying a few explosives he’ll grab you and you’ll land on another platform. Just continue like before. When you destroy the final explosion, the Leviathan will fall into the power core and die. The trophy will pop shortly after. Leviathan - YouTube Leviathan - YouTube

[Kolm]

My trophyguide and roadmap are finished and I'm going to put my Grey Tech and Intel guides online right now.

Feel free to comment.

Video's will be added as soon as they are available.

[Molasar]

Need spoiler tags in for story trophies.. my eyes burn at the site of what last boss is! Scrolling down i see another saying what the mob is! Just saying

And you need to kill the links next to the trophy icons... i had to do that to mine today so umm ya

[Kolm]

Originally Posted by Molasar

Need spoiler tags in for story trophies.. my eyes burn at the site of what last boss is! Scrolling down i see another saying what the mob is! Just saying

And you need to kill the links next to the trophy icons... i had to do that to mine today so umm ya

Hmm, I had spoiler tags for the story trophies... Looks like they didn't save.

And I was planning to get the links out today, I was too tired yesterday to do that without breaking stuff.

Edit:

• spoiler tags added
• links removed
• weapon overviews added

[P3hmo6]

looks good! Good job!

[Kolm]

Originally Posted by P3hmo6

looks good! Good job!

Thanks for the heads up!

[CloudStrife768]

While I don't have a specific place for farming the heatstacks trophy, you can use the auger on the armored Hybrids. They tend to stay in cover a lot when you are in cover, for whatever reason, so you can pick them off. 4 shots to the heatstacks will do it.