WWE '12 Trophy Guide & Road Map

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Estimated Trophy Difficulty: 3/10
Offline: 46 (33 10 2 1)
Online: 4 (3 1)
Approximate Amount Of Time To Platinum: 25-30 Hours
Minimum Number Of Play through Needed: 3 RTWM Stories, 1 WWE Universe play through
Number Of Missable Trophies: 0
Glitched Trophies: 0
Does Difficulty Affect Trophies?: 4 trophies requires X wins on Hard & beat Undertaker on Legendary

Online Pass is required. This is found on the back of the manual or you can buy one from the PS Store.

ROADMAP

Step 1: Creation Trophies
You will want to create a custom superstar first before attempting the creations trophies. From the main menu, go to WWE Creations. After you created a CAW, head over to create a story. Create a match and a scene where one of the participants is your newly created CAW. This will get you Unique Original Story. Next, create a custom logo or simply download one from Community Creations. Proceed to create an arena and include the custom logo in it to receive Custom Logo Wizard and Arena Designer. Next, from WWE Creations, select Entrance. From the menu, select 'Custom Entrance Video' and create one for any superstar/CAW. Save and return to the main menu and play a match. You will want to ensure that 'Entrance' is set to on and change the arena to a custom arena that you had previously created. Proceed on with the match to watch the entrance. After it's completed, you will get Look! Look at my Titantron! and The WWE Arrives At A New Arena. Finally, create a custom front, top rope and corner finishing move for Creative with the Moves.

The trophies that you will get at the end of this step are:

• Arena Designer
• Look! Look at my Titantron!
• Unique Original Story
• Custom Logo Wizard
• Creative with the Moves
• The WWE Arrives At A New Arena

Step 2: Online Mode
The online trophies are fairly simple and straightforward. Start by heading over to community creations and download any 5 items, after which post a review for each item. You will get the Critic trophy after this. From Step 1, you would already have a handful of custom creations, so upload one for A Creator Is Born. It is suggested you use this creation to boost for You've Got Fans trophy as the latest patch, 1.02, rendered the 'second account' method useless. Finally, you would want to play an online match. You will get Start Online NXT regardless of the outcome of the match so long you play till the end.

Step 3: WWE Universe Mode
The bulk of the trophies will be earned while playing through this mode. Before playing any match, ensure that your difficulty setting is set to ‘Hard or Legend’ as we aim to get the 50 hard wins trophy along the way. Change the AI slider to make it easier for you if you need it. You will want to play a majority of the matches with your created superstar to climb up the No. 1 contender ranking.

Below are the list of trophies you want to pay attention to while playing through this mode:

• Submission Specialist
• Wildman of the Ring
• Berserker
• Challenger
• Professional Material
• Legend Status Accomplishments
• Start as a Pro
• Rolling Now!
• I Ain't Losing to Anyone!
• I'm Gonna be Champion
• First Step of a Glorious Career
• I Like Titles
• Grand Slam Champion
• The Birth of a Historic Tag Team
• Mr. Money in the Bank
• A Successful Cash In
• WrestleMania's My Destiny!
• My target at WrestleMania is...!
• A Man Destined to Be a Champion
• Superstar Contender
• Declaration of War
• Pandemonium
• Holla!
• Worked the Limb
• Destroyer
• The Art of Submission
• Well Scouted
• Merciless Attack

Note:

• Booking yourself into a title match and winning it does not count for the trophy.
• Trophies that said it has to be 'done in a session' can actually be spread across multiple days/sittings.
• Always manually save by going to Options > Save Manager, whenever you want to quit the game.

Step 4: Road To WrestleMania
RTWM has 3 stories to be played (Villain/Outsider/Hero), after going through all of them, you will unlock the respective silver trophy. There are no specific trophies to take note of so just play through and enjoy the story. It is recommended you play the stories in the order it shows on the menu as the stories are somewhat linked.

Step 5: Exhibition Match Clean-Up
Any trophies that you didn’t obtain throughout the roadmap steps, play an exhibition match to obtain. The trophies you would most likely have left would be beating Undertaker on Legend, Master of the Brawl and/or win 37 times with Edge.

TROPHY GUIDE

Platinum
Obtain all other trophies

Arena Designer
Create one arena in Create-An-Arena.

From the main menu, head over to WWE Creations > Create an Arena. Just create any design and save it to obtain the trophy. It is recommended you do this after you created a custom logo so that you can place it in your arena to get the Custom Logo Wizard trophy at the same time.

Look! Look at my Titantron!
Use a movie created in Custom Entrance Video in an entrance scene (Single Player)

From the main menu, go to WWE Creations > Entrance. Select Custom Entrance Movie and create one for any superstar/CAW. Save it and then play a match with that superstar and turn the entrance on. Watch the entrance and you will get the trophy. It's important to note that the option to create a Custom Entrance Movie appears to be grayed out unless you have a CAW.

Unique Original Story
Create a story that includes a Custom Superstar or Custom Arena

From the main menu, go to WWE Creations > Story. You would need to create a scene and a match that either includes a custom superstar or a custom arena as the venue. You will get the trophy upon saving it.

Custom Logo Wizard
Apply a Custom Logo to a Custom Superstar, Video, or Arena

From the main menu, go to WWE Creations > Logo. Create any logo design and then save it. Proceed on to either create a superstar/video/arena and affix this logo onto the respective ones that you chose to do. It is recommended you do this together with Arena Designer.

Creative With The Moves
Create a front, top rope and corner finishing move in Custom Finisher Move

From the main menu, head over to WWE Creations > Finisher. There are three choices of finisher to create. Create one of each of: a front, top rope and corner finishing move to get the trophy

COMEBACK!!!
Use COMEBACK ability to increase momentum to MAX (Single Player)

Allow your AI opponent to beat you up at the start. Don’t mount any offense and without any momentum, a button prompt will appear prompting you to click to activate the comeback ability. Proceed to press again to launch a QTE. Successfully complete it to obtain the trophy. Do note that your superstar must have the comeback ability. It is recommended to include this ability to your custom superstar.

The WWE Arrives at a New Arena!
Hold an Exhibition at a Custom Arena (Single Player)

After you have created a new arena, head over to play now and create any match type. Before starting the match, change the arena. In the selection screen, press to choose a custom arena. It will unlock during the loading screen.

Submission Specialist
Win 20 times with submissions in one session (Single Player)

You should always aim for submission victory while going for the 50 wins on hard. Alternatively, you can play an exhibition match against an easy AI difficulty and a weaker opponent. Focus on hitting the head and once he bleeds, proceed on to hold for a breaking point submission.

Wildman of the Ring
Break 20 tables, ladders, or chairs in one session (Single Player)

See Berserker

Berserker
Break 50 tables, ladders, or chairs in one session (Single Player)

Unlike the trophy description, it can be done across many days if you want. It is recommended that you go for it in WWE Universe mode and book yourself into a TLC/Extreme Rules match on regular TV. Just play the match as you would breaking chairs/ladders/tables. You will get the trophy after destroying the 50th one.

[aaronpooh]

Challenger
Win at least once on Hard difficulty or higher (Single Player)

See Legend Status Accomplishments

Professional Material
Win 20 times on Hard difficulty or higher in one session (Single Player)

See Legend Status Accomplishments

Legend Status Accomplishments
Win 50 times on Hard difficulty or higher in one session (Single Player)

Ensure that your difficulty setting is set to hard or higher. Do this in WWE Universe mode and it will come naturally as you build up your superstar for championship contention. It can be done across multiple days if needed. If needed, you can always head over to play a match and win it. After the match has concluded, hit rematch and continue to do so until you get the trophy. Turn the AI slider down to make them weak to help you win easily.

Start as a Pro
Win using a Custom Superstar in WWE UNIVERSE (Single Player)

Play and win your first match in WWE Universe mode using a created superstar to obtain it.

Rolling Now!
Build momentum up to 75% in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

See I Ain't Losing to Anyone!

I Ain't Losing to Anyone!
Build momentum up to 100% in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

Keep on winning matches to build up your momentum. Your current momentum status can be found in the ‘Edit Superstar’ option in WWE Universe mode. You should have no trouble getting this way before you even win a Grand Slam of titles.

I'm Gonna be Champion
Become #1 Contender for a Championship in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

Continue to win matches in WWE Universe mode to ascend the titles rankings. A No. 1 contender match for a specific title would usually be held a week before the PPV event. You would know it’s a contender match by looking at the match card. Play and win it to unlock the trophy.

First Step of a Glorious Career
Win one Championship title in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

See Grand Slam Champion

I Like Titles
Win 3 championship titles in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

See Grand Slam Champion

Grand Slam Champion
Win 5 championship titles in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

The computer has to book you into a title match for it to count towards the trophy. You will not get a shot of other titles so long as your holding a major title. Upon winning a major title, drop it by going to ‘Edit Superstar’ and select any superstar to give them the title. This will free you up to fight for other titles. If you find yourself way below the ranking order and it doesn't seem to be climbing up, you can always go to ‘Edit Superstar’ and change the superstars above you in the ranking to something else, this would help move you up the rank.

The Birth of a Historic Tag Team
Win or defend one Tag Team Championship in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

Go to ‘Edit Team’ and create a Tag Team with any partner of your choosing so long as one of the ‘Tag Partner’ is a custom superstar. Once again if you’re not climbing up the title ranking, you can always head to ‘Edit Team’ and delete the teams above you, this would move you up the ranking order.

Mr. Money in the Bank
Win the Money In The Bank match in WWE UNIVERSE using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

Play the match on easy AI difficulty with a CAW for an easier time. What you could do is to put one ladder on the stage so that only one is in play making the ring less messy. You will want to climb up the ladder and pull the briefcase at any given opportunity. You may also want to let the AI do part of the work for you by not interfering when one superstar is pulling the briefcase as it takes about 4-5 pulls to retrive it. Pull the AI down once a couple of pulls have been achieved and it would give you an easier time as you would only need a couple pulls.

Latest information with regards to this trophy:

Souledge94 has kindly pointed out that with the latest patch

1) You can still edit the match and put your own superstar in and win it and the trophy will unlock;
2) But by doing so, you can't cash in the briefcase to unlock A Successful Cash In trophy.

A Successful Cash In
Cash in Money In The Bank in WWE UNIVERSE and win using a Custom Superstar (Single Player)

Upon winning the briefcase, you can cash in on any single titles you choose. Click on a title match and a confirmation screen will appear asking whether you want to cash it in. Win the match to unlock the trophy. It's advisable to ensure your difficulty settings is set to easy to prevent any freak occurrence.

MrJamie88 has a new information to share with regards to this trophy:

Originally Posted by MrJamie88

I was looking to get the trophy for cashing in money in the bank. And I couldn't get into the MITB match. So I simulated a year and one of my custom superstars won the title and Cody Rhodes won MITB, so when the option came up to cash in I did; but I controlled the custom superstar who was the champion and won the match and the trophy popped!!

WrestleMania's My Destiny!
Win a Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble PPV in WWE UNIVERSE (Single Player)

You can win the Royal Rumble match as any superstar, not necessarily your custom superstar. Though it’s recommended you start as entrant #1 so as to clear the participants quickly. To eliminate a superstar, push them to the ropes or the turn buckle and a QTE will appear, successfully hit the majority of it to eliminate them. Alternatively, if you have a finisher icon, pressing will automatically eliminate them. It is advisable to always have a stored finisher available to rescue yourself should you get pushed to the ropes. Every elimination will gain you some momentum so you will have plenty of stored finisher. Always keep the number of superstars in the ring below 3 so it won’t be messy.

My target at WrestleMania is...!
As WWE UNIVERSE Royal Rumble winner, participate in the Royal Rumble Winner's Event

The Royal Rumble winner event will take place in the Raw after Elimination Chamber. Click or on the match to load into the match. You would then see a cutscene showing the RR winner. Once you get control of the superstar, enter the ring and attack any one of the champions. The person that you attacked would be the one that you face at WrestleMania.

A Man Destined to Be a Champion
Win the final match at WWE UNIVERSE WrestleMania PPV (Single Player)

Play the main event at WrestleMania and win it. It doesn’t matter if it has your custom superstar or not.

Superstar Contender
Win a Superstar match at the WWE UNIVERSE Draft Event (Single Player)

A WWE Draft event will take place after the Raw & SmackDown after WrestleMania. Select any one of the matchs to play and win it. It will unlock after you win the match.

Declaration of War
Interfere in an AI vs AI WWE UNIVERSE fight and beat one opponent (Single Player)

In WWE Universe mode, select any match and there would be an option to press to interfere. Beat up any one of the opponents and call the referee to wake up for the pin, you will get the trophy after that.

Pandemonium
Interfere in an AI vs AI WWE UNIVERSE fight and beat all opponents (Single Player)

In WWE Universe mode, select any match and there would be an option to press to interfere. This time you will have to deliver a finisher move to each of the superstars in the match. A cut scene will appear and your trophy will be unlocked.

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Start Online NXT!
Play in an Online match (Player match/Ranked match)

Head over to online mode and play a match. Do take note that it has to be a ranked match though the outcome does not matter so long as you play until the end.

A Creator is Born
Upload one creation to the WWE Community Creations

As per step 1 of the roadmap, you would have created a huge number of creations, just upload any one of them to get this trophy.

Critic
Review 5 or more items on Community Creations

Head over to Community Creations and proceed to download any 5 items. Follow up by submitting a review. After the fifth one, you will get the trophy.

Holla!
Create your own show in WWE Universe

In WWE Universe mode, head over to the ‘Schedule’ and move over to any one of the brand, click to edit it. Change the name/arena/screen as you like and save it to get this trophy.

This Combo is Lethal!
Perform a Wake-Up taunt, hit your finisher, and then win via pinfall (Single Player)

Firstly, ensure that the superstar you're using has a wake-up taunt. After brutally beating your opponent, ensure that you have a stored finisher. Hit one of your taunt buttons ( ) and wait for the AI to wake-up, press to hit your finisher & to pin for the victory. It will also work if you attempt to steal your opponent's finisher (to steal, press & ). Just follow up with the pin after you stole the finisher.

Against the Odds
Win a ONE ON THREE FREE BRAWL (Single Player)

Go to Play > Specialty > Free Brawl > One on Three. Fight against weak opponents like David Otunga/Husky Harris/Santino Marella/Heath Slater. Change your difficulty setting to easy too. In the match, continue to do running grapple and when a faded triangle sign appears on top of a superstar, push him to an object and press to execute your finisher to KO him. Do so for all three opponents to win the match and get the trophy.

Worked the Limb
Use the limb targeting system to attack the same part 10 times in one match (Single Player)

While facing a groggy opponent, hold and a small body graphic will appear showing you the damage of the opponent. Proceed to target the specific body part and do so for 10 times to get the trophy. It's recommended you do this with The Art of Submission. The following are the buttons you can press to target a specific part:

= Head
/ = Arms
= Legs

Secret Trophies

Finished VILLIAN Episode
Complete Villian episode in RTWM

Story-Related, cannot be missed. Just complete the Villain episode of RTWM to unlock.

Finished OUTSIDER Episode
Complete Outsider episode in RTWM

Story-Related, cannot be missed. Just complete the Outsider episode of RTWM to unlock.

Finished HERO Episode
Complete Hero episode in RTWM

Story-Related, cannot be missed. Just complete the Hero episode of RTWM to unlock.

Destroyer
Inflict Heavy Damage to opponents head, arms and legs (Single Player)

Play in a no DQ/Extreme Rules match. Ensure that all body parts of the opponent are red. To check the status of it, hold when facing a groggy opponent and it will bring up the limb targeting system, allowing you to see the damage of the various body parts.

The Art of Submission
Win by applying a submission to a heavily damaged body part (Single Player)

You have to win by submission by targeting a body part that is red. If you do not have a submission finisher, hold on a body part that is red to engage the breaking point submission, press all the face button to make the AI tap out.

Well Scouted
Reverse an opponents Finishing move (Single player)

Start a match & allow the AI to beat you so that he could gain a finisher. You'll have to hit before the finisher is executed to reverse it. Spamming has little effect as to whether you can reverse it, instead focus on looking for the graphic to appear before hitting it. After a few tries, you should have no problem anticipating a move and pressing the reversal button.

For Whom the Bell Tolls
Pin or Submit Undertaker in Wrestlemania arena on Legend Difficulty (Single Player)

This is not difficult at all. Proceed to change the AI slider to make them weak, increase the damage of foreign objects and finisher and ensure that the difficulty is set to legend. Play a no DQ match at WrestleMania and attack the Undertaker with objects. Make him bleed and hit your finisher, most probably twice and you will have no problem picking up the victory.

Thank You Edge
Win 37 times with Edge in one session (Single Player)

You have to unlock Edge before being able to attempt this trophy. You can unlock him by completing the Villain RTWM story or buying the ‘unlock all content’ DLC from the store. Win any match on any difficulty while using Edge. It is recommended you combine this together with Legend Status Accomplishments and/or Master of the Brawl. Once again you do not have to do it in one sitting, it can be done across multiple days.

Merciless Attack
Injure an opponent in WWE UNIVERSE (Single Player)

Play a no DQ match so that you can use weapons. It is not a guarantee you will injure someone by making all his body parts red as I have gotten someone injured before by hitting him with 2 chairs, a signature and a finisher; he didn’t even bleed. You know you have injured someone when a cut scene appear after the match where a medical personal comes down to the ring.

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You've Got Fans!
Content your uploaded to Community Creations is downloaded 5 or more times by other players

Upload one of your creations by going to Online > Community Creations > Upload. The fastest way to obtain this trophy is to head over to the Boosting Thread and find a partner.

As of Patch 1.02, you can no longer do the easy way as mentioned below by yourself to obtain the trophy. Refusing to install the patch won't work as you need to be online to obtain this trophy.

eXcElLeNt29 has kindly pointed out an easy way of getting this trophy without needing to be dependent on other people's download. Do not worry if on your second account, the total download of your main account creation is showing as '0'. It just has not been updated yet. Below are the steps:

1. Upload a creation and remember the name.
2. Create a new PSN account on your system and enter the game in that account.
3. In the second account, head over to Community Creations > Download, and press square to search for that particular creations you uploaded.
4. Download it. Exit back to main menu after doing so.
5. Enter Community Creations again and repeat the steps, downloading it again. Overwrite the save file of the previously downloaded item
6. Once you have downloaded 5 times, re-enter the game in your main account
7. Enter Community Creations and the trophy should unlock for you

That's Gotta Hurt!
Win a FREE BRAWL by throwing your opponent through the window (Single Player)

The window is located in Hallway (East). You should get this trophy while going for the Master of the Brawl. Simply press when you have the finisher icon above the opponent's head to execute the move. If you need a visual of the location, refer to the video further down below. It starts at 5:27.

Reach the Ropes!
Crawl to the ropes during a submission (Single Player)

You should attempt this trophy in a 1-1 match with win condition set to submission only. DO NOT play a submission match as the rope break is set to off. Choose a opponent with a submission finisher like Daniel Bryan or John Cena. Once the opponent applies a submission hold on you, use to crawl to the ropes. Do remember to also hit , , , so that you won't tap out during the process. Once a rope break is called, you will get your trophy.

Master of the Brawl
Execute a finisher against all 44 areas in FREE BRAWL

You have to play 44 matches to get this trophy. Press when it's flashing on top of the opponent on an object to execute the finisher. Hit rematch to repeat for different objects in the backstage area. Alternatively, you can go to create a story and duplicate a free brawl match 44 times. Under 'Competitors', press to change the AI health to 0% so that you will get a finisher icon immediately from the start.

You may want to combine this with Legend Status Accomplishment by setting the difficulty to hard; and also with Thank You Edge by using Edge.

Here are the number of finisher in the various location:
Hallway South – 13
Hallway North – 5
Hallway West – 10
Hallway East – 8
Parking Lot – 8


Credit to Backyardgaming

All FREE BRAWL KO Finisher Locations - WWE 12 - YouTube

All FREE BRAWL KO Finisher Locations - WWE 12 - YouTube

Note: It seems like the finishers you do during the RTWM story backstage brawls doesn't count to the trophy progression.

Originally Posted by Mendel

From what I can tell, they don't count. I played through RTWM first, and definitely used a bunch of the finishers during the different backstage brawls, but I had to go through the list using the video to get the trophy.

[Tigerz_bone_21]

Thank for informing me

I will try to get Master of brawl and Grand Slam Champion trophies.

[aaronpooh]

Originally Posted by Tigerz_bone_21

Thank for informing me

I will try to get Master of brawl and Grand Slam Champion trophies.

No problem. Master of the Brawl shouldn't take more than 45mins to complete.

[TheViper4Life]

I don't think I've ever seen a game on this site have a trophy guide take so long to be stickied.

But other than a few spelling/grammar errors, this is the best guide ive seen so far.

[jmowen]

Originally Posted by TheViper4Life

I don't think I've ever seen a game on this site have a trophy guide take so long to be stickied.

But other than a few spelling/grammar errors, this is the best guide ive seen so far.

This hasn't been stickied yet. Doesn't mean that it will nor does it mean that it won't. There's a couple other guides for this game that will need to be reviewed. And it takes awhile because one, there's more than one to go over for this game and two, there's other guides that need to be reviewed first.

[sevenpanda]

I think this is the best guide so far. Very well done.

[Nesta]

Just a heads up for the Money in the bank trophies.

You don't need the computer to put you in the match. You can simply just edit the card put yourself in and win the match. Got both trophies this way after putting my created guy in and cashing in at the next title match. Why it works for these 2 trophies and not the other universe ones I have no idea.

Although I don't know if these title wins count towards the 5 you need to win because of putting yourself in. I already had the 5 titles trophy before I got the MITB ones so couldn't test it.